R. E. M.

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Peter Buck y U2

 

Hasta que por fin se puede escuchar Hallelujah, una de las canciones nuevas de R.E.M. que forma parte de "Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage", apoteosico tema con excelentes arreglos de cuerda, el inicio me recuerda un poco al de Houston pero inmediatemente la cancion va tomando forma
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otAqA2gPsOg]R.E.M. - Hallelujah - YouTube[/ame]

 

Disco 1

1. Gardening At Night 3:29
2. Radio Free Europe 4:04
3. Talk About The Passion 3:20
4. Sitting Still 3:17
5. So Central Rain 3:14
6. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville 4:32
7. Driver 8 3:24
8. Life And How To Live It 4:07
9. Begin The Begin 3:28
10. Fall On Me 2:51
11. Finest Worksong 3:49
12. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 4:07
13. The One I Love 3:17
14. Stand 3:11
15. Pop Song 89 3:05
16. Get Up 2:39
17. Orange Crush 3:53
18. Losing My Religion 4:28
19. Country Feedback 4:08
20. Shiny Happy People 3:46
21. The Widewinder Sleeps Tonite 4:07

Disco 2

1. Everybody Hurts 5:18
2. Man On The Moon 5:12
3. Nightswimming 4:16
4. What's The Frequency, Kenneth? 4:01
5. New Test Leper 5:24
6. Electrolite 4:05
7. At My Most Beautiful 3:33
8. The Great Beyond 5:05
9. Imitation Of Life 3:57
10. Bad Day 4:05
11. Leaving New York 4:49
12. Living Well Is The Best Revenge 3:12
13. Supernatural Superseious 3:24
14. berlin 4:14
15. Oh My Heart 3:20
16. Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter 2:44
17. A Month Of Saturdays 1:40
18. We All Go back To Where We Belong 3:35
19. Hallelujah 3:41

DESCARGA

 

A Month Of Saturdays, otra de las nuevas canciones, sigue la misma linea de otros temas como 'That Someone Is You' o 'Crazy'... sin dudas que esas reminiscencias a las primeras canciones de la etapa previa al Chronic Town siempre se caracterizaron por ser ligeras pero sumamente efectivas
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVB2IXzLwL8]REM-A month of Saturdays - YouTube[/ame]

 

R.E.M. y U2

 

Interesante entrevista a Mike Mills publicada recientemente:

 

Tal como se ha podido deducir en otras entrevistas, esta vez Stipe ha sido claro: no hará carrera como solista

 

Interesante reseña del último recopilatorio

 

Una de las ultiamas apariciones en TV, Michael Stipe y Brian Eno cantando con el presentador un tal Stephen Colbert aqui el audio

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC5rihPXNiY&feature=related]Colbert Show: Lean On Me - YouTube[/ame]

Y aqui el video http://www.colbertnation.com/the-co...ichael-stipe---stephen-colbert----lean-on-me-

 

Este fue un video subido en su momento por el canal oficial de R.E.M. en Youtube, es precisamente la ultima fecha del Accelerate Tour en el Auditorio Nacional de la ciudad de Mexico, recordando que unos dias antes habia pasado por Lima, aqui los bises de esta ultima presentacion:

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Peter Buck, guitarrista de REM, prepara su primer álbum en solitario

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Tras 31 años en la misma formación, el guitarrista parece decidido a seguir con el oficio que mejor se le da, al margen de lo que decidan sus antiguos compañeros. Un amigo del músico ha confirmado que se halla trabajando en su primer disco en solitario, del que todavía se conocen muy pocos detalles.


Scott McCaughey, compañero de Peter Buck en la banda Minus 5 ha revelado durante una entrevista en una radio de Seattle que el guitarrista de REM está trabajando en su primer álbum en solitario.


McCaughey, que colabora en el disco de Buck, ha asegurado que el material en el que trabaja el guitarrista "se sale" y ha sugerido que quizá incluso se anime a cantar, algo que no ha hecho en los 31 años de carrera con REM.


Aunque duda que Peter Buck se lance a cantar en los directos, McCaughey se aventura a adelantar que el álbum podría ver la luz únicamente en formato vinilo y, en ningún caso, en formato digital para su descarga. En caso de salir adelante, el álbum de Peter Buck será el primero que un miembro de REM publique por su cuenta después de que la banda anunciara su separación tras más de 30 años de carrera juntos.


Y parece que, de momento, es el único que se anima a seguir adelante con la música, pues como ya dijo el bajista Michael Mills, el cantante, Michael Stipe dificilmente podría animarse a trabajar en solitario:
"Creo que quiere centrarse en las artes visuales. Imagino que hará mucha escultura y fotografía. Creo que ahora son sus mayores intereses", afirmó el bajista que, por su parte, tampoco ha revelado a qué dedicará su tiempo tras el fin de REM.


