REM-ember it this way

Charidee singles. You’ve got to admire the aim, if not the result. But what is it about charidee singles that makes artists go as OTT as possible eh? Yes I’m sure the cover of REM’s ‘Everybody Hurts’ will make a shed load of wonga for the people of Haiti - let’s just hope it gets through to those who need it - but mercy, mercy me, it’s a mess. Personally I’ll stick with the original (naturally I can't embed the original video here...thanks to those pesky Warner Brothers) if you don’t mind and make my donation another way. I’m not sure where REM stand on the trendometer these days. I’ve always been a fan and they’re one of the few groups who’ve (almost) moved me tears (for all the right reasons) during a gig. Granted it was Glasto and I’d had a couple of litres of scrumpy and the odd funny fag but nevertheless they – and this song – somehow made that magical connection that only music (of all the art forms) really can. Actually, the new version makes me want to cry too, but mainly ‘cos I’ve rammed a biro in each ear so I never have to hear it again...

PS: My thanks to all those who’ve passed on kind messages to Lady B. She’s getting better by the day and the rat poison’s working a treat. That’s obviously why you never hear of any rats getting an embolism eh?