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Bargain buildings, weights and pulleys
Feathers hit the ground
Before the weight can leave the air
Buy the sky and sell the sky
And tell the sky, and tell the sky
Fall on me (what is it up in the air for)
Fall on me (if it's there for long)
Fall on me (it's over, it's over me)
There's the progress
We have found a way to talk around the problem
Building towers
Foresight isn't anything at all
Buy the sky and sell the sky
And bleed the sky and tell the sky
Fall on me (what is it up in the air for)
Fall on me (if it's there for long)
Fall on me (it's over, it's over me)
Fall on me
(Well I would keep it above but then it wouldn't be sky any more)
(So if I send it to you you've got to promise to keep it home)
Buy the sky and sell the sky
And lift your arms up to the sky
And ask the sky, and ask the sky
Fall on me (what is it up in the air for)
Fall on me (if it's there for long)
Fall on me (it's over, it's over me)
my fav is Nightswimming
but this is great as well and takes me back. sigh.
Night swimming is a beautiful song.
If we were allowed to pick one song and one song only, to give it an 11 - this would be it for me
Still true 6 years later
Totally non sensical lyrics, from one of THE most overrated bands on earth! No More REM, Please.
If I had a turbocharged downvote machine running 24/7 it still wouldn't be enough for this idiotic comment.
Gets better and better the older I get.
agreed. and still marks time for me, like all good music does.
If I had to pick only one R.E.M. song, this would have to be it. It's a masterpiece from start to finish.
my fav is Nightswimming
but this is great as well and takes me back. sigh.
Michael and Mike's singing is like ABBA's Agnetha and Anna-Frida; timeless beauty for eternity.
Very interesting analogy!! ...It is not something I would have come up with. But, after some careful thought, I can see that!
My favorite REM song. 212 out of 10. Love REM. Love the voice. Emotion.
this and I Believe are tied for me
NOT
My favorite part is the layered vocals in the chorus. Absolutely lovely.
Absolutely true. That's what makes the song so brilliant.
Makes me happy every time I hear it.
A long o sound is Canadian? Are you sure about that?
boring music for boring people.
Might I suggest a simple cheese, perhaps a cottage cheese to pair with that whine?
boring music for boring people.
We were all 12 once**. Most outgrow it.
**except those that aren't yet.
Like in this song, when Ga. boy Michael Stipe sings the word "progress" with a Canadian accent.
boring music for boring people.
boring music for boring people.
"Judge not, that ye be not judged." Let's just all enjoy this great music mix, right? Thanx Bill and Rebecca, you guys rock! (pun inherent, not intended)
Gotta' love R.E.M. in the 1980s. Thereafter, meh . . .
boring music for boring people.
Leechi du bist da Depp
Bat wrote:
That sounds pretty harsh, but I think I may do the same people who are fans of Radiohead.
boring music for boring people.
That sounds pretty harsh, but I think I may do the same people who are fans of Radiohead.
boring music for boring people.
Before they abdicated the throne of Best Band in America.
What a great period that was.
I got burned at the stake by an angry mob of unsophisticated tone-deaf peasants... everybody in my hotel room loves this song... we be dancing like bowlegged gypsy muleskinners... hope life is grand for you these days, treatment_bound... time flies when we're having fun...
Doesn't it seem like time for that scenario to go away? First of all, what would one use for electricity on this uncharted desert island unless Gilligan and the Professor are going to rig up some sort of solar/coconut-powered generator?
Or instead of making a radio out of a coconut, just fix the damn hole in the boat!
Doesn't it seem like time for that scenario to go away? First of all, what would one use for electricity on this uncharted desert island unless Gilligan and the Professor are going to rig up some sort of solar/coconut-powered generator?
Or instead of making a radio out of a coconut, just fix the damn hole in the boat!
couldn't agree more!
Fall on me Susie B
Their music has really grown on me through the years. I feel privileged to have seen them at the base of Copper Mountain in the spring of 2011 - seemed like half the crowd (small) didn't even know who they were. I was dancing in my ski boots in the front row under my blue Summit County sky. A memory to never be forgotten.
...chuckle...on the other hand, it reminds me of my best friend who was also dancing in her ski boots and partaking of some of the shared "flowers" in the crowd and some great cocktails - she wanted to climb up on a small bar table and dance up there. Most of the crowd yelled "NO" in fear but in general were having more fun watching her than R.E.M. to see what she would try next.
