R.E.M - Where to start?

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,837
    lolobugg said:

    I LOVE THIS THREAD!
    the world needs more REM!!

    last year I met up with an old girlfriend and her sister happened to be at her house.
    I hadn't seen her in almost 15 years.... the first thing she said was "I remember you were obsessed with REM". :lol:

    Can never have to much R.E.M.!

    Check out this early acoustic "Driver 8" I used to play my rendition of this song for my folks. My father (who is named Ray) asked me one time, "So who is this Driver Ray anyway?" Big lesson in enunciation!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjX7udu1SxE

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,866
    brianlux said:

    lolobugg said:

    I LOVE THIS THREAD!
    the world needs more REM!!

    last year I met up with an old girlfriend and her sister happened to be at her house.
    I hadn't seen her in almost 15 years.... the first thing she said was "I remember you were obsessed with REM". :lol:

    Can never have to much R.E.M.!

    Check out this early acoustic "Driver 8" I used to play my rendition of this song for my folks. My father (who is named Ray) asked me one time, "So who is this Driver Ray anyway?" Big lesson in enunciation!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjX7udu1SxE

    Great video Brian, i hadn't seen that one before. They all look so young!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,866
    I've always loved this Bridge School version of Country Feedback because it combines 2 of my favourite things - R.E.M and Uncle Neil!
    There's one bum note from Michael about 6 minutes in that stops it being the perfect version for me (personally I think the Jools Holland performance may be a better vocal), but Neil plays some really beautiful solos on this one

    https://youtu.be/Z4VfQBDoX6E

    I also really love the look on Michael's face when he's watching Neil (about 1:18 into the video)
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,837
    goldrush said:

    brianlux said:

    lolobugg said:

    I LOVE THIS THREAD!
    the world needs more REM!!

    last year I met up with an old girlfriend and her sister happened to be at her house.
    I hadn't seen her in almost 15 years.... the first thing she said was "I remember you were obsessed with REM". :lol:

    Can never have to much R.E.M.!

    Check out this early acoustic "Driver 8" I used to play my rendition of this song for my folks. My father (who is named Ray) asked me one time, "So who is this Driver Ray anyway?" Big lesson in enunciation!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjX7udu1SxE

    Great video Brian, i hadn't seen that one before. They all look so young!
    For sure, especially Mike Mills. He looks like he's about 14! It's hard to imagine sometimes that these guys were just college kids when they started. And wasn't that just a few years ago?!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    brianlux said:

    goldrush said:

    brianlux said:

    lolobugg said:

    I LOVE THIS THREAD!
    the world needs more REM!!

    last year I met up with an old girlfriend and her sister happened to be at her house.
    I hadn't seen her in almost 15 years.... the first thing she said was "I remember you were obsessed with REM". :lol:

    Can never have to much R.E.M.!

    Check out this early acoustic "Driver 8" I used to play my rendition of this song for my folks. My father (who is named Ray) asked me one time, "So who is this Driver Ray anyway?" Big lesson in enunciation!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjX7udu1SxE

    Great video Brian, i hadn't seen that one before. They all look so young!
    For sure, especially Mike Mills. He looks like he's about 14! It's hard to imagine sometimes that these guys were just college kids when they started. And wasn't that just a few years ago?!
    I love that session. I remember I had it on some DVD.... IRS (the early years) or something to that effect.
    the interviews on that are hilarious. the band hanging out with some inner city youth in California somewhere. Stipe talking about Michael Jackson and Peter Buck listing all the cool underground bands at the time. most went on to become "legends" Husker Du, Meat Puppets, etc.

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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,866
    Collapse Into Now has just finished playing, and it reminded me that I posted this quote from "Blue" on my Tumblr and FB pages a while ago.





    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    According to REM's Twitter account Automatic for the People is getting a proper reissue this fall. Finally!!!
  • RoleModelsinBlood31
    RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,254
    25th anniversary repress of Automatic For the People.

    https://store.remhq.com/products/automatic-for-the-people-25th-anniversary-vinyl
    I'm like an opening band for your mom.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    RoleModelsinBlood31 said:
    25th anniversary repress of Automatic For the People.

    https://store.remhq.com/products/automatic-for-the-people-25th-anniversary-vinyl
    And a sweet deluxe reissue! Wonder if the remixed SACD will be a part of it?
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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    I bought a copy of Automatic from Soundstage a couple years ago. Details are fuzzy. Idk if it's some bootleg version or a legit foreign release.
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,513
    Automatic is one of the best sounding vinyls I've heard. I think I have a Euro OG and it's damn good.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 40,200
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    RoleModelsinBlood31 said:
    25th anniversary repress of Automatic For the People.

    https://store.remhq.com/products/automatic-for-the-people-25th-anniversary-vinyl
    And a sweet deluxe reissue! Wonder if the remixed SACD will be a part of it?
    this band has one extensive vault. imagine if PJ did the deluxe reissue for all their albums. we'd all go nuts. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 10,394
    disappointed this isn't getting a deluxe vinyl treatment. 

    I'm gonna pass on it. I have the Pallas german pressing from 10 years ago or whenever and its perfect (not the US pressing with the weird wobbly Nightswimming/Find The River).



  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,849

    Automatic For The People (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [3 CD/Blu-Ray][Deluxe Edition]

    http://amzn.to/2y6zsmc
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,837
    R.E.M.'s first TV appearance.  Great stuff!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQo0cR1onRM
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    jerparker20 said:
    According to REM's Twitter account Automatic for the People is getting a proper reissue this fall. Finally!!!
    what's wrong with the original?
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,855
    Watched Dan Rather interview Mike & Michael on AXS TV.....was a very insightful interview....makes me wish they would reform!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,837
    JOEJOEJOE said:
    Watched Dan Rather interview Mike & Michael on AXS TV.....was a very insightful interview....makes me wish they would reform!
    Oh man, Yeah!  Even if just for a while.

    I've been listening this this one on CD (might need to get the vinyl one of these days!) a fair amount lately. 



    Great stuff!  The third disc is a DVD and though I am not a fan of the artsy  photography (which is downright irritating at times), the performances are first rate. 

    What a great band!  After all these years, still a huge fan.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,837
    A MUST see for R.E.M. fans.  I have the single disc DVD but I think I may be getting the full 6 disc set for Christmas.  Woo hoo!


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    brianlux said:
    A MUST see for R.E.M. fans.  I have the single disc DVD but I think I may be getting the full 6 disc set for Christmas.  Woo hoo!


    Yep. I have that disc. Love it. 
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014

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