Get dog costumes wrote:I might get their next one.

FWIW, Pt. 1
FWIW, Pt. 2

By the way, this thread needs more domestic violence-related humor.

Looks like a "return to form." I could go for a return to form.

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:

Get dog costumes wrote:I might get their next one.

FWIW, Pt. 1
FWIW, Pt. 2

By the way, this thread needs more domestic violence-related humor.

One in-joke I share with a few people is "having a talk about REM" as a euphemism for beating one's spouse.

i voted New Adventures. other albums before it are better, but NAIHF is the last great REM album. The ones after it have their moments, but Around the Sun (except for Electron Blue) blows.

fellow REM fans: What's up with So Fast, So Numb? I've always thought of this song as a good-not-great song at the back of a great album but nothing amazing. It's become a staple of their live sets and I know many people who call it one of thier favorite REM songs ever. I'm a little befuddled by the high praise this tune gets. Y'alls like it?

emmanuelle cunt wrote:

steve wrote:This poll question, "What was the last great R.E.M. album?" cannot be answered by a general audience more than the question, "When did you stop beating your wife?"

General audience disagrees with you.

We all used to beat our wifes.

Perhaps we could change this question to "what was the best REM album to beat your wife to?"

or perhaps "what was the best REM album owned by your wife to beat off to?"

I've never been into REM. I couldn't ever listen to them with any love. I remember quite enjoying Monster enough to stop beating my girlfriend for a few days, but it wore off fairly quickly.

I really like UP. The Apologist is a great song. I think it was a good kinda album to make after losing Bill Berry. Also like the Beach Boys style one that was a single from that album.

10 billion records in the world and you people are listening to fucking REM

Fuck REM, fuck them when they first started fuck them in the middle and fuck them now, also fuck them in the future as well

REM give me a fucking break

unarmedman wrote:

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:None of the above, i.e., none.

REM rivals The Who and The Pixies for the band most consistently overrated by folks with otherwise decent taste.

The only REM song I've ever vaguely enjoyed is "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"--not bad when blaring over the speakers at the gym, but it might be the testosterone talking.

agreed. but not even What's the frequency kenneth. that song was an automatic channel changer for me.

and,

ginandtacos wrote:The last great REM album? What was the first?

agreed.

could never quite get/get into this band.

I second that.