Významná americká rocková skupina založená v r. 1980 v Athens (stát Georgia). (Buck je ročník 1956, Stipe 1960, Berry a Mills 1958.) Hudební kořeny mají jak v americké hudební tradici tak i v pop music 60. let (m.j. Byrds). Typičtí představitelé...

Píseň: Beat A Drum

Interpret:
R.E.M.
Album:
Reveal
the sun reflected in the back of my eye
I knocked my head against the sky


the dragonflies are busy buzzing me
seahorses if we were in the sea


halfway from coal, halfway to diamond.
my fall knocked a mean chip out of me.


I'm gathering as far as I can reach
we're perched up on the precipice
and this is what I've seen


this is all I want it's all I need
this is all I am it's everything
this is all I want it's all I need.


a bluejay hectors from the felled catalpa tree
doctorate in science and a theologian's
dream


the dragonflies are trying to lecture me
seahorses if we were in the sea


this is all I want it's all I need
this is all I am it's everything
this is all I want it's all I need.


beat a drum for me, like a butterfly wing
tropical storm across the ocean


but don't explain, I'm sure I'll want to know.
but don't forget, we're just halfway from coal


this is all I want it's all I need
this is all I am it's everything
this is all I want it's all I need.