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Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon November 21, 2016 11:06 pm
by ridleybradout
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue November 22, 2016 4:22 pm
by Coach
cutuphalfdead wrote:I'm just gonna steal it once waffles goes back up.
Is that a bit torrent site? Every time I try one of those I get a virus.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue November 22, 2016 10:16 pm
by Norah
Coach wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:I'm just gonna steal it once waffles goes back up.
Is that a bit torrent site? Every time I try one of those I get a virus.
You used the wrong sites then.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Wed January 18, 2017 7:45 pm
by darth_vedder
Listened to 'Fables' today. Pretty solid album, and it's one I tend to overlook. I normally go for Reckoning, Life's Rich Pageant, and Document when I listen to their earlier stuff.
The stand out songs for me:
Driver 8
Life And How I Like To Live It
Can't Get There From Here
Green Crow The Rushes
Auctioneer (Another Engine)
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Wed January 18, 2017 7:54 pm
by chewm
I think its a really solid album, every song is good.
Wendell Gee is my favorite and maybe top 10 overall for me.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Wed January 18, 2017 7:58 pm
by darth_vedder
Wendell Gee is a solid one for sure. I'm not sure it it makes my top 10, but I definitely like it. "Auctioneer", "Green Grow The Rushes" and "Can't Get There From Here" were all better than I remembered; I really enjoyed those three this last round. Yeah, overall it's a really good album and I need to listen to it more.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Wed January 18, 2017 8:58 pm
by chewm
Im actually gonna listen to fables right now.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Wed January 18, 2017 9:22 pm
by chewm
Life and how to live it is so fucking great.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Wed January 18, 2017 9:43 pm
by VinylGuy
chewm wrote:Life and how to live it is so fucking great.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Wed January 18, 2017 11:46 pm
by stip
i think the opening of fables (gravity and maps) might be the weakest stretch. this is an unassumingly brillant album
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Thu January 19, 2017 5:15 am
by washing machine
Coach wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:I'm just gonna steal it once waffles goes back up.
Is that a bit torrent site? Every time I try one of those I get a virus.
Tell me about it!
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon February 13, 2017 4:35 pm
by washing machine
I think if I were to recommend an REM release to a serious music fan who isn't familiar with their IRS-era stuff (does that person even exist?), I'd go with Chronic Town. The five songs on this are a near-perfect showcase of everything I think this band did well in the 80's, and the length of the EP is just right. My favorite front-to-back thing that REM has ever done.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 12:19 pm
by joostone
washing machine wrote:I think if I were to recommend an REM release to a serious music fan who isn't familiar with their IRS-era stuff (does that person even exist?), I'd go with Chronic Town. The five songs on this are a near-perfect showcase of everything I think this band did well in the 80's, and the length of the EP is just right. My favorite front-to-back thing that REM has ever done.
I think you should give him the 'eponymous' compilation. Still the best IRS-years compilation around, out of at least 5 orso
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 2:38 pm
by chewm
Box-Cars
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 3:15 pm
by Kevin Davis
"Fables" is my favorite IRS album and my third favorite REM album overall.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 6:57 pm
by Norah
Reckoning or GTFO
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 7:06 pm
by Kevin Davis
I'll GTFO then
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 7:34 pm
by washing machine
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 8:07 pm
by Kevin Davis
"Reckoning" is awesome though.
Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 8:08 pm
by Norah
It's the best.
