― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 6 April 2003 13:32 (twenty years ago) link
― keith (keithmcl), Sunday, 6 April 2003 15:05 (twenty years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 6 April 2003 15:09 (twenty years ago) link
― paul cox (paul cox), Sunday, 6 April 2003 15:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Evan (Evan), Sunday, 6 April 2003 15:58 (twenty years ago) link
I tried to spread out my picks over albums otherwise they were all going to be from Murmur, Reckoning etc. But those were the albums and songs that meant the most to me. Actually, going over the later albums I realized that I never gave these albums much of a chance due to the post release dissapointment but that they seem to have aged pretty well and I should go back and give them a listen.
― Carey (Carey), Sunday, 6 April 2003 16:23 (twenty years ago) link
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 6 April 2003 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
― MerkinMuffley (MerkinMuffley), Sunday, 6 April 2003 20:28 (twenty years ago) link
Wolves, LowerVoice of HaroldThese DaysPerfect CircleAuctioneerLife and How to Live ItYouBegin the BeginDisturbance at the Heron HouseAt My Most Beautiful
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 6 April 2003 20:34 (twenty years ago) link
Wendall Gee Perfect Circle Country Feedback Find the River Daysleeper Try Not To Breathe Hairshirt New Test Leper Nightswimming Half A World Away
― Peter Dee, Sunday, 6 April 2003 21:09 (twenty years ago) link
― gazuga (gazuga), Sunday, 6 April 2003 21:27 (twenty years ago) link
Near Wild HeavenPretty PersuasionSitting StillImitation Of LifeHarborcoatRadio Free EuropeWolves, LowerPerfect CircleBegin The BeginHalf A World Away
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 6 April 2003 21:31 (twenty years ago) link
1) They're not in order.2) You know as well as I do what an awful lyricist Stipe was capable of being even in his "heyday."3) But he's a great singer!4) "Emotional Rescue" was on my Stones POX and I'm sure I own more Stones than you, you little pipsqueak.
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 6 April 2003 21:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 6 April 2003 21:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 6 April 2003 21:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Sunday, 6 April 2003 21:51 (twenty years ago) link
1. Perfect Circle2.3.4. Shaking Through5. Leave6.7.
(this.is.pure.torture)phleeez, may i do cover versions and instrumentals first!?!
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Sunday, 6 April 2003 21:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Carey (Carey), Sunday, 6 April 2003 21:52 (twenty years ago) link
Honorable Mention: Catapult, 9-9, Pretty Persuation, Shaking Through.
― Burr (Burr), Sunday, 6 April 2003 22:44 (twenty years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 6 April 2003 22:56 (twenty years ago) link
gardening at nightlaughingharborcoatmaps and legendskahoutekgood advicesfall on methe one i lovelosing my religionuntitled from Green
later notables:near wild heavencountry feedbacktongue
― Aaron A., Sunday, 6 April 2003 23:19 (twenty years ago) link
― angelo (angelo), Monday, 7 April 2003 05:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris P (Chris P), Monday, 7 April 2003 05:49 (twenty years ago) link
11) "Slip Inside This House," the song they SHOULD have covered for Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye but didn't, and therefore doesn't exist as far as I know, goddammit.
― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 7 April 2003 06:01 (twenty years ago) link
― rex jr., Monday, 7 April 2003 06:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 7 April 2003 11:39 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 7 April 2003 15:49 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 7 April 2003 15:55 (twenty years ago) link
The annoyingly repetitive, monotone and "underproduced on the verge of unfinished" "Nightswimming", you mean?
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 7 April 2003 17:32 (twenty years ago) link
― christoff (christoff), Monday, 7 April 2003 19:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Burr (Burr), Monday, 7 April 2003 23:16 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 7 April 2003 23:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Burr (Burr), Tuesday, 8 April 2003 02:45 (twenty years ago) link
― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Thursday, 24 February 2005 11:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 24 February 2005 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― incrementally telephone lines came down for traitor nooses, Thursday, 24 February 2005 13:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 24 February 2005 14:19 (nineteen years ago) link
This is really hard for me.
