Tuesday, October 19, 2010

R.E.M. : ROMANCE [11]





R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe (lead vocals), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Bill Berry (drums and percussion). R.E.M. was one of the first popular alternative rock bands, and gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's unclear vocals. R.E.M. released its first single, "Radio Free Europe", in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone. The single was followed by the Chronic Town EP in 1982, the band's first release on I.R.S. Records. In 1983, the band released its critically acclaimed debut album Murmur, and built its reputation over the next few years through subsequent releases, constant touring, and the support of college radio. Following years of underground success, R.E.M. achieved a mainstream hit in 1987 with the single "The One I Love". The group signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1988, and began to espouse political and environmental concerns while playing large arenas worldwide.
In 1996, R.E.M. re-signed with Warner Bros. for a reported US$80 million, at the time the most expensive recording contract in history. The following year, Bill Berry left the band, while Buck, Mills, and Stipe continued the group as a three-piece. Through some changes in musical style, the band continued its career into the next decade with mixed critical and commercial success. In 2007, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Also known as Hornets Attack Victor Mature,[1] Bingo Hand Job,[2] It Crawled from the South[3]
Origin Athens, Georgia, United States
Genres Alternative rock, college rock, jangle pop
Years active 1980–present
Labels Hib-Tone, I.R.S., Warner Bros.
Associated acts Automatic Baby, The Baseball Project, Black Flag, Hindu Love Gods, Nirvana, The Minus 5, Tuatara

Members

* Peter Buck
* Mike Mills
* Michael Stipe

Former members
Bill Berry


1. MAN ON THE MOON

(berry/buck/mills/stipe)


Mott the hoople and the game of life.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Andy kaufman in the wrestling match.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Monopoly, twenty one, checkers, and chess. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister fred blassie in a breakfast mess.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let’s play twister, let’s play risk.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
See you heaven if you make the list.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey andy, did you hear about this one?
tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey andy, are you goofing on elvis?
hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put
a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there’s nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

Moses went walking with the staff
of wood. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Newton got beaned by the apple good.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister charles darwin had
the gall to ask. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey andy, did you hear about this one?
tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey andy, are you goofing on elvis?
hey baby, are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there’s nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

Here’s a little agit for the never-believer.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here’s a little ghost for the offering. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here’s a truck stop instead of saint peter’s.
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister andy kaufman’s gone wrestling
(wrestling bears). yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey andy, did you hear about this one?
tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey andy, are you goofing on elvis? hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there’s nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there’s nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there’s nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man
on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there’s nothing
up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

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2. ALL THE WAY TO RENO

Humming
All the way to reno
You’ve dusted the non believers
And challenged the laws of chance
Now, sweet
You were so sugar sweet
You may as well have had ’kick me’
Fastened on your sleeve

You know what you are
You’re gonna be a star
You know what you are
You’re gonna be a star

Wing
Is written on your feet
Your achilles heel
Is a tendency
To dream
But you’ve know that from the beginning
You didn’t have to go so far
You didn’t have to go.

You know what you are
You’re gonna be a star
You know what you are
You’re gonna be a star

You know who you are
You know who you are
You know who you are.

Humming
All the way to reno,
You’ve written your own directions
And whistled the rules of change

You know what you are
You’re gonna be a star
You know what you are
You’re gonna be a star
You know what you are
You’re gonna be a star
You know what you are
You’re gonna be a star

Humming
All the way to reno
You’re gonna be a star, you are
You’re gonna be a star,
You’re gonna be a star, you are
You’re gonna be a star

VIDEO



3. I DON'T SLEEP, I DREAM



(berry/buck/mills/stipe)


I’m looking for an interruption,
Do you believe?
You looking to dig my dreams
Be prepared for anything
You come into my little scene
Hooray, hooray, hip hip hooray
There’s one thing I can guarantee:
You won’t have to dig, dig too deep
Said leave me to lay, but touch me deep,
I don’t sleep, I dream
I’ll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need

Are you looking to drive my dreams?
You here to run my screens?
You come, deliver my demons
Hooray, hooray, hip hip hooray
Are you coming to ease my headache?
Do you give good head?
Am I good in bed?
I don’t know, I guess so
I don’t sleep, I dream
I’ll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need

I’m looking for an interruption,
Can you believe?
Some medicine
for my headache
Hooray, hooray, hip hip hooray
I’m pitching for a new direction
Pinch me when I wake
Don’t tell me my dreams are fake
You leave me to lay, you touch me deep,
I don’t sleep, I dream
I’ll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need
Leave me to lay, but touch me deep,
I don’t sleep, I dream
I’ll settle for a cup of coffee, but you know what I really need

VIDEO



4. BE MINE

(berry/buck/mills/stipe)


(a speed zone up here too)

I never thought of this as funny
It speaks another world to me
I wanna be your easter bunny
I wanna be your christmas tree

I’ll strip the world that you must live in
Of all it’s godforsaken greed
I’ll ply the tar out of your feathers
I’ll pluck the thorns out of your feet
You and me
You and me
You and me

And if I choose your sanctuary
I’ll want to wash you with my hair
I’ll want to drink of sacred fountains
And find the riches hidden there

I’ll eat the lotus and peyote
I’ll want to hear the caged-bird sing
I’ll want the secrets of the temple
I’ll want the finger with the ring
You and me
You and me
You and me

And if you make me your religion
I’ll give you all you will need
I’ll be the drawing of your breath
I’ll be the cup if you should bleed
I’ll be the sky above the ganges
I’ll be the vast and stormy sea
I’ll be the lights that guide you inland
I’ll be the visions you will see
Visions you will see
You will see
You will see
You and me
You and me
You and me
You and me
You and me
You and me


VIDEO


5. SHE JUST WANTS TO BE

It’s not that she walked away,
Her world got smaller.
All the usual places, the same destinations,
Only something’s changed.

