HOF
Posted 31 July 2012 - 12:21 PM
This is another band where I have a basic knowledge. I know all the commercial hits and some other songs, but not too much.
Good starting points?
I Miss McNulty
Posted 31 July 2012 - 01:24 PM
This is another band where I have a basic knowledge. I know all the commercial hits and some other songs, but not too much.
Good starting points?
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
HOF
Posted 31 July 2012 - 01:27 PM
Fair question, my opinion is that if "Stand" and or "Shiny Happy People" are the commercial hits you know the best, that is a bad thing..
If "Losing My Religion", "What's the Frequency Kenneth", and "It's the End of the World" are the songs, then you're good!
in my opinion of course.
"Murmur"
"Document"
"Automatic For the People"
"Monster"
"New Adventures in Hi-Fi"
Listen to all of them all the way through.
I Miss McNulty
Posted 31 July 2012 - 01:30 PM
Yep, know all those, and the awesome song (Don't Go Back to) Rockville.
Awesome, thanks. I know I've listened to a few...but not all the way through, I don't think.
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
HOF
Posted 31 July 2012 - 01:31 PM
I said in this thread that "New Adventures" is my favorite record of theirs, and it is, but it's not their most accessible. "Monster" might be the best bet for accessibility, it's also highly underrated.
I Miss McNulty
Posted 31 July 2012 - 01:33 PM
Just threw on Murmur.
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
I Miss McNulty
Posted 31 July 2012 - 01:33 PM
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
HOF
Posted 31 July 2012 - 01:41 PM
Definitely raw...with shoddy production.That's their first record ever so it's very very raw and the production ain't that great.
Still, it's an unreal record.
HOF
Posted 31 July 2012 - 03:56 PM
Seth, I think we are doing an amazing job promoting REM on this website. They should hire us, or something.
HOF
Posted 31 July 2012 - 03:57 PM
I Miss McNulty
Posted 03 August 2012 - 10:12 AM
One day, we should do a top 25 favorite REM songs list or something...
when Coker and Ricker get through everything maybe.
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
HOF
Posted 03 August 2012 - 10:48 AM
One day, we should do a top 25 favorite REM songs list or something...
when Coker and Ricker get through everything maybe.
HOF
Posted 03 August 2012 - 01:24 PM
I Miss McNulty
Posted 21 December 2012 - 09:42 PM
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
Advanced Member
Posted 21 December 2012 - 10:53 PM
Bumping this.
Been on *another* REM kick lately (as I should considering they're one of my 3 favorite bands ever) and I realized that they may be the only band, ever, to release 10(!) straight very good to great records.
Can the Beatles even match that?
From Murmur to New Adventures in Hi-Fi they didn't have a single dud. Very impressive.
All Star
Posted 22 December 2012 - 01:04 AM
HOF
Posted 22 December 2012 - 09:09 AM
Bumping this.
Been on *another* REM kick lately (as I should considering they're one of my 3 favorite bands ever) and I realized that they may be the only band, ever, to release 10(!) straight very good to great records.
Can the Beatles even match that?
From Murmur to New Adventures in Hi-Fi they didn't have a single dud. Very impressive.
HOF
Posted 22 December 2012 - 09:11 AM
Their older stuff is WAY better than the newer.
After Document it becomes more radio-hit to me.
Murmur to Document R.E.M. is great to me and I love listening to it. In fact I was on a Murmur kick the past month. But after Document I like R.E.M. a lot less, even though they are still good.
Their rarities and B-sides are absolutely golden though. Dead Letter Office is awesome!
And yea, that sounded SO hipster, but whatever
I Miss McNulty
Posted 24 May 2013 - 09:54 PM
Once again it's changed lol.This is one of my 5 favorite bands ever. If you're my friend on Spotify you probably know I've been listening to these guys a ton again lately, and I think I'm ready to dub "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" my favorite album of theirs. I didn't think it was possible, but here we are. My top 5:
1) New Adventures in Hi-Fi
2) Document
3) Monster
4) Automatic for the People*
5) Murmur
*For the longest time I thought this was their best. My re-listening has changed my thoughts. Full disclosure, I change my favorite albums of bands all the time.
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
HOF
Posted 15 June 2013 - 08:23 PM
Once again it's changed lol.
1) New Adventures in Hi-Fi
2) Out of Time (mad props on the promotion!)
3) Murmur
4) Document
5) Monster
6) Reckoning
7) Automatic for the People
8) Green
9) Fables of the Reconstruction
10) Life's Rich Pageant
Interesting how "Automatic" keeps sinking. I doubt it goes any lower though.
That is interesting...
I'd go:
Reckoning
Pageant
Fables
New Adventures
Document
Mine changes too all the time.
"Letter Never Sent" off of Reckoning is my current song of the moment..
"It's been pretty simple so far, vacation in Athens is calling me
And knock knock knock on wood I thought I'd left you behind"
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