Members musk Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 Just met Peter Buck in a Guitar Center. He showed me the intros to several of their songs, very cool guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnowStorm Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 I'll take a flame suit but I think R.E.M. writes some awesome songs. I really like their music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RupertB Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 I met Buck, Berry, & Mills in 1985 when I worked the local crew on their Fables tour. All three seemed like cool guys. Stipe was a douchebag. Wouldn't talk to anyone before the show, but once he got on-stage he wouldn't shut up about his political views. Their first four albums were excellent. After that, still good but not my cuppa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LithiumZero Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 I'll take a flame suit but I think R.E.M. writes some awesome songs. I really like their music.me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cirrus Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 I met Buck, Berry, & Mills in 1985 when I worked the local crew on their Fables tour. All three seemed like cool guys. Stipe was a douchebag. Wouldn't talk to anyone before the show, but once he got on-stage he wouldn't shut up about his political views.Their first four albums were excellent. After that, still good but not my cuppa. I think Michael was really shy for a long long time. I'm not sure how talkative I'd be before a relatively large gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattACaster Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 I dig REM. They have some great tunes... j7oQEPfe-O8 eB3VTX0pxoE -FjSchBoch0 EJsRRlchFzQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PlayboyChris Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 Just met Peter Buck in a Guitar Center. He showed me the intros to several of their songs, very cool guy. Was he wine drunk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members js90lx Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 Met them all. Berry lives a few miles away from me. Stipe is a douche. My best friends brother use to give him hell. I do like some of the material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BusterBuster Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 me too. +3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 REM rules balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Floortom Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 They had 3 very good albums back in the 80s-early 90s but have done nothing decent since then. Still, they wrote some classic songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newmaxnew Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 I really like the earler records but after Green I sort of lost interest. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members newholland Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 i'd like them much more without michael stipe. like his voice-- but god, does he prattle on. some people's worldviews... just not for me. he's one of them, right alongside morrissey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RupertB Posted September 17, 2009 Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 i'd like them much more without michael stipe. like his voice-- but god, does he prattle on. some people's worldviews... just not for me. he's one of them, right alongside morrissey. I didn't have a problem with his content, some of which I agree with, but with his context. At the Fables appearance in 1985, the crowd started getting restless after about three minutes of his political musings. Stipe got pissed and said something to the effect of "I guess you don't care about that stuff, you just want to rock out." *crowd goes wild* He mumbled through two more songs and that was it. Shorted what was supposed to be a 90 minute set, no encore. This was a small-town audience that got one, maybe two decent rock concerts a year. Nobody, not even the most politically active people there were interested in a political speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members musk Posted September 17, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 17, 2009 Was he wine drunk? Nope, looked clean and sober. I saw them on the Document tour way back, awesome show. Always loved his tone, his phrasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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