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R.E.M. — Strange Currencies
Album: Monster
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Released: 1994
Length: 3:47
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I don't know why you're mean to me
When I call on the telephone
And I don't know what you mean to me
But I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out, I want to take you on

These words, ''"You will be mine."''
These words, ''"You will be mine."''
All the time

The fool might be my middle name
But I'd be foolish not to say
I'm going to make whatever it takes
Bring you up, call you down, sign your name, secret love
Make it rhyme, take you in and make you mine

These words, ''"You will be mine."''
These words, ''"You will be mine."''
All the time, oh

I tripped and fell and did I fall
What I want to feel, I want to feel it now

You know with love come strange currencies
And here is my appeal:
I need a chance, a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance
A word, a signal, a nod, a little breath
Just to fool myself, to catch myself, to make it real, real

These words, ''"You will be mine."''
These words, ''"You will be mine."''
All the time, oh

These words, ''"You will be mine."''
These words, they haunt me, hunt me down
Catch in my throat, make me pray,
Say, love's confined, on Earth
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 TripletThreat wrote:


Said the "wise" king who sits in his backyard listening and watching a bug zapper.  Time to move out of the trailer park, my king.  


the "Wise King" is neither 
Posted 1 year ago by admascott    [ Reply ]
wow. i forgot about this one. i think it's a lot better than Everybody Hurts.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

Playing REM out here is like putting a bug zapper out in your yard at night in August. Ya can just  sit back and watch the imbeciles sizzle. 



Said the "wise" king who sits in his backyard listening and watching a bug zapper.  Time to move out of the trailer park, my king.  
Posted 2 years ago by TripletThreat    [ Reply ]
 doktorkev wrote:

This is basically  Everybody hurts redone.


This is basically everything REM did redone.
Posted 2 years ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
Michael Stipe once said something like: “I abhor love songs”. And he comes up with this. I am confused. In a nice way.
Posted 2 years ago by deniseperry    [ Reply ]
1700+ ratings tell the story.  Good stuff that holds up to time.
Posted 3 years ago by mjaded    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
The lyrics to this just stop me in my tracks, even all these years later. 
Posted 3 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
All the haters; never mind this is a 10 for me.
Posted 3 years ago by BuellRider    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:

Eddie Vedder thinks so.
 

kingart wrote:

You say that like enunciating the lyrics is a bad thing.

Eddie Vedder thinks so.


So does that Morning Jacket front man who sings like he and the sound engineer  are swallowing mangoes.
Posted 3 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
REM would be such a great band if they only found a better vocalist.
 
Seriously, I'm curious. What did Michael Stipe do to you? Did he insult your granny or something?
Posted 3 years ago by TLynneHenry    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:

You say that like enunciating the lyrics is a bad thing. 
 
Eddie Vedder thinks so.
Posted 3 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
One of my favorites. ..
Posted 4 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Love the organ on this one
Posted 4 years ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
REM would be such a great band if they only found a better vocalist.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 Daveteauk wrote:
R.E.M - one of THE most overrated bands on Earth,,, IMO.

Nothing is overrated here on RP.  Let's get that straight.  

Posted 4 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
 123heyaho! wrote:

Agreed - especially here on RP!
 
I suppose you could do better?
Posted 4 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 Daveteauk wrote:
R.E.M - one of THE most overrated bands on Earth,,, IMO.
 
Agreed - especially here on RP!
Posted 4 years ago by 123heyaho!    [ Reply ]
R.E.M - one of THE most overrated bands on Earth,,, IMO.
Posted 4 years ago by Daveteauk    [ Reply ]
Playing REM out here is like putting a bug zapper out in your yard at night in August. Ya can just  sit back and watch the imbeciles sizzle. 
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 milleronic wrote:
R.E.M. wasn't the same after Stipe started enunciating the lyrics...
 
You say that like enunciating the lyrics is a bad thing. 
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
For someone (although I do love him) who obfuscates in writing as much as Mr Stipe, when he hits it on the nose... he really lands an emotional punch. The longing in this song is palpable.  I'm no doubt biased by how formative this album was in my teens, but this one lands every time for me. Gorgeous and unabashed.
Posted 5 years ago by Vespertine82    [ Reply ]
 milleronic wrote:
R.E.M. wasn't the same after Stipe started enunciating the lyrics...

 
I blame Bill Berry.
After he left they somehow went from being the Best American Band to something that just grates on my nerves.
Posted 6 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
Probably my favorite tune from their later years/albums.  Great guitar, slow ambling feel, compelling lyrics.  Doesn't seem like the kind of song that'd be easy to hate.
Posted 6 years ago by maclochness    [ Reply ]
 folkrocker wrote:
Poor R.E.M. Not much love for them here. I just hear the great guitar and melody and think it's a great recording.
 
