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R.E.M. – Stand
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“Stand” was REM’s second single from Green and second consecutive #1 on the then-new US Alternative Songs Chart. It was also their second top 10 US Pop Chart hit (after 1987’s “The
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R.E.M. – Kohoutek
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Comet Kohoutek, formally designated C/1973 E1, 1973 XII, and 1973f, was first sighted on 7 March 1973 by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek. It attained perihelion on 28 December that
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R.E.M. – Stand Samples
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See all of “Stand” by R.E.M.’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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R.E.M. – Hallelujah
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[Verse 1] / The world is an oyster, the bitter refrain / The Lord is my shepherd, I cannot stay / This blessed earth, this beautiful lamb / A new day that breaks the dawn / [Verse
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Ariana Grande – R.E.M.
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On “R.E.M.” Ariana Grande sings over a dreamy Pharrell-produced instrumental. She talks about how she does not want to wake up from a dream in which she fell in love with someone.
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"Weird Al" Yankovic – Spam
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Parody of Stand by college rock band R.E.M. about the infamous artificial meat product.
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R.E.M. – You Are the Everything
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[Verse 1] / 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 / (Say, say, the light) Eviscerate your memory
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Remy Banks (Ft. Nasty Nigel) – Rem.
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[Hook] / Affan said the borough needs an anthem / I told him roll up, shit I got him / Something to make the wholes true city stand up / Like 50 did, I got em / [Verse 1] / Let the
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R.E.M. – Mr. Richards
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Mr. Richards is one of several R.E.M. songs with more direct political content. In this case, the song reacts to the end of the Bush (George W. Bush) presidency, after much of the
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R.E.M. – Welcome to the Occupation
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[Verse 1] / Hang your collar up inside / Hang your dollar on me / Listen to the water still / Listen to the causeway you are / [Refrain] / Fed and educated / Primitive and wild
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R.E.M. – Old Man Kensey
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According to Marcus Gray’s It Crawled from the South (1996, pg. 276):
Michael Stipe met Rev. Howard Finster in Athens. They were both studying art. One of Finster’s hometown
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R.E.M. – Old Man Kensey (Athens Demo)
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Old man Kensey wants to be a sign painter / First he's got to learn to read / He's gonna be a clown on TV / Flexes his elbow taut and free / (That's my folly) I believe / Drink up
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Ariana Grande – r.e.m. (live)
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[Intro] / Uh-huh / [Verse 1] / Said last night, boy, I met you, yeah / Said when I was asleep ('Sleep) / You're such a dream to me, babe / Oh, woah woah / And it was on a day like
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R.E.M. – Low Desert
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[Verse 1] / It happened fast, it's over quick / A little dust, and the engine kicks / Did your hands drift down off the wheel? / A road owl hit your windshield? / An eyelash or a
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R.E.M. – You Are the Everything (Live in Greensboro, 1989)
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[Verse 1] / 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 / (Say, say, the light) Eviscerate your memory
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DopeSMOOTHIES – REM (Interlude 2)
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First time she text me "come thru" / I'm like Khaled on a Jetski / Niggas wanna test me, come thru / My gun feeling testy / I send them two-time champs, Lisa Leslies / Now you
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nothing,nowhere. (Ft. Lil West) – REM
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This song is about a girl nothing,nowhere. never sees anymore and the only place he can is at night in his dreams. REM stands for rapid eye movement which is the stage of sleep
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R.E.M. – Wichita Lineman (Live / Houston, TX / 9/15/95)
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I am a lineman for the county / And I drive the main road / Searchin' in the sun for another overload / I hear you singing in the wires / I can hear you through the whine / And the
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R.E.M. – Auctioneer (Another Engine)
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On Live At The Olympia Michael Stipe claims this song was partially inspired by his maternal grandfather, who was a traveling salesman.
