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BLC: U2 vs. The Talking Heads

HahnSolo Jul 23 2006 08:39 PM

One Bad (live) Beautiful Day Where the Streets Have No Name New Year's Day Until the End of the World I Will Follow Vertigo Original of the Species Sunday Bloody Sunday One and Until the End of the World can be heard on ACHTUNG BABY http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001DTM/qid=1150398288/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/002-7708701-4426418?s=music&v=glance&n=5174 Bad can be heard on WIDE AWAKE IN AMERICA http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001FTQ/qid=1150398406/sr=1-15/ref=sr_1_15/002-7708701-4426418?s=music&v=glance&n=5174 Beautiful Day can be heard on ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004Z0LW/qid=1150398288/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/002-7708701-4426418?s=music&v=glance&n=5174 Where the Streets Have No Name can be heard on THE JOSHUA TREE [url] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001FS3/qid=1150398288/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-7708701-4426418?s=music&v=glance&n=5174[/url] New Year's Day and Sunday Bloody Sunday can be heard on WAR http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001F3C/qid=1150398288/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/002-7708701-4426418?s=music&v=glance&n=5174 I Will Follow is on BOY http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001FRY/qid=1150398288/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/002-7708701-4426418?s=music&v=glance&n=5174 Vertigo and Original of the Species are on HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006399FS/sr=1-1/qid=1153701409/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-0612049-7179236?ie=UTF8&s=music

Edgy DC Jul 23 2006 09:04 PM

Uh, oh. Love comes to town.

sharpie Jul 24 2006 09:09 AM

Take Me to the River Burning Down the House Once in a Lifetime Road to Nowhere Don't Worry About the Government Wild Wild Life And She Was Girlfriend Is Better Psycho Killer Life During Wartime http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B000002LRK/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/002-5640755-7553662?ie=UTF8#disc_1

Edgy DC Jul 24 2006 10:08 AM

Some good thematic matchups here. Vote for Brian Eno's band! vs. "One" vs. "Take Me to the River" "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" Interesting Fact: An informal poll of fans dubbed the still up-and-coming U2 as the outstanding performers at Live Aid. In fact, the now legendary set -- featuring only two songs --- "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and a passionate 13-minute version of "Bad" --- was considered a failure by the band. As Bono climbed off the stage to dance with a fan, the rest of the band was upset that that he blew the time in which the band was to perform "Pride (In the Name of Love)." Bono agreed that he squandered a a key promotional opportunity, and Larry Mullen Jr. admitted that the rest of the band had considered leaving the stage as he was performing. Interesting Fact: Talking Heads may be the only band in our countdown who had one of their songs ("Radiohead") used for the name of another band in our countdown.

HahnSolo Jul 24 2006 10:20 AM

One v. Take Me to the River U2 Bad live v. Burning Down the House U2 Beautiful Day v. Once in a Lifetime TALKING HEADS Where the Streets Have No Name v. Road to Nowhere U2 New Year's Day v. Don't Worry About the Government U2 Until the End of the World v. Wild Wild Life TALKING HEADS I Will Follow v. And She Was TIE Vertigo v. Girlfriend is Better U2 Original of the Species v. Psycho Killer TIE Sunday Bloody Sunday v. Life During Wartime U2 U2 over Talking Heads 7-3.

seawolf17 Jul 24 2006 10:28 AM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" U2 "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" Heads "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" Heads "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" U2 "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" U2 "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" Heads "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" Heads "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" U2 "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" Heads "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" U2 5-5. Yuck. As much as I hate ties, I think I'm going to let this one stand. This is a good matchup, but these were all decisive wins in my book.

TransMonk Jul 24 2006 10:45 AM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" Talking Heads win 8-2 over U2

Willets Point Jul 24 2006 10:51 AM

U2 perform "Bad" at Live Aid. Haven't watched it yet, but Edgy made me curious.

Edgy DC Jul 24 2006 10:58 AM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" Pretty close. Go with U2 for composing. "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" U2. "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" The name of the winning band is Talking Heads. "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" U2. "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" U2. "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" U2. "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" U2. "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" Tie. "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" Talking Heads. Small arrangelment trumps the big one. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" Talking Heads. Great riff. U2 walks off with a 6.5-3.5 win. In retrospect, that's pretty similar to the ration of their catalog sizes.