The song has a good rating overall, so most listeners seem to like it.  Apparently those who dislike it feel more of a compulsion to type out their negative comments about it.  That probably happens a lot though, for all recording artists.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I miss them.  I did get to them at a free concert at Copper Mountain Ski Area in 2011.  What an honor.  
Posted 6 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
Poor R.E.M. Not much love for them here. I just hear the great guitar and melody and think it's a great recording.
Posted 7 years ago by folkrocker    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:
took it down a notch from 3 to 2
there is a phoniness to REM that is similar to the Eagles

 
To each their own. I don't see any similarity at all. Musically there's virtually no commonality and whereas The Eagles were going to keep touring as long as they could make money, REM went out on top and on their own terms. No one ever debates when The Eagles "sold out' the way they (kind of annoyingly, even on this thread) do for REM because they never had any cred to sell.

Anyway, this is a fine song on something of a beautiful mess on an album and anyone who thinks they were done or uninteresting by MONSTER doesn't give them much credit.
Posted 7 years ago by TJOpootertoot    [ Reply ]
This being the last song by R.E.M. that I actually enjoyed listening to.
Posted 8 years ago by mardisoninnc    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:
took it down a notch from 3 to 2
there is a phoniness to REM that is similar to the Eagles

 
2 is pretty generous.Whenever I hear an REM song I think"this is an Saturday Night Live parody of a goofy,awful band"and then it turns out it's a "real" band.
Posted 8 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
 milleronic wrote:
R.E.M. wasn't the same after Stipe started enunciating the lyrics...

 
That was with Lifes Rich Pageant. That was definitely a turning point, but I think they were still good for a few more albums.
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
 bseib wrote:

B-52's — Rock Lobster
R.E.M. — Strange Currencies


Now we just need some Drive By Truckers and Widespread panic to round out the Athens GA playlist. :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Athens,_Georgia

 
Yes! That's the ticket!
Posted 8 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
took it down a notch from 3 to 2
there is a phoniness to REM that is similar to the Eagles
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]

B-52's — Rock Lobster
R.E.M. — Strange Currencies


Now we just need some Drive By Truckers and Widespread panic to round out the Athens GA playlist. :-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Athens,_Georgia
Posted 8 years ago by bseib    [ Reply ]
One of very few very good REM tracks. Very soulful, great melody. 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 milleronic wrote:
R.E.M. wasn't the same after Stipe started enunciating the lyrics...

 
I kinda agree
Posted 9 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
And here is my appeal:
I need a chance, a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance
A word, a signal, a nod, a little breath
Just to fool myself, to catch myself, to make it real, real

Great song. I miss old REM. They had such a great groove for such a long time.

Posted 9 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester    [ Reply ]
R.E.M. wasn't the same after Stipe started enunciating the lyrics...
Posted 9 years ago by milleronic    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...  we love sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
i love love love this song. i hardly ever hear it.

i kind of wish someone would cover it, to hear how different it would sound by someone else. i can almost hear joan osborne doing it in my head...

 
joan o. is a good strong woman voice choice, mayce neko case also. i can hear john hiatt (whose voice reminds me of michael stipe anyway),, or when in doubt i revert to jimmy lafave as my fallback physician.  the REM song i want covered by everybody is Cuyahoga.
Posted 10 years ago by averybadcat    [ Reply ]
This, and others of theirs from that period, absolutely raise the hairs on my arm, and make me wonder about people I used to know..
Posted 10 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]

Not big on REM singer.  Wordy fellow.  Probably a little kid that nobody could make shut up.  But I do like guitar.  Thanks for the guitar.  Just lower the fader on the vocal during the mastering next time.  Thanks Mr Buck!


Posted 10 years ago by MarysCatGrowl    [ Reply ]

8->9

 

One of R.E.M.'s finest from that period. The older it gets, the more I appreciate this song, slowly becoming my favourite track off Monster.


Posted 10 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
good night to everyone:) i would like to wish now ; coldplay and fix you{#Bananapiano}
Posted 11 years ago by silkeeee    [ Reply ]
Good song.  Stipe/REM should have done their usual mix with mostly unintelligible lyrics.
Posted 11 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
i love love love this song. i hardly ever hear it.

i kind of wish someone would cover it, to hear how different it would sound by someone else. i can almost hear joan osborne doing it in my head...
Posted 11 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 aristoteles wrote:

Every BODY in my church loves you Lazarus, even if you are an Egomaniac, repetitive kind of guy,...just enjoy, smile,..and have fun,...if you don't like it, why wasting time on it anyway,...
 

