Δε ξέρω αν γενικεύσεις του τύπου “η ομορφιά βρίσκεται στην απλότητα” έχουν κάποιο λόγο υπάρξεως. Αυτό που ξέρω είναι ότι αυτό εδώ το κομμάτι – απλό στα όρια της κοινοτοπίας από πλευράς μουσικού υλικού – είναι ένα αριστούργημα. Και ότι το απίστευτα υποτιμημένο Monster του 1994 στο οποίο περιέχεται, είναι ένα από τα καλύτερα άλμπουμ που ηχογράφησαν ποτέ οι R.E.M. 📀 📀 I don’t know if generalizations like “beauty lies in simplicity” have any real reason to exist. What I do know is that this song – simple to the point of banality in terms of musical material – is a masterpiece. And that the criminally underrated 1994 Monster album, on which it appears, is one of the finest records R.E.M. ever made.
I know you
I know you’ve seen her
She’s a sad tomato
She’s three miles of bad road
Walking down the street
Will I never meet her?
She’s a real woman-child
Oh, my kiss breath turpentine
I am smitten
I’m the real thing (I’m the real thing)
Have you seen her come around?
My crush with eyeliner
I’m in like
I’m infatuated
It’s all too much, the pressure
She’s all that I can take
What position should I wear?
Cop an attitude? (you fake her)
How can I convince her? (fake her)
That I’m invented too, yeah
I am smitten
I’m the real thing (I’m the real thing)
We all invent ourselves
And, uh, you know me
She’s a sad tomato
She’s three miles of bad road
She’s her own invention (she’s her own invention)
That gets me in the throat
What can I make myself be?
Life is strange, yeah (life is strange)
What can I make myself be? (fake her)
To make her mine?
I am smitten
I’ll do anything (I’ll do anything)
A kiss breath turpentine
My crush with eyeliner
I am smitten
You know me (yeah, you know me)
I could be your Frankenstein
My crush with eyeliner
I am smitten
I’m the real thing (I’m the real thing)
Won’t you be my valentine?
My crush with eyeliner
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I’ve always like REM.
I think they are exemplary, not only for their music : I ‘ve total respect for the way they called it a day (not because of a “clash of egos” or something, but just because “it was about time”) and remained quite since then – it’s been 15 years now…
I can think of several groups who should have called it a day by now. When I was living in Virginia in 1978, the Rolling Stones played at the Hampton Coliseum in what was billed/hyped as their farewell tour. A very uncool way to sell tickets.
Yes, this is a pretty common uncool tactic.
Love this song and the band. A+… Norm’s band “Infidels” opened for them a couple of times in the 90’s. Lots of fun. Thank you!
It sounds like lots of fun indeed!