2001
Tag: Michael Stipe
Saturn Return ( song ) … REM
2001
All The Way To Reno [ You’re Gonna Be A Star ] ( song ) … REM
2001
audio review : Sad Professor ( song ) … REM
The details are ambiguous, but it seems the gist is summed up neatly in the title. It’s a public letter from a college teacher in what sounds like a state of depression.
“Everyone hates a bore,” he laments, “Everybody hates a drunk.” The highlights of the song are the parts where he sings, rather passionately, about jumping Up.
my rating : 4 of 5
1998
Strange Currencies ( song ) … REM
1994
E-Bow The Letter ( song ) … REM ( featuring Patti Smith )
1996
Near Wild Heaven ( song ) … REM
1991
Imitation Of Life ( song ) … REM
2001
I Wanted To Be Wrong ( song ) … REM
2004
Around The Sun ( song ) … REM
2004
Nightswimming ( song lyrics ) … REM
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
Every streetlight reveals a picture in reverse.
Still it’s so much clearer. I forgot my shirt
at the water’s edge. The moon is low tonight.Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
I’m not sure all these people understand.
It’s not like years ago. The fear of getting caught,
of recklessness and water. They cannot see me naked.
These things, they go away, replaced by everyday…Nightswimming. Remembering that night.
September’s coming soon. I’m pining for the moon.
And what if there were two side by side in orbit around the fairest sun?
That bright, tight forever drum could not describe…Nightswimming.
You, I thought I knew you. You I cannot judge.
You, I thought you knew me;
this one laughing quietly underneath my breath.Nightswimming.
The photograph reflects. Every streetlight a reminder.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
1992
Nightswimming ( song ) … Michael Stipe
1992