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Old 01-06-2012, 04:42 PM   #157 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dazara View Post

Bad Day and It's The End of the World are my two favourite R.E.M songs, and the band said that the songs were 'cousins', so that explains why I like them both so much.
Have you heard the original version of Bad Day? They wrote and recorded a demo in 1986, but it wasn't released as a single until 2003 (iirc). If not, then listen to it and you'll really hear the relationship between those two songs.

Bad Day:


It's The End Of The World:


Here's the original instrumental demo of ITEOTWAWKI, with some of the backing vocals:
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