R.E.M. Appreciation Thread

[WidespreadMule3]

Originally Posted by jackisback24

Any RSD success stories yet?

Got to my store at 3 am and grabbed the only copy. Haven't spun it yet but I'm pumped to have gotten it. Heard someone say that it was rumored they were gonna reissue it as a non-RSD release on CD and vinyl. I hope not so it stays rare ha

[jackisback24]

http://www.newsweek.com/reclaiming-m...l-stipe-273408

20 years ago...Monster.

[coldengrey12]

Not a popular opinion, but that's still my favorite R.E.M. album.

[jaking1185]

Wow. Monster and UTTAD came out on the same day.

[WidespreadMule3]

Monster is an incredible album. Not sure where I'd rank it but I give it a listen pretty often.

[bustedstuff88]

REM is in my top 3 favorite bands of all time...

Gardening at night, both the regular and slowed down versions, are miraculous!



Anyone here think they will ever tour again?

[WidespreadMule3]

Originally Posted by bustedstuff88

REM is in my top 3 favorite bands of all time...

Gardening at night, both the regular and slowed down versions, are miraculous!



Anyone here think they will ever tour again?

Nope. I really think they're done for good.

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by WidespreadMule3

Nope. I really think they're done for good.

I agree. It's sad to say, but I would be really surprised if they reunited. They seem like the kind of guys who meant it when they said they were done.

[Heyberto]

Originally Posted by coldengrey12

I agree. It's sad to say, but I would be really surprised if they reunited. They seem like the kind of guys who meant it when they said they were done.

I'm with you. I could see the rare one-off performance (an event similar to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame performance, for instance), but there will never be another REM tour

[bustedstuff88]

Stipe opened for Patti Smith at Webster hall last week.

Very cool. I love that he did New Test Leper.

[jackisback24]

documentary on May 19th in movie theaters for one night only.

https://celebrationcinema.com/movie/.../5%2F19%2F2015

[OK_Ant]

Hooked on this remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZkw35wMLGA

[AndySlash]

man, that is the one song on the monster remix that i can say i really dislike what litt chose to do to it. i get wanting to bring stipes vocal to the forefront, because why wouldn’t you, but that song was served so much better with the original mix. i do quite like the acoustic version on one of their fan club singles and that they played on their later tours - stipe’s more prominent vocals on that version make more sense and sound good to me.

[TypicalBilly14]

I actually just discovered this yesterday and think it's fantastic.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck3I3zBw9uU

[OK_Ant]

It's an R.E.M. kind of night. Lifes Rich Pageant + Losing My Religion & Let Me In. Oh, and why not Find the River?

[GraceBuckley]

This band... I'm suddenly REALLLY appreciating how incredible the year 2008 was, because I saw what turned out to be REM's last hometown show in Atlanta (they didn't play Athens on the tour)... I saw what turned out to be my last DMB show to date (but hopefully I'll stop messing around and see them the next time they tour, I think I'm finally re-energized enough to do that). And I saw one of the best Pearl Jam shows (maybe in top 15 of the PJ shows I've seen) in Hartford in 2008. Plus many other great shows.

Still crazy devastating that Roi was already in the hospital at that Atlanta DMB show and all that happened soon after that, so that is heartbreak of that year, but overall what a special year for live shows in my little world.

And in 2017 I went to the 30th anniversary of U2's the Joshua Tree show in Washington DC at a stadium. I was standing on the floor but at the foot of the elevated VIP stand, and was dancing up a storm to a song and looked up and saw an older guy (only a bit older than me probably), in an unlabled baseball cap, just dancing up a storm himself. Then I did a double take, waved at him until he came over, and said "Is your name Bertis?" It was REM manager Bertis Downs! I said "You probably don't remember me..." and he interrupted and said "What's your name?" I told him my real 1st name (which isn't Grace) and he finished before I said my last name HE said it, and then without missing a beat he said "We met you the year Joshua Tree came out" which was '87, which was exactly right! I couldn't believe he remembered that level of detail... that's what great managers do I guess! Lukin that was the year of that Document Radio City show...

We couldn't talk much because we were on different levels and U2 was playing, but it was so cool to see him! And earlier that same year 2017 the Peter Buck story I just posted... Crazy world!

[GraceBuckley]

Originally Posted by jackisback24

documentary on May 19th in movie theaters for one night only.

https://celebrationcinema.com/movie/.../5%2F19%2F2015

This link doesn't work anymore, anyone know which REM film it was? Which doc? I don't think I've seen any REM docs so I'd love to see it...

