And we're marching to Georgia...

And we're marching to Georgia..., originally uploaded by Star Cat.

This year I have no REM concerts to attend...but I do have this remastered edition of Reckoning to buy-you take what you can get.

I will leave you with Pavement's song, Unseen Power of the Picket Fence. My friends from Georgia will appreciate this:

Unseen Power of the Picket Fence - Pavement

There's some bands I'd like to name-check
And one of them is R.E.M.
Classic songs with a long history
Southern boys just like you and me
R.E.M.

Flashback to 1983
"Chronic Town" was their first EP
Later on came "Reckoning"
Finster's art...
Titles to match "So. Central Rain"
"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville,"
"Harborcoat"
"Pretty Persuasion,"
You're born to be a "Camera"
"Time After Time"'s my least favorite song
"Time After Time" was my least favorite song

The singer, he had long hair
And the drummer, he knew restraint
And the bassman, he had all the right moves
And that guitar player was no saint

So let's go way back to the ancient times
When there were no fifty states
And on a hill, there stands Sherman
Sherman and his mates...

And they're marching through Georgia
(They're marching through Georgia)
They're marching through Georgia
(G-G-G-G-Georgia)
They're marching through Georgia
(They're marching through Georgia)
They're marching through Georgia
(G-G-G-G-Georgia)

For all you REM and Georgia freaks out there, you can download this song at

www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2009/06/25/rem-reckoning-reissue/