Strong Island

Pet Sounds tribute – REM

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011. Published in Music & Bands, Pet Sounds Playlist by

I found out yesterday that REM had split up. It’s my opinion that they always got a bum deal with the cool kids, lumped in with U2, Simple Minds and other 80s/90s rock bores. I’ve put this together to show that love them or hate them, to deny the sheer volume of memorable songs they contributed to the world is just a bit naïve. There are tons of obvious omissions but this is my pick. It’s chronological save for the first and last track.
I went to see REM in 1995 at Milton Keynes Bowl and it was brilliant, they commanded an elated and adoring crowd like very few bands I’ve seen since. People are going to be listening to REM for a long time and hopefully these 30 tracks will remind you why.

If they were good enough for KRS-One and Patti Smith, then they’re good enough for me.

Grab the Pet Sounds playlist HERE and check the past playlists HERE.

01 It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
02 Radio Free Europe
03 (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
04 So, Central Rain
05 Can’t Get There From Here
06 Driver 8
07 Fall On Me
08 The One I Love
09 Orange Crush
10 Stand
11 Get Up
12 Losing My Religion
13 Radio Song
14 Near Wild Heaven
15 Nightswimming
16 Drive
17 Man On The Moon
18 What’s The Frequency, Kenneth
19 Strange Currencies
20 E-Bow The Letter
21 Electrolite
22 Daysleeper
23 At My Most Beautiful
24 All The Way To Reno
25 Imitation Of Life
26 Supernatural Superserious
27 Until The Day Is Done
28 Mine Smell Like Honey
29 UBerlin
30 Find The River

Tags:

2 Comments to Pet Sounds tribute – REM

  1. What no Smiley Happy People…surely an error!

    Barry Abrook on September 22nd, 2011

  2. Shiny. And this was one of the obvious omissions, sorry, had to trim to 30. Hope you enjoyed it anyway…

    Charlie (Pet Sounds) on September 22nd, 2011

Leave a comment

Features

The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.






2 comments. Read full article and comment →

The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.

12 comments. Read full article and comment →
Shop Ahoy!

Departments