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 (nine months ago) link
Great choices, more ballad-y than mine would be I think.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 25 July 2023 21:21 (nine months ago) link
wolvescarnivalpilgrimagelaughingharborcoatdiminishedbe minethe one i lovelosing my religionsidewinder
― brimstead, Wednesday, 26 July 2023 00:11 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine 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 (nine months ago) link