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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    I want this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   ^^^^

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  • Natashapearljamfan
    Natashapearljamfan Australia Posts: 3,777
    lolobugg said:
    I want this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   ^^^^
    Me too!!!
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    JB Hi Fi Natasha, go there!
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Natashapearljamfan
    Natashapearljamfan Australia Posts: 3,777
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    JB Hi Fi Natasha, go there!
    It's not on their website. My JB is small, maybe I'll try Sydney shop next time I'm up there. 
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Natashapearljamfan said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    JB Hi Fi Natasha, go there!
    It's not on their website. My JB is small, maybe I'll try Sydney shop next time I'm up there. 
    Hmmm, must've gotten rid of it from their stocklist because I bought my copy from them.
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  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    brianlux said:
    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.
    Anyone know if these shows were recorded in 1989?  If so, I almost went to these, but decided I shouldn't arrange that part of my backpacking trip just by where REM was playing.  Probably was still the right decision but in this convo, it feels SO WRONG!  I definitely missed some REM shows in Dublin that year, I just don't know if it was these specific shows.  Wondering...
  • Brotherjohnno9
    Brotherjohnno9 Posts: 463
    JH6056 said:
    brianlux said:
    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.
    Anyone know if these shows were recorded in 1989?  If so, I almost went to these, but decided I shouldn't arrange that part of my backpacking trip just by where REM was playing.  Probably was still the right decision but in this convo, it feels SO WRONG!  I definitely missed some REM shows in Dublin that year, I just don't know if it was these specific shows.  Wondering...
    No they were recorded over 5 nights in June/July 2007.
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  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    Brotherjohnno9 said:
    JH6056 said:
    brianlux said:
    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.
    Anyone know if these shows were recorded in 1989?  If so, I almost went to these, but decided I shouldn't arrange that part of my backpacking trip just by where REM was playing.  Probably was still the right decision but in this convo, it feels SO WRONG!  I definitely missed some REM shows in Dublin that year, I just don't know if it was these specific shows.  Wondering...
    No they were recorded over 5 nights in June/July 2007.
    Excellent, I feel less awful! :)
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,866
    @brianlux Hey Brian, did you ever hear REM's cover of Academy Fight Song? I know you're a big Mission of Burma fan

    https://youtu.be/3Y8g0uGuJ4w

    I like it, probably because I heard it before I'd heard the MOB original. A friend of mine who love MOB absolutely hates this version!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,837
    edited December 2017
    goldrush said:
    @brianlux Hey Brian, did you ever hear REM's cover of Academy Fight Song? I know you're a big Mission of Burma fan

    https://youtu.be/3Y8g0uGuJ4w

    I like it, probably because I heard it before I'd heard the MOB original. A friend of mine who love MOB absolutely hates this version!
    Oh man!  Yeah yeah yeah!  Thanks!  Never heard that before - cool!  Not sure why your friend doesn't like it.  Doesn't top the original though, that's true!
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    goldrush said:
    @brianlux Hey Brian, did you ever hear REM's cover of Academy Fight Song? I know you're a big Mission of Burma fan

    https://youtu.be/3Y8g0uGuJ4w

    I like it, probably because I heard it before I'd heard the MOB original. A friend of mine who love MOB absolutely hates this version!
    Never heard this and I thought I've heard every R.E.M. song.
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,866
    It was the b-side to their 1989 Christmas fan club single (remember when bands used to send out holiday singles...)
    The A-side was a bizarre version of Good King Wenceslas that I've probably only played once or twice.

    They had some pretty cool holiday singles over the years. Some cheesy Christmas stuff, but also some great covers. I remember Peter Buck saying that they may release them all in a box set for charity one day, but that was a few years ago now
    “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
    Nice!  I hope they release them some day!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,866
    Me too! The version of Country Feedback with Neil at the Bridge School was their 1999 single, backed with a great version of Ambulance Blues from the same show (Neil singing). Probably up there with Merkinball as one of my favourite singles I own.
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    goldrush said:
    (remember when bands used to send out holiday singles...)

    Not me, I was only 5 years old then haha
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,837
    goldrush said:
    Me too! The version of Country Feedback with Neil at the Bridge School was their 1999 single, backed with a great version of Ambulance Blues from the same show (Neil singing). Probably up there with Merkinball as one of my favourite singles I own.
    That's a great version of that song though a bit weird the way Michael Stipe sits on the floor while Neil is soloing.  Also funny that Michels calls it his "favorite" R.E.M. song.  He's said that a few other times about other songs!  I think it's been posted here before but here it is again:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4VfQBDoX6E



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

  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,302
    Thank you for posting that video.  Amazing song and version.

    I would pay $1,000 in a heartbeat to see this band live.  I am sure many others would too.  Hello charity show.  Come on....
  • bflynn1
    bflynn1 Posts: 1,394
    brianlux said:
    goldrush said:
    Me too! The version of Country Feedback with Neil at the Bridge School was their 1999 single, backed with a great version of Ambulance Blues from the same show (Neil singing). Probably up there with Merkinball as one of my favourite singles I own.
    That's a great version of that song though a bit weird the way Michael Stipe sits on the floor while Neil is soloing.  Also funny that Michels calls it his "favorite" R.E.M. song.  He's said that a few other times about other songs!  I think it's been posted here before but here it is again:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4VfQBDoX6E



    Yeah he said it about Fall On Me during one of the unplugged sessions I think. Haha
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,837
    bootlegger10 said:
    Thank you for posting that video.  Amazing song and version.

    I would pay $1,000 in a heartbeat to see this band live.  I am sure many others would too.  Hello charity show.  Come on....
    Yes, to see any band but yes, to see R.E.M. again would be a major thrill!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    edited December 2017
    Who here has abundant flexible funds?  This is a pretty sweet score for any hardcore fans (or even me, a giant fan even if not the hardcore-est of the hardcore).  But that price tag... not gonna happen for me, but maybe one of you?  Oh, and definitely check out Peter Buck's note explaining the price, that's what makes it an even rarer, more amazing score!


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