R.E.M. - Accelerate

smashapumpkin · 01-24-2008, 06:12 PM

yup that's the new album out april 1st.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceler....E.M._album%29

pale blue eyes · 01-24-2008, 06:26 PM

Please God, don't make it suck. I don't think I could take another like their last one.

Nate the Grate · 01-24-2008, 06:28 PM

Yeah I really, really don't have high hopes. How did Around the Sun suck so bad when Bad Day was actually pretty damn good? Oh that's right, it was written in the 80's.

pale blue eyes · 01-24-2008, 06:30 PM

Final Straw got my hopes up for it. It wasn't a great song but it sounded promising at least.

smashapumpkin · 01-24-2008, 06:31 PM

well heres a live version of the first single

smashapumpkin · 01-24-2008, 06:33 PM

and this is an actual song from the album playing in the background

i like this one beter

AndySlash · 01-24-2008, 06:35 PM

They put fucking I'm Gonna DJ on there? Ugh. Ugh Ugh Ugh.

AndySlash · 01-24-2008, 06:36 PM

The fact that Stringfellow isn't involved in the album or tour is a good sign, though. For all the talk of it being a guitar record, I do hope it's not Monster 2.0.

AndySlash · 01-24-2008, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pale blue eyes

Final Straw got my hopes up for it. It wasn't a great song.

Final Straw is a great song.

pale blue eyes · 01-24-2008, 06:45 PM

It's a good one and the best on the album, I'll give you that. Though I haven't heard it in a while since I like to pretend their last album never happened.

Nimrod's Son · 01-24-2008, 07:01 PM

It's sad that I kinda wish it'd been Stipe instead of Layne.

Spaceboy88 · 01-24-2008, 10:44 PM

Is it so much to ask for an "Automatic For the People II?"

Kahlo · 01-25-2008, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

It's sad that I kinda wish it'd been Stipe instead of Layne.

As bad as around the sun was...I still think they have potential..unlike Layne who was too burned out

IWishIWasBlank · 01-25-2008, 10:29 AM

I didn't realize anyone here liked REM. Last album I bought was New Adventures. Didn't like it at first, but then it grew on me. Unlike Monster.

pale blue eyes · 01-25-2008, 10:41 AM

Up was their last really good one.

Nate the Grate · 01-25-2008, 12:01 PM

R.E.M. has a strange knack for writing some really awesome, brilliant songs, and then writing some tremendously bad songs that leave you wondering how they could be the same band. I mean, what made them think the Worst Joke Ever was a good song?

wpc33 · 01-25-2008, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the Grate

R.E.M. has a strange knack for writing some really awesome, brilliant songs, and then writing some tremendously bad songs that leave you wondering how they could be the same band. I mean, what made them think the Worst Joke Ever was a good song?

You didn't get it. It's called the worst joke ever for a reason, stupid.
j/k

Up was amazing. Everything since has blown

smashapumpkin · 01-25-2008, 10:29 PM

i didnt love new adventures so much, except for ebow the letter

pale blue eyes · 01-25-2008, 11:10 PM

Leave is pretty great.

Pretzel Logic · 01-25-2008, 11:21 PM

I only have Out Of Time but I want to get more into them. What's their best album?

pale blue eyes · 01-25-2008, 11:29 PM

Automatic For the People.

Nate the Grate · 01-25-2008, 11:56 PM

Automatic for the People is a classic. Best end-of-album three song series ever.

pale blue eyes · 01-26-2008, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the Grate

Automatic for the People is a classic. Best end-of-album three song series ever.

noyen · 01-26-2008, 01:33 AM

you guys are too young to remember when R.E.M. were good and michael stipe wasn't such a douche bag and his band didn't completely suck.

smashapumpkin · 01-26-2008, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pale blue eyes

Leave is pretty great.

yes it is, forgot about that one

smashapumpkin · 01-26-2008, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noyen

you guys are too young to remember when R.E.M. were good and michael stipe wasn't such a douche bag and his band didn't completely suck.

stipe isnt that douchey

bja1288 · 01-26-2008, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pretzel Logic

I only have Out Of Time but I want to get more into them. What's their best album?

murmur-reckoning-fables of the reconstruction-lifes rich pageant are all equally good in my book, not too hard to get into

You Said · 01-26-2008, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the Grate

R.E.M. has a strange knack for writing some really awesome, brilliant songs, and then writing some tremendously bad songs that leave you wondering how they could be the same band. I mean, what made them think the Worst Joke Ever was a good song?

That sounds like another bald headed rockstar.

wpc33 · 01-26-2008, 07:03 PM

I don't believe Stipe to be douchey, either.

I don't get why everyone hates on Monster so much. The guitars and vocals and lyrics and overall production of this album are fabulous. King of Comedy, I Took Your Name... this album is fuckin' cool.

