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- “Talk About the Passion” (Murmur) Peter Buck’s guitar lick sings as much Michael Stipe on this early cut. “Combien du temps?” roughly translates from French into “How much time?”
- “Driver 8” (Fables of the Reconstruction) If there were such a thing as a jangle-meter, this song would be on the far side of red. Like many early R.E.M.
- “Swan Swan H” (Life’s Rich Pageant) I wonder if The Decemberists would even exist without this song. Bone chains? Wooden greenbacks? Without ever presenting a clear narrative, this song feels like the Civil War incarnate, accordion and all.
- “Nightswimming” (Automatic For the People) The prettiest song the band ever recorded has Stipe clearly singing a sweet, nostalgic ballad about skinny dipping (“The fear of getting caught/The recklessness in water/These things they go away/Replaced by every day”).
Apr 12, 2023 · The 40 best songs of R.E.M., ranked. Best Of. Essential R.E.M.: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked. In honor of the 40th anniversary of R.E.M.'s debut album, Murmur, we...
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- Losing My Religion’ Whenever the mandolin was brought onstage by a roadie at R.E.M. concerts, the place would explode because everybody knew they were about to play this song.
- Nightswimming’ This song began with a very simple piano melody by the band's bassist Mike Mills. He didn't see much value in it, but Michael Stipe thought it was brilliant and he wrote this tender song about skinny-dipping around it.
- Everybody Hurts’ Man, talk about a bummer of a song. Drummer Bill Berry wrote the bulk of this one, making the lyrics intentionally direct so teenagers could fully absorb the message.
- Man on the Moon’ For many people born after Andy Kaufman's stints on Taxi and Saturday Night Live, this song was the first time they heard about a weird guy named Andy who liked to wrestle women and goof on Elvis.
- “Fall On Me” Single; appears on Lifes Rich Pageant (1986) | 1,919 votes.
- “Driver 8” (TIE) Single; appears on Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) | 1,759 votes.
- “Radio Free Europe” (TIE) Single (twice); appears on Murmur (1981/1983) | 1,759 votes.
- “So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)” Single; appears on Reckoning (1984) | 1,701 votes.
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Jan 4, 2024 · If ever a band proved you can play rock’n’roll and retain your integrity, that band was R.E.M. as the best R.E.M. songs prove.
Mar 12, 2021 · 89. “Man-Sized Wreath”. Their 2008 comeback, Accelerate, meanwhile, was R.E.M.’s entry in the “we can still rock” subgenre of late-career albums by aging bands. Even more than Monster ...
