Mount Rushmore: R.E.M. Songs

cartman · 09-23-2011, 03:15 PM

The lads from Athens called it a career this week. What four songs of theirs make your Mount Rushmore?

To kick things off, here's my picks:

Losing My Religion
This song to me is R.E.M. at their peak. This song was their official arrival to rock super-stardom.

Fall On Me
This was the first song of theirs I really got into. Once I heard this song, I started investigating their earlier stuff.

Everybody Hurts
A truly great song that hits on so many different levels. If you are having a bad day, this song helps it make it seem not so bad.

The One I Love
This song put them on the map. Before this, they were still mainly an alt/indie band. A glimpse into what was to come.

Matthean · 09-23-2011, 03:28 PM

Even if it's not top four, I have a soft spot for Nightswimming.

TRO · 09-23-2011, 03:28 PM

Can I have a blank mountain?

CrimsonFox · 09-23-2011, 03:40 PM

I can't get enough of Shiny Happy People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s&ob=av3e

digamma · 09-23-2011, 03:54 PM

Cuyahoga
New Test Leper
Superman
Finest Worksong

Peregrine · 09-23-2011, 05:02 PM

So many fucking great songs.

Chief Rum · 09-23-2011, 05:21 PM

Shiny, Happy People
Man On the Moon
Stand
Radio Song

Oh, I am sorry, I thought you said the Mount Rushmore of Most Annoying REM Songs.

Matthean · 09-23-2011, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Shiny, Happy People
Man On the Moon
Stand
Radio Song

Oh, I am sorry, I thought you said the Mount Rushmore of Most Annoying REM Songs.

Stand and Shiny, Happy People made me hate the band for a long time.

King of New York · 09-23-2011, 05:36 PM

Almost everything on the first four albums is great--after that, it was very hit-and-miss, with more misses than hits, but here goes:

Driver 8
Begin the Begin
Kohoutek
Swan Swan H

Peregrine · 09-23-2011, 05:42 PM

I grew up around an hour from Athens, and started listening to REM in 1986 or so when I was in high school. Their music has been up and down but taken as a whole, they have a large number of really great songs. Don't think I could do a Mount Rushmore though - my favorite album is Automatic for the People - I love the low-fi, slower sound to it and love almost all the songs on it.

A lot of their recent albums haven't been so great but they are really one of the bands that has been part of the soundtrack of my life, from highschool till now.

Passacaglia · 09-23-2011, 05:43 PM

World Leader Pretend
I Remember California
Near Wild Heaven
Find the River

Draft Dodger · 09-23-2011, 05:44 PM

Not a big fan. I can only do 3

Drive
It's the End of the World and We Know It
Everybody Hurts

Passacaglia · 09-23-2011, 05:48 PM

But man, the 2nd half of Out of Time is so good -- I'm tempted to also just roll with Belong, Half a World Away, Texarkana, and Country Feedback, and pretend I'm 14 again.

Peregrine · 09-23-2011, 05:59 PM

Listening to Half a World Away right now while playing Minecraft. Good song.

Radii · 09-23-2011, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthean

Stand and Shiny, Happy People made me hate the band for a long time.

+1. Still two of the most annoying songs ever imo.

Warhammer · 09-23-2011, 06:36 PM

Rockville
Superman
The One I Love
Its The End of the World

CrimsonFox · 09-23-2011, 07:23 PM

screw you all!

Radio Free Europe
Shiny, Happy People
Man On the Moon
Stand

Pyser · 09-23-2011, 07:24 PM

anything off new adventures in hi fi

CrimsonFox · 09-23-2011, 07:32 PM

actually of course I like End of the WOrld and Losing My Religion too and Everybody Hurts.
I really don't know my 4 favorites. High time I listened to their more obcure stuff.

path12 · 09-23-2011, 09:40 PM

Bought everything from Reckoning through Up on the day of release, one of my all-time favorite bands........though I did not enjoy the last three at all and it was time to hang it up.

Harborcoat
Country Feedback
Electrolite
Fall On Me

Mustang · 09-23-2011, 10:36 PM

Loved their early stuff and then they just fell out of favor with me in the late 90s.

1. Fall on Me
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2. Radio Free Europe
3. So Central Rain
4. Great Beyond

I put a huge gap between 1 and the rest because Fall on Me is one of my favorite songs by any band.

