R.E.M. Survivor - New Adventures In Hi-Fi - Round 5

[LemonMelon]

Last round, The Wake-Up Bomb and Low Desert were eliminated.

Votes:

The Wake-Up Bomb - 6
Low Desert - 6
Leave - 2
How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us - 1
New Test Leper - 1
Be Mine - 1
So Fast, So Numb - 1

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Peace out Binky

 

[LemonMelon]

Remove Binky The Doormat and and So Fast, So Numb from the poll and you have a damn fine set of songs. These two are almost equally bland, but I find Binky slightly more listenable.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Peace out Binky

I agree with this

 

[phanan]

Binky

 

[corianderstem]

Say goodnight, Binky.

 

[lazarus]

Go away...go away...


(that wasn't me, just Mike Mills in the background)

 

[intedomine]

Ah, no, not Binky

So Fast, So Numb, but cracking list of songs remaining....

 

[lazarus]

I thought there would be some asshole trying to vote off Undertow by now.

Surprising, really.

 

[agentorange]

So sad... Other than that embarrassing bird-of-prey-like scrawk that Stipe lets slip before the guitar break (somebody else has to notice this), I think Binky is a pretty likeable song. It's got conviction and strong Mike Mills bkg vocals, a blueprint of numerous REM classics. Unfortunately, it is named Binky, such a severe blow to overcome. It's like naming your daughter Vulva and expecting her to have a great childhood and a lengthy list of suitors in adulthood.

Ok, Binky is not even close to being an REM classic. But I'd take three Binky's in exchange for Leave.

 

[Axver]

I think it's a shame How The West Was Won has survived further than Low Desert.

 

[lazarus]

So sad... Other than that embarrassing bird-of-prey-like scrawk that Stipe lets slip before the guitar break (somebody else has to notice this), I think Binky is a pretty likeable song.

Perhaps not coincidentally, Bono's shriek in All Because of You is pretty similar in its weakness.

 

[agentorange]

Perhaps not coincidentally, Bono's shriek in All Because of You is pretty similar in its weakness.

And Bono's seems quite a bit louder in the mix, unfortunately. There's no airbrushing that blemish.

 

[corianderstem]

I do really like Binky, but just not as much as the remaining songs. Including How the West Was Won - I love its mood.