Husker Du vs R.E.M?

Question

BQ: Favorite album from each band?

BQ2: Favorite R.E.M/Husker Du songs?

Answer 1

I like both bands very much.



BA : "Murmur" and "New Day Rising"



BA2 :

R.E.M.

Shaking Through

Sitting Still

(Don't Go Back to)Rockville

Begin the Begin

1,000,000

Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)

Driver 8

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite



Husker Du

Celebrated Summer

Divide and Conquer

Newest Industry

Eight Miles High

It's Not Funny Anymore

Flexible Flyer

I Apologize

Books about UFO's

Pink Turns to Blue

Turn on the News

Blah Blah Blah

Everything Falls Apart

Sorry Somehow

Ice Cold Ice

You Can Live at Home

Answer 2

Damn.....that's hard. I love both, but I have to choose Husker Du.



BQ: Husker Du - Zen Arcade

R.E.M. - Either Murmur, or Lifes Rich Pageant.



BQ2: Husker Du: New Day Rising, Something I Learned Today, Broken Home Broken Heart, Green Eyes, Perfect Example



R.E.M. - Pilgrimage, I Believe, Life and How to Live It, Time After Time (AnnElise), Exhuming McCarthy

Answer 3

Husker Du all the way. I like REM, but this isnt even close. I much prefer Husker Du's style and Zen Arcade is a punk classic.



BQ: Zen Arcade and Murmur



BQ2: Husker Du - Indecision Time, Broken Home Broken Heart, I'll Never Forget You

REM - Radio Free Europe, Perfect Circle, Moral Kiosk

Answer 4

Put me down for R.E.M. I never got into Husker Du at all.



Favorite R.E.M. album is Automatic for the People.



Songs:



Radio Free Europe

Fall On Me

Orange Crush

Ignoreland

Man on the Moon

Imitation of Life

Losing My Religion

Answer 5

Husker Du, both are really good bands though are were alternative rock pioneers.



BQ: Life's Rich Pageant and New Day Rising



BQ2:



R.E.M. - Cuyahoga, The Flowers of Guatemala, Harborcoat, The One I Love, Auctioneer (Another Engine), Radio Free Europe.



Husker Du - Celebrated Summer, Pink Turns to Blue, The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill, Hare Krsna, I Apologize, Powerline, Terms of Psychic Warfare.

Answer 6

I like both but Hüsker Dü win here specially since I still follow Bob Mould and Grant Hart today.



Bq: Flip Your Wig & Murmer



Bq: Hüsker Dü

Divide And Conquer

Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely

Friend, You've Got To Fall

Ice Cold Ice

I'll Never Forget You

Keep Hanging On

Something I Learned Today

The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill



R.E.M.

9 - 9

Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)

Driver 8

It's the End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

Moral Kiosk

Strange

These Days

Wolves, Lower

Answer 7

R.E.M, but only because I've never gotten into Husker Du.



BQ1:



R.E.M. - "Automatic for the People"

Husker Du - N/A



BQ2:



For R.E.M:



"Ignoreland"

"Stand"

"Man on the Moon"

"Fall On Me"

"Radio Free Europe"

"Drive"

"You Are the Everything"



The only Husker Du song that I know is "Makes No Sense At All", and I do love that song.

Answer 8

REM by miles. Don't get me wrong I like Husker Du but they aren't in the same league as REM, always found them a bit too self indulgent.



BQ: Life's Rich Pagaent and Zen Arcade

Answer 9

I never really got too deep into REM, but I could eventually. I used to listen to Out of Time and Automatic For the People on a weekly basis.



BQ: Metal Circus EP & Out of Time

BQ2: Hare Krishna, Diane, Celebrated Summer, Home (forgot title), It's Not Funny Anymore



The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, Texarkana, (It's been a while, I really can't remember many song titles, sorry)

Answer 10

Who the **** is Husker Dü? I love REM!

Answer 11

R.E.M