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Formation (1980-1982) R.E.M. formed at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, in January 1980. Discovering they had similar tastes, vocalist Michael Stipe (born January 4, 1960 in Decatur, Georgia) and guitarist Peter Buck (born December 6, 1956 in Berkeley, California) began working together, eventually meeting bassist Mike Mills (born December 17, 1958 in Orange County, California) and drummer Bill Berry (born July 31, 1958 in Duluth, Minnesota). In April 1980, the band formed under the name Twisted Kites to play a birthday party for their friend Kathleen O'Brien, rehearsing a number of garage, psychedelic bubblegum, and punk covers in a converted Episcopalian church. By the summer, the band had settled on the name R.E.M. after flipping randomly throug More... (Submit New R.E.M. Lyrics) (Submit New R.E.M. Lyrics) RIP Kurt Cobain we miss ya | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Let Me In performed by R.E.M. Michael Stipes tribute to Kurt Cobain....his friend and fellow rocker who he wished to collaborate with...Cobain was a big REM fan, and envied their music for falling away from the mainstream music I believe it is about what I am experiencing... | Reviewer: Thomas Gottfried ------ About the song Losing My Religion performed by R.E.M. This song speaks directly to me, at this time of my life. I think love, if you feel it in the deepest, most personal level of yourself (Ger.: "selbst" as opposed to "ich/es" =id and "über-ich"), is something so near to you that it becomes a part of you. As religion does to those who *really believe*. It is God-like, it is a close as we come to an ultimate truth. People who have religion say, "God is love." The sentiment in the song is, to me, about the realization that the thing I believed in either - *isn't* there, or - "apparently" *isn't* there, or - maybe never was there... The general tone of both the music and the lyrics is one of utter loss, sadness, disbelief, and confusion. The confusion you feel when this happens to you, when you have this extremely discomforting "revelation", is beautifully expressed in lines such as I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try When you lose a love that touched you to the core -- but you might never have really had -- you are so confused that every signal, every thing that ever happened becomes questionable, and it is enough to drive you mad. You have no clear orientation, and it seems like it was all "just a dream". I had never really listened to this song very closely or exactly before this all started occurring in my life. Then it just popped into my head and I knew that R.E.M. had already put my feelings to words and music. Stipe's explanation about it being a "classic obsession love song" is also valid, when this started to happen, I almost automatically slipped into an obsessive state, doing everything and anything to stop her from going, thus: Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it Oh no, I've said too much I haven't said enough Whatever you say isn't enough for you and yet is too much, you are left feeling helpless and powerless. Some of the most heartfelt and gripping song lyrics I have ever heard. not the easy way out | Reviewer: elaine ------ About the song Everybody Hurts performed by R.E.M. everybody hurts is such an amazin song and brings such sadness to my life cos i just wish my dad had of expressed his feelin wit the family instead of listenin to this song but he didnt hang on he let go :( The meaning | Reviewer: AssToMouth ------ About the song Losing My Religion performed by R.E.M. In the song, Michael Stipe sings the lines "That's me in the corner/That's me in the spotlight/Losing my religion". The phrase "losing my religion" is an expression from the southern region of the United States that means losing one's temper or civility, or "being at the end of one's rope." Stipe told The New York Times the song was about romantic expression.[5] He told Q that "Losing My Religion" is about "someone who pines for someone else. It's unrequited love, what have you."[6] Stipe compared the song's theme to "Every Breath You Take" by The Police, saying, "It's just a classic obsession pop song. I've always felt the best kinds of songs are the ones where anybody can listen to it, put themselves in it and say, 'Yeah, that's me.'"[7] More true now then it was in 1992 | Reviewer: Scott ------ About the song Ignoreland performed by R.E.M. Reading through these lyrics make me even more mad that American still is Ignoreland. The Shrub, Cheney, Rove, Rummy all came back to finish/continue what they started in the late 70s thru the early 90s. First they stole an election and then they blinded the masses with fear and over ran the country. Torture, war, oil, domestic spying, fear mongering, destruction of Habeas Corpus, etc. It's been a national nightmare that we are living once again. Republican = Criminal. From Watergate to Iran/Contra to Weapons of Mass Destruction to Valerie Plame. They have succeeded in destroying America's standing in the world and putting us on the brink of ruin. Yes, Michael, "I feel better having screamed". rem is AMAZING | Reviewer: ben ------ About artist/band R.E.M. rems early stuff is amazing. they had some good stuff in the 90s. all the grunge bands would not have existed without them. as for this u2 verses rem bullshit both are amazing live and its definitely a close contest. i will give it to u2 based on longevity though. i could give it to rem for influence but the bands that followed nirvana or pearl jams blueprint laid by rem wernt very good. both bands have had their missteps of course rem had shiny happy people and stand and u2 had the album pop and songs like stuck in a moment you cant get out of walk on the sweetest thing and of course one which i have heard about 400 times too many. but this reveiw is about rem and i have to say they are and always will be an amazing band. Shiny happy people | Reviewer: AnTwan ------ About the song Shiny Happy People performed by R.E.M. I've heard this song before but it was a while ago. Yhis is the firt time I ever saw the video. Love it. Love the bright colors and smiles. Even the dude on sticks is having fun. What's wrong with having a litle fun? This cheered me right up after a boring day. Thank you REM & pretty redhead lady. Haunting | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Find The River performed by R.E.M. This song is and always will be my favourite. The haunting melody coupled with clever lyrics and harmony drive a river through the soul. It is not a sad song, but a song of hope in the same vein as Tynnyson writing the poem "Ulysses" talks about the loss of youth, but also says "made weak by time and fate, but strong in will, to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield." So Find The River is about accepting the pitfalls of life and the certainty of a finale in death but to find the route that will carry you, with hope, to the end by a line of beauty and happiness. What Can You Say? | Reviewer: greg allen ------ About