REM: Document

Our tour of IRS-era R.E.M. ends today with 1987’s Document, the album that finally saw the band break through to the mainstream. Two of their signature songs, “It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” and “The One I Love” are found here, as the band continued to push toward more of a mainstream rock sound, and get more political.



Athens Trivia:

I believe the dance scene for the “The One I Love” video was filmed at The Grit, and the song “Welcome to the Occupation” was written there.

Welcome to the Occupation

Exhuming McCarthy

"The One I Love" video


R.E.M. and a bunch of Athens musicians performing "It's the End of the World..." at the 40 Watt show