Mission of Burma could have asked Zak Starkey to join if their drummer had quit.
― Tim Ellison, Friday, 6 July 2007 18:53 (seventeen years ago) link
Umm dude I believe REM still have time left to "break up when the drummer dies."
― nabisco, Friday, 6 July 2007 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Also: is it just me, or has Stipe's voice progressed kind of backwards? He spent his youth being husky and mumbly, and slowly converted into bleaty projection and clarity -- it's hard to imagine him now getting back at the vocal tone of those early songs.
― nabisco, Friday, 6 July 2007 19:03 (seventeen years ago) link
("Progressed backwards" meaning over his life span, of course -- it seems like aging usually makes people more soft and husky.)
― nabisco, Friday, 6 July 2007 19:04 (seventeen years ago) link
Gee, you'd think I was making a joke or something.
― da croupier, Friday, 6 July 2007 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link
Heavens! ;)
― David R., Friday, 6 July 2007 19:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Sorry! He had that whole brain-aneurysm thing, I thought maybe you thought he died then!
― nabisco, Friday, 6 July 2007 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link
I saw Zombie Bill Berry play on the Monster tour and didn't notice a difference
― marmotwolof, Friday, 6 July 2007 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link
You know what's weird? Really weird? Right now I find myself wishing R.E.M. made another album that sounded exactly like Monster. If you think about, in all this time since 1994 not a single band has made an album that sounded like that (vox amp + digital delay as the main instrument).
― Erroneous Botch, Friday, 6 July 2007 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link
no, there have plenty of shitty albums since 1994 duder
― Mr. Que, Friday, 6 July 2007 21:50 (seventeen years ago) link
we don't need more shitty albums
haven't their past couple tours been pretty tragic affairs, scissors kick notwithstanding? i mean, they did that one where they took all those requests...and they played the liacouras center at temple u. i'd go if they played the tower again tho.
― fukasaku tollbooth, Friday, 6 July 2007 23:17 (seventeen years ago) link
i think i saw the last three u.s. tours and they've all been great!
― Tim Ellison, Friday, 6 July 2007 23:55 (seventeen years ago) link
R.E.M. could have been the college rock Led Zeppelin if they just broke up when the drummer died. Instead they're the college rock Stones, right down to OMG THEY DID PARACHUTE WOMAN.
otm
for some reason it didn't surprise me that they hadn't played harbourcoat since 1985. then i realized that i last saw them in 1985.
― Lawrence the Looter, Sunday, 8 July 2007 02:14 (seventeen years ago) link
http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=1225
10. 15. 10COLLAPSE INTO NOWThe band's new record, slated for a spring 2011 release, will be titled COLLAPSE INTO NOW. BBC6Music first reported the title following a conversation with Bertis who was in Manchester earlier this week for In The City, a music business conference.
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Y'all, that album title is complete ass. But I'm still cautiously optimistic about the music contained within.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 18 October 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
http://s3.amazonaws.com/bzzagent-bzzscapes-prod/collapse-into-cool--lrg.png
Since their titles are often thematically relevant to the album, what will "Collapse Into Now" signify? Are they conceding to commercial reality by duetting with Rihanna?
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Their ability to write a tune has dropped off, unfortunately. The last album had all the LRP/Document sound but no tunes. Has anyone ever grilled Stipe on his use of lyric stand...even now? The Dublin shows notwithstanding their setlists recently have been ass given the back catalogue.
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 13:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I liked Accelerate for a number of listens but I only find myself going back to a handful of songs now. The bridges in particular are really rote. God that new title is awful. Cautiously optimistic in spite of everything.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
1. “Discoverer”2. “All The Best”3. “Uberlin”4. “Oh My Heart”5. “It Happened Today” (featuring Eddie Vedder)6. “Every Day Is Yours To Win”7. “Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter” (featuring Peaches and Lenny Kaye)8. “Walk It Back”9. “Mine Smell Like Honey”10. “That Someone Is You”11. “Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I”12. “Blue” (featuring Patti Smith)
That's the tracklist for Collapse Into Now. http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/11/24/rem-collapse-into-now-tracklist-new-album/
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 25 November 2010 06:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Track 7 is a joke right?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:02 (thirteen years ago) link
9. “Mine Smell Like Honey”
― henri grenouille (Frogman Henry), Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:08 (thirteen years ago) link
.. what do yourn smell like?
― Mark G, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:10 (thirteen years ago) link
'Mine Smell Like Honey' was the one that made me think this might be a joke. This is probably going to terrible but I'm still strangely looking forward to it, especially the Patti Smith collaboration.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I suspect I'll be wishing Stipe would go back to being a mumbler before this is all over.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Also people need to stop letting Jacknife Lee produce things.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, I liked his prod/remix of Badly Drawn Boy's "Born Again" more than the original. But they didn't release it beyond promo.
