Bland.
The syrupy soundtrack to your average summer holiday operator. The cheesy grins, the bathing suits, the photoshopped beaches and everyone dancing the ru-ru-ru-ru-rumba. The recent news of the demise will alleviate this disaster, it would be universally panned otherwise. Painfully sad for all the wrong reasons... Way to go! (not).
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Started by Followerofchaos, Oct 17 2011 12:15 AM
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 06:15 AM
Leö.
And our talk is useless
It only makes us seem clever
While nothing changes, nothing changes, nothing changes, nothing changes...
Not ever.
And our talk is useless
It only makes us seem clever
While nothing changes, nothing changes, nothing changes, nothing changes...
Not ever.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 07:02 AM
omg what is this?
micheal is not singing a melody at all. i like the music but once again the vocals and lyrics are below standard for R.E.M.
micheal is not singing a melody at all. i like the music but once again the vocals and lyrics are below standard for R.E.M.
Universal Trendsetter
One day, if I'm old or dead
One day, can't get out of bed
I hope and pray the night before, we were out of our heads
Cause I never want to lose the Days of Wine and Booze
We all go back to where we belong: A month of saturdays, Hallelujah!
One day, if I'm old or dead
One day, can't get out of bed
I hope and pray the night before, we were out of our heads
Cause I never want to lose the Days of Wine and Booze
We all go back to where we belong: A month of saturdays, Hallelujah!
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 07:18 AM
The most MOR track they've ever done. Cool in one way, awful in another. Some of it sounds like Snow Patrol or Tired Pony, which is one of the only real PLUS points.
Also, isn't Michael not being able to sing or write lyrics anymore the real reason for them calling it a day? Those whinings at the end don't make me want to listen to it so much...
A strange song to end things on. It Happened Today is the song I will listen to and think this is their real goodbye.
Also, isn't Michael not being able to sing or write lyrics anymore the real reason for them calling it a day? Those whinings at the end don't make me want to listen to it so much...
A strange song to end things on. It Happened Today is the song I will listen to and think this is their real goodbye.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 07:35 AM
Elevator musak isn't really my thing, but if it was, I'd love this!
It's definitely not my thing though.
It's definitely not my thing though.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 07:47 AM
sycorax82, on 17 October 2011 - 07:18 AM, said:
Some of it sounds like Snow Patrol or Tired Pony
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 08:01 AM
Stoffel, on 17 October 2011 - 07:02 AM, said:
omg what is this?
It's the last single by the band that you liked enough to comment about over 12,000 times.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 08:14 AM
I like it musically, I like it lyrically, but I think Michael's voice is a bit too low for this song. And his singing at the end, well, eh, I think, eh, (why not understate?) I don't like it that much. If you compare that with the powerful chanting at the end of 'It happened today'.
Musically however it proves (imo) that this band can take on just about every style and get away with it. Oh well. Time to listen for 12th time I guess. I need my fix.
Musically however it proves (imo) that this band can take on just about every style and get away with it. Oh well. Time to listen for 12th time I guess. I need my fix.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 08:21 AM
sycorax82, on 17 October 2011 - 07:18 AM, said:
A strange song to end things on. It Happened Today is the song I will listen to and think this is their real goodbye.
I thought "It Happened Today" was written in memory of Vic Chesnutt.
"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
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 08:22 AM
Funny we have two camps here. One love it one hate. I love it 
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 08:23 AM
sycorax82, on 17 October 2011 - 07:18 AM, said:
Also, isn't Michael not being able to sing or write lyrics anymore the real reason for them calling it a day?
I was going to say the same thing about his singing. His voice sounds shot.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 09:49 AM
Its a nice song ,its so typical r.e.m. ,and I really cant see why all the negativity yet again. It baffles me.
Still, the band is gone , and they certainly won't be scanning here for your reviews I'm sure ha ha.
Now you're truly pissing upwind.
Still, the band is gone , and they certainly won't be scanning here for your reviews I'm sure ha ha.
Now you're truly pissing upwind.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 10:02 AM
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 10:03 AM
welliwonder, on 17 October 2011 - 09:49 AM, said:
Its a nice song ,its so typical r.e.m. ,and I really cant see why all the negativity yet again. It baffles me.
If everyone fell head over heels with every song that R.E.M. ever released (including this one), Murmurs would be one very boring place.
"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."
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 10:18 AM
there are some things i like about this song and some things i hate about it.
i like: the similarity to 'beachball', the horns, the fact that it sounds a tad like the beatles ('being for the benefit of mr kite' etc.), the fact that it's melancholic, the first two verses ('i dreamt that we were elephants...' - love it!), the melody and playfulness.
i hate: the cheesy lyrics, the lazy lyrical/vocal ending, the repetitiveness despite the length, the horrid MOD-feeling.
all in all: b-side material. undeveloped potential.
i like: the similarity to 'beachball', the horns, the fact that it sounds a tad like the beatles ('being for the benefit of mr kite' etc.), the fact that it's melancholic, the first two verses ('i dreamt that we were elephants...' - love it!), the melody and playfulness.
i hate: the cheesy lyrics, the lazy lyrical/vocal ending, the repetitiveness despite the length, the horrid MOD-feeling.
all in all: b-side material. undeveloped potential.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 10:24 AM
Sounds like an ATS outtake... only better. I like that sound.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 10:25 AM
1two3four5, on 17 October 2011 - 10:18 AM, said:
all in all: b-side material. undeveloped potential.
As I may have mentioned in another thread (or maybe this one), I think this is a leftover from Collapse Into Now, maybe one of the cuts they did with Bonerama. Just hazarding a guess.
"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
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 10:41 AM
I think the reason of this one not making it into colapse into now its the meaning of lyrics- just a realy opposite of the concept 
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 11:41 AM
I really like it. At first i was a little underwelmed by it. but it really grows. And it's just an absolutely lush song. Just shows this band could do any kind of song and still sound like REM. Which in it's self is just amazing and such a shame we will never get to hear this kind of Band ever again.
La.... La..... La... La La La La....., La La La La.... Geordies.
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 12:14 PM
I like it very much. . .and just listened to it several times then listened to REVEAL. . .also wonderful. . .
Find the bashing odd, but sadly expected. . .
Find the bashing odd, but sadly expected. . .
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Posted 17 October 2011 - 01:32 PM
It's an ok song, no where near my favourite, although at the same time it's still my favourite new song since collapse came out which really goes to show that even if R.E.M. release an un-marvelous song, it still outshines most of the other bands out there.
The song itself has grown on me more and more every listen, though i feel the lyrics really letr this one down in places.
BTW, I have nothing but respect for the band, but if Stipe called '98 a writer's block, i'd love to know what he calls this phase. Just seems like a totally different lyricist now than the person who wrote be mine or monty got a raw deal, the list's endless. like a totally different person
The song itself has grown on me more and more every listen, though i feel the lyrics really letr this one down in places.
BTW, I have nothing but respect for the band, but if Stipe called '98 a writer's block, i'd love to know what he calls this phase. Just seems like a totally different lyricist now than the person who wrote be mine or monty got a raw deal, the list's endless. like a totally different person
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