Of course, the only R.E.M. records that really appeal to me are Monster, Up, & Out Of Time...So feel free to write me off as somebody who doesn't get "the real REM". Fair is fair.

But I always assumed people more generally loved those albums, and generally they don't.
Why? Aside from being out of left field ala Adore.

Nate the Grate · 01-26-2008, 07:21 PM

Strange Currencies is an awesome song. The rest...not so much.

01-24-2008, 06:12 PM	#1
smashapumpkin Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,341	R.E.M. - Accelerate yup that's the new album out april 1st. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceler....E.M._album%29

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01-24-2008, 06:26 PM	#2
pale blue eyes NOPE. Location: :/ Posts: 15,110	Please God, don't make it suck. I don't think I could take another like their last one.

01-24-2008, 06:28 PM	#3
Nate the Grate Minion of Satan Posts: 6,212	Yeah I really, really don't have high hopes. How did Around the Sun suck so bad when Bad Day was actually pretty damn good? Oh that's right, it was written in the 80's.

01-24-2008, 06:30 PM	#4
pale blue eyes NOPE. Location: :/ Posts: 15,110	Final Straw got my hopes up for it. It wasn't a great song but it sounded promising at least.

01-24-2008, 06:31 PM	#5
smashapumpkin Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,341	well heres a live version of the first single

01-24-2008, 06:33 PM	#6
smashapumpkin Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,341	and this is an actual song from the album playing in the background i like this one beter

01-24-2008, 06:35 PM	#7
AndySlash Posts: 20,262	They put fucking I'm Gonna DJ on there? Ugh. Ugh Ugh Ugh.

01-24-2008, 06:36 PM	#8
AndySlash Posts: 20,262	The fact that Stringfellow isn't involved in the album or tour is a good sign, though. For all the talk of it being a guitar record, I do hope it's not Monster 2.0.

01-24-2008, 06:45 PM	#10
pale blue eyes NOPE. Location: :/ Posts: 15,110	It's a good one and the best on the album, I'll give you that. Though I haven't heard it in a while since I like to pretend their last album never happened.

01-24-2008, 07:01 PM	#11
Nimrod's Son Master of Karate and Friendship Location: in your butt Posts: 72,943	It's sad that I kinda wish it'd been Stipe instead of Layne.

01-24-2008, 10:44 PM	#12
Spaceboy88 Apocalyptic Poster Location: NYC Posts: 1,113	Is it so much to ask for an "Automatic For the People II?"

01-25-2008, 10:29 AM	#14
IWishIWasBlank Apocalyptic Poster Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,407	I didn't realize anyone here liked REM. Last album I bought was New Adventures. Didn't like it at first, but then it grew on me. Unlike Monster.

01-25-2008, 10:41 AM	#15
pale blue eyes NOPE. Location: :/ Posts: 15,110	Up was their last really good one.

01-25-2008, 12:01 PM	#16
Nate the Grate Minion of Satan Posts: 6,212	R.E.M. has a strange knack for writing some really awesome, brilliant songs, and then writing some tremendously bad songs that leave you wondering how they could be the same band. I mean, what made them think the Worst Joke Ever was a good song?

01-25-2008, 10:29 PM	#18
smashapumpkin Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,341	i didnt love new adventures so much, except for ebow the letter

01-25-2008, 11:10 PM	#19
pale blue eyes NOPE. Location: :/ Posts: 15,110	Leave is pretty great.

01-25-2008, 11:21 PM	#20
Pretzel Logic Apocalyptic Poster Location: someone more...punk rock? Posts: 3,562	I only have Out Of Time but I want to get more into them. What's their best album?

01-25-2008, 11:29 PM	#21
pale blue eyes NOPE. Location: :/ Posts: 15,110	Automatic For the People.

01-25-2008, 11:56 PM	#22
Nate the Grate Minion of Satan Posts: 6,212	Automatic for the People is a classic. Best end-of-album three song series ever.

01-26-2008, 01:33 AM	#24
noyen Immortal Posts: 26,816	you guys are too young to remember when R.E.M. were good and michael stipe wasn't such a douche bag and his band didn't completely suck.

01-26-2008, 07:03 PM	#29
wpc33 Apocalyptic Poster Location: Cheating on my wife with Kurt Cobain's wife. He'll live. Posts: 2,173	I don't believe Stipe to be douchey, either. I don't get why everyone hates on Monster so much. The guitars and vocals and lyrics and overall production of this album are fabulous. King of Comedy, I Took Your Name... this album is fuckin' cool. Of course, the only R.E.M. records that really appeal to me are Monster, Up, & Out Of Time...So feel free to write me off as somebody who doesn't get "the real REM". Fair is fair. But I always assumed people more generally loved those albums, and generally they don't. Why? Aside from being out of left field ala Adore.

01-26-2008, 07:21 PM	#30
Nate the Grate Minion of Satan Posts: 6,212	Strange Currencies is an awesome song. The rest...not so much.