REM song tournament: Lament Wins!

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chris and platy have the two best songs on Murmur, methinks
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stip wrote:radio free europe is better than shaking through. But they're all good songs.
maybe, but it's close
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A lot of people would agree with you on Radio Free Europe. That was a super popular request when I used to my new wave/classic alternative night.

For what it's worth, I think I have the best song on Murmur. And Out of Time. And New Adventures in Hi-Fi. And Up (well, tied for the best). And Around the Sun. Maybe Monster too.
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stip wrote:they're all good songs.
This tournament has really been eye opening for me. Like I knew REM was good, but they really have a deep catalog of solid tunes. Obviously some are better than others, but they really have A LOT of good material. Even with the post Berry stuff, to these ears, there has not been a whole lot of flat out stinkers. I need to listen to "Around the Sun" and "Collapse Into Now" a bit more, but I don't recall many songs I flat out hated.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:radio free europe is better than shaking through. But they're all good songs.
maybe, but it's close
I probably don't belong in any REM thread, let alone a tournament like this, but it's not even close.

Shaking Through is better.
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Lament wrote:A lot of people would agree with you on Radio Free Europe. That was a super popular request when I used to my new wave/classic alternative night.

For what it's worth, I think I have the best song on Murmur. And Out of Time. And New Adventures in Hi-Fi. And Up (well, tied for the best). And Around the Sun. Maybe Monster too.
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Lament wrote:A lot of people would agree with you on Radio Free Europe. That was a super popular request when I used to my new wave/classic alternative night.

For what it's worth, I think I have the best song on Murmur. And Out of Time. And New Adventures in Hi-Fi. And Up (well, tied for the best). And Around the Sun. Maybe Monster too.
You really do have a solid team. I love your Monster pick. Speaking of Monster, it seems to not be rated as high among the REM faithfull, but I love it, and I really love my pick too (Circus Envy).
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darth_vedder wrote:
Lament wrote:A lot of people would agree with you on Radio Free Europe. That was a super popular request when I used to my new wave/classic alternative night.

For what it's worth, I think I have the best song on Murmur. And Out of Time. And New Adventures in Hi-Fi. And Up (well, tied for the best). And Around the Sun. Maybe Monster too.
You really do have a solid team. I love your Monster pick. Speaking of Monster, it seems to not be rated as high among the REM faithfull, but I love it, and I really love my pick too (Circus Envy).
I love your monster pick too
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Alright, let me figure out which Collapse Into Now and Reveal songs I want. I'm pretty sure I know which Reveal one I'm going with, but I need to be sure...
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Imo I may have the best song on Green and Reckoning, and do have the best song on Fables and Around the Sun
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Lament wrote:Alright, let me figure out which Collapse Into Now and Reveal songs I want. I'm pretty sure I know which Reveal one I'm going with, but I need to be sure...
I bet you don't pick the one I want you to pick
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i do feel like the teams are generally a lot more even this time than the last tournament
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I'm glad someone took beachball. I adore that song. It was a coin flip between that and chorus and the ring for me
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Walk it Back is a stud. Probably my second favorite on the album.
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D_V takes

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Two songs from Automatic are gonna go unpicked, and someone already took the only song from it I really didn't want, so I guess it worked out that I saved that one for last. I should get to pick between at least three songs I genuinely like.
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