Niall Collins
@colliniho.bsky.social
Music (Placebo and Britpop mainly), Sport (Liverpool F.C., Celtic, Munster and Ireland), rubbish jokes and occasional politics. All views my own, sure who else would want them?
Reposted by Niall Collins
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#REMTop30
Number 1: Losing My Religion
“That was just a dream
That's me in the corner”
The 9 seconds from 2.56 - 3.05 here raise the hairs on the back of my neck like virtually no other song.
Was always going to be number 1.
youtu.be/xwtdhWltSIg?...
Number 1: Losing My Religion
“That was just a dream
That's me in the corner”
The 9 seconds from 2.56 - 3.05 here raise the hairs on the back of my neck like virtually no other song.
Was always going to be number 1.
youtu.be/xwtdhWltSIg?...
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#REMTop30
Number 1: Losing My Religion
“That was just a dream
That's me in the corner”
The 9 seconds from 2.56 - 3.05 here raise the hairs on the back of my neck like virtually no other song.
Was always going to be number 1.
youtu.be/xwtdhWltSIg?...
Number 1: Losing My Religion
“That was just a dream
That's me in the corner”
The 9 seconds from 2.56 - 3.05 here raise the hairs on the back of my neck like virtually no other song.
Was always going to be number 1.
youtu.be/xwtdhWltSIg?...
#REMTop30
Number 2: Find the River
“I have got to leave to find my way”
One of the great album closers, from one of the truly great albums.
youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...
Number 2: Find the River
“I have got to leave to find my way”
One of the great album closers, from one of the truly great albums.
youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...
R.E.M. - Find The River (Official Music Video) [Parallel Video Version]
YouTube video by remhq
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
#REMTop30
Number 2: Find the River
“I have got to leave to find my way”
One of the great album closers, from one of the truly great albums.
youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...
Number 2: Find the River
“I have got to leave to find my way”
One of the great album closers, from one of the truly great albums.
youtu.be/KIJGlTu5sEI?...
#REMTop30
Number 3: Country Feedback
“It's crazy what you could've had”
The people don’t think they need to watch a 9 minute version of this song featuring Neil Young. The people are wrong.
youtu.be/H47es-RsJKw?...
Number 3: Country Feedback
“It's crazy what you could've had”
The people don’t think they need to watch a 9 minute version of this song featuring Neil Young. The people are wrong.
youtu.be/H47es-RsJKw?...
R E M & Neil Young Country Feedback 10 18 98 Shoreline Amphitheatre OFFICIAL
YouTube video by Oldskull Pub
youtu.be
September 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
#REMTop30
Number 3: Country Feedback
“It's crazy what you could've had”
The people don’t think they need to watch a 9 minute version of this song featuring Neil Young. The people are wrong.
youtu.be/H47es-RsJKw?...
Number 3: Country Feedback
“It's crazy what you could've had”
The people don’t think they need to watch a 9 minute version of this song featuring Neil Young. The people are wrong.
youtu.be/H47es-RsJKw?...
#REMTop30
Number 4: Nightswimming
“I'm not sure all these people understand”
I know everyone will share this, but what’s one more. Just beautiful.
youtu.be/KVT0S0j7F9Y?...
Number 4: Nightswimming
“I'm not sure all these people understand”
I know everyone will share this, but what’s one more. Just beautiful.
youtu.be/KVT0S0j7F9Y?...
R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Later… with Jools Holland on BBC1, 14 October 2003)
YouTube video by REMVEVO
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
#REMTop30
Number 4: Nightswimming
“I'm not sure all these people understand”
I know everyone will share this, but what’s one more. Just beautiful.
youtu.be/KVT0S0j7F9Y?...
Number 4: Nightswimming
“I'm not sure all these people understand”
I know everyone will share this, but what’s one more. Just beautiful.
youtu.be/KVT0S0j7F9Y?...
#REMTop30
Number 5: What’s the Frequency Kenneth?
“You said that irony was the shackles of youth”
Visceral first single from the criminally underrated Monster. Fantastic bass line from Mike too.
youtu.be/jWkMhCLkVOg?...
