R.E.M. - Lotus

Has anyone noticed that the video direction on this bears a strong resemblence to "Animal?"

I hope, with accelerate (a very retread kind of album) that r.e.m. hasn't decided that pleasing their stubborn narrow fans is more important than the wonderful forward progress that produced great albums like Up and songs like this. Brilliant. Their later stuff is misunderstood and underrated.

yeah, there was nothing wrong with Up at all. Just Reveal, and Around the Sun were duds, but we have the fans to thank for Accelerate, which is great but 100% irrelevant

perfect way to sum it up on accelerate...although for me it's 'good' and 100% irrelevant (except for a few songs). "until the day is done", "horse to water" and "hollow man" are pertinent.

I personally think Reveal was a masterpiece but you're sorta right about Around the Sun

The lyrics really are amazing... He "ate the lotus" and now he looks like he is having a psychedelic experience as he talks about having his sins washed away by rain that makes him happy. I especially like the line "...that monkey died for my grin, bring my happy back again, let it rain..."

I used to be so scared of the album Up when I was a kid :-P took some getting used to to say the least!! but there are some bad-ass tracks likes this one, day sleeper and airportman.

THis video gave me a real bone

Hallucinations along with paranoid delusions too, you poor sod, I hope you get better soon.

hippies....... and to the alian person your stupid.......