Paste Magazines’ Top 20 R.E.M Songs:
Paste Magazine has compiled a list of their favorite R.E.M songs for us to enjoy argue. Actually their list is pretty solid, aside from “Nightswimming” not being in the top spot. I’ve always had a soft spot for this song; in fact it is one of my all time favorites.
Your favorite R.E.M. song aside, a list like this really puts into perspective how great they have been throughout their nearly 30 year career.
Head over to Paste to view the actual list and stream all the songs.
20. “King of Birds” (Document)
19. “These Days” (Life’s Rich Pageant)
18. “World Leader Pretend” (Green)
17. “Cuyahoga” (Life’s Rich Pageant)
16. “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” (Monster)
15. “Gardening at Night” (Chronic Town)
14. “Man on the Moon” (Automatic For the People)
13. “7 Chinese Bros.” (Reckoning)
12. “Fall on Me” (Life’s Rich Pageant)
11. “Everybody Hurts” (Automatic For the People)
Top 10 After the Jump…
10. “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” (Document)
9. “Radio Free Europe” (Murmur)
8. “So. Central Rain” (Reckoning)
7. “(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville” (Reckoning)
6. “Losing My Religion” (Out of Time)
5. “Finest Worksong” (Document)
4. “Nightswimming” (Automatic For the People)
3. “Swan Swan H” (Life’s Rich Pageant)
2. “Driver 8″ (Fables of the Reconstruction)
1. “Talk About the Passion” (Murmur)
Jul 28, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Jeff says,
Not bad selections, though my two favorites, coincidentally, are “Drive” and “Driver 8.”
Jul 28, 2009 at 3:09 pm
blackdominoes says,
wow- no ‘disturbance at the heron house.’
no ‘electrolite.’
no ‘leaving new york.’
no ‘strange currencies.’
those and ‘fall on me’ are my top five.
its funny, for two years i lived a block over from michael…i would play my telecaster late at night but i was always afraid to play the above songs—in case he was to walk around the block and hear me.
-BD
Aug 13, 2009 at 6:21 am
top music 20 says,
welcome to music 20!!!!
Sep 17, 2009 at 2:16 pm
calum says,
why does nobody but me like ‘the great beyond’?