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

[Kaius]

I'm like a heartbeat baby, trying to wake up

[Kaius]

This is really, really hard. Because I'm relatively new to REM, I find my favourites are still constantly changing as I continue to discover songs that had never really stood out to me before.

Pretty much this. So, here's what I've got so far. I doubt it's anything mind-blowing, I just hope it gets someone hot.

Murmur: Talk About the Passion, 9-9
Reckoning: Harborcoat, 7 Chinese Bros.
Fables of the Reconstruction: Green Grow the Rushes, Life and How to Live It
Life's Rich Pageant: Begin the Begin, What if We Give it Away
Document: Finest Worksong, The One I Love
Green: Orange Crush, You Are the Everything
Out of Time: Losing My Religion, Country Feedback
Automatic for the People: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight, Man on the Moon (this one really hurt to only pick 2)
Monster: I Took Your Name, You
New Adventures in Hi Fi: Leave, Be Mine

[stip]

Sidewinder was a favorite for a long time. Almost every song on automatic has been

[Norah]

Be Mine is so good.

[Kaius]

Be Mine is so good.

[Kaius]

Sidewinder was a favorite for a long time. Almost every song on automatic has been

I believe it. I agree that Monty is likely the low point and it's not a bad song at all. Everything is good to great to incredible.

[stip]

Almost every rem album has songs as good as the best stuff on automatic. No album can match the sheer number of outstanding songs.

Fun fact- they were apparently intending to write a loud, Monster type record when they went into the studio for automatic

[Norah]

Be Mine is so good.

Labeled as Radiohead but it's Thom York w/ REM.

[Rangi Guy]

Be Mine is so good.

Labeled as Radiohead but it's Thom York w/ REM.

So what song did Stipe do with Radiohead?

[Norah]

Be Mine is so good.

Labeled as Radiohead but it's Thom York w/ REM.

So what song did Stipe do with Radiohead?

Beats me.

[Rangi Guy]

Be Mine is so good.

Labeled as Radiohead but it's Thom York w/ REM.

So what song did Stipe do with Radiohead?

Beats me.

Shit - I would have been really keen to hear him doing one of their tracks

[Lament]

Stipe did Lucky with Radiohead on several occasions.

[Lament]

[Norah]

If REM never gave us Up, Radiohead never gives us Kid A.

[Lament]

If U2 never gives us Zooropa, neither Up nor Kid A get made.

[PryTo]

I'm so completely fond of Zooropa. It's surprising to me that it's so underrated by U2 fans. It's a real gem and I love how they just banged it out, rather than overthinking things, which seems to be their usual approach. They should try that method more often and just throw it out there and see what people think. They seem to be a band that second guesses their material and works it over and over again. Obvs, that's paid huge dividend over the years, so more power to 'em, but I love how Zooropa just came out of nowhere, while the band was still touring in support of Achtung Baby.

[Lament]

Zooropa is one of my ten favorite records of all-time. It went the whole "Hugely popular alternative guitar rock band makes an album almost completely devoid of conventional guitars and signature sounds" path before R.E.M. and Radiohead went down it on Up and Kid A.

[ridleybradout]

Is there a favorite of these boots that you'd recommend starting with? Or just any of 'em?

This one's my current favorite. It should be on Dime at the moment...
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21 November 1995 - The Omni, Atlanta, GA

Source: Soundboard

Lineage: 2 x first gen Sony UX.Pro 90s IEC II/Type II High Bias. Transferred to CD by JEMS: Nakamichi 670ZX (azimuth adjust) > Lyra soundcard > Wavelab
Torrented by me: CD-R > EAC > Flac

The finale of the Monster tour presented in pristine quality… enjoy!

Disc 1
01. What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
02. Crush With Eyeliner
03. Drive
04. Fall On Me
05. Wake-Up Bomb
06. Undertow
07. Losing My Religion
08. Binky The Doormat
09. Bang And Blame
10. Zither
11. Strange Currencies
12. Revolution
13. Tongue
14. Man On The Moon

Disc 2

01. Country Feedback
02. Find The River
03. The One I Love
04. Pop Song 89
05. Get Up
06. Star 69

encore:
07. Nightswimming
08. Let Me In
09. Everybody Hurts
10. Java - Band Intro
11. So. Central Rain - Happy Birthday to Rain Phoenix
12. Departure
13. Radio Free Europe
14. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
15. Wild Thing

I listened to this one this week (it's currently seeding on zomb). Man they were a fantastic live band, another I sadly never got to see.

Fall On Me sounds great here, shame it didn't make the cut for 'Road Movie' (which was culled from this show and the previous two nights at The Omni).

[AndySlash]

am i the only one that likes revolution?

[Lament]

am i the only one that likes revolution?

The studio version is really a letdown compared to the Road Movie version, isn't it?