“rock around the clock” and david essex’s glam-era hit “rock on,” but stipe’s stern, menacing delivery seems to mock their calls for carefree kicks in a time of national turmoil. automatic for the people came out a month before bill clinton won his first presidency, but it bears...
15) Man On the Moon – 1/13/01 Rock in Rio, Rio De Janiero, Brazil I would be hard-pressed to omit Man on the Moon for it has become one of my son’s favorite songs. For a two year old who likes to use the word “No”, it is refreshing to hear him sing along “Yeah Yea...
Molten liquid hit me in the face, but I felt no pain. I vividly remember standing there in a state of calm. I thought I was in a dream, but however hard I struggled to swim to the surface of consciousness, I couldn’t wake up. I didn’t understand how terrifying it was until I...
Not a drop hit the ground. It was dark but roads seemed ok except for Emigrant Pass which was foggy with swirling snow; it looked like the contents of a cauldron on the road in front of us. Bob, as always, drove like a pro. We stopped at The Griddle in Winnemucca for a quick ...
“Find the River” closes outAutomatic for the Peopleand it was the last single from R.E.M.’s eighth album. Released more than a year after its parent record had hit stores, the sixth single fromAutomaticcame out on Oct. 21, 1993. It proved to be the least successful, commercially,...
But fans, particularly R.E.M.’s more rock-inclined audience, gravitated to the song – a buzzsaw in a land of nail clippers. Even though the band didn’t release “Ignoreland” as a single, the track got picked up by DJs at rock stations and ended up on the charts. It hit No. ...
That being said, I wanted to speak a little bit about the REMTV, release that hit the stores. R.E.M. fans have been greeted by a “Data Dump”; a 6-DVD collection of concerts and performances as well as a 107 minute “Documentary” that appears to be a rework and expansion of ...
15) Man On the Moon – 1/13/01 Rock in Rio, Rio De Janiero, Brazil I would be hard-pressed to omit Man on the Moon for it has become one of my son’s favorite songs. For a two year old who likes to use the word “No”, it is refreshing to hear him sing along “Yeah Yea...