Did R.E.M. do a song about Andy?
On their 1992 album, Automatic For The People (Warner Brothers Records, Inc.) the band pays homage to Andy in the song, Man on the Moon . Michael Stipe considers this song, “a funny, sad eulogy to a very great man.” Using Kaufman as a backdrop, R.E.M. explores our perceptions of illusion and reality. This beautiful, elegiac ballad examines how beliefs become reality, whether they are about men walking on the moon, Moses leading the Jews, Newton using an apple to understand gravity, or Andy Kaufman “goofing on Elvis” – what you believe becomes your reality.
