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R.E.M. — Talk About the Passion
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jun 01, 2013 - 22:43
 
big stud Romeo Tuma wrote:
This song is from a great album...  it has held up thru the years...  time flies when you're having fun...
 

I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma...  this song is marvelous...  this album is marvelous...  time is definitely flying...
 

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 13:10
 
 Papernapkin wrote:
R.E.M. is easy-listening music. Sounds like something John Denver would create.
 
I hope you're joking, as I really doubt we're going to be hearing an unreleased cover of "Annie's Song" when the 25th anniv. edition of Green shows up late next year.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 12:49
 
 Papernapkin wrote:
R.E.M. is easy-listening music. Sounds like something John Denver would create.
 

{#Beat}

Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA)
Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 12:40
 
R.E.M. is easy-listening music. Sounds like something John Denver would create.

Stingray
(NWO reloaded)
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 12:15
 
Little bit more passion, please - Michael S.!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 11, 2011 - 11:48
 


This really is a great song from a fantastic album...

 

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jul 09, 2011 - 07:46
 
 paulmack wrote:


I'm with you. I like this stuff alright - even saw them on the Murmur tour - but greatly prefer them from the Reckoning to Green era (when I did not see them live, ironically).
 
I don't think he is talking about that era, I think most (and rightfully so) consider the Reckoning to Green era early as well. To me the change from "old" to "new" REM occurred after 1991's Out of Time, they lost me after that.


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jun 07, 2011 - 16:12
 
 Sasha2001 wrote:
Just once before Oprah's last episode I'd like to see her surprise everyone in the audience with copies of "Murmur" under their seats.

"IT'S REM'S CLASSIC AAAAAAALBUM!"

Just to see middle aged women going nuts over REM.
 


WayUpNorth
(Windswept Exile)
Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 10:25
 
 romeotuma wrote:
This song is from a great album...  it has held up thru the years...  time flies when you're having fun... 
{#Sunny}

Sasha2001
(Where the last of the union men run free)
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 15:25
 
Just once before Oprah's last episode I'd like to see her surprise everyone in the audience with copies of "Murmur" under their seats.

"IT'S REM'S CLASSIC AAAAAAALBUM!"

Just to see middle aged women going nuts over REM.


nicolewe
Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 09:14
 
I want to like R.E.M. but I just don't. {#Puke}

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 12:04
 
Oh so good.

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 11:52
 
According to Berry, Buck, Mills & Stipe...not everyone can do this.





(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 11:52
 


awesome...  love it...


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 18:06
 


fantastic song...  love it...



musickat
(Lake of the Ozarks)
Posted: Jan 17, 2010 - 08:29
 
I second this.

 HarrO wrote:
Finally, Bill digs out some good old REM !!!!! This is so far superior to the new album it's almost like a different group. More OLD REM please!!!!!   9
 



paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Nov 15, 2009 - 13:02
 
 TanteJensen wrote:
I know that makes me an exhibit, but I prefer their later stuff.
 

I'm with you. I like this stuff alright - even saw them on the Murmur tour - but greatly prefer them from the Reckoning to Green era (when I did not see them live, ironically).

bachbeet
Posted: Nov 15, 2009 - 12:57
 
Good tune from one of the best groups of the 80s and early 90s.

TanteJensen
(one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line)
Posted: Oct 15, 2009 - 01:40
 
I know that makes me an exhibit, but I prefer their later stuff.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 13, 2009 - 12:26
 


This song is from a great album...  it has held up thru the years...  time flies when you're having fun...



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 12, 2009 - 09:07
 


love it love it love it...



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 14:28
 


This song is soooo good for the ears...



sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 13:44
 
Love me some ol' REM, ever since the early 90s though, not so much......{#Frown}

laroue
(in the mind of the novel)
Posted: Mar 07, 2009 - 17:32
 
Empty prayer, empty mouths, combien reaction
Empty prayer, empty mouths, talk about the passion
Not everyone can carry the weight of the world
Not everyone can carry the weight of the world (chorus)
Talk about the passion
Talk about the passion
Empty prayer, empty mouths, combien reaction
Empty prayer, empty mouths, talk about the passion
Combien, combien, combien de temps? (repeat chorus)
Not everyone can carry the weight of the world
Not everyone can carry the weight of the world
Combien, combien, combien de temps?



Seahunt
(Parent's Basement)
Posted: Feb 04, 2009 - 04:29
 
Maybe one of the best albumn's ever.  (albumn?  How old are you dude?)

