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Hey Lester Freebish, you still hanging around here?
You just played REM 40 minutes ago, what are you playing at?
justin4kick wrote:
I do!
10 years since the last time this song has been played on RP. One of the best REM-song ever but no one seems to hear what I do.
I do!
Panned when it came out, this album has a few gems like this great opener. Be nice to see it get played a little more often.
10 years since the last time this song has been played on RP. One of the best REM-song ever but no one seems to hear what I do.
Myrrh wrote:
If Michael Stipe has an "insufferably grating voice" (which I don't find grating at all, nor apparently do many REM fans), then who exactly among male vocalists doesn't have a grating voice? No fair if you say Jim Morrison or Tori Amos.
Shane MacGowan?
Gordon Gano (of Violent Femmes fame) ?
tomnam wrote:
Hey, you had the same exact comment about a couple of other REM tunes. I don't mind taking this elevator every now and then. You must be in great shape taking the stairs all the time...
Perhaps I should explain the quotes around elevator music. They're Michael Stipes. In an interview once he said The Beatles music didn't mean much to him—"elevator music". So it was just a little poke at him. I do like some of REM's tunes, though they're not in the same league as Beatles thank you very much.
tomnam wrote:
Hey, you had the same exact comment about a couple of other REM tunes. I don't mind taking this elevator every now and then. You must be in great shape taking the stairs all the time...
I know Lester and he does take the stairs and is in great shape for an old man.
Bill, you have a loop,... You have repeated the last three songs...
R.E.M. are consistently better than most and their music has evolved in a 'respectable' way - they seem to have lost something raw. Stipe's voice as an aesthetic is debatable, does it irritate? to me it depends on my mood, but overall adds value.
if i took the time to buy the album and read the words, i'd probably like this song much more (because i love rem lyrics). but it sounds just like their other new stuff -- which i generally enjoy -- which tends to be, for me, background music. but i don't mind. :)
Originally Posted by Phaedra:
Interesting! Good road music. :p
I thought so too, Phaedra. Really nice on a long drive. This is a good cd with a couple of great moments.
Originally Posted by lester_freebish:
"Elevator music."
Hey, you had the same exact comment about a couple of other REM tunes. I don't mind taking this elevator every now and then. You must be in great shape taking the stairs all the time...
The intro suggested it might be a fine tune. Then I heard Michael Stipe\'s insufferably grating voice. Sometimes great lyrics/tune/overall arrangement can overcome crappy vocals, ala Pogues or Violent Femmes. REM just doesn\'t quite reach that threshold for me.
I didn\'t hear the whole album, but it seems that \"Reveal\" is not a good album. I think that it is ideal for a \"siesta\".
Another great tune from REM. It's good to know they haven't become stale by rehashing their old style, but have continued to innovate and mature their sound.
Sure I like their old sound too. Do you remember when Green came out and everyone complained that it was nothing like their 'old' sound? Well, only a year passed between Document and Green.
Thirteen years have passed between Green and Reveal. Who wouldn't expect a world of change?
The innovation continues, and I'm more than happy to still be listening to REM after all these years.
Blarg.