Number 5: What’s the Frequency Kenneth?
“You said that irony was the shackles of youth”
Visceral first single from the criminally underrated Monster. Fantastic bass line from Mike too.
youtu.be/jWkMhCLkVOg?...
R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
youtu.be
September 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#REMTop30
Number 5: What’s the Frequency Kenneth?
“You said that irony was the shackles of youth”
Visceral first single from the criminally underrated Monster. Fantastic bass line from Mike too.
youtu.be/jWkMhCLkVOg?...
Number 5: What’s the Frequency Kenneth?
“You said that irony was the shackles of youth”
Visceral first single from the criminally underrated Monster. Fantastic bass line from Mike too.
youtu.be/jWkMhCLkVOg?...
#REMTop30
Number 6: Don’t Go Back to Rockville
“At night I drink myself to sleep
Pretend I don't care if you're not here with me”
I nearly missed this today. Glorious and so very, very REM.
youtu.be/rvE1lkLfpnc?...
Number 6: Don’t Go Back to Rockville
“At night I drink myself to sleep
Pretend I don't care if you're not here with me”
I nearly missed this today. Glorious and so very, very REM.
youtu.be/rvE1lkLfpnc?...
[Don't Go Back To] Rockville (Remastered 2006)
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#REMTop30
Number 6: Don’t Go Back to Rockville
“At night I drink myself to sleep
Pretend I don't care if you're not here with me”
I nearly missed this today. Glorious and so very, very REM.
youtu.be/rvE1lkLfpnc?...
Number 6: Don’t Go Back to Rockville
“At night I drink myself to sleep
Pretend I don't care if you're not here with me”
I nearly missed this today. Glorious and so very, very REM.
youtu.be/rvE1lkLfpnc?...
#REMTop30
Number 7: I Believe
“You're on your honor not to tell”
The best melody Michael Stipe ever wrote and R.E.M’s best pop song.
youtu.be/8ftacKGmn6Q?...
Number 7: I Believe
“You're on your honor not to tell”
The best melody Michael Stipe ever wrote and R.E.M’s best pop song.
youtu.be/8ftacKGmn6Q?...
R.E.M. - I Believe (Official Lyric Video) - VOTE 2024
YouTube video by remhq
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
#REMTop30
Number 7: I Believe
“You're on your honor not to tell”
The best melody Michael Stipe ever wrote and R.E.M’s best pop song.
youtu.be/8ftacKGmn6Q?...
Number 7: I Believe
“You're on your honor not to tell”
The best melody Michael Stipe ever wrote and R.E.M’s best pop song.
youtu.be/8ftacKGmn6Q?...
#REMTop30
8. It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)
“Leonard Bernstein”
One of the great concert closers of all time.
youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY?...
8. It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)
“Leonard Bernstein”
One of the great concert closers of all time.
youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY?...
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World
YouTube video by REMVEVO
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
#REMTop30
8. It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)
“Leonard Bernstein”
One of the great concert closers of all time.
youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY?...
8. It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)
“Leonard Bernstein”
One of the great concert closers of all time.
youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY?...
#REMTop30
9. Man on the Moon
“Then nothing is cool”
Automatic… has one of the strongest 3 track finishes to an album I’ve ever heard. The other 2 are still to come.
youtu.be/dLxpNiF0YKs?...
9. Man on the Moon
“Then nothing is cool”
Automatic… has one of the strongest 3 track finishes to an album I’ve ever heard. The other 2 are still to come.
youtu.be/dLxpNiF0YKs?...
R.E.M. - Man On The Moon (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
youtu.be
September 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#REMTop30
9. Man on the Moon
“Then nothing is cool”
Automatic… has one of the strongest 3 track finishes to an album I’ve ever heard. The other 2 are still to come.
youtu.be/dLxpNiF0YKs?...
9. Man on the Moon
“Then nothing is cool”
Automatic… has one of the strongest 3 track finishes to an album I’ve ever heard. The other 2 are still to come.
youtu.be/dLxpNiF0YKs?...
