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REM
Posted on 1/26/17 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 1/26/17 at 2:05 pm
Is there a more unlikable band out there? Just so pompous, pretentious and overly political. Stipe is intolerable. I had forgotten until I tuned into a doc that was on last night.
Am I the only one that feels this way?
Am I the only one that feels this way?
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Posted on 1/26/17 at 2:40 pm to BigOrangeBri
quote:No, I'm sure there are several other dolts like yourself lacking the mental capacity to "get" REM.
Am I the only one that feels this way?
Posted on 1/26/17 at 2:42 pm to BigOrangeBri
quote:
Am I the only one that feels this way?
Yes. You are an idiot.
R.E.M. is a pioneering act in the indie rock movement and one of the greater bands of the 80s.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 2:43 pm to BigOrangeBri
quote:
Is there a more unlikable band out there?
Yes
/thread
Posted on 1/26/17 at 2:47 pm to BigOrangeBri
quote:
Is there a more unlikable band out there?
U2
ICP
Anything with John Mayer
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:49 pm to BigOrangeBri
I like 1 song
Posted on 1/26/17 at 3:58 pm to BigOrangeBri
I like REM a lot. I'm sure I don't agree with Stipe on every political issue, but I really don't care.
This post was edited on 1/26/17 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 1/26/17 at 4:33 pm to BigOrangeBri
Stipe was always kind of annoying
I remember reading somebody say The Byrds -- the band that influenced REM so enormously -- were short on love songs, and rather cold emotionally. My goodness, The Byrds were James Brown compared to REM!
I lost interest in REM when they went commercial (someone had to say it) and their lack of emotion can get pretty tiresome. Still they did make some great records early on.
I remember reading somebody say The Byrds -- the band that influenced REM so enormously -- were short on love songs, and rather cold emotionally. My goodness, The Byrds were James Brown compared to REM!
I lost interest in REM when they went commercial (someone had to say it) and their lack of emotion can get pretty tiresome. Still they did make some great records early on.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 4:37 pm to BigOrangeBri
If you're a rock fan and a southerner, I don't know how you don't like "Fables of the Reconstruction". 
Posted on 1/26/17 at 5:10 pm to BigOrangeBri
quote:
Am I the only one that feels this way?
evidently
Posted on 1/26/17 at 5:22 pm to BigOrangeBri
80s REM was a great show, EVERYTHING after Out of Time was Garbage IMO.
Saw them in the PMAC.
Saw them in the PMAC.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 5:37 pm to BigOrangeBri
Trump hates REM? figures
Posted on 1/26/17 at 6:42 pm to BigOrangeBri
quote:
Is there a more unlikable band out there? Just so pompous, pretentious and overly political. Stipe is intolerable. I had forgotten until I tuned into a doc that was on last night.
Am I the only one that feels this way?
Probably not, but why get in a twist over an entertainer's politics or lifestyle? Who gives a shite?
All I know is songs like "Man On The Moon" read as if Stipe was hanging out with my friends growing up.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 7:14 pm to BigOrangeBri
quote:
Is there a more unlikable band out there
WSP
Phish
Posted on 1/26/17 at 8:00 pm to BigOrangeBri
quote:
Am I the only one that feels this way?
Possibly. If you started listening in the mid-90s, I can kind of see why you'd draw this conclusion. However, their first five albums is some of the best music ever recorded. Matter of fact, I'm about to listen to Life's Rich Pageant.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 8:08 pm to BigOrangeBri
I dont love every REM album, but I like alot of them. I dont care for Stipe's politics, but I respect him as a musician. And I will pound the tables that Murmur is one of the best albums ever made.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 6:33 am to BigOrangeBri
BigOrange,
Just curious - were you born after '80?
Sometimes it's easier to "get" bands at certain points in your life. I discovered R.E.M. when I was about 15, but cannot imagine what a first listen of Murmur sounds like today.
Just curious - were you born after '80?
Sometimes it's easier to "get" bands at certain points in your life. I discovered R.E.M. when I was about 15, but cannot imagine what a first listen of Murmur sounds like today.
Posted on 1/27/17 at 8:43 am to BigOrangeBri
I think REM is/was a great Band.Great Songs.Great harmonizing.
I'm not concerned or interested in a Bands Political or Social views.
I'm not concerned or interested in a Bands Political or Social views.
Posted on 1/28/17 at 8:58 am to BigOrangeBri
Back in college, I wore out many of the earlier REM albums. But nowadays, I gotta say New Adventures has aged the most gracefully IMO. That's not meant to be a knock on the rest of their catalog... but for me, that album has slowly risen to the top over the years.
This post was edited on 1/28/17 at 8:59 am
Posted on 1/28/17 at 2:07 pm to BigOrangeBri
REMs run from Chronic Town to Green is artistically the most consistently great body of work that rock music has to offer, bar none IMO. But I do have a theory that if you weren't there firsthand as it was happening it may not seem quite as good.
To me there was a sort of magical atmosphere surrounding their music and the associated scene. The "mystical" aspect that so many detractors find pretentious was a lot of the appeal. Never was there a better application of "You had to be there".
To me there was a sort of magical atmosphere surrounding their music and the associated scene. The "mystical" aspect that so many detractors find pretentious was a lot of the appeal. Never was there a better application of "You had to be there".
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