HIT OF SHIT #1

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HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby naughty boy » 10 Jan 2018, 23:35

Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby clive gash » 10 Jan 2018, 23:38

Imitation of Life was their last high spot.
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby toomanyhatz » 10 Jan 2018, 23:43

It's a silly lyric, and I certainly take no pleasure in watching him move awkwardly, but (particularly by REM standards) it's very hummable.

I surprise myself by voting 'hit.'
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby Matt Wilson » 10 Jan 2018, 23:44

I couldn't even get through it.
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby naughty boy » 10 Jan 2018, 23:47

kewl klive wrote:Imitation of Life was their last high spot.


I have a soft spot for 'Discoverer', from their last album.

and you know what?





































HERE IT IS! :o

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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby Sneelock » 11 Jan 2018, 00:02

Hmm. At least we are spared the experience of looking at Stipe’s great, quivering, mis-shapen Head!
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby The Modernist » 11 Jan 2018, 00:03

Yeah, it's REM on autopilot, like a chef working with ingredients that have long gone stale.
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby naughty boy » 11 Jan 2018, 00:07

Yeah but you never liked them ANYWAY!
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby fange » 11 Jan 2018, 00:11

It's ok, the chorus in particular. Like an old blanket which still holds some warmth.
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby Dr Markus » 11 Jan 2018, 02:16

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiite.
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby Dayodead » 11 Jan 2018, 02:39

kewl klive wrote:Imitation of Life was their last high spot.


'Accelerate' and 'Collapse into Now' have songs far better than "Imitation of Life" (and "The Great Beyond"...a perfectly passable REM tune)....
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby The Modernist » 11 Jan 2018, 03:54

BCB's Most Tedious Poster wrote:Yeah but you never liked them ANYWAY!


I had three albums of theirs back in the day!
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby Loki » 11 Jan 2018, 08:39

lol hit of shit
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby Ranking Ted » 11 Jan 2018, 08:53

Its alright - clearly not prime REM but decent enough and better than a lot of the bland mulch they produced as a trio (who knew it was Bill Berry that kept it together for them?).

Voted hit as its not shit...
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby Quaco » 11 Jan 2018, 09:07

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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby naughty boy » 11 Jan 2018, 09:15

I liked it then hated it and now I like it again. It's.....sweet

I understand the criticism of the lyrics. Oasis used to always get 'the words are shit', but REM got 'enigmatic'. It's all the same bollocks really.

Surprising, sometimes, how these fellas can hoodwink us.
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby The Red Heifer » 11 Jan 2018, 10:24

Beautiful song, love the absolute shit out of it. Is it nostalgia for being 17 again? Probably contributes to it, but I still belt it out pretty decently when I hear it.
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Re: HIT OF SHIT #1

Postby northernsky » 11 Jan 2018, 12:56

Chorus is good, verse is a bit of a plod, and the two feel somewhat clumsily jammed together.
I feel much the same way about "Man on the Moon" in fact, but I prefer this one.
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