supersoul

@grantnicholas, you've thrown out quite a few clichés, let’s take a look at them 1) you bring up some "whores," which is disrespectful to think that we can only comment 2) REM today, I tell you that they bury even more than three-quarters of the mediocre acts out there 3) the great REM are those up to Document and Monster; everything after that is already too late, so... 4) the songs you've mentioned are great national-popular anthems and fade in comparison to the gems of the first 5-6 albums; do I need to name a few or can you handle it yourself? 5) anyone who has come across the REM discography already complete, listening to a few albums here and there, has great difficulties, in my opinion, in understanding that journey I was talking about. That said, no one denies that REM influenced a lot of people just as they were influenced by many previous artists, already with the EP "Chronic Town," where "Carnival of Sort" even makes me think of the early Police!

I agree with the others, this wasn't a punk group in the true sense of the word; they were very refined. After all, the drummer came from the legendary blues-rockers Spooky Tooth... Anyway, "Another girl..." can be found in every punk compilation of the time, and it would be a shame if they removed it.

oh my god... saying much better diminishes the value and importance, for me also emotional, of Entertainment, and if you have one you must necessarily have the other. these are records to give to the new Anticommunist user who reviewed REM...

It would have been great if it had been material included in some collector's box set and not as a special release. Anyway, Don, you say that Young never authorized the CD reissue, and so what was released by Capitol in 1999 does not have his approval?

I partly agree with NIBIIO because until Document they were a beautiful and strange/alienating reality (see also the parallel project without Stipe with Warren Zevon in the Hindu Love Gods), but then they heard the sweet tinkling of coins and here comes the profession, which isn’t bad in itself, but becomes annoying when it’s used to line the pockets by catering to the tastes of the general public. And this is a feeling very present in those who have followed them step by step from the beginning, like yours truly, a supersoul anti-anti, without any discoveries mid-course.

message for Mr. anticommunist in the review of Pearls Before Swine ...

Mr. Anticommunist, while reviewing the REM album, scolds the critics and the public for underestimating "New Adventures in Hi-Fi," concluding with "... they don't know what they're missing." Well, Mr. Anticommunist, I would like to tell you that if you've never heard this album and the subsequent anti-militaristic "Balaklava," it is you who has missed out on something, and the irony is that you don't even know it. Tom Rapp stands between Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake.

Thank you for your usual appreciation, guys. It's true, you're right, maybe the album isn't worth a 4 but it's not even a 3. However, the freaky enthusiasm of the review is genuine; to unleash it, just listen to "Fuzz factory," "Harold Pink Room," or "Nehru jacket" along with a few other mentioned tracks. Today, just like back then, unlike so much grunge.

I saw him live a few summers ago and he was amazing, with a lot of skill. The album was a hit for many, but of course, it’s neither a masterpiece nor a milestone. David Sancious from the Boss's E Street Band played the keyboards. One curiosity: is the suffix 88 your birth date? Did your grandfather wear out the CD like that before putting it in the attic?

At the same time as The Third Mother, a good film by Swedish director Roy Andersson was released, titled "You, the living." Review this instead of continuing to bore us with this crap...