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According to Michael Stipe, the lyrics were inspired by a dream concerning a drug made of light. Electron Blue was the third single released off of Around The Sun. The title would later be name checked on Accelerate’s Sing For The Submarine.
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REM live at Rock Am Ring 03/06/2005
Set:
I Took Your Name
What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
Bad Day
Drive
The Outsiders
Leaving New York
Leave
Me In Honey
Everybody Hurts
Electron Blue…
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Set:
I Took Your Name
What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
Bad Day
Drive
The Outsiders
Leaving New York
Leave
Me In Honey
Everybody Hurts
Electron Blue…
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ImpossibleSmurf wrote:
Such a beautiful song...
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Webmeester wrote:
One of my favorite R.E.M.-songs.
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mariabolkonsky wrote:
LOVE THE WHOLE ALBUM ;)
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Zetelima wrote:
Adoro o R.E.M, um dos melhores shows que já assisti...
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parnagua wrote:
Gosto muito da banda, mas essa música é fraca
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kora1407 wrote:
i love i love i love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love i love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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6:00 wrote:
It's fortunate the Michael Stipe is amongst the most profoundly human of rock singers, because otherwise this record would be nothing but bloodless electronics.
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GardenofStone wrote:
This is pretty lifeless on record, but it sounds really good at shows. Like most of Ats really.
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scarboro wrote:
Michael's favourite song on "Around the Sun". (So he says on the Live album, anyway.)
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conditionals wrote:
I love the vocal melody on this. And... well, it had a strong enough impression on Stipe to be namechecked in Sing for the Submarine, so it can't be half bad.
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echo725 wrote:
I really like the song. It is interesting musically - love Mike's bass. The lyrics are a little goofy, but they are charming just the same.
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scarboro wrote:
So it's somewhere between being by far, their worst song ever, and a grand epic. ;)
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riazor wrote:
best song of the album
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6opar wrote:
What a grand epic/
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Stubbsy67 wrote:
Hmm, I disagree. That honour goes to The Worst Joke Ever (fitting title); I really like this song.
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jimmy-jimmy wrote:
By far their worst song. No question.
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