Description
Additional information about this, R.E.M. vinyl art.
R.E.M. – The Artists
R.E.M. was an American alternative rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternative rock bands, R.E.M. was noted for Buck’s ringing, arpeggiated guitar playing, Stipe’s distinctive vocal quality, unique stage presence and cryptic lyrics, Mills’s melodic bass lines and backing vocals, and Berry’s tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts such as Nirvana, Pixies and Pavement viewed R.E.M. as a pioneer of the genre. After Berry left in 1997 due to severe health issues, the remaining members continued with mixed critical and commercial success. The band broke up amicably in 2011, having sold more than 90 million albums worldwide and becoming one of the world’s best-selling music acts.
Shiny Happy People – The Song
“Shiny Happy People” is a song by the American rock band R.E.M., released as the second single from their seventh studio album, Out of Time (1991). It features guest vocals by Kate Pierson of the B-52’s, who also appears in the music video. “Shiny Happy People” is described as an accessible and optimistic pop song.It contains waltz-time strings, “rippling” guitars and “hippy” lyrics, and guest vocals from Kate Pierson. Pierson said she felt the song was an “homage” to her band, the B-52s. R.E.M. had already recorded the song when she arrived, and gave her no direction, telling her “do whatever you want”.
R.E.M.’s lead singer, Michael Stipe, described “Shiny Happy People” as a “really fruity, kind of bubblegum song”. Pierson interpreted the line “throw your love around” to mean “to share your love and grow your love with others. It’s not mindless at all. It’s a song about spreading love.
The Smiling Person – The Shape
This record has been crafted into the silhouette of a smiling man. A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile. Among humans, a smile expresses delight, sociability, happiness, joy, or amusement. It is distinct from a similar but usually involuntary expression of anxiety known as a grimace. Although cross-cultural studies have shown that smiling is a means of communication throughout the world, there are large differences among different cultures, religions, and societies, with some using smiles to convey confusion, embarrassment, or awkwardness.
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