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Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Fri December 28, 2018 8:58 pm
by Norah
durdencommatyler wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:Monster
Reckoning
Green
LRP
Out of Time
Automatic for the People
Up
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Murmur
Fables
Document
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Fri December 28, 2018 9:13 pm
by epilogue
You can't distract me a horse, Pete.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Fri December 28, 2018 10:34 pm
by washing machine
can’t distract me a horse
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Fri December 28, 2018 10:45 pm
by epilogue
You got something you wanna say to me, Reid?
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Fri December 28, 2018 11:02 pm
by washing machine
steaks are ending
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Fri December 28, 2018 11:04 pm
by epilogue
el oh el
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sat December 29, 2018 4:46 pm
by PHATJ
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.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sat December 29, 2018 9:30 pm
by epilogue
Revisiting their entire catalog (through the pod, sure, but as a listener, too) has revealed so many things to me. Chief among those realizations is the true and full impact that Losing My Religion had on me as a young listener. Without knowing it, that song became the benchmark of REM's music for me. I think the primary reason I'm so resistant to the early records is that they don't sound like Losing My Religion and that's what I want REM to sound like.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sat December 29, 2018 11:52 pm
by epilogue
Maps and Legends is a great goddamn song.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 5:46 pm
by epilogue
Monster is still a great record with a couple of hiccups. The second half is better than I remember.
Hi-Fi is still their best record, though.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 5:50 pm
by epilogue
1. New Adventures in Hi-Fi
2. Lifes Rich Pageant
3. Automatic for the People
4. Monster
5. Reckoning
6. Fables of the Reconstruction
7. Green
8. Document
9. Out of Time
10. Murmur
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 5:52 pm
by epilogue
So far, I'd say 8 of those 10 are really good albums but all of them have songs that could be excised. The bottom 3 all have high points but are wildly inconsistent and/or contain flat out bad songs.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 6:27 pm
by verb_to_trust
durdencommatyler wrote:Monster is still a great record with a couple of hiccups. The second half is better than I remember.
Hi-Fi is still their best record, though.
Tongue really does it for me
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 7:01 pm
by epilogue
verb_to_trust wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:Monster is still a great record with a couple of hiccups. The second half is better than I remember.
Hi-Fi is still their best record, though.
Tongue really does it for me
Ranking Monster "Tail Side"
Band and Blame
You
Circus Envy
Tongue
I Took Your Name
Let Me In
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 7:06 pm
by Kevin Davis
"Tongue" and "Strange Currencies" are probably my favorite songs on Monster.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 7:07 pm
by epilogue
Strange Currencies is immaculate
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 7:19 pm
by epilogue
Ranking Monster "Head Side"
Strange Currencies
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
Star 69
Crush With Eyeliner
I Don't Sleep, I Dream
King of Comedy
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 7:20 pm
by Norah
I think Let Me In is my favorite.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 7:29 pm
by epilogue
I don't believe you.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sun December 30, 2018 8:35 pm
by LoathedVermin72
cutuphalfdead wrote:I think Let Me In is my favorite.
Easily.