I haven't listened to a lot of their music but I've tried getting into them before and songs like "Losing my religion" are just banal and horrible. I don't know how anyone could like them.
>>65761593
It's almost like music is subjective
>>65761593
>I don't particularly enjoy something so it must be bad
Was this worth an entire thread?
I don't even like R.E.M. that much either.
I really hate REM aswell
especially their name
>>65761675
>>>/reddit/
>>65761593
i think they're bad too
music is subjective tho
>>65761593
REM are god-tier
>I haven't listened to a lot of their music
Fuck's sake
>>65761593
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFF8iwdhc0k
How about this OP?
>>65761593
Op, their early stuff is fantastic and catchy Jangle pop. Give it a listen.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zJB628tWEHk
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac0oaXhz1u8
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=msWi0c4tHV8
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuFId1RYSZE
Early R.E.M. is quite good. Radio Free Europe is a classic, and It's The End of The World As We Know It is the best hardcore punk song ever written and performed by a band that was neither. (And their cover of Strange by Wire is pretty good too) They lost me after Green, though. That much, I'll admit.
>whats the [SUBJECTIVE TOPIC] and why is [X]
>haven't listened
kek
>>65761593
Agreed. It's the kind of music that has absolutely no discernable effect on me whatsoever. Silence literally produces the same effect. In fact, I think silence may be more powerful -- it's certainly preferred.
>>65761675
>buh... but it's all relative
Invoking subjectivity is a lazy and tepid approach to artistic critique. OBVIOUSLY it's all an abstract matter of perception.
>>65761593
>>65764188
>Silence literally produces the same effect
It actually literally wouldn't. Silence is the absence of sound, and REM is a sound.
>Invoking subjectivity is a lazy and tepid approach to artistic critique
Like saying something is worse than silence?
>>65761593
U2 is way worse but I still like U2
>>65764372
>it actually literally wouldn't
>not being able to detect sarcasm
>like saying something is worse than silence
No, at least that might facilitate a dialogue.
>>65764385
U2 is THE average rock band. Any band that is better than U2 is good. Any band that is worse than U2 is bad.
