some bands id like to namecheck....one of them is R.E.M. - Page 2

atari 2600 · 08.03.2008, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by batreleaser

check your facts homes. stipe is an avowed liberal

democrat, a homosexual, and a supporter of barack obama. so im calling bullshit.

(a)Stipe is a lengendary songwriter and performer.
(b)evollove is someone whose reading comprehension seems "challenged" at best

I'm fairly certain that Michael is referring to certain Georgia native types that are conservative Republicans.

And...ah...evollove, I'm not referring to black persons when I write "native types."

As far as the topic, R.E.M. are crazy great. As I am oft haha wont to remind. Or at least they used to be on top. Yo, catalyst here...

Silent Dan Speaks · 08.03.2008, 08:29 PM

I recently started getting into them. I'd always liked their songs I'd heard on the radio and such, and now I'm starting to realize how really great they are.

pbradley · 08.03.2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

(a)Stipe is a lengendary songwriter and performer.
(b)evollove is someone whose reading comprehension seems "challenged" at best

I'm fairly certain that Michael is referring to certain Georgia native types that are conservative Republicans.

And...ah...evollove, I'm not referring to black persons when I write "native types."

As far as the topic, R.E.M. are crazy great. As I am oft haha wont to remind. Or at least they used to be on top. Yo, catalyst here...

Evollove was being sarcastic.

atari 2600 · 08.03.2008, 11:00 PM

oops "legendary"...typo

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Originally Posted by pbradley

Evollove was being sarcastic.

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Originally Posted by evollove

I've had trouble listening to them since Michael Stipe's racist rant.

I forget what magazine it was in, but the interviewer asked if there was anything he disliked about the south. Stipe talked about an "unwanted element." The interviewer pushed him to be more specific, and Stipe said, "Let's just say that I'm proud that R.E.M. shows are the one place in the south where you won't find any black people."

^not sarcastic

i'll add that evollove doesn't have a past history of being a flamer...
they are actually pretty cool, but simply misremembered something they weren't reading all that closely...i was probably a bit harsh before...

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Originally Posted by evollove

Shit. I meant David Duke. Sorry.

^sarcastic saving of face after being exposed as being most likely incorrect

but go ahead and invent your own reality, pbradley, and continue to ignore the obvious...

And it's not that I'm "taking everything too seriously"...
it's merely that I'm less of a fool, that's all.

Essentially, this board is worse than just about ever. For instance, we have members who are plainly trolls making threads like "sonic youth sucks." And they not only don't get banned, but instead are rewarded by bored half-wits with ample reviews and replies.

Just hope I never completely buy into a "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" agenda of my own.

But, hey, let's get on with the accolades for R.E.M.'s early work and forget the sandbox, shall we?

acousticrock87 · 08.03.2008, 11:25 PM

Well it could have been sarcasm; if it was, it was just a bit dumb and irrelevant.

atari 2600 · 08.03.2008, 11:30 PM

Yes "could've been," but, I'm sorry *raspberry* it was not sarcasm.
Read a little of evollove's posting history if you have no memory of who they are and what they are about in general.

Hey, R.E.M.'s early greatness means something to me.

And in this crazy, fucked-up world, excuse me, but Sonic Youth means something to me.
If they don't to you, then take a hike.

SonicBebs · 08.04.2008, 03:21 AM

I haven't given the new album much of a chance but i love them still. Seeing them in a few weeks. Everytime i see them they are stunning, even the shit songs rock it

pbradley · 08.04.2008, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

but go ahead and invent your own reality, pbradley, and continue to ignore the obvious...

Ha ha, what? Are you serious? Have you read his post history?

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Originally Posted by evollove

I can't believe the amount of bigotry here. Look, people are different and we all need to respect those differences or the world will collapse under our collective ignorance and hatred. The only problem I have with Scientologists is that many of them tend to be nigger lovers.

^ How is that not ironic humor? This is just another case of the same. Now I'm wondering if you're being sarcastic as the humor is pretty obvious.

pbradley · 08.04.2008, 03:50 AM

Anyways on the love for REM, I have a poster of them in Berlin for their Green World Tour in my room. One of my favorite albums of theirs.

evollove · 08.04.2008, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

(b)evollove is someone whose reading comprehension seems "challenged" at best

Okay dimwit, I'll drop the sarcasm.

For about 25 years, Michael Stipe has spoken out on a variety of issues which can best be described as "leftist." Even people who have little knowledge of REM are aware of this. Further, he has appeared on albums made by black people, and black people have appeared on R.E.M. tunes (actually, I can only think of one right now, but still). Thus, for Michael to make some pseudo-KKK statement is so incongruous as to be ironic, and possibly even funny.

The fact that I even have to explain this is very sad indeed.

leakyheadboy · 08.04.2008, 08:30 AM

How sad? Sadder than a kitten with no legs and inside out eyes?? Sadder than the day Opal Fruits died and became the evil Starburst??? Sadder when circus elephants get fed up wit their mistreatment and run riot only to get shot into submission by shotgun toting clowns and contortionists???? How sad? You must specify! You must draw a graph:

^This is a graph^

What have you learned?

