The Definition of REMurmur

So I've realised that REMurmur might not be such an orginal idea. In fact it's a real word..

Commonsense would suggest that to remurmur is to "murmur again" or "utter back" or to make a "reply in murmurs". Kind of like your grumpy old granpa used to I imagine!

And that was actually the intention when I was thinking of a name for this site, I wanted something that reflected REM and also suggested somehting about writing or recording information on the Athens Band - I knew I wanted R.E.M. in the name but all the good ones like 'remarks' were taken so I looked at an r.e.m. discography for inspiration and the result REMurmur ! (which for non old school fans, Murmur was the name of the first REM record).

I've noticed that all the definitions of remurmur on the net use the following line from a poem "The trembling trees in every plain and wood, her fate remurmur to the silver flood" - and its from this poem 'THE FOURTH PASTORAL, OR DAPHNE.' which if the interwebby serves right is by a long dead fellow called Alexander Pope who was an English poet with a strong command of the heroic couplet. The things you learn when you write an R.E.M. blog!

The full verse from which remurmur came from is:

Her fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze,
And told in sighs to all the trembling trees;
The trembling trees, in every plain and wood,
Her fate remurmur to the silver flood;
The silver flood, so lately calm, appears
Swell'd with new passion, and o'erflows with tears;
The winds and trees and floods her death deplore,
Daphne, our grief, our glory now no more!

Check out the lyrics to Walk it Back, another song off R.E.M.'s Collapse Into Now. Or maybe the lyrics of Blue. Oh, who am I kidding? We both know you have a secret crush on Lady Gaga's Born this Way song!

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