FAO Cardiff Canary RE: REM and Bill Berry

I was lucky enough to see REM post-Bill Berry but before 'Around the Sun'. A dreadful album, the first of theirs I truly disliked (personally, I was never a fan of 'Out of Time' but it has some great songs on it) but I think it's more to do with a more recent lack of creativity and inspiration in general. 'Accelerate' was the sound of a band trying to replicate their earlier days for the first time in their career, which was a shame as I always felt they were best when doing something completely different - following 'Automatic for the People' with 'Monster' for example. 'Accelerate' sounded good but it's not a patch on 'Document'. I should give it more of a listen.

It was years before I finally listed to 'Collapse Into Now' for the first time and I actually really enjoyed a lot of it.

I'm sure the band were better on the whole with Berry but I'd rather see him happily driving his tractor on his farm than having another brain aneurism on stage.

Posted By: tim berry on August 2nd 2018 at 13:43:56

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FAO Cardiff Canary RE: REM and Bill Berry (General Chat) - tim berry, Aug 2, 13:43:56
- Yep, I agree with much of that (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 2, 15:05:45
  - If I were to controversially rank the REM albums from best to worst, it would be... (General Chat) - tim berry, Aug 2, 15:18:58
    - Here's mine (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 2, 17:05:18
- The Undertones without Feargal Sharkey I found strange. (General Chat) - APB, Aug 2, 14:44:23
  - Going to see them next week (General Chat) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 2, 17:35:55
  - I guess it's a bit whatever you learned first. So for example, for me (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Aug 2, 17:35:19
  - Have you ever seen Good Vibrations, about Terri Hooley and The Undertones? (General Chat) - tim berry, Aug 2, 14:53:16
    - Yep, it's great (n/m) (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Aug 2, 18:23:13
    - Yes, a couple of years ago, on your recommendation. (General Chat) - APB, Aug 2, 14:57:21
      - Oh yes! (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Aug 2, 15:03:01
- Thanks for the reply last night Tim. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Aug 2, 13:50:05
  - Football is different, Norwich is always Norwich. The club is bigger than the players. (General Chat) - tim berry, Aug 2, 14:23:31
    - To compare football with bands... (General Chat) - tim berry, Aug 2, 14:25:50
      - Norwich Are Hawkwind (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Aug 2, 15:02:30
  - football's a funny one (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 2, 14:02:00
    - I don't find that strange at all. (General Chat) - tim berry, Aug 2, 14:28:25
      - ah (General Chat) - CWC, Aug 2, 15:00:08
    - Lambert was a genius at changing the squad without you noticing. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Aug 2, 14:17:17

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