Released: September 26, 1994
Recorded: April–May 1994 at Kingsway Studio, New Orleans; Crossover Soundstage, Atlanta; Criteria Studios, Miami; Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles
Length: 49:15
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: Scott Litt and R.E.M.
________________________________________________________
This week’s choice is kind of a special selection… namely as this band, just recently announced that they are calling it quits R.E.M.; I wasn’t really into R.E.M. but I liked enough to not complain when I heard them on the radio. But whenever I hear Bang and Blame it reminds me of hanging out in dark arcades in the middle of the day (because I would ditch school). The guy who owned the place had a jukebox that he used to play that song all the time while I was playing Turtles in Time. Man I miss video arcades; I use to spend a good portion of my days playing video games in those dark noisy places…
By the way whatever happened to the music video? They use to be awesome and weird, before they became elaborate dance routines or boring rappers driving slow throwing money at hookers… Crush with Eyeliner was a cool video; it was kinda trippy to me because, I remember R.E.M. being a bunch of white dudes, but in the video there was an Asian dude singing the song with Michael Stipe in the background at a restaurant. Kind of confused me a bit but it was a good song anyways.
Most light hearted movies I see as of late like a John Cusack movie always has the song “What's The Frequency, Kenneth?” playing during a montage in the movie of the main character working on something difficult like painting a house or something. It’s a good song that I think should be taken out of that boring formula… I’m just saying...there is way more potential in this song to further a plot; that’s just my opinion.
Not feeling to well this week, so I'm gonna be quick about it... Listen to The Pinata Hour with LEE and remember to PASS IT ON
________________________________________________________
All songs written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" – 4:00
"Crush with Eyeliner" – 4:39
"King of Comedy" – 3:40
"I Don't Sleep, I Dream" – 3:27
"Star 69" – 3:07
"Strange Currencies" – 3:52
"Tongue" – 4:13
"Bang and Blame" – 5:30
"I Took Your Name" – 4:02
"Let Me In" – 3:28
"Circus Envy" – 4:15
"You" – 4:54
No comments:
Post a Comment