r.e.m. - Pilgrimage - Murmur

[LaughingMan0960]

Does this song remind anyone else of the Moody Blues? I mean, at their most ethereal and transcendent?

[tj7572]

Like so many others who've commented here, I feel this is the best song on Murmur, and one of my very favorite R.E.M. songs (and there are SO MANY good ones). Each time it hits the chorus I find myself singing out loud, at full lung, "take your TUUURRRRN, take your TURRRRNNN, take your FOR-TUNE!" Wow!

[ProfessorNeuwave]

My love for this song runs deep.

[mrsurety]

Such an exciting time when this album came out almost 30 years ago. There was nothing like it on the radio, college radio that is. Took a while for the mainstream to catch up. Knew they had made it when band was on the cover of Rolling Stone. Would love to see them perform the entireMurmur album in concert. One of the best REM songs ever.

[ThePBerry]

thanks for sharing, their earlier music was some of thier best.

[tonyflow730]

best song on the album

[DharamrajKaur]

one of my fave albums from the start of the 80s

[DustOnTheRoad]

boring

[musiclover01ization]

@DustOnTheRoad Gtfo then. No one wants you here if your going to talk shit about this song

[hatmap]

@SgtCrom No, Chronic Town was an EP. Murmur was the band's first full-length LP/album.

[deweypug]

the imagery that these songs created painted the most beautiful works of art.

[Schumitastic]

One of the greatest debut albums ever and also one of the greatest albums.

It ranks alongside fellow classic debuts by The Stone Roses, Oasis, The Smiths and Arcade Fire.

This is my favourite one of Murmer though.

[hatmap]

Murmur is one of the greatest debuts in the history of rock, ranking with The Doors, Are You Experienced?, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Black Sabbath, Roxy Music, and Appetite For Destruction. Lotsa cool, cryptic lyrics and great music.

[OnePieceSanjiRobin]

@hatmap Absolutely missing TVU&Nico in that list.

[qwakken]

@hatmap One word: Boston.

[hatmap]

@qwakken Yeah, that one, and KISS, also.

[qwakken]

@hatmap One word: Boston.

[fat8622]

@hatmap please don't mention a god like band like REM in the same vein as Guns n Roses, it's quite insulting

[ltdann86]

Reminds me of very early U2?????

[nilbog44]

@ltdann86 reminds me of early u2 except better songwriting, production, vocals, arrangement, drumming, guitar playing, and its more interesting and more fun to listen to

[Rayruit]

@nilbog44 whether its more interesting and fun to listen to... thats subjective.

But as far as production, guitar work and vocals, this is nowhere near early U2 (if you mean the first 3 albums, produced by Steve Lillywhite).

I will follow, Twilight, New Years Day, Gloria, Sunday Bloody, Two Hearts Beat as One, i dont hear any REM in these songs.

Maybe with 1984's Unforgettable Fire, there were comparable soundscapes but before that??

U2 was more in the face, REM slowly entered your system.

[nilbog44]

@Rayruit no man i agree with what you said. i was just being a smart ass to the comment above mine to the dude that said it reminded him of u2. i was just saying all that stuff because i like REM much more than u2. i actually liked new years day etc but i can't stand bono so i started hating them.

[KingCast65]

@Rayruit Don't forget Guadalcanal Diary :)

Yes this is one of REM's better songs, gosh where have the years gone.... we had it all on vinyl.....

[EnjoyTheSurface]

@Rayruit i like both bands... they are quite different, when U2 for the most time paint in capital letters, REM is more subtle... the production wise i think murmur is great and very original, it got that mysterious thing that U2 has also, like on Boy for instance... but since the early 1980s they have taken different paths... and rem has never been arena band in sense that U2 has been.... REM draw big crowds they do, but the tours arent that extravagant like U2, rem is more intimate i think

[MrJrh58]

Agree with the last post, My favorite on Murmur, and there are some damn good songs on the album. Takes me back to '83 in a flash with all the good and bad memories of life in my 20's!! I will always love Murmur, a true classic!!

[wutevr63]

Very underrated tune. One of the best songs on Murmur, and that's saying something.

[driver8train]

@wutevr63 agree, pilgrimage has always been my favorite song off murmur, album is so unique even after all these years, classic

[tinman24601]

@wutevr63 There is no B side to murmur, every song on the album was good.