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

[Kaius]

Oh come on. Discoverer is great.

[philpritchard]

Collapse definitley elevated itself when I came to see it as the final statement.

As is discoverer and maroon Brando are okay and I don't really like all the best or that someone is you. So that's a quarter of the album I could do without, which I'd also only say about maybe up and around the sun

Ha, Maroon Brando.

I really like Discoverer and Marlon Brando, and All the Bast and That Someone is You are what I would consider the low points of the album, and to me they're decent. At least they're not songs I want to skip when they come on.

[i got bugs]

Just dl'ed a gig of their rarities..

don't even know where to start

[Coach]

I think a lot of collapse is fantastic. few will say that there is anything wrong with the songs. It's just the first time that they kind of feel like they're repeating ideas. But they do it really well, and in some cases (like It Happened Today) manage to not only encompass what their signature sound was, but improve upon it.

The IRS REM is something of a different band (especially the first three albums). It makes sense that you might like the later stuff and not those.

While "It Happened Today" and "Blue" was not technically new ground for R.E.M., I'd argue that both of examples of the band continuing to push themselves and find new emotions and expand on those...when I first heard the ending of "It Happened Today," that joyous banter that went on forever...well, goosebumps appeared

[Coach]

Just dl'ed a gig of their rarities..

don't even know where to start

I had never heard "Wall of Death." Great cover. Also, "Favorite Writer."

[AndySlash]

when I first heard the ending of "It Happened Today," that joyous banter that went on forever...well, goosebumps appeared

[philpritchard]

when I first heard the ending of "It Happened Today," that joyous banter that went on forever...well, goosebumps appeared

The still do from time to time for me.

[matt reeder]

So what are the highly recommended concerts to listen to? I've listened to this band for a really long time, but never bothered seeking out their live shows. I've been listening to the Weisbaden 2003 concert quite a bit recently and think its pretty outstanding. I'm generally looking for post 1998 shows to get a good mix of the more recent era songs too.

I'm particularly fond of these shows:

11/19/1995 - Atlanta, GA - 2nd-to-last show of the Monster tour, perfect sound, great performance.
11/21/1995 - Atlanta, GA - last show of the Monster tour, 5 songs from Hi-Fi, perfect sound, Radio Free Europe...just awesome.
8/31/1999 - Atlanta, GA - hometown show during the Up tour, tons of Monster, rare performance of Camera, FM
9/05/1999 - Camden, NJ - similar to above, but with Pilgrimage and Cuyahoga, and better sound. I love this tour.
8/31/2003 - Missoula, MT - on Youtube (I don't have it); great setlist, great sound, great stories.
10/07/2003 - Clinton Studios, New York - six song studio set: Occupation, Electrolite, Bad Day, Man on the Moon, Pretty Persuasion, Losing My Religion - just perfect.
10/29/2003 - Los Angeles, CA - Full promo show, interesting setlist; Sweetness Follows, Strange Currencies and World Leader Pretend!
6/03/2005 - Rock Am Ring Festival - Leave! almost full pro-shot. Oh, and Leave!
10/10/2005 - Athens, GA - performed at a wedding, short set with Bill Berry on drums and perfect sound. AWESOME.
7/16/2008 - Berlin, DE - Full satellite FM broadcast. Worth it for the West of the Fields>What's the Frequency Kenneth? combo.

And yes, the Olympia set is awesome.

Jesus, your knowledge is vast

R.E.M. is one of my favorite bands ever. I just don't talk about them a lot here for whatever reason. I've spent a lot of the last two years searching out bootlegs ever since I downloaded the 10/07/2003 show I mentioned above.

[Coach]

when I first heard the ending of "It Happened Today," that joyous banter that went on forever...well, goosebumps appeared

The still do from time to time for me.

Me, too.

[stip]

Me 3

[ridleybradout]

It’s good to be an R.E.M. fan this week. In addition to the release of their 1991 and 2001 MTV Unplugged sets, and 50 rarities from their I.R.S. Records era, the band has let loose a whopping 131-track collection of B-sides, covers, live tracks, and non-album goodies. As the material’s culled from R.E.M.’s time at Warner Bros., the anthology’s aptly titled Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988-2011.

