R.E.M.'s Monster was a great album

Yes, I agree. You have a very good taste in music.

Rem sucks. Listen to real bands such as journey rush or Styx. All of those bands are way better than rem. Its the end of rem as we know it and I feel fine

I'm with you - I always associate Monster (1994) with U2's Achtung Baby (1991)

(and weirdly, John Hiatt's Perfectly Good Guitar (1993))

as part of a wicked guitar revival in the early 90s - after all the electronics and keyboards of the 80s, those records felt like rock was rock again.

If you don't know it, check out the Hiatt record -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfej4kzNjf8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im-ssehAPgQ

obvously more country than U2 or REM, but that guitar...

Guitar Goddessss wrote:

Not their best, obviously, but it has aged well in my opinion.

I am not a huge REM fan, but have listened to them a little more this year as a result of their break up (and two trips to Athens for work).

Just about everything after Monster can't really compete with their earlier stuff.

Any REM fans agree with me?

I agree. That one was good--a return to form. Never loved Automatic for the People, and I thought Out of Time was awful.

Reckoning.

I think of the albums sort of in the same general period as "Monster" that "How The West Was Won" is actually better

The fact that "Crush with Eyeliner" was written about Courtney Love ruined the album a little bit for me

Yanqui wrote:

I think of the albums sort of in the same general period as "Monster" that "How The West Was Won" is actually better

Think you mean "New Adventures in Hi-Fi".

Patrick Henry - did you spend some grade school years in NJ? Were you the one that got me addicted to rem?

I could have started this thread back in 2011. I don't think I did, but this is totally something I would have typed.

Great album from a band I like but never really "got into" during their heyday.

My favorite R.E.M. album is Green:

Stand

Orange Crush

Pop Song 89

My favorite song is Country Feedback though

REM is great. I wonder if the kids these days have an appreciation for how good of a band they were.

Stipes lyrics are dreadfully prentious gibberish.

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Stipes lyrics are dreadfully prentious gibberish.

If you're going to attempt to use big words, please make sure to spell them correctly as well as also make sure to punctuate the sentence correctly.....

Stipe's lyrics are dreadfully pretentious gibberish.

I just need some carbs man.

Michael Snipe wrote:

My favorite R.E.M. album is Green:

Stand

Orange Crush

Pop Song 89

My favorite song is Country Feedback though

Funny that Michael hates playing country feedback though.

I love country feedback as well

Monster is a a very good album.

Peter Buck lives in Portland, but I have never seen him or I would ask if he could play some mandolin for me :)

Asu guy wrote:

Michael Snipe wrote:

My favorite R.E.M. album is Green:

Stand

Orange Crush

Pop Song 89

My favorite song is Country Feedback though

Funny that Michael hates playing country feedback though.

I love country feedback as well

Monster is a a very good album.

Peter Buck lives in Portland, but I have never seen him or I would ask if he could play some mandolin for me :)

When did he move to Maine ? I'm there quite often .