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

Post by **stip** » Thu March 17, 2016 3:24 am

chewm wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:Diminished would probably be a top 5 for me
I fucking love you.

that's one of the very few REM songs I just don't really like

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Thu March 17, 2016 3:57 am

stip wrote:
chewm wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:Diminished would probably be a top 5 for me
I fucking love you.
that's one of the very few REM songs I just don't really like

It took a wee while to grow on me, but fuck I love that song and the narrative

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu March 17, 2016 10:23 am

It was an early favorite of mine, I was really surprised about how overlooked it was.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 17, 2016 12:34 pm

Do people prefer the 3 way first round matches we did for MM this year, or just straight one on one voting for round one?

Post by **Mike** » Thu March 17, 2016 1:12 pm

I prefer one on one. 3 way first round matches were nice for MM because we already did that one so many times (with a lot of obvious losers) but I'd like to go slower here.

AndySlash · Post by **AndySlash** » Thu March 17, 2016 5:10 pm

Rangi Guy wrote:Diminished would probably be a top 5 for me

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu March 17, 2016 5:17 pm

Daniel Bryan wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:I seem to be one of the few people that really like Sing for the Submarine. I love this version:

I'm with you on this one. It's easily my favourite song from Accelerate. I think lyrically its pretty interesting stuff.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Thu March 17, 2016 5:22 pm

Mike wrote:I prefer one on one. 3 way first round matches were nice for MM because we already did that one so many times (with a lot of obvious losers) but I'd like to go slower here.

Agreed

How a many songs we looking at here? All studio tracks plus B Sides?

Post by **stip** » Thu March 17, 2016 5:56 pm

Yup.

I'll pull a b-sides list from my itunes at home (my REM collection is fairly comprehensive) and I'll post it here for feedback.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Thu March 17, 2016 5:58 pm

I'm doing a full disco listen through in prep. On Reckoning now.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Thu March 17, 2016 5:58 pm

I like when Stipe starts humming(?) in Letter Never Sent.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu March 17, 2016 6:03 pm

Kaius wrote:I like when Stipe starts humming(?) in Letter Never Sent.

Same, I absolutely love that song.
Reckoning might honestly be my favorite album of theirs. That or Automatic.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu March 17, 2016 6:04 pm

Imma listen to Fables.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Thu March 17, 2016 6:24 pm

I think I like Murmur just a tad more than Reckoning.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Thu March 17, 2016 6:24 pm

But they're very much sister albums in my mind.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu March 17, 2016 6:31 pm

Kaius wrote:I think I like Murmur just a tad more than Reckoning.

you fool

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Thu March 17, 2016 6:32 pm

Probably. I think I've just listened to it more and am more familiar with Murmur.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu March 17, 2016 6:42 pm

If I ranked the albums, Murmur would be on the lower half

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu March 17, 2016 6:42 pm

I still really like it.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu March 17, 2016 6:45 pm

Reckoning might be their best record.

Red Mosquito

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