R.E.M. Thread
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- TripleJay97
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I'm listening to New Adventures in Hi-Fi for the first time right now, and it's kicking ass.

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Yep it is brilliant! Probably their last great album.TripleJay97 wrote:I'm listening to New Adventures in Hi-Fi for the first time right now, and it's kicking ass.
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He's So High wrote:Yep it is brilliant! Probably their last great album.TripleJay97 wrote:I'm listening to New Adventures in Hi-Fi for the first time right now, and it's kicking ass.
I second that! Was a perfect follow-up of "Monster".... Just to me never was the same following Berry's departure... But "Great Beyond" was a brilliant song!

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Speaking of the Great Beyond, I still think it's incredible that got #3 in the UK singles chart. They hadn't had anything successful in that country in a while, it was released to support a film that didn't scratch the UK box office... It only proves the strength of that tune.

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Yeah don't get me wrong there's a lot of good post-Berry stuff: I admire Up for its experimentation, and I think Accelerate is terrific (as well as select songs like The Great Beyond), but I don't think they made a great album.
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He's So High wrote:Yeah don't get me wrong there's a lot of good post-Berry stuff: I admire Up for its experimentation, and I think Accelerate is terrific (as well as select songs like The Great Beyond), but I don't think they made a great album.
Agreed....I love "Daysleeper", "Lotus", "Imitation of Life", "Around the Sun"...along with a couple of others....But something so special about "the Great Beyond"... just mystifying!

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Only really got into them more in the last couple of years as a friend is mad on em, love orange crush and would loved to have seen them live, although another friend said he saw them at a festival and they were awful. Anyone else seen them?
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I recall them having a particular UK success around the time that Baggy was giving way to Grunge. The singles from 'Out Of Time' & 'Automatic For The People' had lots of airplay.
This continued with 'Monster', at which time Blur & Oasis were creeping into popularity with indie fans.
I bought those albums but none before or since. I liked 'Out Of Time' the most.
I had a feeling some of their success was because (in the early 90s) the UK didn't have an indie-leaning act of the same magnitude (other than say, U2, who to be precise were from Ireland).
I never saw them live.
This continued with 'Monster', at which time Blur & Oasis were creeping into popularity with indie fans.
I bought those albums but none before or since. I liked 'Out Of Time' the most.
I had a feeling some of their success was because (in the early 90s) the UK didn't have an indie-leaning act of the same magnitude (other than say, U2, who to be precise were from Ireland).
I never saw them live.
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Top 20 R.E.M. songs, except with the IRS songs removed because there wouldn't be many of them anyway and I don't want people to draw attention to that instead of everything else
20. Turn You Inside Out
19. Pop Song 89
18. Let Me In
17. Low
16. I've Been High
15. Belong
14. Try Not to Breathe
13. The Lifting
12. Orange Crush
11. Losing My Religion
10. Imitation of Life
9. Monty Got a Raw Deal
8. Why Not Smile
7. E-Bow the Letter
6. Leave
5. Hope
4. At My Most Beautiful
3. Nightswimming
2. Find the River
1. Near Wild Heaven
20. Turn You Inside Out
19. Pop Song 89
18. Let Me In
17. Low
16. I've Been High
15. Belong
14. Try Not to Breathe
13. The Lifting
12. Orange Crush
11. Losing My Religion
10. Imitation of Life
9. Monty Got a Raw Deal
8. Why Not Smile
7. E-Bow the Letter
6. Leave
5. Hope
4. At My Most Beautiful
3. Nightswimming
2. Find the River
1. Near Wild Heaven
- Sledge Hammer
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My biggest Rem memory is Milton Keynes 1995, Blur were support but by then they had become massive eclipsing Rem (tickets booked 6 months in advance), and Blur that day were on fire and much better than Rem (30 degree temps
)
An Rem fan down near the front at the beginning of Popscene tried to escape the mosh also commenting "what a load of shit" I made sure he got pushed back into the mosh
What a setlist for a support band!
Intermission
There's No Other Way
Charmless Man (LIVE DEBUT)
Tracy Jacks
Sunday Sunday
Chemical World
End Of A Century
Globe Alone
Popscene
Supa Shoppa
Stereotypes
Jubilee
Badhead
To The End
Advert
Girls & Boys
Country House
Bank Holiday
For Tomorrow (Visit To Primrose
Hill Extended)
Parklife
This Is A Low
Chris Martin of Coldplay commented the gig in 2008: "I saw them play before R.E.M. and it was incredible. It was so incredible, in fact, that there was steam coming from the moshpit and I'd never seen that before. And I thought: 'God, not only do they play great music but they let people barbecue!'"
Seems a lot of Rem fans don't like Monster, that's my fave, was a big part my 94-97 britpop times, always picked a few tracks off it on the jukebox back in the day.

An Rem fan down near the front at the beginning of Popscene tried to escape the mosh also commenting "what a load of shit" I made sure he got pushed back into the mosh

What a setlist for a support band!
Intermission
There's No Other Way
Charmless Man (LIVE DEBUT)
Tracy Jacks
Sunday Sunday
Chemical World
End Of A Century
Globe Alone
Popscene
Supa Shoppa
Stereotypes
Jubilee
Badhead
To The End
Advert
Girls & Boys
Country House
Bank Holiday
For Tomorrow (Visit To Primrose
Hill Extended)
Parklife
This Is A Low
Chris Martin of Coldplay commented the gig in 2008: "I saw them play before R.E.M. and it was incredible. It was so incredible, in fact, that there was steam coming from the moshpit and I'd never seen that before. And I thought: 'God, not only do they play great music but they let people barbecue!'"
Seems a lot of Rem fans don't like Monster, that's my fave, was a big part my 94-97 britpop times, always picked a few tracks off it on the jukebox back in the day.


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This made me unreasonably angryAdvertBreak wrote:except with the IRS songs removed because there wouldn't be many of them anyway and I don't want people to draw attention to that instead of everything else

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yeah same, considering their good songs are all from that eraTripleJay97 wrote:This made me unreasonably angryAdvertBreak wrote:except with the IRS songs removed because there wouldn't be many of them anyway and I don't want people to draw attention to that instead of everything else
damn it Lee, I'm the one with the bad musical opinions here. that's not supposed to be your job too.

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Ben this is your worst opinion everForever Low Man wrote:yeah same, considering their good songs are all from that era.TripleJay97 wrote:This made me unreasonably angryAdvertBreak wrote:except with the IRS songs removed because there wouldn't be many of them anyway and I don't want people to draw attention to that instead of everything else
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somehow i think i've had worseAdvertBreak wrote:Ben this is your worst opinion ever

damon008 wrote:you kill intermission like i eat hot dinners