Battle of the Century(ies) - REM or U2?

[Andy]

WHUUUUUT? I having a hard time seeing the connection (I guess I see the U2 and REM early 80s college rock thing). Do you mean Beatles and Rolling Stones? Weird theory either way.

And anyway, you're either a Bob Dylan person or Bob Marley person.

I was going to post the Beatles/Stones thing, but you beat me to it.

[JonFromMaplewood]

You are either a Charo person or a Godflesh person.

[masterofsparks]

You're either a Shunt McGuppin or Mutt Taylor person.

[dave from knoxville]

I have a theory that there are two kinds of people.  Well, more than two, but for the purpose of this topic, two.  Just like there are supposedly Beatles people and Elvis people and you're one or the other...

WHUUUUUT? I having a hard time seeing the connection (I guess I see the U2 and REM early 80s college rock thing). Do you mean Beatles and Rolling Stones? Weird theory either way.

And anyway, you're either a Bob Dylan person or Bob Marley person.

Yeah, that didn't register with me either.

You're a Leonard Cohen person or you're a Barry Manilow person.

[NJL]

I have a theory that there are two kinds of people.  Well, more than two, but for the purpose of this topic, two.  Just like there are supposedly Beatles people and Elvis people and you're one or the other...

WHUUUUUT? I having a hard time seeing the connection (I guess I see the U2 and REM early 80s college rock thing). Do you mean Beatles and Rolling Stones? Weird theory either way.

And anyway, you're either a Bob Dylan person or Bob Marley person.

I don't like it, but I believe we can blame Tarintino for it.

Yeah, that didn't register with me either.

You're a Leonard Cohen person or you're a Barry Manilow person.

[nec13]

You are either a Merzbow person or an Anne Murray person.

[Steeley Chris]

I choose REM because Michael Stipe is not nearly the douche bag that Bono and The Edge are. I think Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. hate those two more than anyone else in the world. They even had a side project Mike Mills and Michael Stipe (Clayton and Mullen did). 

[ChrisRawk]

I'm "eh" with both of them.  I think I missed out on the whole college rock thing by not going to college.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I think you're either a Barbra Streisand person or a Klansman.

[buffcoat]

You're either a Son Volt person or a Wilco person.  You can't be both... or neither.

[AaronC]

You're either a GG Allin person or an actual person.

[Smelodies]

Although probably useless without his effects, The Edge had a unique sound in his time. I think he could have done a lot better composing instrumentals without that braying donkey he had for a singer. 

[LJ]

Beatles or Rolling Stones or Beatles or Elvis.  The latter was from Pulp Fiction.

It's interesting to see the criteria people use to distinguish between the two.

[Regular Joe]

I've never seen REM appear from inside a gigantic disco-ball lemon.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

You're either a GG Allin person or an actual person.

Heheh.