― Mark G, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Thought for a second that said "featuring Danny Kaye" and thought Stipe was getting into some Natalie/Nat King Cole duet-with-a-zombie shit.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Thursday, 25 November 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
well it does say 'featuring peaches' so you're still right
― balls, Thursday, 25 November 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
It's peaches the tinned fruit not the singer Peaches.
― Mark G, Friday, 26 November 2010 12:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Read it as "(featuring Peaches and Lenny Beige)" myself.
http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2010/03/30/article-1269972408037-08EF542C000005DC-731652_636x300.jpg
― James Mitchell, Friday, 26 November 2010 13:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I hear the song features an interpolation of the Stranglers song. Plus Lenny Kaye.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 November 2010 13:05 (thirteen years ago) link
you can get the opening track at remhq.com -- sounds ok? kinda has an all tomorrow's parties piano thing going on.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks, tyler. with a heavy heart and depressingly low expectations, i'm going to listen now.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 December 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I like Monster so this new track isn't half bad. they seem to have the classic middle aged rocker problem with thinking hooks are better than they actually are but the guitars sound nice. And the overall sound isn't nearly as horrible as those overcompressed Accelerate tracks.
― skip, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 18:59 (thirteen years ago) link
How long did it take you guys to get your email? I'm still waiting, 15 minutes later.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i got the email within minutes.
it's still the same dreadful producer as on the last album, no?
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uMf-JxR5mQ
did they get confused about which old-in-the-way alt-dinosaur they are and accidentally make a bloated throwback to 1983 U2?
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
thx!
Okay, I'm surprisingly WAY into this.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Guessing true believers will find it worth comparing to Green
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
This song is terrible. Too many guitars and Stipe needs to sing less or be buried in the mix more. The new Duran Duran album is great though.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
they're utterly lost. and for me, there was a time -- not that long ago -- that this band could do no wrong whatsoever.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
The new Duran Duran album is great though.
I've never been a big fan, but I can tell they're at least trying to be good again.
This song is terrible.
RONG-O
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah definitely didn't sound terrible to me. kinda stadium rock REM, but pretty good.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
there was a time -- not that long ago -- that this band could do no wrong whatsoever.
I've always loved the Eponymous album but their proper albums never struck me as being without flaws. In fact, I think Murmur kind of sucks, and I've yet to find one that I like cover to cover. Any recommendations?
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I agree with the Green thing mentioned before...kind of a Green/Monster hybrid-type song. I like the guitar sound a lot.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
It's kinda like they took the hooks and organ out of "Turn You Inside Out"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Cover-to-cover, my favorite is probably Green.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I think Murmur kind of suckscrazy talk!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
totally meh
and yeah res gotta b trollin)
― ♪ like cockaHOOS ♫ (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 15 December 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
rest is garbage mid 90s / 2000s.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, September 6, 2018 8:35 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
a seven minute "country feedback" from 1998 is not going to suck
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 September 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
they never really stopped being an incredible live band imo. live versions of "walk unafraid" really cook, they're the reason its still one of my favorite r.e.m. songs
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Thursday, 6 September 2018 17:42 (six years ago) link
Clearly it was of interest to a lot of people or it wouldn't have been compiled and released. Unfortunately for me, I don't care to hear anything live from REM after 1991. Country Feedback being the exception, so good shout on that 7min version. I am very happy others are excited. It's good to be excited.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 6 September 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
I could do without a couple of the Around the Sun tracks, but that's about it. Live versions of the 1998-2004 stuff have generally been better versions.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 6 September 2018 18:18 (six years ago) link
Is it the Neil Young one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CERhzm6t7I
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/05/michael-stipe-new-songs-webster-hall-video-performance/
― timellison, Monday, 10 June 2019 03:42 (five years ago) link
The fact that he's doing something is brilliant news. It'd be a shame if he'd let that great voice of his go to waste.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 10 June 2019 13:16 (five years ago) link
Producer Marc Urselli posted this seven weeks ago on his Instagram account:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwhxx9GHL2U/?hl=en
I love my musical life: yesterday I was in Oslo listening to extreme metal today I’m in New York City recording the mesmerizing #BillFrisell @billfrisellsmusic at @eastsidesoundstudios with the revolutionary producer @willnerh #HalWillner doing to overdubs for #MichaelStipe of #REM
No more info though...
― EvR, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 08:52 (five years ago) link
Up vinyl preorders are presumably coming this week (maybe even Tuesday morning). FINALLY
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 03:10 (one year ago) link