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R.E.M. — These Days
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msturgis
Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 16:36
 
Love me some old REM

coachc
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 09:17
 
It's been a while since I've heard this. Still sounds great.

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 09:17
 
WHIP IT! This song had emotional resonance for me back in college, and it still gets it done for me.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Oct 23, 2012 - 08:33
 
YEAH!  This was INCREDIBLE then, and can still bring the inspiration now!  We could use more of that precious stuff These Days...

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 19:58
 
 romeotuma wrote:


love it!  let's party!

 
 
Word! 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 10:11
 


love it!  let's party!

 

NeuroGeek
(Just Way Out There)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 15:13
 

Gotta love the Pageant.  Bring on Superman!  That's an automatic 10.  {#Dancingbanana}



AliGator
(The Bluegrass)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 21:30
 
Old School REM. LOVE! 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 21:29
 


GREAT song!

 

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 05:40
 
Yeah baby!  BRING IT....!!!

iTuner
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 11:00
 
One of the few REM songs that IMHO is actually good and has stood the test of time.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 11:00
 


marvelous...  love it...

 

Dave_Mack
(Ball of Confusion)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 16:44
 
 ick wrote:
I don't think they've ever reached this level of energy again.  Unfortunate.
 
Who can? It's quite a feat. I dig this song a lot; my band used to play it. I don't think we knew half of the right words in the chorus.



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 16:43
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

jeffhtuner
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 16:42
 
YAY!  Great REM song.   

leechi
Posted: Nov 10, 2011 - 04:40
 
REM and Moby should get awards for the most boring music {#Puke}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 16:00
 

I still love this song "These Days", just like I did in those old days...  sigh...

 

ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 11:38
 
 goatshow wrote:

Feeling fortunate that they shared this level of energy with us.  Who could sustain that?
 

 
Indeed.  Who could?  I certainly haven't and this song kind of relates to precisely that.


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 11:37
 
 treatment_bound wrote:


 
Yea, I actually think side 2 may just be better.{#Yes}


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 11:36
 


Oh, yes...  what a classic from a great album...  we be dancing...  love it...

 

goatshow
(Along the shores of the Columbia)
Posted: Jun 05, 2011 - 20:27
 
 ick wrote:
I don't think they've ever reached this level of energy again.  Unfortunate.
 
Feeling fortunate that they shared this level of energy with us.  Who could sustain that?
 


WayUpNorth
Posted: May 05, 2011 - 06:23
 
Wow, I needed that this morning!  Better than a double espresso! {#Dancingbanana_2}

ick
(Earth)
Posted: May 05, 2011 - 06:23
 
It's my understanding that they'll be releasing a re-mastered version of this record with un-released demos etc. for the 25th anniversary of its original release.

http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/05/03/rem-lifes-rich-pageant-reissue-25th-anniversary-2/



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 05, 2011 - 06:20
 


We be dancing...  love it...

 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 30, 2011 - 19:48
 


This song rocks...  love it...

the title of the album is not supposed to have an apostrophe in it...

the R.E.M. boyz deliberately left apostrophes out of all sorts of songs and albums... it is supposed to be Lifes Rich Pageant...  it was their fourth album...

I remember These Days like it was yesterday...



kingfish2004
(That GREAT country of Texas!)
Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 12:16
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:
This is Radio North Korea....we surrender to your rock a{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}nd roll giants! Yeh! {#Drummer} {#Guitarist} {#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano} Now dance peepers! {#Dancingbanana_2} {#Bananasplit} {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}

 

Best Korea always best dances!!!
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 13:49
 
 Fables85 wrote:
@ treatment_bound: 

First and foremost, "What if we give it away?".

"Just a Touch" is a little ditty back from the early days that was best left there. Personally, I'm not to keen on "Flowers of Guatemala" either.

Don't get me wrong, it's a better 4th album than most bands'... BUT It's just tiresome to hear that R.E.M.'s ONLY good efforts were the I.R.S. years... I'd take them over the Warners years any time BUT it is simply NOT true that the Warners period is without merit.
 
Fables 85, Pete B. agrees with you on this one, as I stumbled on this recently perusing a R.E.M. blog:
>>>"What If We Give It Away?" is a re-written version of a song called "Get On Their Way" that dates back to 1980.  In Craig Rosen's "Inside Out (The Stories Behind Every Song)," he writes that Peter Buck wishes the song was left off the album. It was an old song, but one the producer liked. <<<

I still like it, but it has yet to make it to the RP playlist, so I guess I'll just have to spin my vinyl copy again sometime soon...


ckcotton
Posted: Aug 25, 2010 - 11:24
 
One of my first CD's back in the day...... waaaaayyyyy back......

peacockangel
(Phoenix)
Posted: Jul 24, 2010 - 11:46
 
try to say something negative about the lyrics

peacockangel
(Phoenix)
Posted: Jul 24, 2010 - 11:45
 
Miles Standish is at your door   {#Stupid}  lol  what?  who?


peter_james_bond
(The Burg)
Posted: May 21, 2010 - 18:36
 
This is Radio North Korea....we surrender to your rock and roll giants! Yeh! {#Drummer} {#Guitarist} {#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano} Now dance peepers! {#Dancingbanana_2} {#Bananasplit} {#Dancingbanana}{#Bananasplit}


Fables85
(Not Here)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 06:58
 
@ treatment_bound: 

First and foremost, "What if we give it away?".

