The Final Encore

Started by fanofrem, Sep 22 2011 08:31 AM

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#1 fanofrem

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Posted 22 September 2011 - 08:31 AM

#2 MAK

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Posted 22 September 2011 - 08:39 AM

Lucky me, I was in front row of their last concert ever!! November 18, 2008

"Halfway from coal, halfway to diamond"

#3 fanofrem

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Posted 22 September 2011 - 08:57 AM

MAK, on 22 September 2011 - 08:39 AM, said:

Lucky me, I was in front row of their last concert ever!! November 18, 2008

Lukcy you, i never had the chance to see them live

, but i can still hope they will come to norway, perhaps not as r.e.m., but maybe peter buck with tired pony or the baseball project, mike mills solo tour. We can also hope for some reunion shows. My feeling says r.e.m. will back on the stage soon.

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Posted 22 September 2011 - 09:08 AM

Thank you for this fanofrem, what a great video

I just saw it, and cry again

#5 Georgia Girl

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Posted 22 September 2011 - 10:10 AM

I was at the Atlanta show, June 21, 2008 and unaware it would be my last chance to see them. I am happy. It was a great weekend, friends came from all over. We went to AthFest, ate lunch at Weaver D's, got to meet some of you fine folks at Weaver D's and of course took the 95 mile pilgrimage from Athens to Atlanta to see the show. A great time which I will never forget.

"Doe"

#6 sousa

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Posted 23 September 2011 - 09:53 AM

Is there an audio copy of this mexico city show anywhere? after all is their final show and I'd like to have it.

Thnks.

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Posted 23 September 2011 - 10:34 AM

sousa, on 23 September 2011 - 09:53 AM, said:

Is there an audio copy of this mexico city show anywhere? after all is their final show and I'd like to have it.

Thnks.

Try remring.com. I know Eric had bandied about the idea of closing down that site several months ago but I hope he will keep it active as an archive for all of these live recordings he's amassed over the years. In passing, I must say that even though he and I didn't always see eye-to-eye here, he was the very first R.E.M. fan I even encountered online and that was before I even found Murmurs (or was at least active here).

"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids