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Top 10 R.E.M. songs

digsterdigster Posts: 1,293
edited February 2008 in Other Music
This is one of those bands where this could be nearly impossible, because when you think of one incredible, favorite song, you think of five, but I thought it'd be interesting to try...I tried to do it in order as best I can, but I'd love to see what everyone else comes up with. This took me quite a while . . .

1. Leave
2. Cuyahoga
3. Sweetness Follows
4. Pretty Persuasion
5. Man on the Moon
6. Undertow
7. Me In Honey
8. Catapult
9. Harborcoat
10. Hope

How about everyone here
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    1) Seven Chinese Brothers
    2) Drive
    3) Begin the Begin
    4) Radio Song
    5) I Believe
    6) Driver 8
    7) Shiny Happy People
    8) Everybody Hurts
    9) (Don't Go Back to) Rockville
    10) Pretty Persuasion
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  • digsterdigster Posts: 1,293
    fuck, Begin the Begin.

    fuck, Country Feedback.

    fuck, Driver 8.

    See what I mean? This is the problem with trying to pick 10 songs. But that's what makes it fun I guess.
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    1) You Are The Everything
    2) Country Feedback
    3) Let Me In
    4) So. Central Rain
    5) Nightswimming
    6) These Days
    7) Fall On Me
    8) World Leader Pretend
    9) Half A World Away
    10) Walk Unafraid
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  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    1. The One I Love
    2. Begin the Begin
    3. Country Feedback
    4. The Wake-Up Bomb
    5. Find the River
    6. Texarkana
    7. Electrolite
    8. I Took Your Name
    9. At My Most Beautiful
    10. Pop Song 89
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Can't believe it took 4 posts for someone to say Nightswimming :eek:

    I can't be bothered to list 10 right now but that would be #1 :)
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  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Can't believe it took 4 posts for someone to say Nightswimming :eek:

    I can't be bothered to list 10 right now but that would be #1 :)

    That one almost made it on my list - would probably be in my Top 15.
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  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    this is funny, i just finished burning a mix of all my favorites from all the albums....top ten?

    can't get there from here
    finest worksong
    end of the world as we know it
    me in honey
    man on the moon
    find the river
    strange currencies
    e-bow the letter
    daysleeper
    whats the frequency kenneth?
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  • digsterdigster Posts: 1,293
    Has anyone heard of this website: popsongs.wordpress.com ? He's going through the entire R.E.M. catalogue, song by song, posting his thoughts on it and then opening up a discussion board. It's a pretty good read for those with some time on their hands.
  • azwyldcatsazwyldcats Posts: 703
    There are 10 good REM songs? Wow, news to me.
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  • digsterdigster Posts: 1,293
    So far, judging by this thread, there seem to be at least 40.
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    So Fast So Numb
    Half A World Away
    Bad Day
    These Days
    Find The River
    Walk Unafraid
    Nightswimming
    Leaving New York (yeah, I said it)
    Begin The Begin
    Country Feedback

    That was REALLY hard
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  • comfortably numbcomfortably numb Posts: 188
    1. Country Feedback
    2. so. Central rain
    3. Laughing
    4. Electrolyte
    5. World Leader Pretend
    6. Disturbance at the Heron House
    7. Driver 8
    8. Harborcoat
    9. King of Birds
    10. Losing my Religion
    saw things so much clearer
  • reversedarwinismreversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    Never gotten into REM much. Not that I don't like the songs I do hear. I've always thought they must be very Bowie-influenced. Do yall agree?
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  • digsterdigster Posts: 1,293
    Also, if they manage to make "Horse to Water" on the upcoming Accelerate CD half as good as it was during the Dublin rehearsals from last year, then that may be scraping my top 10.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    stand
  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    Here are my picks, in NO particular order because that's just asking too much :)

    Leave
    Begin the Begin
    Finest Worksong
    Let Me In
    So Fast, So Numb,
    The Lifting
    Why Not Smile
    Fall On Me
    Electron Blue
    Boy in the Well


    Other songs i love - Aftermath, I've Been High, Find The River, Crush With Eyeliner.
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  • digsterdigster Posts: 1,293
    Certainly, The Lifting and I've Been High are two very great songs from their later work. I really love the versions of the two songs that they did on MTV Unplugged.
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    right now: it's always changing I'm on an R.E.M. kick

    e-bow the letter
    country feedback
    belong
    perfect circle
    exhuming mccarthy
    texarkana
    new test leper
    crush with eyeliner
    ascent of man
    begin the begin
    I'm just flying around the other side of the world to say I love you

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    I love you forever and forever :)

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  • whulmefwhulmef Posts: 176
    reversedarwinism wrote:
    Never gotten into REM much. Not that I don't like the songs I do hear. I've always thought they must be very Bowie-influenced. Do yall agree?

    I don't think I have ever heard this or thought it. I have heard Stipe mention Bowie in listing songs he likes a lot in interviews, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if this were true.

