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perfect pete Started conversation Nov 11, 2001
In the REM song "the sidewinder sleeps tonight" what the **** are the actual words in the chorus that sound like "calling Jamaica?"
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Tube - the being being back for the time being Posted Nov 12, 2001
"Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her."
Easy: just take the title of the song and the word lyrics and put that through google... 
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perfect pete Posted Nov 13, 2001
Well BUGGER ME! I just listened again and you're right!!!!!!!
Thanks a lot thats bugged me for years.
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the autist formerly known as flinch Posted Nov 13, 2001
When this record came out Micheal Stipe was asked this a lot in interviews and was very reticent about saying what it was, but gave a few possible lines it could be and intimated that sometimes it was one and sometimes another, the ambiguity being part of the idea of the line.
I always thought it was "Coming in to wake her up", but once i'd read the other versions Stipe suggested i must admit it sound like all of them!
Great song though. And the last decent REM record (exept possibly the new one).
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Mister Matty Posted Nov 13, 2001
Never mind that! What the f**k is Michael Stipe on about in "Radio Free Europe"?!
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the autist formerly known as flinch Posted Nov 14, 2001
Knowing what he's singing, and what he's singing about ar two very different things!
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DoctorGonzo Posted Nov 18, 2001
"Beside yourself, if radio's gonna stay
Reason: it could polish up your day
Put that, put that on your wall
That this isn't country at all"
Err, can't remember much else. But it's obvious, innit?
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