R.E.M. - The One I Love (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by REMVEVO
youtu.be
September 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#REMTop30
11. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
“And little need to sleep but to dream”
Automatic…is one of the greatest albums of all time and 10 of its songs were in contention for my list
youtu.be/mgiCechWNCo?...
11. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
“And little need to sleep but to dream”
Automatic…is one of the greatest albums of all time and 10 of its songs were in contention for my list
youtu.be/mgiCechWNCo?...
R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#REMTop30
11. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
“And little need to sleep but to dream”
Automatic…is one of the greatest albums of all time and 10 of its songs were in contention for my list
youtu.be/mgiCechWNCo?...
11. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
“And little need to sleep but to dream”
Automatic…is one of the greatest albums of all time and 10 of its songs were in contention for my list
youtu.be/mgiCechWNCo?...
#REMTop30
12. Radio Free Europe
“Push that, push that, push that to the floor”
Going right back to the start with a song that sounds as vital now as it ever did.
open.spotify.com/track/0f0U6i...
12. Radio Free Europe
“Push that, push that, push that to the floor”
Going right back to the start with a song that sounds as vital now as it ever did.
open.spotify.com/track/0f0U6i...
Radio Free Europe - Live
open.spotify.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
#REMTop30
12. Radio Free Europe
“Push that, push that, push that to the floor”
Going right back to the start with a song that sounds as vital now as it ever did.
open.spotify.com/track/0f0U6i...
12. Radio Free Europe
“Push that, push that, push that to the floor”
Going right back to the start with a song that sounds as vital now as it ever did.
open.spotify.com/track/0f0U6i...
#REMTop30
Number 13: Orange Crush
“I've had my fun and now it's time to serve”
Another R.E.M that truly comes into its own when played Live.
open.spotify.com/track/1nzMRc...
Number 13: Orange Crush
“I've had my fun and now it's time to serve”
Another R.E.M that truly comes into its own when played Live.
open.spotify.com/track/1nzMRc...
Orange Crush - Live
open.spotify.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#REMTop30
Number 13: Orange Crush
“I've had my fun and now it's time to serve”
Another R.E.M that truly comes into its own when played Live.
open.spotify.com/track/1nzMRc...
Number 13: Orange Crush
“I've had my fun and now it's time to serve”
Another R.E.M that truly comes into its own when played Live.
open.spotify.com/track/1nzMRc...
#REMTop30
Number 14: Fall On Me
“Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air”
In the earlier days of online polls this would frequently win best R.E.M song. It’s easy to see why.
open.spotify.com/track/3xPKSM...
Number 14: Fall On Me
“Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air”
In the earlier days of online polls this would frequently win best R.E.M song. It’s easy to see why.
open.spotify.com/track/3xPKSM...
Fall On Me - 2011 Remaster
open.spotify.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#REMTop30
Number 14: Fall On Me
“Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air”
In the earlier days of online polls this would frequently win best R.E.M song. It’s easy to see why.
open.spotify.com/track/3xPKSM...
Number 14: Fall On Me
“Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air”
In the earlier days of online polls this would frequently win best R.E.M song. It’s easy to see why.
open.spotify.com/track/3xPKSM...
#REMTop30
15. Finest Worksong
“The time to rise has been engaged
You're better best to rearrange”
The first song they’d play on stage in the highly unlikely event that they returned and agreed to perform my fantasy Setlist.
open.spotify.com/track/0XJlM0...
15. Finest Worksong
“The time to rise has been engaged
You're better best to rearrange”
The first song they’d play on stage in the highly unlikely event that they returned and agreed to perform my fantasy Setlist.
open.spotify.com/track/0XJlM0...
Finest Worksong - Live
open.spotify.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#REMTop30
15. Finest Worksong
“The time to rise has been engaged
You're better best to rearrange”
The first song they’d play on stage in the highly unlikely event that they returned and agreed to perform my fantasy Setlist.
open.spotify.com/track/0XJlM0...
15. Finest Worksong
“The time to rise has been engaged
You're better best to rearrange”
The first song they’d play on stage in the highly unlikely event that they returned and agreed to perform my fantasy Setlist.
open.spotify.com/track/0XJlM0...
