Comments on: Day of ‘Reckoning’ is here for R.E.M. and Dave FM

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:41:59 +0000

Sigh. Leave it to some bonehead to throw in a misdirected sports reference (not you, Jane). The Athens music scene and UGA athletics couldn’t be any more separate, particularly at that time. R.E.M. helped create, define, and popularize an underground college movement, the responsibility for the success of which remains on their shoulders. They are as integral to the history of popular music as any genre-defining act before or since. Hard to believe it has been 25 years, but even harder to believe is how much groundbreaking work came from one band. A shame that some of their colleagues (Pylon, especially) couldn’t have shared in the success and notoriety they managed to earn.

By: Jane Tolleson

Jane Tolleson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:53:05 +0000

I was lucky to have seen REM before they were “famous” at the I & I club in Athens, GA. This was back in the Herschel Walker days and what a great time to be a dawg!! We were all way too cool for school. Too bad my kids can’t get in UGA.

By: C

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:19:23 +0000

Mike Mills is an amazing musician. Long live REM!

By: StrayGator

StrayGator — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:17:30 +0000

Pretty sure I still have this on vinyl. Hard to describe to anyone who wasn’t on a college campus back then what an impact these guys had on music at that time. Half the bands I saw sounded like they wanted to be REM. I’d rank Reckoning and Life’s Rich Pageant as their best.

By: Vinyl Rules

Vinyl Rules — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:36:43 +0000

I was a DJ at my college station (WRPN 90.1FM) back from 81-85 and REM was unlike anything I had heard or played. Their music holds up better today than any other band from that era.

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The Mara Davis Show » Blog Archive » Day Of Reckoning — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:01:04 +0000

[...] from Mike Mills. I’ve heard some of these and they are VERY cool. Here’s how it all came together. To tie in with our REM day, the Radio Free Lunch will be all songs that start with R, E or M. [...]

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Day Of Reckoning « — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:07:05 +0000

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:58:43 +0000

REM was the soundtrack to my college years at Georgia Southern and I still listen to them to this day. I remember staying up late to watch them perform South Central Rain on David Letterman, classic. I love the old stuff but the new music is still great, hope they keep making music for a long time.

By: Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:36:37 +0000

Athens sux…45-42!!!!!

By: WRCz

WRCz — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:13:05 +0000

Perhaps they are has-beens, but ‘Reckoning’ was when the absolutely were. One of my Top 5 albums everrrr.