In Time 1988-2003 (The Best of R.E.M.) (by R.E.M., Rock)
common sense media says
Fine collection of 18 classic R.E.M. hits.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that younger children may have some questions about the metaphorical lyrics in songs like "Man in the Moon" and "Losing My Religion."
Violence:
These guys are too busy writing poetry.
Sex:
All sexual references are poetically obtuse.
Language:
"Kiss my ass" ("The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight") is as bad as it gets.
Consumerism:
None.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Benzedrine ("What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"), hash bars, Seconal, "smoke it, drink it" ("E-Bow the Letter"), does Orange Crush count?
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SweetDisposition
teen, 14 years old
teen, 14 years old
Kids deserve to be raised on this music.
I have a very strong opinion on what kids should listen to. I feel like kids who listen to pop throughout their child/teen years are highly deprived. Bands and singers like R.E.M., The Who, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and B.B. King is what kids should be listening to. If a child can appreciate the root of music at a young age, they will never want to listen to the systhesized, over done and manufactured songs pop artists put out.
What I'm saying is R.E.M. is great, do yourself a favor and listen to them. Sorry for my rant-tacular review, I just need to spread the word.
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TheresaL
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adult
R.E.M.
This is the first R.E.M. album that I ever bought. Actually, my dad bought it but that's not important. What IS important is that this album was enough to get me interested in R.E.M. I now own a lot of their CD's and several concerts and music video collections.
While I think that R.E.M. could have picked better tracks to put on "The Best of" (i.e. Drive, Strange Currencies), this is still a great collection. It has popular songs like "Everybody Hurts" and "Losing My Religion", but it also has obscure and previously unreleased songs like "Animal" and "Bad Day." While it was an odd choice to put these songs on a best of album, I am still very glad that we got to hear them at all.
I know that this review was very long and rambling and it probably didn't make a lot of sense, but I love R.E.M. and I wanted to encourage other people to start listening to them, as well. I'm not sure if I succeeded or not, but I certainly tried. So please, go out and buy this album and stop worrying if it's appropriate, which it is by the way. Trust me, music doesn't get any better than this.
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