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Sat Nov-15-08 09:53 PM
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| 40. Life and How To Live It or |
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Feeling Gravity's Pull
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Drive
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Country Feedback
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Nightswimming
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Ebow the letter
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pretty much all of Murmur, most of Reckoning through Life's Rich Pageant, and one or two (or none) off of everything else after Document.
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| -Best R.E.M. song ever? |
oktoberain |
Nov-15-08 01:52 PM |
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What's the one about Andy Kaufman? |
Gidney N Cloyd |
Nov-15-08 02:00 PM |
#1 |
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"Man on the Moon" |
oktoberain |
Nov-15-08 02:01 PM |
#2 |
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That's the one I would voted for. |
peruban |
Nov-21-08 08:26 PM |
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That's my favorite, too. |
sfexpat2000 |
Nov-15-08 02:57 PM |
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not going to pick a best per se, but "Gardening at Night" n/t |
akwapez |
Nov-15-08 02:08 PM |
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love that song and it was a really interesting sound for them |
CreekDog |
Nov-15-08 02:09 PM |
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This is like asking which food is best, Thai, Indian or Mexican |
CreekDog |
Nov-15-08 02:08 PM |
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after their earliest stuff, I like Document and Green the best |
tigereye |
Nov-15-08 04:16 PM |
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I am partial to "crush with eyeliner" |
jonnyblitz |
Nov-15-08 02:11 PM |
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I love that one too |
Redbear |
Nov-15-08 04:39 PM |
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oh that one is good! i never heard it before |
jonnyblitz |
Nov-15-08 06:21 PM |
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I voted for "Driver 8" but I love "Crush" too. |
Oregonian |
Nov-15-08 07:55 PM |
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I like that one too, Which Album is that song from? |
sarcasmo |
Nov-15-08 08:20 PM |
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Monster. |
jonnyblitz |
Nov-15-08 08:34 PM |
#38 |
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Thanks. |
sarcasmo |
Nov-15-08 08:35 PM |
#39 |
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South Central Rain |
Sebastian Doyle |
Nov-15-08 02:19 PM |
#7 |
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Hyena, Wind Out, Hibtone version of Radio Free Europe, 9-9 |
jpak |
Nov-15-08 02:22 PM |
#8 |
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From that time frame, I like "Wolves, Lower" |
BlueDogDemocratNH |
Nov-15-08 05:13 PM |
#21 |
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Green Grow The Rushes |
BlueDogDemocratNH |
Nov-15-08 02:54 PM |
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Fables has a neat quality... |
tigereye |
Nov-15-08 04:16 PM |
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No love for "King of the Road"? |
BlueDogDemocratNH |
Nov-15-08 05:12 PM |
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When they played it in Germany in '85, Stipe sang: |
Oregonian |
Nov-18-08 04:52 PM |
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As someone more than partial to Fables, I must say Good Advices is my fave |
catzies |
Nov-15-08 05:44 PM |
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That is a really beautiful song. I have always been partial to Fables too |
underpants |
Nov-16-08 08:45 AM |
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There's so many but "Night swimming" is also great. |
sfexpat2000 |
Nov-15-08 02:58 PM |
#11 |
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Feathers touch the ground before the weight can leave the air |
SalmonChantedEvening |
Nov-15-08 03:13 PM |
#12 |
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Voice Of Harold |
Tom Kitten |
Nov-15-08 03:34 PM |
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I like that one too |
arcadian |
Nov-15-08 06:25 PM |
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Every track on "Automatic for the People" is freakin' incredible, |
Gentle Giant |
Nov-15-08 04:11 PM |
#14 |
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Gardening at Night, then Don't Go Back to Rockville, then 7 Chinese Brothers |
tigereye |
Nov-15-08 04:15 PM |
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Their cover of the Telivision song See No Evil |
taterguy |
Nov-15-08 04:59 PM |
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Too bad that rem never had a guitarplayer fit to carry Verlaine or Lloyd's stash |
mitchum |
Nov-21-08 09:12 PM |
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Don't Fear The Reaper |
mitchum |
Nov-21-08 09:24 PM |
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Since nobody's mentioned "Pop Song 89" I will. |
flvegan |
Nov-15-08 05:18 PM |
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AKA "Hello I Love You"? |
nomorenomore08 |
Nov-16-08 04:01 AM |
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Imitation of life has the coolest video |
JVS |
