US Band Tournament - Round 2 - REM vs The Ramones

[Bjornebye]

 

 

 

[Bjornebye]

REM!

[Harry's Lad]

I love The Ramones but REM.

Comfortably.

[Pete]

The band so good Motorhead wrote a song about them. 

R.A.M.O.N.E.S

[Tony Moanero]

R.E.M.

[Tony Moanero]

Debbie Harry and Joey Ramone.

 

[Trumo]

REM. Even though they did that 'Shiny Happy People' bollocks.

[Pidge]

Voted Ramones because I'm still hitter about the pixies.

 

Edit: not to mention the Stooges travesty playing itself out.

[Juniper]

Ramones for me as REM are shite.

 

Unfortunately can’t see them going through. 

[johnsusername]

https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/245525/

 

R.E.M.: America's Greatest Band

ERIC HARVEY

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

 

What other U.S. group was as good for as long?

[johnsusername]

The Ramones were a great band.

 

REM were greater. 

[Mook]

They're both shite although I've voted for REM because The Ramones are sewer grade shite.

[Tony Moanero]

I quite like R.E.M., you bastards.

[Josef Svejk]

I really like both bands. But I'm voting on behalf of my youthful punk rock self again...

[Josef Svejk]

2 hours ago, Trumo said:

REM. Even though they did that 'Shiny Happy People' bollocks.

I was impressed that they left it off their best of collection. But then they included their Patti Smith collaboration, which is far worse in my opinion...

[KMD7]

 

 

Tough choics but Monster is a great album so went with REM

[Scott_M]

The Ramones were shite. More famous for selling T-shirt’s in H&M than their music.

 

REM were very good.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

I like the Ramones but they never wrote the line "I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs" so they're not getting my vote.

[Josef Svejk]

Leaving REM out of the discussion for a moment, a lot of people seriously underrate the impact of the Ramones here. They totally re-energised unpretentious, fun, throwaway, teenage American pop music. Bubblegum as it were. On acid. In an era dominated by cock rock, prog rock, and fucking disco.

 

The top selling artists in the year of the Ramones debut album included Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire, for fucks sake...

 

Imagine hearing this as the first track on an album 44 years ago:

 

 

My kids are 6 and 3. They find that track mind-blowing. And it is - in its essential naive energy!

[manwiththestick]

14 hours ago, Josef Svejk said:

Leaving REM out of the discussion for a moment, a lot of people seriously underrate the impact of the Ramones here. They totally re-energised unpretentious, fun, throwaway, teenage American pop music. Bubblegum as it were. On acid. In an era dominated by cock rock, prog rock, and fucking disco.

 

The top selling artists in the year of the Ramones debut album included Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire, for fucks sake...

 

Imagine hearing this as the first track on an album 44 years ago:

 

 

My kids are 6 and 3. They find that track mind-blowing. And it is - in its essential naive energy!

Then bring REM back in the discussion and the answer is REM are much, much better.

[Jairzinho]

No interest in either. Will have to abstain.

[Josef Svejk]

36 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

Then bring REM back in the discussion and the answer is REM are much, much better.

I wasn't arguing against that. More against the "Ramones are shite" posts.

 

For what it's worth, I think REM were great up to and including Green. One or two LPs thereafter were very good. But to me, they're one of the great alternative / college bands of the '80s.