HarrO
(Florida)
Posted: Nov 01, 2008 - 12:55
 
Finally, Bill digs out some good old REM !!!!! This is so far superior to the new album it's almost like a different group. More OLD REM please!!!!!   9

toterola
(Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving)
Posted: Aug 30, 2008 - 08:50
 
Favorite album (Murmur) by my favorite group (REM), preceded by my favorite solo artist (Steve Earle) ! What a deal!

countyman
(pittsburgh, pa.)
Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 16:39
 
 pushkinjim wrote:
It's official - REM as well as this song just plain pukes!

 

At least it ain't ABBA ! ! ! {#Puke}

lmic
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Mar 25, 2008 - 17:27
 
RedGuitar wrote:
Love the early REM!

Still get tingles up my spine from that jangly guitar!

Talk about the passion!
Alifreckles50
(Frederick, MD)
Posted: Feb 23, 2008 - 05:53
 
nice nice nice...hearing this at just the right time
pushkinjim
(Sweden)
Posted: Dec 22, 2007 - 12:41
 
It's official - REM as well as this song just plain pukes! :puke:
boileymon
(Sundance Mtn. Colorado)
Posted: Nov 20, 2007 - 22:42
 
pushkinjim wrote:
Oh my gosh! Two weeks later and this song STILL SUCKS!


Hard to narrow down the best songs of one of the best groups of the latter part of the 20th century, but this is surely in the top 5...
pushkinjim
(Sweden)
Posted: Oct 05, 2007 - 01:09
 
Oh my gosh! Two weeks later and this song STILL SUCKS!
dcoy
Posted: Oct 05, 2007 - 01:09
 
pushkinjim wrote:
Yes, REM - definitely overplayed.

Bill, please get a clue - REM STILL SUCK!!!



The average rating of 8.1 from 326 people means that most RP listeners don't think it sucks. I guess Bill already has a clue.
pushkinjim
(Sweden, Los Angeles, Vancouver, St. Petersburg)
Posted: Sep 19, 2007 - 04:03
 
Yes, REM - definitely overplayed.

Bill, please get a clue - REM STILL SUCK!!!


veegez
(Minnesoter)
Posted: Sep 03, 2007 - 15:24
 
TKTuttle wrote:
Passion — most overused word of the '90s.
R.E.M. - most overplayed band on RP. :puke:


You got both answers wrong. Go to the back of the line.
horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Aug 18, 2007 - 18:18
 
davin wrote:
Amazing that this is 23 years old.


It's not so hard to believe. I'm well over 23 years old and my wife still thinks I rock.


Yeah, right!
Antigone
(A house, in a valley, Virginia)
Posted: Jul 18, 2007 - 12:44
 
This song always makes me think of "and he played the guitar just like a'ringin' a bell."
(former member)
(A Sanitary Zoo)
Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 08:08
 
spacemoose wrote:


Why do people confuse loose and lose?


DEFINATELY!


Rickvee
(New Orleans)
Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 08:00
 
I wish R.E.M. still made music this honest. Doesn't get much better.
redeyespy
(Sunny, FL)
Posted: May 16, 2007 - 12:43
 
spacemoose wrote:
Why do people confuse loose and lose?


Because people don't read, or forgot their English grammar, or slept through it, or, don't get me going....
shakylegs
(Montreal)
Posted: May 16, 2007 - 12:40
 
zaknafein wrote:
Godlike in every sense.

I concur.
zaknafein
(Kansas City, MO)
Posted: Mar 30, 2007 - 07:29
 
Godlike in every sense.
ahoylola
((35° 22' 45" N - 120° 51' 12" W))
Posted: Jan 08, 2007 - 16:06
 
spacemoose wrote:


Why do people confuse loose and lose?
RP doesn't have grammar check.
RedGuitar
(Kelley, Iowa, USA)
Posted: Dec 29, 2006 - 17:42
 
Love the early REM!
Land_Shark
(Atlanta, GA)
Posted: Dec 15, 2006 - 05:15
 
Thank you, thank you, thank you. While new REM has its place, there is something about hearing anything from the early albums that just makes you sit back and enjoy. What great music.
rtkmusic
(SoCal)
Posted: Nov 30, 2006 - 15:02
 
mxdcec wrote:
Why do all bands loose that fresh energy that makes them so interesting to hear as they become successful?


because they have their entire lives to create their initial work. As they mature as men/women/artists, their passion (along with the time spent on that passion) changes...sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. Often, if they are lucky, the cycle repeats and artists rekindle that fire mid-career....
davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Nov 30, 2006 - 14:58
 
Amazing that this is 23 years old.
Zarba
(Atlanta, GA USA)
Posted: Nov 01, 2006 - 09:22
 
Murmur and Reckoning are so strong, and were so fresh when they were released. Easily on my list of "desert island" records.
Tireux_De_Roche
(Central Massachusetts)
Posted: Nov 01, 2006 - 09:21
 
This is an excellent example of fantastic music.

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