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Warner-B ... 1400566634

tracklist:

Spoiler: show

Complete Rarities: Warner Bros. 1988-2011 Tracklist:
01. “Funtime” (Live) (Iggy Pop Cover)
02. “Ghost Rider” (Suicide Cover)
03. “Dark Globe” (Syd Barrett Cover)
04. “Pop Song 89” (Acoustic Version)
05. “Memphis Train Blues” (Non-Album Track)
06. “Skin Tight” (Live Orlando, FL April 30, 1989) (Ohio Players cover)
07. “Losing My Religion” (Acoustic) (Live At KFOG)
08. “Losing My Religion” (Live In Dublin 2005)
09. “Rotary Eleven” (Non-Album Track)
10. “You Are The Everything” (Live – Greensboro Coliseum, NC 11/10/1989)
11. “Love Is All Around” (Live)
12. “Shiny Happy People” (Dance To The Music Mix)
13. “Shiny Happy People” (Pop Mix)
14. “Shiny Happy People” (Hip Mix)
15. “It’s a Free World Baby” (Non-Album Track)
16. “Winged Mammal Theme” (Non-Album Track)
17. “First We Take Manhattan” (Leonard Cohen Cover)
18. “Everybody Hurts” (Album Fade)
19. “Mandolin Strum” (Non-Album Track)
20. “Orange Crush” (Live Version)
21. “Man On The Moon” (Album Edit)
22. “Arms Of Love” (Non-Album Track)
23. “World Leader Pretend” (Live) (Charleston WV 4/28/91)
24. “Belong” (Live) (Charleston WV 4/28/91)
25. “Low” (Live) (Charleston WV 4/28/91)
26. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (Non-Album Track)
27. “Fretless” (Non-Album Track)
28. “Everybody Hurts” (Live) (9/2/93-Los Angeles for the MTV Video Awards)
29. “Orange Crush” (Instrumental)
30. “Fall On Me” (Live)
31. “Me In Honey” (Live)
32. “Finest Worksong” (Live)
33. “Drive” (Live) (1992)
34. “Funtime” (Live) (1992)
35. “Radio Free Europe” (Live) (1992)
36. “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?” (Live at SNL-11/12/94)
37. “Bang And Blame” (Live at SNL-11/12/94)
38. “I Don’t Sleep, I Dream” (Live at SNL-11/12/94)
39. “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?” (Radio Version)
40. “Monty Got A Raw Deal” (Live)
41. “Everybody Hurts” (Live) (Athens, GA ’92)
42. “Man On The Moon” (Live) (Athens, GA ’92)
43. “Bang And Blame” (Album Version w/o Between Track Noise)
44. “Losing My Religion” (Live) (Athens 1992) (Applause Faded)
45. “Country Feedback” (Live) (Athens 1992) (Applause Faded)
46. “Begin The Begin” (Live) (Athens 1992)
47. “Undertow” (Live)
48. “Wichita Lineman” (Live) (Non-Album Track)
49. “New Test Leper” (Live Acoustic)
50. “Tricycle” (Instrumental) (Non-Album Track)
51. “Departure” (Live) (Rome Soundcheck)
52. “Wall Of Death” (From “Beat The Retreat”-Richard Thompson Tribute Album)
53. “The Wake Up Bomb” (Live Version) (Atlanta)
54. “Binky The Doormat” (Live Version) (Atlanta)
55. “King Of Comedy” (808 State Remix)
56. “Be Mine” (Mike On Bus Version)
57. “Love is All Around” (The Troggs Cover)
58. “Sponge” (Vic Chesnutt Cover)
59. “Emphysema” (Non-Album Track)
60. “Sad Professor” (Live In Studio Version)
61. “Why Not Smile” (Oxford American Version)
62. “Surfing The Ganges” (LP Version)
63. “Suspicion” (Live In Studio Version)
64. “Lotus” (Weird Mix)
