love it...

 

 romeotuma wrote:  

So I see now you're repeating your previous comments in addition to the ever-inspiring "This is so good for the ears" line.  Plus, you don't even have the right Rockville.  Geez man. 

Even at their poppiest, early R.E.M. is one of the few bands that can credibly follow the Beatles!

This song is very groovy...  love it...

 

The Performer by $Waveswinger
©2008-2010 $Waveswinger

One of the best stage presences in the history of rock and roll... in my humble opinion.

Okay, so I might be a bit biased.

Michael Stipe and Peter Buck- R.E.M.
Sasquatch Festival 2008
The Gorge, WA

TEN!

 Bosami wrote: 

I agree...

Simply. Awesome.

That's right! Simply. Awesome.

 Tosko wrote: 
I lived on the outskirts of Rockville in Silver Spring for seven years. Not going back any time soon . . .

 romeotuma wrote: 

I am actually moving 120 miles due east of Rockville and yes, this is a great song, probably one of my top 5 favs from REM!

I used to live in Rockville (MD).  No, I haven't been back.

Great song...  love it...  Rockville is about 80 miles south of Athens, in the middle of nowhere...  don't go back to Rockville...  stay in Athens, like R.E.M. did...

 treatment_bound wrote: 

That's one of the great things about this song— it is universal...

 romeotuma wrote: 
It's in Maryland...

"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville" was the second and final single released by R.E.M. from their second studio album Reckoning. The song failed to chart on either the Billboard Hot 100 or the UK Singles Charts.

The song was written by Mike Mills as a plea to his then girlfriend, Ingrid Schorr, not to return to Rockville, Maryland,^<1> where her parents lived.^<2> Schorr, who later became a journalist, has written about her amusement with the factual inaccuracies that often appear in books about the band^<2> about her involvement with the song. Peter Buck has stated that the song was originally performed in a punk/thrash style, and that it was recorded for this single in its now more-familiar country-inspired arrangement as a joke aimed at R.E.M. manager Bertis Downs.^<3>

Over time, Mike Mills has taken lead vocals instead of Michael Stipe. On R.E.M.'s appearance on VH1 Storytellers in 1998, Mills performed the song solo on piano. A live version of the song was released as the B-side to "Leaving New York" in 2004 and on R.E.M. Live in 2007.

I absolutely LOVE REM - especially the period from ~1985 (starting with Fables of the Reconstruction) to 1988 (Green) and, to a lesser extent, up through 1991 (Out of Time). I also liked "Reckoning" from which 'Rockville' comes but personally favored other songs ('Pretty Persuasion' and 'Time After Time' come to mind first) over 'Rockville'. Having said that, I don't think my opinion matters much to anyone  but me. "Rockville" is still a timeless song that evokes the era extremely well to a whole lot of people more than the songs I like better do, I suspect. For those with a taste for a bit more Southern Gothic, I suggest "Driver 8" or "Auctioneer" from 'Fables' or, even better, "Oddfellows Local 151" from "Document".

 romeotuma wrote: 

still a great song...

 veegez wrote: 
Yeah, it sure sucks getting old, but this song is still awesome.

profound...  love it...

 Rick_V wrote: 
Yes, this is Americana writ large.

This is truely a great REM song!!!
Thanks for playing it...

love it...

This is the R.E.M. I miss. Please come back....

25 years old as of this month.  (I think)  Wow.

love it...

Rockville is about 80 miles south of Athens... in the middle of nowhere...  don't go back to Rockville...  this is a great song...

Classic American music by R.E.M.

love it...

Don't go back to Knoxville...