fc<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AlternateFridayMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlternateFridayMusic</span></a><br>April 11 2025<br>The prompt is Horrible<br>R.E.M. “Man on the Moon” from Automatic For The People, 1992</p><p>Lyrics:<br>Moses went walking with the staff of wood<br>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah<br>Newton got beaned by the apple good<br>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah<br>Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp<br>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah<br>Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask<br>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah</p><p>On Automatic for the People, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/REM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>REM</span></a> continued with acoustic artistry rivaling that achieved on their masterpiece “Losing My Religion" paired with offbeat subject matter - here, the late actor/performance artist <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AndyKaufman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndyKaufman</span></a>, embracing the question raised by Kaufman's performance, and his very life: What is real?</p><p>Throughout the song <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MichaelStipe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelStipe</span></a> sketches vignettes from Kaufman’s professional life, but in the lyrics quoted above, Stipe invokes biblical and historical scientific figures; is he elevating Kaufman to their stature, or just demonstrating his signature non sequitur technique?</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YKs%20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YK</span><span class="invisible">s </span></a></p>