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Artist:R.E.M. [ more ]
Song:Strange Currencies
Album:Monster [ info ]
Released:1994
Last Played:Apr 30, 2013 - 15:45
Avg. Rating:7.1  (Total Ratings: 768)
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1 votes: 26 (3.4%)2 votes: 18 (2.3%)3 votes: 27 (3.5%)4 votes: 23 (3%)5 votes: 33 (4.3%)6 votes: 57 (7.4%)7 votes: 194 (25%)8 votes: 239 (31%)9 votes: 107 (14%)10 votes: 44 (5.7%)
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 18:36 


Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
oldviolin
(Esse Quam Videri)
Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 17:21 

I sat at an outdoor patio table in some cool little place near the Perimeter in Atlanta, eating a bread bowl that had been baked in a flower pot. This record was just released and playing on the house sound. I was 38 years old. Atlanta was older and wiser...Sherman was long gone...
dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 09:39 

 terrapin52 wrote:
I stopped listening to anything REM did after Document.  It just kept getting worse.
 

Yeah, me too, sort of. Document, Automatic for the People—somewhere in there. They totally lost me with Monster and whatever came afterward. This song doesn't suck. Maybe I should revisit the album.
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 19:26 

 sronis wrote:

I agree with the tuma - perfect, perfect song. truly a sing-along piece.

 
Thanks!  Hope you are having a great time right this minute...

love this song...

 
daedalus
(Over your hill)
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 01:39 

Dreadfully predictable dirge...
bokey
(Left of Centerfield)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 14:13 

 terrapin52 wrote:
I stopped listening to anything REM did after Document.  It just kept getting worse.
 
Not possible.{#No}
terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 14:11 

I stopped listening to anything REM did after Document.  It just kept getting worse.
sronis
Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 00:58 

I agree with the tuma - perfect, perfect song. truly a sing-along piece.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 14:06 

 jimmpypowder wrote:

You'll dance to anything.
 
Ohhhh noooo...  not anything... but I will dance to this...

 
jimmpypowder
Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 14:05 

 romeotuma wrote:


I'll dance to this...

 
 
You'll dance to anything.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 14:03 



I'll dance to this...

 
horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 20:53 

 schrodingersdog wrote:

I think you're right about playing the strings above the nut. That's exactly what it sounds like.

 

Steven Wilson does this on the intro to Halo. Never knew it until I saw them live and it was quite distinct. Love that sound. Will have to listen to this song more closely to hear that!
d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 15:16 

great song
zincalloy
(Templepatrick, Northern Ireland)
Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 13:24 

A gorgeous vocal from Michael Stipe - love this song.  In my top 10 of  REM songs
sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 12:16 

 Welly wrote:
LOVE REM. I balance the universe out {#Arrowd}
 

I love REM too, from1979-1991 and occasional tunes here and there after that. They used to be quite wonderful, now they just annoy.
drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 14:12 

Sounds pretty and warm, like a sunny autumn afternoon spent strolling through the woods and watching leaves in all shades come floating by in the soft light. Album cover looks Halloweeny, so festive choice

fast_eddie
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 14:03 

Have not hear this in ten years or more I bet.  Its good for the ears today
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 25, 2010 - 21:46 



This song is actually quite profound lyrically...  and the music be soooo good...


rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jul 10, 2010 - 10:07 

 romeotuma wrote:


This song is good  bad for the ears...
 


Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 11:09 

 gandalfbmg wrote:
If you don't like Monster, I'm not sure if we can be friends any more...
 
No worries here, my friend. Love it. (You were talking to me right?) {#Cool}

schrodingersdog
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 11:06 

 greyfin10 wrote:
What's the weird chiming sound in the middle of the song (that I've never heard before, even though I've been hearing this song for years)?  Kalimba or someone playing the strings on an electric guitar above the nut?  Sorta weird and distracting, maybe I've just never listened to it under headphones... 
 
I think you're right about playing the strings above the nut. That's exactly what it sounds like.

gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 11:05 

If you don't like Monster, I'm not sure if we can be friends any more...
nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 11:05 

 romeotuma wrote:


still a great song...
 
Will always bee.
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 20, 2010 - 20:57 



still a great song...

gjr
(boston, ma)
Posted: Mar 20, 2010 - 20:57 

this band is just annoying.  80's - early 90's college radio tripe
window
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 12:07 

 greyfin10 wrote:
What's the weird chiming sound in the middle of the song (that I've never heard before, even though I've been hearing this song for years)?  Kalimba or someone playing the strings on an electric guitar above the nut?  Sorta weird and distracting, maybe I've just never listened to it under headphones... 
 
My guess would be that it's Peter Buck guitar played with an e-bow.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 12:06 

is this one of the munchkins from The Wizard of OZ singing?
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 12:06 

 Bosami wrote:
Brilliant.
 

Yes, it really is...  love it...



peacockangel
Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 06:46 

has always struck a chord ~ now it means more to me than it ever did
Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 06:41 

Brilliant.
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