The remainder of the set list spans eight years of music and touches on five different albums, mixing “Perfect Circle” from R.E.M.’s 1983 debut Murmur and fan-favorites like “Fall On Me” and “Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” with a cover of The Troggs’ “Love Is All Around.” Five songs that never aired can be heard on this set for the first time, including two tracks from the multi-platinum Green – “Get Up” and “World Leader Pretend.” From the album, the band performed “Radio Song,” “Low” and its biggest American Much of the performance spotlights songs from R.E.M.’s then-current album Out of Time, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide and was the band’s first #1 album in the U.S. The “Unplugged” performances are sonic snapshots that capture the legendary Athens, Georgia band at important points on its journey from alternative-music progenitors to international stars that have sold more than 85 million albums.ĭrummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and singer Michael Stipe recorded their first “Unplugged” session in 1991, while riding a growing wave of success that began in 1987 with the commercial breakthrough of Document. Includes every performance from the original broadcasts, as well as 11 songs that never aired, from the storied collection of the band’s MTV appearances. That will all change on Record Store Day 2014, when Rhino releases both performances as a limited edition, four-LP set.
Surprisingly, audio from both shows has never been available, making these some of the most demanded music in the R.E.M.
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delivered two knockout performances on MTV’s Grammy® and Emmy® award-winning “Unplugged” series, the first in 1991 and the other in 2001, giving them the unique distinction of being the only band to headline the series twice. It was perhaps a perfect encapsulation of present-day Miley: a country foundation distorted through the funhouse mirror of pop outrageousness, with a good amount of tongue in cheek.R.E.M. She leapt onstage accompanied by two backup dancers - including a little person in a red gingham gimp suit - and two men in a horse costume.
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“I’m trying to bring Nashville here and get everyone in the country spirit tonight,” she said, opening with a three-song set in full country drag: a blonde bob wig and a skintight gingham jumpsuit. hoedown throwdown”) repeatedly referenced her roots. Throughout her Unplugged session, Cyrus (who called Madonna’s 2009 hit “the O.G.
Madge took the redo in stride: “Now we’re gonna have to be even nastier.” (They were.) The duo actually ran through their duet twice because Cyrus had forgotten to wear the matching cowboy hat she was given by Madonna. “It sounds super lame, but as a pop star it’s pretty cool to sing with Madonna.” “That was pretty f-ing cool, you guys,” Cyrus said afterward, referencing her oft-parodied catchphrase from her earlier days. Like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera before her, Cyrus’ collaboration with Madonna brought out her sapphic instincts, grinding against the 55-year-old pop icon and, at one point, spanking her. The singer stuck to tracks from Bangerz for her own songs, but she also paid homage to “Aunt Dolly ” with an authentically twanged rendition of “Jolene,” as well as a rocking, powerful cover of Arctic Monkeys’ “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” and a mashup of her summer hit “We Can’t Stop” with Madonna‘s “Don’t Tell Me” - featuring the Queen of Pop herself. “I wanted it to be in a club, but they probably knew I wouldn’t be onstage - singing my songs, anyway.” “It’s so weird not having this be a real show,” she said.
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