AT Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:34:39 Josh wrote:

>Am I the only one here who is luke warm to them?

Without getting into a heated debate about taste I am LESS than luke warm to 
REM. Liked some of the early singles: "Superman", "Orange Crush". And then 
they not only lost their religion but me caring much at that point. I just 
wish the material wasn't so friggin' slow and boring -- and Stipe's obtuse 
lyrical deconstruction is infuriating (same malady that afflicts Gord Downie 
of The Tragically Hip). I had high hopes they'd break out of their malaise 
and cut a groove one day to become the rock band that seemed to be bubbling 
underneath all those years.




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