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mandolooter
Jun-21-2008, 8:37am
R.E.M. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_tf-Zl2f7A)
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lyric_girl
Jun-26-2008, 5:39pm
My boys http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Saw that live on June 8 and 13 respectively. Looking forward to learning LMR.
Lynda
JEStanek
Jun-26-2008, 7:46pm
Lynda,
Here is the TablEdit version of Losing My Religion (http://www.mandozine.com/music/search_results.php?searchfor=religion&tuneselectby=C&mandolevel=&category=&songkey=&artist=&transcriber=&sortby=T&sortorder=A&submit=) You can get the viewer to see, listen to a midi (where you can change the tempo) and print it in Tab and/or standard notation here. (http://www.tabledit.com/?AfID=19329)
Jamie
Bertram Henze
Jun-27-2008, 3:58am
That piece demonstrates once more that there is nothing like a Dorian or Aeolian scale to make a passionate sad song. It still works, after all these centuries.
Bertram
lyric_girl
Jun-27-2008, 10:38am
Jamie,
Thanks very much for posting the tab for LMR. Can't wait to play this, but must buy a mandolin first.
Bertram,
Depending on which version of the story you want to believe, according to Michael Stipe, LMR is either about a relationship that has failed or about politics. Not sure what to believe on that front.
Many thanks,
Lynda
JEStanek
Jun-27-2008, 2:08pm
Is's never too early to print up music you want to learn! Especially when the price is so right.
Jamie
I always assumed that the lead was played by a guitar.
I'm smiling ear to ear... thanks so much for this thread.
JeffD
Jun-29-2008, 12:00pm
That piece demonstrates once more that there is nothing like a Dorian or Aeolian scale to make a passionate sad song. It still works, after all these centuries.
Bertram
I was going to say that!
And the reason it probably works is that we don't spend as much time there. Our western ears are acclimated to major, so any departure feels like a disturbance in the Force.
lyric_girl
Jun-29-2008, 12:08pm
I always assumed that the lead was played by a guitar.
I'm smiling ear to ear... thanks so much for this thread.
Can I say, you're not serious? There is no way that was played on a guitar.
I'm quite serious, I'd never given it a second thought until today, and I've only recently gotten into mandolin so it's not something I've been sensitive to. Of course, I have no idea how many other things I think I know are wrong <s>
wichitamando
Jun-29-2008, 8:40pm
My band has played this a couple of times. It's a lot of fun.
mandopete
Jun-30-2008, 9:40am
Is it just me or does that mandolin sound out of tune?
Santiago
Jun-30-2008, 1:38pm
I like playing this because it's one of the few pieces you can play to a general audience, and have them recognize both the tune, and the mandolin contribution. I mean, I can play Maggie May, but it's a short list in terms of mass market music.
Keith Erickson
Jun-30-2008, 2:03pm
Boy does this song bring back memories...
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lyric_girl
Jun-30-2008, 5:35pm
I'm quite serious, I'd never given it a second thought until today, and I've only recently gotten into mandolin so it's not something I've been sensitive to. Of course, I have no idea how many other things I think I know are wrong <s>
Just wanted to say I'm sorry for my rather arrogant response. I have loved REM since 1988 and I remember the video with Peter playing the mandolin, so I guess I just assumed that everyone would know that it was a mandolin.
Believe me, there is nothing like hearing Losing my Religion live http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Is it just me or does that mandolin sound out of tune?
Yeah, I noticed that too. It also sounds slightly out of tune on the music video. Either Peter is using really old strings or he's doing it just for a gritty effect. I'm not gonna judge.
I like playing this because it's one of the few pieces you can play to a general audience, and have them recognize both the tune, and the mandolin contribution.
I only know a few people who know that tune, and none of them could tell you it had a mandolin.
I feel like I must live in a bucket.
mandopete
Jun-30-2008, 6:53pm
I'm not gonna judge.
I am - it's out of tune.
lyric_girl
Jun-30-2008, 7:19pm
I'm not gonna judge.
I am - it's out of tune.
A note about Religion and the current REM tour (I know, you guys had no idea I am a fan).:D
During one of the last shows on the NA tour (I think it was Philly), Peter broke a string on his mandolin at the start of the song. Good thing he has more than one on tour.
Bertram Henze
Jul-01-2008, 5:05am
That piece demonstrates once more that there is nothing like a Dorian or Aeolian scale to make a passionate sad song. It still works, after all these centuries.
Bertram
I was going to say that!
And the reason it probably works is that we don't spend as much time there. Our western ears are acclimated to major, so any departure feels like a disturbance in the Force.
This disturbance in the force comes in even stronger doses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXSTe9YMCKo) for those who can use it.
I think that many modern people see the extended range of emotions conveyed by scales as something to be avoided rather than be actively used, thus showing their own emotional poverty. A friend, listening to me practising, once asked "why are all those songs so sad?" And those were just Irish/Scottish songs about love and drink...
Bertram
lyric_girl
Jul-01-2008, 1:09pm
For other REM fans, in case you don't already know, Peter also plays mandolin on a few songs on the Green album.
Lyric_girl, no offense taken at all.