Thank you so much!  I want you to know I appreciate that sincerely...  hope life is grand for you...  enjoy yourself...

I never imagined a radio station would be as good as Radio Paradise...  this is the best radio station ever... 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 cosmiclint wrote:

Yeah, it's what I like to call a Bic lighter song! Do enough people still carry lighters to do that at concerts these days?
 

I know exactly what you mean!  It really works like a soft candlelight on the crowd— really gorgeous...

hope you are having a great time right now, man!  Always good to see you here...  rock on, brother...

this song is marvelous...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
This album now sounds dated, more than older R.E.M. records.
Posted 11 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]
 dctrpunda wrote:
I'd rather hear hold music from a ultility bill customer service number then this drivel.
 
Now THAT'S the way to hurl an insult!
Posted 11 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

 
Every BODY in my church loves you Lazarus, even if you are an Egomaniac, repetitive kind of guy,...just enjoy, smile,..and have fun,...if you don't like it, why wasting time on it anyway,...
Posted 11 years ago by aristoteles    [ Reply ]
 terrapin52 wrote:
I stopped listening to anything REM did after Document.  It just kept getting worse.

  stuck-in-the-past is a condition that's curable  ..and soo worth the effort



Posted 11 years ago by midreaming    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

 
Yeah, it's what I like to call a Bic lighter song! Do enough people still carry lighters to do that at concerts these days?
Posted 11 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
I sat at an outdoor patio table in some cool little place near the Perimeter in Atlanta, eating a bread bowl that had been baked in a flower pot. This record was just released and playing on the house sound. I was 38 years old. Atlanta was older and wiser...Sherman was long gone...
Posted 12 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
 terrapin52 wrote:
I stopped listening to anything REM did after Document.  It just kept getting worse.
 

Yeah, me too, sort of. Document, Automatic for the People—somewhere in there. They totally lost me with Monster and whatever came afterward. This song doesn't suck. Maybe I should revisit the album.
Posted 12 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
Dreadfully predictable dirge...
Posted 12 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
 terrapin52 wrote:
I stopped listening to anything REM did after Document.  It just kept getting worse.
 
Not possible. {#No}
Posted 13 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
I stopped listening to anything REM did after Document.  It just kept getting worse.
Posted 13 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]

I agree with the tuma - perfect, perfect song. truly a sing-along piece.


Posted 13 years ago by sronis    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


I'll dance to this...

 
 
You'll dance to anything.

Posted 13 years ago by jimmpypowder    [ Reply ]
 schrodingersdog wrote:

I think you're right about playing the strings above the nut. That's exactly what it sounds like.

 

Steven Wilson does this on the intro to Halo. Never knew it until I saw them live and it was quite distinct. Love that sound. Will have to listen to this song more closely to hear that!
Posted 13 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
great song
Posted 13 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
A gorgeous vocal from Michael Stipe - love this song.  In my top 10 of  REM songs
Posted 13 years ago by zincalloy    [ Reply ]
 Welly wrote:
LOVE REM. I balance the universe out {#Arrowd}
 

I love REM too, from1979-1991 and occasional tunes here and there after that. They used to be quite wonderful, now they just annoy.
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Sounds pretty and warm, like a sunny autumn afternoon spent strolling through the woods and watching leaves in all shades come floating by in the soft light. Album cover looks Halloweeny, so festive choice

Posted 14 years ago by drews    [ Reply ]
Have not hear this in ten years or more I bet.  Its good for the ears today
Posted 14 years ago by fast_eddie    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is good  bad for the ears...
 


Posted 14 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 gandalfbmg wrote:
If you don't like Monster, I'm not sure if we can be friends any more...
 
No worries here, my friend. Love it. (You were talking to me right?) {#Cool}

Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
 greyfin10 wrote:
What's the weird chiming sound in the middle of the song (that I've never heard before, even though I've been hearing this song for years)?  Kalimba or someone playing the strings on an electric guitar above the nut?  Sorta weird and distracting, maybe I've just never listened to it under headphones... 
 
I think you're right about playing the strings above the nut. That's exactly what it sounds like.

Posted 14 years ago by schrodingersdog    [ Reply ]
If you don't like Monster, I'm not sure if we can be friends any more...
Posted 14 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


still a great song...
 
