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

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Sat May 03, 2014 1:25 pm

stip wrote:From top to bottom. When your weakest moments are monty got a raw deal and ignoreland you did something right

Aw man, I love Ignoreland.

Post by **stip** » Sat May 03, 2014 1:30 pm

so do I.

Post by **stip** » Sat May 03, 2014 1:31 pm

I've heard that stuff. They usually describe them as songs written by people learning how to write songs, and that seems pretty accurate to me. I do really like the rerecorded All the Right Friends, though.

But beyond that, arms of love, photograph, great beyond, bad day, and we all go back to where we belong nothing jumps out. A few fun covers.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sat May 03, 2014 1:44 pm

AFTP is great and all but I can think of a few REM records that I'd rank ahead of it. Reckoning and NAIHF come to mind.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat May 03, 2014 2:27 pm

Lament wrote:
stip wrote:
Kaius wrote:Automatic is a fucking beast!
It's my second favorite album of all time, and I would make a pretty serious argument that it us the greatest of all time, period.
Automatic for the People is just absolutely fucking stunning.

It absolutely fucking is. And still isn't my favorite REM album. From any years.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat May 03, 2014 2:29 pm

stip wrote:Document is inconsistent, but I think it's best moments are probably the best moments of the IRS years. Finest worksong, end of the world, one I love, King if birds, heron house, occupation. I'm not sure any of the other albums are gonna match that

End of the World and One I Love are the only two songs I can really listen to on Document. Well, that's not true. I CAN listen to all of them. But those are the only two that I enjoy, that stand out beyond background noise and connect with me.

makeshift · Post by **makeshift** » Sat May 03, 2014 3:38 pm

New Adventures, Monster, and Dead Letter Office are my faves.

Post by **epilogue** » Sat May 03, 2014 3:46 pm

New Adventures is a majestic record. Easily one of the best of its decade.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sat May 03, 2014 3:49 pm

Monster is so fucking good.

Post by **stip** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:01 pm

makeshift wrote:New Adventures, Monster, and Dead Letter Office are my faves.

Dead letter doesn't show up on lists like this too often...

Post by **epilogue** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:48 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:Monster is so fucking good.

I go back and forth on whether or not I like Monster more than Automatic. Usually Automatic wins. But every once in a while...

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sat May 03, 2014 4:51 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Monster is so fucking good.
I go back and forth on whether or not I like Monster more than Automatic. Usually Automatic wins. But every once in a while...

I'd put it ahead of Automatic. Monster brings the fuzz.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Sat May 03, 2014 5:13 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:Monster is so fucking good.

The Out of Time-Automatic-Monster-Hi Fi run is about as good as it gets.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sat May 03, 2014 5:22 pm

Kaius wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Monster is so fucking good.

The Out of Time-Automatic-Monster-Hi Fi run is about as good as it gets.

Expand that to include Green and Up.

Post by **stip** » Sat May 03, 2014 5:33 pm

Expand that to include Murmur through Reveal. Honestly if Around the Sun didn't get in the way you could include everything.

Accelerate is one of their very best records

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sat May 03, 2014 5:48 pm

shut up stip

Post by **stip** » Sat May 03, 2014 5:49 pm

it's a lot better than Up, methinks

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sat May 03, 2014 5:57 pm

youthinks wrong

AndySlash · Post by **AndySlash** » Sat May 03, 2014 6:21 pm

yeah!

Post by **epilogue** » Sat May 03, 2014 6:48 pm

I think I like Up more than Accelerate. But it's been a LONG time since I listened to Accelerate all the way through.

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