R.E.M. - Exhuming McCarthy

[allenshepard]

Mccarthy was a alcoholic bully with no soul.

[frankth3tank69]

the part when its that bass and just Mike Millis singing is so fuckin groovy, gives me chills.

[frankth3tank69]

amazing song, discovered R.E.M. in the summer and they truly blow me away, one of the greatest bands of all time, no doubt. just got Document and Monster the other day, both soo good. im reallllly impressed by this album though i gotta say, this song mindfucked me when i first popped it in and listened to it.

[PadraikKasier]

The worst problem with McCarthy truly lied not in the "witch-hunting" so to speak -- for there were Communists in our government. The greatest flaws of McCarthy are that he was a drunk rabblerouser, that he always behaved as more of a showman that a statesman, that he accused everyone and anyone, proof or not, of Communist conspiracy, that he thought of himself as invincible, that he went after the United States military (!), and that he forever delegitimized anti-Communism for decades to come.

[negrifamily]

LOOK WHO BOUGHT THE MYTH!!!!!!!!!!

Enemy sighted Enemy MET!



[EdiblePlanets]

3 people have no sense of decency . . . sir

[GAdawgsfan93]

Only R.E.M. could create an album that was both very political and very catchy.

[Shukria123]

America's three great witchhunts:

the Salem witchhunt of the late 1600s

the Mccarthy anticommunist witchhunt of the 1950s

the child sexual abuse witchhunt of the 1980s - present

[bassmanjoe]

This album is better than green in my opinion.

[densaner77]

Have you no sense of decency sir? No he didn't.

[mlukas]

Just as relevant today as it was back then. Politics and politicians never change. They are always a pack of opportunistic slimeballs....

[SoInvasive]

@finitenoir Actually the lyrics is "by jingo, by America". Jingoism is a term that means hyper-nationalism or extreme-patriotism in the form of aggresive foreign policy.

[treesloth9]

toes tavern south pasadena / you know that after the fall of the wall in EGERMANY they uncovered a sh#t full of documents that vendicated McCarthy communism was way out of hand in this country in the 50's thanks joe

[1michelemichele1]

@treesloth9 Link please. Message me with it.

[cthulhuraiser]

@treesloth9 thanks joe

[StudioScarecrow]

@treesloth9 mccarthy was a witch hunter

[finitenoir]

i think that lyric is "buy a jingle, buy america", btw.

[Jbone85]

Wow...this is from the '80's....amazing.

[tamcon72]

How fitting a song for today! [rolls eyes wearily]

[allzago]

Song sounds too much like "Stand." I'm serious, you can sing the "Stand" lyrics to this song for most of it and it fits.

[robynddoyle]

@allzago This album predates Green. Look up the origins before you idiotic comments. Stand would sound like this song.

[robynddoyle]

@allzago This album predates Green (the album on which you will find "Stand"). Look up the origins before you idiotic comments. "Stand" would sound like this song.

[allzago]

@robynddoyle Ok, ok. I stand corrected.

[petetripp]

look who bought the mint??

[KansasToonami]

@petetripp LOL "Look who bought the myth"...

[Dadutta]

great beat

[RainJetSprinklers]

Anyone ever read "The Crucible"?

[aRubberSoul]

@RainJetSprinklers Wow we were reading that a while ago in one of my classes, and I just noticed the lyrics about witchcraft. Nice connection.

[Boykin530]

Love hearing any song that reminds of how much I despise conservative Republicans. They are piecesof sht. Simultaneously the height of redneck indecency and totally ignorant, outright liars. They have to lie because they never know what the hell they're talking about. They CONSTANTLY make up bizarre, illogical crap that only other redneck dipsht conservatives are stupid enough to believe. And once they hear some made up crap a few times, well, that's all the proof they need that it must be true.

[mikec3003]

even though it sounds like they produced and thought out this album more than some of the older ones, it has a wicked spontaneity I think, a great energy. And then came 'Stand' haha...But the first few songs or so on Document make one of the best openings to ANY album, by anyone. too bad End of the World and The One i Love have been played so much on the radio...

[icecreamscuseme]

Thumbs up if you thought Stipe was going 'You're beautiful, Maude, more beautiful to me' at first.

[theboyquigley]

Michael finding his Voice Completely and completely finding his voice

[dcraya1975]

Alltime favorite album from REM. So much different than their mainstream crap. Love it!!!!

[poidog44]

@dcraya1975 This was their mainstream crap. This album brought them into the mainstream with their first top 10 song. Also was #1 CD when Billboard still separated CD's from albums.

Actually hey never had mainstream crap. They had some crap but it was never really mainstream. Religion and Shiny were aberrations.

[demetrios4voto]

It's a sign of the times

It's a sign of the times

[bneon09]

Bassline!!!

[71Edariv]

awsome and real nice song

[bigb909]

"Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"

It seems like Republicans today really are exhuming McCarthy. So much for "Grand Old Party". More like "Grumpy Old Pricks.".

[foilseal]

You don't have the slightest clue when to use quotation marks, and you're a faggot.

