REM's commitment to the music scene in Athens is huge and ongoing, as is their commitment to the community as a whole. They do a huge amount of charity funding, for example. They help sponsor music programs in the public schools, our elementary school's 5K run, tiny little things probably from their financial perspective, but it adds up to a lot. It's from that perspective that people in Athens are stunned at the news, not even really the music piece at this point.
Never goes smooth. How come it never goes smooth?
Mal ,'Safe'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
flea - Sep 22, 2011 6:50:42 am PDT #4728 of 6436
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P.M. Marc - Sep 22, 2011 6:57:11 am PDT #4729 of 6436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I remember the first time I listened to Bleach, I was struck by how Nirvana sounded like a harder REM.
DavidS - Sep 23, 2011 6:21:36 am PDT #4730 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
A well-considered list of hidden gems in the REM catalog.
flea - Sep 23, 2011 6:37:05 am PDT #4731 of 6436
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Ooh, Find the River is probably my favorite REM song. Something about the chords and the - I don't even have the musical words to describe it - just gets me. For some reason it reminds me of Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, which gets me the same way.
DavidS - Sep 23, 2011 7:24:38 am PDT #4732 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ooh, Find the River is probably my favorite REM song.
It is playing on my iTunes right now.
Not quite coincidental since I just played the whole R.E.M. playlist, but statistically unlikely considering how much I have on my computer.
It is a gorgeous song.
DavidS - Sep 23, 2011 8:22:44 am PDT #4733 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
From an AVClub comment on fav REM:
Chronic Town. A dispatch from some alternate universe where the gothic South, the artier wing of the CBGBs crowd, and chiming folk rock all blur together. I want to live there.
Yeah.
Also, somebody noted, "Turns out I wasn't the only kid riding around in circles on his bike, listening to "Fall on Me" on his Walkman."
So Brian Krakowesque.
I think I need to go back to New Adventures in Hi-Fi and Monster.
le nubian - Sep 23, 2011 8:29:19 am PDT #4734 of 6436
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Dude.
I have been thinking about that show like nobody's business this week.
DavidS - Sep 23, 2011 8:31:46 am PDT #4735 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have been thinking about that show like nobody's business this week.
That show is a constant in this house because it's JZ's All-Time Number One. She even participated in the campaign to save it when it was canceled. The lunchbox that came with the first DVD set looks down on us beneficently from a high shelf over the TV.
Jon B. - Sep 23, 2011 9:19:45 am PDT #4736 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
FAQWife has never seen MSCL. I need to correct that.
le nubian - Sep 23, 2011 9:25:58 am PDT #4737 of 6436
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yes. It might still be on Netflix.