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 24 February 2005 14:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 24 February 2005 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Greig (treefell), Thursday, 24 February 2005 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 24 February 2005 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― baxter, Thursday, 24 February 2005 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 24 February 2005 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
warner years (new adventures songs first, cuz that album fucking rules):1. new test leper2. electrolite3. leave4. country feedback5. sweetness follows6. the sidewinder sleeps tonite7. me in honey 8. turn you inside-out9. sad professor10. world leader pretend
― john'n'chicago, Thursday, 24 February 2005 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Untitled Final Song On Green - I'd completely forgotten about that one. I have to say that I haven't played Green in 5 years or more - is that the song where they swop instruments? I have no idea how it goes, except for a vague recollection of a clumsy drum intro (Buck?)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Thursday, 24 February 2005 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― john'n'chicago, Thursday, 24 February 2005 17:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― mr. drew (mr. drew), Thursday, 24 February 2005 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link
though Nightswimming has kind of ruined the actual act of night swimming.
― dan. (dan.), Thursday, 24 February 2005 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link
clumsy drum intro (Buck?)Yup.
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 24 February 2005 17:56 (nineteen years ago) link
IRS
PilgrimageSo. Central RainHarbourcoatFeeling Gravity's PullLife and How To Live ItBegin The BeginJust A TouchFinest WorksongDisturbance at the Heron HouseExhuming McCarthy
Warners
You Are The EverythingUntitledFind The RiverSweetness FollowsYouTongue Circus EnvyCrush With EyelinerBinky The DoormatElectrolite
post-Berry
HopeSad ProfessorWalk UnafraidThe Great BeyondI've Been HighThe LiftingAnimalElectron BlueI Wanted To Be WrongAround The Sun
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 24 February 2005 18:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― john'n'chicago, Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Si Carter (Si Carter), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Aaron A., Thursday, 24 February 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― just the hitzzz, Thursday, 24 February 2005 22:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ferlin Husky (noodle vague), Thursday, 24 February 2005 23:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― microprose, Thursday, 24 February 2005 23:14 (nineteen years ago) link
You know what? Take out You and replace it with, oh, Airportman.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 24 February 2005 23:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 24 February 2005 23:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 24 February 2005 23:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 25 February 2005 00:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 25 February 2005 01:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― PB, Friday, 25 February 2005 02:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― dan. (dan.), Friday, 25 February 2005 03:16 (nineteen years ago) link
I BelieveTry Not To BreathSitting StillFind The RiverNightswimmingRadio Free EuropeCuyahogaShaking ThroughDaysleeperThe Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
― gman59, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 05:14 (fourteen years ago) link
E-Bow the LetterStar Me KittenGardening at NightStrange CurrenciesKing of BirdsTongueLosing My ReligionNightswimmingStumbleDrive
― your generation apples me (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 28 March 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
...how did I forget "Driver 8"?! I suck at these!
― your generation apples me (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 28 March 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
the one i lovekahoutekgardeningharbourcoatsitting stillgood advicesget uplosing my religionit's the end of the worldfall on me
― (;,;) (rip van wanko), Monday, 28 March 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
What's that one "a hundred million birds fly away...." That would have to be in there.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 28 March 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
that's "king of birds," the second side of 'document.' great song. my pox
"carnival of sorts""life and how to live it""nightswimming""me in honey""shaking through""camera""circus act""green grow the rushes""fall on me""belong"
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 28 March 2011 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
chrono:
sitting stillpretty persuasionKOHOUTEKbegin the begincuyahogadisturbance at the heron houseorange crushbelongcountry feedbacknightswimming
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 March 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
radio free europepilgrimagecuyahogalife and how to live itcameraromancethese daysjust a touchyou are the everything
and, fuck it, i never would have thought this would make my top 10 but i have to admit i sing it to myself all the damn time
what's the frequency, kenneth?
sort of surprised by how much i weighted this towards the louder side of rem.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 29 March 2011 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
nightswimmingking of birdsstandswan swan h radio free europelife and how to live it the one i loveman on the mooncant get there from herenear wild heaven
― all spice girls (Lamp), Thursday, 18 August 2011 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
Talk About The PassionLittle AmericaCan't Get There From HereI BelieveIt's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)You Are The EverythingRadio SongSweetness FollowsLeaveHope
― some dude, Thursday, 18 August 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
'its the end of the world' is maybe the only big r.e.m. radio hit i outright dislike. im not even sure why either other than it seems so insipid
― Duran Duran Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (Lamp), Thursday, 18 August 2011 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
i have a pavlovian positive reaction to hearing it, every single time, imo it's their greatest single. i totally get hating it, though.