    R.E.M. are mostly influenced by Patti Smith, the Velvet Underground, and the Birds. Also a lot of other stuff too like T. Rex, Aerosmith, the Kinks.

    Oh and my fav songs,
    E bow the letter
    Wolves, Lower
    Sitting Still
    9-9
    Drive
    So. Central Rain
    Monty got a raw deal
    Walk Unafraid
    How the west was won and where it got us
    Can't get there from here
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,968
    digster wrote:
    Has anyone heard of this website: popsongs.wordpress.com ? He's going through the entire R.E.M. catalogue, song by song, posting his thoughts on it and then opening up a discussion board. It's a pretty good read for those with some time on their hands.

    I don't know if it's the same site, but some guy did the same thing with Pearl Jam. He rated and critiqued EVERY PJ song.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    me in honey
    e-bow the letter
    finest worksong
    welcome to the occupation
    tongue
    crush with eyeliner
    bang and blame
    suspicion
    bittersweet me
    drive
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  • bladworth116bladworth116 Posts: 344
    1. Leave
    2. Crush with Eyeliner
    3. Drive
    4. Green Grow the Rushes
    5. Orange Crush
    6. Disturbance at the Heron House
    7. All the way to Reno (You're Going to be a star)
    8. Find the River
    9. World Leader Pretend
    10. Imitation of Life
  • Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
    Todd76 wrote:

    1) You Are The Everything
    2) Country Feedback
    9) Half A World Away

    Nice.

    OK, here is my best shot....

    Electrolite
    Leave
    All the Way to Reno
    Driver 8
    Fall on Me
    Perfect Circle
    Man on the Moon
    Pretty Persuasion
    Begin the Begin
    Bang and Blame

    ---I didn't number them because after the first two, it is a craps shoot

    I am thrilled to see all this R.E.M. action on the board. Unfortunately, I am still waiting for the one post I really need, the "R.E.M. announces on sale dates for North America" thread. I have seen every one of my favorite bands, most many times, but I still haven't seen R.E.M. It wasn't looking good for 2008, but I think I can hit Toronto.

    I am starting to think the 2008 North American tour is a farce.
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  • spnkrispnkri Posts: 137
    Pearls&Stones wrote:
    Nice.
    I am thrilled to see all this R.E.M. action on the board. Unfortunately, I am still waiting for the one post I really need, the "R.E.M. announces on sale dates for North America" thread. I have seen every one of my favorite bands, most many times, but I still haven't seen R.E.M. It wasn't looking good for 2008, but I think I can hit Toronto.

    I am starting to think the 2008 North American tour is a farce.

    Someone actually offered me free R.E.M. tickets back in 1988, I think, but I turned them down because the only song I knew at the time was "Stand" which I didn't like at all.

    For my top 10:

    Nightswimming
    Find The River
    Imitation Of Life
    Binky The Doormat
    E-bow The Letter
    Country Feedback
    Tongue
    You're In The Air
    At My Most Beautiful
    Strange Currencies
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    orange crush
    Drive
    Strange currencies
    talk about the passion
    Lotus
    Bittersweet me
    Bang and Blame
    E bow the letter
    Man on the moon
    the Great beyond
    PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    red mos wrote:
    orange crush
    Drive
    Strange currencies
    talk about the passion
    Lotus
    Bittersweet me
    Bang and Blame
    E bow the letter
    Man on the moon
    the Great beyond
    This was hard to do
    PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    leave
    e-bow the letter
    walk unafraid
    half a world away
    try not to breathe
    lotus
    nightswimming
    crush with eyeliner
    finest work song
    the on I love
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  • jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    As it is with PJ, picking 10 R.E.M. songs is almost impossible. At this moment, though, I'd go with:

    Begin The Begin
    Fall On Me
    You Are The Everything
    Low
    Strange Currencies
    I Took Your Name
    Let Me In
    Bittersweet Me
    So Fast, So Numb
    Imitation Of Life
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Wow. Possibly the hardest Top 10 Ever.
    REM may be the handsdown best at song craftsmanship, and picking just 10 from the top is almost damned impossible.

    1. Country Feedback
    2. World Leader Pretend
    3. Harborcoat
    4. Flowers of Guatemala
    5. Half A World Away
    6. You Are The Everything
    7. Seven Chinese Brothers
    8. Ages Of You (Dead Letter version, haha yep)
    9. Sad Professor
    10. Disturbance At The Heron House

    Honorable Mentions: Sitting Still, Me In Honey, Catapult, Belong, The Wrong Child, Nightswimming, Find The River & Sweetness Follows, Why Not Smile, New Test Leper, Let Me In, Time After Time (annElise), Driver 8, the entire album Lifes Rich Pageant.

    The Entire Remaining REM Catalogue.

    :D
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  • jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Wow. Possibly the hardest Top 10 Ever...

    ...The Entire Remaining REM Catalogue.

    :D

    Seriously!
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