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

Post by **stip** » Fri January 11, 2019 8:33 pm

There was also that Starring Down the Barrel of the Middle Distance songs from those same shows.

Honestly neither is as good as anything that made it onto accelerate.

Post by **stip** » Fri January 11, 2019 8:34 pm

Joey, have you heard this?

Their last single (from a GH compilation) which is a really good song and doubly compelling when you know it's their last song

Post by **stip** » Fri January 11, 2019 8:35 pm

the story of the video is that Stipe just grabbed Kirsten Dunst (I think they live in the same building) and filmed her reaction as he sang the song to her

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Fri January 11, 2019 8:38 pm

stip wrote:the story of the video is that Stipe just grabbed Kirsten Dunst (I think they live in the same building) and filmed her reaction as he sang the song to her

How Louis CK of him

BootsToAsses · Post by **BootsToAsses** » Fri January 11, 2019 8:42 pm

They did another video, with poet John Giorno.

Blaine Ryan · Post by **Blaine Ryan** » Fri January 11, 2019 8:44 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
stip wrote:the story of the video is that Stipe just grabbed Kirsten Dunst (I think they live in the same building) and filmed her reaction as he sang the song to her
How Louis CK of him

I laughed.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri January 11, 2019 9:09 pm

BootsToAsses wrote:'Sing For The Submarine' is utterly brilliant, and easily my favourite from 'Accelerate'.

I love songs that deal with the future, dreams etc. Love this one.

That was my favorite on first listen as well.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri January 11, 2019 9:12 pm

stip wrote:Joey, have you heard this?

Their last single (from a GH compilation) which is a really good song and doubly compelling when you know it's their last song

I've heard the song before but I haven't seen this video.

BootsToAsses · Post by **BootsToAsses** » Fri January 11, 2019 9:15 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
BootsToAsses wrote:'Sing For The Submarine' is utterly brilliant, and easily my favourite from 'Accelerate'.

I love songs that deal with the future, dreams etc. Love this one.
That was my favorite on first listen as well.

I make weird connections sometimes, but this one always makes me think of the movie "Synecdoche, New York" for some reason.

digster · Post by **digster** » Sat January 12, 2019 4:40 am

I love this version of Sing for the Submarine (inside a grain silo).

I think my favorite from Accelerate was always Horse to Water. They don't really have many songs with that kind of intensity (even on Accelerate).

Post by **Jorge** » Sat January 12, 2019 8:02 am

IMO, "We All Go Back..." is better than anything on Collapse Into Now

BootsToAsses · Post by **BootsToAsses** » Sat January 12, 2019 12:52 pm

theplatypus wrote:IMO, "We All Go Back..." is better than anything on Collapse Into Now

I could get on board with this. At least, it's a perfect song to bow out with.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat January 12, 2019 1:38 pm

BootsToAsses wrote:
theplatypus wrote:IMO, "We All Go Back..." is better than anything on Collapse Into Now
I could get on board with this. At least, it's a perfect song to bow out with.

It's a cute little ditty but I'm not sure I find it as compelling as you chaps do. I think most of its charm is in its context.

There are elements that feel not only cheesy but almost funny. These elements are compounded by watching that Kirsten Dunst video.

Blaine Ryan · Post by **Blaine Ryan** » Sat January 12, 2019 2:13 pm

I've only listened to "We All Go Back..." two or three times since its release, I think. The new songs on Part Lies... didn't really wow me.

Post by **Jorge** » Sat January 12, 2019 2:49 pm

I think it's beautiful, and the Bacharach orchestration really does it for me

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Sat January 12, 2019 3:50 pm

I'm listening to it now for the first time since it first came out. It's lovely, and way different than I had remembered it in my head. I am most struck by how much older Stipe sounds, even in the short time since "Collapse."

Post by **epilogue** » Sun January 13, 2019 5:00 am

New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Collapse Into Now
Automatic for the People
Lifes Rich Pageant
Monster
Around the Sun
Up
Accelerate
Fables of the Reconstruction
Green
Reckoning
Document
Out of Time
Murmur
Reveal

BootsToAsses · Post by **BootsToAsses** » Sun January 13, 2019 12:32 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
BootsToAsses wrote:
theplatypus wrote:IMO, "We All Go Back..." is better than anything on Collapse Into Now
I could get on board with this. At least, it's a perfect song to bow out with.
It's a cute little ditty but I'm not sure I find it as compelling as you chaps do. I think most of its charm is in its context.

There are elements that feel not only cheesy but almost funny. These elements are compounded by watching that Kirsten Dunst video.

I don't particularly love the videos. I'm just a sucker for orchestration and I love how it's used here. Stipe sounds older, more mature but it works for this song, and I just adore the "I can taste the ocean on your skin" line

That little guitar bit before the final chorus is tremendous, too.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sun January 13, 2019 1:06 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Collapse Into Now
Automatic for the People
Lifes Rich Pageant
Monster
Around the Sun
Up
Accelerate
Fables of the Reconstruction
Green
Reckoning
Document
Out of Time
Murmur
Reveal

Very interesting.

Post by **Jorge** » Sun January 13, 2019 4:26 pm

Stipe sounds like he recorded the vocals for "We All Go Back..." while on his back

Red Mosquito

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