1991
Tag: Michael Stipe
REM performing a song at BBC Radio Theatre in London : Sad Professor
1998
Sad Professor ( song lyrics ) … REM
If we’re talking about love, then I have to tell you,
dear readers, I’m not sure where I’m headed.
I’ve gotten lost before.
I’ve woke up stone drunk, face down in the floor.Late afternoon; the house is hot.
I started. I jumped up.
Everyone hates a bore.
Everybody hates a drunk.This may be a lit invention;
professors muddled in their intent
to try to rope-in followers to float their malcontent.
As for this, reader, I’m already spent.Late afternoon; the house is hot.
I started. I jumped up.
Everyone hates a sad professor.
I hate where I wound up.Dear readers, my apologies. I’m drifting in and out of sleep.
Long silence presents the tragedies of love.
Note the age. Get afraid. The surface hazy with attendant thoughts.
A lazy eye metaphor on the rock.Late afternoon; the house is hot.
I started. I jumped up.
Everyone hates a bore.
Everybody hates a drunk.Everyone hates a sad professor.
I hate where I wound up.
I hate where I wound up.
1998
REM performing a song at The Grünspan Club in Hamburg : Sad Professor
1998
audio review : The Outsiders … REM ( featuring Q-Tip )
The best part is when Q-Tip raps, but it’s not because of Q-Tip. His verse, which reads like a poem, is neither here nor there. What makes that part standout is the soothing tranquility of the background music, which, along with some urging ad-libs from singer Michael Stipe, is just beautiful enough to save the song.
my rating : 4 of 5
2004
audio review : Hallelujah ( song ) … REM
A piano plays at 02:34. It’s panned to the right, but it should be mixed, louder than it is, in stereo. That or dead center. It should play repeatedly, perhaps as a continuous loop, so that the guitars, drums and what sounds like orchestral strings revolve around it.
As it is, REM’s Hallelujah, their final song as far as album chronology goes, struggles to lift itself up from the pits of mediocrity. The music carries with it the grandeur of a huge and historic cathedral. The verses are also enchanting. It’s the refrain that suffers.
my rating : 3 of 5
2011
Half A World Away ( song ) … REM
1991
REM performing a song for La Blogothèque : On The Fly
2007
blogotheque.net
Bad Day ( song ) … REM
2003
Fall On Me ( song ) … REM
1986
REM rehearsing a song at The Seney-Stovall Chapel : Hollow Man
2008
Me Marlon Brando [ Marlon Brando And I ] ( song ) … REM
2011