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ひぽこんコラム
by 和田
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■ＲＥＭ2005の記録！
消えないうちにここに移しておきますね。
ＲＥＭ２００５の記録集＠マーマーズ（これ、役に立つんだわ…笑）
It was a year that saw R.E.M. resume a soon-triumphant world tour, the discovery of the earliest surviving live recording of the band and the retreat to the shadows of this website's illustrious leader. Perusing the highlights that set tongues wagging, Murmurs looks back at the news stories that defined the R.E.M. universe in 2005.
Do go back to Belgrade (January 20)
Have you ever met the Serbian president? R.E.M. have, and here are the photos to prove it. An informal chat with Boris Tadic was just one of the ways in which the capital welcomed the band in January.
The city's Ozone gallery was busy showing a full-scale R.E.M. special, the famed B92 radio station invited them in for an interview and, mirroring B92's commitment to independent transmission during the Balkan conflict, the band played Radio Free Europe at their first ever gig in the city. That wasn't the only honour the region would bestow on the boys - Croatia's Zlatna Kooga music awards picked R.E.M.'s show in Zagreb for their Best Performance by a Foreign Act prize and, elsewhere in eastern Europe, students from Riga, Latvia, later made a documentary exploring the interaction between their love for the band and their growing social freedoms.
Earliest R.E.M. recording surfaces after 24 years in the closet (February 11)
Call it Genesis, The Holy Grail, a search for the maker - when you want direction, you go to source. When Murmursian gravity113 found a forgotten cassette tape with an old R.E.M. recording on it, he was intrigued. With extra detective work from a small-but-busy army of excited community members, the piece was identified as a May 30, 1980, gig at Athens' 40 Watt Club - the earliest known R.E.M. live recording ever. Uncovered and shared via peer-to-peer software Bit Torrent, the discovery embodied the wonderful spirit of online communion amongst R.E.M. fans. Hallelujah.
More after the jump
Mike's illness forces postponement and cancellations (February 21)
Well, it wouldn't be an R.E.M. tour without at least one visit to A&E. When text messages started coming through from Sheffield about a sickness with Mike forcing the band to cancel their show up north, we feared the worst. In fact, the Mills was merely struck down with a nasty strain of a virulent European flu and, though he was taken to hospital, would turn out just fine. The band also had to reschedule their Glasgow date that week but were back on form just days later in Birmingham and made good on promises to return to both missed cities later on. Meanwhile, the subsequent recording from a compensatory Peter-and-Michael acapella set at the ill-fated show is one of the sweetest you'll ever hear.
R.E.M.'s New Zealand shower - file under water (March 27)
[5]続きを読む
01月06日(金)
[1]過去を読む
[2]未来を読む
[3]目次へ
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