How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread

Post by **epilogue** » Sun January 06, 2019 9:26 pm

IMPOSSIBLE

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Sun January 06, 2019 9:28 pm

Fuck it. Let’s just forget about it and put some music on.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun January 06, 2019 9:29 pm

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sun January 06, 2019 9:29 pm

My top 10(ish) songs would be vastly different than most.

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Sun January 06, 2019 9:42 pm

I have a soft spot for Bang and Blame, Crush with Eyeliner (Thurston

), and Voices of Harold. Though none of those songs would make any variation of a list for me.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun January 06, 2019 9:42 pm

PHATJ wrote:My top 10(ish) songs would be vastly different than most.

POST THEM(ish)!!!

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Sun January 06, 2019 9:53 pm

As a non-fan, these are my ten favorite R.E.M. songs:

1. Supernatural Superserious
2. Leave
3. Oddfellows Local 151
4. Accelerate
5. Man on the Moon
6. Let Me In
7. Be Mine
8. Man-Sized Wreath
9. Texarkana
10. Ignoreland

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sun January 06, 2019 9:54 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
PHATJ wrote:My top 10(ish) songs would be vastly different than most.
POST THEM(ish)!!!

Working on it. Ten songs isn’t happening.

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Sun January 06, 2019 9:54 pm

That’s a decent list to my ears. I’d lose Leave and Oddfellows if it was my desert island disc, but I could definitely live with the other 8

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sun January 06, 2019 10:05 pm

PHATJ wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
PHATJ wrote:My top 10(ish) songs would be vastly different than most.
POST THEM(ish)!!!
Working on it. Ten songs isn’t happening.

In no order, here are 15:

Sweetness Follows
Drive
Country Feedback
Bang and Blame
Finest Worksong
Harborcoat
Stand
Discoverer
Mine Smell Like Honey
Leave
Low Desert
Undertow
Living Well is the Best Revenge
Houston
Mr. Richards

Post by **epilogue** » Sun January 06, 2019 10:15 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:As a non-fan, these are my ten favorite R.E.M. songs:

1. Supernatural Superserious
2. Leave
3. Oddfellows Local 151
4. Accelerate
5. Man on the Moon
6. Let Me In
7. Be Mine
8. Man-Sized Wreath
9. Texarkana
10. Ignoreland

The ones I bolded are definitely in contention for me, too.

washing machine · Sun January 06, 2019 10:16 pm

PHATJ wrote:Houston

That song really pisses me off.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun January 06, 2019 10:19 pm

PHATJ wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
PHATJ wrote:My top 10(ish) songs would be vastly different than most.
POST THEM(ish)!!!
Working on it. Ten songs isn’t happening.
In no order, here are 15:

Sweetness Follows
Drive
Country Feedback
Bang and Blame
Finest Worksong
Harborcoat
Stand
Discoverer
Mine Smell Like Honey
Leave
Low Desert
Undertow
Living Well is the Best Revenge
Houston
Mr. Richards

Bolded are ones I'd absolutely consider as well.

Great list!

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sun January 06, 2019 10:21 pm

washing machine wrote:
PHATJ wrote:Houston
That song really pisses me off.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sun January 06, 2019 10:23 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
PHATJ wrote:My top 10(ish) songs would be vastly different than most.
POST THEM(ish)!!!
Working on it. Ten songs isn’t happening.
In no order, here are 15:

Sweetness Follows
Drive
Country Feedback
Bang and Blame
Finest Worksong
Harborcoat
Stand
Discoverer
Mine Smell Like Honey
Leave
Low Desert
Undertow
Living Well is the Best Revenge
Houston
Mr. Richards
Bolded are ones I'd absolutely consider as well.

Great list!

I cut so many songs I like a lot. I don’t think I could feel confident in a 10 song list.

washing machine · Sun January 06, 2019 10:30 pm

PHATJ wrote:
washing machine wrote:
PHATJ wrote:Houston
That song really pisses me off.

I like what it's doing, thematically. I just resent when outsiders use Gulf Coast cities to perpetuate the narrative that the south is ugly and dirty.

Houston, Laredo, and Galveston are supposed to be the consolation prizes for the narrator after escaping Katrina with nothing but the shirt off of their back, but the minor chords and the doom and gloom keyboards undercut the optimism of the words. Those are all collectively thought to be very dirty places that are being sung about, and the listener is made to feel dread in knowing this before the narrator discovers it for himself. Out of the frying pan and into the fire, so to speak. Living here, I know better, but I'll never convince anyone of that because, well, it's fucking Houston.

Also, it pisses me off because it reminds me of what happened with Katrina, which is another can of worms altogether.

To be fair, Houston is a very good song and it's REM doing what it does best in a very effective way. It just triggers me, is all.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun January 06, 2019 10:37 pm

washing machine wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
washing machine wrote:
PHATJ wrote:Houston
That song really pisses me off.

I like what it's doing, thematically. I just resent when outsiders use Gulf Coast cities to perpetuate the narrative that the south is ugly and dirty.

Houston, Laredo, and Galveston are supposed to be the consolation prizes for the narrator after escaping Katrina with nothing but the shirt off of their back, but the minor chords and the doom and gloom keyboards undercut the optimism of the words. Those are all collectively thought to be very dirty places that are being sung about, and the listener is made to feel dread in knowing this before the narrator discovers it for himself. Out of the frying pan and into the fire, so to speak. Living here, I know better, but I'll never convince anyone of that because, well, it's fucking Houston.

Also, it pisses me off because it reminds me of what happened with Katrina, which is another can of worms altogether.

To be fair, Houston is a very good song and it's REM doing what it does best in a very effective way. It just triggers me, is all.

I imagine this is sort of like how people feel when I talk about Brooklyn.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sun January 06, 2019 10:42 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
washing machine wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:I'm trying to puzzle through my top 10 REM songs. It's really difficult.
I thought I could nail it, but I can’t even narrow it down to ten and I have no idea which one I’d leave off, while at the same time I realize I’m leaving so much off of THIS list. Oh boy.

Cuyahoga
At My Most Beautiful
Gardening at Night
E-Bow the Letter
Drive
Begin the Begin
Laughing
Harborcoat
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
Let Me In
Try Not to Breathe
At least 3 of these are 100% worthy of best REM song.

Except the best REM song isn't on that list.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun January 06, 2019 10:44 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
washing machine wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:I'm trying to puzzle through my top 10 REM songs. It's really difficult.
I thought I could nail it, but I can’t even narrow it down to ten and I have no idea which one I’d leave off, while at the same time I realize I’m leaving so much off of THIS list. Oh boy.

Cuyahoga
At My Most Beautiful
Gardening at Night
E-Bow the Letter
Drive
Begin the Begin
Laughing
Harborcoat
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
Let Me In
Try Not to Breathe
At least 3 of these are 100% worthy of best REM song.
Except the best REM song isn't on that list.

There are several I'd put in consideration that are not on the list.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sun January 06, 2019 10:45 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
washing machine wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:I'm trying to puzzle through my top 10 REM songs. It's really difficult.
I thought I could nail it, but I can’t even narrow it down to ten and I have no idea which one I’d leave off, while at the same time I realize I’m leaving so much off of THIS list. Oh boy.

Cuyahoga
At My Most Beautiful
Gardening at Night
E-Bow the Letter
Drive
Begin the Begin
Laughing
Harborcoat
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
Let Me In
Try Not to Breathe
At least 3 of these are 100% worthy of best REM song.
Except the best REM song isn't on that list.
There are several I'd put in consideration that are not on the list.

It's crazy what you could have had.

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