romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Nov 10, 2009 - 19:22 | |
treatment_bound wrote:
It's in Maryland...
That's one of the great things about this song— it is universal... |
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Oct 27, 2009 - 09:53 | |
romeotuma wrote:
Rockville is about 80 miles south of Athens... in the middle of nowhere... don't go back to Rockville... this is a great song...
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.
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paulmack
(the hissing swamps) | | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 07:28 | |
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".
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 07:17 | |
romeotuma wrote:
Rockville is about 80 miles south of Athens... in the middle of nowhere... don't go back to Rockville... this is a great song...
still a great song... |
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2009 - 13:38 | |
veegez wrote:25 years old as of this month. (I think) Wow.
Yeah, it sure sucks getting old, but this song is still awesome. |
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Oct 10, 2009 - 07:16 | |
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peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2009 - 18:44 | |
Rick_V wrote:Classic American music by R.E.M.
 Yes, this is Americana writ large. |
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df1489
(Lake Palestine, Tyler Tx) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2009 - 18:40 | |
This is truely a great REM song!!!
Thanks for playing it...
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2009 - 18:38 | |
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shawshank
(Maryland) | | Posted: Aug 24, 2009 - 05:34 | |
This is the R.E.M. I miss. Please come back....  |
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veegez
(Minnesoter) | | Posted: Jul 23, 2009 - 16:03 | |
25 years old as of this month. (I think) Wow.
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jul 23, 2009 - 15:26 | |
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2009 - 14:07 | |
Rockville is about 80 miles south of Athens... in the middle of nowhere... don't go back to Rockville... this is a great song...
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Rick_V
(New Orleans) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2009 - 14:05 | |
Classic American music by R.E.M.
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jun 21, 2009 - 20:44 | |
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OCDHG
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Don't go back to Knoxville...  |
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 18:52 | |
This song is soooo good for the ears...
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Apr 19, 2009 - 11:03 | |
ceviche wrote:Great band, great tune.
Yes, this really is a fantastic song... |
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ceviche
(Lima, Peru) | | Posted: Apr 19, 2009 - 11:01 | |
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marcel
(some 10.000 km east of paradise) | | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 12:52 | |
TanteJensen wrote:
the other are busy tapping their toes.
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Apr 03, 2009 - 12:49 | |
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romeotuma
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Feb 15, 2009 - 09:39 | |
This is a great song... even better if you know where Rockville is...
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veegez
(Minnesoter) | | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 14:04 | |
bokey wrote:Yeah, really.Like they have 2 good songs.  Oooooh, sorry. The correct answer is Which group has like 200 really good songs? That puts you back to zero. |
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rdo
(Washington, DC) | | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 11:10 | |
bokey wrote:Yeah, really.Like they have 2 good songs.  |
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bokey
(Up on the tightwire.One sides ice and one is fire.) | | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 10:39 | |
rdo wrote:
thems fighten words
Yeah, really.Like they have 2 good songs. |
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rdo
(Washington, DC) | | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 10:35 | |
Atlantis wrote:1 of only 2 REM songs I can actualy tolerate.
thems fighten words |
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monikra
(Czech Republic) | | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 10:34 | |
toterola wrote:Mike Mills' best song. What a gem! Great song, great album, great band.  I can only agree :-) |
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toterola
(Further) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2009 - 16:49 | |
Mike Mills' best song. What a gem! Great song, great album, great band. |
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driver8
(right on target) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 13:25 | |
ick wrote:Now I just need to hear "Driver 8" off of Fables of the Reconstruction. Two of the best REM songs IMO. This was/still is a great album.
i love em all! (can ya tell?) |
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 12:59 | |
Atlantis wrote:1 of only 2 REM songs I can actualy tolerate.
HAIL Atlantis! (pardon my Donovan)... We know from your comments that it isn't Hollow Man or Everybody Hurts, but just what is your other "tolerable" REM song? |
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