Why Does Everyone Hate 'Shiny Happy People'?

Описание: R.E.M.'s 'Shiny Happy People is undoubtedly the band's most divisive tune. It's unrelenting joyful poppiness marks a huge contrast to R.E.M.'s usual offering of dark, introspective songs like 'Losing My Religion', for example. Why did Michael Stipe choose to write this song? Is there a darker meaning behind its bubblegum exterior?

This video explores how R.E.M. wrote and recorded 'Shiny Happy People' and the legacy the song left.

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00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Band Beginnings
03:30 - Out Of Time
04:50 - Darker Truth?

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