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R.E.M. — I Remember California
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ProjectGemini07
(SC)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 21:13
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:
Wolverines?  Not sure he's thinking of the same California I'm thinking of.

 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/david-messa-hiker-photo-wolverine-california_n_1577807.html



LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 21:09
 
The signature darkish weirdness of R.E.M. 

I like!

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 14, 2013 - 21:08
 

marvelous...  love this song...
 

ScottN
(Condo in Gaza needs remodeling. Still, I Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Apr 28, 2013 - 15:19
 
 evansdad wrote:
This song is dreary.

Even if it is the point of the song, it is still a "lesser effort" by a great band.



Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Apr 13, 2013 - 14:34
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 13:41
 
 evansdad wrote:
This song is dreary.
 
That just might be the point.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 11:37
 
 Cynaera wrote:
 romeotuma wrote:
Fortunately, the song "I Remember California" is a fantastic classic, from a seminal album...
I still have hope that maybe R.E.M. will put out another great album again...  we shall see...

Sad news, my friend - R.E.M. have disbanded. I read it a few days ago. A moment of silence, as we pay our last respects to one of the most amazing bands in the past four decades... {#Cheers}
 
Miss you so much, Cynaera...

 

mdnlsn
Posted: Dec 24, 2012 - 11:32
 
This is the kind of deep cut that I love to hear. Anyone can safely play Stand or Orange Crush, so props to you for digging deeper. 

coccyx
Posted: Nov 07, 2012 - 17:20
 
dark stoner music isn't exactly spring in step-putting for me...

(former member) wrote:


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter evening...

 
 



dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 06:11
 
I remember 1988. Like it was 24 years ago. (Really? Damn.)

GalileoCoffeeCo
Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 18:56
 
This was my first rem cd, still keep it in my box of rotation CDs. Thanks

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 20:00
 
 cohifi wrote:

That is a LOT of green!    Certainly not the most popular tune, but the guys do seem to all be on the same page on this!
 
This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this spring evening...  and it is from a GREAT album...

hope you are having fun right this minute!

 

xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone)
Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 23:11
 
 window wrote:
This album often gets crapped-on, but I think it holds up pretty well these many decades later.  Great band interplay, Stipes continues on a lyrical winning-streak, varying moods and textures.  Even this song, my least favorite on Green, is pretty strong.
Then again, that may just be the nostalgia talking. 
 
Not nostalgia at all.  This is a great album, period. 

 

Tippster
(Washington, DC)
Posted: May 26, 2012 - 11:46
 
 window wrote:
Even this song, my least favorite on Green, is pretty strong.
  Really?  You prefer "Pop Song 89" to this?  {#Eek}



evansdad
(CT)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 07:30
 
This song is dreary.

window
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 07:29
 
This album often gets crapped-on, but I think it holds up pretty well these many decades later.  Great band interplay, Stipes continues on a lyrical winning-streak, varying moods and textures.  Even this song, my least favorite on Green, is pretty strong.
Then again, that may just be the nostalgia talking. 

jmsmy
(Music Town, Klein, Texas)
Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 16:01
 
It's amazing what you can learn on RP

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 22:06
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter evening...

 
 
That is a LOT of green!    Certainly not the most popular tune, but the guys do seem to all be on the same page on this!

fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 22:01
 
not a big REM fan but I love the drums in this song
 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 22:00
 


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter evening...

 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 - 11:08
 
 Cynaera wrote:
 romeotuma wrote:
Fortunately, the song "I Remember California" is a fantastic classic, from a seminal album...
I still have hope that maybe R.E.M. will put out another great album again...  we shall see...

Sad news, my friend - R.E.M. have disbanded. I read it a few days ago. A moment of silence, as we pay our last respects to one of the most amazing bands in the past four decades... {#Cheers}
 

I hear you...  hope you are having a nice day...  love this song...

 

olivertwist
(Atlanta GA)
Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 14:28
 
One of those RP sets that flows beautifully — from Morphine to Low (had never heard them before now) to Neil Young and now REM. Good stuff!

Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 11:19
 
 romeotuma wrote:
Fortunately, the song "I Remember California" is a fantastic classic, from a seminal album...
I still have hope that maybe R.E.M. will put out another great album again...  we shall see...

Sad news, my friend - R.E.M. have disbanded. I read it a few days ago. A moment of silence, as we pay our last respects to one of the most amazing bands in the past four decades... {#Cheers}

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Sep 23, 2011 - 11:00
 
I remember the Beach Boys.

Sigh.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 22, 2011 - 17:14
 


We be dancing...  love it...



 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 06, 2011 - 22:00
 
 Shimmer wrote:

If even romeotuma doesn't like an R.E.M. song, you can be certain it's no good.
 


Fortunately, the song "I Remember California" is a fantastic classic, from a seminal album...

I still have hope that maybe R.E.M. will put out another great album again...  we shall see...

 

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: May 04, 2011 - 16:45
 
Melody
Hooks
Interesting
Not excessively noisy

If only REM could create music like this in their recent albums, sigh... 

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: May 04, 2011 - 16:43
 
 Shimmer wrote:

If even romeotuma doesn't like an R.E.M. song, you can be certain it's no good.
 
Even if he DOES like it as well!

Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 21:09
 
 romeotuma wrote:


What a relief to hear such a great classic by R.E.M., compared to that horrific new song by them called Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I that we heard earlier...

this California song that I remember is a classic from a great album...  love it...

 

 
If even romeotuma doesn't like an R.E.M. song, you can be certain it's no good.


Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 21:08
 
 coy wrote:

isn't it true that all disappointment has it's roots in expectation ??
just a thought that occurs to me when i read all the criticism of songs i like on rp
which almost all
maybe i have no discrimination
would you be happy if you had no past ??
another zen question

 
It works the other way around too, you know. There are many great songs I would never have heard if I had no previous expectations.

