NEW: You're mistaken, no-one's standing there (song 73/222) youtu.be/EAUD4m5JUZc

NEW: I kinda blew it when I never learned how to dance (song 72/222) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3vt...

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NEW: What noisy cats are we (song 71/222) youtu.be/M-L2Ga342L8

NEW: I would do anything (Song 70/222) youtu.be/TjnEtLVbtKA

NEW: The difference between what you want and what you need (Song 69/222) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PADr...

NEW: Not only deadlier, but smarter too... www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjMy...

Rumours that @millsish.bsky.social set today’s NYT Connections…

Thanks @tansleyjames.bsky.social for the #REMTop30, it’s been great to see such a diverse selection, a reminder of just how many songs I forgot to put in my own list Surprised not to see this in anyone’s list though 🙄 youtu.be/edfxGywqTvg?...

#REMTop30 1. Harborcoat Always was, always will be. youtu.be/Osa8K_tCFKo?...

#REMTop30 2. Shaking Through A Mike Mills piano, bass, harmonies masterclass youtu.be/0bsNrcAt-DM?...

#REMTop30 3. Sweetness Follows It’s these little things, they can pull you under youtu.be/agBvLrJJscY?...

#REMTop30 4. Belong LMR was the song that brought me here, Belong was the song that made me stay youtu.be/ajYbb03Lk5Y?...

#REMTop30 5. These Days We are hope despite the times youtu.be/d_ExnGK20bM?...

#REMTop30 6. Good Advices youtu.be/8nf71ud7Als?...

#REMTop30 7. So Central Rain (I’m Sorry). About the poor sound quality youtu.be/btUYTm86yuY?...

#REMTop30 8. Hairshirt youtu.be/xEa2dk8uN_4?...

#REMTop30 9. Life And How To Live It Into the business end of things now. Always wondered how to play that riff until I found out it was a non-standard tuning youtu.be/toaY4Lf0EYA?...

NEW: There's something here I find hard to ignore (66/222) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bojl...

#REMTop30 10. Green Grow The Rushes Shortly after my introduction to the band with Out Of Time, I got the IRS-released Best Of REM, and this is the song that stuck out to me youtu.be/C3IGkkmvYBA?...

#REMTop30 11. Find The River If Losing My Religion is the song on loop in my coffin, this is the one I’m making the mourners listen to as they send me down youtu.be/o7OnGa5PEFw?...

#REMTop30 12. Losing My Religion Notionally at #12, but really this is the one that started this lifelong love affair, and you could stick this on loop in my coffin and I wouldn’t be upset youtu.be/b-AVFRGW5P4?...

#REMTop30 13. Fall On Me Really, any song that features Michael/Mike/Bill doing the three separate but complementary vocal lines thing is automatically a winner youtu.be/kfqKFDEJdXM?...

#REMTop30 14. I Believe Jangle-tastic youtu.be/g1fgPYkzmfY?...

#REMTop30 15. Just A Touch Michael at his hollering best youtu.be/l_HOabfT_3Y?...

#REMTop30 16. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars) When Mrs Imitation goes out for the evening, I like to slip on sweatbands and sunglasses and recreate this demonstration that this song is, as the kids say, a complete bop youtu.be/nmWW8pZS7ys?...

Hey, did you know that occasionally I find time to do stuff that isn't R.E.M.? I even do proper thumbnails Watch, like, subscribe to Semi-Capable Covers. Just maybe I'll take requests! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdOW...

#REMTop30 17. Country Feedback One of the simplest songs in the REM canon to play, but those seven chords are almost hypnotic youtu.be/pU_PT_XtH8A?...

#REMTop30 18. Near Wild Heaven True story: I once got emotional at the thought of dying and never hearing this song again youtu.be/oC7er_6dpsI?...

#REMTop30 19. Wolves Lower “Wilder lower Wolves” - Stipe accurately predicting Sheffield United’s surprising 2-1 victory in the 23/24 EPL fixture. Incredible foresight youtu.be/Xw1Ko--GPGk?...

#REMTop30 20. Texarkana The bass, the pedal steel, the harmonies. Glorious. youtu.be/p16q-w2OuI4?...

#REMTop30 21. Low One of the most underrated songs in the catalogue I think, and one of my favourite of my own covers. youtu.be/gkrY98ZJlNU?...

#REMTop30 22. Fretless No words spoken, no need youtu.be/L0xdNm7u82Y?...

#REMTop30 22. Horse To Water I’m always a sucker for a short punchy pop rock song, and I love Michael’s amusement at Scott’s backing vocals in this live version youtu.be/t-dMOkjoPyk?...

Good news! I found two songs in the list that shouldn't have been there, so the target number is now 222. Which has instantly made me 0.26% more complete. Also, you think anyone notice if I just deleted I'm Gonna DJ from the list?

NEW: You know that something's wrong (65/244) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkuC...

#REMTop30 24. Camera Fun fact I discovered when recording this - Camera was the band’s longest song until Leave youtu.be/mWntV_nllB0?...

@stiperemtribute.bsky.social opening with White Tornado is a boss move

Output has been a little slow recently, due to holidays and a new job. "No prob", I think, "there's a least one song where I already have music and just need to record different vocals!" Now guess the one song I previously recorded that apparently didn't survive the move to a new hard disk... 😭

#REMTop30 25. That Someone Is You Another late era one. I love the bish bash bosh in out no messing around punchiness. (sorry for the sound quality on this one, I obviously pushed the wrong knob somewhere) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TQG...

#REMTop30 26. Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando & I One of those later gems that I only really appreciated when I covered it youtu.be/XRWiRhjL8mQ?...

#REMTop30 27. Bandwagon Jangly! Hearing Shannon & Narducy doing this live recently was an absolute treat youtu.be/rwiduu42GP4?...

#REMTop30 28. Auctioneer (Another Engine) I love the rawness of this song, almost like it’s not quite finished. youtu.be/b1RSB1c92-o?...

#REMTop30 29. It Happened Today One of the best of the late era youtu.be/zHJculA2sIo?... (Feat. the fabulous @bluemookie.bsky.social )

#REMTop30 I'll be honest, I haven't prepped for this so it's a vibe-based list, but let's start here and hope I don't paint myself into a corner. 30. 9-9 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XSS...

#REMtop30 Starts tomorrow. I first announced this challenge way back in February (where does the time go!). Post your 30 favourite R.E.M. songs, counting down from 30-1. Post one per day throughout September. At the end I’ll produce two playlists, a top 30 and a deluxe edition top 60. Good luck.

Coming soon: I know that something's wrong...

Michael Shannon. @jasonnarducy.bsky.social . Fuck, this was good. Gooooood. GOOOOOOOOOOOD. Is it wrong to admit I welled up as soon as the opening bars of Feeling Gravitys Pull hit?

From the archive: R-E-A-C-T youtu.be/Osa8K_tCFKo?...