Saturday, June 02, 2007

We Love REM a Little Less Today

While reading about apostrophes, we came across this Peter Buck quote explaining the title of the band's 1986 album, "Lifes [sic] Rich Pageant":
"We all hate apostrophes. Michael insisted and I agreed that there's never been
a good rock album that's had an apostrophe in the title."

It's an odd thing to encounter the day after the 40th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a nicely apostrophed collection of songs that still brightens our day when we play them.

In any case, please excuse us while we go weep softly in the corner...
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1 comment:

  1. Unknown8:36 AM

    Frank Zappa's album "'" (Apostrophe) is a pretty good rock album. And it had an apostrophe in it's title too.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe_%28%27%29

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