Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon September 25, 2023 12:08 am
by liebzz
Up is a fantastic album that I always enjoyed. Lotus, Sad Professor, Airportman, At My Most Beautiful, Walk Unafraid, and Daysleeper were all songs I immediately clung to and I have just always enjoyed most of this.
Reveal also has a lot to appreciate immediately. The Lifting, All the Way to Reno, She Just Wants to Be, and Imitation of Life come immediately to mind.
I guess I don’t think there is exists a terrible R.E.M. album. Around the Sun might be the toughest to get through.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon September 25, 2023 1:22 am
by Kalevi
I wouldn't say around the sun is rewarding but I like it. For me, accelerate is their worst.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon September 25, 2023 2:03 am
by VinylGuy
Around The Sun might be unfocused but its one of my favs from the latter years. Reveal is the one i like the least.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon September 25, 2023 4:25 am
by Kevin Davis
I really like Reveal. Stipe's voice on "I've Been High" is one of my favorite moments in their post-Berry catalog.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue September 26, 2023 4:58 am
by AndySlash
after up, reveal was a let down for me, as it seemed to take my least favorite parts of up (which there was not a lot of) and make a whole album from it. and over the years since, reveal has never really been able to gain any traction, either. there's some good stuff on there - she just wants to be, disappear, i'll take the rain - but as a whole it's a chore of a record for me to to get through. quite simply there's just too much of the self-described summery, lush beach boys influence here for my tastes. but i would take reveal 100 times out of 100 over the steaming pile that is around the sun. i can appreciate folks finding some joy in that album; i wish i could. to me, it's the sound of a band that has completely lost its way and doesn't have the energy to do anything about it. even the best song on there, final straw, was made impotent.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Actor and musician Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water, Revolutionary Road) and Jason Narducy (Bob Mould, Superchunk, SDRE) have been covering whole albums live in Chicago for the last 10 years. This July, they covered R.E.M.’s Murmur in tribute to its 40th anniversary at Chicago’s Metro, a show where Mike Mills ended up joining the band. They had so much fun, they decided to turn it into a short tour, playing the whole album and other songs from R.E.M.’s catalog.
The band they have put together includes Jason’s Bob Mould Band bandmate Jon Wurster on drums, plus Dag Juhlin (guitar), Nick Macri (bass), and Vijay Tellis-Nayak (piano). The tour hits Minneapolis, Athens, Carrboro, DC, Ardmore, Cambridge, and Brooklyn. All dates are listed, along with video from this summer’s Metro show, below.
“I have been a fan of R.E.M. since my cousin played me the Document cassette out at my Aunt Norma’s trailer,” Shannon says. “I spent days and hours stumbling around my hometown of Lexington, KY listening to Murmur on my Walkman, long before the notion of being anything other than completely anonymous was a viable option. Jason and I have done several other albums and shows together but this one means the most to me.”
“I’m looking forward to going on the road with Michael and the band,” adds Narducy. “Michael and I have been doing shows for a long time but this is our first proper tour. The energy in the room at our Murmur show at Metro last July was really special. It’s fun celebrating a record that is so beloved.”
The tour wraps up in Brooklyn at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Valentine’s Day (2/14). Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, September 29 at 10 AM.
Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy And Friends Play R.E.M.ʼs Murmur
Sun. Feb. 4 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
Thu. Feb. 8 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
Fri. Feb. 9 – Carrboro, NC @ Catʼs Cradle
Sat. Feb. 10 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
Mon. Feb. 12 – Ardmore, PA @ Ardmore Music Hall
Tue. Feb. 13 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
Wed. Feb. 14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Fri October 27, 2023 4:35 pm
by super nintendo chalmers
super nintendo chalmers wrote:
AndySlash wrote:
kreng wrote:
Thirty years ago, a brand new band called Harvey Milk took the stage at the illustrious 40 Watt Club in their hometown of Athens on April Fool's Day and performed the entirety of REM's album "Reckoning." There were a few recordings made, but only one survived. It was the audio from famed filmmaker Lance Bangs. Jump ahead to earlier this year, when the Harvey Milk bass player (Stephen Tanner to those taking notes) was at Chunklet HQ, we all began laughing about that performance and well, here we are. An edition of 400 copies and I suspect that'll be it. Each copy has a hand applied dayglo orange sticker on both the front and back.
