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Band: R.E.M.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:04 pm
by tommydski_Archive
Green sure is a shitty album.
Everything before was great though.
Band: R.E.M.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:09 pm
by big_dave_Archive
I like a lot of Green, its just not an oil painting.
Band: R.E.M.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:27 am
by HOUSTON_M_Archive
Green sounds strange to me now.
I think that their will to please was getting stronger than their need to impress at this time.
An uneasy mixture of pretentiousness and commercialism is not the kind of strangeness I'm looking for.
"World Leader Pretend" + "Hairshirt" > "You Are The Everything" + "The Wrong Child".
But now for the equation:
REM = CRAP
Band: R.E.M.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:28 am
by big_dave_Archive
"The Wrong Child" is the worst music concievable.
Band: R.E.M.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:29 pm
by placeholder_Archive
HOUSTON_M wrote:placeholder:
I love this R.E.M. song "Bad Day" an awful lot. I'd made a mental note that I particularly liked this song, but forgot how it sounded.
It sounds like "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)".
Yes. It sounds almost exactly like this song, but with the cutesy schtick replaced by some semblance of humanity. I love this song.
This new R.E.M. record seems pretty good so far, judging by the few songs I've heard.
Band: R.E.M.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:27 pm
by drew patrick_Archive
I listened to Lifes Rich Pageant today for no good reason.
That record and Fables of the Reconstruction are very good records.
Band: R.E.M.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:01 am
by mrarrison_Archive
drew patrick wrote:I listened to Lifes Rich Pageant today for no good reason.
That record and Fables of the Reconstruction are very good records.
I think these two are the worst of the first seven or so REM albums. There are some good songs on these albums but they pretty much meander around too much for me.
Chronic Town
Murmur
Reckoning
Document = All Great Albums.
The rest, meh. REM has probably given us more dreadful crap at this point than they have provided us with goodness (even though I admittedly love those four albums I just mentioned) so I am changing my vote to
CRAP.
Band: R.E.M.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:37 am
by Bradley R Weissenberger_Archive
Minotaur029 wrote:Are there any other people who like the new album here?
Surprisingly, I can't stop listening to the new R.E.M. album
"Accelerate".
The song "Man-Sized Wreath" just kills me. It really does.
Music could provide the light you cannot resist, indeed.
Salut, R.E.M. I love you.
Confidential to Bill Rieflin: Nice work!
Band: R.E.M.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:49 pm
by etch_Archive
If my arm was twisted, I would choose Reckoning.
Crap.
Band: R.E.M.
Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:52 pm
by tipcat_Archive
Bradley's continued reverence and unabashed love for R.E.M. is a beautiful thing. Salut!