Will always bee.
Posted 14 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
this band is just annoying.  80's - early 90's college radio tripe
Posted 14 years ago by gjr    [ Reply ]
 greyfin10 wrote:
What's the weird chiming sound in the middle of the song (that I've never heard before, even though I've been hearing this song for years)?  Kalimba or someone playing the strings on an electric guitar above the nut?  Sorta weird and distracting, maybe I've just never listened to it under headphones... 
 
My guess would be that it's Peter Buck guitar played with an e-bow.

Posted 14 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
is this one of the munchkins from The Wizard of OZ singing?
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
has always struck a chord ~ now it means more to me than it ever did
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
Brilliant.
Posted 14 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
Such a good simple song..... {#Cool}
Posted 14 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
After Radiohead... best show in Rio last year...
Posted 14 years ago by marcio    [ Reply ]
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Katanga cross
Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
LOVE REM. I balance the universe out {#Arrowd}
Posted 14 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]

This song represents everything that is wrong with REM!{#Puke}


Posted 15 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Probably my favorite song on that album.

I've told that to people with similar music interests as mine and a couple replied "..really?...don't like it.."

You say tomato...
Posted 15 years ago by Hodgie    [ Reply ]
Very nice!
Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
heckler


Posted 15 years ago by dBdwg    [ Reply ]
 robco1 wrote:
 Danimal174 wrote:
It's so funny that, despite all of the comments about how horrible this is, the song is still rated a 7 overall. Sounds like you naysayers are in the minority, no?

Darlington wrote:


Good point....

The more well-liked a song is by the majority of listeners, the more shrill the hecklers will be on the comments board. This is especially true for any band that has been around for more than ten years.

Hecklers suck: {#Moon} They are the same class of people that get behind the wheel of a car and take out their aggressions by driving as rude as possible and laying on their horn as often as they can.
 
And how are they different from people like you who put up mooning icons? What class of people are you?
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
 Danimal174 wrote:
It's so funny that, despite all of the comments about how horrible this is, the song is still rated a 7 overall. Sounds like you naysayers are in the minority, no?

Darlington wrote:


Good point....

The more well-liked a song is by the majority of listeners, the more shrill the hecklers will be on the comments board. This is especially true for any band that has been around for more than ten years.

Hecklers suck: {#Moon} They are the same class of people that get behind the wheel of a car and take out their aggressions by driving as rude as possible and laying on their horn as often as they can.

Posted 15 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
 TanteJensen wrote:
Ah, this band did never get better than on that demo tape they only gave to some really good friends like me before they had a label contract. From then on, they sucked.
 

If you put that on posters, I'd buy one...
Posted 15 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]


I'd rather hear hold music from a ultility bill customer service number then this drivel.


Posted 15 years ago by dctrpunda    [ Reply ]
Ah, this band did never get better than on that demo tape they only gave to some really good friends like me before they had a label contract. From then on, they sucked.

Oh, my guess is strings above the nut.
Posted 15 years ago by TanteJensen    [ Reply ]
What's the weird chiming sound in the middle of the song (that I've never heard before, even though I've been hearing this song for years)?  Kalimba or someone playing the strings on an electric guitar above the nut?  Sorta weird and distracting, maybe I've just never listened to it under headphones... 
Posted 16 years ago by greyfin10    [ Reply ]
i love this song.
and thank god...after that edie brickell crap!!!
Posted 16 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Yeah, I rate it an 8.  Pretty damn good song.{#Roflol}
Posted 16 years ago by anotherlistener    [ Reply ]
 Danimal174 wrote:
It's so funny that, despite all of the comments about how horrible this is, the song is still rated a 7 overall. Sounds like you naysayers are in the minority, no?
 

