Newsgroup: it.fan.musica.rem
Titolo: [LUNGO] Canzoni in cui si menzionano i R.E.M. ...

Stavo leggendo tutt'altro quando in un sito mi è capitato sott'occhi
il titolo di una canzone "For The Singer of REM"  dei Firehose . Con
un titolo così non potevo non andare a cercare il testo... così Google
mi ha rimandato a un vecchio post di murmurs (le' semper lu) dove
oltre a questa erano elencate altre canzoni con nel testo riferimenti
a Michael Stipe o ai rem... sono saltate fuori cose divertenti!
 (Leggete fino alla fine se, no vi perdete la chicca da novella 2000)
:D 
andiamo per ordine:
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"For the singer of rem"  - Firehose
Here's a version of tradition you can put in your drawer
in the desk where next to your chair's the handle to your door
dismantle the door handle, put the parts into your desk drawer
say some words then make a sign, now open up the drawer:
the drawer can't tell you more
than to deal with the door
Now you object to objects actually meaning more
than some pathetic, lame aesthetic stolling rone is famous for
push the drawer closed, grab a firehose, point it at the door
get it all wet, remember, forget what rock & roll is for
the drawer can't tell you more
than to deal with the door
Now you're fishing for a mission way beyond the door
first you dream, next you're scheming, searching through your drawer
for an oar for your trip bound for yet uncharted shores
over-reaching, find me spieling, cataloging doors
the door's a symbol for
these objects in your drawer
***
LOL il testo dovrebbe essere un' imitazione giocosa del modo di
comporre di Michael dei primi periodi...
poi ...
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Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence - PAVEMENT
Some bands I like to name check, 
And one of them is REM, 
Classic songs with a long history 
Southern boys just like you and me. 
R - E - M 
Flashback to 1983, 
Chronic Town was their first EP 
Later on came Reckoning 
Finster's art, and titles to match: 
South Central Rain, Don't Go Back To Rockville, 
Harbourcoat, Pretty Persuasion, 
You were born to be a camera, 
Time After Time was my least favourite song, 
Time After Time was my least favourite song. 
The singer, he had long hair 
And the drummer he knew restrait. 
And the bass man he had all the right moves 
And the guitar player was no saint. 
So lets go way back to the ancient times 
When there were no 50 states, 
And on a hill there stands Sherman 
Sherman and his mates. 
And they're marching through Georgia, 
we're marching through Georgia, 
we're marching through Georgia 
G-G-G-G-Georgia 
They're marching through Georgia, 
we're marching through Georgia, 
marching through Georgia 
G-G-G-G-Georgia 
and there stands REM 
(Aye Sir, Aye Sir, Aye Sir they're coming, Aye Sir, move those wagons,
Aye 
Sir, Artillery's in place Sir, Aye Sir, Aye Sir, hide it, hide it, Aye
Sir, run, run.) 
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And the guitar player was no saint ROTFL!
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Michael Stipe - PAT McCURDY 
This is a song about Michael Stipe
He's an artiste of a different stripe
He's the sensitive, silent type
No one can brood like Michael Stipe
He and his friends play in REM
They say that college kids are really into them
Play all their records again and again
They like Michael Stipe, they like REM
So I stood in the place where I lived
Wondering what the hell did he mean by that
He's gotta be the shiniest happiest guy
And I love his cute little hat
So this was a song about Michael Stipe
I believe in the man I believe all the hype
Maybe someday when the time is ripe
I'll write another song about Michael Stipe
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eheheh "No one can brood like Michael Stipe" proprio vero eh? :))
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Everyone - ELECTRIC EELS
"....
You lived your life in the shadows
Of those whose drinks you spiked
The story of the murderer
Who kills just to be liked
But you can't even live up
To such a stereotype
THE NEXT THING YOU'LL COME UP WITH IS
A DUET WITH MICHAEL STIPE
You know
Everyone under the sun has dreams
Everyone under the sun
Everyone under the sun has dreams
Everyone under the sun...."
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Maybe- WONDER STUFF
"...Maybe I should take the mike, (mic') stand up tall like Michael
Stipe, and try to solve all the problems of the earth
Or maybe then I should sit back down, scratch my chin and use my
frown, and try to figure out exactly what I'm worth. We'r estill
building churches, burning books, killing the babies to feed the
cooks..."
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Michael Stipe - P
(GIBBY HAYNES con Johnny Deep !!)
"I finally met Michael Stipe
he touched me on my arm
