This is taken from New Adventures in Hi-Fi, which was the first record I can remember getting genuinely excited about it’s release. I utterly loved it’s predecessors Monster and especially Automatic for The People, which I listened to insessantly on my Walkman (those were the days). However, they were both released before I really knew what music was and what it meant to me.

I was, and still am, a sucker for a song that paints a vivid image. R.E.M. are masters at this, and both this track and Nightswimming opened my eyes to this phenomenon. While I still don’t know exactly what they are on about in either track I still very much enjoy the ride. 

If you ever want to fly. Mulholland Drive. Up in the sky… 

RjK