when did REM get so shit?

[Bags]

Oh, I know he's married.
 
 And he looks *so* fun to go out with.  I agree 100%.

[mankie]

Originally posted by bags:
  Nope, but he's young yet.
 
 By the way, Buck did not take a dump on the service cart.  That was some unknown business man.  Buck just 'upended' the service cart.  Very different deal!

Actually the shit he put on the service cart was a couple of REM albums!  

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Bags, I don't know why, but until now I assumed you were a dood.  In fact, in our modern times, you may still be a dood, so I suppose I shouldn't assume any differently.  Although if you're a dood you'd have more of a shot with Michael Stipe.

[Jaguär]

Though we have not met in person yet, I have seen Bags and can attest that she is all woman.    
 
 And Dave Grohl isn't all that young anymore. He's just one of those who knows how to sip from the fountain of youth.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
    Although if you're a dood you'd have more of a shot with Michael Stipe.

Not without thumb-wrestling Morrissey for him.

[Bags]

Yeah, I'm a chick.  Bags is a family nickname -- derived from my "real life" surname...    

[J'Mal]

REM has gone through so many incarnations.
 
 Version 1, the best, lasted through Fables. Mumbly lush jangles. Document and Life's Rich Pageant was Version 2.  A nice bridge to the poppier sound they had with Green and Out of Time
 
 Monster was an abomination. A truly horrible album.  Automatic was also a one-off style but is as good as Monster is bad.
 
 Adventures in Hi Fi started version 6 and is completely underrated.  Up and Reveal are fantastic albums in their own right. But it's stupid to compare them to Murmur or Chronic Town.  Are you the same people you were in 1982?

[broadkat]

related to another topic, i blame the decline on courtney love... or perhaps that damned vixen crush with eyeliner.

[eros]

REM are not shit quite yet.
 
 GREAT show last night.  They played for over two hours, until almost midnight.  Lots of hits and older tunes that sounded amazingly good in the Patriot Center.  Stipe has really embraced the "frontman" role - lots of crowd interaction and dancing around like crazy.
 
 He even mentioned the 9:30, saying they played there in 1982 and never got paid what they were promised.  

[mustourdman]

Here's the set list from last night if anyone's interested:
 
 Finest Worksong
 Begin the Begin
 Exhuming McCarthy
 Drive
 Animal
 Fall on Me
 Daysleeper
 Bad Day
 The One I Love (electric)
 Rockville
 Orange Crush
 World Leader Pretend
 I Believe
 Losing My Religion
 Sweetness Follows/Find the River medley
 She Just Wants to Be
 Walk Unafraid
 Man on the Moon
 
 Life and How to Live It
 Nightswimming
 Final Straw
 Imitation of Life
 Permanent Vacation
 ITEOTWAWKI
 
 Patriot Center remains a terrible place to see a concert, but the concert was pretty good. I liked them better the last time I saw them though (1995).
 
 I thought it was interesting that they're out promoting a 1991-2003 greatest hits album, but so many of the songs came from '86-'89. Don't Go Back to Rockville and Exhuming McCarthy sounded great.

[scumpond]

Great REM show.  They really seem to like each other and to enjoy playing together.  Not taking themselves very seriously.  They are, no doubt, the best REM cover band that there is.

[SPARX]

Originally posted by eros:
 
 He even mentioned the 9:30, saying they played there in 1982 and never got paid what they were promised.      

I was at that show,they were actually rather good then.As for these days,I think the Tibetan concert was the last time I'll ever see those guys,way too self absorbed theses days.Not even mentioning the songs have gone downhill.Well,i guess I did mention it huh?