Vaya novedad que viene preparando el gran Peter Buck, de hecho durante la ultima etapa de REM el era quien seguia tirando del carro, manteniendose activo colaborando en diferentes bandas... sera toda una sorpresa poder escucharlo cantar

 

A proposito de Peter Buck, aqui una de sus mas recientes apariciones tan solo hace unos dias (16 de marzo)... colaborando con The Posies y un tal Jody Stephens

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Realmente una joya de cancion​

 

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Y tal como lo habia comentado hace unos meses, el trabajo en solitario de Peter Buck ya esta listo y justamente aqui un adelanto:

Peter Buck - 10 Million BC by chartstonge on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

Bastante en la onda rockera al fiel estilo que siempre ha seguido Peter...

Aqui algunos comentarios por parte de Bertis Downs en Remhq:

 

Temazo del magnifico disco debut Murmur

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Uno de los mas celebres conciertos para los conocedores de R.E.M : Reconstruction Tour (1985) en Rockpalast (Berlin)... durante "We Walk" Stipe cantando con el publico y sobandole la pelada al tio de barba xD

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Estas son las 10 canciones más tristes de todos los tiempos | El Comercio Perú, y "Everybody hurts" fue elegida la canción más triste, realmente demasiado cercano a la realidad.

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Y lo mas reciente, el ultimo trabajo de Peter Buck ha visto la luz este mes:

1) 10 Million BC

2) I’m Alright

3) Some Kind Of Velvet Sunday Morning

4) Travel Without Arriving

5) Migraine

6) Gimme Back My Wig

7) Nothing Matters Anymore

8) So Long Johnny

9) Little Village, Motherf…ker (LVMF)

10) Nothing Means Nothing

11) Hard Old World

12) Nowhere No Way

13) Vaso Loco

14) I’m Alive

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Not quite a year after R.E.M. split, guitarist Peter Buck, a great sideman who had intimated that he'd never become a frontman, is unexpectedly first out of the gate with a self-titled solo debut. It's a curious thing: a vinyl-0nly release on Portland's Mississippi Records, which specializes in old blues and folk reissues. Limited to 2,000 copies, the album is sold exclusively through independent record stores and online retailers, although there are rumors of a digital release sometime in the future. Since it was announced earlier this year, we've had months to wonder what a Peter Buck solo album would sound like, but we've had 30 years to wonder what his singing voice sounds like: Seemingly content to stand off to the side while Michael Stipe and Mike Mills vocalize, Buck has let his guitar do the talking, and it's always had a large vocabulary and perfect elocution.

But how does he sound when he steps up to the mic? Low and gravelly and slightly narcotized, like he's calling in ransom demands. While nowhere near as agile or as commanding as his guitar, his voice proves unpredictable, as the growl grows trippy on "Travel Without Arriving" and as he barks out a string of expletives on the nightmare-exotica number "It's Alright". His final words on that song-- "I tell you what, if that ain't music, nothin' is"-- form a strangely effective punchline, not to mention the closest thing this record has to a Big Statement. Anything can be musical, even Buck's odd, slightly unwieldy voice.
In fact, that instrument is perfect for the loose, lively, low-key vibe of this record. Peter Buckis Peter Buck testing the solo waters. That impression stems no doubt from his approach: Laid up in bed earlier in the year with a severe back injury, Buck found himself unable to play guitar, so he tried his hand at writing lyrics to pass the time. Vertical once more, he invited a bunch of friends into the studio to flesh out his songs, most notably Minus 5 frontman Scott McCaughey and Steve Wynn. They update some old blues tunes, even sampling Sonny Boy Williamson's infamously profane intro to "Little Village" for "L.V.M.F." A few wouldn't be out of place on a Minus 5 record, and others indulge some truly weird-ass studio hijinks. Not all of them work, but those that do possess a perverse pleasure. Opener "10 Million BC" sounds like someone drinking cough syrup and playing Stoneage Romeos on the wrong speed. "Some Kind of Velvet Sunday Morning", as its title suggests, is an attempt at a drowsy Hazlewoodsy epic, with Buck playing a strong Lee to Annalisa Tornfelt and Chloe Johnson's Nancy Sinatra.

Freed from the demands of notching a radio hit or selling however many units, Buck can simply chase one whim after another, with its surf rock or 60s bubblegum pop, R&B, or C&W. Perhaps that devil-may-care spirit is geographic in nature: The 0nly other Georgian on the album is Mike Mills; everyone else is a Pacific Northwesterner, including Corin Tucker and Decemberist Jenny Conlee. It's Tucker who gets the best and most straight-faced song on the album, the defiantly despairing "Nothing Means Nothing", which may be the most personal and revealing song here.

Buck's obviously more comfortable as the sideman, but after decades spent backing Stipe, the task of accompanying a different set of pipes has obviously made him reconsider how he plays. In fact, this is the loosest, wildest, and most unguarded any member of R.E.M. has sounded in ages, maybe even since Hindu Love Gods or even Dead Letter Office. Like those two releases, Peter Buck is likely a fans-0nly effort, but one that showcases a low-stakes spontaneity and a renewed sense of possibility. Inauspicious by design, this debut is ultimately a minor contribution to the R.E.M. canon, but therein lies its chief appeal.