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post #16 of 33
9/23/11 at 1:09am
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TexasBuck - I've heard the same from a lot of people. I think I'll get around to buying the rest of their discography.

Also, just realized that several of their albums are on DVD-A. I'll have to grab those.

And I'll stay hopeful that a reunion tour will show up sooner or later. I never saw them live and wish I had.
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post #17 of 33
9/23/11 at 3:44am

Well, I dug New Adventures in Hi-Fi, but the last record I could get genuinely excited about was the loud one, Monster…sounded like they had something to prove, which they did.

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post #18 of 33
9/23/11 at 3:52am

Ahhh REM..... "Losing My Religion" convinced me to pick up the mandolin last year. o.o

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post #19 of 33
9/23/11 at 4:05am
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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik View Post

TexasBuck - I've heard the same from a lot of people. I think I'll get around to buying the rest of their discography.

Also, just realized that several of their albums are on DVD-A. I'll have to grab those.

And I'll stay hopeful that a reunion tour will show up sooner or later. I never saw them live and wish I had.


Agree - I have 8 of their albums from 1991-2008.  I see some of their albums slowly getting released on HD-tracks in 24/96 if anyone interested.  So far they have "Out Of Time", "Reveal" and "Monster" - hopefully they will get the full repertoire there at some stage.

 

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post #20 of 33
9/23/11 at 9:30am

Michael Stipe's so happy he's dancing around naked.  NSFW!

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post #21 of 33
9/23/11 at 9:40am

This is how I'd rank the catalog (5 Stars = best, 0 Stars = worst:

 

Essentials:

 

1) Murmur - 5 stars 

2) Fables of the Reconstruction - 5 stars

3) Automatic For the People - 5 stars

4) Reckoning - 5 stars

5) New Adventures In Hi-Fi - 4.5 stars

6) Lifes Rich Pageant - 4.5 stars

7) Document - 4.5 stars

8) Monster - 4 stars

9) Green - 4 stars

10) Out of Time - 4 stars

 

Non-essentials

 

11) Collapse Into Now - 3.5 stars

12) Accelerate - 3.5 stars

13) Up - 2.5 stars

14) Reveal - 2.5 stars

15) Around the Sun - 1 star

 

Dead Letter office is a must get as well, as most versions contain the first EP "Chronic Town".  It's worth the price for those songs alone.  Dead Letter Office is a collection of unreleased tracks from the IRS years. (First 5 albums)  It contains its share of big hits and big misses, so it's hard to rank.  Maybe the greatest album title ever for a B-Side collection...lol


Edited by TexasBuck - 5/10/12 at 6:40pm
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post #22 of 33
9/24/11 at 4:28am

The thing about R.E.M. - especially, Michael Stipe, he had quite a presence in helping new, up and coming artists, too.  He saw Vic Chesnutt performing in a club and saw potential.  He aided him in connected with record companies to further his career.  The late Vic Chesnutt story is actually quite amazing if you listen to any of his music or know of him.

 

Regardless of whether you liked R.E.M.'s music or not, they were talented.  

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post #23 of 33
9/27/11 at 8:15am

They should have called it a day 15 years ago or so, after Hi-Fi, but yeah, everything up to that point is still in heavy rotation over here.  Fables is one of my top 10 albums.  Great band; will be missed.

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post #24 of 33
9/27/11 at 9:30am
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They should have called it a day 15 years ago or so, after Hi-Fi, but yeah, everything up to that point is still in heavy rotation over here.  Fables is one of my top 10 albums.  Great band; will be missed.



From a purist point of view, breaking up after "Hi-Fi" would have been the way to go.  Go out on top.  This is a pretty good article arguing why it's best they kept going: 

 

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/blogs/pop-life/r-e-m-r-i-p-thank-you-for-running-it-into-the-ground-20110922

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post #25 of 33
9/27/11 at 5:10pm
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I'll just say that It's the end of the world as I know it (and I feel fine).

 

Ha!  Nice.

 

I wonder if, in the spotlight of this event, they're losing their religion and trying to keep their point of view. Oh no, i've said too much!

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post #26 of 33
9/27/11 at 6:13pm
I was never a huge REM fan, but I liked them. I was at a record store one day and the band was there promoting their second album. I picked up their first two records and got them all to autograph them. I should pull those out and ebay them.
Edited by bigshot - 9/27/11 at 6:15pm
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post #27 of 33
10/25/11 at 11:07am
I was listening to Murmur and Automatic for the People today and can't help to reflect of just how influential they were and continue to be.
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post #28 of 33
10/25/11 at 9:48pm
Just in case you guys haven't heard their farewell single yet:

"We All Go Back to Where We Belong"

Musically similar to "Electrolite" imo and It feels like a sweet send off to me.
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post #29 of 33
10/26/11 at 1:05am

Athens, GA is a unique creative environment and I have no doubt it will serve as the renaissance point for R.E.M. in the future.

 

They are not done.

 

With that said, Nightswimming.

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post #30 of 33
10/26/11 at 1:50am
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Thanks for the link! I'll check it out when I get home to the laptop.

I had to run to Palm Springs and back today for paint (the closest Dunn Edwards store) and spun "Eponymous" and "Green" along the way. They sure hold up.

Subtle, I sure hope R.E.M. has a reunion down the road. If they can get Berry back, they have a few more good albums in them. If any band could regroup and put out vital new material, it'd be R.E.M. Most bands get back together for a few mediocre albums and cash in on nostalgia with tours. But R.E.M. could pull off a legitimate second act with good material. I'd love to see them do it.
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