All Mixed Up – Micky Dolenz Sings R.E.M. and Michael Stipe Loves It
This morning on All Mixed Up, Jim Monaghan premiered a new song from Micky Dolenz’s upcoming EP, singing the songs of R.E.M. (hint – Michael Stipe LOVES it!).
And he welcomed back Pete and Maura Kennedy with an extensive interview.
Opening Theme – “Signe” by Eric Clapton
Golden Autumn Day – Van Morrison
Harvest Moon – Neil Young
1960 – Chloe Youtsey
Late September Breeze – Kennedys
New York Comeback – Lucinda Williams
Minutes To Memories – John Mellencamp
I Am In Love – Deni Bonet
Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac
The New Frontier – Donald Fagen
Car On A Hill – Joni MItchell
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Marvin Gaye
Something Loud (acoustic) – Jimmy Eat World
The Door Into Summer – Monkees
Feel Flows – Beach Boys
Shiny Happy People – Micky Dolenz
One of These Things First – Susanna Hoffs
Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To the Canyon) – Rufus Wainwright
Smile Pretty – House of Schock
Solid Rock – Dire Straits
Message of Love – Pretenders
Life Is Large – Kennedys
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The Sky Doesn’t Look Right – Kennedys
Nightshift – Bruce Springsteen
Spit of Love – Bonnie Raitt
Be Yourself – Wilder Woods
Be Yourself – Audioslave
Under Your Scars – Godsmack
Closing Theme – “Take Five” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet
Thanks for listening this morning.
The Top 5 Career Defining Moments For R.E.M.
R.E.M. formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 with a lineup composed of singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, Mike Mills on bass, keyboards, and backing vocals, and drummer Bill Berry.
Considered by many to be one of the first “alternative” rock bands, R.E.M.‘s early music was characterized by Stipe’s distinctive vocal quality that often found the lyrics buried in the mix, Buck’s Byrds-like jangly arpeggiated guitar playing, Mills’s melodic bass lines, and distinctive backing vocals; and Berry’s tight drumming.
They released their first single “Radio Free Europe” on a small independent label before signing with I.R.S. Records which put out the band’s first EP Chronic Town in 1981 and 1982 respectively.
With each subsequent release, R.E.M. experimented with different sounds and styles, bringing Stipe’s lyrics more into the forefront and adding different instruments not necessarily associated with rock, like a mandolin on “Losing My Religion.” Former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones was brought in to add orchestration to some of the tracks.
Their videos were all over MTV, and they managed to continue to garner both critical and commercial success, which they held on to even after signing with Warner Brothers Records.
After a few years of giving hints that they might be finished, the band ultimately called it a day in 2011 following the release of Collapse Into Now.
Though the four original members stand firm in their decision to not perform again as R.E.M., there have been some reissues that they have all been a part of.
Mike Mills and Peter Buck occasionally record and perform together with The Baseball Project. Bill Berry has done a few music projects since leaving the group following an onstage collapse in 1995 due to a ruptured brain aneurysm but is for the most part retired. Michael Stipe is involved in film production and has released a few solo singles.
R.E.M. was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
From start to finish, here are R.E.M.’s five career-defining moments.
