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Man-Sized Wreath (Live At the Olympia) - R.E.M.



     
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Turn on the TV
And what do I see?
A pageantry of empty gestures
All lined up for me, wowId have thought by now
We would be ready to proceed
But a tearful hymn to tug the heart
And a man-sized wreath, owwThrow it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance floor
Like you just dont care, oh
Give me someWave the palms, still the arms
Fists in the air
A motorcade of a night strings
Shows the people that you care, owwNature abhors a vacuum
But whats between your ears?
Your judgment cluttered with fearful thoughts
A headlights and a deer, owwThrow it on the fire
Throw it in the air

Kick it out on the dance floor
Like you just dont careLook at what Ive found
Everybody look around
Everybody looking like
They just dont care, oh
Give me someWell, Im not deceived
By pomp and odious conceit
But a tearful hymn to tug the heart
And a man-sized wreath, owwThrow it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance floor
Like you just dont careLook at what Ive found
Everybody look around
Everybody looking
Like they just dont careThrow it on the fire
Throw it in the air
Kick it out on the dance floor
Like you just dont care, oh
Give me some, give me some
Give me some
Songwriters
BUCK, PETER LAWRENCE/MILLS, MICHAEL E./STIPE, MICHAEL J.Published by
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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R.E.M. were an alternative rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 1980. The band originally consisted of Michael Stipe (vocals), Peter Buck (guitar, mandolin), Mike Mills (bass, keyboards, vocals) and Bill Berry (drums). Berry retired from the band in October 1997 after having suffered a brain aneurysm in 1995.

R.E.M. released its first single, "Radio Free Europe", in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone. The single was followed by the Chronic Town EP in 1982, the band's first release on I.R.S. Records. In 1983, the group released its critically acclaimed debut album, Murmur, and built its reputation over the next few years through subsequent releases, constant touring, and the support of college radio. Following years of underground success, R.E.M. achieved a mainstream hit in 1987 with the single "The One I Love". The group signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1988, and began to espouse political and environmental concerns while playing large arenas worldwide.

By the early 1990s, when alternative rock began to experience broad mainstream success, R.E.M. was viewed as a pioneer of the genre and released its two most commercially successful albums, Out of Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992), which veered from the band's established sound. R.E.M.'s 1994 release, Monster, was a return to a more rock-oriented sound. The band began its first tour in six years to support the album; the tour was marred by medical emergencies suffered by three band members. In 1996, R.E.M. re-signed with Warner Bros. for a reported US$80 million, at the time the most expensive recording contract in history. The following year, Bill Berry left the band, while Buck, Mills, and Stipe continued the group as a three-piece. Through some changes in musical style, the band continued its career into the next decade with mixed critical and commercial success. In 2007, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

On 21 September 2011, after over 30 years together, R.E.M. announced that they had split up.

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