2008: JT or AB? - Page 3

wolbersu2 · 07-20-2008, 07:06 AM

I'd like U2 to be experimental, then, I think, they are at their best. So I choose the Achtung baby record, although JT is a very strong and stable album. Zoo Station still gives me a thrill when I hear it, especially when played live.

Vlad n U 2 · 07-20-2008, 07:12 AM

They are both terrific albums, no doubt, but just AB because of the hard edge industrialised sound.

hcbiggs2002 · 07-20-2008, 07:28 AM

Even though JT has one of my favourite U2 songs of all time, With or without you, but as an album it tends to be some what inconsistent, (I'm a afraid 'Bullet the blue sky' leaves me cold and I skip it every time, same goes for 'Red hill mining town'!) were as a AB is one of U2s most cohesive albums they've produced.

roy · 07-20-2008, 08:52 AM

The Joshua Tree every time.

AB has too many radio friendly pop songs which clash badly with the more interesting experimental songs on the album imo.

alanah · 07-20-2008, 09:24 AM

Aaahhh Achtung Baby gets my vote (it's no secret at all). The whole album makes me incredibly happy.

Salome · 07-20-2008, 09:29 AM

Joshua Tree

too many songs on Achtung that hardly do anything for me
and Joshua Tree is just so much stronger when you compare the songs that it isnt even funny

digitize · 07-20-2008, 10:49 AM

Achtung, Baby!

Lobe · 07-20-2008, 02:13 PM

This is like... who do you love the most... mum or dad??

vaz02 · 07-20-2008, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Lobe

This is like... who do you love the most... mum or dad??

Nail on the head

AB takes gold for me though.

LemonMelon · 07-20-2008, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by coolian2

As am I.

Hence, JT wins.

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No spoken words · 07-20-2008, 03:41 PM

Neither is "best", since they are not competitors in a game or race, etc.

But I like JT better.

GirlsAloudFan · 07-20-2008, 03:42 PM

My vote goes to the Joshua Motherfucking Tree.

eeeeeYES!

BigMacPhisto · 07-20-2008, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Peterrrrr

With JT they where the people's band, specially in America. With the AB they where more the band against the (pop)people. LIB, Acrobat, UTEOTW, ZS, TTTYAATW wouldnt been any sucess as singels. Most of the songs on JT would.

I think AB's pop sheen made it much more accessible and it had a few more radio hits here in the States than Joshua Tree. UTEOTW, by the way, received a lot of play on rock radio. Trip Through Your Wires, Exit and Mothers of the Disappeared could never be airplay magnets and pretty much everything on JT is out of step with the mainstream music of the time (as is a lot of AB). Running To Stand Still/Red Hill Mining Town would also be weird singles. Frankly, this band has never written a ballad as radio ready as "One" or a pop track as infectious and instantly memorable as "Mysterious Ways".

Peterrrrr · 07-20-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BigMacPhisto

I think AB's pop sheen made it much more accessible and it had a few more radio hits here in the States than Joshua Tree. UTEOTW, by the way, received a lot of play on rock radio. Trip Through Your Wires, Exit and Mothers of the Disappeared could never be airplay magnets and pretty much everything on JT is out of step with the mainstream music of the time (as is a lot of AB). Running To Stand Still/Red Hill Mining Town would also be weird singles. Frankly, this band has never written a ballad as radio ready as "One" or a pop track as infectious and instantly memorable as "Mysterious Ways".

Joshua Tree was a big flirt with America, RHMT, ISHFWILF, IGC and TTYW are all easy listening songs. Play that on a normal radio station now, wich play country/pop... it would be loved. Play Acrobat, TTTYAATW, LIB... the listners on the same station would give the comments ...to strange music, no chours... JT will always be a more comfortable album for the pop people, more of an mainstream album. And AB also started the experimentental sound that was even more unradio-friendly music, Zooropa. Try to make a pop/mainstream listner to like Zooropa more than JT.

Salome · 07-20-2008, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Peterrrrr

Try to make a pop/mainstream listner to like Zooropa more than JT.

Zooropa ... no
but that was not the point

One, Mysterious Ways and Even better ... more suited to radio around that time than Joshua Tree?
easy

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07-20-2008, 09:29 AM	#36
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07-20-2008, 07:06 AM	#31
wolbersu2 The Fly Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 37 Local Time: 09:22 PM	I'd like U2 to be experimental, then, I think, they are at their best. So I choose the Achtung baby record, although JT is a very strong and stable album. Zoo Station still gives me a thrill when I hear it, especially when played live.

07-20-2008, 07:12 AM	#32
Vlad n U 2 War Child Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sh...Its a secret! Posts: 978 Local Time: 06:52 AM	They are both terrific albums, no doubt, but just AB because of the hard edge industrialised sound.

07-20-2008, 07:28 AM	#33
hcbiggs2002 Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: "Greatest Bonolover in Finland"! Posts: 6,205 Local Time: 10:22 PM	Even though JT has one of my favourite U2 songs of all time, With or without you, but as an album it tends to be some what inconsistent, (I'm a afraid 'Bullet the blue sky' leaves me cold and I skip it every time, same goes for 'Red hill mining town'!) were as a AB is one of U2s most cohesive albums they've produced.

07-20-2008, 08:52 AM	#34
roy Refugee Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Dun Laoghaire Posts: 1,150 Local Time: 08:22 PM	The Joshua Tree every time. AB has too many radio friendly pop songs which clash badly with the more interesting experimental songs on the album imo.

07-20-2008, 09:24 AM	#35
alanah Refugee Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,352 Local Time: 03:22 PM	Aaahhh Achtung Baby gets my vote (it's no secret at all). The whole album makes me incredibly happy.

07-20-2008, 10:49 AM	#37
digitize War Child Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Teenage Wasteland Posts: 599 Local Time: 02:22 PM	Achtung, Baby!

07-20-2008, 02:13 PM	#38
Lobe Refugee Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Here, there and everywhere Posts: 1,422 Local Time: 09:22 PM	This is like... who do you love the most... mum or dad??

07-20-2008, 03:42 PM	#42
GirlsAloudFan Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,804 Local Time: 02:22 PM	My vote goes to the Joshua Motherfucking Tree. eeeeeYES!