# March R.E.M. Madness (Round 3 - The Final 16) \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823 "2008-03-18T20:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/21 "2008-03-19T05:06:58Z")
It should at least lose to a more worthy song, not that I have anything against ITEOTWAWKIAIFF (which I nominated for class song in my senior year of high school), it’s just not in the same league as Nightswimming. The music video is worth seeing too. Not the four-something minute one, but the full eight-something minute uncensored version. I didn’t see it in my quick google search so it might be hard to find online. I have it on one of my REM dvds. It’s as beautiful as the song. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/22 "2008-03-19T11:27:57Z")
[QUOTE=Talon Karrde] It should at least lose to a more worthy song, not that I have anything against ITEOTWAWKIAIFF (which I nominated for class song in my senior year of high school), it’s just not in the same league as Nightswimming. The music video is worth seeing too. Not the four-something minute one, but the full eight-something minute uncensored version. I didn’t see it in my quick google search so it might be hard to find online. I have it on one of my REM dvds. It’s as beautiful as the song. [/QUOTE] I was at a kareoke club with some friends a few months ago - someone chose this as their song, and at the appropriate moment, the _entire_ club shouted “LEONARD BERNSTEIN!” ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/23 "2008-03-19T13:29:48Z")
A Radio Free Europe Daysleeper B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Feeling Gravitys Pull C Try Not To Breathe Fall On Me D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/24 "2008-03-19T14:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] I was at a kareoke club with some friends a few months ago - someone chose this as their song, and at the appropriate moment, the _entire_ club shouted “LEONARD BERNSTEIN!” [/QUOTE] That’s 'cause it’s the only words in the song anyone can pick out 😉 (Ok, fine, I admit it, I know all the words) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/25 "2008-03-19T14:50:37Z")
A Radio Free Europe Pilgrimage B (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville Feeling Gravitys Pull C Driver 8 Electrolite D Nightswimming Orange Crush ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/26 "2008-03-19T14:55:05Z")
I think that for a lot of people of a certain age ITEOTWAWKIAIFF is a party song that brings back happy memories. That blinds them to the obvious superiority, on artistic merit, of _Nightswimming_. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/27 "2008-03-19T17:17:46Z")
Oh, I know - I graduated in '88, so I’m in that demographic. And my hardcore R.E.M. fandom pretty much ended after they left IRS. But still, Nightswimming seems such an obviously better song… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/28 "2008-03-20T01:30:23Z")
A Radio Free Europe Daysleeper D It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) What’s The Frequnecy, Kenneth? ---
**Author:** ![Marjorie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@Marjorie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marjorie)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823/29 "2008-03-20T15:39:18Z")
A Superman Pilgrimage B Half A World Away Feeling Gravitys Pull C Driver 8 Electrolite D Nightswimming Orange Crush Driver 8 vs. Try Not to Breathe was hard! End of the World vs. Nightswimming was a no brainer for me. EofW is in the same category for me as Losing My Religion, in that I have heard them a million times and I am tired of them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-r-e-m-madness-round-3-the-final-16-closed/441823.md?page=1)