Conference mr1pst::music

I heard a bit of R.E.M. tune over the weekend; is it from the
new album? : (something like) "if you think they can put a man on the
moon ..."

- Dave

    Yes,
    
    I think that's from "Drive" the latest single,I'll check tonight but
    the line is definitely from the new album.The album itself is called
    "Automatic for the People" , and is a bit more mellow...different in
    style from "Out of Time" , relying less on guitar , but well worth a
    listen
    
    Sandie.../ 

    I love the new album.  I just bought it yesterday at lunch and have
    listened to it twice and I'm very impressed.  I bought the cassette,
    actually, and I was dissapointed to see that the lyrics didn't come
    with it.  Could someone who bought the CD tell me if the lyrics were
    with that?
    
    I especially like the first song on the first side (forgot the name),
    and I *love* the song Everybody Hurts  (or is it Everybody Cries - both
    phrases are sung in the song).  It's beautiful!
    
    Lorna
    

    
    No lyrics in the CD version either.  Just a bunch of pictures of the
    band at a beach, the list of songs, additional musicians, producer(s),
    etc...
    

    Excellent, I've worn the CD out already...

    Update Re:.1
    
    Nope,I Got it wrong Dave,It's not from 'Drive' it's from ....wait 
    for it......guess  what ?....A track called "Man on the Moon",one
    of the last few tracks on the album!.I like their new,more philos
    -ophical attitude but I suspect some REM followers won't....
    
    Sandie../      

Thanks Sandie!

Geez, they even plug Amnesty Int'l on the CD cardboard box ... that's
*so* PC ... ;^)

- Dave

    Man on the Moon is a *great* song.
    
    Mark.

    
    No Lyrics is proving to be a nuisance!!....Okay,In Sidewinder ,Does 
    anyone know what the Chorus words are ,the ones that sound like...
    
   'Home in Jamaica' OR 'Only Jamaica' OR 'xxxx Wake her' OR ???????...
    
    I've played it a number of times and still can't make out exactly
    what it is !!!..and since I've pointed it out to a few others I've
    also managed to frustrate them too..There's nothing like a problem 
    shared,eh ?!!!
    
    Sandie In Frustrated Silence!!..../

    
    Suegene Levin was good enough to mail me and put me out of
    my misery! , apparently the words are " Call when  you try
    to wake her up" ....!!!
    
    Sandie-amazed-that-they-can-squeeze-so-many-words-into-such
    a-short-time-span !! .../

    An unbelievably enchanting album.
    
    These guys continue to amaze me. I am awestruck over and over on how
    many great hooks they can come up with.
    
    I went and saw REM live back about 80-81 after their first EP came out
    and I couldn't convince anyone to go with me, so I went by myself. Had
    a great time and been hooked ever since...
    
    CV

    > I like their new,more philos
    >    -ophical attitude but I suspect some REM followers won't
    
    Oh, you're referring to me.  I'm a big REM fan; I have all their
    records, but Automatic For The People is too depressing.  It's like
    Michael Stipe's dog died so he got drunk and wrote some songs for
    wallowing, with the exception of "Man on the Moon", and tracks 7 & 8,
    whose names I forget.  A couple of the other songs are decent, but half
    I just can't listen to.  The group really indulged Stipes's maudlin
    side this time.

    RE -.1
    
    yeah - didn't they say, after _Out of Time_, the the next album would
    be a -happy- album?  This one doesn't quite qualify - I have to be in a
    paticular mood to really enjoy it . . .
    
    					-Jim

    
    Re: Stipe
    
    What does Natalie Merchant see in this bozo?  Yes, I'm jealous ;-)
    
    

    re. .12
    
    I like the change. I am actually impressed with these melancholy songs
    by REM. They put me in a nostalgic mood -- and they are so much better
    than the down-beat songs on their earlier albums.
    
    CV
    

    This is as good a place as any to ask in, I suppose...
    
    Can anyone tell me the address of REM's fan club? (I assume they DO
    have one!)

If they do, it's not mentioned on any of their albums that I have ...

    I told my sister last night, but she seems to think they have got
    one because it is mentioned in the credits on one of their videos. 
    
    I like it - the fan club they don't want you to join :-)

    In another note the conversation turned to how it's difficult to make
    out the lyric's of the songs.  I happen to like almost all of REM's
    material, but to tell you the truth about 80% of it I just don't
    understand.  Am I the only ONE!!!!!
    
    For all I know they could be singing about Pappa Gino's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Murmur" is one of the most aptly-named albums of all time, IMHO.

