Ah no Farmer. So Central Rain is pure Paisley Underground.
They left some great bands behind them in that scene, Jason and the Scorchers, Green on Red, thin White Rope and the Dream Syndicate to name just a few. Oh and the Long Ryders c[quote=āfarmerinthecity, post: 624125ā]
There was evidence of that on prior albums as well. So Central Rain for instance from Reckoning or Shaking Through from Murmur could have indicated stadium rock.
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Saw them headline Slane when Oasis were supporting and they were superb. One of the few bands truly capable of playing massive arenas.
Having said that, no-one should mourn their passing, thereās enough ego-driven angsty rock being delivered now to more than make up for them.
Out Of Time was fucking dorky.
I hope you didnāt pick up this story from Twitter Farmer.
I will refuse to believe it until Henry Martin confirms it with his sources.
This thread is really flushing out the creepsā¦
Document would be my favourite REM album. Sorry to see them go, but they seem to realise it wasnāt working well. An excellent band who never actually seemed to take themselves to seriously (Stipe is actually quite a funny fucker). Pretty impressive body of work they leave behind. Thanks for the memories and the music boys.
(Canāt believe no one has said this) Its the end of the world as we know it.
Letās hope Bono can make some more money this year and heāll have enough to fuck off permanently.
Never realised the extent of their Irish connections:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0922/1224304521561.html
+1
If ever there was a band for self involved pricks it would be REM
No surprise to see SS** is a fan
REM.
Wouldnāt be in my top 3 favourite bands but nonetheless they would leave a heavy musical footprint on most folk of my age.
My first memory of REM is shopping with my mother for my confirmation outfit in some shop in Galway and āLosing My Religionā was playing on the radio. (circa April 1990). I was confused about the whole meaning of the chorus, how much I liked the song and did it have any consequences on this whole confirmation lark that was happening.
Different times!
Iām just popping out of my little box to sayā¦
Shiny happy people.
Iām really looking forward to the Reunion tour.
Not my favourite band but nonetheless had some decent tunes all the same
First heard them when a very lad when living in Seattle around 88-89. Think āStandā was the song that I first heard. My Dad actually introduced me to it and he has no interest or taste in ārock/pop musicā as heād call it. Next recollection of them is of the concert in the RDS that summer. We were home and there were people going around with REM headbands on.
Saw them in the Olympia a few years back on that rehersals set of gigs they did. Was an odd experience. Stipe spent most of the time sitting on a stool reading/singing the lyrics off an I-Mac
Iāve always been a fan but itās only more recently that Iāve really gotten into their pre-Out of Time tracks.
This is one of my favourites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7QExu9Tk-4
Never got to see them live but they are one of the few to last through the last 20 years, along with U2 and Bruce.
Theyāve never been great on re-inventing themselves since the early 2000s though.
what album is dont go back to rockville on- some great songs from them back then
This was how it all should have ended, couldnt have gotten a better ending line
reckoning mate. great tune.