Life After R.E.M.: Discussion Thread

[LemonMelon]

 

[bono_212]

Aww poor lms

 

[u2popmofo]

Seriously, I didn't really see the problem with it.

 

[bono_212]

In general lately, people have been bitchy about thread titles.

Edit: you should not have edited your post.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Trouble will find Anthony Fantano if he reviews an rem album which he won't because they broke up two years ago.

 

[u2popmofo]

Haha, sorry Bonoz2012. Just didn't want to contribute to more drama.

 

[bono_212]

Trouble will find Anthony Fantano if he reviews an rem album which he won't because they broke up two years ago.

 

[djerdap]

Seriously, I didn't really see the problem with it.

Actually, me neither. I was just making a crappy inside joke in relation to the previous National thread. Sorry about that lms.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

I think you guys hurt his feelings. Never change guys, never change

 

[lazarus]

The thread title was shit.

Let's not sugar-coat it.

 

[IWasBored]

This one isn't really much better.

 

[LemonMirrorSky]

My feelings are not so delicate that they would be hurt by a bunch of strangers' opinions on a message board. Just figured that it is better to close a thread with so much negativity from the get go.

 

[Sicy]

The thread title was shit.

Let's not sugar-coat it.

You forgot IMO.

 

[lazarus]

Wasn't just mine. Out of the 9 people who posted after, 7 of them had negative or sarcastic remarks. And 1 was you closing the thread.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

In general lately, people have been bitchy about thread titles.

I think it's because people realize that these thread titles are gonna be around for the next thousand posts, which is a long time for band discussion threads.

 

[bono_212]

And?

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

#interferenceproblems

 

[u2popmofo]

Sometimes I wish more "new" threads were made, and everything wasn't thrown into overarching threads or the random section. Not a big deal either way, or even directly related. I like to mention things.

 

[IWasBored]

Too many people would bitch about their titles.

 

[bono_212]

Sometimes I wish more "new" threads were made, and everything wasn't thrown into overarching threads or the random section. Not a big deal either way, or even directly related. I like to mention things.

I always do that with new bands, I start an album-centric thread, thinking I'll just start a new thread when they put out a new album, but then I never do and then the thread has a stupid, old, outdated title.

 

[u2popmofo]

Haha, I do the same thing.

 

[corianderstem]

I like R.E.M.

 

[u2popmofo]

I heard they broke up.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

And?

then the thread has a stupid, old, outdated title.

I think you just answered your own question.

 

[corianderstem]

I heard they broke up.

GET OUT!

 

[LemonMelon]

I really, truly could not care less whether a handful of words I spend seconds a day reading are humorous or not.

A joke in a thread title (as with most jokes) is seldom funny more than a few times. Weeks on, they're all forum wallpaper at best.

 

[iron yuppie]

I like R.E.M.

Hey, me too! I picked up the deluxe reissues of Murmur and Reckoning a while ago - the live shows on those two are fantastic. And the Reckoning one is at Chicago's own Aragon Ballroom.

 

[U2inUtah]

One of the better tracks off Green

R.E.M. - You Are The Everything (From Tourfilm) (Official Video) - YouTube

 

[u2popmofo]

I've heard there's a stellar dentist chair version of that song.

 

[LemonMirrorSky]

Been listening to 2001's Reveal over the last couple of days. It is not such a bad album actually. For R.E.M. standards it sucks, yes. But there are some really gorgeous songs here like Beat A Drum and Summer Turns To High. Sure, there are also bores like She Just Wants To Be and Saturn Return. It is very uneven. But I would go so far as to say that something like Beat A Drum or even Imitation of Life is more summery and beautiful than anything from U2's album around the same time.