Hi. This the message board where people should have left their messages about this weeks song of the week.

richard - 06/10/00 10:06:33
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great song with great lyrics. not too sure abouhte oasis connection though. still it's probably the best song on a great album. love it to bits.

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Wakeup Bomb is, in my opinion, one of the better from New Adventures, although it is overshadowed by the best two - Leave and Be Mine. My favourite REM song would have to be Country Feedback from Out Of Time. Exquisite. A suggestion for next week's son perhaps?

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those aren't the right lyrics you have listed there

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Right now this is my favorite songs. The lyrics "I'd rather be anywhere else but here seem to describe my life at the moment.

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when this record was first released and i first heard it i was a little aprehensive about it being another monster. i like monster now however if the band were planning on keeping that motif. when i first heard wake up bomb it sounded like monster. howeve the more i heard it the more i loved it.great pick for the song of the week.

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I LOVE THE WAKE-UP BOMB! ONE OF REM'S BEST SONGS TO DATE! WELL IN MY OPINION ANYWAY IN FACT IVE BEEN LISTENING TO NEW ADV. IN HI-FI FOR THE PAST WEEK OR TO ALOT!

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I LUV THE WAKE UP BOMB GOOD CHOICE!

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Hi, Firstly, the lyrics you have posted are not "The Wake Up Bomb." Secondly, as I heard it, the song has nothing to do with Oasis. It was inspired 1. By the club scene, club kids, etc...and 2. Partly a tribute to glam rock. If you listen to the lyric, it's p etty obvious. Cheers.

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Well, is Stipe was bitter, look at the price os quick fame - Oasis have collapsed into mediocrity 2 albums after their first decent one and are now tearing themselves apart at the seams - REM have lost a member and produced one of the best albums of their career - and the Wake Up Bomb bashes bottom about, or something !

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Just surfing. Thanks.

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"I've had enough, seen enough" etc sounded like a final release sort of a song, a song to release just before they break up. on another point who thinks REM are beter than U2. I think REM my freind thinks U2

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one of their best songs. dont see what it's got to do with oasis though

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It´s a reallycool song, but stil it ain´t their best. I think their best are: Texarcana, Let Me In,Be Mine, Leave and Departure.R.E.M. RULES!!!!!

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A cool song - but I still say it is about Oasis!

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I haven't listened to the Real Audio file, but I know the song anyway. It's another great R.E.M. song - and the Oasis connection is really interesting...

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i really like this song. i thought the one part was cheesy when i first heard it , the lunch meat pond scum, part. but i like this song.

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Oh wake up bomb, ooooh...

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Oh wake up bomb, ooooh...

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I like this song a lot. I never knew the connection to oasis. Oasis is good but R.E.M. is better by far!!!! Keep on rockin' R.E.M.!!!

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Grrrreat song!!! :) One of the best of R.E.M.! Linda / Rose of Hay

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The WAKE UP BOMB IS REALLY COOL!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (not as much as Bittersweet me though)

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It's the best R.E.M. page in the Internet. ConGraTulaTionS!!!

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chao

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Good song, not the best release by REM but it does rank up there. With Hyena and Be Mine

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damn good song-can't seem to get it on real audio though!

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damn good song-can't seem to get it on real audio though!

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The lyrics given do not seem to match the lyrics of the song!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!!!!!

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Great song, but not one of their best. a little too plain for me. their best song is "LEAVE"!!!!!!!

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IN THE HUMBLEST OF MY OPINION THE SONG "THE WAKE UP BOMB" IS ONE OF THE BEST ROCKERS R.E.M HAVE EVER RECORDED.COMING AS IT DOES,AFTER THE DEEPLY INTROSPECTIVE AND PONDEROUS "HOW THE WEST WAS WON..." IT HAS A VERY REVITALISING EFFECT.AS FOR THE IMPLIED NAS Y COMMENTS ABOUT oasis THEY ARE THOROUGHLY DESERVED.Oasis SHOULD BE COMMITTED TO THE FLAMES OF R.E.M'S BLAZING CAREER.THREE CHEERS FOR R.E.M HIP,HIP......................

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First, those aren't wake up bomb lyrics. Second, what the hell is a glasspack?!

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its not my best song out of new adventures in hi.fi but i think its generally good

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I loved The Wake Up Bomb the first time I heard it. It was such a suprise after How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us. Totally kicked ass!

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I have seen the rabbit Hidden in the moon. Everynight I looked up To see that smile. Oneday the rain came without mercy. I closed window And went sleep.... Long sleep.....

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This is one of the best songs on Hi-Fi. I think it sucks Bills going away but i guess we'll just hve to move on. I thought the Oasis info was interesting I can see how that is possible Seeya

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This is one of the best songs on Hi-Fi.

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I didn't immediately realize the Oasis connection. I read an interview in an English mag w/ Mills and he denied the reporter' interpretaion of the Oasis spin on it. Going back, there are definitely lyrics that could be interpreted as slams at Oasis. The " upersonic" and "I'd like to teach the world to sing" lines. Also, I didn't see anyhting here about the "practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene." The Oasis sound has always been compared to the glam of T-Rex. P.S. Bye Bill, wish you well

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well, it´s a real good song, good lyrics, good sound, unusual, a song i dreamed about last night, ´cause i didn´t want to wake up, i did: it´s atomic, supersonic...

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And in leaving the obligatory comment on the message board, I would like to say one thing on R.E.M. V. Oasis. Eat shite, Gallaghers. R.E.M. Rocks! BTW, this is my favorite song (besides Leave) on the entire album!

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There is another Oasis refrence in The Wake Up Bomb. Michael sings "I had to teach the world to sing,By the age of 21." At the age of 21 Liam Gallagher sang Shakermaker which was a blatant rip off of I'd like to teach the world to sing.

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I do very much believe that this song is about Oasis. Whilst I'm prepared to admit that it may be about glam rock in general, some of the references (particularly, "tonic, supersonic, what a joke") seen far too near the mark to be co-incidence. As an ad endum, living in the UK, people rave about Oasis, despite the fact that they are clearly rubbish, and it's really nice to hear someone having a go at them. Rumours are that when Oasis supported REM in Ireland, there was major friction between the two ban s. Not a big surprise really. But this song's pretty good, though not the best on "Hi-fi".

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A great pure rock song on an album of amazing contrasts, perfect for pumping up the volume while driving in the car , looking down and finding you're doing close to 100mph!!!!

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I first heard Wake up Bomb on the MTV music awards. I loved instantly.I pefer the MTV verson to the New Adventures verson. I added it to my REM videotape that starts with the unplugged show passes through the Inaguration and ends around the Saturday Ni ht Live show. I liked how Micheal turned his back to the audience when he says" don't f**k with me at the end of Whats the Frequency Kenneth and the sensors didn't catch it.

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well, as far as I know, the wake up bomb was written about glam-rock and may have had some allusions to oasis but i believe the guys when they say it wasnt neccessarily written about oasis. this should have been the first single from NAIHF but what can I ay

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The Wake Up Bomb kicks ass!!