How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread

[washing machine]

I finally got around to listening to Collapse Into Now, and I'm declaring it an instant favorite. Hearing it this long after the break-up made it impossible not to hear it as a sort of career retrospective, which is how I'm choosing to view the album as a whole. There's plenty of nods both lyrically and melodically to much of their past work, isn't there?

I wish these guys were still around.

[Norris]

I just wish I could have seen them live.

[Jorge]

I wish they were around too. But I think I like "We All Go Back to Where We Belong" better than just about anything in "Collapse into Now"

[numbers]

I just wish I could have seen them live.

same.

[washing machine]

I had the choice between seeing them or Radiohead in 2003, and I chose Radiohead. I'm not sure I would make a different decision if faced with that same scenario again, weirdly enough.

[VinylGuy]

oh this band...im not sure if i can listen to their songs again, they are just too personal now for me, and it just hurts. Not because of their breakup, but for a different reason.

That having said, Collapse into now is a wonderful record...and Blue, a masterpiece.

[washing machine]

I wish they were around too. But I think I like "We All Go Back to Where We Belong" better than just about anything in "Collapse into Now"

I have yet to hear that one.

[numbers]

I had the choice between seeing them or Radiohead in 2003, and I chose Radiohead. I'm not sure I would make a different decision if faced with that same scenario again, weirdly enough.

I saw Radiohead last year and it was the best show I have ever been to. You didnt choose wrong.

[Jorge]

I wish they were around too. But I think I like "We All Go Back to Where We Belong" better than just about anything in "Collapse into Now"

I have yet to hear that one.

I like it a lot. Very Bacharachy.

[washing machine]

I wish they were around too. But I think I like "We All Go Back to Where We Belong" better than just about anything in "Collapse into Now"

I have yet to hear that one.

I like it a lot. Very Bacharachy.

I see.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

I just wish I could have seen them live.

same.

3rd

Really hoping thet do some kinda reunion shows at some point

[VinylGuy]

I had the choice between seeing them or Radiohead in 2003, and I chose Radiohead. I'm not sure I would make a different decision if faced with that same scenario again, weirdly enough.

I saw Radiohead last year and it was the best show I have ever been to. You didnt choose wrong.

i saw both bands and REM was far more emotional than RH for me. Still both bands are amazing, i dont know why we have to choose one, but in my list REM ranks higher.

[numbers]

Not saying either or is better, just saying you couldn't go wrong there.

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[washing machine]

We don't have to choose one in this thread, but I did have to choose one for a birthday present in 2003.

[verb_to_trust]

Cool thread title

[washing machine]

Thanks, friend. The execution of a good thread title is half the battle.

[stip]

I wish they were around too. But I think I like "We All Go Back to Where We Belong" better than just about anything in "Collapse into Now"

I have yet to hear that one.

I like it a lot. Very Bacharachy.

I see.

while there are a few songs on collapse i prefer, we all go back is a great song, and a wonderful capstone song for the career

Collapse is a great example of a band mining familiar territory but pulling it off because the songs still feel fresh

[verb_to_trust]

I think Blue is a great end to Collapse

[verb_to_trust]

We All Go Back is off what album? A compilation?

[Jorge]

We All Go Back is off what album? A compilation?

Yeah, the Greatest Hits thing from last year.