Archive for the 'R.E.M.' Category
The Biggest Wagon Is The Empty Wagon Is The Noisiest -or- Steve Is Wrong About Subjective Song Preferences
Posted on June 30, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under R.E.M., music | 4 Comments
Steve has posted a list of his favorite R.E.M. songs. Or, more accurately, the following:
I thought I’d share my personal R.E.M. “Best of” list. It consists of nothing more than a list of the songs that I thought I would enjoy listening to if they came up as I played through this list on [...]
Random Thought At 12am
Posted on September 7, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Automatic for the People, R.E.M., meta, music | Leave a Comment
I like how, even after 17 years of listening to the album, I always forget that there’s another track on Automatic for the People after “Nightswimming”- and it’s an even better track, “Find the River”! It’s like an awesome surprise at the end of every listen (probably brought on by “Nightswimming” seeming to be an [...]
R.E.M. Still Rocks
Posted on June 12, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under R.E.M., music | 1 Comment
I saw R.E.M. at Merriweather last night. I was shocked by how much of their older songs they played and by how good the band and especially Michael Stipe sounded and looked. Stipe was very much his classic self, having a wonderful time dancing goofily around the stage and saying funny Stipe-y things to the [...]
Quick Review: The New R.E.M.
Posted on April 1, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Accelerate, R.E.M., music | 3 Comments
I had time to listen to Accelerate once all the way through before going to bed last night. My quick take: This is the closest they’ve come to the sound that made them famous since at least the mid-90’s and New Adventures in Hi-Fi. This album is decidedly listenable (as opposed to 2004’s best forgotten [...]
