Crazy

A cover of a cover really, although if R.E.M. can ever be accused of claiming a song as their own it's Pylon's Crazy. It was covered in 1985 and released as the B-side of Driver 8 and is also the first song off B-sides compilation album Dead Letter Office.

I had actually covered this previously, about 10 years ago, the original was more influenced by the original Pylon version whereas I wanted this version to not only be more murky and layered like the way R.E.M. did it but to also benefit from experience and better recording equipment. Special attention was made to layering guitar parts at different octaves to create that 12 string sound. The only thing that hints at the Pylon version still is the strong bass guitar part that is more noticeable in the mix than when R.E.M. did it.