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| Author: | Anders [ Sun January 13, 2019 4:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
stip wrote: Joey, have you heard this? Their last single (from a GH compilation) which is a really good song and doubly compelling when you know it's their last song Nice song. 
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| Author: | VinylGuy [ Sun January 13, 2019 4:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
I remember really liking the song when it came out. It’s a very nice farewell song but I agree that everything in colapse is better. |
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| Author: | PHATJ [ Mon January 14, 2019 12:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
Collapse is sweet. That song is meh. |
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| Author: | Jorge [ Mon January 14, 2019 12:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
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. |
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| Author: | Blaine Ryan [ Mon January 14, 2019 12:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
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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| Author: | Kevin Davis [ Mon January 14, 2019 12:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
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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| Author: | PHATJ [ Mon January 14, 2019 12:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
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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| Author: | digster [ Mon January 14, 2019 1:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
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). |
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| Author: | epilogue [ Mon January 14, 2019 5:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
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. |
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| Author: | PHATJ [ Mon January 14, 2019 5:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
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. me too.
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| Author: | stip [ Mon January 14, 2019 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
Alligator... is a really good song, and one of the few ones on that album that actually feels fresh. |
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| Author: | Anders [ Mon January 14, 2019 12:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
theplatypus wrote: 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. Agreed.
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| Author: | Blaine Ryan [ Mon January 14, 2019 2:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
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 |
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| Author: | Blaine Ryan [ Mon January 14, 2019 2:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
Those middle ones are tough as shit to rank and I might want to rearrange them later, but that's pretty close. |
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| Author: | Jorge [ Tue January 15, 2019 4:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
I watched this concert DVD before I owned a single REM album. Michael Stipend is pretty fun to watch on the more upbeat songs |
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| Author: | Jorge [ Tue January 15, 2019 5:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
That said, go to 31:30 for the most shockingly awful harmonica playing in the history of mankind |
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| Author: | BootsToAsses [ Tue January 15, 2019 2:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
theplatypus wrote: That said, go to 31:30 for the most shockingly awful harmonica playing in the history of mankind  Indeed, but it actually works perfectly with the energy of the performance. I adore his crap dancing at the end too.
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| Author: | epilogue [ Tue January 15, 2019 4:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
stip wrote: Alligator... is a really good song, and one of the few ones on that album that actually feels fresh. Perhaps I'd feel the same had I grown up with the albums instead of diving in late. |
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| Author: | epilogue [ Thu January 24, 2019 12:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
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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| Author: | Rangi Guy [ Thu January 24, 2019 12:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us: An REM Thread |
*14 BANG and Blame - Gardening at Night should be in there too |
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