R.E.M.Murmurs: 23 Dec 96

R.E.M. do the Christmas thing

23 Dec 96 17:34:01 GMT

While bassist Mike Mills loves the season of goodwill, it seems guitarist Peter Buck isn't as full of the Christmas spirit.
Mills enthuses, "I'll do things like on Christmas Eve - or pretty much any night of the week before Christmas - like get in my car and take my girlfriend if she's around, and just go right around and look at decorations. And I always try to imagine people in their houses and I try to imagine how I felt as a little boy at Christmas. And I'm able to summon those feelings. I can take myself back if it's nice and dark in the car and enjoy that. Sometimes I'm just overwhelmed with cynicism about it all, but on those quiet, dark nights when I'm riding around in my car, I go right back."
Buck, however, doesn't like the materialism of Christmas. He rages, "It's just a massive pain in the arse. I mean, you have no idea how many people live in this fucking world until Christmas comes and you can't even leave your house without being inundated with all these mad, hectic people carrying packages everywhere!"

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	R.E.M. do the Christmas thing
	23 Dec 96	17:34:01 GMT
	While bassist Mike Mills loves the season of goodwill, it seems guitarist Peter Buck isn't as full of the Christmas spirit. Mills enthuses, "I'll do things like on Christmas Eve - or pretty much any night of the week before Christmas - like get in my car and take my girlfriend if she's around, and just go right around and look at decorations. And I always try to imagine people in their houses and I try to imagine how I felt as a little boy at Christmas. And I'm able to summon those feelings. I can take myself back if it's nice and dark in the car and enjoy that. Sometimes I'm just overwhelmed with cynicism about it all, but on those quiet, dark nights when I'm riding around in my car, I go right back." Buck, however, doesn't like the materialism of Christmas. He rages, "It's just a massive pain in the arse. I mean, you have no idea how many people live in this fucking world until Christmas comes and you can't even leave your house without being inundated with all these mad, hectic people carrying packages everywhere!"