R.E.M.
“Mr. Richards” (snippet)
Live in Dublin, 2007
My review of R.E.M.’s Live at the Olympia is up on Pitchfork today. I originally meant to include something about how great this song sounds on the record — it’s actually maybe the one track that makes a lie of my statement that the album contains no definitive takes on a song — but it got cut because it didn’t really fit into the arc of my argument.
I listened to the first half of this show the other night while making dinner and this song caught my attention in particular. I haven’t heard it in a while and kind of forgot about it, but I love how it cuts a little sharper on the Olympia rehearsal recording.
This is an excellent recording (well, the first half that I’ve listened to so far) that I’d recommend checking out.
Reblogged from Fluxtumblr.
October 29, 2009, 9:57am