Nov-15-08 05:20 PM |
#23 |
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Don't Go Back to Rockville |
Richardo |
Nov-15-08 05:39 PM |
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well TEOTWAWKI |
Tuesday Afternoon |
Nov-15-08 05:42 PM |
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These Days |
Jean Louise Finch |
Nov-15-08 05:45 PM |
#27 |
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Radio Free Europe & Talk About The Passion |
Left Is Write |
Nov-15-08 06:18 PM |
#28 |
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Pretty Persuasion. |
Texasgal |
Nov-15-08 07:27 PM |
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LOVE that one. The guitar riff towards the end is SUPERB. |
Oregonian |
Nov-15-08 07:55 PM |
#34 |
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## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
DU GrovelBot |
Nov-15-08 07:55 PM |
#33 |
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I love their old stuff, |
Lincolngirl |
Nov-15-08 08:01 PM |
#35 |
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driver 8 |
ulysses |
Nov-15-08 08:07 PM |
#36 |
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Life and How To Live It or |
Heddi |
Nov-15-08 09:53 PM |
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Shiny Happy People |
HypnoToad |
Nov-15-08 10:20 PM |
#41 |
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Bad Toad. No fly for you. |
BlueDogDemocratNH |
Nov-16-08 10:37 AM |
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The song isn't THAT bad. |
HypnoToad |
Nov-16-08 10:58 AM |
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Since nobody has yet mentioned Wendell Gee |
fishwax |
Nov-15-08 10:46 PM |
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So many great songs. Man On The Moon has always been a fave |
mvd |
Nov-15-08 10:47 PM |
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Wow ... Look at this video for "Drive." I've never seen it. Amazing. |
Oregonian |
Nov-15-08 10:55 PM |
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Thanks for this post, by the way |
Tom Kitten |
Nov-15-08 11:14 PM |
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Thanks for the perspective on REM. What a great bunch of music. |
Peake |
Nov-15-08 11:44 PM |
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Voted for DRIVER 8, but mad props for END OF THE WORLD as well |
derby378 |
Nov-15-08 11:49 PM |
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Nearly anything on "Reckoning"....... |
CrownPrinceBandar |
Nov-16-08 12:24 AM |
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I'll have to go album-by-album: |
nomorenomore08 |
Nov-16-08 04:07 AM |
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"Country Feedback" |
Adenoid_Hynkel |
Nov-16-08 04:16 AM |
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Another vote for Country Feedback (it's also Stipe's favorite rem song) |
mitchum |
Nov-21-08 09:08 PM |
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"Stand" |
nuxvomica |
Nov-16-08 07:39 AM |
#52 |
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Day in, day out, "Cuyahoga." But I think I'll throw a vote to "It's the End of the World |
undisclosedlocation |
Nov-16-08 08:20 AM |
#53 |
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Flowers of Guatamala, Green Grow, Wendell G, Driver 8 (of course), etc. |
underpants |
Nov-16-08 08:47 AM |
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(Don't Go Back to) Rockville |
gmoney |
Nov-16-08 09:43 AM |
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I Believe |
peekaloo |
Nov-16-08 09:54 AM |
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ooh, I love that one, too. "I believe... my throat hurts" near the end. |
electron_blue |
Nov-16-08 10:57 AM |
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Perfect Circle |
electron_blue |
Nov-16-08 10:36 AM |
#58 |
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"Driver8" for your list |
enigmatic |
Nov-16-08 12:04 PM |
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Other: Night Swimming |
redqueen |
Nov-18-08 04:56 PM |
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Thought I'd be the first one to suggest that, and ended up |
bullwinkle428 |
Nov-18-08 10:55 PM |
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Cuyahoga, and Fall on Me |
abq e streeter |
Nov-18-08 06:52 PM |
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Thanks for putting Driver 8 in there. |
rucky |
Nov-18-08 06:56 PM |
#66 |
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So. Central Rain, by a mile. |
Withywindle |
Nov-18-08 10:31 PM |
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None-they all suck. |
eauclaireliberal |
Nov-18-08 11:06 PM |
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I know YOU DO....but what about REM songs? |
Marthanna |
Nov-21-08 08:20 PM |
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"Don't Go Back to Rockville" |
Kire |
Nov-21-08 08:27 PM |
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I Am, I Am Superman |
MPK |
Nov-21-08 08:28 PM |
#73 |
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South Central Rain |
snailly |
Nov-21-08 09:24 PM |
#76 |
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Finest Worksong |
WakeMeUp |
Nov-21-08 10:05 PM |
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My first favorite and still favorite Fall On Me |
Swede |
Nov-21-08 10:24 PM |
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I did not see "All of Them" on the list |
Generic Brad |
Nov-21-08 10:27 PM |
#80 |