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saltwatercb — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:19:58 -0000

Mad love for Rene and Angela, who turned out terrific R&B throughout the 80s. I will add that they were never romantically linked, and certainly not married, contrary to what Steed wrote.

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Chris X — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:15:04 -0000

indeed! Vinyl too. In fact, I get more records these days than CDs.

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Frank — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:59:49 -0000

Okay, fair enough then. :) And I like that you still have a cassette collection. ;)

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Chris X — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:55:26 -0000

well, to be fair, it's technically her computer, so I don't really have much ground to stand on there, haha. And considering the gigs and gigs of ridiculous stuff I have downloaded on there, the removal of one band is a fair trade.

(I have plenty of their albums on my desktop PC, don't worry, and also my cassette collection - this is one group I can feel comfortable saying "cassette collection" on and not getting weird looks, haha)

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Frank — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:15:12 -0000

I'm glad to hear it. No needs to be removing music from your iTunes! That would be grounds for divorce if that happened to me. :)

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Chris X — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:06:16 -0000

haha, she has her endearing qualities, I assure you. And DW is right, tidiness is one of them.

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steed — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:07 -0000

I pick friends that have very different tastes in music - therefore I can get a ton of stuff when I need it. It works well.

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Frank — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:38:40 -0000

LOL - touche!

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DwDunphy — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:39 -0000

She's tidy, apparently.

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Frank — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:52:40 -0000

Well, this is clearly a lot of love for the Replacements and REM in the room this week! I went to grad school in Athens, GA back in the early 1990s and had the pleasure of seeing each member of REM out in a bar or restaurant in town during my two years. Peter Buck's wife used to (perhaps still does) own the 40 Watt Club in downtown Athens, and Monday night was the sort of low-down gay night at the club. Michael Stipe came in several times with a group of the mangiest people I've ever seen. I would have run the other way if someone hadn't recognized him! That said, I LOVE the REM albums from the that period. "Automatic For The People" (from the sign in front of Weaver D's Fine Foods in Athens) is lush and gorgeous. It takes me back...

REO became a rock band for women during their big success so it doesn't surprise me that you don't like them. :) I liked the uptempo songs, like "I Do' Wanna Know".

And picking on poor Helen Reddy... shameful. She's really out of place in an '80s discussion. She's one of the first singers I remember listening to (yes, no rock influences in my house during my childhood!) and I have very fond memories of all of her hits. Some of her stuff is classic '70s fluff, but "Angie Baby" is still pretty moody and mysterious. Helen's voice was always a bit cold to me, and it works perfectly in a song like "Angie Baby". She was quite vocal about how the record company forced her to record a bunch of songs that she hated during the second half of the seventies.

I also lived in New Orleans during the Red Rockers' brief reign. LOVE "China"! Such an atmospheric record and you'd never guess that they were from the Big Easy.

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Frank — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:41:46 -0000

and you like this woman - why? :)

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Frank — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:36:05 -0000

How is it that you can lay your hands on three albums like this in such short time? I'm starting to believe that you have a music genie that you use. :)

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Hooks and Harmony — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:15:02 -0000

Accelerate was definitely a step in the right direction, and there are several songs that remind me of Document-era R.E.M. But about halfway through it gets a little boring again.

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Annie Zaleski — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:34:33 -0000

i've never heard that Max Martin co-wrote "Stand"...source? i've never read that in any REM history book... curious.

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Annie Zaleski — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:31:13 -0000

oh, and this article about the 'Mats recording in Memphis with Jim Dickinson is a must-read:

http://arisurdoval.wordpres...

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Annie Zaleski — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:27:29 -0000

The Replacements: Yes, start with Let it Be. Peter Buck's playing guitar on "I Will Dare," which is one of the greatest opening songs of an '80s album. That album -- the longing and angst and confusion and joy and adolescent insanity within it, is totally unparalleled. Plus, a KISS cover! And an anachronistic song about always reaching a crush's answering machine. A must-have '80s LP.

Before that, though, Hootenanny -- or the record where Let It Be's seeds were awkwardly sown. But there are gems: "Color Me Impressed" and "Take Me to the Hospital" are fantastic.

The post-Be years -- including Tim, Pleased to Meet Me and Don't Tell a Soul -- are hit or miss, with Tim and Me being mostly hits. Tim is a must-own, really. Soul, however, is vastly underrated; "We'll Inherit the Earth" is a monster, overproduced, shoulda-been-a-hit. Seriously, nobody likes that record, but I'll defend it to the death.

The 'Mats were big on alt-radio, but nowhere else, which is criminal, judging from how many catchy, accessible tunes they had. Seriously, the greatest hits CD rhino put out in '07 or so is great.

I'm done. I love the 'Mats.

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Annie Zaleski — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:20:29 -0000

that's one of R.E.M.'s best covers/b-sides ever, by far. just gorgeous.

i also dig Monster. they did "let me in" quasi-acoustic on the '08 tour, and it was fantastic.

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Annie Zaleski — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:18:52 -0000

i actually like Around the Sun, too. "Electron Blue" is a great song. so is "Aftermath" and the title track. I also love Up and will defend it to my dying day as a brilliant record.

and I'm not just saying this because I have a missouri license plate that's DRVER8. true story.

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Elaine — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:52:08 -0000

'It's time for me to finally dump your sorry ass and not look back' as a tween prom theme? that ain't right.

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Elaine — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:40:57 -0000

All of the Mats advice is great, and really, you can't go wrong, but I invite you to give special attention to "Valentine." It's one of my favorite songs by anybody. Tonight makes love to all your kind, tomorrow's pickin valentines. poetry.

You know Jerry Reed's theme from Smokey & the Bandit? It isn't a half-bad song on its own. The banjo & guitar is pretty kickass. I don't know what he played on the track. The vocals are perfect for the song. Honestly I've seen worse acting, too, now that I think about it. He was kind of a jack of all trades.

I don't mind "Time for me to Fly." It has a good acoustic guitar throughout and it makes me nostalgic for 7th grade.

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steed — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:49:59 -0000

Well okay then. Overwhelming response tells me I should listen to this - maybe after the replacements records...

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wags — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:02:51 -0000

I'm going to join in the chorus of voices that tells you to give Accelerate a chance. Great R.E.M. album. But I kinda liked "Up" too...

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dikinko — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:48:24 -0000

The caveat, "Here’s another artist you clearly are going to school me on, and I’m going to let you", gives you at least some credibility in that you indicate that you know that there's something that you've been missing. So, now I would recommend that you listen to what the many comments below are suggesting. The two songs that I haven't seen mentioned yet are the relatively early "Color Me Impressed" and later, "Never Mind", please be sure to check them out along with the dozens already noted.

"Monster" was a great album.

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Russ — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:35:53 -0000

Peter Buck said the same thing in interviews. Something along the lines of 2-2 votes don't alienate anyone and 3-1 votes are easier to stomach for the loser, but 2-1 votes create animosity.

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kingofgrief — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:20:56 -0000

You know the live rendition of "Wichita Lineman" on the "Bittersweet Me" CD single? Recorded September 15, 1995 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, Texas...that's me in the audience!