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The song's verses have a call and response structure, with Buck's guitar arpeggios responding to Stipe's vocal line. [1] [2] Allmusic critic Stewart Mason states that this is one of the few R.E.M. songs in which Mills and drummer Bill Berry act as a traditional rhythm section, propelling the song forward together. [1]
The film took its title from the Automatic for the People song of the same name. [46] The song "The Great Beyond" was released as a single from the Man on the Moon soundtrack album. "The Great Beyond" only reached number 57 on the American pop charts, but was the band's highest-charting single ever in the UK, reaching number three in 2000.
The list consists mostly of studio recordings. Remix and live recordings are not listed separately unless the song was only released in that form. [1] Album singles are listed as released on their respective album. Only one release is listed per song, except for a couple of re-recordings, like their first Hib-Tone single.
Beat the Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson "Love Is All Around" 1996 I Shot Andy Warhol Soundtrack "Sponge" [142] Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation "Star Me Kitten" Songs in the Key of X:Music from and Inspired by The X-Files "Revolution" [143] 1997 Batman & Robin soundtrack "Leave" (alternate version) [144] A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack
William Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) is an American musician who was the drummer for the alternative rock band R.E.M. Although best known for his economical drumming style, Berry also played other instruments, including guitar, bass guitar and piano, both for songwriting and on R.E.M. albums.
REM’s original line-up was broken in 1997 with the departure of Berry, after he suffered a double brain aneurysm while on stage in Switzerland during their world tour. The remaining three ...
Black considers the song one of R.E.M.'s "most lush and blatantly commercial pieces of work", while Buckley has noted its "echoes of old-style R.E.M. rootsiness." [11] [12] Buck has cited the song as an example of a track whose creation was spurred by his purchase of a new instrument, in this case a glockenspiel. [11]
[1] The song opens with the lines "Let's put our heads together and start a new country up," which R.E.M. biographer Tony Fletcher describes as sounding like a "call to arms." [5] On the other hand, music writer Craig Rosen feels that the line adds to the song's optimism. [1] Another line in the song states that "we'll burn the river down."