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

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Fri December 28, 2018 4:43 pm

I got the BBC box set for Christmas and have been binging. I wish the audio on a couple of the broadcasts was better, but overall it's a fantastic set. The 1995 Monster Tour show is dynamite -- every song reimagined as an overdriven distortion machine.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri December 28, 2018 4:46 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:I got the BBC box set for Christmas and have been binging. I wish the audio on a couple of the broadcasts was better, but overall it's a fantastic set. The 1995 Monster Tour show is dynamite -- every song reimagined as an overdriven distortion machine.

Good get, KD!

I'll have to check this out once I'm done catching up on and revisiting everything else.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri December 28, 2018 5:18 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:I got the BBC box set for Christmas and have been binging. I wish the audio on a couple of the broadcasts was better, but overall it's a fantastic set. The 1995 Monster Tour show is dynamite -- every song reimagined as an overdriven distortion machine.

I love that Monster sound.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri December 28, 2018 5:43 pm

I already adore Monster and Hi-Fi. But I'm really looking forward to hearing Scott and Scott talk about those records. Mostly because I'm curious to see how Scott Aukerman reacts to them. And also I want to see if Adam Scott ever says anything negative about REM. Hi-Fi is easily, far and away, my favorite REM album and I'm less into the early stuff. I wonder how someone who adores the early stuff feels about those two records.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri December 28, 2018 5:46 pm

Love them both, but I think Hi-Fi is a bit overrated.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri December 28, 2018 5:47 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:Love them both, but I think Hi-Fi is a bit overrated.

The dichotomy with this record is a fucking puzzle to me. On the one hand I totally agree with you. But on the other hand.... everyone says that, so can it be?

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri December 28, 2018 5:52 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Love them both, but I think Hi-Fi is a bit overrated.
The dichotomy with this record is a fucking puzzle to me. On the one hand I totally agree with you. But on the other hand.... everyone says that, so can it be?

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Fri December 28, 2018 6:12 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Love them both, but I think Hi-Fi is a bit overrated.
The dichotomy with this record is a fucking puzzle to me. On the one hand I totally agree with you. But on the other hand.... everyone says that, so can it be?

I don't say that! "Hi-Fi" is my favorite REM by a considerable margin.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri December 28, 2018 6:13 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:Love them both, but I think Hi-Fi is a bit overrated.
The dichotomy with this record is a fucking puzzle to me. On the one hand I totally agree with you. But on the other hand.... everyone says that, so can it be?
I don't say that! "Hi-Fi" is my favorite REM by a considerable margin.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri December 28, 2018 6:14 pm

I'm always happy to be on any team that includes Kevin Effing Davis.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Fri December 28, 2018 7:18 pm

I don't call it Monster anymore. It's The Scary One.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri December 28, 2018 7:38 pm

Monster might be my favorite at this point.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri December 28, 2018 7:39 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:Monster might be my favorite at this point.

It's in my #2 spot right now. We'll see if it stays there after the pod/relisten.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Fri December 28, 2018 7:39 pm

Strange Currencies is top 5 for me

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Fri December 28, 2018 7:40 pm

I won't spoil it but I will say I was surprised at how Adam and Scott felt about The Scary One.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri December 28, 2018 7:43 pm

verb_to_trust wrote:I won't spoil it but I will say I was surprised at how Adam and Scott felt about The Scary One.

Now we're talking!

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Fri December 28, 2018 7:44 pm

I am really interested in the Monster reissue. Bet the demos and outtakes are cool.

verb_to_trust · Post by **verb_to_trust** » Fri December 28, 2018 7:51 pm

1. LRP
2. Automatic
3. The Scary One
4. Hi Fi
5. Accelerate
6. Collapse Into Now

After 6 is where there is a the drop off for me. A lot of great great songs but not an album as a whole that I can easily digest and be satiated by.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri December 28, 2018 8:27 pm

Monster
Reckoning
Green
LRP
Out of Time
Automatic for the People
Up
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Murmur
Fables
Document

Post by **epilogue** » Fri December 28, 2018 8:52 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:Monster
Reckoning
Green
LRP
Out of Time
Automatic for the People
Up
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Murmur
Fables
Document

Red Mosquito

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