I hate R.E.M ....

[DarkJedi]

especially the lead singer, that bald faggot

[Marcus Aurelius]

hehe...yeah athens rock radio..woo hoo...I live about 40 miles from where they originated, I never did like them.

[DatingGold]

me too, everytime they are on the radio I change the channel..

shiny happy people holding hands

[swoop]

has to be one of the most annoying bands around.

[Doctor Dre]

What the fuck is R E M ???

[nofx]

REM - everybody hurts , good song though

[Manowar]

what does R.E.M actually mean anyway?

[Marcus Aurelius]

Originally posted by Manowar
what does R.E.M actually mean anyway?

Rapid eye movement. its used to define a state of sleep in which the eyes begin to move rapidly.

[Manowar]

Originally posted by mdcq
Rapid eye movement. its used to define a state of sleep in which the eyes begin to move rapidly.

I know about rapid eye movement, is that what the band named themselves after?

[NoCarrier]

Originally posted by Manowar
I know about rapid eye movement, is that what the band named themselves after?

Yes that's the reason why

[Platinumpimp]

You ain't losing your religion, are you?

[Babagirls]

i always thought the dude sounded like a mentally retarded person going into convulsion

[Niki]

they are OK ... there is a lot of worse groups

[Sarah_Jayne]

They are my faveorite band of all time. However, I have long since known that they are a band you love or hate. You hate them? Fine by me..one less person I have to fight to get tickets.


btw..even the fans hate Shiny Happy People...it was more of a B52s song with them on it.

[gazool]

Hate them too.. Dunno if they are more into politics than music... anyway they suck at both

[mardigras]

I like their earlier stuff, like "Orange Crush", "Radio Free Europe" and "It's the End of the World as We Know it (and I Feel Fine)".

Saw them around mid 90's, was an OK show, but around that same time I saw shows by Depeche Mode and The Cure that I enjoyed much more.

[mardigras]

Originally posted by sarah_webinc

btw..even the fans hate Shiny Happy People...it was more of a B52s song with them on it.

Yeah, that song grated pretty quickly however, I love Kate Pierson (remember "Candy" she did with Iggy Pop?)

I'm a huge B52s fan, I have dozens of remixes by them in addition to all their studio albums. Saw them in 1980 when they had just come out with their 2nd album, would love to see them again to hear all of their other stuff live. I found out too late about them playing at a nearby casino recently

Speaking of Iggy, now that's a live show

[freechess]

i like R.E.M. but different strokes i say

[xclusive]

everybody hurts - The lead singer should have decided to have lovers with such large cocks...

[Fred Quimby]

I only like the end of the world and that other gay song

[billywatson]

Murmur is a great record. superb.

rapid eye movement is also when we enter the dream state. there's 4 levels of sleep, 4 being the deepest, when REM is achieved, and the only level we can dream at.

i got to see them in 85, and again in 87...after 90, they weren't as original and fresh.

[polish_aristocrat]

Originally posted by DarkJedi
especially the lead singer, that bald faggot

U2 and REM are two of my favorite bands

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by mardigras
Yeah, that song grated pretty quickly however, I love Kate Pierson (remember "Candy" she did with Iggy Pop?)

I'm a huge B52s fan, I have dozens of remixes by them in addition to all their studio albums. Saw them in 1980 when they had just come out with their 2nd album, would love to see them again to hear all of their other stuff live. I found out too late about them playing at a nearby casino recently

Speaking of Iggy, now that's a live show

oh, I am a big fan or early B52s when they were much punkier. Private Idaho is my fave of theirs. I just got done listening to Song For A Future Generation. I think I might play it tonight on my 80's show.

[scoreman]

I dont think so.

<Dave turns up 'Reckoning' some more>

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by polish_aristocrat



U2 and REM are two of my favorite bands

Don't worry, being a fan of R.E.M. has long been somethign you will ocassionally take knocks for from people that only really ever heard song song from Out of Time and Automatic For The People.

Oh and btw, Everybody Hurts is NOT a depressing song. See, R.E.M. is a band for people that listen to lyrics and appreciate muscianship and don't judge a band based on hairstyles or sexual preferrence.

[theS2O]

one of my fav bands. but i hate their happy people song.. day sleeper and sweetness follows are some of the good ones though

[Goatse]

It's music for 21 year old college girls from the suburbs.

[RRACY]

I heard the lead singer is gay?