[TheLastStop123]

I believe I posted this in the AOTD thread, but I had never really listened to R.E.M. aside from knowing “Losing My Religion” which I’ve never liked, but then I heard the song “Strange Currencies” at the end of Under The Silver Lake and thought it was one of the best songs I’d ever heard.

I still haven’t gotten a chance to really dive into their discography but I look forward to doing so in the next couple months. I put together a playlist based on some song recommendations from folks in the AOTD thread and have loved all of them.

[coldengrey12]

Originally Posted by TheLastStop123

I believe I posted this in the AOTD thread, but I had never really listened to R.E.M. aside from knowing “Losing My Religion” which I’ve never liked, but then I heard the song “Strange Currencies” at the end of Under The Silver Lake and thought it was one of the best songs I’d ever heard.

I still haven’t gotten a chance to really dive into their discography but I look forward to doing so in the next couple months. I put together a playlist based on some song recommendations from folks in the AOTD thread and have loved all of them.

I like Monster a lot and that's the album with Strange Currencies. It's the start of a five-song run I think is as good as you'll get on any R.E.M. record:

Strange Currencies
Tongue
Bang and Blame
I Took Your Name
Let Me In

[GraceBuckley]

This link was just posted in an 80s music discussion group I'm part of. It is making me SO HAPPY TODAY to listen to! It's a club show in Lyons, France, 1984. It seems to be a soundboard, and it's such a great mixed setlist even though I think they only had Murmur and Reckoning out then. Right now listening to Just A Touch, which I had no idea they'd written by then but didn't release until Life's Rich Pageant (it's one of my most favorite songs ever of theirs).

Reckoning era REM live! Sooo loving this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMX1Eud6LcA

[OK_Ant]

I love the Monster album. Love the orange CD tray, too.

[Beefsteak1138]

Originally Posted by GraceBuckley

This link was just posted in an 80s music discussion group I'm part of. It is making me SO HAPPY TODAY to listen to! It's a club show in Lyons, France, 1984. It seems to be a soundboard, and it's such a great mixed setlist even though I think they only had Murmur and Reckoning out then. Right now listening to Just A Touch, which I had no idea they'd written by then but didn't release until Life's Rich Pageant (it's one of my most favorite songs ever of theirs).

Reckoning era REM live! Sooo loving this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMX1Eud6LcA

This is great, thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by OK_Ant

I love the Monster album. Love the orange CD tray, too.

Love Monster. It was the album that turned me off to them, but I'm glad a revisited it later.

[GraceBuckley]

Originally Posted by Beefsteak1138

This is great, thanks for sharing.



Love Monster. It was the album that turned me off to them, but I'm glad a revisited it later.

Glad you checked it out - I really loved it! And they did 1 of my 2 fave covers of theirs that they did all the time: Pylon's "Crazy", always loved that one...

[vkratliff]

I was today years old when I learned that "Crazy" is a cover song. That's always been one of my favorites, and I just assumed it was theirs.

[OK_Ant]

These anniversary interviews are great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnGwA5gK29g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJje9gA9jsI

[TypicalBilly14]

Listening to Out of Time today on vinyl for Record Store Day celebration and man, they were on fire in the 1990's.

Out of Time in 1991, Automatic for the People in 1992, Monster in 1994, New Adventures in Hi Fi in 1996 - all major successes.

I think if Stipe were to ever do a solo tour, I'd see him. Never saw REM live when they were around. Bucket list band for sure, doubt they'd reunite.

[WidespreadMule3]

Haven't listened to these guys in forever. Think I'll throw on some of their stuff. Always forget about them and how much I used to enjoy them.

[Beefsteak1138]

Probably my favorite, or top 3 bands of all time. Not only are they great, but they were the first band I really got into on my own. I'm starting to realize how much influence they've had on my musical preferences. Songs like Rockville and others really informed my musical tastes as I got older.

[vkratliff]

Originally Posted by Beefsteak1138

Probably my favorite, or top 3 bands of all time. Not only are they great, but they were the first band I really got into on my own. I'm starting to realize how much influence they've had on my musical preferences. Songs like Rockville and others really informed my musical tastes as I got older.

It really is amazing how many of my favorite bands either directly claim them as influences or were obviously influenced by them: Radiohead, Decemberists, Jason Isbell, The National, Wilco, etc. They're one of those few artists that transcend decade categorization, and their longevity had a huge impact.

[dmbfd15]

R U Talking REM RE: ME is a great podcast for those who like the band and off kilter comedy lol