Some crazy English guy from Manchester staying at my hotel in Dahab, Egypt in 92 who had paranoid eyes and said he was in a mental institution there for a spell was complaining about shiny happy people. I guess when that song was popular. I was nice to him out of fear mostly because I thought he might harm me if I wasn't kind . But also I had compassion and sympathy for him. He had issues. I remember him saying everyone looked at him like he was crazy. Obvious paranoid personality.
It was a monster album, Lance. People celebrate anniversaries of lesser things all the time. At least, imo, this album is worth remembering/celebrating.
I luv REM! Might have gotten picked up by Stipe in 83 as I was hitchhiking after buying LSD in Balboa Park. Was hitchhiking on Ventura Blvd. to get back home in Woodland Hills where I lived. Whoever picked me up was driving a small pickup and I drank a beer with him whilst driving as he had some. I'm pretty sure it was him. Curly kinda long hair at the time.
I actually prefer their "Monster" album, from 3 years later.
I stopped really caring about REM after New Adventures in Hi-Fi, which is the last one I recall. I recall really liking that one at the time. If I were to just go pull one to play, Monster. Loud.
R.E.M's albums are a strange mix of songs for the most part. Each album has at least 2 killer songs and 2 that make you think. I got to see them a handful of times when they were on the cusp of breaking big and came away from each show with a grin on my face. If I were to pick a favortie album, it would probably be Document followed closely by Out Of Time. When of my fondest concert moments live was during the Work Tour (support of Document) at Radio City Music Hall in 1987. I doubt I will ever see another show that the audience was so into again. Hell, there were times the audience was so loud that I though I might be at a Beatles show. All night long the stage had bras thrown onto it and even the band was a little taken back by that. The night I went had a great cover of Lou Graham's Midnight Blue. In my opinion that was the peak of their creativity. after that they might have become more popular but that X factor wasn't there to the extent it was for the Work Tour.
As a side note to the video I posted above of their SNL rehearsal, I can't help but remember how damn cute and how wonderful of a voice Kate Pierson of the B-52's is.
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 05:35 am
Who knew this was a cover???
Who knew this was a cover???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g-O4FntXPs
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 07:24 am
Some crazy English guy from
Some crazy English guy from Manchester staying at my hotel in Dahab, Egypt in 92 who had paranoid eyes and said he was in a mental institution there for a spell was complaining about shiny happy people. I guess when that song was popular. I was nice to him out of fear mostly because I thought he might harm me if I wasn't kind . But also I had compassion and sympathy for him. He had issues. I remember him saying everyone looked at him like he was crazy. Obvious paranoid personality.
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 08:01 am
Not much for anniversaries, but I'd be very excited about an REM reunion. I'd travel a great distance for such a thing.
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 08:04 am
So a 30-year anniversary for
So a 30-year anniversary for an REM album is a thing?
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 08:42 am
^
^
It was a monster album, Lance. People celebrate anniversaries of lesser things all the time. At least, imo, this album is worth remembering/celebrating.
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 09:06 am
I luv REM! Might have gotten
I luv REM! Might have gotten picked up by Stipe in 83 as I was hitchhiking after buying LSD in Balboa Park. Was hitchhiking on Ventura Blvd. to get back home in Woodland Hills where I lived. Whoever picked me up was driving a small pickup and I drank a beer with him whilst driving as he had some. I'm pretty sure it was him. Curly kinda long hair at the time.
But I could be wrong.
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 10:20 am
...we we do now
...we we do now
Green World Tour - 4/20/1989; went to the Spectrum show solo, one of less than a handful of shows, I went to that year.
i contracted the measles, which were nonexistent here around that time, My MD diagnosed me with a rash.
The future Mrs. Voodoo and future RN saw me and said my MD was a quack, I had measles.
It was years later when I discovered this paper http://mchc.net/wp-content/uploa...
that it was confirmed and I found out I was at ground zero for the measles outbreak about to occur.
Great time, good show... worth the measles
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 10:40 am
^was at the spectrum show, no measles for me...great show
Pop Song 89
Exhuming McCarthy
Welcome to the Occupation
Shaking Through
Turn You Inside-Out
Disturbance at the Heron House
Be All That You Can Be
Orange Crush
Cuyahoga
Feeling Gravitys Pull
Sitting Still
We Live as We Dream, Alone
World Leader Pretend
Begin the Begin
Pretty Persuasion
Rotary Ten
Tired of Singing Trouble
I Believe
Get Up
Auctioneer (Another Engine)
It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Encore:
Stand
I Remember California
You Are the Everything
Encore 2:
Finest Worksong
King of Birds
Swan Swan H
See No Evil
Encore 3:
Harpers
Crazy
Perfect Circle
After Hours
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 10:45 am
>>It was a monster album,
>>It was a monster album, Lance.<<
I actually prefer their "Monster" album, from 3 years later.
I stopped really caring about REM after New Adventures in Hi-Fi, which is the last one I recall. I recall really liking that one at the time. If I were to just go pull one to play, Monster. Loud.
Hi Tony :)
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 01:50 pm
I like Murmur. I think that
I like Murmur. I think that was my favorite.
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 02:03 pm
https://youtu.be/f7QgsixRWNw
https://youtu.be/f7QgsixRWNw?t=62 <<<
Is this a half assed Bobby impersonation?
... hands need to be raised higher near his head
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 02:40 pm
REM improvises?
REM improvises?
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on Sunday, March 14, 2021 – 07:57 pm
R.E.M's albums are a strange
R.E.M's albums are a strange mix of songs for the most part. Each album has at least 2 killer songs and 2 that make you think. I got to see them a handful of times when they were on the cusp of breaking big and came away from each show with a grin on my face. If I were to pick a favortie album, it would probably be Document followed closely by Out Of Time. When of my fondest concert moments live was during the Work Tour (support of Document) at Radio City Music Hall in 1987. I doubt I will ever see another show that the audience was so into again. Hell, there were times the audience was so loud that I though I might be at a Beatles show. All night long the stage had bras thrown onto it and even the band was a little taken back by that. The night I went had a great cover of Lou Graham's Midnight Blue. In my opinion that was the peak of their creativity. after that they might have become more popular but that X factor wasn't there to the extent it was for the Work Tour.
As a side note to the video I posted above of their SNL rehearsal, I can't help but remember how damn cute and how wonderful of a voice Kate Pierson of the B-52's is.
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on Monday, March 15, 2021 – 02:26 pm
i know exactly ONE of those
i know exactly ONE of those songs in that list - meh
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on Monday, March 15, 2021 – 02:37 pm
^Then it's unlikely you are an REM fan.
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on Monday, March 15, 2021 – 03:25 pm
Almost forgot... Hi, Cam :-)
Almost forgot...
Hi, Cam :-)
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on Monday, March 15, 2021 – 03:35 pm
And the set list for the
And the set list for the concert I wrote about above which probably includes a bunch more songs that MikePA doesn't know.
Finest Worksong
These Days
Welcome To The Occupation
Cuyhahoga
Exhuming McCarthy
Orange Crush
Feeling Gravitys Pull
King Of Birds
Sitting Still
Title
Tired Of Singing Trouble
I Believe
Fireplace
Driver 8
Superman
Oddfellows Local 151
It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Begin The Begin
encore 1:
Disturbance At The Heron House
Fall On Me
The One I Love
encore 2:
Midnight Blue
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Ain't No Sunshine
Just A Touch
encore 3:
Harpers
Wolves, Lower
Life And How To Live It
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on Monday, March 15, 2021 – 04:17 pm
Phantasy Tour didn't have an