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: Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I

Interpret:
R.E.M.
Album:
Collapse Into Now
We live and dream about the future
Please ask Neil, I need to pow wow, now
Sift through the annals of our flavored times
Our heroes and all their fatal flaws
Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I, sing


Lay me down, down, down, down
Lay me down, down, down, down, down
Help me off to sleep
Take me deep again


We live and dream about our heroes
I listened closely, and I said,
"I'm not sure where to place myself here, friend
I might pawn the gold rings instead"
The winners write the rule books
The histories and lullabies.


Lay me down, down, down, down
Lay me down, down, down, down, down
Help me off to sleep (down, down, down)
Take me deep again (down, down, down)


I heard what you said (Lay me down, down, down, down)
I picture brass rings in your head (Lay me down, down, down, down)
While gold and bronze are... bon bons (down, down, down)
Brass is mixed with lead (down, down, down)