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