REM- music really misses them

hrd2imgn
hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
edited January 2021 in Other Music
Never a huge REM mark, but always liked their music. Seems Alt rock is missing their presence quite a bit. Michael Stipe, we need your voice! I know and get why completely, just a void it seems.
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  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Never really tried to get into them. Any album recommendations?
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Document
    Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
    Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    All of them have great songs, I was always fond of Automatic for the People, but Out of time is damn good too.

    They all have a different vibe, so I would Itunes preview.
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    I have been spinning New Adventures in Hi-Fi a lot recently
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • CTD10
    CTD10 Posts: 351
    always loved "monster".... still have the cassette . great album and a great band.
    ctd
  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    I just picked up the 25th anniversary re-issues of Fables of the Reconstruction & of Document so I've been having a bit of an REM weekend. It's been great.

    I'd say my fav albums of theirs are Automatic for the People & Document.
    <hr>
    PJ - Auckland 2009; Alpine Valley1&2 2011; Man1, Am'dam1&2, Berlin1&2, Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen 2012; LA, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle 2013; Auckland 2014, Auckland1&2 2024
    EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Rico, I'd go chronologically. Start to finish.
    www.cluthelee.com
  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,197
    life's rich pageant
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    thefixer9 wrote:
    Never really tried to get into them. Any album recommendations?

    come listen to some R.E.M. records at my place Rico
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    bobasfeet wrote:
    life's rich pageant
    It's hard for me to have a favorite REM album but it would probably be that one.
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    smarchee wrote:
    thefixer9 wrote:
    Never really tried to get into them. Any album recommendations?

    come listen to some R.E.M. records at my place Rico

    I'm down for that!
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • morello
    morello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    2-feign-reluctance wrote:
    Rico, I'd go chronologically. Start to finish.
    +1. This is a good suggestion. Should have a run through myself sometime. :)
    <hr>
    PJ - Auckland 2009; Alpine Valley1&2 2011; Man1, Am'dam1&2, Berlin1&2, Stockholm, Oslo & Copenhagen 2012; LA, Oakland, Portland, Spokane, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle 2013; Auckland 2014, Auckland1&2 2024
    EV - Canberra, Newcastle & Sydney 1&2 2011
  • nickburrows14
    nickburrows14 Posts: 858
    Been listening to REM a lot recently. We all have different opinions but I think Fables and Green are the best albums. Running from Chronic Town to Green is an excellent start. The best band of the 80s for me.
    Happy up here in my tree
  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    thefixer9 wrote:
    smarchee wrote:
    thefixer9 wrote:
    Never really tried to get into them. Any album recommendations?

    come listen to some R.E.M. records at my place Rico

    I'm down for that!

    :D

    I'll bring out the bass guitar and we will jam too :D
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    I miss them so much! In 2010 I found Green in our house, and asked my mom if it was hers. She said she got it as a gift once but never paid attention to it. I took it and fell in love. Then, after Collapse Into Now, I was like 'yessss, maybe I'll finally get to see them live!'...and then :( :(

    But, at least they went out classy. And we have so much amazing music to remember them by! Every time I listen to them, it always amazes me just how good they were. I hope someday we do see a reunion!
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
    2010: MSGx2
    2012: Made In America
    2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
    2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    :D

    I'll bring out the bass guitar and we will jam too :D

    Hell Yeah! :mrgreen:
    Tres Mts- 3/16/2011
    Eddie Vedder- 7/16/11
    Brad- 4/21/12 (RSD Performance), 4/27/12, 8/10/12
    Flight To Mars- 5/23/12
    RNDM- 11/27/12

    PEARL JAM- 12/6/13 I have finally seen Pearl Jam live!
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Lucky to have seen them 3x live. Each time a knock out concert. Maybe even better than Pearl Jam live? 8-)
    www.cluthelee.com
  • PJSEMPRE
    PJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    2-feign-reluctance wrote:
    Lucky to have seen them 3x live. Each time a knock out concert. Maybe even better than Pearl Jam live? 8-)
    1 time, 5 years ago. Amazing show. I miss them. :cry:
    Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah.
    It's growing up just like me.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,669
    Great, great band. Murmur is still one of my all time favorite albums. It sounds great every time I hear it. I saw R.E.M around the time Reckoning came out. At the end of their set some of the guys from Gang of Four joined the band for a few numbers. Great show!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    As a hard core old school rem fan, who swore off anything they did after orginal drummer Bill Berry retired from the band, I was shocked to discover how great their
    " live at the Olympia theater" cd is..,!
    Seems in 2007 the allowed fans in Dublin to attend their tour rehearsals and the cd was a result .
    Almost feels like a "artists den" or "vh1 storytellers " type event.
    Stipe and the band very competently rip through gems from their entire discography (including a rare and lyric revealing "kohatek "!)

    I reordered the tracks in the cd by album and it's quite an awesome listen !
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford

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