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* CoverVersion: "Superman", originally by now-obscure '60s sunshine pop band the Clique.
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* CoverVersion: "Superman", originally by now-obscure '60s sunshine pop band the Clique.The Clique (the BSide of their lone Top 40 hit, 1969's "Sugar on Sunday").
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* LyricVideo: "Fall on Me", featuring the lyrics in large orange type across black and white footage of a railroad track in the vein of the album cover's design.
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* LyricVideo: "Fall on Me", featuring the lyrics in large orange type across black and white footage of a railroad track in the vein of the album cover's design.design, though infamously "foresight" accidentally [[TyopOnTheCover got misspelled as "forsight"]].
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* BookEnds:
** "Cuyahoga" opens and closes with Mike Mills playing unaccompanied on bass.
** The album opens and (almost) closes with references to anti-black oppression: the opening track, "Begin the Begin", makes an ironic reference to ''The Story of Little Black Sambo'', notorious for its anti-black imagery. The penultimate track (and last song listed on the back cover), "Swan Swan H", describes the aftermath of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar and the realization that black Americans weren't fully free in its wake.
** "Cuyahoga" opens and closes with Mike Mills playing unaccompanied on bass.
** The album opens and (almost) closes with references to anti-black oppression: the opening track, "Begin the Begin", makes an ironic reference to ''The Story of Little Black Sambo'', notorious for its anti-black imagery. The penultimate track (and last song listed on the back cover), "Swan Swan H", describes the aftermath of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar and the realization that black Americans weren't fully free in its wake.
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* BookEnds:
** "Cuyahoga" opens and closes with Mike Mills playing unaccompanied on bass.
**BookEnds: The album opens and (almost) closes with references to anti-black oppression: the opening track, "Begin the Begin", makes an ironic reference to ''The Story of Little Black Sambo'', notorious for its anti-black imagery. The penultimate track (and last song listed on the back cover), "Swan Swan H", describes the aftermath of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar and the realization that black Americans weren't fully free in its wake.
** "Cuyahoga" opens and closes with Mike Mills playing unaccompanied on bass.
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* LeadBassist: "Cuyahoga" is driven primarily by Mike Mills' bassline, to the point where the unaccompanied bass riff [[BookEnds both opens and closes the track]].
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* LeadBassist: "Cuyahoga" is driven primarily by Mike Mills' bassline, to the point where the unaccompanied bass riff [[BookEnds both opens and closes the track]].bassline.
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* InheritedIlliteracyTitle: The album title's missing apostrophe stems from a typo that Michael Stipe made when typing the album name for the packaging; the band liked the look of it and ran with it.
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''Lifes Rich Pageant'', released in 1986, is the fourth studio album by American AlternativeRock band Music/{{REM}}. Following the TroubledProduction of and initial CreatorBacklash towards ''Music/FablesOfTheReconstruction'' the previous year, the band sought another shakeup of their sound and style, returning to production in the United States with the aid of Don Gehman, known for his work with Music/JohnMellencamp and, later, for producing Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish's first three albums.
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''Lifes Rich Pageant'', released in 1986, 1986 through Creator/IRSRecords, is the fourth studio album by American AlternativeRock band Music/{{REM}}. Following the TroubledProduction of and initial CreatorBacklash towards ''Music/FablesOfTheReconstruction'' the previous year, the band sought another shakeup of their sound and style, returning to production in the United States with the aid of Don Gehman, known for his work with Music/JohnMellencamp and, later, for producing Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish's first three albums.
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* EarthSong: Two environmentalist songs are present on the album. The first, "Fall On Me", is about air pollution. The second, "Cuyahoga", was inspired by Ohio's Cuyahoga River, which was so heavily polluted it caught fire on multiple occasions (which comes up in the lyrics).
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* FesteringFungus: "The Flowers of Guatemala" describes ''Amanita muscaria'' fungi as a metaphor for American military intervention in Latin America.
