R.E.M. - Driver 8

The thing about early R.E.M. is that on first glance Stipe's lyrics have a wierd dylan-esque quality that hints at profound truths. However on repeated listens they do appear to be about fairly straight forward things. Like train drivers. The thing is, though, that a train driver is a pretty profound topic for a song. Steering a mighty machine across the land, hundreds of people's stories dependant on you. Clever guy, Mr. Stipe. This has one of my favourite of Peter Buck's early riffs as well. Always fun to see Stipe with hair as well.