R.E.M. vs Manics (or 'Shaking Through' vs 'The Year Of Purification')

[Noisy Cat]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

Do hardcore REM fans like Losing my Religion? I'd imagine they'd hate it as it's songs like that that drew in the awful middle-of the -road middle-aged couple crowd.

For what it's worth, I'd consider myself a 'hardcore' R.E.M. fan (whatever that might mean). I adore Losing My Religion and never tire of hearing it. Yes, it's been played to death, but it is such a strong song, both musically and lyrically, that its impact, for me, never weakens. Man On The Moon is probably the song that gets played so much that I now find it a bit of a bore.

Anyway, I'd say that Losing My Religion is R.E.M.'s A Design For Life.

[Noisy Cat]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

Nobody Loved You vs. All the Way to Reno.


(This is a bit silly and one-sided. Why doesn't someone go post a similar thread on an REM board. I doubt there's many REM fans aware of the Manics.)

Nobody Loved You v Wendell Gee

[Nature's Discontent]

Originally Posted by Noisy Cat

Anyway, I'd say that Losing My Religion is R.E.M.'s A Design For Life.

Yeah, I'd agree with that, and Everybody Hurts is their Tolerate?

Nobody Loved You vs Orange Crush

[Noisy Cat]

Orange Crush v Revol

[Tetsuo]

Originally Posted by Noisy Cat

For what it's worth, I'd consider myself a 'hardcore' R.E.M. fan (whatever that might mean). I adore Losing My Religion and never tire of hearing it. Yes, it's been played to death, but it is such a strong song, both musically and lyrically, that its impact, for me, never weakens. Man On The Moon is probably the song that gets played so much that I now find it a bit of a bore.

Anyway, I'd say that Losing My Religion is R.E.M.'s A Design For Life.

I quite like Man on the Moon. They seem to close some of their sets with it or at least use it as a climax in gigs. If you're a hardcore REM fan in the vein of the manics fans here then yeah maybe Man on the Moon is overplayed but I hardly hear it on telly or radio. It's not a jukebox hit like Losing My Religion.

I'd concur that Religion might be their Design.

[Tetsuo]

Originally Posted by Noisy Cat

Orange Crush v Revol

I'm still confused by this game. Are we comparing songs or pitting them against one-another?

If it's the former then those two songs are worlds apart.
If it's the latter Orange Crush is the winner hands down.

Orange Crush v Motown Junk so....

[Noisy Cat]

Originally Posted by Tetsuo

I'm still confused by this game. Are we comparing songs or pitting them against one-another?

If it's the former then those two songs are worlds apart.
If it's the latter Orange Crush is the winner hands down.

Orange Crush v Motown Junk so....

It's the latter - same idea as the Manics song versus Manics song thread.

Motown Junk v Little America

[Nature's Discontent]

Motown Junk vs Green Grow The Rushes

[Irradiata]

*Whoo* blows the dust off the thread

Originally Posted by Noisy Cat

For what it's worth, I'd consider myself a 'hardcore' R.E.M. fan (whatever that might mean). I adore Losing My Religion and never tire of hearing it. Yes, it's been played to death, but it is such a strong song, both musically and lyrically, that its impact, for me, never weakens. Man On The Moon is probably the song that gets played so much that I now find it a bit of a bore.

Anyway, I'd say that Losing My Religion is R.E.M.'s A Design For Life.

I'd agree, and I'd also agree that "Everybody Hurts" is their "Tolerate".

I also find "Man on the Moon" a bit boring now, but never tire of the glorious trifecta of "Drive", "Try not to Breathe" and "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight".



Motown Junk vs What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

[Emperor Tomato Ketchup]

Nah, Tolerate is better it's about the Spanish Civil War whereas ...Hurts is just about topping yourself during a Felliniesque video. It has some meaning. Yeah, brothers?