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Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon January 14, 2019 12:27 am
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I just revisited Collapse (well, the first six songs) and yeah, I am just not feeling this album. These songs feel rote and static, like the kind of thing the band could've written in their sleep. It's the album that everybody accused Around the Sun of being.
Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon January 14, 2019 12:38 am
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I liked Collapse more when I started to view it as essentially a love letter and farewell to the fanbase. I'm not sure how much that was intended in reality, but it makes the familiarity of the whole thing feel more endearing.
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Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon January 14, 2019 12:43 am
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I think "Collapse" has some good songs (I especially like "All the Best," "Uberlin," and "Oh My Heart"), but it's not surprising to me that it was the record that left them feeling like they'd said everything that they had to say. It's probably my least favorite REM album. But I also think it feels like a more appropriate coda than "Accelerate" would have (though "I'm Gonna DJ" would have been a funny song to go out on).
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Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon January 14, 2019 12:44 am
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I love Discoverer, It Happened Today, Mine Smell Like Honey, and Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter. There are several others on the album I like a lot too, but those four are great. I think I enjoy Collapse into Now more than most people.
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Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon January 14, 2019 1:33 am
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Blaine Ryan wrote:
I liked Collapse more when I started to view it as essentially a love letter and farewell to the fanbase. I'm not sure how much that was intended in reality, but it makes the familiarity of the whole thing feel more endearing.
I'm pretty sure Collapse was written and recorded knowing they were calling it quits afterwards (I remember reading somewhere that they knew they were done after one more album by the end of the Accelerate tour).
I love Discoverer, It Happened Today, Mine Smell Like Honey, and Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter. There are several others on the album I like a lot too, but those four are great. I think I enjoy Collapse into Now more than most people.
There's not a dud among the bunch. And several contenders for my favorite all time REM song. I goddamn love that record so much.
Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon January 14, 2019 5:20 am
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durdencommatyler wrote:
PHATJ wrote:
I love Discoverer, It Happened Today, Mine Smell Like Honey, and Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter. There are several others on the album I like a lot too, but those four are great. I think I enjoy Collapse into Now more than most people.
There's not a dud among the bunch. And several contenders for my favorite all time REM song. I goddamn love that record so much.
I just revisited Collapse (well, the first six songs) and yeah, I am just not feeling this album. These songs feel rote and static, like the kind of thing the band could've written in their sleep. It's the album that everybody accused Around the Sun of being.
Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Mon January 14, 2019 2:02 pm
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Joined: Wed November 06, 2013 9:16 pm Posts: 431
I think I've finally got my ranking down.
Automatic for the People New Adventures in Hi-Fi Fables of the Reconstruction Reckoning Green Monster Up Lifes Rich Pageant Murmur Out of Time Document Accelerate Collapse Into Now Around the Sun Reveal
I'm making a career retrospective playlist. Here are the fist 15 songs:
1. Finest Worksong 2. Radio Free Europe 3. Begin the Begin 4. These Days 5. Orange Crush 6. It's the End of the World... 7. Stand 8. The One I Love 9. What's the Frequency, Kenneth? 10. Bittersweet me 11. Losing My Religion 12. Uberlin 13. Oh My Heart 14. Bang and Blame 15. Man on the Moon
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