Music Debate #103: R.E.M.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,593]

 

[RH | 4,980]

Not a song of theirs is on the brackets (though it may show up?) but I'm glad to see the Athens, GA representation!

Sadly when I lived in the area, I never had a personal Michael Stipe siting, but after living in the area for 6 years, most people.had by that amount of time.

[PII | 1,899]

I'm a little nostalgic for Monster, was a very good, highly stylized and unique album.  The earlier stuff just ran it's course for me at some point though...

[Tulpa | 3,537]

1 hour ago, PII said:

I'm a little nostalgic for Monster, was a very good, highly stylized and unique album.  The earlier stuff just ran it's course for me at some point though...

There was a meme series about literal album titles going around awhile back that titled Monster as "Pete bought a distortion pedal." I still love that album, though.

Not s big fan of "Losing My Religion," but most of their other stuff is all right.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

They're okay. I'll listen to them if they come on the radio, but that's about it. 5/10.

[captmorgandrinker | 1,650]

42 minutes ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

They're okay. I'll listen to them if they come on the radio, but that's about it. 5/10.

About the same, although I will go out of my way to listen to Orange Crush, so I went with 6.

[doner24 | 1,197]

2/10-recognize their importance/legacy but cannot listen due to Stipe’s voice. 

[Hammerfestus | 3,891]

6.   I’ve never intentionally put on REM but I do like their songs.

[galacticlint | 42]

I used to have a job that I hated, they would play R.E.M. while we were working. Now every time I hear their songs I have flashbacks.

4

[mbd39 | 2,030]

They're at least a 9. What's with the hate so far?

 

[JamesRobot | 5,839]

3.  I actually like the Andy Kaufman song.  But they deserve a 1 for Shiny Happy People.  Geachh!

[Reed Rothchild | 9,593]

Bump for Michael