One that has gone up the list of my favourites over the years. Partly because of the loping bassline. Mike Mills is practically playing lead here. Partly because of the utterly heartfelt sentiment.Apparently Mills and Berry largely wrote this one together.
R.E.M. were historians and archivists. The Cuyahoga is one of America's most polluted rivers. It has caught fire on several occasions. But the band manage to put a positive spin on things as they generally tried to do. 'Let's put our heads together and start a new country up.' In Buck's words, 'a metaphor for America and its lost promises.'
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