Everybody Hurts - A liner note from the Special Edition of R.E.M. Greatest Hits album 'In Time' written by Peter Buck

Everybody Hurts - A liner note from the Special Edition of R.E.M. Greatest Hits album 'In Time' written by Peter Buck

Everybody Hurts from the R.E.M. album, Automatic for the People

"This song doesn't really belong to us any more; it belongs to everbody who ever got solace from it. The reason that the lyrics are so atypically straightforward is because it was aimed at teenagers. I've never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the idea that high school is a portal to hell seems pretty realistic to me. It's hard for everyone.
Musically Bill Berry originated the chord changes, and after a couple of weeks after arrangement hell, we settled on an Otis Redding type vibe. Thanks Steve Cropper"
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Steve Cropper wrote Otis Reddings' Sitting on the Dock of the Bay'.


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