Pretty sure Try Not to Breathe and Driver 8 are also Berry's
― cwkiii, Saturday, 21 September 2019 02:04 (four years ago) link
Buck says:
"I remember Bill came up with the verse to 'Driver 8,' and after he showed it to me he said, 'I need to run to the market, I'll be right back.' I think he went to get some beans or rice or something. In the meantime, I came up with the chorus and the intro riff. Bill came back in about five minutes, and it was done. So I played it for him and he went, 'Alright, that's great!' Bill was totally excited.
― #YABASIC (morrisp), Saturday, 21 September 2019 02:57 (four years ago) link
“Possibly my favourite band from that era was The Auteurs. Luke Haines and I have just made a record together and I think that’s coming out in the spring. I’d never met him, but we’d just send stuff back and forth and then we went to a show together when I was over in London six months ago. I guess it’ll come out as a Luke Haines / Peter Buck record, it’s hard making up band names, you always have to say who you are!
https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/r.e.m.s-peter-buck-nine-songs-monster
Hmm.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 1 November 2019 12:02 (four years ago) link
Michael Stipe 60 years old yesterday. A bit hard to handle.
― Mule, Sunday, 5 January 2020 12:26 (four years ago) link
I can't see myself at sixty, I don't buy a lacquered dixie
― L'assie (Euler), Sunday, 5 January 2020 12:44 (four years ago) link
I remember years (decades?) ago Stipe complaining in an interview around the time of peak "omg, Michael Stipe must be sick!" rumors (after he shaved his head and was looking kinda gaunt) that he is just four years older than Brad Pitt. So it's a battle of healthy living vs. good genes, I guess.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 January 2020 14:43 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I mean, he looks 60...He released a new single y’day, btw.
― Into the Bro-known: One Dude’s ‘Frozen’ Podcast (morrisp), Sunday, 5 January 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
Good little Q&A; he’s definitely still Stipey, after all these years: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/11/michael-stipe-who-would-i-say-sorry-to-everyone-i-slept-with-before-the-age-of-27
― Don’t yell ‘Judas!’ in a crowded theater (morrisp), Sunday, 12 January 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
There's really not much going on with it, but that new Michael Stipe single is really pretty.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 July 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
The “Losing My Religion” episode of this new Song Exploder series is neat, if you have Netflix. Bill shows up!
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Monday, 5 October 2020 05:03 (three years ago) link
I noticed this old “UK Collector’s Edition” version of the maxi-single showed up on streaming services this week; must have been timed with the show:"Losing My Religion" – 4:29"Fretless" – 4:51"Losing My Religion" (Live acoustic version/Rockline) – 4:38"Rotary Eleven" – 2:32
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Monday, 5 October 2020 05:12 (three years ago) link
They have such great old faces now, especially Bill, how long before he gets cast in a Coen Bros movie?
― Maresn3st, Monday, 5 October 2020 11:31 (three years ago) link
Fretless is a really good b-side (also on the Until the End of the World soundtrack)
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Monday, 5 October 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Oh wow i need to see this. They did Try Not To Breathe on the podcast episode. I guess 'for telly' you need to bring out the bigger guns.
― piscesx, Monday, 5 October 2020 15:01 (three years ago) link
I've seen dozens of little R.E.M. "packages" over the years (with retrospective clips, etc.), and this is a good one :)
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Monday, 5 October 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
I rewatched the 'Rough Cut' documentary recently which is the daddy of them all, imho.
― Maresn3st, Monday, 5 October 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
Yeah i love that one.
Also this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1wdva2jbU
― piscesx, Monday, 5 October 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
This one is also kinda interesting -
https://www.vincentmoon.com/video-view-rem-six-days-and-ninety-nights-2008-97.html
― Maresn3st, Monday, 5 October 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
The guys say a few "interesting" things in this Song Exploder interview - (a) they didn't have high expectations for the album/single, and thought they may flop (I don't believe this; I think they knew what they had); and (b) Peter decided to go in a totally new direction, learn the mandolin, write acoustic songs (are they confusing this album with Green? lol).
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Monday, 5 October 2020 16:56 (three years ago) link
it seems like like they have at least 3 records where their narrative is "this was us reacting against the smash success of the previous album"
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link
"We didn't want to write R.E.M. songs this time"
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:04 (three years ago) link
Pete didn't want to be a "guitar dick."