65. “Electrolite” (Live From Jools Holland)
66. “Man On The Moon” (Live From Jools Holland)
67. “Suspicion” (Live At Ealing Studios)
68. “At My Most Beautiful” (Radio Remix)
69. “Passenger” (Recorded From “Later” With Jools Holland)
70. “Country Feedback” (Recorded From “Later” With Jools Holland)
71. “So. Central Rain” (Live From “Later”)
72. “The Great Beyond” (Non-Album Track)
73. “The One I Love” (Live From Glastonbury Festival)
74. “Everybody Hurts” (Live From Glastonbury Festival)
75. “Man On The Moon” (Live From Glastonbury Festival)
76. “Yellow River” (Non-Album Track)
77. “165 Hillcrest” (Non-Album Track)
78. “Imitation Of Life” (Live From Trafalgar Square)
79. “Summer Turns To High” (32 Chord Song Demo)
80. “I’ve Been High” (Live Video Version) (Channel V, Sydney)
81. “The Lifting” (Original Version)
82. “Beat A Drum” (Dalkey Demo)
83. “2JN” (Non-Album Track)
84. “Favorite Writer” (Non-Album Track)
85. “Out in the Country” (Non-Album Track)
86. “Adagio” (Unused Tune)
87. “Turn You Inside-Out” (Live Version)
88. “Chance” (Dub)
89. “Drive” (Live Version) (1994)
90. “Star Me Kitten” (Featuring W.S. Burroughs)
91. “Revolution” (Non-Album Track)
92. “Leave” (Alternate Version)
93. “The Lifting” (Demo)
94. “The One I Love” (Live Version) (MMM Sydney)
95. “Maps & Legends” (Live Rehearsal Version)
96. “Tongue” (Live Rehearsal Version)
97. “Little America” (Live Rehearsal Version)
98. “South Central Rain” (Live Rehearsal Version)
99. “Imitation Of Life” (Live Rehearsal Version)
100. “So Fast, So Numb” (Live) (Athens Rehearsal Sessions, 2004)
101. “All The Right Friends” (Live) (Athens Rehearsal Sessions, 2004)
102. “Animal” (New Mix)
103. “Pretty Persuasion” (Live) (NYC 2003)
104. “Welcome To The Occupation” (Live) (NYC 2003)
105. “You Are The Everything” (Live) (Raleigh, NC-Oct. 10, 2003)
106. “These Days” (Live) (Toronto-Sept. 30, 2003)
107. “(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville” (Live) (Oslo NRK P1 National Radio-Oct. 25, 2003)
108. “Wanderlust” (Live-Santa Barbara, CA 2004)
109. “Sweetness Follows” (Live) (Recorded in Cincinnati-Oct. 27, 2004)
110. “Horse To Water” (Live In Vancouver)
111. “Indian Summer” (Non-Album Track)
112. “Living Well Is The Best Revenge” (Live In London)
113. “Auctioneer” (Live In London)
114. “Hollow Man” (Live In London)
115. “Supernatural Superserious” (Live In London)
116. “Fall On Me” (Live In London)
117. “West Of The Fields” (Live In London)
118. “Horse To Water” (Live In London)
119. “Man-Sized Wreath” (Live In London)
120. “Man On The Moon” (Live In London)
121. “Mr. Richards” (Vancouver)
122. “Living Well Jesus Dog” (Non-Album Track)
123. “Airliner” (Non-Album Track)
124. “Redhead Walking” (Non-Album Track)
125. “Houston” (iTunes Live From London)
126. “Harborcoat” (Live At The Olympia)
127. “Letter Never Sent” (Live At The Olympia)
128. “Second Guessing” (Live At The Olympia)
129. “Pretty Persuasion” (Live At The Olympia)
130. “NOLA-4/26/10” (Non-Album Track)
131. “That Someone Is You” (Live In The Studio)

