Tue February 14, 2017 8:54 pm
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Wed February 15, 2017 12:36 am
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Wed February 15, 2017 7:46 pm
washing machine wrote:The perceived superiority that Pete bestows upon Reckoning almost ended our friendship once.
I think Murmur is a better early effort as far as albums go, and then there's the Chronic Town love I expressed on the previous page.
Wed February 15, 2017 7:47 pm
Wed February 15, 2017 9:53 pm
chewm wrote:Reckoning is definetely the best IRS record. It's probably my second favorite overall.
Thu February 16, 2017 1:38 am
Thu February 16, 2017 2:27 am
darth_vedder wrote:chewm wrote:Reckoning is definetely the best IRS record. It's probably my second favorite overall.
What is your favorite?
I think I like Life's Rich Pageant the best from the IRS years. What are RM's thoughts on it?
Thu February 16, 2017 2:38 am
Fri February 17, 2017 7:21 pm
Fri June 30, 2017 4:22 pm
Automatic For The People Deluxe Reissue COMING THIS FALL...
The 25th anniversary of the band's groundbreaking album AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE will be commemorated with a deluxe reissue this fall. Details to follow in the coming weeks.
Fri October 20, 2017 4:05 pm
Fri October 20, 2017 4:35 pm
durdencommatyler wrote:The Celebration Rock podcast did an episode recently about Automatic for the People and why R.E.M. seems to have faded from view as one of the quintessential alt rock bands of all time. Steven Hyden (the host) complains that he's heard them lumped in with acts like Billy Joel and Phil Collins and thinks that's absurd.
Fri October 20, 2017 4:37 pm
Kevin Davis wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:The Celebration Rock podcast did an episode recently about Automatic for the People and why R.E.M. seems to have faded from view as one of the quintessential alt rock bands of all time. Steven Hyden (the host) complains that he's heard them lumped in with acts like Billy Joel and Phil Collins and thinks that's absurd.
This sounds anecdotal at best and like a straw man at worst. Are people really lumping REM in with Phil Collins?
Fri October 20, 2017 4:51 pm
Kevin Davis wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:The Celebration Rock podcast did an episode recently about Automatic for the People and why R.E.M. seems to have faded from view as one of the quintessential alt rock bands of all time. Steven Hyden (the host) complains that he's heard them lumped in with acts like Billy Joel and Phil Collins and thinks that's absurd.
This sounds anecdotal at best and like a straw man at worst. Are people really lumping REM in with Phil Collins?
Fri October 20, 2017 4:54 pm
tragabigzanda wrote:Kevin Davis wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:The Celebration Rock podcast did an episode recently about Automatic for the People and why R.E.M. seems to have faded from view as one of the quintessential alt rock bands of all time. Steven Hyden (the host) complains that he's heard them lumped in with acts like Billy Joel and Phil Collins and thinks that's absurd.
This sounds anecdotal at best and like a straw man at worst. Are people really lumping REM in with Phil Collins?
"People" do and say stupid things all the time. I've never once heard someone compare REM to Phil Collins, so I have to assume that the host either fabricated the comparison, or heard it once or twice and used it as a jumping-off point for his podcast.
Fri October 20, 2017 4:55 pm
durdencommatyler wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Kevin Davis wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:The Celebration Rock podcast did an episode recently about Automatic for the People and why R.E.M. seems to have faded from view as one of the quintessential alt rock bands of all time. Steven Hyden (the host) complains that he's heard them lumped in with acts like Billy Joel and Phil Collins and thinks that's absurd.
This sounds anecdotal at best and like a straw man at worst. Are people really lumping REM in with Phil Collins?
"People" do and say stupid things all the time. I've never once heard someone compare REM to Phil Collins, so I have to assume that the host either fabricated the comparison, or heard it once or twice and used it as a jumping-off point for his podcast.
That's my thinking, too. But again I think there's also something to hearing them on radio stations where they're lumped together. I certainly wouldn't compare someone like Cat Stevens to a band like Led Zeppelin but I certainly heard them next to each other on Classic Rock radio growing up. So, it's possible, in conversation, I could have associated the two.
Fri October 20, 2017 5:14 pm
durdencommatyler wrote:The Celebration Rock podcast did an episode recently about Automatic for the People and why R.E.M. seems to have faded from view as one of the quintessential alt rock bands of all time. Steven Hyden (the host) complains that he's heard them lumped in with acts like Billy Joel and Phil Collins and thinks that's absurd.
It's worth a listen, even if Hyden's being kind of a whiny, hipster, idiot (which he calls himself out on a bit) at the beginning. It's a good episode.