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[G.K.]

Sweden, on 28 September 2011 - 12:38 PM, said:

Why not go listen to it on In Time then? They could never please everyone.

It's not on In Time...

[Blackbirds Backwards]

thorn plucker, on 28 September 2011 - 02:22 PM, said:

Even so ... I doubt that there was ever an issue of choosing one (the band) over the other (the partner).  

I wasn't the one who said it was

[remalba]

Blackbirds Backwards, on 28 September 2011 - 02:07 PM, said:

Record where?  Oh yeah, Berlin and New Orleans.  Then jetting off round the world on promo's, and never mind a tour.  That's tough on anyone, nevermind your partner!  I suppose in your world, recording an album is simply a case of spending a few days in a studio?  You seem to have a very poor grasp of the work that being in a band entails.

Not sure whether to respect your comments of laugh without control.

Clearly you dont have to move anywhere to record a record,   Promotion is indeed as the name suggests, and not essential.

[Blackbirds Backwards]

remalba, on 28 September 2011 - 03:29 PM, said:

Not sure whether to respect your comments of laugh without control.

Why?

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Clearly you dont have to move anywhere to record a record,  

Well you do if the members of your band live thousands of miles away from each other.  

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Promotion is indeed as the name suggests, and not essential.

It is if you want something to be a success.

[Driver Nate]

NewToREM, on 27 September 2011 - 03:16 PM, said:

That article is great and I understand think it was time to break up.  However, the lack of a farewell tour just messes the whole exit strategy up completely.  If they wanted to do it right, a farewell tour would of been it.

If they had done a farewell tour, especially after releasing a greatest hits collection, they would have been accused of doing it solely for the cash. Not to mention, their hearts clearly aren't into performing live with one another anymore. On top of that it just would have come across as crass. That's the sort of thing bands like the Eagles do, not R.E.M. It's perfectly characteristic of them not to have done one.

7 chineSe robs., on 27 September 2011 - 03:59 PM, said:

I love Michael, but he's not Thom Yorke. What's he going to do, just sing?

You mean all acappella? Plenty of folks that are primarily vocalists have made albums (solo and otherwise) over the years. It's not like Stipe can't call in a group of musicians to assist him in making a solo record. While the prospect of him recording one may seem pretty far fetched to some, he's done other things on the side since the beginning of R.E.M. As for a Mills solo album, he's already mentioned in an interview (that was conducted around the time Collapse Into Now was released) that he has plans to record one.

[Oowatanite]

Duh_Prez, on 28 September 2011 - 12:44 PM, said:

I'd just like to second this request - I would love to get hold of the exisiting studio / live versions of some collapse into now songs.  Bluemookie, if you or anybody else is lucky enough to find them could you also drop me a quick email please? I'm and WMEdwards1984 at googlemail dot com.  Many thanks! Billy

Done. Ugly cover art but hey, who cares?
http://www.mediafire...7hh92i708c6cdk7

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[Blackbirds Backwards]

Amazing! Thank you so much!

Better than the original IRS Best Of cover!

[THE UNAFRAID]

My realistic version:

Disc 1:
Gardening At Night
Radio Free Europe
Talk About The Passion
Sitting Still
So. Central Rain
(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
Can't get there from here
Driver 8
Life And How To Live It
Begin The Begin
Fall On Me
Finest Worksong
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
The One I Love
Stand
Pop Song 89
Get Up
Orange Crush
Losing My Religion
Shiny Happy People

Disc 2:
Everybody Hurts
Man On The Moon
What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
Strange currencies
E-bow the letter
Electrolite
Daysleeper
At My Most Beautiful
The Great Beyond
Imitation Of Life
All the way to Reno
Bad Day
Leaving New York
Supernatural Superserious
Hollow man
It happened today
Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter
A Month of Saturdays
We All Go Back To Where We Belong
Hallelujah

My fanboy version:

Disc 1:
Gardening At Night
Radio Free Europe
(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
Can't get there from here
Superman
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Stand
Shiny Happy People
Man on the moon
What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
Departure
Daysleeper
The Great Beyond
Imitation Of Life
Bad Day
Leaving New York
Hollow man
Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter
A Month of Saturdays
We All Go Back To Where We Belong
Hallelujah

Disc 2:
AFTP + Monster + NAIHF + Up + Reveal + Around the sun + Accelerate + Collapse into now outtakes

[mozzh]

I wonder why they don't have a 'special edition' which may as well be the fabled box set, it would be the perfect fan thank you, even 'In time' had that wonderful rareities disk that had 'revolution' and 'it's a free world baby' on it.

