
Fall On Me
1986
Conceived as an acid rain protest, the melody rewritten before release; Stipe called it a general oppression song.
★ 6.0

Conceived as an acid rain protest, the melody rewritten before release; Stipe called it a general oppression song.

Glazer put the set on wheels and never moved the floor; four VMAs followed, Video of the Year among them.

Gil Norton brought in two cellos and two violins, and Black Francis rhymed ocean pollution with borrowed numerology.

Mitchell threw back a Hawaii hotel curtain, saw mountains above a parking lot, and wrote pop's sunniest protest song.