The Worst Joke Ever

A cover from the so-called "over-produced" R.E.M. album. Initially I wanted to see how it would sound with only the guitars, bass, piano and drums, without all the electronic stuff. I ended up layering the song with more overdubs than I'd intended, like strings and tremolo effect guitars in the chorus simply because the song wasn't holding up too well in its stripped down format. I think we've done a great job here with what we have to work with but it's not one of my favourite covers, I'm still surprised this was the one song they plucked from Around The Sun to perform at the Dublin Rehearsals.