R.E.M Thread

yes @drake

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Aye, it is a bit nothingy in a visual sense. Not really a fan of that record either tbh. Apart from Near Wild Heaven.

Whilst it’s not one of their better albums it does contain two of their best songs. Losing My Religion and Country Feedback. It’s also the first REM I heard and got into.

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Look what I found in a record shop today!

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They look so young!

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We all did 35 years ago.

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And Me In Honey. My favourite song on that album.

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And Texarkana, which is Secret Weapon Mike Mills’ highlight on the record.

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I think we all can just agree that ‘Out of Time’ is an excellent album.

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i posted it upthread but i think the Out of Time material really came into its own on mTV Unplugged.

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Radio Song is the low point for me. I can get on with Shiny Happy People, which many seem to struggle with, but the thought of Radio Song has put me off listening to Out Of Time a lot more than I otherwise would have. The KRS-One rap just screams ‘transparent down-with-the-kids marketing decision’.

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it was a weird time for this kind of thing, Sonic Youth and Chuck D was similarly ham-fisted

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That was so, so shit.

Goo is still their best album though

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AFTP seems to be pretty unanimous as far as voting goes but I’m enjoying seeing the battles for the other album votes. Be interesting to see which songs make the final cut for the DiS ‘best of’

Speaking of which, time for a beastly escapade of a double whammy…

Favorite track on Monster

  • What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
  • Crush with Eyeliner
  • King of Comedy
  • I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
  • Star 69
  • Strange Currencies
  • Tongue
  • Bang and Blame
  • I Took Your Name
  • Let Me In
  • Circus Envy
  • You

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Favorite track on New Adventures in Hi-Fi

  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us
  • The Wake-Up Bomb
  • New Test Leper
  • Undertow
  • E-Bow the Letter
  • Leave
  • Departure
  • Bittersweet Me
  • Be Mine
  • Binky the Doormat
  • Zither
  • So Fast, So Numb
  • Low Desert
  • Electrolite

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The chorus of radio song is beautiful, the rest is awful

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i randomly woke up with How The West Was Won in my head this morning. no match for E-Bow but it’s a seriously underrated song in their repertoire

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I onlty heard Bang and Blame for the first time this week. Amazed it’s past me by and wa sso successful