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About This Track
“Driver 8” was the second single from R.E.M.’s third album, Fables of the Reconstruction. While credited to Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe, it was primarily written by Bill Berry. Released in September 1985, the song failed to chart in the United States. It was not released in Europe.
The song refers to the Southern Crescent, a passenger train operated by the Southern Railroad until 1979, and continues today (with fewer stops) as the Amtrak Crescent. The music video shows Chessie System trains running around Huntington, West Virginia.
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. borrowed the title of this song for his autobiography. (Until 2008, Earnhardt drove a #8 car.)
ESPN anchor John Buccigross frequently references the song on SportsCenter, usually referring to an athlete that wears the number 8 (such as Alex Ovechkin).
The song refers to the Southern Crescent, a passenger train operated by the Southern Railroad until 1979, and continues today (with fewer stops) as the Amtrak Crescent. The music video shows Chessie System trains running around Huntington, West Virginia.
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. borrowed the title of this song for his autobiography. (Until 2008, Earnhardt drove a #8 car.)
ESPN anchor John Buccigross frequently references the song on SportsCenter, usually referring to an athlete that wears the number 8 (such as Alex Ovechkin).
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Shouts
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FeelingLost wrote:
Really love it.
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flippant23 wrote:
Love the version on Eponymous.
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spacefaceinfurs wrote:
nice
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fmaratz wrote:
Definitely in my top 5 favourite R.E.M. songs. Fascinating even after all these years.
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Jealousheart wrote:
So good..
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midliferickman wrote:
Always good jangly-ish guitars from REM
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davidboner wrote:
Sounds like a rootsier Radio City era Big Star.
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Fitouthitas wrote:
Classic!
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cotmo wrote:
the lyrics are beautiful and mysterious
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zaynzaynzayn wrote:
this one always grabs my heart
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fer_md89 wrote:
Temazo!!!. Una de las mejores canciones de los 80' de R.E.M.
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i_gjerry wrote:
First REM song that hooked me way back when...
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chadmagic wrote:
"She is selling faith on the Go Tell Crusade..."
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luciferesque wrote:
the best REM song, in my opinion.
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lord-infernus wrote:
" a way to shield the hated heat, a way to put my self to sleeeeep"
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deiderique wrote:
AAAAAAW! BRILLIANT!
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aocavallari wrote:
the fields divided one by oneeeeeeeeeeee.... fucking nice!
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alfredo_aph wrote:
you drive your live
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Hendrix_7 wrote:
Ciao
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graphxvamp wrote:
and the train conductor says "take a break, driver 8, driver 8 take a break, we've been on this shift too long"....
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