Comments on: SXSW: R.E.M. reviews start rolling in http://www.donewaiting.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-rem-reviews-start-rolling-in/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:05:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cram http://www.donewaiting.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-rem-reviews-start-rolling-in/#comment-15750 cram Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:14:10 +0000 http://www.donewaiting.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-rem-reviews-start-rolling-in/#comment-15750 REM was phenomenal. The new songs were absolutely fucking awesome (with the exception of one song, that was just a little too repetitive). Stipe's voice has never ever sounded better, the guitars were loud and rocking (and not in the Monster shitty fuzzy kind of way), and it was everything that Up/Reveal/Around The Sun were not! They did some older songs including Drive, Man on the Moon, and The Great Beyond that blew the crowd away. Stipe addressed the war in Iraq before a 3 pack of songs that ended with Bad Day. The only downer were the two dedications/mentions of Heath Ledger. People are dying in Iraq and our country is going to shit and he's talking about how beautiful Heath was? Oh, and they brought a roadie out to sing Happy Birthday to him after giving him a cake. As much as the openers all sucked (sorry, Rain Phoenix and your band), it was worth it. REM was phenomenal. The new songs were absolutely fucking awesome (with the exception of one song, that was just a little too repetitive). Stipe’s voice has never ever sounded better, the guitars were loud and rocking (and not in the Monster shitty fuzzy kind of way), and it was everything that Up/Reveal/Around The Sun were not!

They did some older songs including Drive, Man on the Moon, and The Great Beyond that blew the crowd away. Stipe addressed the war in Iraq before a 3 pack of songs that ended with Bad Day. The only downer were the two dedications/mentions of Heath Ledger. People are dying in Iraq and our country is going to shit and he’s talking about how beautiful Heath was?

Oh, and they brought a roadie out to sing Happy Birthday to him after giving him a cake.

As much as the openers all sucked (sorry, Rain Phoenix and your band), it was worth it.

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]]> By: larrymusic http://www.donewaiting.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-rem-reviews-start-rolling-in/#comment-15746 larrymusic Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:40:49 +0000 http://www.donewaiting.com/2008/03/13/sxsw-rem-reviews-start-rolling-in/#comment-15746 the link to the rest of the review is messed up. the link to the rest of the review is messed up.

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