R.E.M. - Losing my religion

Guty & Simone http://www.gutyesimone.it/ playing "Losing my religion" by R.E.M.. Over the last years they have been made hundreds of gigs and concerts in Italy and abroad also as wedding musicians during irish ,english and american weddings. They are well known and highly regarded as wedding party musicians taking place in Tuscany, Umbria, Rome.

"Losing My Religion" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. The song was released as the first single from the group's 1991 album Out of Time. Based around a mandolin riff, "Losing My Religion" was an unlikely hit for the group, garnering heavy airplay on radio as well as on MTV due to its critically-acclaimed music video. The song became R.E.M.'s highest-charting hit in the United States, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and expanding the group's popularity beyond its original fanbase. It was nominated for several Grammy Awards, and won two for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Short Form Music Video.
"Losing My Religion" is based on Peter Buck's mandolin-playing. Buck said, "The verses are the kinds of things R.E.M. uses a lot, going from one minor to another, kind [of] like those 'Driver 8' chords. You can't really say anything bad about E minor, A minor, D, and G I mean, they're just good chords." Buck noted that "Losing My Religion" was "probably the most typical R.E.M.-sounding song on the record. We are trying to get away from those kind of songs, but like I said before, those are some good chords."[2] Orchestral strings play through parts of the song.

In the song, Michael Stipe sings the lines "That's me in the corner/That's me in the spotlight/Losing my religion". The phrase "losing my religion" is an expression from the southern region of the United States that means losing one's temper or civility, or "being at the end of one's rope." Stipe told The New York Times the song was about romantic expression.[5] He told Q that "Losing My Religion" is about "someone who pines for someone else. It's unrequited love, what have you."[6] Stipe compared the song's theme to "Every Breath You Take" by The Police, saying, "It's just a classic obsession pop song. I've always felt the best kinds of songs are the ones where anybody can listen to it, put themselves in it and say, 'Yeah, that's me.'"[7] (wikipedia)

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[Faceraped]

guty your voice is great on this song man! :D n both yal are pretty good on the guitar! :D

[gutyesimone]

Thank u very much by both of us!!!

[blues37]

Nice work!

[danieldesete]

five stars for you guys !

[deeroni9577]

Mi piace davverno , sono Americano...Buono!!

[bourne16]

nice cover, one of my fav songs

[Mydnytefantasy89]

You have their sound, definitely. You guys aren't like most most people who cover. Most other people play music, you feel it. That's a gift!

[xTOTTIHx]

i love it! congrats!

[Luknopfler83]

Nice cover, love that song!