I discovered them in around 1992 (whenever The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite came out), and quickly fell in love. I really enjoyed reading Jude Rogers' book 'The Sound of Being Human' recently, as in it she described using money from her paper round to buy old R.E.M. tapes - I did exactly the same thing. It's also great that Lonelady is such a big fan, as you wouldn't get that immediately from her electropop music. But the music and lyrics of the band cut hard, I guess.
Lifes Rich Pageant is my favourite. It's one of my favourite albums by anyone, to be honest. Up the Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe.
Can I shock you ? I really liked Monster and NAIH. I didn’t find Monster indulgent just totally different, which I admire in a band . NAIH is probably my favourite Album with Life’s Rich Pageant a close second.
My first time seeing them live was in Slane 1995 I think. The Monster tour. Was so looking forward to it but they were terrible. Was gutted and the four hour journey home didn’t help. One of the support acts was a band from Manchester who were about to release their second album. A shower of scruff’s with two brothers in it. Don’t know what happened to them but they blew REM away that day.
They have redeemed themselves over the years when I’ve seen them live. Was lucky enough to get tickets for one of their rehearsals for there last album where they played all of Murmur. The atmosphere when Perfect Circle started was Spine-tingling.
Sad but glad when they called it a day. They had run their course and could have continued to phone it in on greatest hit tours for years. Admired them for that.
I got into REM after seeing them play Orange Crush on Top of the pops. I was intrigued by the singer who was bouncing up and down with a loud-hailer. I got the cassette of Green and played it to death.
By the time Out of Time came out I was a fully committed fan and had slowly (and expensively) purchased their back catalogue, including the fabulous Tourfilm video, which just whetted my appetite to see them live. I had a very long wait though, as they didn't tour the UK again until 1995. I finally saw the band live at Huddersfield Town's stadium on a lovely July evening, although I must confess that I was a tad disappointed with the amount of songs they played from Monster in the early part of the show (I know, I know, they were promoting the album).
I was fortunate enough to see the band 3 or 4 more times over the next decade, and even if the album's got gradually less memorable over the years (particularly after Bill Berry left) they were always a great live band.
Thanks for this - I feel much the same way as you.
Have been relistening to the earlier REM albums and still feel the irresistible pull from Reckoning, Fables and LRP. I naturally adore Murmur but gave up around the time Monster was released.
Bloated is correct.
They are still an important band, much like the often overlooked Replacements and Go Betweens.
Listening to your playlist now, thanks.
I discovered them in around 1992 (whenever The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite came out), and quickly fell in love. I really enjoyed reading Jude Rogers' book 'The Sound of Being Human' recently, as in it she described using money from her paper round to buy old R.E.M. tapes - I did exactly the same thing. It's also great that Lonelady is such a big fan, as you wouldn't get that immediately from her electropop music. But the music and lyrics of the band cut hard, I guess.
Lifes Rich Pageant is my favourite. It's one of my favourite albums by anyone, to be honest. Up the Berry, Buck, Mills and Stipe.
Can I shock you ? I really liked Monster and NAIH. I didn’t find Monster indulgent just totally different, which I admire in a band . NAIH is probably my favourite Album with Life’s Rich Pageant a close second.
My first time seeing them live was in Slane 1995 I think. The Monster tour. Was so looking forward to it but they were terrible. Was gutted and the four hour journey home didn’t help. One of the support acts was a band from Manchester who were about to release their second album. A shower of scruff’s with two brothers in it. Don’t know what happened to them but they blew REM away that day.
They have redeemed themselves over the years when I’ve seen them live. Was lucky enough to get tickets for one of their rehearsals for there last album where they played all of Murmur. The atmosphere when Perfect Circle started was Spine-tingling.
Sad but glad when they called it a day. They had run their course and could have continued to phone it in on greatest hit tours for years. Admired them for that.
I got into REM after seeing them play Orange Crush on Top of the pops. I was intrigued by the singer who was bouncing up and down with a loud-hailer. I got the cassette of Green and played it to death.
By the time Out of Time came out I was a fully committed fan and had slowly (and expensively) purchased their back catalogue, including the fabulous Tourfilm video, which just whetted my appetite to see them live. I had a very long wait though, as they didn't tour the UK again until 1995. I finally saw the band live at Huddersfield Town's stadium on a lovely July evening, although I must confess that I was a tad disappointed with the amount of songs they played from Monster in the early part of the show (I know, I know, they were promoting the album).
I was fortunate enough to see the band 3 or 4 more times over the next decade, and even if the album's got gradually less memorable over the years (particularly after Bill Berry left) they were always a great live band.
Thanks for this - I feel much the same way as you.
Have been relistening to the earlier REM albums and still feel the irresistible pull from Reckoning, Fables and LRP. I naturally adore Murmur but gave up around the time Monster was released.
Bloated is correct.
They are still an important band, much like the often overlooked Replacements and Go Betweens.