Willets Point Jul 24 2006 11:34 AM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" Talking Heads "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" U2 "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" Talking Heads "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" U2 -- Ha! The streets have no names AND they don't go nowhere. "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" Talking Heads "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" U2 "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" U2 "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" Talking Heads "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" Talking Heads "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" U2 U2 5:5 Talking Heads I thought about giving ties to all of them but this is is the same result, the only one that wasn't really close was the Psycho Killer/OotS matchup.

metirish Jul 24 2006 11:37 AM

One" vs. "Take Me to the River" U2 "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" - U2 "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" - U2 "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" U2 "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" U2 "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" -U2 "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" Talking Heads "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" U2 "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" -Talking Heads "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" U2 U2 - 8...Talking Heads 2

RealityChuck Jul 24 2006 11:39 AM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" -- Heads "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" -- Heads "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" -- Heads "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" -- tie "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" -- U2 "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" -- Heads "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" -- Heads "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" -- Heads "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" -- Heads "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" -- Heads Heads 8.5-1.5. Thanks for reminding me just how great the Talking Heads were.

Rotblatt Jul 24 2006 12:43 PM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" U2 "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" Heads "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" Heads "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" ooh. Tie. "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" U2 "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" U2 "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" Heads "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" Tie. "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" Heads "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" Heads 6-4, Talking Heads. Good matchup!

Edgy DC Jul 24 2006 12:58 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 24 2006 01:16 PM

Willrts Point wrote: U2 perform "Bad" at Live Aid. Haven't watched it yet, but Edgy made me curious. Five of those minutes are the logistics of Bono climbing down two levels and the girl being dragged up one. Any poignancy of their brief dance must've been lost to the audience because he was surrounded by yellow shirted security folk. Then he smooches a bonodiction on two other girls on the way back.

HahnSolo Jul 24 2006 01:11 PM

Forget the performance. Let's talk about that mullet!

Edgy DC Jul 24 2006 01:16 PM

Two-tone nu-wave mullets deserve a website of their own.

HahnSolo Jul 24 2006 01:25 PM

The decision to add Original of the Species, a beautiful song from the last album, may turn out to be the difference in this one. It's getting stomped by Psycho Killer.

sharpie Jul 24 2006 01:58 PM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" U2 "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" TALKING HEADS "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" TALKING HEADS "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" U2 "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" tie "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" TALKING HEADS "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" TALKING HEADS "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" TALKING HEADS "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" TALKING HEADS "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" tie TALKING HEADS 7 U2 3

Johnny Dickshot Jul 24 2006 03:30 PM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" --U2 "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" --U2 "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" --Heads "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" --U2 "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" --U2 "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" --Heads "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" --U2 "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" --U2 "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" --Heads "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" --Heads U2 6, Heads 4 'Cities' coulda made this even.

Rockin' Doc Jul 24 2006 09:47 PM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" - Tie - I like both songs quite a bit. Very different sounds, but too hard to call. "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" - Talking Heads "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" - Talking Heads "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" - U2 "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" - U2 "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" - U2 "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" - Talking Heads "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" - U2 "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" - Talking Heads "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" - U2 Close contest, but U2 pulls it out by a slim 5.5 to 4.5 margin.

Willets Point Jul 24 2006 10:14 PM

Didn't Live Aid have big screen TV's so everyone could watch the dance? Still haven't found 12 minutes to watch that video.

A Boy Named Seo Jul 25 2006 12:35 AM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" U2 "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" Talking Heads "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" Talking Heads "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" U2 "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" U2 "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" U2 "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" Talking Heads "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" Talking Heads "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" Talking Heads "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" U2 Um, 5-5 it is.

