A reminder for UK residents

Then it deserves to die.

Another wonderful evening in the company of @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social at Liverpool Philharmonic.

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

#REMtop30 Honourable mentions: Leaving New York,(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville,These Days,Turn You Inside Out,Texarkana,Sweetness Follows,Bang and Blame,How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us,At My Most Beautiful,She Just Wants To Be,Strange Currencies,Swan Swan H,ITEOTWAWKI(AIFF),Lotus… And more!

#REMtop30 30. This wasn’t in order, it was years before I realised what this song was about and it solidified its brilliance. Cuyahoga youtu.be/mWPD1zPFZ3Q?...

#REMtop30 29. Loved it when they went into this vibe, just a pure beautiful song. Electrolite youtu.be/1LewYq40Svw?...

#REMtop30 28. First heard this in Our Price in Liverpool and loved it immediately. Drive youtu.be/-UE7tXDKIus?...

#REMtop30 27. Vibey album, vibey song. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star) youtu.be/zHlpWokiduk?...

#REMtop30 26. As @michaelstipe.bsky.social says, don’t bother trying to figure out the words, just make vowel sounds and commit. Pretty Persuasion youtu.be/FRUj8tIboF8?...

#REMtop30 25. Angry. I like them when they’re angry. Orange Crush youtu.be/_mSmOcmk7uQ?...

#REMtop30 24. Who needs lyrics in a chorus anyway!? Belong youtu.be/UOtcV_6wfxQ?...

#REMtop30 23. Like before, a classic that is somehow elevated even more live. Everybody Hurts youtu.be/PGCFIvqyr48?...

#REMtop30 22. Just so cool. Crush With Eyeliner youtu.be/ycvJHQUqU1M?...

#REMtop30 21. Misunderstood by many but that just doesn’t matter. The One I Love youtu.be/j7oQEPfe-O8?...

#REMtop30 20. Yeah, it’s just a great song. And awesome live! Man On The Moon youtu.be/gwg8Lt7_fE4?...

#REMtop30 19. Should be bleak, somehow isn’t. I’ve said haunting before and it applies again. Try Not To Breathe youtu.be/i8k9tC9sSbs?...

#REMtop30 18. Probably the first REM song I loved from a tape leant to me by a school friend. World Leader Pretend youtu.be/aGMejPNlcIo?...

#REMtop30 17. @millsish.bsky.social in full effect. Near Wild Heaven youtu.be/oC7er_6dpsI?...

#REMtop30 16. An announcement. Radio Free Europe youtu.be/Ac0oaXhz1u8?...

#REMtop30 15. Released as I was getting more into playing the guitar so one of the first I learned and an absolute banger. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? youtu.be/jWkMhCLkVOg?...

#REMtop30 14. Great song. Great video. Imitation Of Life youtu.be/0vqgdSsfqPs?...

#REMtop30 13. New Adventures In Hifi is a top 3 album of theirs and this is one of the best from it. Leave youtu.be/tXj6_-UwkOU?...

#REMtop30 12. A strange album and a strange song but one that immediately resonated with me and still does. Walk Unafraid youtu.be/dCAblmIOfz0?...

#REMtop30 11. Raw power. Finest Worksong youtu.be/559eWB93jW4?...

#REMtop30 10. Obviously. Losing My Religion youtu.be/xwtdhWltSIg?...

#REMtop30 9. I think about this world a lot and I cry. You Are The Everything youtu.be/c9HNjW2Rx60?...

#REMtop30 8. A hauntingly beautiful melody. Perfect Circle youtu.be/3beIARLRdZY?...

#REMtop30 7. I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract. I Believe youtu.be/oleEwETxpKQ?...

#REMtop30 6. Simple but effective. Half A World Away youtu.be/AWiBIrPMEWk?...

#REMtop30 5. Piano, Strings, Oboe, Voice. Nightswimming youtu.be/ahJ6Kh8klM4?...

#REMtop30 4. Vocal interplay at its very finest. Fall On Me youtu.be/lf6vCjtaV1k?...

#REMtop30 3. 10 albums in and still sounding vital. E-Bow The Letter youtu.be/5cnIQHJ169s?...

#REMtop30 2. REM in a song. Country Feedback youtu.be/6EHBh1FuY1Q?...

#REMtop30 1. Just the most beautiful song. Find The River youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...

How did I not know about this when recording the first three albums!? A completely free orchestra VST that sounds pretty damn good… expect the next album to be string laden! #MusicSky #MusicianSky www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-symphony...

Do you reckon a gig “in the round” at the Arthur Ashe stadium at Flushing Meadows would work? Looks like it’s got so much atmosphere. #MusicSky #MusicianSky

Any other lyrics— don’t even try chronic town murmur or reckoning btw— just form vowels and syllables, and mean it

Wrote a new song on Monday. Changed it a bit yesterday. Finessed it a bit today… do I play it at an open mic tonight!? Probably still a work in progress but what the hell! #MusicianSky #MusicSky

when you try and talk to me during sex

You know what, fair play to Scooby Doo villains. They walk into a room dressed as a ghost, see a talking dog on its hind legs making the world’s biggest sandwich and somehow manage to stay in character.

If you swap the genders in a song when covering it, you're a coward.

I can

Beef Wellington is just a sausage roll for cunts.

Shuffling Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds on a train journey. I love Oasis with everything but it’s amazing how he went from such a template approach to being completely fearless in his songwriting. Listening to him genuinely inspires me to write more than anyone else. #MusicSky #MusicianSky

Our pals The Mary Wallopers have just been pulled off stage and the PA shut down at VictoriousFest in Portsmouth for taking out a 🇵🇸 flag and saying Free Palestine Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal Up the Mary Wallopers 💚🤍🧡 Free Palestine! Free the 6 counties!

"We didn't come here to listen to a load of stuff about famine and colonialism and genocide and being forced into exile, we came to hear some Irish folk songs!"

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