Bands you used to like...stopped listening to, but might consider again?

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 6:42am
Pixies are a band that I'll listen to obsessively for a couple weeks, then nothing for years. No idea why.
I hate the Pixies and my first show with that band I was in was a Pixies tribute night. I should have seen the writing on the wall.
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Heston wrote:
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The Scorpions
if they only had more songs like this...

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05 Jun 2020, 12:46pm
Of their 21st c records, the only REM song that I can say that I like is "Imitation of Life." Cool, trippy video, too.
That, Nightswimming and Orange Crush are my favourites of REM.

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REM never grabbed me too much. The latter stuff was particularly uninspiring.

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Kory wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 12:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 6:42am
Pixies are a band that I'll listen to obsessively for a couple weeks, then nothing for years. No idea why.
I hate the Pixies and my first show with that band I was in was a Pixies tribute night. I should have seen the writing on the wall.
I think this is the first major musical division between us. I don't know whether to sleep on the couch or arrange for couple's therapy.
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BitterTom wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 1:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 12:46pm
Of their 21st c records, the only REM song that I can say that I like is "Imitation of Life." Cool, trippy video, too.
That, Nightswimming and Orange Crush are my favourites of REM.
All solid picks. I think their greatest achievement is "It's the End of the World …," but "Harborcoat" is my favourite.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 2:19pm
BitterTom wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 1:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 12:46pm
Of their 21st c records, the only REM song that I can say that I like is "Imitation of Life." Cool, trippy video, too.
That, Nightswimming and Orange Crush are my favourites of REM.
All solid picks. I think their greatest achievement is "It's the End of the World …," but "Harborcoat" is my favourite.
Near Wild Heaven an addition to mine. Haven't heard Harborcoat, will listen in a bit.

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BitterTom wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 2:34pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 2:19pm
BitterTom wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 1:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 12:46pm
Of their 21st c records, the only REM song that I can say that I like is "Imitation of Life." Cool, trippy video, too.
That, Nightswimming and Orange Crush are my favourites of REM.
All solid picks. I think their greatest achievement is "It's the End of the World …," but "Harborcoat" is my favourite.
Near Wild Heaven an addition to mine. Haven't heard Harborcoat, will listen in a bit.
Here's my unasked for REM top 5. I'm gonna put them on now before Top of the Pops 89 starts.

Near Wild Heaven
Talk About the Passion
You Are the Everything
Get Up
Radio Free Europe
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 2:17pm
Kory wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 12:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 6:42am
Pixies are a band that I'll listen to obsessively for a couple weeks, then nothing for years. No idea why.
I hate the Pixies and my first show with that band I was in was a Pixies tribute night. I should have seen the writing on the wall.
I think this is the first major musical division between us. I don't know whether to sleep on the couch or arrange for couple's therapy.
I'll take the couch, it's better for my back.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 6:42am
Pixies are a band that I'll listen to obsessively for a couple weeks, then nothing for years. No idea why.
Pixies are a band I don’t think about for months or years then obsessively listen to as I ask myself “why don’t I listen to them more?”
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Heston wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 2:44pm
BitterTom wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 2:34pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 2:19pm
BitterTom wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 1:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 12:46pm
Of their 21st c records, the only REM song that I can say that I like is "Imitation of Life." Cool, trippy video, too.
That, Nightswimming and Orange Crush are my favourites of REM.
All solid picks. I think their greatest achievement is "It's the End of the World …," but "Harborcoat" is my favourite.
Near Wild Heaven an addition to mine. Haven't heard Harborcoat, will listen in a bit.
Here's my unasked for REM top 5. I'm gonna put them on now before Top of the Pops 89 starts.

Near Wild Heaven
Talk About the Passion
You Are the Everything
Get Up
Radio Free Europe
This is an interesting list that...I don’t necessarily agree with, but I can respect.

EDIT: my left field favorite REM song is “Feeling Gravity’s Pull.” Fables of the Reconstruction isn’t as immediately accessibke as some of their albums, but the older I get the more it becomes my favorite.
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Kory wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 2:48pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 2:17pm
Kory wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 12:57pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 6:42am
Pixies are a band that I'll listen to obsessively for a couple weeks, then nothing for years. No idea why.
I hate the Pixies and my first show with that band I was in was a Pixies tribute night. I should have seen the writing on the wall.
I think this is the first major musical division between us. I don't know whether to sleep on the couch or arrange for couple's therapy.
I'll take the couch, it's better for my back.
Fine. I'll see you in the morning.
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Wolter wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 3:01pm
EDIT: my left field favorite REM song is “Feeling Gravity’s Pull.” Fables of the Reconstruction isn’t as immediately accessibke as some of their albums, but the older I get the more it becomes my favorite.
Definitely my favourite album of theirs. A very Southern gothic record in mood. It just oozes kudzu, Spanish moss, and abandoned plantations.
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Wolter wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 3:00pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 6:42am
Pixies are a band that I'll listen to obsessively for a couple weeks, then nothing for years. No idea why.
Pixies are a band I don’t think about for months or years then obsessively listen to as I ask myself “why don’t I listen to them more?”
Debaser is perfect. Never given much else a proper go, will have to add them to the listening list now.

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Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 2:19pm
BitterTom wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 1:54pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
05 Jun 2020, 12:46pm
Of their 21st c records, the only REM song that I can say that I like is "Imitation of Life." Cool, trippy video, too.
That, Nightswimming and Orange Crush are my favourites of REM.
All solid picks. I think their greatest achievement is "It's the End of the World …," but "Harborcoat" is my favourite.
Agreed

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