I must say, i find this hilarious. I`ve liked The Hard Times for a long time now and i find most of the stuff by them really funny.
Needless to say i pulled my groin on monday when playing football and i can´t run right now, so… Everybody hurts i guess.
Oh, You`re An R.E.M. Fan? Name Three Over The Counter Supplements For Joint Pain
Oh, that is great! Being a true Boomer, i found myself sneering at “over-the-counter”. Why, I not only first heard “Radio Free Europe” on the radio in 1981, I know the generic names for Flexeril and Lyrica!
Hahahaha! Thats sweet!
One of the medicines I take for pulmonary hypertension is sildenafil. AKA Viagra. You couldn’t make it up. It’s actually a happy accident that it was initially developed as a treatment for PH and COPD and then researchers were pleasantly surprised to find one of the side effects was male erections. Big long lasting hard ones. It does nothing for me in that regard, but I think it’s hilarious.
I have a touch of arthritis in my right big toe joint from 6 years of dragging a Tripp bag stuffed with legal files from A to B and being right handed the strain went right down my right had side into my toe so it bore the brunt! Humph. I went to a podiatrist about it and she said I had “decrepitude” in my joint (broken up cartilage I think and there’s nothing I can do about it it’s just wear and tear). Anyway since I came back from East Sussex to London where everything is (was- retired now) digitised and we had electronic case systems the pain has gone away although I get twinges from time to time and I have to wear flat shoes (no heels at all for me!). Only problem recently was at Zumba where we had to do that thing where you bash your foot vertically on the floor behind you (quite why I didn’t sit that one out I don’t know!) and I have a painful toe again. No more Zumba for me. I’m trying a Spin class instead this week. Yoga at home now 
at least that’s safe!
Hah that’s funny, for a moment there I thought that was Michael Stipe in front of CVS pharmacy. By the way R.E.M. fans are excused for not being able to name the songs of Monster the whole thing is alienating as Up, even before Up existed! Up 1.0 
Er @Jorge is this post in the wrong thread possibly?
I don’t think so
Well I for one don’t think Up is alienating in the least. All the tracks seem great to me. Although Life’s Rich Pageant is listed as my favourite album (because of its political angle and general tone I think) all the others apart from Monster have great tracks - some more accessible than others obviously. It must be me then not you - I’m not following your general drift/reference (!) Time for bed said Zebedee! Boi-ing! 
Agreed, I like most of Up, and to be fair I wouldn’t describe it as alienating although probably I just did it. Let me elaborate. Most “casual” fans got off the R.E.M. bandwagon with either Monster and / or Up (some go as far as suggesting that the exodus did commence with Document). So, those two albums I believe that are turning points in R.E.M. fandom, first Monster, then Up, a lot of people just abandoned ship. I don’t think we could ever measure the exact number of “fans” who never again bought an R.E.M. album after Monster (or after Up).
So, while I like Up and find it immensely beautiful, I can’t say the same of Monster. To be fair I don’t think I could reconcile myself with that album, the main culprit being the ominous “tongue”, but honestly I have forgotten most of the other tracks. And if I had to choose between “…frequency Kenneth?” and “living well is the best revenge” two of their biggest “arena rock” songs I definitely choose “living well”.
Er- Jorge Living Well Is the Best Revenge is on Accelerate? Now that is a good one and I quote it to people all the time (the song that is). I think it helps a lot. Anyway I love Up- a lot of sad and beautiful songs on that one. And then there’s Reveal- such a revelation. I really like that one wasn’t it recorded in Ireland- such a beautiful green country. I think it may have been composed there too? Not sure about that. Its where my moniker felledcatalpatree comes from (the bluejay hectors from the felled catalpa tree) - Beat a Drum. Anyway, a new direction for the band again- much softer. I wasn’t aware that fans come and go with bands really. My daughter will be a Swiftie for life I reckon. she’s going to see her twice next year (must be costing a fortune!)
You remined me, “Ïmitation of Life” single, “Beat A Drum” (Dalkey Demo). I absolutely love “The Lifting” orignal version.