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Re: REM song tournament: PryTo 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:24 pm
by darth_vedder
durdencommatyler wrote:I'm the opposite, Pry.
Hi-Fi was the first REM album that me stand up and take notice. And I adore every song on that thing. I struggle with a lot of the REM catalog. They have some truly phenomenal songs, but they don't have a lot of albums that I love. Hi-Fi, Automatic and Collapse are excellent. Up and Monster are really, really good, but each have songs I don't care for. Everything else is really uneven, I think.
Which is further evidence that I really don't belong in an REM thread, let alone a tournament.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:24 pm
by Norah
shit I jumped the gun with my pick
it shouldn't matter though, considering the album restrictions
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:26 pm
by Rangi Guy
How did Undertow not get picked in this thing?
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:27 pm
by Lament
I get my pick of Monty Got a Raw Deal, New Orleans Instrumental No. 1, and Everybody Hurts. Not bad for round sixteen.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:27 pm
by darth_vedder
cutuphalfdead wrote:shit I jumped the gun with my pick
it shouldn't matter though, considering the album restrictions
It doesn't matter at all. I have to choose a Collapse song this round. My three choices are:
All The Best
That Someone Is You
Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando And I
All are ok, but I'm not in love with any of them. I should have chosen a Collapse song sooner, and held off on Accelerate.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:35 pm
by PryTo
Lament wrote:I get my pick of Monty Got a Raw Deal, New Orleans Instrumental No. 1, and Everybody Hurts. Not bad for round sixteen.
Not bad at all. It helps that there are basically no bad songs on AFtP. And no songs that feature rappers.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:37 pm
by Norah
PryTo wrote:Lament wrote:I get my pick of Monty Got a Raw Deal, New Orleans Instrumental No. 1, and Everybody Hurts. Not bad for round sixteen.
Not bad at all. It helps that there are basically no bad songs on AFtP. And no songs that feature rappers.
Funny you say that. I consider parts of Radio Song to be the most AFtP sounding stuff the band has that's not on that album.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:38 pm
by philpritchard
darth_vedder wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:shit I jumped the gun with my pick
it shouldn't matter though, considering the album restrictions
It doesn't matter at all. I have to choose a Collapse song this round. My three choices are:
All The Best
That Someone Is You
Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando And I
All are ok, but I'm not in love with any of them. I should have chosen a Collapse song sooner, and held off on Accelerate.
I like two of those songs and I love one of them.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:39 pm
by Lament
I'd probably consider Electrolite the most AftP sounding song that isn't on that record.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:42 pm
by PryTo
cutuphalfdead wrote:PryTo wrote:Lament wrote:I get my pick of Monty Got a Raw Deal, New Orleans Instrumental No. 1, and Everybody Hurts. Not bad for round sixteen.
Not bad at all. It helps that there are basically no bad songs on AFtP. And no songs that feature rappers.
Funny you say that. I consider parts of Radio Song to be the most AFtP sounding stuff the band has that's not on that album.
I love rap music, but it does not mix well with R.E.M. Not a big KRS fan either, so that doesn't help. I really like the two R.E.M. songs that feature rappers - except for the parts where the rappers come in.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:43 pm
by darth_vedder
I'll go with All The Best.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:44 pm
by darth_vedder
PryTo wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:PryTo wrote:Lament wrote:I get my pick of Monty Got a Raw Deal, New Orleans Instrumental No. 1, and Everybody Hurts. Not bad for round sixteen.
Not bad at all. It helps that there are basically no bad songs on AFtP. And no songs that feature rappers.
Funny you say that. I consider parts of Radio Song to be the most AFtP sounding stuff the band has that's not on that album.
I love rap music, but it does not mix well with R.E.M. Not a big KRS fan either, so that doesn't help. I really like the two R.E.M. songs that feature rappers - except for the parts where the rappers come in.
I didn't like the KRS one at all, but the Q-Tip one was pretty good.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:45 pm
by Lament
I can't believe Romance wasn't one of the non-album tracks picked. I love that song.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:46 pm
by Lament
Got a Raw Deal.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:49 pm
by philpritchard
PryTo wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:PryTo wrote:Lament wrote:I get my pick of Monty Got a Raw Deal, New Orleans Instrumental No. 1, and Everybody Hurts. Not bad for round sixteen.
Not bad at all. It helps that there are basically no bad songs on AFtP. And no songs that feature rappers.
Funny you say that. I consider parts of Radio Song to be the most AFtP sounding stuff the band has that's not on that album.
I love rap music, but it does not mix well with R.E.M. Not a big KRS fan either, so that doesn't help. I really like the two R.E.M. songs that feature rappers - except for the parts where the rappers come in.
I realized during the last R.E.M. tournament that there's a version of the the Q-Tip one that has Stipe instead of Q-Tip. It's much better.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:49 pm
by Norah
So have you guys always been racist?
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 8:56 pm
by philpritchard
cutuphalfdead wrote:So have you guys always been racist?
Pretty much.
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 9:03 pm
by epilogue
theplatypus wrote:The Wake-Up Bomb
THANK YOU
Re: REM song tournament: Platy 16
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 9:03 pm
by stip
Lament wrote:I get my pick of Monty Got a Raw Deal, New Orleans Instrumental No. 1, and Everybody Hurts. Not bad for round sixteen.
not bad indeed. One of those songs is definitely the best of the bunch
Re: REM song tournament: Lament and DV
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 9:04 pm
by Lament
My guess is you probably don't agree with the one I picked.