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Music lover | Gig goer | LUFC
That was quite an evening. Can’t believe it’s nearly 40 years ago.
06.10.2025 20:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Could've been any one of my top 10 really, but this one felt right. It's the quintessential R.E.M. song.
30.09.2025 12:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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1. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)
"The trees will bend, the conversation's dimmed
Go build yourself another home, this choice isn't mine"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uX0...
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2. Driver 8
"Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm5M...
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3. Gardening At Night
“The yard is nothing but a fence”
youtu.be/KStirqnmD6Y?...
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4. These Days
“We are young despite the years
We are concern, we are hope despite the times”
youtu.be/DLLibnwtEBI?...
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5. You Are The Everything
"I look at her and I see the beauty of the light of music
The voices talking somewhere in the house, late spring"
The best R.E.M. lyric.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IphY...
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6. Harborcoat
"There's a splinter in your eye and it reads 'react'"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK_5...
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7. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
"Gentlemen, don't get caught"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmWW...
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8. Perfect Circle
"Eleven shadows way out of place"
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9. Find The River
“We’re closer now than light years to go”
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10. Radio Free Europe
“Radio station, decide yourself”
Saw R.E.M. about 20 times but never saw them play this.
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11. I Believe
"What do you do between the horns of the day?"
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12. Cuyahoga
"Let's put our heads together and start a new country up"
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13. Old Man Kensey
"Flags in his elbow, time to breathe"
11th Nov 1984, Whistle Test, BBC2
The first REM song I heard. Sat for an hour playing and rewinding the video, transfixed by this utterly beguiling piece of art. Changed my life.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdz3...
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14. Oddfellows Local 151
“Firehoooooouuuuuuuuussssse”
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15. Good Advices
"A familiar face, foreign place, I'll forget your name"
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16. Nightswimming
"The photograph reflects every street light a reminder
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night"
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17. Life And How To Live It
“When you tire of one side the other serves you best”
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18. Pretty Persuasion
"Cannot shuffle in this heat, it's all wrong"
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19. Begin The Begin
"A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe"
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20. Wendell Gee
“Had a dream one night
That the tree had lost its middle
So he built a trunk of chickenwire”
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21. Try Not To Breathe
“I have seen things that you will never see”
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22. Untitled
“I stayed up late
to hear your voice”
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23. Finest Worksong
"What we want and what we need
has been confused, been confused"
24 does seem a bit low. Too many great songs.
07.09.2025 18:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#REMTop30
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24. Fall On Me
"There's the progress, we have found a way to talk around the problem"
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25. The One I Love
“A simple prop has occupied my time”
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26. Half A World Away
“I had too much to drink, I didn’t think, I didn’t think of you”
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27. Sitting Still
"We could gather throw a fit"
