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Michael Stipe Clarifies Misunderstood Lyrics to R.E.M.’s ‘It’s the End of the World as We Know It’
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| September 2, 2025
| Michael Gallucci
Posted on 09/03/2025 7:11:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
Next they tell me is Sting isn’t really a pool hall ace.
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:13:22 PM PDT
by
JZelle
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:15:39 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: nickcarraway
R.E.M. used to rehearse in a building across the street from my nephew's frat house at UGA.
I've seen them twice, once in Athens, once in Statesboro.
Some friends in a band at UNC (Northern Colorado, NOT North Carolina) did a good cover of this song.
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:23:21 PM PDT
by
real saxophonist
(Michael Bennet claps on 1 and 3.)
To: nickcarraway
Before Stipe came up with the lyrics to ITEOTWAWKI in under an hour, Buck picked up a mandolin and came up with the riff in five minutes.
To: nickcarraway
The year prior (1986) Europe’s song; The Final Countdown, got reduced to a commercial featuring a frozen burrito being cooked in an office microwave.
Have no idea of the product of the commercial.
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:35:35 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: nickcarraway
It sure is a very catchy no sensinsicle song.
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:39:31 PM PDT
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Bob434
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
To: nickcarraway
REM had lyrics? Who knew?
I liked the line "exhuming my car keys"
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:43:47 PM PDT
by
dmcnash
(Back off! I'm a Scientist.)
To: nickcarraway
Cocteau Twins lyrics are the true mystery.
That no one really cares about probably.
Freegards
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posted on
09/03/2025 7:49:00 PM PDT
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Ransomed
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/03/2025 8:10:58 PM PDT
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Celtic Conservative
(*This is a test of the emergency tagline system. This is only a test*)
To: Bob434
Hey, it gave Bill Joel the opportunity to rip it off for a bigger hit, We Didn't Start the Fire.
To: Celtic Conservative
That one you could understand. And Leonid Brezhnev.
To: dmcnash
I liked the line "exhuming my car keys"Joseph or Eugene my car keys?
To: Ransomed
Cocteau Twins lyrics are the true mystery.I love the Cocteau Twins. Its like listening to music in a foreign language.
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posted on
09/03/2025 8:22:51 PM PDT
by
krizzy
To: dmcnash
Don't go back to Rockville
Now face North
A simple prop to occupy my time
I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
These rivers of suggestion are driving me away
We can reach our destination
To: nickcarraway
In the meme, Homer Simpson claims he can sing all the lyrics to "It's the End of the World as We Know It," only to be told, "No you can't, Mr. Simpson. No one can."Stipe shared the image with a two-word reply: " I can."
No one can sing the lyrics to Pearl Jam's Yellow Ledbetter.
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posted on
09/03/2025 8:43:22 PM PDT
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Rummyfan
( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.👨 )
To: Bob434
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posted on
09/03/2025 8:51:21 PM PDT
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No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: nickcarraway
Mostly these days, I remember the song from the beginning of Independence Day movie.
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posted on
09/03/2025 9:00:30 PM PDT
by
citizen
(A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
09/03/2025 9:03:45 PM PDT
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Drew68
(I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since yesterday. Save some tears for tomorrow.)
To: Rummyfan
No one can sing cared about the lyrics to Pearl Jam's Yellow Ledbetter.
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