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: Old Man Kensey

Interpret:
R.E.M.
Album:
Fables Of The Reconstruction
Old Man Kensey wants to be a sign painter
First he's got to learn to read
He's gonna be a clown on TV.
Flags at his elbow, time to breath
(That's my folly) I believe


Drink up the lake, Kensey's away
(That's my folly) That's my mistake


Old Man Kensey wants to be a goalie
First he's got to learn to count
He's gonna be a clown on a circus mount
Letters to me signed in sopped up tar
(That's my folly) Kensey's going far


John, Bill and Ted, stand on your head
(That's my folly) I'm ready to go


Old Man Kensey wants to be a dog catcher
First he's got to learn to stand
He's gonna be a clown in a marching band
Letters to me signed ransom greed
(That's my folly) I believe


Drink up the lake, John, Bill and Ted,
(That's my folly) That's my mistake
Kensey's away, stand on your head
(That's my folly) I'm ready to go