Why Does Everyone Hate 'Shiny Happy People'?
Music MongooseR.E.M.'s 'Shiny Happy People is undoubtedly the band's most divisive tune. It's unrelenting joyful poppiness marks a huge contrast to R.E.M.'s usual offering of dark, introspective songs like 'Losing My Religion', for example. Why did Michael Stipe choose to write this song? Is there a darker meanin