[gangbangjoe]

[polish_aristocrat]

Originally posted by Goatse
It's music for 21 year old college girls from the suburbs.

wrong, REM is real rock music, and now go listen to some house or hiphop

[SilverTab]

losing my religion is a fucking great song...other than that, I don't really care for r.e.m.

[Scott McD]

Some songs are ok i suppose...

[mardigras]

Originally posted by sarah_webinc
oh, I am a big fan or early B52s when they were much punkier. Private Idaho is my fave of theirs. I just got done listening to Song For A Future Generation. I think I might play it tonight on my 80's show.

LOL, we must have been separated at birth, we like all the same music, movies and TV shows

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by mardigras
LOL, we must have been separated at birth, we like all the same music, movies and TV shows

we are a special class of person alright

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by RRACY
I heard the lead singer is gay?

so?

[Stamen]

Very annoying band

[Loryn]

I liked REM for about a month in highschool, they got old and annoying real fast. The only song I really liked was "Superman"

Never liked the B52's, everytime I heard the song "Love Shack" and my friends would turn up the radio I thought they were all high/drunk and cut me out of the goodies. They played that song so much I still know all the damn words!!

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by Goatse
It's music for 21 year old college girls from the suburbs.

maybe in 1983 but that audience has grown up with the band and the one thing I like most about them is that they change their sound so often. If you just take two (of their many) albums - Monster and Murmur they couldn't be further apart sound wise.

If I am in the mood to rock out I can put Monster on, when I need to be picked up I stick on Automatic For The People and when I just need to hear a super underated album I put on New Adventures in Hifi.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by Loryn-Adult.com
I liked REM for about a month in highschool, they got old and annoying real fast. The only song I really liked was "Superman"

Never liked the B52's, everytime I heard the song "Love Shack" and my friends would turn up the radio I thought they were all high/drunk and cut me out of the goodies. They played that song so much I still know all the damn words!!

Love Shack was majorly overplayed but it also isn't the kind of B52s that we were talking about. See, when they started out they were more of a zany punk act with songs like Rock Lobster. Love Shack and Roam (same album) were like the waterdowned stuff to sell records. In many ways that is the way some R.E.M. fans feel about the Losing My Religion phase. Brilliant song but there is so many people that think that is pretty much the only thing they did. They have something like 15 albums going back to 1982. Good luck finding a new band today that will last that long. Honestly, the type of people that are really into a band like R.E.M. are used to being a dedicated minority and secretly we kind of like it that way.

[mardigras]

Why don't you dance with me
I'm not no Limburger

Hey! Fred, now don't that make you feel a whole lot better now?
Huh?

Say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?

What you say?
I'm just askin'

Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Stop!

[mardigras]

For those who who had never heard of the B52s before Love Shack, that was in 1989. They debuted in 1977.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally posted by mardigras
For those who who had never heard of the B52s before Love Shack, that was in 1989. They debuted in 1977.

I put Future Generations in my playlist for tonight. This is my 'alternative 80's' show...sort of my attempt to educate people that there was more than Wham.

[Firehorse]

I used to enjoy a couple of their songs and then they started to really annoy me, to the point I don't listen to them anymore.

[Firehorse]

Originally posted by mardigras
Yeah, that song grated pretty quickly however, I love Kate Pierson (remember "Candy" she did with Iggy Pop?)

I'm a huge B52s fan, I have dozens of remixes by them in addition to all their studio albums. Saw them in 1980 when they had just come out with their 2nd album, would love to see them again to hear all of their other stuff live. I found out too late about them playing at a nearby casino recently

Speaking of Iggy, now that's a live show

The B52's are awesome I can't help dancing around when we play them!

[Doctor Dre]

I hate pretty much everything that plays on radio ... I dunno what the fuck is rem

[DarkJedi]

Originally posted by Doctor Dre
I hate pretty much everything that plays on radio ... I dunno what the fuck is rem

you dont ?

[Doctor Dre]

Originally posted by DarkJedi
you dont ?

now I know ... 20 days later

[chipmunk]

I saw them a few years ago in Orlando and all I have to say is...

THEY SUCK IN CONCERT!!

"The The" who opened was even better!

--=Chipmunk=--

[Sarah_Jayne]

well i have seen them live four times and they have been better each time so don't know what happened at your show.

To sum up my views: people don't like them I don't care, I do.

[TheEnforcer]

No accounting for people's lack of taste. REM is a damn good band.