Thought on R.E.M.?

Up there with U2 in terms of 80s "college rock"/"first wave alternative" acts that took post-punk and came out with their own distinct and highly influential sound.

>>74349367
EVERYBODY HURTS

Are their lyrics anything other than gibberish?

First albums were good jangle. I dont care about rest of their stuff. Murmur and Fables are my favorites.

meh

>>74349382
That's insulting to REM.
U2's a power pop band.

>>74349897
this

>>74349969
>U2's a power pop band.
the absolute state of /mu/

>>74349367
My favorite band of all time

Murmu and automatic are both 10/10

>>74349382
this, they're basically the american u2 with a less bizarro career arc

>>74349367
Murmur's production is timeless. I can't think of a band that sounded that good in the early 80s.

>>74349367
One of the most important Alternative Rock bands, see the literal first post after yours.

>>74349382
Yes, this anon gets it.

>>74349969
U2, Power Pop?... They're Post-Punk, you fucking dip.

>>74349997
I don't feel bad, it's /mu/ but there are still decent people here, somewhere...

>>74350033
you've never listened to either of these bands, have you? It's okay; you can start today...

>>74350105

OP here, you seem passionate. Your top 3 R.E.M. albums?

>>74350177
Not him but I would rank them

Murmur
Automatic for the People
Lifes Rich Pageant
Reckoning
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Document
Fables of the Reconstruction
Accelerate
Collapse into Now
Green
Monster
Up
Out of Time
Reveal
Around the Sun

>>74350131
put aside your unwarranted condescension and re- read >>74349382, it's not a difficult analogy to grasp

>>74350236
unwarranted condescension? it's /mu/ anon. Also, I apologize for the grain of salt it's worth for sounding condescending, however -- U2 and R.E.M. aren't anywhere near the same. IMO. No offense meant. I listen to both pretty regularly; if anything, R.E.M. is closer to Pearl Jam, not just sound wise, just career wise.

>>74350177
1. Reckoning (the first I fell in love with).
2. Automatic for the People.
3. Collapse into Now.

>>74350226
Nice list, Anon!

Always found them as boring mom rock.
Still do

>>74350236
They might have had a post-punk sound on their first album but all of U2's biggest hits are repetitive, simplistic pop anthems.

>>74349969
No they aren't and try listening to U2 songs besides Beautiful Day and Vertigo before you make your opinion. They were around 25 years before putting that shit out.

>>74350326
>3. Collapse into Now.
Well that's odd

>>74350429
And? REM's biggest hits were mandolin laden rock songs and ballads, not incomprehensibly mumbled jangle pop. Both band's sounds remained uniquely identifiable but changed dramatically as well.

>>74350429
they're anything but simplistic, look up how they make their music, anon -- there is a lot of layers to that stuff; they make it look ridiculously easy. It's kind of annoying how good they are as musicians, and, as song writers.

>>74350177
Not him obviously but mine are
1. Fables of the reconstruction
2. New adventures in hi fi
3. Automatic for the people

>>74350429
No one itt is suggesting U2 and REM sound the same, if that's what you're arguing against.

Orange crush is good

>>74350698

I prefer sunkist,

>>74349367

Reckoning made me get the fuck out of town and move forward. Would not be where I am today if the weren't for 'Don't Go Back To Rockville".

>>74351355
Wendell Gee is a better closer.