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Post by allow that on Oct 1, 2003 12:13:36 GMT -5
I was never really into R.E.M. and I'm still not, but wow what a good song here. The lyrics are great, the music is great, the chorus is hauntingly beautiful.
This came out during my senior year of high school.... I remember everyone was really into this song back then. R.E.M. wasn't really popular at my HS but this song definitely was.
Where did it peak on the charts?
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Oct 1, 2003 12:47:22 GMT -5
It peaked at #38 on pop.
This song was pretty good, but they've had better.
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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Oct 1, 2003 14:21:25 GMT -5
My fave song of theirs by a country mile. Absolutely gorgeous. Their biggest hit here, it hit #3.
Underrated in America.
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Post by EvanJ on Oct 1, 2003 15:00:51 GMT -5
I liked it.
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Post by Gorminako on Oct 12, 2003 22:59:14 GMT -5
Kind of average for them, but still pretty good. They've had a lot of outstanding songs in their career, but I don't care much for their new one.
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Post by tico on Oct 13, 2003 0:28:50 GMT -5
Not too shabby. I've only heard it a handful of times, which is probably a good thing.
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Post by crash46 on Oct 13, 2003 10:49:56 GMT -5
I like this, but I think it's a little bit on the bland side. I think if they had released a more uptempo song in place of this one, they'd still be having hits right now.
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Post by BFMR on Oct 13, 2003 14:52:50 GMT -5
not my favorite from them... average song
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Oct 16, 2003 12:11:09 GMT -5
I loved this. It was their best single since "E-bow the Letter," which is very underrated. Probably one of my Top 5 or 10 R.E.M. songs of all-time. This takes me back to my senior year.
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Post by BillboardBoy on Jan 11, 2004 9:18:04 GMT -5
Good song. My favorite from them is "Bang And Blame." Unfortunately, it wasn't on their greatest hits CD.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2004 9:23:01 GMT -5
I didn't like it. They had much better.
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Post by tobedawg on Jan 11, 2004 11:04:15 GMT -5
It was decent.. Not R.E.M.'s best.. I think one of the reasons for it's popularity was because it was from the Jim Carrey movie based on Andy Kaufman's life, "The Man on the Moon"..
The song did spend 3 weeks at #1 on my personal chart (mainly because artists like Korn and Limp Bizkit were big that year)
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Post by irice22 on Jan 11, 2004 11:17:59 GMT -5
Eh.... I don't know. They've had better, and it sounded too much like them
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Post by reception on Jan 12, 2004 9:14:03 GMT -5
Good song. Retro video.
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Post by Miguelín on Jan 13, 2004 5:03:36 GMT -5
A good song, but they have a lot of songs better: "Man on the moon", "Half a world away", "World leader pretend", "Talk about the passion"...
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Post by reception on Oct 4, 2004 16:53:34 GMT -5
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Post by halo19 on Oct 4, 2004 21:20:50 GMT -5
I love it. I think it's beautiful. One of my favorites from them, even though not my particular favorite.
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Post by EvanJ on Oct 4, 2004 21:46:55 GMT -5
Thank you reception. I haven't heard it in a long time.
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Post by thedualityofman on Oct 5, 2004 0:53:49 GMT -5
People say R.E.M. aren't as good in the later part of their career.
If this isn't proof otherwise, then I don't know what is.
This song owns most of what's on radio today.
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Oct 5, 2004 12:48:44 GMT -5
I love it. It's definetely their best post-New Adventures in Hi-Fi single.
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Post by Keith3000 on Oct 5, 2004 13:48:52 GMT -5
This is a good song, but no way would I put it among my REM favorites, like "What's the Frequency, Kenneth" and "Losing My Religion" among others...
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Post by cartman2002 on Dec 6, 2006 21:24:39 GMT -5
This tune got to #57 on the Hot 100 in 2000
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Post by Chato on Dec 7, 2006 9:17:45 GMT -5
This is one of their best singles.
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Post by oscillations. on Dec 7, 2006 9:59:50 GMT -5
It was their best song of the late 90's.
I REALLY enjoyed this when it came out, and I still love it.
Very sincere track.
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Post by joker on Dec 7, 2006 16:54:18 GMT -5
I love it. It's definetely their best post- New Adventures in Hi-Fi single. |
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Post by BillboardBoy on Dec 8, 2006 11:08:20 GMT -5
Very good!
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