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Can't Get There From Hereby R.E.M.
Can't Get There From Here
R.E.M.
First Spin
Last Spin
- Dec 6, 2019
8:57 AMBirthday celebrant Peter Buck wrote, "Over the years, a certain misapprehension about 'Fables Of The Reconstruction' has built up. For some reason, people have the impression that the members of R.E.M. don’t like the record. Nothing could be further from the truth… It’s a personal favourite and I’m really proud of how strange it is. Nobody but R.E.M. could have made that record.”John Richards - Nov 26, 2019
13:44 PMThe music video, directed by Michael Stipe and Rick Aguar, shows the guys at a drive-in theater, juxtaposed with images of them running and tumbling through a country field and performing in silhouette. "We used the new-to-us 'blue screen' process," Peter Buck told MTV UK in 2001. "So we have dinosaurs and monsters in the background. It's probably the most humorous video we've ever done. For a band that's kind of noted for not having a sense of humor, I kind of enjoy that aspect of it.": www.youtube.com - Aug 8, 2019
8:08 AMA band that Pavement likes to name check - Jun 10, 2019
8:24 AMIn another first for R.E.M., who had opposed including the lyrics with their albums, many of the words of "Can't Get There from Here" appeared in the video for the song. The video features band members frolicking in hay fields, throwing popcorn at each other at a drive-in movie, and big insects. "We used the new-to-us 'blue screen' process," Buck explained to MTV UK in 2001, during An Hour with R.E.M. "So we have dinosaurs and monsters in the background. It's probably the most humorous video we've ever done. For a band that's kind of noted for not having a sense of humor, I kind of enjoy that aspect of it." - Jun 10, 2015
9:18 AMCelebrating 30 years of Fables of the Reconstruction. Concert footage from 1985: www.youtube.com - Apr 27, 2015
11:06 AMOne of the "Seattle all-stars" mentioned a few songs ago in the Barrett Martin-organized show coming up June 14 at the Crocodile, is REM's Peter Buck! remhq.com - Nov 4, 2014
10:51 AMJohn Richards once did a post on his favorite R.E.M. videos....listen to them here blog.kexp.org - Oct 14, 2014
23:31 PMCan't get there From Here from R.E.M.'s 1985 LP Fables of Reconstruction, their third release. - Aug 7, 2014
0:29 AMThe iconic band's 3rd studio album recorded in London, England with new producer Joe Boyd. - Dec 13, 2013
6:29 AMThis Atlantic article calls R.E.M. "America's Greatest Band, asking "What other U.S. band was as good as long?": www.theatlantic.com - Dec 14, 2012
7:04 AMYou can listen to a KEXP documentary on R.E.M. as part of our 'Music Revolutionaries' series here: kexp.org - Oct 4, 2012
8:07 AM(#173) Learn more about R.E.M. through the KEXP documentary "Music Revolutionaries" - kexp.org