#REMTop30
Number 16: Begin the Begin
“Silence means security, silence means approval”
Let’s begin again…
open.spotify.com/track/3E5sxg...
Number 16: Begin the Begin
“Silence means security, silence means approval”
Let’s begin again…
open.spotify.com/track/3E5sxg...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
#REMTop30
Number 16: Begin the Begin
“Silence means security, silence means approval”
Let’s begin again…
open.spotify.com/track/3E5sxg...
Number 16: Begin the Begin
“Silence means security, silence means approval”
Let’s begin again…
open.spotify.com/track/3E5sxg...
#REMTop30
Number 17: Lotus
“Wash away my ugly sins
Opposing thumb, dorsal fin”
The best song they released in the “post Bill” era from the best album of that period. It’s brilliant live as well.
open.spotify.com/track/4awrus...
Number 17: Lotus
“Wash away my ugly sins
Opposing thumb, dorsal fin”
The best song they released in the “post Bill” era from the best album of that period. It’s brilliant live as well.
open.spotify.com/track/4awrus...
Lotus - Live From Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury Festival / 1999
open.spotify.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
#REMTop30
Number 17: Lotus
“Wash away my ugly sins
Opposing thumb, dorsal fin”
The best song they released in the “post Bill” era from the best album of that period. It’s brilliant live as well.
open.spotify.com/track/4awrus...
Number 17: Lotus
“Wash away my ugly sins
Opposing thumb, dorsal fin”
The best song they released in the “post Bill” era from the best album of that period. It’s brilliant live as well.
open.spotify.com/track/4awrus...
#REMTop30
Number 18: Gardening at Night
“The yard is nothing but a fence”
Right back to the early days with this gem from Chronic Town. Here is the blistering live version from Dublin in 2007.
open.spotify.com/track/4yLuKm...
Number 18: Gardening at Night
“The yard is nothing but a fence”
Right back to the early days with this gem from Chronic Town. Here is the blistering live version from Dublin in 2007.
open.spotify.com/track/4yLuKm...
Gardening At Night - Live
open.spotify.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
#REMTop30
Number 18: Gardening at Night
“The yard is nothing but a fence”
Right back to the early days with this gem from Chronic Town. Here is the blistering live version from Dublin in 2007.
open.spotify.com/track/4yLuKm...
Number 18: Gardening at Night
“The yard is nothing but a fence”
Right back to the early days with this gem from Chronic Town. Here is the blistering live version from Dublin in 2007.
open.spotify.com/track/4yLuKm...
Reposted by Niall Collins
Hi folks, we’ve made it to the final of our 50’s and 60’s music poll, let’s play #5albums50s60sfinal A list of 100 albums follows, your challenge is to select your top 5 in order of preference (no easy task given the quality on the final). Here’s my choices to kick us off…
September 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hi folks, we’ve made it to the final of our 50’s and 60’s music poll, let’s play #5albums50s60sfinal A list of 100 albums follows, your challenge is to select your top 5 in order of preference (no easy task given the quality on the final). Here’s my choices to kick us off…
#REMTop30
Number 19: Leave
“I suffer the dreams of a world gone mad
I like it like that and I know it”
The best song on New Adventures… IMO. A superb lyric and vocal from Michael and that divisive “siren” guitar that had caused so much debate at the time.
open.spotify.com/track/3wrUeU...
Number 19: Leave
“I suffer the dreams of a world gone mad
I like it like that and I know it”
The best song on New Adventures… IMO. A superb lyric and vocal from Michael and that divisive “siren” guitar that had caused so much debate at the time.
open.spotify.com/track/3wrUeU...
Leave - Remastered
open.spotify.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
#REMTop30
Number 19: Leave
“I suffer the dreams of a world gone mad
I like it like that and I know it”
The best song on New Adventures… IMO. A superb lyric and vocal from Michael and that divisive “siren” guitar that had caused so much debate at the time.
open.spotify.com/track/3wrUeU...
Number 19: Leave
“I suffer the dreams of a world gone mad
I like it like that and I know it”
The best song on New Adventures… IMO. A superb lyric and vocal from Michael and that divisive “siren” guitar that had caused so much debate at the time.
open.spotify.com/track/3wrUeU...
