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OK Computer is an album with no music, a joke without a punchline. It's the kind of thing scenesters listen to to prove how cool they are. U2 outtakes from 1980 massacre Radiohead at their top-dollar best.

As for post-War U2 vs Radiohead, that's kind of like arguing about which cow flops taste better- Jersey vs. Hereford. Kind of pointless.

Mission Of Burma burns all these bands to the ground, anyway.

If anything, the Killers owes more to The Cars.

U2 ripped off tons of musical ideas as well... it's all how you wrap it into something people dont recognize. Music is nothing but rip-off after rip-off. You can only combine so many things into something else and still make it palatable.

What about Linkin Park's "Shadow of the Day", it's "With or Without You" from the Rattle and Hum movie. Total duplicate.

Seems pretty obvious to me.... Negativland, with their hilarious version of I Still Haven't Found. Featuring the wildly cursing Casey Kasem.
I wouldn't exactly say Negativland would want to be U2, however. Quite. :-)

How is this news? It's rock music; there's nothing about it that isn't derivative. Radiohead, U2…they’ve invented nothing. To even suggest that these bands are innovative is laughable.

I would love it if my band was compared to U2-lets not forget, they've been a band longer than they haven't. They built their following through relentless touring and dedication to perfection of sound. They broke out during a time when only London punk bands seemed to matter(yes, U2 started as a punk band), giving Dublin a name and opening the doors for other Irish groups.

Radiohead is a fine band, they have developed and mastered their unique sound. To say one is borrowing from another and vice versa, I would think is a compliment. Every band is in some way forged from another sound. That's why a band members come together.

Brandon Flowers of the Killers is probably more influenced by Morrissey than anyone. But, the U2 influence is evident in the guitar playing and why not-have you heard "Where the Streets Have No Name"?

ColdPlay clearly has a love for U2, but they have their own spin. To say the're U2 with a piano cuts them a bit short. As a huge U2 fan, I appreciate those that have been influenced, and I look forward to what they bring to the table. I'm surprised Angels and Airwaves(heavy guitar influnced) weren't mentioned...

Throughout many genre's of music, U2 has always been there. One of the biggest rock bands, EVER, they deserve this time out and thank you. For you fans of bands now, thank U2 for standing in the face of the synth and obscure metal in the 80's and 90's, thank U2 for making a difference in people's lives, thank U2 for making everyday, a beautiful day. It is sad to read backlash on this, as their first name was called 'Feedback', I think some of this is not very smart feedback. U2 has always been on the cusp of "the next big thing", and to their credit, even made mistakes in some albums which some still consider flops. No other band can survive through this, and when they broke up during the making of 'Achtung Baby', they would have rather kept their friendship than a band together. That is the difference in today's music and yesteryear's, why people are in a band. I do not listen to mainstream music anymore, except one, and that is U2. Not only have people copied them, but I believe every genre of music have done tributes to them. Even the Beatles broke up, U2 never has, no solo careers, just U2. So, when a band comes and goes, there is still U2, when a band rises like a phoenix from the ashes, U2 has already paved the way, with sincerity and hope, something that cannot be a con, something that is real, and that cannot be copied.

Someone needs a new set of ears.

There are millions of songs with guitar/bass lines like "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers.

There are tons of songs in the form of "High and Dry." And besides, "High and Dry" has more dynamic contrast than "With or Without You," which is a slow and steady build until the end. Not the case with "High and Dry." Nor are the vocals sung in the same fashion.

And Coldplay is Coldplay. Who, strikingly enough, doesn't bear extreme amounts of resemblance to U2.

Do your homework.

If you haven't been to a U2 concert, say early-mid 80s, then you have no idea what you missed out on. Thom Yorke and Chris Martin have reinvented "whiner rock". Same thing just different chord...sometimes.

And I don't hear tons of reverb in The Killers guitar tone like I do in the signature U2 guitar tone.

And some would say that U2 ripped Echo & the Bunnymen

I was sure this article was going to be about negativland. The letter U and the numeral 2. The letter U and the numeral 2. The letter U and the numeral 2.

Now I gotta go from that into somebody's [profane] dog dying.

Ive been a fan of U2 since I heard Achtung Baby. Songs like "ONE" will forever be relevant in music and society. Radioheads lyrics are much more visual such being the case in "Fake Plastic Trees". I cant say I hear too much U2 in Radiohead though. They seem to be at opposite ends of rock. U2 sold itself to pop/rock while Radiohead attempts to reinvent themselves again and again. Perhaps there are traces of U2 in radiohead and almost any band now a days. U2 has been around long enough to influece the likes of Coldplay,The Killers, and even Radiohead. But to say Radiohead steals from U2 is idiotic.

Now, to say Radiohead stole from The Beatles is another story...(listen to the refrain on "Karma Police" and compare to the intro from the Beatles "Sexy Sadie")

I guess Bono said it best in the song "The Fly" ... "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief".

amazing how everyone can argue about 3 crappy bands

I saw U2 with Oingo Boingo as the openning act
It was pretty cool. Oingo really good.

Every artist is influenced by what came before them. These are all great bands, with distinctive sounds. They are all mainstream rock. They are liked by the masses. What's the big deal?

Angles in Airways.
Coldplay ripped off Radiohead.

The Cult's lp "Love" was completely U2 inspired. Coldplay to me seems more like Radiohead than U2. Almost every 80s pop band owes a lick or two to U2--Flock of Seagulls, Duran Duran, Love and Rockets, Echo and the Bunnymen...

They're all boring.....talk about snoozefest! U2 and Coldplay wouldn't be around if weren't for Brian Eno, who produced them. Anyways, heavy metal is where it's at.