"Just a Touch" is a little ditty back from the early days that was best left there. Personally, I'm not to keen on "Flowers of Guatemala" either.

Don't get me wrong, it's a better 4th album than most bands'... BUT It's just tiresome to hear that R.E.M.'s ONLY good efforts were the I.R.S. years... I'd take them over the Warners years any time BUT it is simply NOT true that the Warners period is without merit.



treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 13:57
 
 Fables85 wrote:

Well, I'm sorry, but thats a damn cliche, oft-repeated but hard to agree with...

The band was struggling for new material at this stage and even though the first side (thats' about halfway into your CD or mp3 playlist) is fantastic indeed, the second includes the first few R.E.M."duds" on record.

As per "These Days"... simply marvellous.

Here's Side 2 (or, as it was called on the original vinyl release, "Supper side") of Lifes Rich Pageant.  Which of these songs do you consider their first "duds"?

 




Fables85
(Not Here)
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 01:05
 
 robspeds wrote:
REM definitely peaked with this album, then downhill fairly fast.....it is a shame.
 
Well, I'm sorry, but thats a damn cliche, oft-repeated but hard to agree with...

The band was struggling for new material at this stage and even though the first side (thats' about halfway into your CD or mp3 playlist) is fantastic indeed, the second includes the first few R.E.M."duds" on record.

As per "These Days"... simply marvellous.


robspeds
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 10:58
 
REM definitely peaked with this album, then downhill fairly fast.....it is a shame.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 10:53
 

All the people gather
Fly to carry each his burden
We are young despite the years, we are concern
We are hope despite the times



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 15, 2010 - 20:29
 
 rachlan wrote:
love this song.
 

Yes, this is a fantastic song from a great album...



rachlan
(nyc)
Posted: Jan 15, 2010 - 10:34
 
love this song.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 15, 2010 - 10:32
 


love it...



window
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Jan 15, 2010 - 10:32
 
 Dirktooth wrote:
Hearing this song kick in is like an electric jolt right up the spine.

There is so much energy here it's almost painful. In a really good way.

 
Couldn't agree more.  This is a really great track from an album full of them.  My favorite album from one of my favorite bands.  This was a high-water mark in a career that had many.



dwhayslett
(Pawleys Island, SC)
Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 15:02
 
 justin4kick wrote:


From this and all those similar comments I understand it's impossible to love both the old and the new R.E.M. Well I do the impossible.
 
You are not alone.


paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Nov 13, 2009 - 15:01
 
 Dirktooth wrote:
Hearing this song kick in is like an electric jolt right up the spine.

There is so much energy here it's almost painful. In a really good way.

 

Well said.

justin4kick
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 03:20
 
 ick wrote:
I don't think they've ever reached this level of energy again.  Unfortunate.
 

From this and all those similar comments I understand it's impossible to love both the old and the new R.E.M. Well I do the impossible.

ick
(S.E. La Jolla)
Posted: Sep 11, 2009 - 14:20
 
I don't think they've ever reached this level of energy again.  Unfortunate.

Dirktooth
(Culver City, CA)
Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 10:25
 
Hearing this song kick in is like an electric jolt right up the spine.

There is so much energy here it's almost painful. In a really good way.


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 10:24
 


This song is soooo good for the ears...



lathyris
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Jul 10, 2009 - 10:23
 
ROCK AND ROLL, BABY!!!



Why can't they make me move like this anymore?


wrangler
(cliffside park, nj)
Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 12:57
 
foolish comment. it's all been mediocre for quite a few years now, but life's rich pagaent rocked.

pushkinjim wrote:



What are you talking about? REM never did anything right or good - it's all mediocre crap!

chyk5
(Florida)
Posted: Feb 14, 2008 - 12:44
 
pushkinjim wrote:



What are you talking about? REM never did anything right or good - it's all mediocre crap!


What makes you think those of us who admire the innovation of this band, how they actually changed music in their time, give a shit what you think?
pushkinjim
(IKEAland)
Posted: Jan 14, 2008 - 04:12
 
diazo wrote:
Back when REM could do no wrong.



What are you talking about? REM never did anything right or good - it's all mediocre crap!