Name: Pink Floyd - Fearless by KSR DESIGN
Duration: 5 min 58 s
Description: Here's a good one from 1971's Meddle album. Such an amazing blend of instruments by the band. All Instruments and vocals by Kevin Reuter. Hope you like it... And Let's Go Celtic.

Artist: Owenshire
Track: Driver 8 (Harmonies)/ Driver 8 (Traditional)
Album: Remember Every Moment (201X)
Notes: still a ways away
Instrumental: http://notboundtofollowsuit.blogspot.ca/2010/12/driver-8.html

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Commentary:

Rob: "Driver 8" and "So Central Rain" occupy a special place in my R.E.M. memories. When I bought my first R.E.M. album—Eponymous—I was pleasantly surprised to discover those two songs on it, songs I'd heard on the radio before, but never knew they were by this band called R.E.M. In fact, I have a very fond (and specific) memory of hearing "Driver 8" while sitting in the back of my parents' car. I couldn't have been more than 9 or 10 years old. At the time I thought Mike Mills was saying "Drive Away." Anyway, while I am pretty much sick to death of most of R.E.M.'s singles, I never really get tired of "Driver 8"—it really is the perfect R.E.M. song.

Our cover(s) of "Driver 8" occupy both ends of the spectrum. Some people prefer their covers more traditional and faithful to the original, while others like their covers to offer something new. Both perspectives are included here: The first is my ideal version of "Driver 8" with, yes, loads of harmonies, while directly proceeding this is the more traditional version. I don't expect an outpouring of support here, but I am mildly curious which one people prefer. Thanks as always for listening.

Clive: "Driver 8" is the quintessential mid 1980's R.E.M. song full of railway imagery and homesickness. It's also a fairly straightforward song musically and, taking the obscurity of Fables into consideration, relatively mainstream. They wrote the song I believe in 1984 and played it several times throughout the Reckoning Tour and, needless to say, it was a staple of their set during the Reconstruction tour but not played a great deal since. My cover is based on the Fables album version with the acoustic guitars quite prominent running alongside the jangly electric guitar and another of Mike Mills's driving bass lines.

Owenshire: Driver 8 [R.E.M. Cover]

After the Hole - Lyrics

All I seen is what I thought I would have seen
At the end all I found were other ends

Suddenly I know, you live to know after the hole

On the screech of the city brakes I heard your name
Feel as though we're living in a recurrent dream

Suddenly I know, you live to know after the hole

And the life is after the hole

And the life is after the hole

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