One of my all-time favorite bands, Athens, GA’s R.E.M., is getting the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame treatment tonight, and you can watch it live, without commercial interruption, via AOL’s Spinner. Tune in to the stream this evening at 8:30 p.m. ET
Here are a couple of tracks off the Chronic Town EP that started it all back in 1982. The EP can now be found on the Dead Letter Office compilation.
Elsewhere: Listen to R.E.M.’s cover of John Lennon’s “# 9 Dream” recorded for the upcoming Amnesty International curated album Instant Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur. This is the first R.E.M. song to feature Bill Berry in ten years.
Download:
MP3: R.E.M :: Wolves, Lower
MP3: R.E.M :: Stumble
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Thanks so much. I’ll have to get the album. “Chronic Town” is an unbelievably great first EP for a band. Like “Murmur” genuinely revolutionary in impact.
Bruce K.
1 | Bruce K. March 13th, 2007 at 6:50 amThey played live last night, and they were fucking brilliant. Bill Berry played like he had never retired, and they played “Gardening At Night”, which was a rush for an old school R.E.M. fan like me. They are a real treasure, and a class act.
2 | Eric March 13th, 2007 at 9:47 amAquarium Boy –
I watched most of it last night (REM was the last act on!). Here’s my take. Like Eric above, it was cool to hear Gardening at Night, but I thought it lacked a little oomph. Overall, good stuff. My take here:
3 | Dfactor March 14th, 2007 at 2:05 pmhttp://wavedrumor.blogspot.com/2007/03/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-webcast.html