{"id":2449726,"date":"2019-10-10T12:43:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T18:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=897484"},"modified":"2019-10-10T12:43:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T18:43:34","slug":"hear-r-e-m-s-gripping-new-remix-of-kurt-cobain-tribute-let-me-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/hear-r-e-m-s-gripping-new-remix-of-kurt-cobain-tribute-let-me-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear R.E.M.\u2019s Gripping New Remix of Kurt Cobain Tribute \u2018Let Me In\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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R.E.M. unveiled a raw new remix of \u201cLet Me In,\u201d the Monster<\/em><\/a> track that paid tribute to Kurt Cobain just months after his suicide. The remix will appear on an upcoming 25th anniversary reissue of Monster<\/em><\/a>, which boasts new mixes of every song on the record by original producer Scott Litt.<\/p>\n

Stipp\u2019s new version of \u201cLet Me In\u201d strips the song of some of its density, while getting rid of a closing synth line and pushing a tambourine shake deeper into the mix. The result is a new kind of immediacy in Peter Buck\u2019s guitar (he actually used one of Cobain\u2019s old guitars on the recording) and Michael Stipe\u2019s voice, especially as it leaps into a beautifully fragile falsetto.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Vice<\/em><\/a>, R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills spoke about how \u201cLet Me In\u201d didn\u2019t necessarily begin as a tribute to Cobain \u2014 although he was in \u201can angrily melancholic mood\u201d when he wrote it \u2014 until Stipe began to craft the lyrics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were trying to make a record and deal with the shock of everything,\u201d he said. \u201cI was really proud of Michael for being brave enough to say something about the impact it had on him. I was honored that I had written something that would make him want to use it as the vehicle for his feelings, if that makes any sense. It was always super emotional to play it live, because we would gather around each other and do it as a small, intimate group, and it was always really moving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with Stipp\u2019s new remix of Monster<\/em>, the upcoming reissue will feature a trove of unreleased demos and a live album recorded during the band\u2019s June 3rd, 1995 concert in Chicago. The reissue is set to arrive November 1st.<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

R.E.M. unveiled a raw new remix of \u201cLet Me In,\u201d the Monster track that paid tribute to Kurt Cobain just months after his suicide. The remix will appear on an upcoming 25th anniversary reissue of Monster, which boasts new mixes of every song on the record by original producer Scott Litt. Stipp\u2019s new version of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2449726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-06 08:37:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}