R.E.M : pioneros del rock alternativo

Rapid Eye Movement -término con que los expertos denominan a un período concreto del sueño- esas son las iniciales que adoptó un cuarteto estadounidense para formar su nombre, R.E.M.
Ellos fueron pioneros del llamado rock alternativo y fuente de inspiración para bandas que se formaron desde los 80 hasta nuestros dias. Su mayor éxito hay que localizarlo a principio de los 90, con el tema "Losing My Religion" que los catapultó como banda de culto. Estaba incluida en su álbum de 1991 titulado Out Of Time, un álbum con tintes de espontaneidad, instrumentos poco comunes de viento y mandolinas, todo ello con estribillos pegadizos y letras donde expresaban sus contradicciones. El single les proporcionó problemas con la iglesia católica, aunque como contrapartida más de 10 millones de copias vendidas, varios Grammys, premios MTV y como decíamos antes, la mitificación del grupo. Sus éxitos continuaron en esta década con canciones como "Man On The Moon", para ya en este nuevo milenio ir decayendo hasta llegar a su disolución el año2011.

Loosing My Religion Life is bigger It's bigger than you And you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no I've said too much I set it up That's me in the corner That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it Oh no I've said too much I haven't said enough I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try Every whisper Of every waking hour I'm Choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt lost and blinded fool Oh no I've said too much I set it up Consider this The hint of the century Consider this The slip that brought me To my knees failed What if all these fantasies Come flailing around Now I've said too much I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But that was just a dream That was just a dream

Man On The Moon Mott the Hoople and the game of Life yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Monopoly, Twenty one, checkers, and chess yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Let's play Twister, let's play Risk yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'll see you in heaven if you make the list yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Now, Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby Are we losing touch? If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool Moses went walking with the staff of wood yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Newton got beaned by the apple good yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Now, Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby Are you having fun? If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool Here's a little agit for the never-believer yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Here's a little ghost for the offering yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Now, Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby Are we losing touch? If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool