As I've stated before, I have a complicated relationship with R.E.M. Among the consequences of this is the fact that I will defend Up as a halfway decent album. It was a dark time for the band. Bill Berry had just had his aneurysm scare and had left the band under the condition that the band would not quit, Stipe's growing friendship with Thom Yorke had convinced him that the band needed to be more experimental, and the novelty of the Spice Girls had blossomed into a full fledged teen-pop movement led by a crazy girl in plaid schoolgirl skirt.
Under these circumstances R.E.M. did their best to put out a solid album and mostly hit the target by being relatively modest and not shying away from being moody. This song however completely blows. Just a bunch of keyboard beeps without a distinctive melody to cling to...and worse yet, it's the album opener. Give the album a chance, just start at track 2.
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