![]() ![]() – Georgia Peaches Ripe!” contained all the necessities for an R.E.M. There were always a couple songs that were featured in my mind on the earliest of bootlegs that I purchased/acquired and this was one of those tracks. songs carry different degrees of importance and this one is not thought-provoking lyrically, even though the song’s lyrics when it was written way back in 1981 had been altered significantly to the Dead Letter Office version. It is not a very complex song and has similarities to ‘Ages of You’, another early song that ended up as a B-Side. Now, even though the song was released as a B-side for ‘Wendell Gee’, the song was recorded during the Reckoning sessions and feels a bit more appropriate for that album, such as the lead in. I have always had a soft spot for R.E.M.’s ‘Burning Down’. The subliminal cover with the serpent that includes the various song titles off the album, done by the Reverend Howard Finster doubles down on their predecessor by identifying that the band’s not playing games with the importance of putting together classic visuals. It finds a way of being Americana without being obnoxious about it. “Reckoning” is maybe the perfect album when driving through a state like Nebraska with not much to see but big sky surrounding you. was clever enough to write songs that felt very visual. One final trip with the iPod.įor a band that despised the road trip song, R.E.M. The continuing adventures of “Eric’s Trip Around the Sun”. ![]()
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