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Janszoon 01-27-2023 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2226580)
It's a pleasure to read such a robust condemnation of R.E.M.

I have been curious, disappointed and puzzled by this group. Why are they so highly thought of? There's a clip on youtube with a guy explaining for 18 mins why Losing My Religion is a "song that changed music". I couldn't find anything in the song to justify that claim at all. To me it was just a ho-hum song, conventional structure and instrumentation, with (yet again) a young man over-sharing some angst I'm not interested in.
I've always liked REM a lot, especially their 80s stuff. Early on, they had more of a punky Velvet Underground influence. The lyrics were abstract and mumbly. The songs were usually upbeat yet somehow also bittersweet. To me it really works, especially as late night music. Here's an example, the song "Wolves, Lower" from their first release, the Chronic Town EP:

Lisnaholic 01-27-2023 10:22 AM
Thanks for pointing me to the right part of their discography to find the good stuff. I'm at work at the moment but will play your rec later.

rubber soul 01-27-2023 10:51 AM
REM is my second favorite band next to the Beatles. I too prefer the eighties material over the other recordings as they became a little more commercial by the time of Document (1987). Still, they have their moments later on as well such as Document and especially Automatic For the People.

This has always been a favorite of mine off Reckoning...

Queen Boo 01-27-2023 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2226566)
I think indie became pretty much synonymous with some form of jangle pop because of The Smiths

compare with "alternative" which a band will get labeled if it instead incorporates hard rock guitars
Why The Smiths? Why not The Feelies? The Soft Boys? The Go-Betweens? The Church? Felt? Orange Juice? Aztec Camera? All those bands were around before The Smiths.

Oh hey you know who else was around before The Smiths? R.E.M.

The Smiths just happened to be the most popular so they get all the credit.

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2226567)
whack ass Byrd wannabe mother****ers with stupid lyrics
You really are a treasure trove of wrong opinions.

SGR 01-27-2023 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2226567)
whack ass Byrd wannabe mother****ers with stupid lyrics
Oh come on now, REMs lyrics are usually as cogent as The Fall's lyrics are.

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2226584)
Thanks for pointing me to the right part of their discography to find the good stuff. I'm at work at the moment but will play your rec later.
Their early stuff is great, but they had a lot of great stuff in the '90s too. If you shy away from it, you'll miss some great stuff.





And personally, I think Up is their best album. So many beautiful songs on that record, it's just crazy.



REM is definitely one of my favorite bands. Besides The Fall and Miles Davis, they're the artist I own the most records of.

Lisnaholic 01-28-2023 07:40 AM
That's more like it!!

Thanks for posting some properly good R.E.M. songs. I'll prob check out some more, but on first listen these were the ones I liked best:

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Originally Posted by SGR (Post 2226613)

REM is definitely one of my favorite bands. Besides The Fall and Miles Davis, they're the artist I own the most records of.
^ That makes an unusually trilogy of "most owned" records, SGR! Very interesting.
I can only do mine from memory as I no longer have them, but when I was an LP buyer, I had (clear winner) John Fahey, then Dylan, then runners-up prob Beefheart or Allman Bros.

Janszoon 01-28-2023 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2226656)
That's more like it!!

Thanks for posting some properly good R.E.M. songs. I'll prob check out some more, but on first listen these were the ones I liked best:
I'm glad you liked "Wolves, Lower"! If you're interested in hearing more, the rest of Chronic Town is great as well, and it's only five tracks long. Their first full length, Murmur, is also very good and has a similar sound.

Synthgirl 01-28-2023 09:00 AM
As far as their 90s stuff goes, I really like the Monster album. Definitely a departure from their classic sound, but them experimenting with more distorted guitars was cool to see and I think that whole album is pretty underrated.

Lisnaholic 01-28-2023 10:17 AM
^ "Distorted guitars" ?! I'm in, Synthgirl !

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 2226659)
I'm glad you liked "Wolves, Lower"! If you're interested in hearing more, the rest of Chronic Town is great as well, and it's only five tracks long. Their first full length, Murmur, is also very good and has a similar sound.
Thanks. I'll give that a go. "Chronic Town" is a good title, and at 5 tracks long, I'm prepared to commit the time to it .

Janszoon 01-28-2023 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2226667)
Thanks. I'll give that a go. "Chronic Town" is a good title, and at 5 tracks long, I'm prepared to commit the time to it .
Haha, I hope you enjoy those 20 minutes.


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