R.E.M.: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? | Song-Factsheet

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Song «What's the Frequency, Kenneth?» von R.E.M..

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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1994 09 21 (Single), 1994 09 26 (Album)
Label: Warner Bros. 9 41760, Warner Bros. 9362 45740
Songwriter Bill Berry & Peter Buck & Mike Mills & Michael Stipe
Produktion: Scott Litt & R.E.M.
Genre: Alternativerock - Poprock, Indiepop - Noisepop

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Eine Geschichte über diesen Song erzählt David Hepworth in The Secret History of Entertainment (2004, p. 13).

Personen und Querverweise


R.E.M.
Bill Berry
Peter Buck
Mike Mills
Michael Stipe
Scott Litt
R.E.M.

Lyrics

"What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy" A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth You said that irony was the shackles of youth You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I never understood the frequency, uh-huh "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh Butterfly decal, rear-view mirror, dogging the scene You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth You said that irony was the shackles of youth You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh I couldn't understand You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh I couldn't understand You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I couldn't understand I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh