R.i.p. R.e.m.

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  1. Tenebrouser

    Tenebrouser Craft...or is it crap?

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    Outside of The Joshua Tree, yes, I agree.
     
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    What? FINALLY! I've waited years for this moment to come! How I hate their songs. But now it is too late, the damage is done. They will still continue to play their songs on the radio.

    I can't stand this exaggerated harmony and happyness that their songs express. Wuuaah... Ugly.

    Especially "Shiny Happy People" is my most hated song by that band.


    But on the other hand I like "It's the end of the world as we know it". It was by them too, wasn't it?
     
  3. megatroptimus

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    Bill Berry (drums) left the band in 1997 but they didn't break up. They released Up (1998), Reveal (2001), Around The Sun (2004), Accelerate (2008) & Collapse Into Now (2011). Plus some compilations, live recordings and DVDs.

    You probably ignore than the band hated it too and only played it live once (on SNL). Haven't heard it on the radio in years. Other than the occasional airing of The One I love, Losing My Religion and Everybody Hurts, are they really getting airplay?
     
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    :lol 

    Bands that have social conscience tend to get label that :) 

    Pearl jam is this close to that label if it werent their material is less radio friendly.
     
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    True, but their last album didn't have any political stuff in it, which was nice for a change.
     
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    Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982 – 2011
    Disc 1
    01. Gardening At Night
    02. Radio Free Europe
    03. Talk About The Passion
    04. Sitting Still
    05. So. Central Rain
    06. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
    07. Driver 8
    08. Life And How To Live It
    09. Begin The Begin
    10. Fall On Me
    11. Finest Worksong
    12. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
    13. The One I Love
    14. Stand
    15. Pop Song 89
    16. Get Up
    17. Orange Crush
    18. Losing My Religion
    19. Country Feedback
    20. Shiny Happy People

    Disc 2
    01. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
    02. Everybody Hurts
    03. Man On The Moon
    04. Nightswimming
    05. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
    06. New Test Leper
    07. Electrolite
    08. At My Most Beautiful
    09. The Great Beyond
    10. Imitation Of Life
    11. Bad Day
    12. Leaving New York
    13. Living Well Is The Best Revenge
    14. Supernatural Superserious
    15. Überlin
    16. Oh My Heart
    17. Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter
    18. A Month Of Saturdays
    19. We All Go Back To Where We Belong
    20. Hallelujah
     
  7. Dran0n

    Dran0n miss me w/ that

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    In never got too into them, but I guess it's never too late to start. Sad they broke up, they were pretty good.