Saturday, January 03, 2004
January 2: R.E.M. - Dead Letter Office
Those that know me know I couldn't help but get an R.E.M. CD in here pretty quick. I'm a huge fan (saw three shows on the recent greatest hits tour), and I just ordered this one online a couple of weeks ago. It's the 1993 European reissue of their 1987 B-sides compilation, and the bonus tracks feature all five songs from their debut EP Chronic Town and two ultra-rare songs, an acoustic version of "Gardening at Night" and a 1983 recording of "All the Right Friends" (re-recorded in 2001 for Cameron Crowe's movie Vanilla Sky).
Listened to this one while driving to (and from) the Cotton Bowl, which Oklahoma State lost. I like hearing bands play other bands' songs, and this CD has THREE Velvet Underground covers, plus versions of "King of the Road" and Aerosmith's "Toys in the Attic." Everything on the CD was recorded way before REM got famous, and you can tell that the band's still pretty raw (on some tracks, pretty raw and pretty drunk).
Listened to this one while driving to (and from) the Cotton Bowl, which Oklahoma State lost. I like hearing bands play other bands' songs, and this CD has THREE Velvet Underground covers, plus versions of "King of the Road" and Aerosmith's "Toys in the Attic." Everything on the CD was recorded way before REM got famous, and you can tell that the band's still pretty raw (on some tracks, pretty raw and pretty drunk).
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