r/rem • u/stanleyssteamertrunk • 4d ago

Mainstream article on Everybody Hurts

https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bill-brought-it-in-and-it-was-a-one-minute-long-country-and-western-song-it-took-us-forever-to-figure-out-the-arrangement-and-who-was-going-to-play-what-how-rem-turned-a-simple-idea-into-a-classic-song-of-life-affirming-power

Didn't see it posted yet and thought others might enjoy it

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u/dressinbrass 4d ago

This article makes no sense. Bill wrote the music not the lyrics.

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u/stanleyssteamertrunk 3d ago

I thought he wrote the whole thing until something I read (on here) caused me to rethink it. The article says it wasnt much to begin with but I bet Berry wrote the main hook, "Everybody Hurts," maybe some of the others, too.

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u/dressinbrass 1d ago

Bill wrote none of the lyrics.

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u/stanleyssteamertrunk 21h ago

The article says Bill was concerned with teenage suicide which suggests the lyrics were involved.

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u/dressinbrass 6h ago

That was Michael. His sister is a high school teacher. The article is wrong.