Well alright then, here's that R.E.M. payoff that's been percolating. However misshapen their career arc has become, with its slow descent into middling albums after their string of '80s greats, you go back and just love the classics as much ever. How do you pick one to feature? For me, "Harborcoat" is a sentimental fave. It was the first song I heard after enough radio and MTV exposure had convinced me that the early stuff was worth checking into. ("Stand" notwithstanding, Green totally underwhelms in retrospect.)You know the story, you get attached to the tunes that feel like discovery. You start getting that weird mix of thrill and accomplishment that comes with opening new doors and tracing new webs of musical connections. And in defiance of the Top 40 regime, no less. How quaint now to envision an oppressive, monolithic media! Kinda sad actually. Anyway, this track reminds me of those young, heady days. And braces. And a quasi-mullet that haunts me to this day.
R.E.M. - Harborcoat
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