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Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Sat July 20, 2019 7:27 pm
10Club Complaint Department
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:02 am Posts: 15145 Location: Gigatown
durdencommatyler wrote:
liebzz wrote:
HiFi is my favorite also, but I would agree far and away is a stretch. I can see legit arguments for a lot of the albums- Automatic for the People, and Document are really stunningly good at what they do. Green, Monster, and Accelerate rock, Murmur is a brilliant opening statement from them. The list goes on.
For me it's not even close. Hi-Fi is a tier above everything else they've done. It's the single REM album that I listen to from beginning to end with any regularity and the one I find myself craving. And the only one I've ever found myself wanting to listen to on repeat. The only one where I've put on that record and not listened to anything else for weeks. If all of REM's catalog except for Hi-Fi was somehow erased from existence, it would suck, but I could live with it.
The next tier (Automatic, LRP, Monster, Collapse) for me is much, much closer.
Agreed. See, Joe, we do have common ground.
p.s. I love your next tier too. We must have the same taste in REM.
I should have pre ordered from Amazon last night. It was listed 10 dollars cheaper. The bundles on REM HQ are too rich for my blood but I would totally wear those Monster socks.
Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Wed September 04, 2019 3:05 pm
Looks Like a Cat
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:55 pm Posts: 13819 Location: An office full of assholes
I was at the first of two shows in Rome in February of 1995, with Grant Lee Buffalo opening. It was a surreal show (the power went out twice). The second time I saw them on the Monster tour was this Rosemont show, which had an entirely different feel. But the one thing I remember from it was Me In Honey. So, so good.
Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Wed September 04, 2019 5:46 pm
jeeeesus relax already
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm Posts: 36213
durdencommatyler wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
Great news!!
Monster became a favorite this year for me! weird.
What changed for you?
Not sure. I guess i appreciate more the loudness, the guitar, the psychedelic elements of the songs. Also, im more relaxed to them jamming and doing experiments i guess than back in the day.
Post subject: Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread
Posted: Wed September 04, 2019 6:53 pm
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47113 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Put me in the "this Monster Remix is going to suck" column. The Kenneth remix improves on the drum sound considerably...but it also adds some heavy tape hiss (becomes really noticeable around 0:14, and listen with headphones if you're not hearing it):
That hiss wasn't even remotely audible on the original. And the notion that they needed to boost Mike's vocal is a bad one.
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