R. E. M. Memories

michaelidov:

Not going to list favorite R.E.M. songs, just moments.

Mills counting off “Drive.” 
The banjo coming in on “Wendell Gee.” 
The first lick of “Fall On Me.” 
The world’s most polite feedback squeal, on ”Try Not To Breathe.” 
Stipe’s lost little “whoa” three quarters through the cover of “First We Take Manhattan.”
Pool sounds on “We Walk,” slowed down into thunder. 
The arm gesture illustrating “flailing around” in the “Losing My Religion” video.
The one-note change to the “Driver 8” vocal melody on 2008 tour. 
The word “alkali” in “How The West Was Won.” 
The key change halfway through “New Orleans Instrumental #1.” 
The last, seventh, “listen to me” on “Welcome to the Occupation.”