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Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Thu November 21, 2019 4:54 pm
Looks Like a Cat
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verb_to_trust wrote:
Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
Yeah. They were right there but never fully plunged into suck like another band we all know.
Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
Reveal absolutely sucks. Around the Sun though...
Imitation of Life alone pulls it out of suck territory.
Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
Reveal absolutely sucks. Around the Sun though...
Imitation of Life alone pulls it out of suck territory.
I guess it depends on how many good songs it takes to keep an album from sucking. I like three songs on the album. I love one of those. If that's enough then I'll take back what I said. But I never want to listen to the record, only those songs I like.
Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Thu November 21, 2019 5:51 pm
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Joined: Fri March 22, 2013 7:20 pm Posts: 8540 Location: 41.1716° S, 174.8248° E
verb_to_trust wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
Reveal absolutely sucks. Around the Sun though...
I'll take the Rain alone pulls it out of suck territory.
Fixed it for you
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Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
Reveal absolutely sucks. Around the Sun though...
I'll take the Rain alone pulls it out of suck territory.
Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
Reveal absolutely sucks. Around the Sun though...
I'll take the Rain alone pulls it out of suck territory.
Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Thu November 21, 2019 6:05 pm
likes rhythmic things that butt up against each other
Joined: Tue February 05, 2013 9:53 am Posts: 556
The Lifting I've Been High Imitation of Life I'll Take the Rain
I love those 4, so I can't say the album as a whole sucks. But the rest of the songs are decidedly average by R.E.M. standards.
I know the band rag on Around The Sun quite a bit, and I agree that they probably messed with it too much...but I can't help loving it for some reason. The last few songs absolutely suck balls, but it also has:
Electron Blue The Outsiders Final Straw I Wanted To Be Wrong Boy In The Well Aftermath
Those are top notch songs for me, so I think I rank ATS higher than Reveal.
Monster remix is pretty cool, I'm digging the extra reverb on I Took Your Name, and I love what they've done with Crush With Eyeliner.
Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
Reveal absolutely sucks. Around the Sun though...
I'll take the Rain alone pulls it out of suck territory.
Fixed it for you
I'll Take the Rain is bliss.
So that's two songs. The album doesn't suck.
Again, it just depends on how you want to define it. Three songs is a quarter of the record. If 3/4 of the thing is bad to unlistenable, I'd still say the record sucks. If one or two songs is good enough for you, then there you go.
Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Thu November 21, 2019 7:03 pm
jeeeesus relax already
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm Posts: 35388
durdencommatyler wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
Yeah it's funny with these guys. Ive always liked them. I actually have really personal connections to Nightswimming from my late teens. But now that I'm older I feel like it just clicks. Phenomenal group who never put out a record that sucked.
around the sun and reveal are probably the closest to teetering on sucking
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