[ScottAln05]

@bigb909, 'Decency' evidently means 1) sticking your unit up someone's butt is the same as marriage, 2) killing babies in the womb.is a Constitutional right, and 3) saddling kids that survive with a mountain of debt is a "change" that produces "hope." You clearly have that sort of 'decency'...and that you also have 'no sense.'

[houseofmonkey]

@ScottAln05 yes it does and yes it is. Forget all hope and abandon all faith.

[thutchison68]

@bigb909 Ha Ha! Funny comment! I must remember that - Grumpy Old Pricks-.

[cinemavirtualis]

Another of my alltime favorite REM songs, absolutely brilliant and totally catchy, I almost have to jump up and bounce around in dance when I play it.

[ricv64]

i always thought he sang landed gentry russian allied

[bobandjodie]

great song 5 stars

[usmcfutball]

The use of audio from the actual Army/McCarthy hearings is first rate. And makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.

They believed in "witches" in those days.

[foilseal]

you're just a plain ole stoopid faggot too!

[Boykin530]

"In those days" ?? LOL. I guess this was meant sarcasticly. Right wing kooks are more ignorant, more dishonest, more paranoid, and more pathetic then ever before. They're abosulutely clueless and yet this doesn't prevent them from loudly voicing their pitifully ignorant, hyperbolic, paranoid redneck opinions. They make McCarthy seem downright "decent".

[chrisgellroy]

and Oprah keeps the fear alive

[chrisgellroy]

know its what ever Oprah Says

[deweypug]

Love this album. This is the demarcation line between the two distinct REM's - the band after this album and the band before... I prefer the latter.

[SpamNapkin]

Actually I think it was Life's Rich Pageant that marked that turn.

[uclrichard]

loyal to the bank of america! - LOL!!! brilliant stipey!!

[michaelstipe123]

rytmiczna piosenka poland welcome

[Issicra]

It's interesting that this song has just as much relevance as it did 20 years ago.

[gatorboymike]

This is the best song on the Document album. I'm surprised no one covered it for the Rock Against Bush series.

[txeire]

probably because it speaks to all the dickhead politicians not just bush.

[superpredatormusic]

He was right because nothing ever changes, just the names. People are the same as they were 2000- 3000yrs ago, sheep n wolves,LOL

[Issicra]

What scares the fuck out of me is that Stipe was right.... even 20 years later.

[poidog44]

@Issicra It's a sign of the times.

[txeire]

did u improve your business acumen?  Classic

[VAThrasher]

if opposing the policies of neoconservatives is "judeo-communist", then please tell me where to sign up.

and since when is singing a song revolving politics "telling you what to thinh"? Take it or leave it, but if you're going to bash it, then i'd advise you to look for another audience... i'm not seeing a whole lot of support.

[rjpcambridge]

Enemy sighted, enemy met,

Look who bought the myth

[rossboss1]

one of my favorites of all time

[mftepera]

I always thought this was their best album. Good post.

[KerreyTheBitterSugar]

one of the coolest lyrics off the album

enemy sighted,enemy met ^^

[Jacobrester]

REM was so damn different than anything else of their time. This is just one of their many fantastic albums.

[yamagouchy69]

I don't know about them being different... but what they did do is play very well.

This is easily my favorite REM song

[almadora]

wow, its been a long time since i heard this one... too damn long. thanks. i love this album, its great for colder weather.

[jaggeryarn]

This was always my favorite from the Document album. I understand all the politics involved, but more than anything it's just a great song.

[yamarwingo]

Meet me at the book burning.

[james0070707]

Yo, dentester-

It's Stipe, not Sipe. And yes, he most certainly is a commie. The shiny, poppin' fresh good kind. The kind that write songs about modern day Joseph McCarthys corrupting our government. (hence the 'exhuming' part...)

[dentester]

McCarthy was right, you know. The state department was crawling with gay commies. Sipe's father was one of them.

[stellamaris42]

and now McCarthy is rotting in Hell. Hey, I bet you are now looking for somewhere to emigrate to but no one will have you, right?

[waltoss]

brilliant song by a legendary band, they played this in twickenham and mr stipe sung it with some conviction

[omoideinmyhead]

As relevant now as ever. "Loyal to the Bank of America", indeed.

[bamadawgsc]

I love it from 2:07-2:21 when Welch sticks it to McCarthy. We need some people with guts today to stick it to these insane neo-cons!

[pdxbronco1967]

enemy sighted, enemy met...

[nicolexxxd]

best song on Document.

[RoadStoneStudiosINC]

I've heard all of R.E.M.'s stuff except for most of 'Document', and of all the 28 songs they played at Cardiff this year, this is the only one i couldn't sing along to. But now i like it! :)

[misszooniverse]

One of my favourites from 'Document'. The lyrics are brilliant. 'Sharpening stones / Walking on coals / To improve your business acumen /Enemy sighted, enemy met...'

[saintsubversive]

One of my absolute favorite REM songs, and one of their most strangely uplifting, it makes me happy to hear it.

[littlevolcano]

This has always been my favorite REM song. Too bad there's no live performance of it!! Thanks for the upload though!