Right then…
Elliott Smith does pretty well:
Artist
Rating
Aretha Franklin
4.64
Nina Simone
4.57
Neil Young
4.48
Talking Heads
4.39
R.E.M.
4.38
Beastie Boys
4.36
Otis Redding
4.34
The Velvet Underground
4.33
David Bowie
4.31
The Beatles
4.31
Pixies
4.30
Leonard Cohen
4.30
The Cure
4.28
Björk
4.27
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4.22
Marvin Gaye
4.21
Aphex Twin
4.18
PJ Harvey
4.17
Stevie Wonder
4.17
Nirvana
4.15
Joy Division
4.15
Radiohead
4.13
The Supremes
4.13
Prince
4.11
Wu-Tang Clan
4.11
Nick Drake
4.10
Elliott Smith 4.09
Pulp
4.08
Public Enemy
4.08
Sonic Youth
4.08
Sleater-Kinney
4.08
Kate Bush
4.07
OutKast
4.07
Portishead
4.03
Super Furry Animals
4.03
MF DOOM
4.01
Bob Dylan
3.97
Kendrick Lamar
3.97
Low
3.96
The Beach Boys
3.93
Jimi Hendrix
3.93
LCD Soundsystem
3.92
Joni Mitchell
3.89
Massive Attack
3.89
Bruce Springsteen
3.84
The Clash
3.77
Pet Shop Boys
3.76
Blondie
3.73
Bright Eyes
3.71
Rage Against The Machine
3.71
The Ramones
3.67
ABBA
3.66
Kanye West
3.65
Arcade Fire
3.64
Blur
3.61
The Smiths
3.57
Beyoncé
3.54
Carly Rae Jepsen
3.51
Bob Marley & The Wailers
3.48
Jeff Buckley
3.47
Idlewild
3.42
Madonna
3.40
Manic Street Preachers
3.39
Fleetwood Mac
3.39
Toots & The Maytals
3.35
The White Stripes
3.34
Supergrass
3.32
Hole
3.31
The Smashing Pumpkins
3.30
Suede
3.30
Elton John
3.28
The Pogues
3.28
Kylie Minogue
3.27
The Specials
3.26
Sugababes
3.22
Rihanna
3.19
The Prodigy
3.18
Led Zeppelin
3.16
Pink Floyd
3.15
Taylor Swift
3.14
Jay-Z
3.14
Arctic Monkeys
3.14
Interpol
3.12
TLC
3.12
Los Campesinos!
3.10
The Rolling Stones
3.09
Destiny’s Child
3.05
Primal Scream
3.04
The Strokes
3.03
Elvis Presley
3.02
Weezer
3.00
Girls Aloud
2.93
Frank Sinatra
2.92
Belle And Sebastian
2.85
Britney Spears
2.85
Metallica
2.81
Green Day
2.81
Madness
2.80
The Jam
2.75
Basement Jaxx
2.75
Oasis
2.71
Whitney Houston
2.69
Lady Gaga
2.61
Queen
2.60
Billy Joel
2.57
Bloc Party
2.41
Eminem
2.38
Mariah Carey
2.32
The Killers
2.22
The Who
2.22
Blink-182
2.21
Adele
2.05
Kings Of Leon
2.01
Red Hot Chili Peppers
1.90
The Spice Girls
1.81
Stereophonics
1.74
So now, to U2
And from the two Best Ofs…
Pride (In The Name Of Love)
New Year’s Day
With Or Without You
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bad
Where The Streets Have No Name
I Will Follow
The Unforgettable Fire
Sweetest Thing
Desire
When Love Comes To Town
Angel Of Harlem
All I Want Is You
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Mysterious Ways
Beautiful Day
Electrical Storm
One
Miss Sarajevo
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of
Gone
Until The End Of The World
The Hands That Built America
Discotheque
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
Staring At The Sun
Numb
The First Time
The Fly
Before it descends into anarchy
29 Likes
Just the worst type of pompous, self-satisfied, humourless and joyless ‘rock’ music. Music for office managers to feel cool to. Hideous. 1.
7 Likes
“Oh but you obviously haven’t heard…”
1 Like
(they actually came across quite well when they appeared on U Talkin’ U2 2 Me, had a sense of humour about themselves that I never would have anticipated)
1 Like
Shite.
Sure I might have liked some of the early stuff if I’d been alive to hear it before they became shit and it became obvious how much of a weapon bono is. But I wasn’t, so I don’t.
3 Likes
Tuna
8 July 2020 06:55
12
They’re better than stereophonics. Quite fond of vertigo even though it’s naff, it reminds me of going to alton towers for some reason. 2
Big fan of Bono’s solo work though. It’s like U2 but less edgy
18 Likes
Tuna
8 July 2020 06:57
14
Lot of songs on here that don’t exist imo
1 Like
Remember when they released an album via Apple? Every Apple user had it loaded onto their ITunes library automatically. Loads of people kicked off then Apple added an option to opt out. Imagine having your iTunes on Shuffle and fucking U2 come on!?!
1 Like
Yeah, they came across well and the Scotts appreciation for them made me appreciate them a bit more.
1 Like
I still frequently end up listening to that damn U2 album when I attempt to pause and restart a podcast.
2 Likes
Slightly tricky. I absolutely hate U2, but I suppose what I mean is that I absolutely hate Bono. The very thought of him makes my lip start to curl into a snarl. They are completely suffused with everything he embodies - pompous, po-faced, self-satisfied and grinding through every rock cliche that can be imagined. Every song ruined by his fog-horn fake intensity.
I veered between a 1 and a 2 because despite all of that I have to accept that they are objectively not as bad as Stereophonics or RHCP. A 2 would probably be fair but then I remembered the tax dodging. 1.