DaddyTorgo · 09-23-2011, 10:43 PM

Saw them in concert once in hmm..the late 90's? Was still awesome. Great frigging show.

CrimsonFox · 09-24-2011, 12:52 AM

1st letterman appearance...

Ryan S · 09-25-2011, 06:04 AM

Driver 8
What's the Frequency, Kenneth
Near Wild Heaven
Electrolite

CraigSca · 09-25-2011, 05:13 PM

Orange Crush
These Days
Begin the Begin
Swan Swan H

09-23-2011, 03:28 PM	#2
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09-23-2011, 03:28 PM	#3
TRO College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisburg, KS	Can I have a blank mountain? __________________ TRA, the Royal Ape

09-23-2011, 05:21 PM	#7
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	Shiny, Happy People Man On the Moon Stand Radio Song Oh, I am sorry, I thought you said the Mount Rushmore of Most Annoying REM Songs. __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

09-23-2011, 05:36 PM	#9
King of New York High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp	Almost everything on the first four albums is great--after that, it was very hit-and-miss, with more misses than hits, but here goes: Driver 8 Begin the Begin Kohoutek Swan Swan H __________________ Input A No Input

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Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	Not a big fan. I can only do 3 Drive It's the End of the World and We Know It Everybody Hurts __________________ Mile High Hockey

09-23-2011, 03:40 PM	#4
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	I can't get enough of Shiny Happy People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s&ob=av3e

09-23-2011, 03:54 PM	#5
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	Cuyahoga New Test Leper Superman Finest Worksong

09-23-2011, 05:02 PM	#6
Peregrine Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cary, NC	So many fucking great songs.

09-23-2011, 05:42 PM	#10
Peregrine Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cary, NC	I grew up around an hour from Athens, and started listening to REM in 1986 or so when I was in high school. Their music has been up and down but taken as a whole, they have a large number of really great songs. Don't think I could do a Mount Rushmore though - my favorite album is Automatic for the People - I love the low-fi, slower sound to it and love almost all the songs on it. A lot of their recent albums haven't been so great but they are really one of the bands that has been part of the soundtrack of my life, from highschool till now.

09-23-2011, 05:43 PM	#11
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	World Leader Pretend I Remember California Near Wild Heaven Find the River

09-23-2011, 05:48 PM	#13
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	But man, the 2nd half of Out of Time is so good -- I'm tempted to also just roll with Belong, Half a World Away, Texarkana, and Country Feedback, and pretend I'm 14 again.

09-23-2011, 05:59 PM	#14
Peregrine Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Cary, NC	Listening to Half a World Away right now while playing Minecraft. Good song.

09-23-2011, 06:36 PM	#16
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	Rockville Superman The One I Love Its The End of the World

09-23-2011, 07:23 PM	#17
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	screw you all! Radio Free Europe Shiny, Happy People Man On the Moon Stand Last edited by CrimsonFox : 09-23-2011 at 07:24 PM.

09-23-2011, 07:24 PM	#18
Pyser Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Los Angeles	anything off new adventures in hi fi

09-23-2011, 07:32 PM	#19
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	actually of course I like End of the WOrld and Losing My Religion too and Everybody Hurts. I really don't know my 4 favorites. High time I listened to their more obcure stuff.

09-23-2011, 09:40 PM	#20
path12 Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Seattle, WA	Bought everything from Reckoning through Up on the day of release, one of my all-time favorite bands........though I did not enjoy the last three at all and it was time to hang it up. Harborcoat Country Feedback Electrolite Fall On Me __________________ We have always been at war with Eastasia.

09-23-2011, 10:36 PM	#21
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	Loved their early stuff and then they just fell out of favor with me in the late 90s. 1. Fall on Me .. .. .. .. 2. Radio Free Europe 3. So Central Rain 4. Great Beyond I put a huge gap between 1 and the rest because Fall on Me is one of my favorite songs by any band. __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

09-23-2011, 10:43 PM	#22
DaddyTorgo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Massachusetts	Saw them in concert once in hmm..the late 90's? Was still awesome. Great frigging show.

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CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	1st letterman appearance...

09-25-2011, 06:04 AM	#24
Ryan S Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, England	Driver 8 What's the Frequency, Kenneth Near Wild Heaven Electrolite

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CraigSca Pro Starter Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Not Delaware - hurray!	Orange Crush These Days Begin the Begin Swan Swan H __________________ She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! She loves you, yeah! how do you know? how do you know?

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