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Metallic Blaze
Exo-Kill!
Number of posts : 6497
Age : 46
|  Subject: R.E.M.  Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:15 pm | |
| Laugh all you want, but I love this band. They were playing alternative rock when alternative rock wasn't even popular (like it became in the 90s). It's even arguable that R.E.M. started a whole movement. Anyone else here like this band from Georgia?  | |
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Wurthless
Metal is Forever
Number of posts : 5065
Age : 27
| | Subject: Re: R.E.M. Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:16 pm | |
| Eh, I have liked some of what I've heard of this band. But nothing ever really clicked for me. | |
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Metallic Blaze
Exo-Kill!
Number of posts : 6497
Age : 46
| | Subject: Re: R.E.M. Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:53 pm | |
| I pretty much like every album they have ever released ... save for "New Adventures in Hi Fi" ... which still has some good stuff on it. | |
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jstate
Metal is in my blood
Number of posts : 3361
Age : 50
| | Subject: Re: R.E.M. Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:02 pm | |
| I was a pretty big fan up to Automatic For The People. After that I pretty much stopped following them.
Funny thing about their records is almost all the ones I loved before (like Green) are my least favorite today. While the ones I didn't care for have now become the only ones I play. Fables Of Reconstruction has become my far and away favorite. | |
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Metallic Blaze
Exo-Kill!
Number of posts : 6497
Age : 46
| | Subject: Re: R.E.M. Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:12 pm | |
| My all time favorite REM album is "Out of Time". To me that is just a priceless gem.
Then it's "Automatic for the People", "Document" and "Green". | |
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tohostudios
King Of Kaiju
Number of posts : 30892
Age : 63
| | Subject: Re: R.E.M. Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:13 pm | |
| I like some of the early stuff like "Radio Free Europe" but I generally find Michael Stipe's voice too whiny and annoying.
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Metallic Blaze
Exo-Kill!
Number of posts : 6497
Age : 46
| | Subject: Re: R.E.M. Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:35 pm | |
| Yeah, Mike definitely has one of those 'love it or hate it' type voices.
I always thought his voice was cool, but I can understand the disdain. | |
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tohostudios
King Of Kaiju
Number of posts : 30892
Age : 63
| | Subject: Re: R.E.M. Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:45 pm | |
| I wouldn't call it disdain exactly; I definitely think REM is a talented band that can write killer songs. It's just that I can only take Stipe's vocals in small doses.
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Sutekh
Heart of Metal
Number of posts : 1466
Age : 51
| | Subject: Re: R.E.M. Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:20 am | |
| After a similar thread a few months ago, I picked up Monster and New Adventures... I preferred New Adventures out of the two, but also love Out of Time and Automatic... great band, and I can see a strong argument for them starting a new movement, too. | |
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jstate
Metal is in my blood
Number of posts : 3361
Age : 50
| | Subject: Re: R.E.M. Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:46 am | |
| - Quote :
- I wouldn't call it disdain exactly; I definitely think REM is a talented band that can write killer songs. It's just that I can only take Stipe's vocals in small doses.
I think thats why I had a change of heart on a lot of the later Green-era type stuff. I do like his voice, but more when it is buried in the mix. I've also come to realize I like the more reserved hooks on the older songs (Green Grow The Rushes being my favorite example of this). I also realize I'm probably missing out by not looking into the more recent stuff. | |
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exact33
The King
Number of posts : 23207
Age : 50
| | Subject: Re: R.E.M. Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:13 am | |
| I have Epynomous and thats all i need... _________________  | |
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