Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Corner Me And Make Me Something
This concludes your Michael Stipe interlude for today.
Update: I put up an even better version of the song, and this one was filmed live in a chapel...in Athens, Ga. This song captures what made me love this band decades back. Powerful words and that jingly-jangly Rickenbacker sound.
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REM seemed to come from nowhere, have 2 almighty albums and a then just went away again. Stipe does look scary these days.
I loved their early stuff before everyone knew who they were. And you'/re right, that was very reminiscent of the old days. I just couldn't get over how old Mike Mills looks - but then I don't look like I did 25 years ago either...
LOVED IT! :)
Here's is an old one, but this is the one that hooked me!
I knew from listening to that song 80 million times, that Stipe was gay--long before he publicly said so. (I mean, why was the "Letter never sent"?)
"Heaven is yours/where I live" is just one of those concise, beautiful lyrics. They were just so masterful at that!
I've been fondly remembering the '84 Greek Shows lately. My only West Coast shows.
Who'da thunk the 80's and the Reagan years would be looked back on as "the good ol' days"?
And to think, I used to be disappointed at a Brent song! Then I grew to miss him more than I thought I ever would.
And then it got worse...
The music and the spirit lives, though.
Loved them then, love 'em now. Thanks for posting this!
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