"Life and How to Live It" is the fourth song on R.E.M.'s third album, Fables of the Reconstruction, released in 1985. Both the studio recording and a live version are featured on the retrospective collection And I Feel Fine… The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987. Songwriter and lead vocalist Michael Stipe has explained that the song's narrative represented a departure from the stream-of-consciousness writing of previous albums. The story is based on an unknown author by the name of Brivs Mekis who resided in Athens, Georgia. Mekis lived in an apartment, bu… read more
"Life and How to Live It" is the fourth song on R.E.M.'s third album, Fables of the Reconstruction, released in 1985. Both the studio … read more
"Life and How to Live It" is the fourth song on R.E.M.'s third album, Fables of the Reconstruction, released in 1985. Both the studio recording and a live version are feat… read more
R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe. One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was noted for Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style, Stipe's distinctive vocal quality and obscure lyrics, Mills's melodic basslines and backing vocals, and Berry's tight, economical style of drumming. R.E.M. released its first single—"Radio Free Europe"—in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone. The single was fo… read more
R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe. One … read more
R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist/backing vocalist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe. One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. wa… read more