Y'know, I was never really into R.E.M. while they were popular... Archived Message Posted by KingTalkyTiki on May 23, 2025, 17:18:46 ...but just listened to eponymous and Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003, and damn I really appreciated it much more than when then back in the day. Message Thread: Y'know, I was never really into R.E.M. while they were popular... - KingTalkyTiki May 23, 2025, 17:18:46 Life's Rich Pageant is my favorite* - Chilango May 24, 2025, 12:15:37 Bummed I have to blow off Dead Letter Office at Martyrs’ in a month… - JeffFrank May 24, 2025, 11:07:06 Ditto.! I hated them for a long time. Oddly - bjl63 May 24, 2025, 10:22:56 Thoughts on this one?: - JeffFrank May 24, 2025, 11:03:44 It’s that song that led me the other way* - timmer May 24, 2025, 10:25:52 Cosign what was said below. All the albums including New Adventures (-Monster) really are great - CoronaTheirAss May 24, 2025, 10:05:11 Listen to New Adventures in Hi Fi. Great album.* - ATL May 24, 2025, 10:02:48 My favorite from that: - JeffFrank May 24, 2025, 11:14:09 My two favorites - ATL May 24, 2025, 12:29:58 They really fell off the face of the earth. Pretty big band that you don’t even hear played anymore* - meanjeans May 24, 2025, 9:31:34 All of their own choosing I believe.* - DocWalk20 May 24, 2025, 11:50:53 I’ve always associated them with AIDS.* - opossum jenkins May 23, 2025, 17:41:30 Once Monster came out, I tapped out - timmer May 23, 2025, 17:34:29 I remember Monster being sold as the “we’re going to rock” album. It was heavy for REM.* - Toonces May 24, 2025, 10:28:33 Their initial EP and first 4 albums are one of the best runs ever. - SurfTheBoneyard May 23, 2025, 17:24:10 Yep and I would lump Document in on that run.* - Tortillini May 24, 2025, 10:36:36 Agreed. Document is when I discovered them and got hooked.* - DocWalk20 May 24, 2025, 11:50:13 Casey Kasem played a dedication of The One I Love on AT40. That’s the first time I heard them. - ATL May 24, 2025, 12:32:01 I read two of their bios back around 1990 that covered their IRS years - timmer May 23, 2025, 17:36:35 The IRS guys were pissed at them after they moved to Warner Bros. - SurfTheBoneyard May 23, 2025, 17:38:42 The Name of The Band is R.E.M.? - KingTalkyTiki May 23, 2025, 17:29:17 Yes. It's pseudo-authorized... - SurfTheBoneyard May 23, 2025, 17:32:27   Searching