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* FesteringFungus: "The Flowers of Guatemala" describes ''Amanita muscaria'' fungi as a metaphor for American military intervention in Latin America.America, particularly America's role in enabling [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_genocide the Guatemalan genocide]].
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* AccompliceByInaction: "Begin the Begin" applies this trope to a political context with the lines "silence means security, silence means approval," contrasting this with the other lyrics that advocate political activism.
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** "Cuyahoga" is an anthemic song about disillusionment with America and the dark legacy of the Native American genocide, framed through the lens of the Cuyahoga River's history.
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* TitleOnlyChorus: Michael Stipe's vocals in "Fall on Me" fulfil this, though Mike Mills' backing vocals are entirely different.
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* TitleOnlyChorus: TitleOnlyChorus:
** Michael Stipe's vocals in "Fall on Me" fulfil this, though Mike Mills' backing vocals are entirelydifferent.different.
** The secondary chorus of "Cuyahoga" simply goes "Cuyahoga; Cuyahoga gone."
** Michael Stipe's vocals in "Fall on Me" fulfil this, though Mike Mills' backing vocals are entirely
** The secondary chorus of "Cuyahoga" simply goes "Cuyahoga; Cuyahoga gone."
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-->'''Maria:''' You should get out of these clothes immediately! You'll catch your death of pneumonia, you will.
-->'''Clouseau:''' Yes, I suppose I probably will. But it's all part of life's rich pageant, you know.
-->'''Clouseau:''' Yes, I suppose I probably will. But it's all part of life's rich pageant, you know.
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'''Clouseau:''' Yes, I suppose I probably will. But it's all part of life's rich pageant, you know.
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* ColorMotif: Green and orange, both colors that yellow is a component of, to the point where later CD releases feature an orange-on-green disc label instead of the previous black-on-transparent. Sadly (for those used to their 90's CD packaging), no CD releases used a green or orange jewel case tray.
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* ColorMotif: Green and orange, both colors that yellow is a component of, to the point where later CD releases feature an orange-on-green disc label instead of the previous black-on-transparent. Sadly (for those used to their 90's '90s CD packaging), no CD releases used a green or orange jewel case tray.
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* FranchiseCodifier: R.E.M. already spent the 80's establishing themselves as AlternativeRock pioneers, but ''Lifes Rich Pageant'' set the stage for the bulk of their material. Its shift to a more HardRock-based sound, Michael Stipe's move to making his murky vocals clearer, and the greater focus on socially conscious lyrics would lay the groundwork for the 11 albums that followed it.
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* FranchiseCodifier: R.E.M. already spent the 80's '80s establishing themselves as AlternativeRock pioneers, but ''Lifes Rich Pageant'' set the stage for the bulk of their material. Its shift to a more HardRock-based sound, Michael Stipe's move to making his murky vocals clearer, and the greater focus on socially conscious lyrics would lay the groundwork for the 11 albums that followed it.
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Underneath the bunkers in the row\\
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Underneath the bunkers in the row\\night\\
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Underneath the bunkers in the row''
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Underneath the bunkers in the row''night''
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* {{Sampling}}: "Superman" opens with the sound of a pull-string Franchise/{{Godzilla}} doll; the single release omits this due to licensing issues.
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* LineageLadder: The first verse of "Cuyahoga" calls the audience to "put our heads together and start a new country up," before immediately noting that "our father's father's father tried, erased the parts he didn't like," indicating the eternal cycle of change that has punctuated American history (in this case, shifting from the Native American genocide to the fight to create a better America).
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* CallForward: Later CD reissues (the ones with green labels) list "Cuyahoga" as track "0R", nodding to ''Music/{{Green}}'', which was originally released after ''Lifes Rich Pageant'' and lists its own fourth track, "Stand", as track "R".
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* CallForward: Later CD reissues (the ones with green labels) list "Cuyahoga" as track "0R", "0R" on the disc label, nodding to ''Music/{{Green}}'', which was originally released after ''Lifes Rich Pageant'' and lists its own fourth track, "Stand", as track "R".