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R.E.M. – Old Man Kensey - Live From Rock City, Nottingham / 1984
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[Verse 1] / Old man Kensey / Wants to be a sign painter / First, he's got to learn to read / He's going to be a clown on TV / Flexing his elbow, taut and free / (That's my folly) I
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Pavement – Unseen Power of The Picket Fence
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Unseen Power of The Picket Fence is a song that appeared on the 1993 AIDS Benefit compilation No Alternative
It chronicles a time-period in the band R.E.M.’s career as well as
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Simone Rem (Ft. AJ Sartaguda & SV) – MNF
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[Verse 1: Simone Rem] / Honey drip, drip, like / Looking at this view, I just sit like / I could care less, I could think right / Take over the game, boy I just might / I owe it
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R.E.M. – Mr. Richards (Live in Vancouver)
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[Verse 1] / Mr. Richards, your position / Is a messenger pigeon / Left behind you when the camp moved on / We thought that you would listen / But the words had never crystallized
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R.E.M. – Electrolite
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The closing track on 1996’s New Adventures in Hi-Fi, Electrolite is a love song for the City of Angels and the 20th century.
Michael Stipe said in an interview that he had to be
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R.E.M. – Electrolite (Unplugged, Live 2001)
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[Intro, spoken] / One, two, three, four / [Verse 1] / Your eyes are burning holes through me / I'm gasoline / I'm burning clean / Twentieth century, go to sleep / You're Plasticine
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R.E.M. – Welcome To The Occupation - Live From Utrecht, Holland / 1987
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[Verse 1] / Hang your collar up inside / Hang your dollar on me / Listen to the water still / Listen to the cause where you are / [Chorus 1] / Fed and educated / Primitive and wild
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R.E.M. – The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
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“The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite” explains that the singer lives on a floor with a payphone at the end of a hall. it’s broken to the extent you cannot call out so someone has to keep
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R.E.M. – Star Me Kitten
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The title of this song is a pun. The chorus is “fuck me kitten,” but since R.E.M. didn’t want to use “fuck” in the track name, they replaced it with “star,” as in an asterisk. For
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R.E.M. – Out In The Country
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Whenever I need to leave it all behind / Or feel the need to get away / I find a quiet place / Far from the human race / Out in the country / Before the breathing air is gone
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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
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“Losing My Religion” was released as a single in February 1991, in advance of R.E.M.’s album, Out of Time, where it appeared as the second track.
It became R.E.M’s biggest hit
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Spotify – This Is R.E.M.
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1. Losing My Religion / 2. Everybody Hurts / 3. It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) / 4. The One I Love - Remastered 2012 / 5. Shiny Happy People / 6. Man On
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Balram Veeragoo – R.E.M
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[Verse: 1] / In rhythm you find / More reason to rhyme / In reason and rhyme / More reason to try / More reason to find / More rhythm in lines / Like riddles you find / In prisms
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Dirty Mike – REM
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Intro: / I done found someone tryna show me to the light like / Ha, no, nu uh / I done found someone tryna show me to the light like / Ha, no, nu uh, no way / Verse: / I can’t
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Ren – Hi Ren
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Ren wrote in the comments of this song’s release video, “Up until I was 9 years old, I would intermittently hear a voice in my head that was not my own. The voice was distinctly
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Ariana Grande (Ft. Quavo) – R.E.M. (Demo)
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[Verse 1: Ariana Grande] / Mmm, last night, boy, I met you, yeah / When I was asleep ('Sleep) / You're such a dream to me, mmm, woah / And it was on a day like this, yeah / If you
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R.E.M. – Good King Wenceslas
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[Verse 1] / Good King Wenceslas looked out / On the feast of Stephen / When the snow lay round about / Deep and crisp and even / Brightly shone the moon that night / Though the
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¡MAYDAY! – R.E.M
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Album: “Take me to your leader”
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Remble – Dirty Dan
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[Verse] / I'm my own man, I don't really need nobody / But niggas trippin', I got Smokey on speed dial / If I miss my shot then my brother gon' get my rebound / My niggas ridin' '
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R.E.M. (Ft. William S. Burroughs) – Star Me Kitten (Alternate Version)
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[Spoken Intro: William S. Burroughs] / All right, just something I picked up. A knack of going along / With someone else's song, putting myself into it. It evolved from / Lili
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