• 07-09-2006, 10:32 AM
    Slosh
    R.E.M.'s greatest non-hits
    This is a very excellent Mr. Mid-Fi comp from back in the day :rolleyes:
    Anyway, way back when I burned a copy for my brother and I got an e-mail from him today saying his copy got thrashed and could I burn him another? Hell no, but I did send him a ysi (508MB - wma lossless) so if anyone else wants to snag a copy . . .

    01. Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars)
    02. Sitting Still
    03. Moral Kiosk
    04. 7 Chinese Brothers
    05. Pretty Persuasion
    06. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
    07. Maps And Legends
    08. Wendell Gee
    09. Begin The Begin
    10. Fall On Me
    11. King Of Birds
    12. Get Up
    13. Turn You Inside-Out
    14. Belong
    15. Half A World Away
    16. Ignoreland
    17. Find The River
    18. Star 69
    19. Departure
    20. Electrolite
    21. All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star)

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  • 07-10-2006, 01:59 PM
    Mr MidFi
    Man, I forgot all about that thing. Glad to see it's still out there in circulation. BTW, I can't tell you how many times we played my all-Slosh comp in the car on my recent vacation. Good times, good times...
  • 07-10-2006, 05:59 PM
    -Jar-
    Just got it.. thanks Slosh.. sweet comp Mr. Midfi!
  • 07-11-2006, 11:18 AM
    RJW1138
    Awesome, awesome stuff there man. I love older REM and their lesser-known stuff (ie. non-singles), and this is a great compilation. But Electrolite? I'm gonna have to really disagree with that one... I wouldn't have picked Star 69 either as the only one from Monster, but it doesn't offend me too badly. All in all, 19/21 is pretty good. Ah, I'm gonna have to give these guys a listen soon, methinks.
  • 07-11-2006, 11:47 AM
    dean_martin
    very nice!

    i only mention these because I never thought about culling my favorite rem tracks til seeing this - a couple non-hits include Voice of Harold from Dead Letter Office that's an alternate take on 7 Chinese Bros. It's ultimately an ode to appalachian bluegrass/gospel. I think fans of the Oh Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack would appreciate this one.

    New Adventures in Hi-Fi has grown on me recently. I thought it was boring initially. Be Mine is one of my favorite tracks. I wish I could get that guitar sound in the intro and opening verse - very mellow laidback rythm w/smooth as buttah distortion.
  • 07-11-2006, 12:00 PM
    -Jar-
    I did a "first decade" R.E.M. comp a few years back (similar idea, my favorites and not so many "hits"):

    01 1,000,000
    02 Pilgrimage
    03 Maps and Legends
    04 Untitled
    05 Exhuming McCarthy
    06 These Days
    07 7 chineSe bros
    08 Shaking Through
    09 Belong
    10 Swan Swan H
    11 Wolves, Lower
    12 Life and How to Live It
    13 Sitting Still
    14 World Leader Pretend
    15 Cuyahoga
    16 Texarkana
    17 Fireplace
    18 Bandwagon
    19 (don't Go back To) ROCKVILLE
    20 Kahoutek
    21 Oddfellows Local 151
  • 07-12-2006, 01:58 PM
    Mr MidFi
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dean_martin
    very nice!

    i only mention these because I never thought about culling my favorite rem tracks til seeing this - a couple non-hits include Voice of Harold from Dead Letter Office that's an alternate take on 7 Chinese Bros. It's ultimately an ode to appalachian bluegrass/gospel. I think fans of the Oh Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack would appreciate this one.
    If memory serves, that's actually the liner notes from an old gospel record that Stipe is reading on that track. Silly idea, but it works for me.