Now THIS is how you treat your fans. I was listening to the 'Remnants' compilation just the other day and thinking how it would be good to continue it with the post 2004 rarities. Shame they're only mp3 though.

All we need now is that rumored box set of Christmas singles

These two rarities collections apparently exyst in FLAC format as well

It seems these were rather hastily put together - there are multiple mistakes/problems with the 1988-2011 set...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Compl ... %80%932011

[PryTo]

R.E.M.
2 July 1982
Strand Cabaret, Marietta, GA
2013 analogloyalist master (FLAC)

01 intro
02 West Of The Fields
03 Shaking Through
04 Pilgrimage
05 Romance
06 We Walk
07 Wolves, Lower
08 That Beat
09 Pretty Persuasion
10 Sitting Still
11 1,000,000
12 Gardening At Night
13 9-9
14 There She Goes Again
15 Catapult
16 Radio Free Europe
17 Perfect Circle
18 Laughing
19 Moral Kiosk
20 Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)

http://netkups.com/?d=766f1557bdf5b

[stip]

do you remember...that beat

[AndySlash]

UNPLUGGED VINYL SLATED FOR SEPTEMBER RELEASE!
Earlier this year we released a limited quantity of R.E.M. Unplugged 1991/2001, The Complete Sessions on vinyl for Record Store Day, an event we've loved being a part of the last few years. The response to the Unplugged vinyl was absolutely overwhelming from those who were able to get a copy. So, by popular demand, we've made arrangements for two separate vinyl releases this September: MTV Unplugged 1991 and MTV Unplugged 2001. Each vinyl release will feature the entire performance, including the additional songs not aired on the original broadcast. Release dates for MTV Unplugged 1991 and MTV Unplugged 2001 will be September 1st for international stores and September 2nd for those in North America. Stay tuned for pre-order links once we have them!

[kreng]

UNPLUGGED VINYL SLATED FOR SEPTEMBER RELEASE!
Earlier this year we released a limited quantity of R.E.M. Unplugged 1991/2001, The Complete Sessions on vinyl for Record Store Day, an event we've loved being a part of the last few years. The response to the Unplugged vinyl was absolutely overwhelming from those who were able to get a copy. So, by popular demand, we've made arrangements for two separate vinyl releases this September: MTV Unplugged 1991 and MTV Unplugged 2001. Each vinyl release will feature the entire performance, including the additional songs not aired on the original broadcast. Release dates for MTV Unplugged 1991 and MTV Unplugged 2001 will be September 1st for international stores and September 2nd for those in North America. Stay tuned for pre-order links once we have them!

Awesome

[dsb1218]

Digging into the 2001 Unplugged set today and the "Like A Rolling Stone" tag thrown into the end of "Country Feedback" was an unexpected, nice surprise.

[chewm]

The 2 songs from each album people were doing 3 months ago
Murmur - Shaking Through; Talk About the Passion
Reckoning - Harborcoat; 7 Chinese Brothers
Fables - Wendell Gee; Life & How to Live It
Pageant - Hyena; Fall On Me
Document - Disturbance at the Heron House; King of Birds
Green - Orange Crush; Turn You Inside Out
Out of Time - Country Feedback; Me in Honey
Automatic - Nightswimming; The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
Monster - Let Me In; Tongue
Hifi - Electrolife; So Fast, So Numb
Up - Hope; At My Most Beautiful
Reveal - The Lifting; Imitation of Life
Around the Sun - Aftermath; The Abscent of Man
Accelerate - Supernatural Superserious; Houston
Collapse - Uberlin; It Happened Today

[stip]

heyna was a surprise pick. Do you like the demo/rough version on one of those GH albums?

[Kaius]

Monster is so fucking good.

The Out of Time-Automatic-Monster-Hi Fi run is about as good as it gets.

Expand that to include Green and Up.

I don't think Green is on the big boy level, though it shows flashes. I plan on getting into the post-berry stuff tonight after work.

Green is absolutely on the big boy level.

No, fuck you!

But seriously ... I'm usually not wrong about these things.

I just wanted to admit that I was wrong about this.

[chewm]

heyna was a surprise pick. Do you like the demo/rough version on one of those GH albums?

I know Hyena doesn't get the love that other songs from that album get, but it's one of my favorites from the band. I remember I downloaded some albums (Reckoning and Pageant) because I only knew the big hits and wanted to dig deeper into their catalog, Hyena was the first song I listened to and I instantly felt in love with it.

And I havent listened to that version, I probably should.