The World Is POLLapsing Around Our Ears: REM's "Out of Time"

that Unplugged where Michael wears a stupid hat with snaps on the side.

1991-core... barn jacket & shorts, perched on that stool... doing those weird little hand flick motions he was into at this time... luv it

every time At 10:35 on an early summer's morning, John Lanchester sat down at his study desk, switched on his new Dell computer, opened up the word processing programme that the computer had come with and began reappears in sna, i think

those creatures jumped the barricades and headed for the sea
sea

so many of my weirdo friends skipped school to buy this on release day that one of the principals thought something was going down and we all had to talk to the counselor and have our mental health confirmed

Yer old.

tempus fugit dept.: released 30 years ago today. a rare song in that I can recall exactly where & how I first heard it (my freshman dorm room; on WFNX) & what I first thought ("that's pretty good--wonder if it'll be a hit, there's a lot of mandolin on it") pic.twitter.com/ejEksBvfGm

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Pitchfork Mark, in the replies, wants to make sure the world knows he's lukewarm on the song.

30th for the album

ffs

I am listening to this album in full for the first time ever right now. “Radio Song” and “Shiny Happy People” are universally reviled as the band’s nadir when “Endgame” and “Belong” are RIGHT THERE?!

Fucking hell is “Me in Honey” a great song.

I like Me In Honey as a closer, there are two or three more obvious choices but they made the right decision

"Belong" rules

otm

“Radio Song” and “Shiny Happy People” are universally reviled as the band’s nadir

Is this true? “Endgame” is kinda weak as a “song,” but I guess it sounded ok at the time, as some texture…

i like endgame, would like it better if it had been arranged/produced in the style of pretty much any other era of good REM though, and if it lost the "lead" vocal

I haven't listened to radio song on purpose in years, but I heard it on the radio, and I kind of thought, eh, if it had no KRS One it might be okay.

"Belong," "Shiny Happy People," and "Radio Song" are all better than "Losing My Religion"

(none of these are as great as "Me In Honey" obviously, I'm not a madman)

Oh I just realized I have already said all this in this thread again and again over the years, sorry

I like "Half a World Away" and could do without every other song on this. R.E.M.'s weakest record.

Texarkana -> Country Feedback -> Me in Honey

greatest 3 song run in their catalog imo

The top two are correct. In fact I might even go so far as to say they're all time top 5 REM for me

I think I like every song on here. Even Radio Song I really don't mind. I can give or take LMR though

Give or take? Take or leave

Went looking for Spitting Image's 'Whiny Crappy People' parody but it's not on Youtube. I recall it had Mike Mills as the lead vocalist, playing double bass like in the SHP video. Why?

Texarkana -> Country Feedback -> Me in Honey

greatest 3 song run in their catalog imo

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