Comments on: More Than a Band: Saying Goodbye to R.E.M http://www.atlantamusicguide.com/2011/10/11/more-than-a-band-saying-goodbye-to-r-e-m/ Atlanta concerts, calendar, music news, reviews, previews, tickets & giveaways Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:12:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Post-Punk Monk http://www.atlantamusicguide.com/2011/10/11/more-than-a-band-saying-goodbye-to-r-e-m/comment-page-1/#comment-5753 Post-Punk Monk Thu, 10 May 2012 18:43:13 +0000 http://www.atlantamusicguide.com/?p=13021#comment-5753 Wow. I was looking for Murmur Records references and came across this. True enough, Record City Fern Park was an amazing, mind-blowing store. Just the import cutouts were a religion unto themselves! I was at that Love Tractor show as well! What a great band and fun experiences for sure. I’m so happy I can tell my wife [who likes Love Tractor} that I saw them play in the back room of a record store in a space about the size of our living room. Not as cool as seeing Elvis Costello & The Attractions playing the Rathskellar in Kent, but it was the best we could do in Orlando. And Murmur Records definitely inherited the mantle of best store in Orlando after RCFP got the deep six. But I can't say I wasn't anything but bored with R.E.M. after the first two years.

There was something in the water in Orlando, in the way it became an R.E.M. hotbed from the flashpoint of the original Hib-Tone single. Sure, I liked them at first, but after the time that the debut album ["Murmur"] came out on I.R.S. I was getting pretty sick of hearing R.E.M. every time I went to a club, record store, or party! Then the local clone bands were tiresome in the extreme! They were so culturally omnipresent in Orlando that I went off of them big time and never looked back. I did travel with a friend to see Let’s Active open up for them in Tampa and took the opportunity to have a nice nap during the headliner’s set! It was worth it, though. Mitch Easter was touring on the amazing “Big Plans For Everybody” and they encored with the Deep Purple arrangement of “Hush!”

More on the R.E.M./Orlando phenomenon here:

http://postpunkmonk.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/r-e-m-split-and-im-way-past-caring-by-about-29-years/

]]> By: Steve Johnson http://www.atlantamusicguide.com/2011/10/11/more-than-a-band-saying-goodbye-to-r-e-m/comment-page-1/#comment-3305 Steve Johnson Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:05:14 +0000 http://www.atlantamusicguide.com/?p=13021#comment-3305 Scottie Mac,
I am speechless and emotionally touched by the grace you have given this piece of penmanship!
In short, very thankful to have been along for the ride!

]]> By: Deb McClellan http://www.atlantamusicguide.com/2011/10/11/more-than-a-band-saying-goodbye-to-r-e-m/comment-page-1/#comment-3293 Deb McClellan Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:40:59 +0000 http://www.atlantamusicguide.com/?p=13021#comment-3293 I, too, was shocked to hear this news last month. Nice summary of their importance to us Borelandans (Orblandens?), Scott. So many fond memories — remember the Daytona spring break show? Thanks R.E.M. You will be missed, but I completely understand. Nothing lasts forever.

]]> By: Jim Leatherman http://www.atlantamusicguide.com/2011/10/11/more-than-a-band-saying-goodbye-to-r-e-m/comment-page-1/#comment-3289 Jim Leatherman Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:19:56 +0000 http://www.atlantamusicguide.com/?p=13021#comment-3289 Great writing Scott. You have hit the nail on the head , as these feelings mirror my own. Cheers to you Scott and a very fond farewell and very sincere Thank You to R.E.M. for many great years of music / culture.

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