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Buck performing "Losing My Religion" on mandolin "Losing My Religion" was released on February 19, 1991, in the United States as the lead single from R.E.M.'s album Out of Time. [14] Their record label, Warner Bros., was wary of the choice of lead single. Steven Baker, then the vice president of product management., said there were "long, drawn ...
Peter Buck (United States), R.E.M., mandolin part of Losing My Religion; Dash Crofts, [152] Seals and Crofts; Rory Gallagher (Ireland), Going to My Hometown; David Gilmour, [citation needed] Pink Floyd "Maestro" Alex Gregory (United Kingdom) (Heavy Metal) [153] David Grisman; mandolin part on Grateful Dead's Friend of the Devil [154] [155 ...
"The record's biggest surprise, however, is its one surefire pop hit, "Everybody Hurts", an almost unbearably passionate argument against suicide. It sounds like a gigantic arena transfiguration of a '50s rock ballad, with Stipe's voice pleading over triplets and massed strings, and surely will be played on radio for generations to come, right next to unforgettable anthems like "Bridge Over ...
The band also performed "Losing My Religion" with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Madison–Morgan Cultural Center, in Madison, Georgia, as part of MTV's 10th-anniversary special. [31] After spending some months off, R.E.M. returned to the studio in 1991 to record their next album. In late 1992, the band released Automatic for the ...
The article states, "Losing My Religion is probably the largest hit in rock history to have a mandolin as the main instrument," however an obvious counter-example is Rod Stewart's 1971 monster hit Maggie May, which went to #1 in both the US and the UK. --Blainster 10:10, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
Mandolin awareness in the United States blossomed in the 1880s, as the instrument became part of a fad that continued into the mid-1920s. [14] [15] According to Clarence L. Partee a publisher in the BMG movement (banjo, mandolin and guitar), the first mandolin made in the United States was made in 1883 or 1884 by Joseph Bohmann, who was an established maker of violins in Chicago. [16]
Losing My Religion may also refer to: Literature. Losing My Religion, a 2014 novel by Vishwas Mudagal; Losing My Religion: Unbelief in Australia, a 2009 book by ...
Octave mandolin construction is similar to the mandolin: The body may be constructed with a bowl-shaped back according to designs of the 18th century Vinaccia school, or with a flat (arched) back according to the designs of Gibson Guitar Corporation, popularized in the United States in the early 20th century.