Rob Instigator · 08.04.2008, 09:34 AM

even wghen I was a hardcore metalhead I had a soft spot for REM. Murmur, chronic town (I got it on vinyl!) , Fables, Reckoning, Lifes Rich Pageant, document, Green

fuck,

most bands wish they had that many fucking fabulous records....

atari 2600 · 08.04.2008, 12:59 PM

horrendous manipulation

✌➬ · 08.04.2008, 02:06 PM

I love this band. Where is Krastian to reply to this thread?

08.04.2008, 06:35 PM

I used to like them a lot, and I still do like songs like ''Pretty Persuasion'' and most of ''Reckoning''. To be honest I don't really care about the fact that they turned shit a number of years ago, since I sensed they would have by the time they had exploded to an extent that I couldn't get away from their music, which in turns started to sound faulty as a pure coincidence. I rarely have the time or the memory to put a record of theirs on these days, yet when I do it's good times. Michael Stipe does annoy me a great deal, though.

Rob Instigator · 08.04.2008, 07:39 PM

pretty persuasion is my fave rem song

Derek · 08.05.2008, 04:55 AM

I like REM for a few songs, can't really listen to their albums though.

krastian · 08.05.2008, 09:51 AM

Craaaaazy, craaaaazy worlllld, craaaazy, craaaazy tiiiiiimes...........

atari 2600 · 08.05.2008, 09:58 AM

Hang up your chairs to better sweep
Clear the floor to dance
Throw the walls into the fireplace

pbradley · 08.05.2008, 10:05 AM

Sometimes I wish I was born a decade earlier and got Dead Letter Office when it came out. It is true.

08.03.2008, 08:29 PM	#22
Silent Dan Speaks the destroyed room Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 603	I recently started getting into them. I'd always liked their songs I'd heard on the radio and such, and now I'm starting to realize how really great they are.
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08.03.2008, 11:25 PM	#25
acousticrock87 invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,515	Well it could have been sarcasm; if it was, it was just a bit dumb and irrelevant.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Yes "could've been," but, I'm sorry raspberry it was not sarcasm. Read a little of evollove's posting history if you have no memory of who they are and what they are about in general. Hey, R.E.M.'s early greatness means something to me. And in this crazy, fucked-up world, excuse me, but Sonic Youth means something to me. If they don't to you, then take a hike.
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08.04.2008, 03:21 AM	#27
SonicBebs expwy. to yr skull Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,680	I haven't given the new album much of a chance but i love them still. Seeing them in a few weeks. Everytime i see them they are stunning, even the shit songs rock it
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08.04.2008, 03:50 AM	#29
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Anyways on the love for REM, I have a poster of them in Berlin for their Green World Tour in my room. One of my favorite albums of theirs.
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08.04.2008, 08:30 AM	#31
leakyheadboy bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: new cross Posts: 174	How sad? Sadder than a kitten with no legs and inside out eyes?? Sadder than the day Opal Fruits died and became the evil Starburst??? Sadder when circus elephants get fed up wit their mistreatment and run riot only to get shot into submission by shotgun toting clowns and contortionists???? How sad? You must specify! You must draw a graph: ^This is a graph^ What have you learned? __________________
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	even wghen I was a hardcore metalhead I had a soft spot for REM. Murmur, chronic town (I got it on vinyl!) , Fables, Reckoning, Lifes Rich Pageant, document, Green fuck, most bands wish they had that many fucking fabulous records.... __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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08.04.2008, 12:59 PM	#33
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	horrendous manipulation
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08.04.2008, 02:06 PM	#34
✌➬ invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ιλ Posts: 5,754	I love this band. Where is Krastian to reply to this thread? __________________ We Kill Homosexuals!!!
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08.04.2008, 06:35 PM	#35
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	I used to like them a lot, and I still do like songs like ''Pretty Persuasion'' and most of ''Reckoning''. To be honest I don't really care about the fact that they turned shit a number of years ago, since I sensed they would have by the time they had exploded to an extent that I couldn't get away from their music, which in turns started to sound faulty as a pure coincidence. I rarely have the time or the memory to put a record of theirs on these days, yet when I do it's good times. Michael Stipe does annoy me a great deal, though.
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08.04.2008, 07:39 PM	#36
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	pretty persuasion is my fave rem song __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I like REM for a few songs, can't really listen to their albums though.
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krastian invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 7,808	Craaaaazy, craaaaazy worlllld, craaaazy, craaaazy tiiiiiimes........... __________________ Confusion is next and next after that is the Truth.
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08.05.2008, 09:58 AM	#39
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Hang up your chairs to better sweep Clear the floor to dance Throw the walls into the fireplace
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08.05.2008, 10:05 AM	#40
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	Sometimes I wish I was born a decade earlier and got Dead Letter Office when it came out. It is true.
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