R.E.M - Blue (with Patti Smith) 2011

From the last R.E.M. album "Collapse into now" (2011)

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[SAFFIREmusic]

GO PATTI !!!! we love you!

[Evance4]

Very powerful combo. Two of the best musicians in the last 20 years!

[Ciche007]

I like this song, but isn't it just a remake of "Country Feedback" from "Out of Time" ?

[sodiumoxybate]

I have to confess to not being a big R.E.M fan, apart from one or two tracks. This track, however, is absolutely amazing. I have no idea what the lyrics mean, nor do I want to know. As they stand, strange, mysterious and enigmatic, they are just perfect.....

[killcaptainstupid]

I remember when I first heard this album - I put it on in the background whilst I was trapped on TVTropes (we've all been there!). The songs started and finished and I didn't really take any particular notice of any of them until this one. When that first vocal line came in I stopped what I was doing; my jaw dropped; my blood froze. Just...wow. Thanks for all the music guys, what a great way to end a blinding career!

[leafthebrave]

this song is a perfect wrap up for all of R.E.M., best band to ever exist. Period.

[blokey8]

I'm not fussed about the post-Collapse song. As far as I'm concerned, this is their parting shot. Reduces me to teary mush every single time.

[MrHuracanhambulante]

@mariusuma sad

[froggo66]

Maybe I'm stating the obvious, but viewed in the aftermath of R.E.M.'s break-up, this album -- and particularly this song -- was recorded with the knowledge that this would be their last recording. From the album title to the breezes of earlier songs that waft through this album's tracks, R.E.M. was looking back, looking forward to a new type of life, and collapsing into now, now. That's what the reprise of Discoverer at the end is meant to symbolizing -- a re-beginning...

[MrTybach]

That ending, where this track seemingly blends into Discoverer (4:15) just really gets to me. In a good way.

It's like even though they've split up, and it feels like the end of an era. They've left behind an entire legacy of music spanning three decades. I get the feeling the band don't want us to be sad at their departure, rather to see the happy side of it.

Thanks R.E.M. Thanks for everything....

[natchilupin]

that's amazing, I just can't shake it off me. for me it's the best in the whole CD. ha ha.

[MusicFann213]

i dont understand why on this song and some others on the cd..when it fades out another song begins..instead of just letting this great song fade to nothing