-Doug

Supposedly Michael Stipe's singing style is due to his being deaf in one
ear ... 

    re .19, I agree, but they're not as difficult to understand as 10,000
    Maniacs.  I have absolutely no idea what any of the songs on Our Time
    In Eden is about.
    
    Lorna
    

    Re: 306.16
    
    
    The address for the R.E.M. fan club is:
    
    		R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
    		P.O. BOX 8032
    		ATHENS, GA 30603
    
    It costs $10 per year to join the fan club ($12 if you live outside the
    U.S.)  You get the Christmas single (they record a different one every
    year), information about the band, and usually a book or two, which
    usually pertains to the Environment or some other causes.  I'm not sure
    what else you get; I've never joined, but I've always *meant* to join. 
    ;^)
    
    - Ron M.

    Ok, so what do folks think of MONSTER?

    I like it, it's very catchy, but I wish they'd put lyrics sheets
    in or that Michael would sing like a human being rather than some
    kind of droning insect.  

    The first tune, "What's the Frequency Kenneth" is extremely	catchy.
    I can't get enough of it.

    A real departure for REM.

    Tom

    
    Could anyone explain what the lyrics of 'What the frequency Kenneth'
    are about ????
    
    Good Song....
    
    Dezzz.

    From what I understand, the phrase "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" was
    uttered by one of the 2 individuals who beat up Dan Rather a few years
    back.
    
    I have no idea whether this has anything to do with the rest of the
    song.
    
    Mark.

    Connie Chung was on 'BCN this am with Charles and they were asking
    her whether it was true that Dan Rather had been having an affair
    and he and his lover used 'What's the frequency Kenneth' as some kind
    of code. So when the woman's husband (? boyfriend? whatever) found
    out he assaulted Dan Rather and kept repeating that so Dan would be 
    sure to know where the assualt was coming from.
    
    Connie denied it of course but you gotta' admit it makes for
    amusing gossip.
    
    Louise
    

	Did anyone try to get tickets on Saturday for REM's concerts at 
	Great Woods? Were you successful?

	I called Ticketmaster from 10 a.m. on, and finally got through at
	11:30 only to be told both shows were sold out. Come on, 
	both nights sold out in 90 minutes? Seems like something
	was not quite right here.

	Anyone else have any luck?

	Cathy

    
    	I heard an ad on the radio [WAAF] for some broker/agency advert-
    	ising tickets for sale for REM, and I quote:
    
    	"You'll pay more for these tickets, but it's worth it".
    
    	I don't like REM, so this doesn't bother me ... but the situation
    	does.
    
    	Tickets USA, or something like that.
    
    							GTI
    	

    When I asked the guy at ticketmaster later that day, he said that both
    shows sold out in about 20 minutes.
    
    I was not surprised.

    
    See Note 412.235 -> 412.l
    
    :^(
    

    REM player (Billy, drummer?) with 2 brain aneurisms, one burst, recovering 
    in European hospital, tour suspended.
    
    	-Brian, casual fan

    
>>>     REM player (Billy, drummer?) with 2 brain aneurisms, one burst, recovering 
    
    ....Bill Berry, the drummer. Apparently, collapsed holding his head, in
    front of his drum kit during a show. He was helped off-stage, and
    Michael Stipe then announced that he had a severe migrane and was
    resting back-stage, the gig then continued without him.
    
    The follwing day, an official announcement that he was recovering from
    surgery on a brain haemorage (sp?) and would be playing the drums again
    within weeks. All mainland Europe gigs have been postponed, but the UK
    dates are to go ahead as scheduled.
    
    Graham 

Does anyone have the scoop on the status of REM's US tour?  MTV said last
weekend that a statement would be made on Monday the 17th about whether or not
the tour will go on.  I didn't hear anything that day.

thanks,

adam

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I just got this from MTVonline:
 
Hi, I'm Kurt Loder with MTV News. It'll be delayed by 10 days -- but
R.E.M. will be launching its US tour next month.  Monday afternoon, the
band announced that the kick-off date is now May 15th -- the city is San
Francisco -- and all originally scheduled shows prior to the 15th -- in
Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Diego, and around Los Angeles -- will soon be
rescheduled. For a while -- following R.E.M.  drummer Bill Berry's
emergency brain surgery in Switzerland on March 3 -- the band's tour was
very much up in the air. But Berry has reportedly made a remarkable
recovery -- he's now writing new material and rehearsing with the rest of
the group, and was feeling good enough to attend the final round of the
    masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, last weekend 

    R.E.M. will appear tonight on the Late Show with David Letterman.
    
    	Steve