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

Posted: Tue January 02, 2018 5:53 pm
by epilogue
cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
bart wrote:That happens to you like four times a day.
This was good
I figured you'd like that.
It was pretty good.
I didn't expect this from you though, Peter. Merry fucking New Year, I guess.

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

Posted: Tue January 02, 2018 5:56 pm
by Norah
durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
bart wrote:That happens to you like four times a day.
This was good
I figured you'd like that.
It was pretty good.
I didn't expect this from you though, Peter. Merry fucking New Year, I guess.
I love you Joey. And I will always be honest with you.

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

Posted: Tue January 02, 2018 5:57 pm
by epilogue
cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
bart wrote:That happens to you like four times a day.
This was good
I figured you'd like that.
It was pretty good.
I didn't expect this from you though, Peter. Merry fucking New Year, I guess.
I love you Joey. And I will always be honest with you.
I appreciate that. Even when it hurts, I do appreciate it.

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

Posted: Mon January 08, 2018 6:11 pm
by swan
So this was kind of a big deal. I made the correct decision in attending the Saturday show, even though I was a bit late & standing near the back of the venue. One of the coolest all-around nights of live music in a good long while.

Sometimes I'm really glad I live here.

http://www.wweek.com/music/2018/01/08/a ... day-night/

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

Posted: Fri February 16, 2018 3:13 pm
by darth_vedder
I've been enjoying an old bootleg I forgot I had from the Up tour called 'No Central Rain'. There is a great version of Everybody Hurts on it, with a pretty intense ending that's definitely not there on the album version. There is also a really good version of Lotus. That song was an instant favorite when I listened to 'Up' (when we had the draft REM tournament), and that album in general is pretty great.

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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 2:57 pm
by guestT
This made me cry-laugh.


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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 7:19 pm
by AndySlash
peter dollar bill would be proud

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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 7:26 pm
by washing machine
washing machine wrote:I had the choice between seeing them or Radiohead in 2003, and I chose Radiohead. I'm not sure I would make a different decision if faced with that same scenario again, weirdly enough.
I still think about this.

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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 7:38 pm
by AndySlash
have you ever seen them? have/had you ever seen radiohead?

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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 8:18 pm
by washing machine
No and yes.

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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 8:29 pm
by PHATJ
Never saw REM, haven’t seen Radiohead. :(

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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 11:06 pm
by liebzz
I love REM but they were much better in the studio than live. Live good, studio great.

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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 11:20 pm
by Rangi Guy
I had an absolute blast both times I saw R.E.M. play. Although the first time I'll admit that I was a little overwhelmed as it was my first ever concert and I'd built these guys up to be musical gods in my mind way back then

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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 11:20 pm
by Hatfield
liebzz wrote:I love REM but they were much better in the studio than live. Live good, studio great.
Saw them on the Up tour and they were solid. They played a lot of New Adventures which made me happy.

Saw them again right before Accelerate came out and was underwhelmed. They played 15 songs, 9 of which were on the new album.

I wish I would have seen that Monster tour.

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

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 11:49 pm
by Norah
Hatfield wrote:They played 5 songs, 9 of which were on the new album.
ummm...

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

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 2:05 am
by Kalevi
washing machine wrote:
washing machine wrote:I had the choice between seeing them or Radiohead in 2003, and I chose Radiohead. I'm not sure I would make a different decision if faced with that same scenario again, weirdly enough.
I still think about this.
My first concert was Radiohead opening for REM.

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

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 2:10 am
by evenslow
guestT wrote:This made me cry-laugh.

so fucking great. been loving this.

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

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 2:37 am
by Hatfield
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Hatfield wrote:They played 5 songs, 9 of which were on the new album.
ummm...
fixed it :)

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

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 1:26 pm
by philpritchard
They were the one band left that I really, really wanted to see for a while. My wife and I almost bought tickets on a whim a bunch of years ago, and then decided we would wait until next time instead. They split up shortly after that.

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

Posted: Fri July 20, 2018 2:00 am
by Rangi Guy
Was just giving Collapse into Now a spin earlier - what a great fucking band these guys were. It's a shame we're not going to get any new music from them