Gwreck Jul 25 2006 01:06 AM

One vs. Take Me to the River -- One of the most beautiful rock songs ever written vs. a very good cover. No contest. U2 Bad (live) vs. Burning Down the House -- Is it a particular live version? Or the Wide Awake in America version? No matter, U2 takes it. Beautiful Day vs. Once in a Lifetime U2. It's overplayed, but still a magnificent song. Where the Streets Have No Name vs. Road to Nowhere -- Streets is probably unbeatable. U2 New Year's Day vs. Don't Worry About the Government -- U2 Until the End of the World vs. Wild Wild Life U2, even though it's one of my favorite Talking Heads songs. I Will Follow vs. And She Was -- Tough loss for the Heads here. U2 Vertigo vs. Girlfriend Is Better -- Another tough loss. U2 Original of the Species vs. Psycho Killer Talking Heads Sunday Bloody Sunday vs. Life During Wartime -- "This is a song we sing, in the hopes that one day we may never have to sing it again." U2 It can be tough to be objective on certain songs if you've seen some of the songs performed live. Streets wins on pure merit -- live performances notwithstanding. Bruce may be the best live performer ever, but U2 doing Streets at Madison Square Garden may be both the single greatest concert moment I've ever seen and the single loudest concert moment ever. [/tangent] That being said, Original of the Speices performed live is magnificent. On record, if falls flat I think, and hence it loses to Psycho Killer. U2 takes the rest, winning 9-1.

soupcan Jul 25 2006 01:30 PM

"One" vs. "Take Me to the River" U2 "Bad (live)" vs. "Burning Down the House" U2 "Beautiful Day" vs. "Once in a Lifetime" TALKING HEADS "Where the Streets Have No Name" vs. "Road to Nowhere" U2 "New Year's Day" vs. "Don't Worry About the Government" U2 "Until the End of the World" vs. "Wild Wild Life" TALKING HEADS "I Will Follow" vs. "And She Was" TIE "Vertigo" vs. "Girlfriend Is Better" TIE "Original of the Species" vs. "Psycho Killer" TALKING HEADS "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs. "Life During Wartime" TIE U2 - 5.5 / TALKING HEADS - 4.5

Lenny Harris Jul 25 2006 10:05 PM

"One"vs."Take Me to the River" Talking Heads "Bad (live)"vs."Burning Down the House" Talking Heads "Beautiful Day" vs."Once in a Lifetime" U2 "Where the Streets Have No Name"vs."Road to Nowhere" U2 "New Year's Day"vs."Don't Worry About the Government" Talking Heads "Until the End of the World"vs."Wild Wild Life" Talking Heads "I Will Follow" vs."And She Was" Talking Heads "Vertigo"vs."Girlfriend Is Better" Talking Heads "Original of the Species"vs."Psycho Killer" Talking Heads "Sunday Bloody Sunday" vs."Life During Wartime" U2 7-3 Talking Heads

Edgy DC Jul 25 2006 10:33 PM

Hail, Lenny. BLC specialist.

metirish Jul 25 2006 10:37 PM

Yeah I like how Lenny blows through here every now and then for the BLC...... Hial Seaver...and young Lenny...

sharpie Jul 26 2006 09:10 AM

Talking Heads held off the Beach Boys, Bob Marley & the Wailers and the Pretenders (plus someone else, can't remember) but U2 managed to just barely overtake them, 76-74. Hail, Lenny, now clean up your room.

Elster88 Jul 26 2006 09:11 AM

HAIL

ScarletKnight41 Jul 26 2006 09:49 AM

Hail Lenny!

HahnSolo Jul 26 2006 10:02 AM

Hail! And thanks to all for participating in a hard-fought challenge.

Willets Point Aug 04 2006 02:36 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 04 2006 02:39 PM

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Willets Point Aug 04 2006 02:38 PM

I finally got around to watching that video of "Bad" at Live Aid. My brother-in-law gave me a concert recording of U2 from 1987 where Bono worked in a medley of Rolling Stones & Lou Reed songs into "Bad". Interesting to see he was doing that at least two year's earlier. According to WIkipedia, Bono actually noticed a girl getting crushed by the crowd and being unable to get security to notice, he went down himself. That's what led to the "dance" which looks more like a comforting hug to me. It was also fun to see Bono without his trademark glasses and the Edge without his trademark hat.