Your Eyes Are Burning POLLs Through Me: REM's "New Adventures In Hi-Fi"

Berry killing it too, obv

it is a bit too long, but then i dont know exactly what i'd leave off. Probably the ones at the bottom of this poll I guess

like say the lonesome crowded west, i think the sprawl is a feature. perfect driving record

otm

also skimming back a bit, i think i must post about "Be Mine" every other time i listen to this album.

"Be Mine" is R.E.M. thinking, "Those dudes in Collective Soul made a lot of money with a power ballad..."

“Be Mine” maybe 1 of 5 songs I have memorized on guitar.

I never thought of this as funny
It speaks another world to me
I wanna be your Easter bunny
I wanna be your Christmas tree

Probably some of the most genuine, heartfelt lyrics Stipe penned.

alfred, that is COLD. collective soul (who probably really got going saying "those dudes in R.E.M. made a lot of money with "Losing My Religion") wish they could manage something as good as "Be Mine."

I like "Shine" (Dolly Parton's cover) and love "Be Mine."

have we ever polled Collective Soul's singles? i admit i like a few enough to keep 'em in my 90s alt-rock radio playlist.

I seem to recall reading Stipe somewhere saying that the character singing Be Mine is actually a bad, manipulative, controlling etc.

Some genius made a playlist of all their Xmas fan club singles. I really must go through this.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmTbXnVonpqc3EzXCcnfLZM9N4tw_KsXv

Thom Yorke shows up 30 minutes into this to sing Be Mine, and Mills says "That was his choice.. an interesting choice, i like that song a lot it's kinda one of mine.."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1wdva2jbU

xp missing my fav, their goof on "Silver Bells"

when I saw R.E.M. at the Tibetan Freedom Concert, Yorke sang the "you 'n' me" bits.

what was THAT like.. seemed like such a weird gig from the random bits of footage i've seen.

crazy set..

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/rem/1998/robert-f-kennedy-memorial-stadium-washington-dc-5bd697f4.html

Stipe shimmying to "Airportman" in a sarong!