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I always thought "Feeling Gravity's Pull" was an odd song, especially for an album opener.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NodXnjUIZ0U

 

Had never heard it before, but that is indeed a curious tune.

 

R.E.M. are so perf they are da best my bois :heart: Have you heard anything else from them!?

Everything.

 

I was talking to Entre btw.

Whoops. Still have everything.

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I always thought "Feeling Gravity's Pull" was an odd song, especially for an album opener.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NodXnjUIZ0U

 

Had never heard it before, but that is indeed a curious tune.

 

R.E.M. are so perf they are da best my bois :heart: Have you heard anything else from them!?

Everything.

 

I was talking to Entre btw.

 

I have

 

Life's Rich Pageant

Green (which I never listen to, didn't really care for much of it when I first got it)

Out Of Time

Automatic For The People

 

I have also heard

 

Murmur

Document

 

both of which are probably the top contenders for my favorite REM album.

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I always thought "Feeling Gravity's Pull" was an odd song, especially for an album opener.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NodXnjUIZ0U

 

Had never heard it before, but that is indeed a curious tune.

 

R.E.M. are so perf they are da best my bois :heart: Have you heard anything else from them!?

Everything.

 

I was talking to Entre btw.

 

I have

 

Life's Rich Pageant

Green (which I never listen to, didn't really care for much of it when I first got it)

Out Of Time

Automatic For The People

 

I have also heard

 

Murmur

Document

 

both of which are probably the top contenders for my favorite REM album.

 

Ahh, tbh Green is my fav R.E.M. album.

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Maybe not the most jarring, but "Going for the One" off of "Going for the One" by Yes is the one that stands out to me. That pedal steel guitar intro was so "UnYes_like" when compared to the material on "Relayer" and "TFTO" that I couldn't help but love it right off the bat.
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"The music is reversible, but time is not..."

 

I'm gonna go with Fire On High by ELO. Slightly comical by today's standards, but back in the day of concerns of album back-masking, I'm sure it raised Hell ( :fury: :LOL: ) with lots of parents. I remember reaching for the volume knob on my stereo the first time I heard it so my folks wouldn't freak out.

 

Somewhat OT, the album ender on Kiss's Black Diamond was a bit unsettling. I thought the belt drive on my turntable broke. Now, it just kinda makes me think about the movie Trick Or Treat.

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Invaders by Iron Maiden. Arguably the worst song on their best album. The B side Total Eclipse is a much better song.

 

Agree that it's jarring, but I like it.

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Invaders by Iron Maiden. Arguably the worst song on their best album. The B side Total Eclipse is a much better song.

 

Agree that it's jarring, but I like it.

I thought about that track as well for this thread. Jarring is a perfect word.
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Battery and Fight Fire With Fire for their acoustic intros by Metallica especially Battery for the Latin flavor.

 

and Hit The Lights, for sheer volume and speed and organized chaos

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