R.E.M. Accelerate Tour Set List 08/28/08 Southampton, UK
Wow, what an awful way to open a show. “Bad Day” to open? “Bad Day” = Bad Song. Yuck.
I love that “It’s The End of The World As We Know It” closed the main set. I know they’ve played it 10,000,000 times since Document, but that’s a perfect encore or main set closer. Why fight it?
1. Bad Day
2. Living Well Is The Best Revenge
3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
4. Fall On Me
5. Drive
6. Man-Sized Wreath
7. Begin The Begin
8. Hollow Man
9. The Great Beyond
10. Ignoreland
11. Animal
12. Electrolite
13. I’m Gonna Dj
14. Pretty Persuasion
15. The One I Love
16. 7 Chinese Bros.
17. Nightswimming
18. Let Me In
19. Auctioneer
20. Horse To Water
21. Orange Crush
22. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
23. Supernatural Superserious
24. Losing My Religion
25. Imitation Of Life
26. Man On The Moon
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why is Bad Day a bad song? it must be the lyrics because the music is prototypical REM.
Absolutely brilliant!
That’s a fair question. I sometimes spit these things out there and assume everyone is in my head and understands where I’m coming from. I’ll try to explain a little bit. I think I’ve had this discussion before, but it might not have ever really shown up here.
My problem with it is that it’s a little too prototypical R.E.M. all the way around. The lyrics are structured in the “It’s The End Of The World” mode only with a little less creativity and the music, well, it’s almost a carbon copy of “ITEOTWAWKI” as well. I feel like I’ve heard this song from them and heard it better, musically and lyrically.
i certainly heard the musical similarity between the two songs, and the chorus has certain echoes as well.
and of course, i didn’t catch any of the lyrics.