I am slowly getting really stoked. My decision to go to this show was kind of a half-hearted "Yeah, I used to really be into R.E.M. and the new record is actually pretty good..." But in the last week, I've been listening/thinking about them a lot more. I used to be REALLYREALLY into them, circa 1995. I also had a huge crush on Michael Stipe. Everytime I tell someone that, they are kind of shocked. But I think he's cute! Whatever. What-ev-ER. I saw them when I was 15 on the Monster tour and it was amazing. And 13 years ago...holy crap, I am old. But I digress...check out the setlist I found from that show (oh, helpful internet):
4 October 1995 - Civic Center, Providence, RI
support: Grant Lee Buffalo
set: Pop Song 89 / What's The Frequency, Kenneth? / Crush With Eyeliner / Drive / Wake-Up Bomb / Binky The Doormat / Losing My Religion / Bang And Blame / Undertow / Begin The Begin / Strange Currencies / Revolution / Tongue / Man On the Moon / Country Feedback / The One I Love / Orange Crush / Get Up / Star 69
encore: Let Me In / Everybody Hurts / So. Central Rain / Departure / It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
SO GOOD. Like...can you please play that same setlist tonight? Impossible, I know. Just for fun, I made my own dream R.E.M. setlist. Now, I am in no way an R.E.M. completist, so you won't find any wicked obscure gems on my setlist, but I think it's a decent survey of most of the albums, with the exception of the 3 that came before Accelerate because they don't exist to me. So without further ado, the DesiR.E.M. DreamList:
Drive / Man on the Moon / Radio Free Europe / Talk About the Passion / So. Central Rain / Pretty Persuasion / The One I Love / Pop Song 89 / Stand / Country Feedback (!!) / Low / Crush With Eyeliner / Tongue / Strange Currencies / Bang & Blame / The Wake-Up Bomb / Bittersweet Me
Boys, are you listening? Make me happy! Actually...just play "Country Feedback" and I'll be good. I might even cry. I read somewhere that it's Stipe's favorite song too, so there could be a chance. Talk about the fucking passion, mannn.
Oh, the 80s:
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