Nightswimming - You Are the Everything

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Podfellows Local 151

Chris Ayers and Will Schilling

12 episodes

3 weeks ago

Longtime music fans, college friends, and children of the South, Chris Ayers and Will Schilling discuss the music of R.E.M. in a nonlinear order, featuring three songs per episode and special guests who bring their own stories about the band.

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Nightswimming - You Are the Everything - Talk About the Passion

Podfellows Local 151

1 hour 37 minutes 18 seconds

2 months ago

Nightswimming - You Are the Everything - Talk About the Passion

Novelist Megan Abbott often finds solace in darkness in her books, so it's no surprise that she would be inspired by the beautiful, murky waters of R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming." She reveals how the song was a working title for one of her earliest coming-of-age thrillers. We discuss the newfound vulnerability and earnestness that Michael Stipe was exploring in the Automatic For the People era. Chris finds a strong connection to Nightswimming with the thematically similar "You Are the Everything," while Will brings one of the band's earliest songs, "Talk About the Passion," which suggests R.E.M.'s political leanings were obvious from the start.

Late summer is the perfect time for a night swim...

Our theme music is composed by Jared Duran
Our podcast was named by Will Hodge
Artwork by Chris Ayers
Athens train trestle photo by Joab Jackson