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"My father gave me Monster a week after buying it, calling it “the most pretentious piece of shit I’ve ever heard.” This is funny because the whole point of Mon
by fallinditch 2y ago
"My father gave me Monster a week after buying it, calling it “the most pretentious piece of shit I’ve ever heard.” This is funny because the whole point of Monster was a shot at unpretentiousness." [1]
I never got into REM, I preferred The Fall, The The, The Smiths, Pixies, Pavement.
[1] https://www.treblezine.com/out-of-time-r-e-m-s-generation-gap/ https://www.treblezine.com/out-of-time-r-e-m-s-generation-ga...
- 4ndrewl 2y agoWe can be frenz.
- jzb 2y ago"Monster" is the only R.E.M. album from the Bill Berry era that I never listen to. Not quite sure why, but I gave it the requisite three listens when it came out and shelved it. Nearly wrote R.E.M. off at that point, but "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" brought me back. Was disappointed when Berry left and they didn't break up then as they had always said they would. (They'd said many times that if anybody left, it wouldn't be R.E.M. any more and they wouldn't carry on... but then they did anyway.) Got to see them live on the Green tour in 1989. Still one of my top-five concerts of all time, and I've been to more shows than I can count since.
- LastTrain 2y agoIt has an extremely grating guitar tone. Love REM. Love all kinds noisy guitar rock, that album just hurts my ears. [edit] Also saw them on the Green tour Oct ‘89 :-))