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

[Rangi Guy]

Managed to give Leave a spin at full volume, so I'm happy

[tragabigzanda]

[dimejinky99]

Bullet the blue sky

[Hatfield]

there’s two types of people: those who love the siren and those who are dumb

The last song PJ played before they came out on stage at Hershey '03!

[joostone]

Ive found this 'complete' set of demos, outtakes and b-sides. Some released stuff and some unreleased stuff. Highlight for me is the UP outtake 'Im in Love'..

Enjoy..

https://packs.dbdicontoolbox.com/trolli ... olives.zip

[Rangi Guy]

Ive found this 'complete' set of demos, outtakes and b-sides. Some released stuff and some unreleased stuff. Highlight for me is the UP outtake 'Im in Love'..

Enjoy..

https://packs.dbdicontoolbox.com/trolli ... olives.zip

This is really cool. I thought I'd heard most of the unreleased stuff, but theres's some real gems here that are new to me

[Chris_H_2]

Happy 30th Birthday to one of rock's greatest treasures.

Call me when you try to wake her up.

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[Rangi Guy]

"UP 25 planning underway"
- REM on Instagram, today

[Rangi Guy]

I saw people talking about Amazon.uk having had up vinyl pre-orders for Accelerate, Reveal and Around The Sun.
I looked, but couldn't find anything

[tragabigzanda]

[Rangi Guy]

Yeah they were all live a couple weeks ago. Maybe try the band site?

Nothing

[AndySlash]

i saw the amazon.co.uk listing pages, so they were definitely up, also including collapse into now. didn't realize they got taken down. up the album wasn't a part of the listings.

edit: here's a reddit thread about it https://www.reddit.com/r/VinylReleases/ ... l_reissue/

[Stickman]

00:25 Begin the Begin
04:05 What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
08:18 Maps and Legends
11:47 Drive
16:37 Animal
20:50 Daysleeper
24:40 The Great Beyond
29:05 Bad Day
33:16 The One I Love
36:44 All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)
41:39 Orange Crush
45:46 Losing My Religion
50:29 At My Most Beautiful
54:24 Electrolite
58:28 She Just Wants to Be
1:04:25 Walk Unafraid
1:09:42 Man on the Moon

1:15:40 Everybody Hurts
1:22:09 So Fast, So Numb (w/ Chorus and the Ring snippet)
1:26:40 Country Feedback
1:32:58 Permanent Vacation
1:35:31 Imitation of Life
1:39:26 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

[Coach]

Thanks for sharing. Great show, spinning it now.

I think I've told this story before.

When Monster came out in 1994, I was about 17 in high school.

My REM fandom was hitting peak levels and I was all excited about the new album and the electric guitars, etc.

I then got made fun of because some guys in my grade were making jokes about the rumors Michael Stipe was gay.

At that time I don't think he had confirmed it.

I remember - VERY BRIEFLY - doubting my fandom. Please know that I was 17 and didn't know any better.

However, I eventually told those kids to fuck off and that the music was awesome.

I then blasted Flowers of Guatemala for them. Ok, maybe not the most bad ass song at the time but I loved it.

[warehouse]

luckily i realized at a young age gay people make great music

i just listened to 'sidewinder' and 'drive' b/c i saw this thread. these guys are so great, one of the most underrated bands ever.

[tragabigzanda]

[Rangi Guy]

My daughter is constantly singing away to herself and messing up the lyrics to The Great Beyond, It Happened Today and Man on the Moon. It makes me happy

[Coach]

REM is widely celebrated by white men who came of age along with their music. While they’ve generally struggled to capture a fan base outside of that demographic, they have at least a few songs that have been globally successful on a massive scale. They have yet to see the sort of post-career / next generation appreciation that’s been granted to bands like Led Zeppelin or The Police, but then their songs were rarely as immediately satisfying as those other bands’. Stripe’s lyrics have always been somewhat cryptic, and the band has largely eschewed easy hooks in favor of material that demands repeat listens to appreciate. Perfectly rated!

They remind me of Barry Sanders, kinda retiring way too early, but still good for them. Well said, Trag.

[warehouse]

REM is widely celebrated by white men who came of age along with their music. While they’ve generally struggled to capture a fan base outside of that demographic, they have at least a few songs that have been globally successful on a massive scale. They have yet to see the sort of post-career / next generation appreciation that’s been granted to bands like Led Zeppelin or The Police, but then their songs were rarely as immediately satisfying as those other bands’. Stripe’s lyrics have always been somewhat cryptic, and the band has largely eschewed easy hooks in favor of material that demands repeat listens to appreciate. Perfectly rated!

this is one of the worst posts i've seen in a long time. there fan base is evenly split between sexes, and I assume Stipe coming out in the 1990s led to them having more popularity in the LGBTQ+ population. You also lumped Led Zeppelin and The Police together. Both both great bands, but Led Zeppelin is borderline mythic, while The Police were a fun band during the 1980s. I don't think The Police are nearly as good as REM, which illustrates my point. Underrated.