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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:36 pm
by VinylGuy
Anders wrote:The first half of Reveal is the best of their 21st century albums.
this is so so wrong.

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:36 pm
by LoathedVermin72
The first half doesn't even have the album's best song

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:37 pm
by epilogue
LoathedVermin72 wrote:The first half doesn't even have the album's best song
exactly

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:37 pm
by epilogue
I respect Anders and love the fuck out of the guy... but his opinion here could not be further from mine.

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:37 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Yeah, fuck you, Anders!

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:45 pm
by VinylGuy
durdencommatyler wrote:I respect Anders and love the fuck out of the guy... but his opinion here could not be further from mine.
Yeah i love him, and he is a true force for me in the SW threads, but damn Anders damn

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:48 pm
by Rangi Guy
Actually - I had a re-listen. I love Reveal, it's Around The Sun that left me kinda bummed

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:49 pm
by epilogue
Rangi Guy wrote:Actually - I had a re-listen. I love Reveal, it's Around The Sun that left me kinda bummed
Around the Sun is so far and away better than Reveal, it's not even funny.

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:53 pm
by VinylGuy
durdencommatyler wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:Actually - I had a re-listen. I love Reveal, it's Around The Sun that left me kinda bummed
Around the Sun is so far and away better than Reveal, it's not even funny.
:heartbeat: :heartbeat: :heartbeat: :heartbeat:

I love ATS.

Reveal? yeah, not so much.

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:53 pm
by Chris_H_2
i'll never get the love for around the sun. it's a boring slog.

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:54 pm
by Rangi Guy
Chris_H_2 wrote:i'll never get the love for around the sun. it's a boring slog.
That was my take-away too. Sounds like it's been made during a period where they were super bored making records

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 9:56 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Chris_H_2 wrote:i'll never get the love for around the sun. it's a boring slog.
Same for Up and Reveal

Pretty much all R.E.M. albums suck to some degree though

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 10:00 pm
by epilogue
Rangi Guy wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:i'll never get the love for around the sun. it's a boring slog.
That was my take-away too. Sounds like it's been made during a period where they were super bored making records
There is no "love" for Around the Sun. Almost everyone dislikes it. :?

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

Posted: Thu April 25, 2019 10:09 pm
by VinylGuy
yeah, it a difficult album for sure, but once you get it, its amazing.

Its so much better than Reveal.

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

Posted: Fri April 26, 2019 5:45 am
by Anders
I think Around The Sun is a bit like a modern Pearl Jam album, where you are disappointed at first, but then when you’ve heard it several times, you start recognizing the songs, and you see their value. It’s an underrated album for sure, better than Accelerate and Collapse.

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

Posted: Fri April 26, 2019 5:48 am
by Anders
The Lifting - I’ve Been High - All The Way To Reno - She Just Wants To Be - Disappear.

:thumbsup:

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

Posted: Fri April 26, 2019 5:49 am
by Rangi Guy
Anders wrote:I think Around The Sun is a bit like a modern Pearl Jam album, where you are disappointed at first, but then when you’ve heard it several times, you start recognizing the songs, and you see their value. It’s an underrated album for sure, better than Accelerate and Collapse.
You kinda had me up until the second part of that last sentence

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

Posted: Fri April 26, 2019 5:51 am
by Anders
Rangi Guy wrote:
Anders wrote:I think Around The Sun is a bit like a modern Pearl Jam album, where you are disappointed at first, but then when you’ve heard it several times, you start recognizing the songs, and you see their value. It’s an underrated album for sure, better than Accelerate and Collapse.
You kinda had me up until the second part of that last sentence
Not a big fan of their last two albums. Sorry.

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

Posted: Fri April 26, 2019 6:20 am
by Rangi Guy
Anders wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
Anders wrote:I think Around The Sun is a bit like a modern Pearl Jam album, where you are disappointed at first, but then when you’ve heard it several times, you start recognizing the songs, and you see their value. It’s an underrated album for sure, better than Accelerate and Collapse.
You kinda had me up until the second part of that last sentence
Not a big fan of their last two albums. Sorry.
I'm yet to get sick of listening to Collapse. I think it's one of their best

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

Posted: Fri April 26, 2019 6:37 am
by Anders
Rangi Guy wrote:
Anders wrote:
Rangi Guy wrote:
Anders wrote:I think Around The Sun is a bit like a modern Pearl Jam album, where you are disappointed at first, but then when you’ve heard it several times, you start recognizing the songs, and you see their value. It’s an underrated album for sure, better than Accelerate and Collapse.
You kinda had me up until the second part of that last sentence
Not a big fan of their last two albums. Sorry.
I'm yet to get sick of listening to Collapse. I think it's one of their best
For you, I'll give it a spin while working today.