tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post4397145175954914032..comments2023-12-25T09:01:41.232-08:00Comments on Fools Rush In : The gilded ageginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09944011217624650552noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-33119285513102883652017-08-01T12:34:17.672-07:002017-08-01T12:34:17.672-07:00Thanks, Canuck80sGuy (!), the Calgary show sounds ...Thanks, Canuck80sGuy (!), the Calgary show sounds pretty cool to me...the small band traversing the wilds of Canada to play to the true believers is now so olde worlde, but I am glad I got to experience it. Thanks for reading! Gginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944011217624650552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-53735682704406149792017-08-01T12:27:40.001-07:002017-08-01T12:27:40.001-07:00Great write-up; although the bulk of my repeated l...Great write-up; although the bulk of my repeated listening stayed on Murmur as my Chronic Town cassette was eaten by a crappy Walkman.<br /><br />Sadly I only saw them play twice; both times in Calgary; a 500 stander club in 1985 and again in 2004 at our 17K seat (for concerts) Saddledome. Two ends of the bookcase so to speak; can't really say which one I enjoyed the most.<br /><br />@Marianne: love the Bronte quote; get the JE musical soundtrack as it reminds me so much of my Sondheim favs (especially Secret Soul).Canuck80sGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-79624619206970570532017-07-16T08:36:13.308-07:002017-07-16T08:36:13.308-07:00Thanks George - see, we ARE all R.E.M.!!
Thanks George - see, we ARE all R.E.M.!!<br />ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944011217624650552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-46418022654285179352017-07-16T02:14:52.481-07:002017-07-16T02:14:52.481-07:00beautiful.
Same:
https://www.pastemagazine.com/a...beautiful.<br /><br />Same:<br /><br />https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/09/feeling-gravitys-pull-a-personal-tribute-to-rem.html<br /><br />GeorgeGeorgehttp://www.twitter.com/gah650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-74899935154380540742017-07-14T17:57:52.525-07:002017-07-14T17:57:52.525-07:00I have a vague memory of a conversation then with ...I have a vague memory of a conversation then with you (corry) to the effect that REM had grown on you, and you couldnt remember what initial objections was. And feeling that the old divisions were blurring. <br />They sounded different from contemporary british - like the New Romantics! - of the era, but their american influences were good, ie ones I liked. Like the byrds. Not the Allman Bros. Short songs = Not Hippies. It was a simpler time. Vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761047947380050000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-84463947496960831102017-07-14T09:50:57.990-07:002017-07-14T09:50:57.990-07:00Could it be that everyone was right, I only like h...Could it be that everyone was right, I only like hippie music and by definition REM must be that? Very well could be<br /><br />Remember the time we saw REM at Santa Cruz Civic (in 85), and Pete Buck didn't like the sound (monitor problem or something) and expressed his resentment by playing a lot of cover tunes?Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-81421405257435943202017-07-14T09:35:58.160-07:002017-07-14T09:35:58.160-07:00I don't want to hurt your feelings but I remem...I don't want to hurt your feelings but I remember Viv and I having a conversation sometime around then about how sad it was that you didn't like REM better because you were only into hippie music. It seems funny now because Caitlin thinks everything, but especially REM, IS hippie music, and truly, the distinction is less clear to me. ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944011217624650552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-48856132586730685722017-07-14T09:33:26.135-07:002017-07-14T09:33:26.135-07:00June 20 1983 Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley, CA w/The...June 20 1983 Keystone Berkeley, Berkeley, CA w/The Lloyds/Bad Attitude (whoever they might have been)<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.E.M._concert_tours#1983<br /><br />Even by 1983, REM was too big for Berkeley Square. I lived in Berkeley at the time, so your description was more memorable to me than it was to you, although in fact you did not tell me this story until a year later (84, when I first heard them)Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-57258649492368210492017-07-14T09:16:07.511-07:002017-07-14T09:16:07.511-07:00I don't remember that event and barely remembe...I don't remember that event and barely remember the Keystone Berkeley - It is mixedup with the Berkeley Square, which I spent WAY more time at, over the years. I think the Keystone Berkeley was less dumpy than the Stone though, right? That place was the worst! Did you ever think how weird it is that we logged all those hours at these terrible clubs? LOL.ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944011217624650552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-18039997420730781132017-07-13T22:58:57.776-07:002017-07-13T22:58:57.776-07:00oh, it's the same one. Chinese restaurants at ...oh, it's the same one. Chinese restaurants at favorable locations in downtown Berkeley are eternal, in a way that rock clubs are not. Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-57931865367774195282017-07-13T22:53:36.734-07:002017-07-13T22:53:36.734-07:00There still is a rather seedy old chinese right ac...There still is a rather seedy old chinese right across the street - maybe its the same one. Certainly not part of the new-foodie berkeley. I pick up lunch there sometimes. It was so satisfying to have found REM then. Pure pleasure. Vivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761047947380050000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-61449829127738633232017-07-13T17:21:22.604-07:002017-07-13T17:21:22.604-07:00Wasn't June '83 the week you drove past Ke...Wasn't June '83 the week you drove past Keystone Berkeley at about 7pm on the way to see REM and saw all four band members waiting to cross University to eat at the Chinese restaurant (across from which one Commenter here now actually works)?<br /><br />Around that time, you told me, "they will never be able to stand unmolested in Berkeley again," or words to that effect. Still true.<br /><br />Keystone Berkeley closed in '84, became a Thrifty Jr, and is now condos. As I recall, REM played the Warfield in '84 (also Mountain Aire) and then the Greek Theater in 85. Next time around was Oakland Coliseum. Sic Transit Gloria AlternitivaCorry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-49666447066860322902017-07-13T14:01:48.250-07:002017-07-13T14:01:48.250-07:00Marianne, Isabelle feels the same as you - though ...Marianne, Isabelle feels the same as you - though I think I'd go see them again if I could. And Amy, thank you as well. To be young then was great.ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944011217624650552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-42610527399010832412017-07-13T13:59:36.928-07:002017-07-13T13:59:36.928-07:00Thank you Robert, I appreciate that. I want to rem...Thank you Robert, I appreciate that. I want to remember how lucky I am more often, too.<br />ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944011217624650552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-39937094121924136692017-07-13T11:03:36.588-07:002017-07-13T11:03:36.588-07:00This is so beautiful, Gina. Thank you for writing ...This is so beautiful, Gina. Thank you for writing it, and for being it. I was there, too. Changed everything. We were, and are, lucky. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09016697437178900577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-91681666856027743062017-07-13T09:24:12.710-07:002017-07-13T09:24:12.710-07:00That WAS a great time to be a music fan. I had the...That WAS a great time to be a music fan. I had the chance to interview the guys just before "Murmur" came out, and they were lovely. And so many great shows..! <br />Alas, the thread that ran from my heart to theirs snapped (metaphor stolen from "Jane Eyre") soon after Bill Berry left the band. People age, and change, and the passions of youth fade. But when it was on, it was on fire.Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02789236647990311602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-70087260756937579142017-07-13T09:22:57.782-07:002017-07-13T09:22:57.782-07:00Glad I clicked over to read (and now I'm looki...Glad I clicked over to read (and now I'm looking forward to settling in and watching the video)! I didn't realize until thinking about it in retrospect how much I loved this band. I was trying so hard with my own band at the time...I got a kick out of your description of Michael Stipe's dance, and I remember folks from GA saying his dancing was inspired by Jerry Ayers, another Athens original who died a few years ago. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks for the great post.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322381529735583265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-1109690118533283732017-07-13T08:58:47.278-07:002017-07-13T08:58:47.278-07:00I survived SURVIVOR..... and 1982. Have the top ...I survived SURVIVOR..... and 1982. Have the top 50 songs EVER been relevant? There was some great music in even the bad years - but it was always obscure - until it wasn't - sometimes years later.... Good post - made me think....3mDiver (Gerry Dunn)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08041049634884480125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-91262084921493514182017-07-12T17:30:41.873-07:002017-07-12T17:30:41.873-07:00Yup, and we need to remind ourselves of that more ...Yup, and we need to remind ourselves of that more often now that being alive = less blissful.ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09944011217624650552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566353405101395802.post-67278634661957884322017-07-12T15:54:14.612-07:002017-07-12T15:54:14.612-07:00Twas bliss then to be aliveTwas bliss then to be aliveVivienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761047947380050000noreply@blogger.com