I’ll take a look at these later.poprock wrote:Speaking of pretension and hipsterism, my friend Claire has written some good articles on REM over the years. These two were particularly nice: https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/rem-automatic-for-the-people-25th-anniversary-deluxe-edition http://www.clairebiddles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/thewirerem.pdf And that second one reminds me that Crush with Eyeliner is a fucking killer of a tune too.
This. Stipes cannot stay still. Peter Buck is also surprisingly mobile, given his physique, and they give the stage energy. Their tracks have a raw edge when live, and they don’t just mimic the album tracks, while at the same time never straying so far from the version people love that it’s going to annoy the audience. When I saw them, they played everything from Monster, obviously, while also dipping back to earlier stuff, from both the really popular albums and the earlier ones. They’re a great live band.RedDave2 wrote:Stipes grew into a pretty damn charasmatic front man over the year, they have a good mix of songs, lots of hits that keep even the non fan happy, good interaction with the crowd and there's generally good energy in the band.
It's almost like different people have different tastes! Incredible! You can add Neil fucking Young to that list too.Facewon wrote:Oh dear
RedDave2 wrote:No problem with you not liking them. Just not sure how you could call there set boring.
Gremill wrote:It's almost like different people have different tastes! Incredible! You can add Neil fucking Young to that list too.Facewon wrote:Oh dearRedDave2 wrote:No problem with you not liking them. Just not sure how you could call there set boring.
Because I thought it was? There were loads of people loving it - the fans - but they do nothing for me, therefore I found it crushingly dull.
Time_on_my_hands wrote:Never been a big R.E.M fan, but always liked 'Leave'.
g.man wrote:It's a toss-up between Country Feedback and Leave for me. Leave just edges it.
Minnesänger wrote:I can’t believe no-one, not a single person in this thread, has mentioned Leave.
Roujin wrote:Whens Placebo week?
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