It’s not that she wasn’t rewarded
With pomegranate afternoons
And Mingus, Chet baker and chess.

It’s not the stampede and fortune
Of prim affectations
She’s off on a right and she knows now
It’s greater than the whole
Of the past
It’s greater
And now she knows.

She just wants to be somewhere
She just wants to be.
She just wants to be somewhere
She just wants to be.

It’s not that the transparency
Of earlier incarnations
Now we’re back on, we’re enriched
And loaded
With beautiful vulnerability
And now she knows.

Now is greater
And she knows that.

She just wants to be somewhere
She just wants to be.
She just wants to be somewhere
She just wants to be.

Now is greater
Now is greater
And she knows that

She just wants to be somewhere
She just wants to be.
She just wants to be somewhere
She just wants to be.

It’s not like the angels
Could truly look down
Stir up the trappings
And light on the ground.
Remind us of what, when,
Why or who?
The how’s up to us, me and you
And now is greater than the whole
Of the past
Is greater and now she knows that.

Now she knows.


VIDEO


6. SWEETNESS FOLLOWS


(berry/buck/mills/stipe)


Readying to bury your father and your mother,
What did you think when you lost another?
I used to wonder why did you bother,
Distanced from one, blind to the other?

Listen here, my sister and my brother
What would you care if you lost the other?
I always wonder why did we bother,
Distanced from one, deaf to the other

(chorus)
Oh, oh, but sweetness follows

It’s these little things, they can pull you under
Live your life filled with joy and wonder
I always knew this altogether thunder
Was lost in our little lives

(repeat chorus 3x)

It’s these little things, they can pull you under
Live your life filled with joy and thunder
Yeah, yeah, we were altogether
Lost in our little lives

Oh, oh, ah

(repeat chorus)

Oh, oh, oh, oh, but sweetness follows

VIDEO



7. TALK ABOUT THE PASSION


[berry/buck/mills/stipe)


Empty prayer, empty mouths, combien reaction
Empty prayer, empty mouths, talk about the passion
Not everyone can carry the weight of the world
Not everyone can carry the weight of the world

(chorus)
Talk about the passion
Talk about the passion

Empty prayer, empty mouths, combien reaction
Empty prayer, empty mouths, talk about the passion
Combien, combien, combien de temps?

(repeat chorus)

Not everyone can carry the weight of the world
Not everyone can carry the weight of the world
Combien, combien, combien de temps?

(repeat chorus 4x)

VIDEO


8. THE ONE I LOVE

(berry/buck/mills/stipe)


(chorus 1)
This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind
A simple prop to occupy my time
This one goes out to the one I love

(chorus 2)
Fire (she’s comin’ down on her own, now)
Fire (she’s comin’ down on her own, now)

(repeat chorus 1)

(repeat chorus 2)

This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind
Another prop has occupied my time
This one goes out to the one I love

(repeat chorus 2 2x)

VIDEO

9. ROMANCE


Nations call
Par-parallels
Neighbors call
All in all in all in all in all

That's worth saving up for
Put our heads down on the chest
Mustn't even race for rest
Easy come, easy go

Easy come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go

Stares conceal
Par-parallels
Neigh-neighbors call
All in all in all in all in all

That's worth saving up for
Put our heads down on the chest
Mustn't even race for rest
Easy come, easy go

Easy come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go

Chance is yours
And call the shot
Even in a parking lot
With one romance
One romance

Easy come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go

Neighbors call
Par-parallel
Late at night nations fall
All in all in all in all in all

That's worth saving up for
Put our heads down on the chest
Mustn't even race for rest
Easy come, easy go

Easy come
Easy go
Easy come
Easy go

VIDEO



10. TURN YOU INSIDE OUT


Divide your cultured pearls and paste
I'm looking for to lay to waste
Of all the things I cannot taste
and this not the racy race
They spoke loud

I believe in what you do
I believe in watching you
It's what you do

I could turn you inside-out
What I choose not to do
I could turn you inside-out
What I choose not to do

Given the choice
Given the heart
Given the tool
Given the word
Given the cheers

I believe in what you do
I believe in watching you
It's what you do

I could turn you inside-out
What I choose not to do
I could turn you inside-out
What I choose not to do

VIDEO




11. YOU ARE THE EVERYTHING


Sometimes I feel like I can't even sing (say, say, the light)
I'm very scared for this world
I'm very scared for me
Eviscerate your memory
Here's a scene
You're in the back seat laying down
The windows wrap around
To sound of the travel and the engine
All you hear is time stand still in travel
and feel such peace and absolute
The stillness still that doesn't end
But slowly drifts into sleep
The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen
And they're there for you
For you alone you are the everything

I think about this world a lot and I cry
And I've seen the films and the eyes
But I'm in this kitchen
Everything is beautiful
And she is so beautiful
She is so young and old
I look at her and I see the beauty
Of the light of music
The voices talking somewhere in the house
Late spring and you're drifting off to sleep
With your teeth in your mouth
You are here with me
You are here with me
You have been here and you are everything

(repeat 1st verse)


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