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PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Fri April 27, 2018 5:43 am

This is one of my absolute favorite REM songs

Post by **Jorge** » Fri April 27, 2018 5:49 am

I like that song, but some stuff from that latter-day "fuck ballads let's rock" period is pretty cringy. "I Wanna DJ" is one of the worst things ever made by anyone

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri April 27, 2018 5:52 am

theplatypus wrote:I like that song, but some stuff from that latter-day "fuck ballads let's rock" period is pretty cringy. "I Wanna DJ" is one of the worst things ever made by anyone

I kinda like that song. Reminds me of some of the sillier stuff from Sonic Youth's Master/Dik era.

Post by **Jorge** » Fri April 27, 2018 5:54 am

It's too slow, and the lyrics are real bad

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Fri April 27, 2018 5:54 am

theplatypus wrote:I like that song, but some stuff from that latter-day "fuck ballads let's rock" period is pretty cringy. "I Wanna DJ" is one of the worst things ever made by anyone

I don’t like that song at lol either. But a bunch of those fast tempo songs are good. "Mine Smell Like Honey“ and "Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter" from the last album are great.

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri April 27, 2018 5:55 am

I look good in a glass pack

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Fri April 27, 2018 5:56 am

I fucking love this song. And this performance was incredible. I believe this performance was the last song they ever played live together.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Fri April 27, 2018 5:58 am

theplatypus wrote:It's too slow, and the lyrics are real bad

A lot of times I couldn’t care less what the lyrics are in some of these songs. It’s all about the sound of the song. I can overlook bad lyrics if the song is rockin.

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri April 27, 2018 5:59 am

PHATJ wrote:
theplatypus wrote:It's too slow, and the lyrics are real bad
A lot of times I couldn’t care less what the lyrics are in some of these songs. It’s all about the sound of the song. I can overlook bad lyrics if the song is rockin.

That's most songs by most bands for me. Lyrics are overrated.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Fri April 27, 2018 6:01 am

washing machine wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
theplatypus wrote:It's too slow, and the lyrics are real bad
A lot of times I couldn’t care less what the lyrics are in some of these songs. It’s all about the sound of the song. I can overlook bad lyrics if the song is rockin.
That's most songs by most bands for me. Lyrics are overrated.

I agree. Great lyrics can make a good song better, but bad lyrics rarely ruin a good or great sounding song for me.

washing machine · Post by **washing machine** » Fri April 27, 2018 6:02 am

PHATJ wrote:
washing machine wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
theplatypus wrote:It's too slow, and the lyrics are real bad
A lot of times I couldn’t care less what the lyrics are in some of these songs. It’s all about the sound of the song. I can overlook bad lyrics if the song is rockin.
That's most songs by most bands for me. Lyrics are overrated.
I agree. Great lyrics can make a good song better, but bad lyrics rarely ruin a good or great sounding song for me.

Well put.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Fri April 27, 2018 6:02 am

PHATJ wrote:
washing machine wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
theplatypus wrote:It's too slow, and the lyrics are real bad
A lot of times I couldn’t care less what the lyrics are in some of these songs. It’s all about the sound of the song. I can overlook bad lyrics if the song is rockin.
That's most songs by most bands for me. Lyrics are overrated.
I agree. Great lyrics can make a good song better, but bad lyrics rarely ruin a good or great sounding song for me.

And I think they are even easier to overlook in uptempo rock songs than they are in slower songs and ballads.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Fri April 27, 2018 6:03 am

washing machine wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
washing machine wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
theplatypus wrote:It's too slow, and the lyrics are real bad
A lot of times I couldn’t care less what the lyrics are in some of these songs. It’s all about the sound of the song. I can overlook bad lyrics if the song is rockin.
That's most songs by most bands for me. Lyrics are overrated.
I agree. Great lyrics can make a good song better, but bad lyrics rarely ruin a good or great sounding song for me.
Well put.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Fri April 27, 2018 6:20 am

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I kind of can’t believe anyone thinks R.E.M. is a great band

I tried. Their nineties stuff is ok, and their 80s stuff is crap.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Fri April 27, 2018 7:10 am

Yeah, REM are OK (at best) for me.

A small handful of good tunes, but that's about it.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Fri April 27, 2018 9:33 am

I’ve tries many times but I just can’t get into them. Half through nearly every song I’ve heard I get bored.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Fri April 27, 2018 2:13 pm

R.E.M. is probably my favorite band ever. I dig pretty much everything they've done.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Fri April 27, 2018 2:17 pm

PHATJ wrote:

guestT · Post by **guestT** » Fri April 27, 2018 2:17 pm

I tried to do a full review of their discography a couple years ago and fell into a coma somewhere around Out of Time. The first four albums are wonderful, everything after that is a good single or two surrounded by samey-sounding filler. Stipe(nd)'s voice really grates on me after a while.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Fri April 27, 2018 3:40 pm

chewm wrote:
PHATJ wrote:

Yeah, man. Yeah.

Red Mosquito

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