• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • About
  • Archives
  • Contact

Medialoper

We're Not Who You Think We Are

World Leader Pretend

Certain Songs #1726: R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend”

January 14, 2020 by Jim Connelly

Album: Green
Year: 1988

. . .

File Under Freedom

While it was never released as a single, “World Leader Pretend” is a very important song in the R.E.M. canon for a couple of different reasons. For one thing, it’s the first set of lyrics that Michael Stipe was comfortable with printing on an album sleeve. This felt like a huge deal at the time, putting the spotlight on “World Leader Pretend” in the same way that Led Zeppelin had put the spotlight on “Stairway To Heaven” 17 years previously.

[Read more…] about Certain Songs #1726: R.E.M. – “World Leader Pretend”

Filed Under: Certain Songs Tagged With: Green, R.E.M., World Leader Pretend

Primary Sidebar

Lopy

Search

Previously on Medialoper

  • Certain Songs #2695: that dog. – “long island”
  • Certain Songs #2694: that dog. – “minneapolis”
  • Certain Songs #2693: that dog. – “never say never”
  • Certain Songs #2692: Terry Allen – “The Beautiful Waitress”
  • Certain Songs #2691: The Tenants – “Sheriff”

Copyright © 2023 ยท Medialoper