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Who sang What’s The Frequency, Kenneth??

Release date: 1994

Duration: 04:0

R.E.M. released the song What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?. Date of release: 1994.

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The protagonist is confused because he does not understand his partner's way of thinking and expressing himself. He has tried to learn and observe her in different ways, but he still does not understand. She wears figurative armor made of expectations and seems to believe that irony is a compulsion that only the young have. The protagonist is frustrated and angry because of his inability to understand his partner's point of view.

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R.E.M. - Short Biography

- R.E.M. is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980.
- The band members are Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe.
- Noted for Buck's arpeggiated guitar style, Stipe's vocal quality, stage presence and obscure lyrics, Mills' melodic bass lines and backing vocals, and Berry's drumming style.
- Considered a pioneer of alternative rock in the early 1990s.
- They sold over 90 million albums worldwide and became one of the world's best-selling musical acts before breaking up in 2011.

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"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is a track from R.E.M.'s ninth album, Monster, released in 1994. It is based on a real-life incident in New York City in 1986, when two unknown men attacked journalist Dan Rather by repeatedly asking him "Kenneth, what's the frequency?" The song features a driving guitar riff and the enigmatic lyrics that R.E.M. is known for.

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