medjuck Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 I just got back from an REM concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl. The music played before the concert (which I think is usually selected by the performers) was a nice eclectic mix including Tom Waits and Ornette Coleman! Shit, I remember when you could get people to leave the room by playing an Ornette record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kulu se mama Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 how was r.e.m.? we have tickets for the theatre show here in cincy. the place only seats about 2800. they have not played this venue since 1986. did they mix old and new pretty well. we last saw them on the mini up tour and they didn't go any further back than "losing my religion." i'd like to see "south central rain" or "driver 8." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 I thought they were great. To be honest I'm not that familiar with their work. They mixed old and new: went back to something Stipes claimed he wrote when he was 19. It was a great sound mix: I could actually hear the words. Stipes is a much more dynamic performer than I thought he would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphie_boy Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 By the thread title, I thought that Ornette got up and played with REM. Now that would have been something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 The Greek Begin the Begin Animal So Fast So Numb Boy in the Well World Leader Pretend Leaving New York The One I Love Electrolite Aftermath Cuyahoga Final Straw Bad Day Around the Sun She Just Wants to Be Imitation of Life Losing My Religion Walk Unafraid Life and How to Live It Encore: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Country Feedback Welcome to the Occupation Permanent Vacation I'm Gonna DJ Man on the Moon "Permanent Vacation" was written before Murmur. I thought the big surprise was they didn't end the show with "It's the End of the World as We Know It" as they've been in a rut with that for quite some time. I believe they started doing "Life And How To Live It" on a regular basis toward the end of their last tour so that may stay in the end of set spot. Otherwise the few other I.R.S. era songs seem to be switched out with other old songs, depending on mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 16, 2004 Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 (edited) How cool that they're doing "Life and How to Live It"! I've been listening to that song a lot lately--always been a favorite. Going to see them in Indpls. next week. Saw them on the Fables, Pageant, and Document tours--the IRS years were IMO easily their best. Yeah, I thought the same thing about the thread title. And "Permanent Vacation" shows up on some live bootlegs from the early 1980s. Edited October 16, 2004 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Drove up to Indpls today to see my dad and other family for Father's Day and listened to this for the second time after buying it last year: Excellent live double-CD, taken from some Dublin shows they did in 2007 while preparing to record ACCELERATE. Lots of interesting material drawn from the I.R.S. years ("Letter Never Sent" and "Second Guessing" off RECKONING, "Disturbance at the Heron House" from DOCUMENT, "1,000,000" off CHRONIC TOWN, "Maps and Legends" off FABLES) that they hadn't played live in a long time...and the energy on the record's just great. Listening to it (and the studio CD that resulted from this period, ACCELERATE) rekindled the kind of intense enthusiasm I felt for them in the 1980s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted June 21, 2010 Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Drove up to Indpls today to see my dad and other family for Father's Day and listened to this for the second time after buying it last year: Excellent live double-CD, taken from some Dublin shows they did in 2007 while preparing to record ACCELERATE. Lots of interesting material drawn from the I.R.S. years ("Letter Never Sent" and "Second Guessing" off RECKONING, "Disturbance at the Heron House" from DOCUMENT, "1,000,000" off CHRONIC TOWN, "Maps and Legends" off FABLES) that they hadn't played live in a long time...and the energy on the record's just great. Listening to it (and the studio CD that resulted from this period, ACCELERATE) rekindled the kind of intense enthusiasm I felt for them in the 1980s. That IS a good album. I saw them twice in '08 which definitely "rekindled the kind of intense enthusiasm I felt for them in the 1980s", too. They're such a solid, close-knit outfit and always seem to be enjoying what they do. I also realized that overall they are a much better live experience than many of their albums (especially mid-period). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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