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Now I don’t claim that R.E.M. sees Green as their environmental album or sees any of the songs the way I see them, but in my defense Robert Frost always claimed that the poem The Road Not Taken was solely about a walk in the woods. On the other hand, when the title of album is Green, am I really making that much of a stretch?
For instance, Michael Stipe has said that “Get Up” is about his inability to arise on time to make daily commitments. But like Frost’s poem, it also applies to to larger action. Get Up is a call to action to me. To arise and take action against environmental degradation.
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