1-26: Pale Blue Eyes vs. These Days

Post by **stip** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:19 am

It's too bad it's up against These Days, since I think Pale Blue Eyes is a lovely little cover. Here's a great early live version of it.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:20 am

Pale Blue Eyes is a very good cover of a fantastic song, but I have to vote for These Days here.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:20 am

But These Days is a timeless blast of youthful optimism that I've never tired of, and it gets my vote easily. That 1-3 run on Life's Rich Pageant is tough to beat.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:22 am

The 4th and 5th songs from Pageant are my favorite tracks from that album (I'm probably alone on Hyena tho). It's very consistent anyways.

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:25 am

stip wrote:It's too bad it's up against These Days, since I think Pale Blue Eyes is a lovely little cover. Here's a great early live version of it.

I'd never heard their version of "Pale Blue Eyes". I really don't like it.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:26 am

I'd go find the studio version of their cover to convince you otherwise, but it's pretty much exactly what you just heard

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:31 am

The original is one of my favorite songs of all time, so maybe I'm just too used to it. This version is somewhat jarring to me and eliminates a lot of what I love of the original.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu March 24, 2016 1:39 am

theplatypus wrote:The original is one of my favorite songs of all time, so maybe I'm just too used to it. This version is somewhat jarring to me and eliminates a lot of what I love of the original.

same

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Fri March 25, 2016 7:19 pm

I

the VU's Pale Blue Eyes. REM's, meh.

These Days however is up there with the best of REM.

digster · Post by **digster** » Fri March 25, 2016 9:24 pm

These Days. R.E.M.'s versions of political anthems that pop up on Pageant and Document are all pretty great

Leatherhead · Post by **Leatherhead** » Sat March 26, 2016 3:47 am

Pale Blue Eyes.....pretty meh.

These Days.....pretty fuck yea.

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