By Steve Morse
04.30.89
Orlando Sentinel
Michael Stipe has a way with words. Look at his lyrics on Green, the latest R.E.M. album: ”Hello my friend, are you visible today? No one ever knew it could be so strange. . . . Run a carbon black test on my jaw and you will find it’s all been said [...]
By Steve Morse
04.30.89
Orlando Sentinel
The band R.E.M. began in Athens, Ga., nine years ago with thoughts of being the rock answer to Jack Kerouac, the Beat writer whose 1957 book On the Road shaped the counter-culture to come in the ’60s. Kerouac crisscrossed the nation’s highways in search of adventure, while R.E.M. did the same - [...]
By Bob Thompson
04.13.89
Toronto Sun
R.E.M. performed folk-pop and hip-rock at the Gardens last night.
And sometimes they just played mystical for us.
Indeed, any way we wanted it, 14,000 of us got it.
For instance, the jingle jangle material from the early days mixed well with the rattle and ring of songs from the recent record Green.
Overt political messages [...]