It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine ) is a song by American rock band REM

The title was of R.E.M. recorded in 1987, released on the album Document, which was released as a single. The result of the song is from a demo of the band called Bad Day, which was re-recorded in 2003, first came out as a single and, finally, on the album The Best of REM - Appeared in Time 1988-2003.

Particularly striking in the song is the text that vaguely modeled on end time scenarios and is sung in delirious and barely -to-understand kind of singer Michael Stipe. This gave the song in the eyes of fans a kind of party atmosphere, even if it was not intended by the band so. So It 's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine ) often serves as a " bouncer " at concerts by REM

In the text are some famous people with the initials L. B. mentioned ( Lenny Bruce, Leonid Brezhnev, Lester Bangs, Leonard Bernstein). This was, according to Stipe from a dream in which he had been the only one at a birthday party is not the initials L. B.. He had packed into the song, along with some other stuff he had seen while zapping on TV.

The song was used in some movies (for example, Independence Day and Chicken and flashback ) and a modified version of the song was played in the Simpsons episode Homer the Moe use. The song itself is in the tradition of Bob Dylan's " Subterranean Homesick Blues". Since 2005, the title of regularly uncredited opps! The Super Pannenshow on RTL used.

The song was used for two episodes of the U.S. hit series series Grey's Anatomy as a title; 2.16 " Code Black " ( It's The End of the World (Part I)) and 2.17 " The Last Day " ( ( As We Know It ) (Part II) )

The Canadian folk - rock band Great Big Sea released on their album "Play " is also a version of this song. There are other cover versions of various bands, including the Italian rock musician Luciano Ligabue under the title " A che ora e'la fine del mondo? ".

In the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 a list of 166 songs was issued by the radio network Clear Channel Communications, not to send the recommendation this time being. It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine ) was among them.

The song title was taken up in numerous articles, books and films, and varied satirizes. Meanwhile, "the end of XY, as we know it " in German dictum has become. In 2009 alone, published the books " The End of the World as We Knew It " by Claus Leggewie and Harald Welzer, "The End of Wall Street as we know it " by David Kansas and " The end of capitalism as we know it " by Elmar Altvater, who predict all social upheavals for a near future.

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