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#1 MurmursAdministrator

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Posted 13 September 2007 - 06:03 PM

A new audio entry has been added:

[drupal=1892]REM & Natalie Merchant - Photograph by R.E.M.[/drupal]

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Photograph was co-written by Natalie Merchant and R.E.M. Michael had done the lyrics, with Natalie finishing them. The song was written for Automatic for the People and was released on the "Born to Choose" benefit record.

#2 Limnophilia

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Posted 13 September 2007 - 07:13 PM

Great song! I can't believe I've never heard this before...

I'd say it lies much much further towards the 10,000 Maniacs part of the spectrum than the REM side, both musically and lyrically.

Do you know who the musicians were?

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Posted 13 September 2007 - 08:14 PM

Limnophilia said:

Do you know who the musicians were?

I'm pretty sure it's just R.E.M. and Natalie.
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Posted 13 September 2007 - 10:03 PM

Limnophilia said:

Great song! I can't believe I've never heard this before...

I'd say it lies much much further towards the 10,000 Maniacs part of the spectrum than the REM side, both musically and lyrically.

Do you know who the musicians were?

Yeah, the song has a very linear narrative structure, which is much more Natalie than Michael, but the music is very, very AFTP era R.E.M., so I think it works really well.

And its a powerful song lyrically too, about the power of photography and the still image and memory.

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Posted 14 September 2007 - 01:28 AM

Thanks Ethan! Love the song :)

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Posted 14 September 2007 - 01:51 AM

Thank you for posting this beautyful song!!!!
Can you allow us to download it ..... Please!!!!

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Posted 14 September 2007 - 03:55 AM

Brilliant song, possibly just pips "Your Ghost" as the best collaboration.
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 10:51 AM

decent enough song, but would have been the weakest track on automatic. good thing it was left off, but i'm happy it was still released. i like the new feature, ethan. keep the rarities coming!
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 10:53 AM

sashwap said:

decent enough song, but would have been the weakest track on automatic. good thing it was left off, but i'm happy it was still released.

Was it ever under consideration to be included on Automatic?
"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 12:10 PM

Driver Nate said:

Was it ever under consideration to be included on Automatic?

No, was written during AFTP sessions but lyrics weren't completed.

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Posted 14 September 2007 - 12:46 PM

Great Song, thanks for posting it I'd never heard it before.
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 10:11 AM

I'm pretty sure I have a different, slower version of it..
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 10:50 AM

Blue said:

I'm pretty sure I have a different, slower version of it..

don't think so, it was only recorded once.

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Posted 15 September 2007 - 10:53 AM

What a beautiful song! Thank you so much, Ethan. I never heard it before too.
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 02:26 PM

It is on Natalie Merchats Retrospective CD that came out last year.

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Posted 16 September 2007 - 12:14 AM

Thank you for your information, Emily! I should buy the CD. I really love that song.
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Posted 16 September 2007 - 03:29 AM

ethank said:

don't think so, it was only recorded once.

Yeah, you're right.. memory failed me. :)

Mine is 192kb,  maybe for that it sounds slightly different.
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Posted 16 September 2007 - 04:13 AM

oh thanks for this gem...cant we download it?

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Posted 16 September 2007 - 10:18 PM

Yeah!  Can we download it from here? Please please!!!!

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Posted 19 September 2007 - 01:31 PM

Shadrach Dingle said:

Great Song, thanks for posting it I'd never heard it before.

Great song, I had a friend turn me on to this a couple years back. Ethan spells out what I love so much about it, the lyrics. Granted I enjoy the music but the story it tells is what grabbed me.
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