― some dude, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
i mean i rep for radio song so obv i'm coming from kind of a wrong place with this band anyway
i love that song (and video) but i understand the hate
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
earliest r.e.m. song i actively disliked was probably "ignoreland"
― I'll be interesting in 20 years (rip van wanko), Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
bring it que
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
The guitars in the verse of "end if the world" are so dreamy. And then mike mills going "ohhhhh ohhhhh".
― 50000000 elves (blank), Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
i dont think your take is any worse than my penchant for wistful sweetness!
like ive probably been spending 'too much time on ilx' all day today but part of the reason i mb seem sorta bemused w/ you is that you seem to come at music from a totally different place than i do but at the same time like i look @ yr list and totally get it and it makes me sorta reconsider how i see those songs yknow?
― Duran Duran Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (Lamp), Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
Carnival of SortsGardening at Night (Acoustic)LaughingDon't Go Back to RockvilleDriver 8Oddfellows Local 151UntitledTexarkanaDriveI'm Gonna DJ
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
pilgrimageharborcoatnightswimminglife and how to live it man on the moonfall on megardening at nightwindoutlittle americawolves, lower
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
dude KOHOUTEK
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, and the "Sing Along" part of Diminished.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
― Duran Duran Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom (Lamp), Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:08 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
word. this is a band that does wistful sweetness well, though, "nightswimming" and "king of birds" and "life and how to live it" might have been in my POX if i wasn't posting it right after yours fwiw.
― some dude, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
1.Harborcoat2.Laughing3.Find The River4.Leave5.Losing My Religion6.So.Central Rain7.Fall On Me8.Electrolite9.West Of The Fields10.The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
― I'll be interesting in 20 years (rip van wanko), Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:04 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark
ha i cut "ignoreland" from my list at the last second
earliest album i brought home and was like what the fuck was automatic for the people
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
guess I never did this?
Sitting StillThe Flowers of GuatemalaLetter Never SentEndgameDisturbance at the Heron HouseGood AdvicesPop Song 89Monty Got A Raw DealLeaveCircus Envy
― Euler, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
Feeling Gravitys PullMaps and LegendsDriver 8Life and How to Live ItOld Man KenseyGreen Grow the RushesKohoutekAuctioneer (Another Engine)Good AdvicesWendell Gee
― buzza, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
this is otm
― mookieproof, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
buzzaotm
― I'll be interesting in 20 years (rip van wanko), Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
mike mills playing slap bass and/or wearing a nudie suit is hilarious and makes REM 10x more awesome fuiud
― some dude, Thursday, 18 August 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
HarborcoatSitting StillFall On MeNightswimmingPerfect CircleSweetness FollowsFeeling Gravity's PullCountry FeedbackCircus EnvyBeat a Drum (Dalkey demo and absolutely not the ruined album version)
― Count Palmiro Vicarion (Stew), Thursday, 18 August 2011 11:29 (twelve years ago) link
Fairly arbitrary choice, but the top 3 are untouchable.
overdue.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 21 September 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
huh, weird. kind of figured they were at the point of just going on forever, like U2. when's the reunion!?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
I share your sentiments, Tyler. But Peter Buck has been saying for the last few years that he's had more fun backing up Robyn Hitchcock than as part of REM!
I still really enjoy Michael Stipe's vocals, I think perhaps this could be a chance for him to stretch his musical horizons, let's see where else he winds up.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
yeah true, could be interesting to see what stipe does. though it'll probably be something horrible, like an album produced by moby or something. would actually be curious to hear a mike mills solo rec. could go either way maybe. but it's probably a good idea for these guys to make music w/o the burden of being this gargantuan rock band.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
I hope Stipe does an album with Metallica.