I met him up in the Hollywood hills
among the movie and tv stars...
Sophia Coppola looked at me
and I didn't know what the hell to do... 
Michael Stipe, eye to eye...
Michael Stipe, and I die tonight" 
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(Jiimydean...mi ricorda qualcosa!:D)
qui ne potete sentire un frammento :)
http://www.musicstrands.com/action/detailTrack/trackId/859341
-->intervista a Peter in cui parla di Haynes: 
Q: The recently-split Pavement did a great song about your early years
as a band called The Unseen Power of the Picket Fence. Have you ever
heard it? Any comments?
PB: I kind of vaguely know Stephen [Malkmus] ... and he couldn't
convince me it wasn't kind of tongue-in-cheek... I feel totally
self-conscious about all that stuff. The first time I saw The Flaming
Lips, then did The One I Love, and I was like, Oh man...
Stipe: The Flaming Lips did The One I Love
Mills: And so did the Butthole Surfers.
Stipe: And they totally meant it. They love REM.
PB: Gibby Haynes [Buttholes chief] is kind of obsessed. He rode on the
bus with me once from San Francisco, and he knew stuff about REM that
I didn't know. Which I thought was shocking.
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Let Her Cry - HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH 
"She sits alone by a lamppost
Trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind
She says Dad's the one I love the most
But Stipe's not far behind
She never let's me in
Only tells me where she's been..."
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People Like You - LIVE
"...In a dream I had
I was on the stage with queen,
Michael stipe and elton john,
Bono, springsteen
Singing hallelujah
Rock ’n roll is king (kiiiinnnggg)...."
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ed ecco la chicca... visto  che qui sul NG sta girando da un po' la
voce :P
immaginate la scena... al telefono, cosa potrebbe dire-cantare  Mike
Mills a Michael Stipe,  durante una notte piovosa?
ecco il testo ... [demenza ON]
"R.E.M.=F.A.G." - EX-CRETINS
[sound of bus travelling]
Did you ever noticed, the way I look at you
Did you ever catch me stealing a stare
Have I ever told you, how much I love you
Do you realise, how much I care
You were always the strange one
The favourite of the girls and boys
You became the rock monster quite soon
I was green with envy
I felt like throwing up
That's me in the cowboy suit
[???]
This is the song Mike Mills sing to Michael Stipe on a cold and rainy,
lonely Georgia night (x2)
On the lonesome tourbus, I always sat next to you
And touch you in a fatherly way
There was no way of knowing, how could you have realised
Someone cool(?) as me could turn out gay
I could never tell you, the things I had to hide
The secret i'll take to my watery grave
And you will never find out, badly I want you inside
You're all I look at when we're on stage
This is the song Mike Mills sing to Michael Stipe on a cold and rainy
lonely Georgia night (x2)
Like a dead letter office, so is my love for you
Document that never found its way home
On the day of reckoning, my message will get through
you can understand why I write these poems
Our adventures in hi-fi, they were so much fun
But now our time has come too soon
The drunken bus driver, is swerving off the bridge
Just kiss me once before we meet our doom
[Horrible, frightening sound of car crash]
This is the song Mike Mills sing to Michael Stipe on a cold and rainy
lonely Georgia night (x2)
[Demenza OFF]
finale tragico :P
***
un'altra canzone non proprio simpatica, ma divertente :P,  sui R.E.M è
questa:
10 Good Reasons (Why We Hate REM) -INVADERS FROM A FORBIDDEN PLANET
10 Good Reasons (Why We Hate REM) 
(much, much funnier when sung) 
Athens, GA can kiss my a**. 
Without the Woggles, theyd have no class. 
B-52s were so far in the past. 
That leaves them REM who are full of crap. 
Well.. 
Theres 10 good reasons why we hate REM 
When count `em down so you can sing along my friends 
Were pretty sure youll agree with us in the end 
`Cause theres 10 d*** good reasons why we hate REM 
10) They practice politics on MTV 
9) Michaels wrinkling and he looks scary 
8) They tell their audience shut up or we wont sing 
7) Mike Mills thinks people take him seriously 
6) They listen to no other music but their own 
5) Bill Berrys missing a few chromosomes 
4) Their musics lacking its original charm, and their indie cred has
bought the farm 
3) Peter Buck and his mandolin 
2) Recycled melodies used again and again 
1) They're just pretentious, what else can I say?
sono preoccupata per la 7 :) 
Ma la 6??? bah... 
beh c'è ne sono un bel po' ... se qualcuno ha o trova i pezzi li
condivida mi raccomado ;)
Ciao!
Vero - 
High Speed Train Jumpers #2
"The ascent of cactus" club #3
--
"...The stillness still that doesn't end 
but slowly drifts into sleep..."

