THURSDAY TOP 10s: Huge is the only word that can be applied to this hit from the prolific REM. It was REM's buggest US hit (number 4) and increased their fan base substantially. … [Read more...]
R.E.M. – Hope
WEDNESDAY'S WHATEVER: Trying to pick a favourite R.E.M. song from their enormous body of work is impossible, so instead I've picked what I consider to be one of their most interesting / esoteric / deep songs. Hope for me definitely fits that bill. The song comes from the band's 1998 album Up. Leonard Cohen gets a songwriting credit due to the similarity of the song to … [Read more...]