Murmur

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Earwolf

Comedy

4.6 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Adam Scott Aukerman are back this week to talk all about R.E.M.’s debut studio album Murmur. They’ll discuss getting their first albums on tape, trivia bits from the band’s hometown of Athens, Georgia, and Murmur’s mysterious lyrics. Plus, we’ll hear how the album got its name, the boys’ thoughts on the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, and the story behind Murmur’s melodic bass lines. This episode is sponsored by Merge Records (code: REM).

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0:00.0	Hey everyone Scott and Scott here welcoming you to our new you to to our new show not about you to our you're talking
0:07.6	R.E.M. Remy and we want to say that today's episode is brought to you by merge
0:12.9	Records yes merge you can check out recent releases by destroyer H.C.
0:19.0	Mechentire and Holly cook as well as you try to get a little more we need more from sorry sorry
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0:27.1	Check out recent releases by destroyer you're you're killing me this sucks so bad. Oh, okay
0:33.6	Let me start excitement you're an actor. Have you ever had to play exciting?
0:38.4	Or excited yes, okay try to try to tap into those feelings, okay
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1:13.9	R.E.M. and as always
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1:23.2	R.E.M. for 20% off merge records home of independent music since 1989. Oh, I realized you're a bad actor. Yeah
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