About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 30. Chapters: Everybody Hurts, Losing My Religion, Electrolite, What's the Frequency, Kenneth?, Shiny Happy People, Supernatural Superserious, Nightswimming, E-Bow the Letter, Orange Crush, Stand, Imitation of Life, Man on the Moon, Drive, Radio Song, Eminence Front, Burning in the Skies, The Great Beyond, The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Scandalous!, Daysleeper, Bang and Blame, The Blood That Moves the Body, Bad Day, Tongue, Lotus, Number 9 Dream, Bittersweet Me, Near Wild Heaven, Find the River, Leaving New York, All the Way to Reno, Strange Currencies, At My Most Beautiful, She Don't Use Jelly, Crush with Eyeliner, The W.A.N.D., Hollow Man, Electron Blue, How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us, Man-Sized Wreath, Animal, I'll Take the Rain, Get Up, Suspicion, Pop Song 89, Any Ol' Sunday, Wanderlust, Athena, You Better You Bet, Aftermath, Dizzy, Until the Day Is Done, Black and White, Sax and Violins. Excerpt: "Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the UK Singles Charts and #3 on the French Singles Chart. Much of the song was written by drummer Bill Berry, although as R.E.M. shares songwriting credits among its members, it is unknown how much he actually wrote. Berry did not drum on the song-a Univox drum machine took his place-but he was responsible for the sampling of the drum pattern on the track. The string arrangement was written by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. In the liner notes of the album In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003, R.E.M.'s guitarist Peter Buck writes that "the reason the lyrics are so atypically straightforward is because it was aimed at teenagers," and "I've never watche...