Who was better?

>>72631661
The Smiths, but they're both great, great bands

REM were the American U2 let's be real

Probably the Smiths, but I honestly prefer R.E.M.

>>72631683
NO

>>72631683
They became the American U2, but they started as the American Smiths
Neither of these are intended to sound negative

>>72631683
Don't ever compare U2 to R.E.M. again. They have literally nothing in common and I'm pretty sure Stipe hates those fags.

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>>72631842
Yeah, no
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqx6OrXf0b4

>>72631863
Dude you just ruined R.E.M. for me. Thanks a lot asshole.

The Smiths, they stopped before they went to shit and REM didn't

Also The Queen is Dead is better than every REM album

>>72631876
REM were too good for you, my plebian friend

the smiths by a hair
>>72631683
No.

>>72631842
Stipe and Bono are pretty good buds

>>72631683
fuck off dude
u2 are corporate dogshit
r.e.m. are a legitimate band that cut their teeth in the indie rock scene

R.E.M have Chronic Town, Murmur, Reckoning, Fables, Lifes Rich Pageant, Document, Green, Out of Time and Automatic, all good to god tier records, they may have bad albums afterwards but they have so many good albums in a row that is insane