 a Michael Stipe o ai rem... sono saltate fuori cose divertenti!
Ciao Vero, ho iniziato a leggere con attenzione il ptuo post....non sembra, ma i R.E.M. hanno 
segnato davvero tanta gente.....ovviamente noi in primis !
comunque è vero....lè semper lu (anche se dalle mie parti si dice "lè sempar lu".Però lavorando con 
gente di Lecco ho imparato la loro pronuncia che è + simile a quella milanese che hai indicato te)
siam semper nogn !!! (tradotto: SIAMO SEMPRE NOI)
sa scapa mia ! (NON SI SCAPPA) !
CIAO
Paolo

Salve...
Anzitutto complimenti per il post che è spassosissimo!!
Ho preso la canzone deiFirehose...che è proprio forte...musicalemnte
è stile primi rem (sembra sentire un misto tra rockville veloce,
auctioneer e little america tanto epr dirne tre)...ed alla fine mi
piace anche il testo!!
Se no fosse stato così esplicito ....avrebe avuto una qualche menzione
letteraria!:))
iL MODO DI CANTARE è MOLTO ALLA sTIPE MA ANCHE UN PO' Morrisseuy,
secondo me...
LA canzone dei P l'ascoltai da piccolo.. ed era molto carina...un giro
semplice ed un bellissimo asssolo d chitarra sgangherata alla fine..
AN che quella dei Pavement è forte..ma i pavemnent sono (erano) tanto
bravi:)
Beh...continuo la mia ricerca...
Cmq NON è VERO CHE  IREM ASCOLTANO SOLO LA PROPRIA MUSICA!!!
pOI CHE VUOL DIRE CHE A BILL BERRY MANCA UN CROMOSOMA...:(((
maRCELLO!

bravi:)
Ecco Marcello consigliami qualche album... che con i Pavement sono a
secco :)
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Lurex mi hai fatto improvvisamente tornare in mente "Life and how to live
it". Era un po' che non l' ascoltavo. A voi non capita mai di non voler
ascoltare una canzone non perchè non vi piaccia, ma perchè è talmente bella
che quasi non la si riesce a sopportare? A me succede spesso, con la sopra
citata "Life and how to live it" ma anche con moltissime altre...Find the
river, Driver 8, Electrolite...potrei elencarle praticamente tutte...sembra
quasi che il cuore stia per scoppiare, e spesso purtroppo non si è disposti
a sopportare questa bellissima e vagamente amara sensazione.
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 che quasi non la si riesce a sopportare? 
Francamente no, se una canzone mi piace ed è "talmente bella"...la 
ascolto allo sfinimento
Niccolò
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      Sì, qualche volta mi è successo con "Find the river"perchè mi dà emozioni
molto intense. Ciao
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 ha scritto nel messaggio 
news:82Z50Z159Z119Y1...@usenet.libero.it...
A me succede una cosa simile con Country Feedback, è una canzone che ha 
assunto per me un significato extramusicale è talemte bella che l'ascolto 
soltanto in determinati momenti poichè in questo modo posso coglierne tutta 
l'essenza 


 
si, Find the river č decisamente la canzone piů emozionante x me, ma riesco
solo a pensare "č cosě bella che non smetterei mai di ascoltarla"
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