tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post8202384262126652364..comments2023-11-05T02:49:49.453-08:00Comments on 40 going on 28: How an REM tribute band (temporarily) changed me from a bitter cynic back to a bright-eyed youthTKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-12680546858486105732014-03-07T14:08:36.885-08:002014-03-07T14:08:36.885-08:00When REM broke up a few years ago, someone comment...When REM broke up a few years ago, someone commented: "broke up? I thought they did that years ago." I stopped buying every new CD around 2005 and thought I'd tired of them. And then I happened to hear "Electrolite" the other day and I realized how cool and relevant they were for so long. Then it occurred to me... I bet there are tribute bands by now. Sure enough, I'll have to check them out next time I'm in SF. Maybe someday they'll achieve Grateful Dead status: here in the midwest, there are tribute bands to tribute bands of the Dead. Nice post!Jeff Fisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675332513527777689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-58372164535679351442012-12-25T19:44:04.451-08:002012-12-25T19:44:04.451-08:00Hurray! I am pleased to think we may have been co...Hurray! I am pleased to think we may have been counted among the KIDS out there dancing at the show! Or maybe we were counted in the cranky geezer section? All I know is it was a great night! Had so much fun dancing to almost every song !!!<br /><br />Looking forward to the next show!brightstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940686831580015584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-35824424669070582942012-12-20T21:22:38.252-08:002012-12-20T21:22:38.252-08:00Thanks for the post. I was there last night and fe...Thanks for the post. I was there last night and felt the same way myself. <br /><br />I think it was Michael Stipend's version of "These Days" that most powerfully took me back to college and that feeling that every R.E.M. song was the secret key to the promise that was all around, waiting for us if we could just decipher what the liner notes meant when they referred to "predator-prey interaction exactly as it happens in the wild."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-44294217918062955042012-12-20T17:07:45.717-08:002012-12-20T17:07:45.717-08:00In 1991, I was moving from my folks' Motown an...In 1991, I was moving from my folks' Motown and Beatles tapes to crappy radio R&B. There was a significant amount of time spent with gangsta rap, then everything old and rock, then hip hop, then electronica by college. It may not have been a balanced diet, but I ate local in the Bay Area! Tamagosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583066213197379712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-49202278566628743992012-12-20T16:37:33.916-08:002012-12-20T16:37:33.916-08:00As you know, I have long been onboard the "RE...As you know, I have long been onboard the "REM is super-important and why doesn't everyone constantly acknowledge their fundamentality to music as we know it"-train.<br /><br />BUT, I was just thinking about it, and maybe, just maybe, in the world of MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN BAND, the Ramones might warrant consideration.<br /><br />This is just a blog comment, so no holding me to anything. Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395319755814215066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-71593852353682061602012-12-20T15:50:11.985-08:002012-12-20T15:50:11.985-08:00Wait, you only knew REM from 90210? KIDS! Sigh.Wait, you only knew REM from 90210? KIDS! Sigh.TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-27679953726444101522012-12-20T13:43:27.457-08:002012-12-20T13:43:27.457-08:00You have regular readers? They must be serious wei...You have regular readers? They must be serious weirdos looking to get their fix of cranky (oh, that all important 'y') or something...<br /><br />But N-E-WEYZZZ, REM, yes. I once saw Michael Stipe at Pauline's when I was like 12 and really only knew them from when Brenda was all sad over Dylan on 90210 and locked herself in her room and listened to Losing My Religion. Same song, incidentally, that he played on the Sandy concert with the dude from Cold Play. That dude was STOKED. Tamagosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583066213197379712noreply@blogger.com