#REMTop30
Number 20: So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
“These rivers of suggestion are driving me away”
The first single from Reckoning really shows the sense of longing and regret that would become a staple of Michael’s lyrics
open.spotify.com/track/2nwkpj...
Number 20: So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
“These rivers of suggestion are driving me away”
The first single from Reckoning really shows the sense of longing and regret that would become a staple of Michael’s lyrics
open.spotify.com/track/2nwkpj...
So. Central Rain
open.spotify.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
#REMTop30
Number 20: So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
“These rivers of suggestion are driving me away”
The first single from Reckoning really shows the sense of longing and regret that would become a staple of Michael’s lyrics
open.spotify.com/track/2nwkpj...
Number 20: So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
“These rivers of suggestion are driving me away”
The first single from Reckoning really shows the sense of longing and regret that would become a staple of Michael’s lyrics
open.spotify.com/track/2nwkpj...
#REMTop30
Number 21: Near Wild Heaven
“And I don't know how much longer I can take it
House made of heart, break it”
I toiled with this one. Sometimes it’s a really syrupy arrangement, sometimes one of their best pop songs. Fuck it, it’s in.
open.spotify.com/track/378HOo...
Number 21: Near Wild Heaven
“And I don't know how much longer I can take it
House made of heart, break it”
I toiled with this one. Sometimes it’s a really syrupy arrangement, sometimes one of their best pop songs. Fuck it, it’s in.
open.spotify.com/track/378HOo...
Near Wild Heaven
open.spotify.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
#REMTop30
Number 21: Near Wild Heaven
“And I don't know how much longer I can take it
House made of heart, break it”
I toiled with this one. Sometimes it’s a really syrupy arrangement, sometimes one of their best pop songs. Fuck it, it’s in.
open.spotify.com/track/378HOo...
Number 21: Near Wild Heaven
“And I don't know how much longer I can take it
House made of heart, break it”
I toiled with this one. Sometimes it’s a really syrupy arrangement, sometimes one of their best pop songs. Fuck it, it’s in.
open.spotify.com/track/378HOo...
#REMTop30
Number 22: Half a World Away
“I didn't think
and I I didn't think of you”
Deceptively simple but brilliantly put together, with a fantastic understated vocal from Michael. R.E.M do these folksy numbers so, so well.
open.spotify.com/track/0mglqL...
Number 22: Half a World Away
“I didn't think
and I I didn't think of you”
Deceptively simple but brilliantly put together, with a fantastic understated vocal from Michael. R.E.M do these folksy numbers so, so well.
open.spotify.com/track/0mglqL...
Half A World Away
open.spotify.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
#REMTop30
Number 22: Half a World Away
“I didn't think
and I I didn't think of you”
Deceptively simple but brilliantly put together, with a fantastic understated vocal from Michael. R.E.M do these folksy numbers so, so well.
open.spotify.com/track/0mglqL...
Number 22: Half a World Away
“I didn't think
and I I didn't think of you”
Deceptively simple but brilliantly put together, with a fantastic understated vocal from Michael. R.E.M do these folksy numbers so, so well.
open.spotify.com/track/0mglqL...
#REMTop30
Number 23: Can’t get there from here
“Throw your trolls out the door”
Back to the I.R.S years again. Some very cryptic lyrics but another devilishly catchy tune.
open.spotify.com/track/5dbP6E...
Number 23: Can’t get there from here
“Throw your trolls out the door”
Back to the I.R.S years again. Some very cryptic lyrics but another devilishly catchy tune.
open.spotify.com/track/5dbP6E...
Can't Get There From Here - 2010 Remaster
open.spotify.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#REMTop30
Number 23: Can’t get there from here
“Throw your trolls out the door”
Back to the I.R.S years again. Some very cryptic lyrics but another devilishly catchy tune.
open.spotify.com/track/5dbP6E...
Number 23: Can’t get there from here
“Throw your trolls out the door”
Back to the I.R.S years again. Some very cryptic lyrics but another devilishly catchy tune.
open.spotify.com/track/5dbP6E...