R.E.M. - upcoming album 'Collapse Into Now' / General Discussion

[corianderstem]

I always thought they flipped open a dictionary, landed on the abbreviation for Rapid Eye Movement and thought that sounded good.

But it's been a looooooooooong time since I've read any REM bios or anything.

 

[Dalton]

One of my first girlfriends gave me Automatic for the People. Her initials were M.E.R. and she let me feel her boob.

 

[u2popmofo]

She only had one?

 

[Dalton]

If you added them both together they would have only counted as one.

 

[lazarus]

She only had one?

I believe that kind of girl is called a ti-clops.

 

[liz9640]

I always thought they flipped open a dictionary, landed on the abbreviation for Rapid Eye Movement and thought that sounded good.

But it's been a looooooooooong time since I've read any REM bios or anything.

That's one story. Another is that someone wrote it on the wall in a old church where they played their 1st show.

I've grown up being told R.E.M. story after R.E.M. story, my mom is an R.E.M. super fan.

Mostly famlies would take a vaction to Disney or whatever, our family took vactions to Athens.

 

[u2popmofo]

You may have just made a lot of us feel really old, unless your mom just had awesome taste in music.

 

[liz9640]

I'm only 30, so I'll go with my mom having awesome taste in music

 

[u2popmofo]

I'm only 30, so I'll go with my mom having awesome taste in music

Well that is impressive, as I'm 33 and my mother listened to Kenny Loggins.

 

[lazarus]

James Franco isn't the only one doing an R.E.E.M. video:

James Franco To Direct R.E.M. Video For Collapse Into Now Film Project

 

[corianderstem]

Did you mean to type someone else's name in the first sentence?

 

[lazarus]

Read the article?

 

[corianderstem]

No.

Spoiler

never heard of that other guy

 

[lazarus]

"that other guy"?? There are like 10 different directors listed!

 

[powerhour24]

I'm excited to see how it'll turn out, should be kind of a fun mess which would fit in line with the album. When I clicked the link I was expecting it'd be something we'd see down the road since we haven't heard about it until now, so I was pleasantly surprised to see it's coming with the album on Tuesday!

 

[lazarus]

Will it be better than Linedrive is the question.

 

[corianderstem]

"that other guy"?? There are like 10 different directors listed!

I only read enough of it to see who the non-James Franco person was.

Clearly, I care a lot.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I like the album. Am not over the moon about it or anything. But there are definitely a handful of tracks that I really dig. I've only had two listens all the way through, though. I'll probably say more later.

Stipe is on Jimmy Fallon tonight. And so is Miley.

Be still my heart.

 

[lazarus]

Your story is a sad one, told many times, GAF.

 

[powerhour24]

 

[Salome]

I like the album very much
the next couple of months will tell how much

it's a bit of a mix of Around the Sun (which I enjoy very much) and the best bits of Accelerate (my least favourite REM album)
but 'warmer'

I think Stipe is still brilliant

 

[u2popmofo]

Your story is a sad one, told many times, GAF.

The last 3 times I've come to the thread to see new posts, I see this line and immediately sing this song in my head.

 

[corianderstem]

AHHHHHHHHHHH!

*jazz piano solo*

 

[u2popmofo]

I quoted a line from E-Bow the Letter as my status on Facebook a year or so ago, and no one knew what I was talking about.

 

[corianderstem]

Aluminum tastes like fear?

I remember when I first heard that song on the radio, on whatever Milwaukee station was most likely to play new REM.

The DJ was all "Here's REM's new single! I haven't heard it yet!" and then it was done, and he was all "So ..... Hmm. That was REM's new single, I guess."

It took a while to grow on me, but now I love it. It's gorgeous.

 

[u2popmofo]

"Dreaming of Maria Callas, whoever she is"

I got some sarcastic texts from friends telling me to keep my perverse dreams to myself, so I took the status down.

 

[iron yuppie]

This may be an unpopular opinion, but E-Bow is the last great R.E.M. song. Just about everything in that song works splendidly.

 

[mikal]

i don't know yuppie. Electron Blue is pretty fabulous.

 

[Catman]

Electron Blue is quite good...

But I'd say the last great REM tune is probably "Imitation of Life" ..."Bad Day" is quite solid, too...

 

[BigMacPhisto]

"Aftermath" is the only track from the last three albums that I would consider putting in a boxed set of my favorite 100 R.E.M. tracks....I guess I'd go with that as their last outstanding number although pretty much everything on Accelerate is quite good, if not classic.