As an aside I think the most underated song i know is 'try not to breath', which seems strange on their most popular album, but i have never seen it live or given an outing on the wonderful olympia recordings.

[dan]

So it was Michael's fault, then it was Peter's fault, then it was Mike's fault. Now it's the boyfriend's fault. Who's next?

[SweetMusic]

dan, on 29 September 2011 - 01:41 AM, said:

So it was Michael's fault, then it was Peter's fault, then it was Mike's fault. Now it's the boyfriend's fault. Who's next?

If there is some confusion, you can always take my name.

[e-botti]

mozzh, on 29 September 2011 - 01:22 AM, said:

I wonder why they don't have a 'special edition' which may as well be the fabled box set, it would be the perfect fan thank you, even 'In time' had that wonderful rareities disk that had 'revolution' and 'it's a free world baby' on it..

it's (the second disc ) just the only positive thing about InTime as the main disc is terrible. I mean it holds 18 songs an we have on it Animal - why??, Bad Day - why??, All The Right Friends - why??, just one song from OOT and Monster - why??....i don't like it. Also because we talk about a Best Of not a Greatest Hits that maybe is more about the singles, hits in general...

anyway i'm happy for this greatest hits, i'm ok with the tracklist and i'm happy for the new songs on it. i think it's fine. Also because there should be "10" more discs if we would like to see something special from their carreer...?

[MAK]

dan, on 29 September 2011 - 01:41 AM, said:

So it was Michael's fault, then it was Peter's fault, then it was Mike's fault. Now it's the boyfriend's fault. Who's next?

Thomas "Yoko" Dozol   hahahaha


Come on guys, leave them alone!... they've done enough for 31 years, don't bitch with their private lives.

ThankYouREM  ... thanks forever

[THE UNAFRAID]

Oowatanite, on 28 September 2011 - 04:26 PM, said:

Done. Ugly cover art but hey, who cares?
http://www.mediafire...7hh92i708c6cdk7

So what's the story behind those recordings? Source? I'm getting confused with all those CIN live in studio tracks, I don't know anymore what's what!

[Oowatanite]

THE UNAFRAID, on 29 September 2011 - 11:10 AM, said:

So what's the story behind those recordings? Source? I'm getting confused with all those CIN live in studio tracks, I don't know anymore what's what!

Those are all ripped from the various videos of the band rehearsing the songs at Hansa that were released to promote the album. Well, the copy of That Someone Is You is from the b-side of the German Oh My Heart single because many people on here (myself included) think it's better than the video version.

[remalba]

If I was making the record.

Disc 1.

Drive
Gardening at night
Sitting still
Nightswimming
Why not Smile?
Uberlin
The one I love
The outsiders
So. Central Rain
Belong
New Test Leper
These Days
Man on the moon
King of birds
Finest Worksong
Wendell Gee
Falls to Climb

Disc 2.

Whats the Frequency Kenneth?
Leaving new York
Fretless
Shiney happy People
The wrong child
Losing my religion
box cars
perfect circle
until the day is done
End of the world as we know it
Live and how to life it
World leader pretend
Country feedback
Be mine
Chorus and the ring
1,000,000
Everybody hurts
Radio free Europe
Strange currencies
Find the River

[Driver Nate]

remalba, on 29 September 2011 - 11:55 AM, said:

If I was making the record.

You wouldn't include any of the new songs?

[Sweden]

Check the graphic on HQ, it shows each song title in the font used on the original release, including Hib-tone for RFE and singles in some other cases as well. Very cool.

[remalba]

Driver Nate, on 29 September 2011 - 11:59 AM, said:

You wouldn't include any of the new songs?

No an Ep please.

Two of the songs are b sides from the horrible CIN.   If they are worst then Oh my heart, all the best etc, should they be on the best of?

[rosie]

Sweden, on 29 September 2011 - 12:55 PM, said:

Check the graphic on HQ, it shows each song title in the font used on the original release, including Hib-tone for RFE and singles in some other cases as well. Very cool.

yeah, i noticed that, very cool indeed.