BCB 100 - REM
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BCB 100 - REM
I'm frankly baffled that Document isn't routinely considered not only their finest but one of the five or ten best albums of the 80s. There's not a bad track on it, and several phenomenal ones. It manages to have a great deal of variety and remain sonically of a piece. It's one of those straddling transitional albums that I love (their Rubber Soul). Great great great great great.
My favorite song is from the following album, though. "Hairshirt" is one of the best songs about love I've ever heard, and it manages to avoid almost any cliched expression of the subject. The central metaphor is beautiful and, as far as I know, completely original. A stunning work, with pre-"Losing My Religion" mandolins and Stipe delivering his most transcendent, unfettered vocal.
Favorite Album - Document
Favorites Song - "Hairshirt"
My favorite song is from the following album, though. "Hairshirt" is one of the best songs about love I've ever heard, and it manages to avoid almost any cliched expression of the subject. The central metaphor is beautiful and, as far as I know, completely original. A stunning work, with pre-"Losing My Religion" mandolins and Stipe delivering his most transcendent, unfettered vocal.
Favorite Album - Document
Favorites Song - "Hairshirt"
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I can see why people don't care for REM, because they are, at times, turgid. But when they get it right...... crikey, they can fly.
Album: In my all-time Top 10, so no surprises - Document
Song: Could choose a long, long list here, but the atmosphere on Oddfellows Local 151 gets me every time.
Album: In my all-time Top 10, so no surprises - Document
Song: Could choose a long, long list here, but the atmosphere on Oddfellows Local 151 gets me every time.
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funky_nomad wrote:I can see why people don't care for REM, because they are, at times, turgid. But when they get it right...... crikey, they can fly.
Album: In my all-time Top 10, so no surprises - Document
Song: Could choose a long, long list here, but the atmosphere on Oddfellows Local 151 gets me every time.
Funny that I would say Oddfellows is amongst their most turgid, but there you go.
I can't believe Document is getting all this praise either - a workmanlike effort with a couple of highlights in my book.
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I can just about handle you driving like a pissed up crackhead and treating women like beanbags but I'm gonna say this once and once only Gene, stay out of Camberwick Green!
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