― thirdalternative, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
though it'll probably be something horrible, like an album produced by moby or somethi
lol otm
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
Stipe replaces Mick for SuperHeavy II.
― The Man With The Flavored Toothpick (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
Should have played their last show NYE 99 like they promised. Glad they're going out like this instead of some other unsavory way. I assume in 10 years they'll reunite to play Murmur in order.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
Should have played their last show NYE 99 like they promised.^^^
i liked most of up, too. it really would have been a great way to go out.
― rebels against newton (Z S), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
should have changed their name to R.E. after berry left
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
well then
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
I don't get people being all tore up about this honestly - it's not like they broke up right as they were in the middle of this amazing string of records
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
are people tore up about it? my wife is a huge fan, and when I told her she said: "huh."
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
Who's tore up? A couple of my most REM-obsessive friends are all "well, the time was right" and "now I feel kind of old" but they aren't crying.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, this ^^^^. it's a good time for them to break up, since they rebounded with the last disc (which was okay to pretty-good at times).
i think a lot of the torn-up feelings are about fans being reminded that their childhood/adolescence ended a long time ago. that's how i feel.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Lot of posts on fb calling for The Cure and U2 to follow suit. Can't disagree tbh.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
yes and for the love of god, the red-hot-chili-peppers.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
red hots are gonna keep on rockin forever, nothing can stop them now
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
That would've been pretty cool if all four of those bands got together and planned to break up on the same day. OPPORTUNITY WASTED!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
man SO many "this sucks" on Twitter & Facebook about this. and I kinda don't think it does - even if their last stuff wasn't their strongest, I don't think they ever did the "performing their classic album, _________!" thing which I consider such an embarrassment - I think it kinda rules for a band to ring the bell themselves instead of getting counted out
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
for all I know they did a Murmur tour though in which case I take it back, eat shit R.E.M. for the Murmur-redux tour
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
xxp like an unwanted 80's bands suicide pact
― V79, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
More time for Buck and Rieflin to play on Robyn Hitchcock records = win
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
they're saving that for their "free-concert-at-the-outdoor-racetrack" phase.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
would be awesome if they did all songs from the album tour for Dead Letter Office
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
More awesome if they did all their fan club singles. Oh and put them out on one CD, damnit!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
epic marketing move for Coachella 2014 (LCD Soundsystem opening)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://twitter.com/#!/nprnews/status/116566425988112384
several dozens of pasty cubicle farmers mourn...
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
REM's been one of my favorite bands since adolescence but I'm happy for the band going out on their own terms. I haven't really loved an REM record since Automatic though I dug big parts of Monster & Up & haven't had much use of anything else of theirs.
but back in the day this would have spurred on more rumors of Stipey's imminent demise from AIDS so I guess we've, uh, grown or something?
― Euler, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
lol, how very "NPR" xp
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
Carnival of SortsShaking ThroughFeeling Gravity's PullFall on MeKing of BirdsHarbourcoatSo Central RainMaps and LegendsDriver 8Cuyohuga (sp?)
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
lmao @ npr
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 21 September 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
I realize my original post was a bit too "Reveal"-centric. Sure, it was much better than its reputation, but by no means their best. Missing "Try Not To Breathe" in that list in particular.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Having an R.E.M. phase after playing "World Leader Pretend" by chance (It was on a CD-R in the car, on an old holiday compilation).
Bemused to discover there were at least three albums that I hadn't even noticed/that don't even seem familiar in a "I saw that but decided not to bother" sort of way and that "Up" (which I do own) is really good.
― djh, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
i've been having a 'world leader pretend' phase recently, too. i've always liked it but i didn't realize it would be in my r.e.m. POX until recently
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:21 (five years ago) link
Always been one of my faves.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
My absolute favourite.
