Songs Produced by Scott Litt (Music Guide) - Everybody Hurts, It's the End of the World as We Know It, Losing My Religion, Electrolite (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 27. Chapters: Everybody Hurts, It's the End of the World as We Know It, Losing My Religion, Electrolite, About a Girl, What's the Frequency, Kenneth?, Shiny Happy People, Pennyroyal Tea, Wish You Were Here, New Test Leper, Nightswimming, E-Bow the Letter, Orange Crush, Stand, Man on the Moon, Touch, Peel and Stand, Drive, Radio Song, The One I Love, The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite, Bang and Blame, Shelf in the Room, Tongue, Bittersweet Me, Near Wild Heaven, Find the River, The Down Town, Strange Currencies, Pardon Me, Crush with Eyeliner, Finest Worksong, How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us, Country Feedback, Get Up, Pop Song 89, Warning, Ignoreland, Star 69, Texarkana, Are You In?, Stellar, Nice to Know You. Excerpt: "Everybody Hurts" is a song by R.E.M., originally released on the band's 1992 album Automatic for the People and was also released as a single in 1993. It peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, #7 on the UK Singles Charts and #3 on the French Singles Chart. Much of the song was written by drummer Bill Berry, although as R.E.M. shares songwriting credits among its members, it is unknown how much he actually wrote. Berry did not drum on the song-a Univox drum machine took his place-but he was responsible for the sampling of the drum pattern on the track. The string arrangement was written by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. In the liner notes of the album In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003, R.E.M.'s guitarist Peter Buck writes that "the reason the lyrics are so atypically straightforward is because it was aimed at teenagers," and "I've never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the idea that high school is a portal to hell seems pretty realistic to me." Incidentally, the song was used in the 1992 film of the same name that preceded the show. In 2005, Buck told t...