Talk:Fall on Me (R.E.M. song)

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Meaning of song[edit]

Though Stipe described the song once as "pretty much a song about oppression," the song is about acid rain and its effects on the environment, hence the first line of the chorus, "Don't fall on me." [1]
Um, if Michael Stipe says it's about oppression, then it's about oppression, not acid rain, right? -Rolypolyman (talk) 20:05, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. It's rather disrespectful to say that the writer said it's about one thing but it's actually about another. Much better would be "can be understood as a song about acid rain" or "appears to refer to acid rain". There's nothing stopping the song being about oppression and acid rain, of course - just because Stipe described it as being about oppression once doesn't mean there isn't more to it. Spdrmnky (talk) 08:59, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stipe's favorite song of the REM catalogue[edit]

In the MTV REM unplugged set, Stipe says Fall on me is his favorite song before they play it. It might have been VH1 storytellers now that I think about it. Uhhh? Ozmaweezer (talk) 16:07, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Technically, he says that it is his favorite song "in the REM catalog...," not his favorite song, per se. C d h (talk) 04:53, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

And it was his favourite song in 1991. It was "Country Feedback" after that. - Dudesleeper / Talk 16:01, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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