I'm back into the thick of things with school. It is already shaping into one insanely hectic semester so I'll probably be a bit of a hermit for the next three months or so. I'm enjoying all my classes so far but it is going to be a lot of work... TONS of reading as well as writing so I have my work cut out for me. I guess I'll be living on coffee and Red Bull for a little while.
I picked up two DVDs this Tuesday by my two favourite bands and these DVDs really show how truly different these two bands are. R.E.M. just put out a collection of music videos and live performances from their pre-major label I.R.S. years (1982-1987) before they fully broke into the mainstream. During this time, R.E.M. hardly appeared in their videos at all and when they performed on TV they had a very understated, mysterious, nerdy and slightly awkward aura to them. Even when they finally fluked out and sold a ton of records after releasing Out of Time, R.EM. still had that aura of being that Little Band That Could. U2 on the other hand, always seemed ready to take on the world and always seemed ready for world domination. U2 finally released their 1993 Zoo TV concert film on DVD. This concert really shows U2 at arguably their best... a full-blown, sensory-overflow extravaganza. Both DVDs also give an indication of why R.E.M. and U2 are in different stratospheres in terms of commercial success nowadays. R.E.M. are happy putting out whatever music they feel like, even if it is understated, mellow tunes that lack any break-out hit singles. U2 still goes for the jugular attempts to conquer the world with instantly memorable singles like "Beautiful Day" and "Vertigo."
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