REM - Monster 25th anniversary

[Joey Goldberg]

Monster's just fascinating to me, they were at the peak of their popularity and put out possibly their weirdest, garage-iest record which nevertheless was still able to incorporate classics like Strange Currencies & Tongue into the loud "lo-fi" thing it was doing

on that note I think Out of Time is a really weird, kinda baffling record as well and that is probably in their top 3 best-selling

[Rocket Launcher]

Originally Posted by Elphenor

she's a sad tomato
she's 3 miles of bad road

so good I have the 7" with the 1995 calendar

[houseofglass11]

For me Monster is just unfuckwithable. I like every song. But also, it was the first REM record I got into and one of the first tapes I bought in 1994 when I was like 10. So I wasn't coming to them with all the "they were better in the 80's on IRS" baggage. My favorite REM album will always be Automatic For the People though. That's a 10/10 album.

[ninsp]

Originally Posted by Joey Goldberg

Monster's just fascinating to me, they were at the peak of their popularity and put out possibly their weirdest, garage-iest record which nevertheless was still able to incorporate classics like Strange Currencies & Tongue into the loud "lo-fi" thing it was doing

on that note I think Out of Time is a really weird, kinda baffling record as well and that is probably in their top 3 best-selling

Out of Time is a miserable album I think. Radio Song is absolute bottom tier REM

[smashingjj]

Is there a more universally loved band than REM? I'm a very casual fan at the most but there's very little to dislike.

Band doesn't have a whole lot of haters i don't think.

[ninsp]

Originally Posted by smashingjj

Is there a more universally loved band than REM? I'm a very casual fan at the most but there's very little to dislike.

Band doesn't have a whole lot of haters i don't think.

my mother was an IRS-era R.E.M. fan and hates everything from Document on, I'd call her a hater. But she's a moron so

[Joey Goldberg]

Originally Posted by ninsp

Out of Time is a miserable album I think. Radio Song is absolute bottom tier REM

on the other hand it also has s-tier classics like Country Feedback, Texarkana & LMR

possibly their most divisive/uneven though, which is even more bizarre when you consider they kept some of their all-time greatest songs off the thing in lieue of stuff like "Low" & "Endgame"

[smashingjj]

Originally Posted by ninsp

my mother was an IRS-era R.E.M. fan and hates everything from Document on, I'd call her a hater. But she's a moron so

well but then still she is, or used to be a fan of the early work and is only a hater now because she held the albums before a certain point in such high regard. I'm a Smashing Pumpkins "hater" that same way yet here I am

[smashingjj]

but that's besides the point, I just claim without any evidence whatsoever that I believe that rem might be the world's most beloved- or better, least hated band

[Raskolnikov]

Originally Posted by smashingjj

but that's besides the point, I just claim without any evidence whatsoever that I believe that rem might be the world's most beloved- or better, least hated band

Interesting thought for sure - those guys were HUGE and widely loved - and yet get very little chatter nowadays.

Unrelated, but also related - great Eddie speech here:

https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/rem

[TheAlter]

Isn't it telling that in 1996 Billy was up there inducting no less than Pink fucking Floyd and now the RNRHOF honchos wouldn't touch him with a 10 meter cattle prod?


fuckin' lol'

[Joey Goldberg]

it is pretty weird, is there anyone else who's been so blatantly snubbed by the HoF? i mean Liam Gallagher is literally saying "Fuck the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame" and Oasis are already in the running

what happened behind the SCENES

[Joey Goldberg]

Originally Posted by Raskolnikov

Interesting thought for sure - those guys were HUGE and widely loved - and yet get very little chatter nowadays.

Unrelated, but also related - great Eddie speech here:

https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/rem

that performance was pretty sweet as well

last known "show" w/ Bill Berry as far as I know

[smashingjj]

Originally Posted by Joey Goldberg

it is pretty weird, is there anyone else who's been so blatantly snubbed by the HoF?

[Joey Goldberg]

[Andy /]

Originally Posted by Joey Goldberg

but it definitely ain't the utter "shite train" people (including members of the band!) made it out to be

it absolutely is. it is the sound of a band that has completely lost its way.

[mpp]

yeah have to concur

it's real bad

[mpp]

FWIW, new adventures in hi-fi is one of the best albums to drive to at night

it's the sound of the tour bus; magical experience -- 14 tracks, 14 bangers and the last 3 arguably the best

[Joey Goldberg]

So Fast So Numb is a live banger, to be sure, but how could anyone put Low Desert above something like Leave - you out yo mind?

[Baffler_Meal]

Automatic for the People was my first, and I think only, DVD-Audio purchase. It sounded fucking amazing in 5.1 - or at least that is what I remember.

New Adventures in Hi-Fi was in regular rotation. Leave just blew me away.

[Joey Goldberg]

night jams of Hi-Fi with a couple spicy Baffler Meals with the Small Soldiers toy?

forget about it

simply one of the highest heights a young man can hope to ascend to

[Baffler_Meal]

Originally Posted by Joey Goldberg

night jams of Hi-Fi with a couple spicy Baffler Meals with the Small Soldiers toy?

forget about it

simply one of the highest heights a young man can hope to ascend to

God bless you, Joey Goldberg.

[Raskolnikov]

"Oh My Heart" showing up in that episode of The Bear was radical.

[ninsp]

Originally Posted by Baffler_Meal

Automatic for the People was my first, and I think only, DVD-Audio purchase. It sounded fucking amazing in 5.1 - or at least that is what I remember.

New Adventures in Hi-Fi was in regular rotation. Leave just blew me away.

New Adventures is pretty much perfect.

[Joey Goldberg]

thank god this is a New Adventures "safe space"

last REM community I was in there were legit people acting like it was bottom 3

i just about went completely BONKERS

but that time is over

i can once again be among like-minded people, and jam "Undertow" at max volume

[ninsp]

Originally Posted by Joey Goldberg

thank god this is a New Adventures "safe space"

last REM community I was in there were legit people acting like it was bottom 3

i just about went completely BONKERS

but that time is over

i can once again be among like-minded people, and jam "Undertow" at max volume

Wow that’s a spicy horrible take by anyone, HiFi is usually regarded as a best…it’s easily a top 5 road trip album ever for me

[VoxUpDoc]

Never listened to New Adventures in Hi Fi. Let me do that whilst renewing my car insurance. Which is like going on a road trip.

[Joey Goldberg]

anyone seeing 'em on their reunion tour this year?