If you think you recognize this song, you're right

May 17, 2022 2:43 PM

!!! (chk chk chk) reinterprets a familiar REM tune in a way you wouldn't expect.
posted by Kitteh (26 comments total)

That was fun! I wonder what it would be like to hear it without any knowledge of the original.
posted by Bee'sWing at 2:50 PM on May 17, 2022 [1 favorite]

Now they have to do one of their songs re-arranged to sound like REM.
posted by rhizome at 2:56 PM on May 17, 2022 [3 favorites]

I resisted it hard for the first 30 seconds, then gave into the joy and had fun with it.
posted by skullhead at 5:21 PM on May 17, 2022 [4 favorites]

This is amazing.
posted by corey flood at 5:59 PM on May 17, 2022

Completely works! Love it.
posted by hijinx at 6:08 PM on May 17, 2022 [1 favorite]

This is actually one of my least favorite REM songs and I love this reinterpretation.
posted by desuetude at 6:39 PM on May 17, 2022 [1 favorite]

This is extremely clever and extremely well done and I hate it
posted by Jon_Evil at 6:54 PM on May 17, 2022 [7 favorites]

This is great but I'm still salty Out Hud broke up. <sigh>
posted by ropeladder at 7:04 PM on May 17, 2022 [2 favorites]

I've always HATED that song. This is such a better version!
posted by Toddles at 8:15 PM on May 17, 2022 [2 favorites]

I saw !!! in concert ~2007 and they were a lot of fun. I hadn't though of them in a long time, but I am impressed they have apparently a good career out of indie dance funk.
posted by CostcoCultist at 11:36 PM on May 17, 2022 [1 favorite]

yeah they've kept going all these years. real talk tho what ever happened to out hud?
posted by AlbertCalavicci at 3:30 AM on May 18, 2022 [1 favorite]

That was fun, I've got a song or two of theirs in some playlists somewhere, but the band name is almost search-resistant.
posted by Harald74 at 5:49 AM on May 18, 2022

Anyone else get Beck vibes? Cool post, thanks!
posted by kiwi-epitome at 6:23 AM on May 18, 2022 [3 favorites]

Is this the right thread for this? Sure, why not. Corky and the Juice Pigs, "REMember" from MadTV.
posted by indexy at 7:43 AM on May 18, 2022 [3 favorites]

Hmm! I had the opposite reaction of many of you. It feels like they took a very weird, very lovely song (how did R.E.M. ever become a world-famous band?) and made it a whole lot less weird and lovely. Now it sounds like something I'd hear on the radio and wouldn't wonder in the least about.
posted by heyitsgogi at 8:27 AM on May 18, 2022 [5 favorites]

I had the opposite reaction of many of you.

I agree with this. The verses are fine, if a bit radio-generic. The chorus is terrible.
posted by The_Vegetables at 8:44 AM on May 18, 2022 [1 favorite]

!!! were one of the funnest concerts I've ever attended. I absolutely cannot dance, but for that band that night, I sure tried.

Their debut single is as far in the past as "Night Fever" by the Bee Gees was the year it came out.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:09 AM on May 18, 2022

It's the end of my patience was we know it, and I don't feel fine.
posted by kirkaracha at 9:09 AM on May 18, 2022

I'm quite okay with the original, but thanks for sharing

I've always felt like !!! needs to be experienced live, and most def. loud
posted by elkevelvet at 11:29 AM on May 18, 2022

Really could use a funk medley of obscure classic REM ... "Old Man Kensey wants to be a booty shaker, but first he's gotta learn to jam ... "
posted by credulous at 12:18 PM on May 18, 2022

That was worth my time.
posted by MrJM at 12:23 PM on May 18, 2022 [1 favorite]

Now they have to do one of their songs re-arranged to sound like REM.
Agreed! Start with Must Be the Moon

Side note: the top comment is from his dad and is extremely endearing
posted by dantheclamman at 1:07 PM on May 18, 2022

Yeah, greatly improved.

I adore REM to this day, but Automatic for the People spawned two singles that I actively dislike: Everybody Hurts and this song.
posted by ducky l'orange at 4:59 PM on May 18, 2022

It must be noted that Stipe has written at least two songs that reference Elvis impersonators. Can you guess the other one ... ?
posted by credulous at 8:58 PM on May 18, 2022

ducky l'orange, I whole-heartedly concur.
posted by desuetude at 11:39 PM on May 18, 2022

I enjoyed this. I also like their song Californiyeah.
posted by straight at 8:34 AM on May 19, 2022