Segue Myles Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Just looked it all up. Thank you guys this is really special news for me I adore this band for reasons ReRushed mentioned REM were for him! I cannot wait! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Seems like this band tried to get a 60's vibe going on, like they wanted to be the Hollies of the 80's. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Just looked it all up. Thank you guys this is really special news for me I adore this band for reasons ReRushed mentioned REM were for him! I cannot wait! You're welcome. I'm really excited too. Was all set to see them in 2011, but my father died a couple days before the gig.... I just couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Seems like this band tried to get a 60's vibe going on, like they wanted to be the Hollies of the 80's. I'd agree with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucey Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 They kinda sound like the Beach Boys sometimes, but with more to them 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithrandir Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Love, love, love REM. Arguably the best and most important American band of the last 40 years. Their music hits a special place in my mind. Favorite albums:MurmurLifesMonsterReckoningDocumentAutomaticGreenOut of TimeFables Favorite Songs:Radio Free EuropeWhat's the FrequencyBegin the BeginPretty PersuasionCrush with EyelinerMan on the MoonSwan Swan HStandPilgrimageSupermanFall on MeRockvilleCircus EnvyImitation of LifeCan't get there.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 They kinda sound like the Beach Boys sometimes, but with more to them You just reminded me of another favorite R.E.M. song - At My Most Beautiful... which is most definitely a Beach Boys homage (in terms of arrangement) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Playing Life's Rich Pageant for the first time in years and Fall On Me just blew me away. What a gorgeous song! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 I always thought Fleet Foxes felt like a rustic folk band that listened solely to REM and Beach Boys haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucey Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Just going to quickly mention, The Blue Aeroplanes, I brought them up somewhere in this section of the forum a few weeks back, they began before R.E.M. but ended up being influenced by them. Stipe performs guest vocals on an album of theirs called Swagger. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I REALLY wish I'd seen them live. I do not have a good excuse. :(They're OK live. Nothing close to Rush. They sounded good, but they don't have the same kind of stage presence or stage show as Rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILSnwdog Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 During the late 80s and early 90s, Rush kind of fell out of favor with me. At that time, I was one of those guys lamenting the departure of Terry Brown. I missed the old sound. During that period, REM filled the void left by Rush. REM helped me get into Alternative music at a time when I was growing bored with "Classic Rock". Hard to believe it was already 28 years ago when I saw them during the Green tour. :o My favorite songs include: Catapult, Pretty Persuasion, So. Central Rain, Talk About The Passion, Begin the Begin, Fall On Me, Driver 8, Finest Worksong, Oddfellows Local 151, Orange Crush, Turn You Inside-Out, and my favorite REM song has got to be Superman. I've never been able to warm up to anything from REM after Green. It's all too polished and pop like. In the mid 90s, something happened. My taste matured or something, and I suddenly found myself in love with the post TB Rush, and I was getting into heavier acts. I still enjoy the earlier REM, but they don't hold the same place in my heart that they did 25 years ago. :( 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I love the first five albums and Automatic for the People. Life's Rich Pageant is probably my favorite. As far as my top three favorite songs I'd say Harborcoat, Fall on Me, and Nightswimming. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutman Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 They suck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I really like the album--------------------MONSTER, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I really like the album-------MONSTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Back in my classic rock snob days, R.E.M. we're a bit like Nirvana to me. Their music tended to annoy me more than anything (though I enjoyed the singles from Document, and Loosing My Religion), and they were a key in the puzzle of the "demise of classic rock." Once I got over that snobbishness and realized a ton of post-Nirvana music was actually awesome, I still held silent grades against R.E.M. And Nirvana, though I was much less spiteful towards the Georgians. Still their music didn't excite me and I wasn't too keen to look into it. Then one day I decided I was mature enough to give some of their albums a fair shot, so over some time I checked out Document and Out Of Time and Murmur. Murmur really stuck with me, and the other two were fine to my ears. I also checked out Green, but it was very unexciting for me. I thought anything with a mandolin used like that in it sounded like a Led Zep rip off, and not well done. Their not one of my favorites, but I appreciate them much more, and I do enjoy them from time to time. No more grudge, but they do still have a tendency to fade into the background for me. What can I say, I like exciting music a bit more most days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Too many great songs to list. My top 3 albums though would be Document, Life's Rich Pageant, and Murmur. Any of them could be #1 at any given mood. I remember about a decade back on TRF there was a sentiment that "best of" or compilation albums "were for soccer moms". I thought it was a horseshit, snobby comment. And I said as much at the time. REM was actually the band I thought of when defending "Best of" albums. And there's no way could you go wrong with their first compilation "Eponymous" or 91's "The Best of REM". It's currently 7:50am here now, I'm still lying in bed, and the sky is clear & blue and all positive looking. Today's soundtrack will be REM. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Every day is an REM kind of day! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Every day is an REM kind of day!Murmur's already playing now! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Too many great songs to list.My top 3 albums though would be Document, Life's Rich Pageant, and Murmur. Any of them could be #1 at any given mood. I remember about a decade back on TRF there was a sentiment that "best of" or compilation albums "were for soccer moms". I thought it was a horseshit, snobby comment. And I said as much at the time. REM was actually the band I thought of when defending "Best of" albums. And there's no way could you go wrong with their first compilation "Eponymous" or 91's "The Best of REM". Agreed. I have to credit "Eponymous" with pushing me into R.E.M. fandom. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Very good band, but I thought they lost their edge after they became one of the 'mega' bands around the early 90s. Musically, they're very simple but Stipe's vocals and the lyrics hold the songs together well. They remind me of my first wedding where we chose 'it's end of the world as we know it' as the 2nd solo dance song for my wife and I at the reception. The first song was Gabriel's 'In your eyes' which was more wedding appropriate. What can I say...we both had a warped sense of humor. The groom's cake was a Beavis and Butthead cake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leanne Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Love this song and album. I haven't listened to REM lately but I might have to change that. I haven't heard the last 3 studio albums, however, I love 80s and mid 90s REM. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 So many great songs. Along with what's been posted, I'll give a shout-out to the oft maligned New Adventures in HiFi. I really like that album and thought it was a nice return to rawness. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 7 Chinese Brothers, baby. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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