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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:01 AM Original message |
Who likes R.E.M., not the sleep, the band? |
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puerco-bellies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. They have done some great stuff |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. I like some of their stuff in small doses. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. I like the band much more than the sleep. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. I thought they were pretty cool until about 1987 when Alternative went corporate, |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Oh, for fuck's sake. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. I've been a fan since 1984. The New Album kicks serious rock and roll butt. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Losing My Religion" rocks! I saw them on 'The Today Show' yesterday! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I have to say, they seem to be continuing a long-standing R.E.M. tradition of picking the wrong |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. That was my favorite song/video back in the day-- |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
9. They were awesome for a while, but since the mid-90's or so they've been kind of hit-and-miss. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
10. I do... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. I do! |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
12. Saw them with Bruce in D.C. doing Man On The Moon. It gave me chills! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. I saw them live in the early '80s in Gville FL for FREE |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. I do. I like the new album, too. |
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IzaSparrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. i like REM...nt |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. The new album is a real paint-peeler... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I didn't know about that site; thanks! I do want to listen. nt |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
17. Me, me! I do! |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. me me me |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. Love REM! |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. that would be me. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. Yesterday, I listened to the first R.E.M. I've listened to in years. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I only like the "Out of Time" and "Automatic For The People" era... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I can't even listen to "Automatic" anymore, because...blech. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. For my money, I don't consider anything after Reckoning "early" R.E.M. |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
52. I haven't liked much they've done since Bill Berry left the band. |
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speedoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
23. Their stuff REALLY grows on me. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
26. "Fables" is one my all time favorite albums |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. now...that demographic is a specialized niche |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. All that, with more than a small dose of subterranean psychedelia thrown in, too. nt |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. If you like Southern Gothic Rootsy Jangle Pop then you should check out |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. I love them! They're from my town and I've met all of them. |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. REM rocks |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. I LOOOOVED them up until "Green." |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. i first saw them at mabel's in cham-bana...over 25 years ago. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. You forgot Pylon |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. I danced my ass off to Pylon at the Athens Rewind Reuinion at the 40 Watt Club in August 2005! |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Pylon- one of the great unknown ground-floor indie bands... |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Mabel's! |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. No flames please, but |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's the end of the world as we know it... and I FEEL FINE!!! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
36. All sentient beings, pretty much by definition |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. One of my all-time favorite bands. |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Perfect Circle is sheer perfection, isn't it? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Oh, yeah, that's for sure one of my favorite R.E.M. tunes, too. |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. Unseen Power of the Picket Fence |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. have loved them for years |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. Very pretentious, but they do have a few good tunes |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
44. I rather enjoy both. False choices, feh. |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
46. I do. I got into them from their first EP and album. |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
50. REM is a memory band.. neither good. |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
51. My favorite band for a long, long, time!! (Hence, the screen name). |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-03-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
53. Me, me, me!!! |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. I like them! I can't go to their concert though :( |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'm from Georgia. I think I'm required to like them. |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
57. Since "Murmur" in '82 |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
58. Thats one band that I have never even owned a CD of |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
59. They were the soundtrack to my teen-age years. THE most influential band in my life. |
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