Country Feedback
R.E.M. · Out Of Time
This film is on
On a maddening loop
These clothes,
These clothes don't fit us right
I'm to blame
It's all the same
It's all the same
You come to me with the bone in your hand
You come to me with your hair curled tight
You come to me with positions
You come to me with excuses
Ducked out in a row
You wear me out
You wear me out
We've been through fake-a-breakdown
Self-hurt, plastics, collections
Self-help, self-pain,
EST, psychics, fuck all
I was central
I had control
I lost my head
I need this
I need this
A paperweight, junk garage
Winter rain, a honey pot
Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged
A hotline, a wanted ad
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
I need this
I need this
It's crazy what you could've had
Crazy what you could've had
I need it
I need this
It's crazy what you could've had
It's crazy what you could've had
I need this
I-I need this
It's crazy what you could've had
I need this
I need this
It's crazy what you could've had
Crazy what you could've had
I need this
I need this
Crazy what you could've had
Crazy what you could've had
Country Feedback
Released on R.E.M.'s 1991 album Out Of Time, Country Feedback stands as a defining track of the band's late-period evolution. The song blends the group's signature jangly guitar work with a driving, industrial-tinged rhythm section, reflecting the band's growing interest in electronic textures and post-punk influences. Lyrically, the track explores themes of disconnection and the friction between personal relationships and external pressures, delivered with a raw, conversational vocal style that became a hallmark of their later work. As a centerpiece of Out Of Time, the recording captures the tension and energy of early 1990s alternative rock, cementing R.E.M.'s status as a pivotal force in the genre's transition toward more experimental sounds.