Peter Buck, the murmur days

[forumchatter09]

Grab a Bud heavy and a big as* branch

[fred6059]

He can't afford clothes

[millsfreak]

I understand he is incredibly sexy, but where the hell was he going with that branch???

[fanofaestallings]

It is 1986. I have a photo of him on that porch I took when I was visiting him. Thanks for posting I had forgotten that part of his house.

[minedarea]

Judging by what the black guy at the end is saying this must be from 1986. The Butthole Surfers moved into to the area in 1986 and, according to Wikipedia at least, made a habit of stalking members of R.E.M.

[Sligomol]

@minedarea - You're probably right - I figure it's around that time at least. I think in '83 Buck's hair looked like one of the Beatles'.

[deeeecraig2]

I think that he's a GREAT guitarist. Peter Buck really isn't that easy to imitate. His parts are melodic and memorable. You can hum them. He knew how to dress up Bill Berry's songs better than anyone else.

[MusicalElitist1]

@deeeecraig2: Mike Mills said Pete had the "best right hand in the business" cos of the way he structures his guitar parts and how he plays them.

[Sligomol]

I speculate that this is footage from '83 because he says he moved to Athens in 1978, then later in his conversation says "being in a band is an ideal living . . . it is, five years later down the road, it's pretty neat"

It's kind of hard to date this movie's clips.

[Sligomol]

Why '86?

[pggtips]

@Sligomol Cos that was the first year they had actually made enough money to buy their own houses ;-)

[Ersmarker]

1986, not 1983.

[metallicatt316]

Peter is so sexy in this video.

[viagemixtlan]

why is he one of the worst guitar player who ever lived? i think he came up with pretty cool stuff in his career, wouldn`t you say

[BucksStudent]

@viagemixtlan Yeah, he's my hero.

[viagemixtlan]

@BucksStudent Now you`re talking! Yeah, he`s amazing! He`s my hero too! Do you play the guitar?