Good point....
Posted 16 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
It's so funny that, despite all of the comments about how horrible this is, the song is still rated a 7 overall. Sounds like you naysayers are in the minority, no?
Posted 16 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
It's tough to figure it all out, but I do believe this is one of the bottom 10 songs from a band that produces at best, a "2". It goes without saying that this song is a "1", but were there a zero, it would be there. All I can do beyond that is to repeat the last post with a
Posted 16 years ago by californiatwin    [ Reply ]
bbHappy wrote:
8 => 9
2 -> 1
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
dmax wrote:
SHUT THE HELL UP. And take your bored, underutilized backup band with you.
That was well said Usually these guys cause such brain death the best I can do is
Posted 16 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
"The exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu is simple enough, but since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency as the Galactibanks refuse to deal in such fiddling small change."
Posted 16 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
8 => 9
Posted 16 years ago by bbHappy    [ Reply ]
dctrpunda wrote:
I see this song topping out in the grand scheme of things as a slow dance number at some midwest high school prom.
I think Everybody Hurts will remain their main contribution to that genre.
Posted 16 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
99 wrote:
It is good but Nightswimming is REM's best song ever. Spoken.
Hear, hear. It is almost impossible to do better than Nightswimming.
Posted 16 years ago by daisky    [ Reply ]
NO no no! I was just getting over the stomach flu!
Posted 16 years ago by pushkinjim    [ Reply ]
REM at their best. Great song.
Posted 17 years ago by Whirlpool    [ Reply ]
dctrpunda wrote:
I see this song topping out in the grand scheme of things as a slow dance number at some midwest high school prom. Any reverence above that realm of status seems completely unjustified. He sounds like a bleating farm animal..
you're just jealous of their enormous success (just kidding) couldn't agree more...
Posted 17 years ago by sukilau    [ Reply ]
I see this song topping out in the grand scheme of things as a slow dance number at some midwest high school prom. Any reverence above that realm of status seems completely unjustified. He sounds like a bleating farm animal..
Posted 17 years ago by dctrpunda    [ Reply ]
99 wrote:
It is good but Nightswimming is REM's best song ever. Spoken.
Hm. Nightswimming is my least favorite REM song.
Posted 17 years ago by queenjill    [ Reply ]
SpaceCase wrote:
This is a very good song....... People are just jelous of their enormous Success....
nope. don't think so. they just suck.
Posted 17 years ago by sukilau    [ Reply ]
charolastra2 wrote:
I think he was trying to say that Michael Stipe's rhymes sound forced. (Note: the other band members wouldn't address him as "Mike," though. Stipe would think they were talking to Mike Mills, the bassist.) If we're talking pre-"Up", I'd have to disagree. These days, it's unfortunately a different story... "Strange Currencies" is a gem of a song on an album that sold millions of copies, later got panned as a failure, and yet in the end is probably one of the most enjoyable album R.E.M. albums to listen to.
I've got all of REM's stuff except "Adventures in Hi-Fi" CD and in my opinion for what it's worth this is there weakest....
Posted 17 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
RobK wrote:
I have no idea what you are trying to say here.
I think he was trying to say that Michael Stipe's rhymes sound forced. (Note: the other band members wouldn't address him as "Mike," though. Stipe would think they were talking to Mike Mills, the bassist.) If we're talking pre-"Up", I'd have to disagree. These days, it's unfortunately a different story... "Strange Currencies" is a gem of a song on an album that sold millions of copies, later got panned as a failure, and yet in the end is probably one of the most enjoyable album R.E.M. albums to listen to.
Posted 17 years ago by charolastra2    [ Reply ]
tnt_thomas wrote:
Right up there with ABBA. I can just imagine the sessions. "Okay what rhymes with ____?" "But Mike that don't make any sense, man!" "Don't worry, guys. It's gonna be great!" He was right!
I have no idea what you are trying to say here.
Posted 17 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
eastcoast wrote:
I'm crying. Tears of pain...is this a sad song? I can't get through the tempo to listen to the lyrics. I hear Snipe is a lyrical genious though.
Right up there with ABBA. I can just imagine the sessions. "Okay what rhymes with ____?" But Mike that don't make any sense, man!" "Don't worry, guys. It's gonna be great!" He was right!
Posted 17 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
I always felt REM went downhill after Green. I guess I'm just old- ha.
Posted 17 years ago by superflyLD    [ Reply ]
REM rules. Singer is fantastic and band tight and talented. Different strokes...
Posted 17 years ago by talibanismurder    [ Reply ]
eastcoast wrote:
Finally, I know I am not alone in the universe. Someone else feels this band has been sooooo overrated and over played and overhyped.
you are most certainly not alone, o maritime friend of mine!
Posted 17 years ago by pret-a-porter    [ Reply ]
bokey wrote:
No,some people really don't like them without being jealous.
Thanks for that comment. I am so sick of these assertions that if you don't like something, you're just jealous, or resentful of someone's success, or trying to be "cool" by dissing something popular. That's just absurd. I am fully capable of assessing whether or not I like something based on its own merits and my own tastes.
Posted 17 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
SpaceCase wrote:
This is a very good song. . . . . . . People are just jelous of their enormous Success. . . .
No,some people really don't like them without being jealous.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
This is a very good song....... People are just jelous of their enormous Success....
Posted 18 years ago by SpaceCase    [ Reply ]
eastcoast wrote:
Finally, I know I am not alone in the universe. Someone else feels this band has been sooooo overrated and over played and overhyped.
Not over-rated for early stuff, but early stuff is solid.
Posted 18 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]