― djh, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
I've never loved World Leader but someone on the Green poll thread brought up a good point that the Tourfilm version serves it really well. It looks like I posted this list above 15 years ago. I still can't really get too into the Warner Bro years, (although I really like a lot of the songs Bittersweet Me, Imitation of Life) I would have to do a separate list for that. My changes in parentheses.
Shaking ThroughRadio Free EuropePerfect Circle (delete, put in Fall on Me)Green Grow the Rushes Grow (weird. delete and put in Harborcoat)So. Central RainI BelievePop Song 89/ or Get UPDon't Go Back to Rockville (delete put in These Days)Wolves Lower...some song post Green.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
Have bought the final three albums for a quid apiece (from Music Magpie).
― djh, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 21:18 (five years ago) link
Good luck trying to get through Around the Sun past the first couple of tracks (the only R.E.M. album I dislike)
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 5 July 2018 06:40 (five years ago) link
life and how to live ite-bow the lettercrush with eyelinercountry feedbackget upharborcoatpilgrimagebittersweet meexhuming mccarthymonty got a raw deal
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
Sitting StillLeaveLetter Never SentCircus EnvyThe Flowers of GuatemalaThis World Is BigMe In HoneyDisturbance at the Heron HouseI've Been HighLittle America
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
Losing My ReligionFind the RiverNightswimmingMan on the MoonEverybody HurtsDriver 8 RockvilleFall On MePerfect CircleHarborcoat
― van dyke parks generator (anagram), Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
NightswimmingSo. Central RainHarborcoatShaking ThroughCountry FeedbackDriver 8Maps and LegendsSwan Swan HE-BowBe Mine
Fuck, I don’t know about this.
― Mule, Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
Fall On MeTry Not to BreatheCuyahogaNear Wild HeavenLaughingBittersweet MeDisturbance at the Heron HouseMan on the MoonCarnival of Sorts (Boxcars)You Are the Everything
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
KING OF BIRDSBelongSo. Central RainNightswimmingDaysleeperYou Are the EverythingThe One I LoveLosing my ReligionSwan Swan HFind the River
I guess?
― tempted by the fruit of your mother (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:49 (four years ago) link
king of birds nearly made mine
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
So many great things not fitting. One tries to be reasonably broad in tone and era but... gah.
― tempted by the fruit of your mother (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
there should be a gen x dating app where you list your top ten rem songs to find a match.
― Yerac, Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:59 (four years ago) link
Not in order, but this is what i've decided on today (and I feel fine about it).
Driver 8CuyahogaCarnival of SortsI BelieveYou Are The EverythingCountry FeedbackHaborcoatDon't Go Back to RockvilleTexarkanaUntitled (from Green)
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
sitting stillworld leader pretendcuyahogalife and how to live ite-bow the lettergardening at nightswan swan hme in honeyfall on medrive
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
what's great is that i love all of the other lists...these are all good songs.
r.e.m. POXXV?
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
i feel like an old man in a nursing home, with the game rigged in my favor by a polite staff so that whatever choice i make is correct, in some way
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 7 November 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
Is "This World Is Big" what people are calling the untitled song on Green?
― nate woolls, Thursday, 7 November 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
Yeah sorry that’s what I call it
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 7 November 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
so. central rainthe one i lovegardening at nighttalk about the passionfinest work song7 chinese brothersnear wild heaventhe sidewinder sleeps tonight (feel like this is not a partic popular choice, but as a kid - i was 8 when automatic was released - this was the first REM song i remember really liking a lot)nightswimmingwhat's the frequency kenneth
― ت (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 7 November 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
the sidewinder sleeps tonite (i hear you jim in vancouver; this song is pure joy)shaking throughcuyahogae-bow the letterbang and blamenear wild heavenwendell geeworld leader pretendtime after time (annelise)it's the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)
― J. Sam, Thursday, 7 November 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
i feel like a jerk for not putting losing my religion in there. it's not honest without that. losing my religion may be the song that i still like the most that i've listened to the most times, if you know what i mean
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Thursday, 7 November 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
Gardening at NightSitting StillDon't Go Back to RockvilleDriver 8Fall On MeCountry FeedbackNightswimmingFind the RiverStrange CurrenciesE-Bow the Letter
Since my picks are pretty basic, here's 10 deeper cuts I also love:
9-9CatapultKohoutekSwan Swan HKing of BirdsYou Are the EverythingHairshirtBelongNew Test LeperAirportman
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 7 November 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
this is pretty much the same list I would have had at age 19. sadboi REM will always be my favorite REM
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 7 November 2019 21:03 (four years ago) link
The Wrong ChildFireplaceI Remember CaliforniaNightswimmingNear Wild HeavenHopeGardening At NightRadio Free EuropeLeaveCrush With Eyeliner
― nate woolls, Thursday, 7 November 2019 21:28 (four years ago) link
good list
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 7 November 2019 22:18 (four years ago) link
Oh fiddlestix I need 7 chinese brothers on there. Gah.
