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Titolo: --Articolo su Los Angeles Times--

Postato su murmurs.com... 
ci sono le solite vecchie questioni su Bill e Up, ma le cose più
interessanti riguardano l'umore generale della band: 
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"Michael Stipe is in such a good mood on this afternoon in the
recording studio that he probably wouldn't mind if you gave his shaved
head an affectionate noogie. It's a side of him , and the band, that
you don't normally see in photographs or even on stage, where the
earnestness of the music defines the tone.
When one of the musicians who'll be accompanying the band on tour this
summer hits a wrong note, Stipe laughs so hard that guitarist Peter
Buck and bassist Mike Mills also break up. They have to start the song
three times before everyone gets back on track  " [ROTFL]
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e le song che stanno provando per il tour (andrei a picchiare Mike
oggi stesso...ma peeeerchè Sidewinder non piace alla
band??Bisognerrebbe fare loro vedere il sondaggio su 
remfriends.com
!!)
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"I'm going to have some fun with the lyric on this one," Stipe says as
the band begins playing the next song, "Little America." Written
during the Reagan administration, it casts a wary eye on the nation's
swing to the right.
The line Stipe has his eye on is the one at the end that goes,
"Jefferson, I think we're lost."
When "Little America" came out, the lyric was widely seen as a
reference to Thomas Jefferson and the country's traditional values,
but Stipe later explained it was really inspired by the band's former
co-manager, Jefferson Holt, and the time the group's tour van took a
wrong turn.
[CUT]
On this day in early May, though, there is no confusion about his
substitute line in the song: "Washington, I think we're lost."
[CUT]
With a huge catalog of contenders to fill a greatest-hits tour, R.E.M.
is being selective. Here are the songs the three look forward to
playing every night, and the ones they don't expect ever to play
again. The tour, their first in four years, includes a stop Sept. 10
at the Hollywood Bowl.
PETER BUCK
Always: "Losing My Religion" is something we are going to play until
the day we die. I love the song and the way Michael sings it, the
restraint in his voice. The fact it was also a huge hit is beside the
point. We'd always play it if no one else had ever even noticed it.
Never: "Shiny Happy People." The funny thing is "Losing My Religion"
and this were on the same album ["Out of Time"]. I think Mike and
Michael are both a little embarrassed by "Shiny." Personally, I don't
find it any more twee than a lot of Donovan songs, and I love Donovan.
It was meant to be something lightweight everyone could sing.
MIKE MILLS
Always: "Cuyahoga" is one of my favorites because I just love the bass
line. It's so much fun to play and there's just something about the
song that makes me feel good. We haven't played it in years, but then
we picked it up again during rehearsals and it still feels good.
Never: "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite," and I can't really tell you
why, except that there's something about the song that just doesn't
work for me.
MICHAEL STIPE
Always: "Man on the Moon" is the song that I love singing because it
makes me feel the most heroic. I look out and see people just
vibrating with excitement.  [Sopratturro quando urla
Cooleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!!!!! ;-D]
Never: We'll never perform "Shiny Happy People" again, and probably
not "Stand" or "Pop '69." We were trying to write super, super pop
songs for kids, like the Monkees and the Banana Splits did, and we
overstretched our abilities.
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Conclusioni:
 
Man on the Moon
Losing My Religion
Cuyahoga
Little America
faranno probabilmente parte della "bunch of songs" per il prox tour
2 su 4 ... 
Ciao!
Vero
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 la divisione in specie, generi e stili.
 Ama i contorni sfumati, le toppe, le giunte, 
 le sovrapposizioni, i collage; 
 vuole la varietà, la quantità, le smorfie e le stramberie;
 vuole che tutto sia informe e collocato 'fra'." 
R.KAPUSCINSKI - "Lapidarium"

 2 su 4 ...
Oddio, spero non Little America!!! Con tutte le canzoni favolose che hanno
fatto, proprio quella devono mettere? E poi Sidewinder è IMHO un
CA-PO-LA-VO-RO!!!!!!
Ciao,
Valentina

Quindi sidewinder rimane un utopia?!?!?!
Ma non capisco per quale motivo escludere stand, sarà anche una canzone non
troppo impegnativa ma direi decisamente superiore a shiny happy people.
Mah........vedremo.
Luca