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Old 01-27-2023, 10:09 AM   #61 (permalink)
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It's a pleasure to read such a robust condemnation of R.E.M.

I have been curious, disappointed and puzzled by this group. Why are they so highly thought of? There's a clip on youtube with a guy explaining for 18 mins why Losing My Religion is a "song that changed music". I couldn't find anything in the song to justify that claim at all. To me it was just a ho-hum song, conventional structure and instrumentation, with (yet again) a young man over-sharing some angst I'm not interested in.
I've always liked REM a lot, especially their 80s stuff. Early on, they had more of a punky Velvet Underground influence. The lyrics were abstract and mumbly. The songs were usually upbeat yet somehow also bittersweet. To me it really works, especially as late night music. Here's an example, the song "Wolves, Lower" from their first release, the Chronic Town EP:
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