She upstaged them that day.
I'll have to remind her of that.
i'm worried about the guy, i don't think he'll make it much longer on Earth
hopefully he's insulated and someone's keeping an eye on him
Oh, I don't know. They ended things on their own terms. No fights, no being dropped from a label, still making good music.
Just about every other band keeps going, long after they should have hung it up for good (hello, Stones).
REM was never really the same after drummer Bill Berry departed. He was the "editor" in the band when they were recording. The one who knew sooner than the others what should stay or go on a song or what was needed.
Throughout my life music had never been quite as important to me as food or shelter but it's not far behind. For a few years in my life, before wife and kids reset my prioritys, REM were colossally important to me. For some bizarre reason this particular track has never made it into any of my playlists, but listening to it now takes me back to a time and place I'll never visit again. Sometimes music can make you think back and you become maudlin, other times, like now, it just reminds you of what you were. Thank you Radio Paradise.
Agree completely.
Edit - In fact see I agreed with you, others and myself previously
What REM has created is timeless, so they`re still on
Electricity? No problem
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agree - goosebumps every time for me
if i had to pick one REM song this would be it
I couldn't agree with you more.
My favorite part is the layered vocals in the chorus. Absolutely lovely.
agree - goosebumps every time for me
if i had to pick one REM song this would be it
Doesn't it seem like time for that scenario to go away? First of all, what would one use for electricity on this uncharted desert island unless Gilligan and the Professor are going to rig up some sort of solar/coconut-powered generator? Wouldn't acquiring food, water, and shelter be much more important than wondering what one musical work one would be condemned to listening to for the rest of their life? Anyhow, why haven't you mentioned Air Supply's music on that short list?
Electricity? No problem
This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step these last days of summer... hope life be grand for you, treatment_bound...
Doesn't it seem like time for that scenario to go away? First of all, what would one use for electricity on this uncharted desert island unless Gilligan and the Professor are going to rig up some sort of solar/coconut-powered generator? Wouldn't acquiring food, water, and shelter be much more important than wondering what one musical work one would be condemned to listening to for the rest of their life? Anyhow, why haven't you mentioned Air Supply's music on that short list?
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My favorite part is the layered vocals in the chorus. Absolutely lovely.
Agreed! I recently went through every album in chronological order.
It is, way back in 1991 was when that was I believe. More of a pity they kept playing all those years after anyway.
Set so far = 9, even though I've rated down to a 6 ("Cutting Out" probably 7.5 in this set) and 7 ("Fall On Me" not my super-fave R.E.M.).
9:10 pm - R.E.M. - Fall On Me
9:08 pm - Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
9:05 pm - Sam Phillips - Edge of the World
9:02 pm - Lloyd Cole - Cutting Out
8:58 pm - Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill
8:54 pm - Echo & The Bunnymen - My Kingdom
8:50 pm - Sarah McLachlan - World on Fire
8:45 pm - Ray LaMontagne - Beg Steal or Borrow
8:39 pm - Loreena Mckennitt - The Dark Night Of The Soul
8:30 pm - The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon
Lazarus, did you happen to be Romeotuma in a past life?
Indeed... I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma... hope you are having a marvelous time right this minute...
love this song soooo much...
This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this first day of summer...
Lazarus, did you happen to be Romeotuma in a past life?
This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this first day of summer...
But not in the church, I guess;-)
Oh, yes, we be dancing in the pews... love this marvelous song...
hope you be having a fine time right this minute...
We be dancing on the tables... love this song...
But not in the church, I guess;-)
We be dancing on the tables... love this song...
Oh yes definitely this
Romeo has now found religion, I think, & is now Lazarus!
Everybody in my church loves this song!
yes I wouldn't mind knowing as well.......!
PS still LOVE this song...
Why not just ask him? FWIW, he was taking a lot of guff for his song comments.
yes I wouldn't mind knowing as well.......!
PS still LOVE this song...
Romeo has now found religion, I think, & is now Lazarus!
Can someone please explain to me why romeotuma is now listed as (former member)?
yes I wouldn't mind knowing as well.......!
PS still LOVE this song...
..cool their music will last forever, though..
..this is a sure-fire 10 for yers truly..
I share the sentiment about the band's repertoire. For me not of all time...but I do very much like the tune.