R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe. One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was noted for Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style, Stipe's distinctive vocal quality and obscure lyrics, Mills's melodic basslines and backing vocals, and Berry's tight, economical style of drumming.
R.E.M. released its first single—"Radio Free Europe"—in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone.
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{Verse Riff} Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip. Salt Lake City, come in spring. Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me. Salt Lake City, come in spring. Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me.
AG Here it comes (I'm carried away) AG Here it comes (I'm carried away) AG Here it comes, back, back.
{Verse Riff} Departure, godspeed, bless his heart, good boy. What a f*ck-up, what a fighter. Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider, Hung on the vine like a poison spider. Win a eulogy with William Greider, car crash, ptomaine, explosion-provider, bus plunge, avalanche, poison spider. Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider.
AG Here it comes (I'm carried away) AG Here it comes (I'm carried away) AG Here it comes, back, back.
BG Go, go, go, yeah. BGA Go, go, go, yeah.
{Verse Riff} Everybody is young forever. There's so much to tell you, so little time. I've come a long way since the whatever, shit, I still see a word, think of you. There's so much that I can't do, yeah. You will be young forever. There's so much that I can't do. There isn't so much that I can't do.
AG Here it comes (I'm carried away) AG Here it comes (I'm carried away) AG Here it comes, back, back.