the song Welcome To The Occupation performed by R.E.M. This is a classic in my REM book. Wonderful guitar stuff, the staggering REM approach to putting poetry into lyrical form, and the bitchin' "listen to me" vocal at the end. One of those songs you want to cover, but not until you have it down just so... a personal favourite | Reviewer: abhijit ------ About the song Losing My Religion performed by R.E.M. best song lyrics ever.communicates on so many levels.i have read so many interpretations of this song,all different and all of them, very possible.a real masterpiece from rem.the composition is awesome as well,lyrics,even better.what i think this song refers to is about going overboard,inspite of not wanting to,and then regretting if he had crossed the line somewhere. Life as it is | Reviewer: sakura ------ About the song Leaving New York performed by R.E.M. I might not agree with some of the views on this song already written here. But then again, I've never visited New York (or then again, the USA), before or after 9/11 (I truly understand why the americans, generally speaking, feel the need to relate to this moment as to a time-changing experience, but, since I'm an outsider, this phenomenon remains a bit over-evaluated for me. It does seem to me that there are some other things that happened (since then), that are a bit more important in the world's history. Anyway, I'm getting off of line here..) The main idea was that, in my view, this song has really nothing to do with New York. I may seem simple-minded in this interpretation, but I have my own reasons to be as such. First of all, I've ended a one-year and two months long-distance relationship that has ended with this song in the background. Just imagine yourself leaving the love of your life behind, crying, and yourself just boarding a train that takes you home, with nothing else but an mp3 player which has this song on "repeat". About 22 hours in which your main purpose is not crying. It's an unwished experience. So, ultimately, what does it mean to me? It just means the world ending, when you've decided how and why it would end. Just imagine that you've decided the 9/11 stuff. How wuould you feel then? And just leaving it all behind... (I feel the need to excuse my english, first of all, as I am not a native english speaker. At the same time, sorry if you, in any way, have felt offended by my remarks. It was not my intention to do so. And if you feel the need to localize me, I'm from Romania - eastern Europe. I have no expectations that you could (or would) recognize the country, just let me tell you this: I'm from Transilvania, and Dracula doesn't really exist. And we do not believe in it). Listen closely | Reviewer: Michael ------ About the song Find The River performed by R.E.M. It took me 5 years to realize this is one of my favorite songs, and it took me 15 total to figure out why: listen very closely to the absolutely haunting background harmonies Mike Mills is singing. R.E.M. is famous for using his voice like an instrument, but it is so intricate and, well, haunting, the notes he sings almost in counterpoint to Michael. It's so well-integrated you never think about it, until you do. It's genius. Amazing Sorrow | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Leaving New York performed by R.E.M. I think this song is about seeing a relationship about to end and instead of waiting for it to happen he leaves first - hence its easier to leave than to be left behind. Maybe he didn't want it to end but it was inevitable and something, perhaps pride or the risk of feeling the pain of abandonment is too much and it seems easier to be the one who leaves instead of being the one who gets left. I love the image of the mercurial future, so slippery and dangerous, as if we could actually hold it, change it. "Hold my love me" !???? NOT!!! | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Walk Unafraid performed by R.E.M. Does this make any sense?? No, of course not. Unbelievable how 1 person writes these lyrics and it spreads virally all over the internet. Try "Hope might love me or leave me high". Listen again. Now it makes sense, doesn't it? good stuff | Reviewer: bean ------ About the song (Don't Go Back To) Rockville performed by R.E.M. REM and some other bands from that area have put out some quality music. It's a shame that era has generally come to pass. Southern influence is apparent in the lyrics and style. This does not simply fit under the "country" genre. This is my take | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song The Ascent Of Man performed by R.E.M. A destructive love, very different people. The caller is a person he loves but knows there is no way it would work. He doesn't return the call. The P in "pan" should be capitalized, "Pan" as in mythology. Pan didn't have good luck with women. My take | Reviewer: CWT ------ About the song The Ascent Of Man performed by R.E.M. The singer thinks of himself as a modern Pan. This is a story of a destructive love, very different people. The caller is a person he loves but knows there is no way it would work. He doesn't return the call. The P in "pan" should be capitalized, "Pan" as in mythology. Pan didn't have good luck with women. My take | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song The Ascent Of Man performed by R.E.M. A destructive love, very different people. The caller is a person he loves but knows there is no way it would work. He doesn't return the call. The P in "pan" should be capitalized, "Pan" as in mythology. Pan didn't have good luck with women. Maning of 'Losing My Religion' | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Losing My Religion performed by R.E.M. Sometimes when you're trying to cling on and stay together with someone you say something that makes you sound desperate to stay with them, and sometimes you get that sinking feeling immediately afterwards where you think you said do much and know they might think you can just mess you about, so might cause you to do something you feel is wrong- make you lose your religion. That's what I think this song is all about. An awesome song From a Plebian | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Leaving New York performed by R.E.M. I am not a committed REM fan although naturally like most they've been around all of my adult life. This song strikes me as being one of their most evocotive. The mood it sets is one of mature sadness and reflection, an acceptance of an inevitably unhappiness, a mourning of some kind of loss or failing, that can be universal. That this is skillfully constructed and excellantly executed makes the need for a semantic and literal diviniton of origin interesting but not vital to interpreting the song. Is this not one of the key things that we should require froma work of art? You could review the artist/band R.E.M. in Biography page You could review R.E.M. album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review R.E.M. song by clicking the song which you like  Download "R.E.M." Music | | ||||||||||
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