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This is a tough match -- two pretty evenly matched songs showcasing two alternate sides of the band. "Wake Up Bomb" is such a great crunchy rocker following the dusty soundscaping of "How the West Was Won." But I'm going with "Me In Honey" today -- I've listened to "Out of Time" more recently than "Hi-Fi," and I was pretty high on Kate Pierson's vocals all around.

Wake Up Bomb is decent, but it's the monster tour track on Hi-Fi I like the least--it seems like there are elements of all these songs on Monster already. It's pretty good, but feels superfluous.

Me in Honey is just an absurdly catchy song with fantastic harmonies

This sucks, I really love The Wake-Up Bomb but Me In Honey is an all time favorite.

chewm wrote:This sucks, I really love The Wake-Up Bomb but Me In Honey is an all time favorite.

I'll vote for Wake-Up Bomb for you so you don't have to feel as badly.

durdencommatyler wrote:

chewm wrote:This sucks, I really love The Wake-Up Bomb but Me In Honey is an all time favorite.

I'll vote for Wake-Up Bomb for you so you don't have to feel as badly.

Me In Honey is everything I love about REM.

I think I listened to the Milton Keynes broadcast version of "Wake-Up Bomb" too much - the Hi-Fi version always felt a bit too "live" (read: echoey drums) to me. (I like Hi-Fi a lot, but there are a few songs where I wish they hadn't used the live backing tracks.)