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Losing My Religion - R.E.M.

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UkuleleJay
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    Published on 09 Apr 2020 / In Alternative / Rock

    Another song where someone was just noodling around and came up with a hit! R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck wrote the main riff and chorus to the song on a mandolin while watching television one day. Buck had just bought the instrument and was attempting to learn how to play it, recording the music as he practiced. Buck said that "when I listened back to it the next day, there was a bunch of stuff that was really just me learning how to play mandolin, and then there's what became 'Losing My Religion', and then a whole bunch more of me learning to play the mandolin. Lucky guy he was.

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    Surferbeto
    Surferbeto 3 years ago

    LikenIt your bass has some crunch to it. Somewhere Chris Squire is smiling down on you and nodding approvingly.

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    LikenIt (Bob)
    LikenIt (Bob) 3 years ago

    Thanks Surferbeto. I appreciate the very kind comment. You know how I feel about Chris Squire.

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    Surferbeto
    Surferbeto 3 years ago

    I haven't heard you sing much before, amigo. You sound good here!

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    Surferbeto
    Surferbeto 3 years ago

    Wow Jay, is that a full-on electric ukulele? Well how cool is that?

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    UkuleleJay
    UkuleleJay 5 years ago

    COMPLETED!! Thanks guys, you are all fantastic!

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    bbrian
    bbrian 5 years ago

    wow sounding great

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