Comments on: R.E.M. Tour W/The National & Modest Mouse http://www.sonicitchmusic.com/2008/01/rem-tour-wthe-national-modest-mouse/ Scratching your musical itch Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: mike http://www.sonicitchmusic.com/2008/01/rem-tour-wthe-national-modest-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-865 mike Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:52:04 +0000 http://www.sonicitchmusic.com/?p=1558#comment-865 sorry for the spelling mistakes, I'm typing fast and working on other stuff...and there's no EDIT button. sorry for the spelling mistakes, I’m typing fast and working on other stuff…and there’s no EDIT button.

]]> By: mike http://www.sonicitchmusic.com/2008/01/rem-tour-wthe-national-modest-mouse/comment-page-1/#comment-864 mike Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:51:12 +0000 http://www.sonicitchmusic.com/?p=1558#comment-864 To those who express their feelings that R.E.M. sucks, I say "Get your ears out of your arse". Comparing their more recent albums to their early ones? Makes no sense. As a band, they have grown musically and shrunk member-wise (R.I.P.), they have "grown Up" in the faces of people who would rather just hang on to the old days and keep that connection. Albums like Automatic and Monnter have some amazing songs on them, with much more developed structures than that of,say, Orange Crush. Also, they're lyrics have become more pointed and I dig Stipe's voice adjustments. Overall, it breaks down like this: R.E.M. is one of the greatest and most influential bands in music. They've bridged gaps between genres, they've created their own, and through it all, they have tattooed their name and sound right on the face of music. To those who express their feelings that R.E.M. sucks, I say “Get your ears out of your arse”. Comparing their more recent albums to their early ones? Makes no sense. As a band, they have grown musically and shrunk member-wise (R.I.P.), they have “grown Up” in the faces of people who would rather just hang on to the old days and keep that connection.

Albums like Automatic and Monnter have some amazing songs on them, with much more developed structures than that of,say, Orange Crush. Also, they’re lyrics have become more pointed and I dig Stipe’s voice adjustments.

Overall, it breaks down like this:

R.E.M. is one of the greatest and most influential bands in music. They’ve bridged gaps between genres, they’ve created their own, and through it all, they have tattooed their name and sound right on the face of music.

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