― tempted by the fruit of your mother (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 7 November 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
KohoutekGardening at NightHarborcoatDriver 8World Leader PretendCountry FeedbackI BelieveLaughingFind the RiverDaysleeperLots of overlap with evol j. I too probably would have chosen very similarly perhaps, um, two-thirds of a lifetime ago.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 7 November 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
Try Not To BreatheSitting StillE Bow The LetterHarborcoatI BelieveNightswimmingFind The RiverElectroliteSweetness FollowsWolves Lower
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Friday, 8 November 2019 17:27 (four years ago) link
^^^oooooh yeah
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Friday, 8 November 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
Wolves, LowerGardening At NightSitting StillSo. Central RainDriver 8Fall On MeI BelieveNear Wild HeavenNightswimmingFind The River
― SA, Friday, 8 November 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
I should have found room for Electrolite.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
Me too but I have no idea what I would dislodge to make room for it.
― tempted by the fruit of your mother (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
sitting stillthe wrong childbelongfall on meshaking throughkohoutekcircus envywolves, lowerwendell geelittle america
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
there are too many positive feelings on this thread. so let me say it: i think electrolite (which i like!), is possibly the most overrated REM song.
― at home in the alternate future, (Karl Malone), Friday, 8 November 2019 19:54 (four years ago) link
damn sonto me it’s like nightswimming except it’s good
― brimstead, Friday, 8 November 2019 20:35 (four years ago) link
sorry for the ‘lops
I have a mental thing where I think up additional lyrics: I'm Steve McQueen, I'm Jimmy Dean, I'm Martin Sheen, I'm Aqua Teen, I'm Vaseline, I'm Paula Deen, I'm Mister Bean, I'm Billie Jean, I'm David Lean, I'm margarine, etc.
― tempted by the fruit of your mother (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 8 November 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
Nightswimming>>>>>Electrolyte
― quinn morgendorffer stan account (morrisp), Friday, 8 November 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
nuh uh
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 8 November 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
YMP, i do the same with "catapult": "can of pork!, cat afloat!, gallow's pole!" lyrical madlibs was one of the minor joys of early mumbly michael singalongs. "electrolite" is maybe a final callback to those early days, on their last great (bill involved) album
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 8 November 2019 22:30 (four years ago) link
Ranking their openers.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 October 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
I don’t love “Radio Song,” but I think it works well as an opener for that particular album.
― Guitar Dick (morrisp), Sunday, 11 October 2020 03:47 (three years ago) link
aw c'mon "How the West was Won" is one of the all-time great openers, REM or other
― assert (MatthewK), Sunday, 11 October 2020 08:47 (three years ago) link
Find The RiverTime After Time (Annelise)7 Chinese BrothersDisturbance At The Heron HouseLife & How To Live ItSweetness FollowsI BelievePerfect CircleDaySleeperPilgrimage
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 25 July 2023 15:22 (eight months ago) link
Great choices, more ballad-y than mine would be I think.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 21:21 (eight months ago) link
wolvescarnivalpilgrimagelaughingharborcoatdiminishedbe minethe one i lovelosing my religionsidewinder
― brimstead, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 00:11 (eight months ago) link
Hmmm how about
Near Wild HeavenFind the RiverLet Me InNightswimmingSweetness FollowsI Remember CaliforniaWhy Not SmileThe Wrong ChildLeaveFireplace
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 01:55 (eight months ago) link
nice lists. don't think I've attempted one since college.