― henry s, Monday, 5 October 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
This was charming! Glad to know Bill Berry still bros down with them.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
that song exploder episode was so lovely yes
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
they didn't have high expectations for the album/single, and thought they may flop (I don't believe this; I think they knew what they had)
i don't think this is new info, so even if you don't believe them, this is what they've said they thought about it for ages
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
i was having a pretty bad day and watching that episode really turned my mood around
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link
helps that the REM guys seem like genuine dudes...
― henry s, Monday, 5 October 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
i had the in time dvd and i loved all the interview clips they put between the music videos, they're very funny and silly guys. my favorite part was stipe talking about how much the band hates naming albums and they always had a running list of potential album names and that list always contained the title cat butt
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 5 October 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
Wasn't Cat Butt a noise band in the late 80's? Like around the time of Squirrel Bait and Killdozer?
― henry s, Monday, 5 October 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
On Sub Pop no?
― Maresn3st, Monday, 5 October 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
i don't think this is new info, so even if you don't believe them, this is what they've said they thought about it for agesSure, the story just doesn’t really make sense – “We fought the label hard to make this the lead single, b/c we thought it was a weird little song that wouldn’t likely connect with people.” It would be interesting to hear a different take on the scenario, after all these years. NBD though.
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Monday, 5 October 2020 18:11 (three years ago) link
Haha, yeah, those two comments raised an eyebrow from me too.
― The nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms (Sund4r), Monday, 5 October 2020 18:33 (three years ago) link
So i'm the only one who thought Bill Berry looked like he's just been drunk in a garage tinkering with rusted out trucks for the last 20 years?
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 5 October 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
those trucks were actually outside, but otherwise, yep
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Monday, 5 October 2020 19:47 (three years ago) link
Bill Berry is the hottest of the bunch.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 5 October 2020 19:55 (three years ago) link
Peter Buck looks like an ILXor now.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Monday, 5 October 2020 19:59 (three years ago) link
Not any one in particular, just generically.
Bill and Michael both look “old“; Peter and Mike look like they’re “drawn by a different artist” or something.
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Monday, 5 October 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
Bob Pollard was a big fan as evidenced by his early records, and he gives a shout out to Cat Butt in the song “Pendulum”...I always wondered if it was a reference to the band of that name or a wink to R.E.M.
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 5 October 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
Probably was; that's a pretty key piece of R.E.M. lore. (I'm no GBV scholar, but always thought "The Official Ironmen Rally Song" sounded like R.E.M.)
― I Hate the Aedes (morrisp), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
I hadn't thought of that before but yeah can hear it in the melody...
Stuff like this all over the self-released stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKfzUau9Pps&ab_channel=stonedcomedianringo
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 00:09 (three years ago) link
Ugh I thougt all I had to do was back out the "s" in https?
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
http://youtu.be/lKfzUau9Pps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKfzUau9Pps&feature=youtu.be
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 02:19 (three years ago) link
That song exploder episode is lovely. Would be nice if those interviews were part of a longer piece?
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 07:31 (three years ago) link
i don't think this is new info, so even if you don't believe them, this is what they've said they thought about it for ages[]Sure, the story just doesn’t really make sense – “We fought the label hard to make this the lead single, b/c we thought it was a weird little song that wouldn’t likely connect with people.” It would be interesting to hear a different take on the scenario, after all these years. NBD though.
Sure, the story just doesn’t really make sense – “We fought the label hard to make this the lead single, b/c we thought it was a weird little song that wouldn’t likely connect with people.” It would be interesting to hear a different take on the scenario, after all these years. NBD though.
In a Dutch tv-interview for the "Part Lies..." release, Stipe said that LMR was meant as the lead-up to "Shiny Happy People", which Warner Brothers thought was the hit-single of the album.
― EvR, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 07:56 (three years ago) link
It was the bigger hit in the UK so Warners weren't completely wrong
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 08:13 (three years ago) link
Co-signing the love for the song explorer episode on Losing My Religion and esp. Bill Berry. Loved his reaction to hearing the handclaps in the playback of a rough mix/demo and then in the actual song, something he could not recall at all and was flabbergasted to hear
― willem, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 08:21 (three years ago) link
^^^^ that moment was an absolute delight
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 09:35 (three years ago) link
paired well with stipe having to be handed the lyrics in order to remember them out of context
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link