I mean, when Abbey Road came out in 1969, do you think it was silly of people to expect a great album? They were not disappointed.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 18, 2011 - 21:06
 


What a relief to hear such a great classic by R.E.M., compared to that horrific new song by them called Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I that we heard earlier...

this California song that I remember is a classic from a great album...  love it...

 


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Mar 18, 2011 - 09:15
 
I actually really like this album, but not this song.{#No}

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Jan 14, 2011 - 18:22
 
 Shimmer wrote:

"It's own weight" means the music is ponderous and the lyrics are pretentious. As a result, the song is heavy, but not meaty. Still, I do enjoy it enough to listen all the way through.

As for "Green" as a whole, it was the first R.E.M. record for which my initial "WTF?" was never fully replaced with "OMG!" It does have some great songs, though: Get Up, You Are The Everything, Stand are all top-notch and Turn You Inside Out is good rock. Most of the other songs are better left forgotten. I've never fully recovered from the disappointment of seeing the words to the god-awful World Leader Pretend printed on the sleeve like poetry.
 
isn't it true that all disappointment has it's roots in expectation ??
just a thought that occurs to me when i read all the criticism of songs i like on rp
which almost all
maybe i have no discrimination
would you be happy if you had no past ??
another zen question


Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 13:38
 
 paulmack wrote:

What do you mean 'it's own weight'? But you may just be amply illustrating my comment below about lots of people not being too thrilled with 'Green'. Personally, I date the career slide as foreshadowed in 'Out of Time' and 'Automatic for the People' (even though I love about half of the songs on each) and really showing by 'Monster' and 'New Adventures in Hi-fi'.

 
"It's own weight" means the music is ponderous and the lyrics are pretentious. As a result, the song is heavy, but not meaty. Still, I do enjoy it enough to listen all the way through.

As for "Green" as a whole, it was the first R.E.M. record for which my initial "WTF?" was never fully replaced with "OMG!" It does have some great songs, though: Get Up, You Are The Everything, Stand are all top-notch and Turn You Inside Out is good rock. Most of the other songs are better left forgotten. I've never fully recovered from the disappointment of seeing the words to the god-awful World Leader Pretend printed on the sleeve like poetry.



paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 13:28
 
 Shimmer wrote:

It wasn't born real well either. The release of Shiny Happy People as a single was definitely a low point in the R.E.M. saga.

As for the song we're actually listening to, I categorize it as a guilty pleasure - I enjoy listening to it, even though it can't really bear it's own weight.

 
What do you mean 'it's own weight'? But you may just be amply illustrating my comment below about lots of people not being too thrilled with 'Green'. Personally, I date the career slide as foreshadowed in 'Out of Time' and 'Automatic for the People' (even though I love about half of the songs on each) and really showing by 'Monster' and 'New Adventures in Hi-fi'.


paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 13:25
 
Surprises me that this song comes out an overall 6.7. But then, I've sometimes gotten the sense that many saw both 'Document' and 'Green' as some kind of sellout on REM's part. Never got that sense myself - quite the opposite, in fact. Both seem to me the ideal combinations of instrumentation and production to go along with Stype's off-kilter Southern Gothic lyrics. And 'Green', in my opinion, just flat out rocks - which is what I've always been a sucker for. Big guitar, exploding drums, and bent images.

Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 13:22
 
 treatment_bound wrote:

I actually heard "Shiny Happy People" (which thankfully hasn't made it to RP's playlist) on the way to work today.

I'm going to go gently, and just say it hasn't "aged" real well, but I'd love to read your thoughts on it...
 
It wasn't born real well either. The release of Shiny Happy People as a single was definitely a low point in the R.E.M. saga.

As for the song we're actually listening to, I categorize it as a guilty pleasure - I enjoy listening to it, even though it can't really bear it's own weight.


fingerpin
(oHIo)
Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 14:08
 
"Motor boys and girls with teeyannns" {#Headache}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 21:00
 


great song...  love it...

 

t00lur
Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 02:31
 
a tolerabale R.E.M song

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 11:53
 
 Jelani wrote:
plodding whiney tripe.
 
I actually heard "Shiny Happy People" (which thankfully hasn't made it to RP's playlist) on the way to work today.

I'm going to go gently, and just say it hasn't "aged" real well, but I'd love to read your thoughts on it...



Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Jul 08, 2010 - 05:09
 
plodding whiney tripe.

calypsus_1
Posted: May 06, 2010 - 18:45
 

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jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: May 05, 2010 - 15:42
 
 crockydile wrote:
Why did I rate this a 1? It's not that bad...{#Think}
 
Yes, it is.

crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 11:26
 
Why did I rate this a 1? It's not that bad...{#Think}

Dave_Mack
(Five bus, Jive bus!)
Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 11:24
 
Wolverines?  Not sure he's thinking of the same California I'm thinking of.

ezzyme
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Mar 18, 2010 - 21:16
 
Good to hear this song again!
 

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 15:11
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:

Of course it's my opinion partner, I never said I was the official judge of anything, I was just disagreeing with that other hombre. (who was expressing his opinion too) I could've rounded up some other folks who agree with this old cow poke but who has time for that? Now I'm going to saddle up Trigger and we can both head off in search of some little doggies, and a couple of cowgirls too...YeeHaw! Let's ride!

 
Awww, Prairie sheeiiitt!  and I was hopin' we could sit round the campfire an' bake up some beans an have a real blast!  Well, I guess I'll just go mend my chaps, then!

This song has great lyrics BTW.



LongGoneDaddy
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 08:16
 
"I will sink with California when it falls into the sea"...
(youth brigade)


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 08:14
 


This song is cool...  love it...