Green Grow the RushesNear Wild HeavenSweetness FollowsHopeHarborcoatWorld Leader PretendSidewinder Sleeps ToniteRockvilleElectroliteAftermath
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 01:59 (eight months ago) link
Near Wild HeavenCatapultSweetness FollowsNew Test LeperDisturbance at the Heron HouseFeeling Gravitys PullNightswimming Moral KioskLowTry Not to Breathe
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 02:07 (eight months ago) link
glad Sweetness Follows gets so much love, might be my favorite song of theirs.
― all this time I thought you were British (Deflatormouse), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 02:14 (eight months ago) link
pilgrimagemoral kioskso. central raingreen grow the rushesmaps and legendsi believelowsweetness followsfind the riverelectrolite
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 02:27 (eight months ago) link
hi!
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 02:28 (eight months ago) link
wolves, lowerlaughingsitting still(don't go back to) rockvillelife and how to live itdriver 8nightswimmingsweetness followsstrange currencieselectrolite
― Clay, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 02:32 (eight months ago) link
my high school had coffeehouse nights, and my two best friends and i were the organizers our senior year. our last week of school, the three of us holed up in a room for two hours and arranged a string bass/cello/acoustic guitar version of “Sweetness Follows” that i sang. brought down the house, deeply happy memory for me.
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 11:11 (eight months ago) link
It really is a staggeringly beautiful song. Must have felt so powerful to sing it.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:21 (eight months ago) link
crush with eyelinerworld leader pretendpilgrimagee-bow the letterkohoutekcountry feedbackbeat a drumsuspicion exhuming mccarthyharborcoat
― ivy., Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:30 (eight months ago) link
Thought the thread revive was related to the band members' own POX:
MICHAEL STIPEWorld Leader PretendCountry FeedbackStrange Currencies (Remix/The Bear Edit)The LiftingElectron BlueSupernatural SuperseriousOh My HeartWe All Go Back To Where We Belong, Kirsten,…The Flowers of GuatemalaHalf A World AwayPETER BUCKFeeling Gravity’s PullSo. Central RainWalk UnafraidYou’re In The AirDiscovererAll The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)Try Not To BreatheUndertowElectroliteFinest WorksongMIKE MILLSWolves, LowerPilgrimageI BelieveIt’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)You Are The EverythingOrange CrushWhat’s The Frequency, Kenneth?How The West Was Won And Where It Got UsLiving Well Is The Best RevengeEvery Day Is Yours To WinBILL BERRYBeachballDaysleeperLeaving New YorkThese DaysWe WalkI Remember CaliforniaI Don’t Sleep, I DreamRotary TenVoice Of HaroldFind The River
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 13:36 (eight months ago) link
Glad to see ilxors love near wild heaven. Best song on that album easy
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 27 July 2023 03:16 (eight months ago) link
…their worst video, though (MTV Classic plays it a lot)
― Empty Tushy Fills (morrisp), Thursday, 27 July 2023 03:45 (eight months ago) link
Eazy, it probably was indirectly but the discussion of the band's top 40 has been on the other thread:REM: Classic or dud?
― Alba, Thursday, 27 July 2023 06:51 (eight months ago) link
I think the best I can do is narrow their catalog down to a core 20 songs… beyond this, it’d just be throwing darts to prune it further (which isn’t really fun for me):Wolves, LowerGardening at NightLaughingPerfect CircleCatapult Sitting StillShaking ThroughHarborcoat7 Chinese BrothersCameraGood AdvicesLife and How to Live ItPop Song 89Get UpYou Are The EverythingHairshirt DriveWhat’s the Frequency, Kenneth?Crush With EyelinerE-Bow the Letter
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Sunday, 13 August 2023 20:34 (seven months ago) link
…oh shit, I forgot “Letter Never Sent” (listening to Reckoning now). POXXI(?)
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Sunday, 13 August 2023 20:59 (seven months ago) link