romeotuma wrote: 
Hopefully no one jumped off the balcony?
(And yes, this song blows big time.)

 romeotuma wrote: 
Sorry RT. Doesn't look like another album is gonna happen.
This song hurts my ears. Keep Dancin !!

Everybody just ran out of my hotel room screaming and waving their arms over their heads... oh, the horror of this song...

 

yeah this is a 9.992 at best....  :p

 Krispian wrote: 

I agree also.  And what's up with the 10's?  I guess I could be wrong, but a 10?

 sirdroseph wrote: 
Agreed. The song sucks.

 Dave_Mack wrote: 

I hate to see REM in decline like this......because I've always been such a huge fan. But their Muses have gone away.

Not good.  Chorus is particularly terrible.

 TerryS wrote: 
No. I have a funny way of judging songs. I listen to them and if I like them, I say I like them and if I think it sucks, I say it sucks. This is not rocket science people, I think this song sucks.

Would we like this better if it was by some group called Pete and the Blowtorches?

 tutakea wrote: 
They've survived, evolved, and prospered. Yeah, they hit a period where they weren't at the top of the heap and had some backlash (U2's POP era by comparison, anyone?). Some fans, and mainstream non-fans, never get over it.

 olivertwist wrote: 
You say that like it's a bad thing.  Actually, that is rather perfunctory-looking cover art, but I guess there's some concept behind it.

again: what the f*** have they done to receive such hatred?

This doesn't suck as much as REM songs have in recent years..

 Cynaera wrote: 


This is so bad I am embarrassed for the band...  maybe they will come to their senses on their next album...



 

 le_colonel wrote:
I agree! It's not as bad as the naysayers would have us believe. 

 tfine wrote: 

Well, they certainly haven't aged well on that album cover. What horrible artwork. The distorted image makes all of them look like horror movie zombies!

 romeotuma wrote: 
 I really, really hate "Mine Smell Like Honey" - so, I'm agreeing with romeotuma.  This is not the R.E.M. I know and love.  Evolution is great, but when a group evolves to the point where it's reinventing fire, it's time to move aside and let other bands claim the mountain.  *sigh*  Off to listen to "Reckoning" again...

Sigh.  They have not aged well.

 That_SOB wrote: 


As a fan of R.E.M.'s forever, I am not happy that I have to disagree with you...  this is no fun at all...  but their new album sux...  in fact, it is the perfect example of self-indulgence and egomania from a band well past its prime...  here is a review that exemplifies my own attitude about the new album...  again, I wish I agreed with you, and I have immense respect for your open-minded statement—

To paraphrase from R.E.M.'s catalog, new lead track "Discoverer" seems "Out of Time" and out of step with what the rest of the music world is doing in 2010... I guess I gave them a little too much leeway and tolerated how the band transformed from jangly, Byrdsian folk rockers into Michael Stipe's ever evolving showcase of meaningless non sequiturs and Peter Buck's pseudo experimentalism.

 

 romeotuma wrote: 

RT this new album is getting great reviews and acclaim. Granted music is a personal thing (to your ears) but give it a few more spins round the old turntable and you may find you grew Happy Ears...  You know what they say about Rome, ok,  so I don't either,  but sometimes familiarity breeds Happy Ears ...keep the faith as REM has kicked ass for many years now.   

 romeotuma wrote: 

Ok, REM hangers on who still claim they are great, here is the absolute proof they are not, when they lose RT, they have truly lost it!

Excellent! We are mostly all on the same page! This blows chunks just like REM has for nigh on 20 years ago.....and they used to be so great.

Shouty and grating. R.E.M. are too old for this noisy nonsense. I am looking for some age-worn wisdom from Stipe et al these days, not middle-aged angry racket. I can do that part myself.

 Randomax wrote: 

No, their first five albums didn't sound like this at all.

it´s amazing how much really really stupid remarks are gathering here. of course, nobody NEEDS to like R.E.M., and nobody says you have to like this SONG.
but it sounds as if a lot of people think it´s just hip or cool to bash them. that´s ridiculous.
for me, the song sounds really okay at first hearing. i´m not yet sure if it is a masterpiece, but this will take some time, as with al good music: it does not give itself away at the first glance

I cant believe how bad this track is.  WTF happened to this band?