World Cafe Playlist for 05/09/2024

Michael Stipe from R.E.M. joins host Raina Douris

R.E.M. is everywhere in Athens, Georgia. They played at the 40-Watt Club, had their music spun on the University of Georgia’s radio station WUOG, and named their album, Automatic for the People, after a local cafe’s sign, all while inspiring whole generations of Athens musicians in their wake. For our Sense of Place: Athens series, we’re revisiting our 2022 conversation with R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

B-52’s “Rock Lobster” The B-52’s

R.E.M. “Departure” New Adventures in Hi-Fi

R.E.M. “Leave (Original)” New Adventures in Hi-Fi

R.E.M. “Leave (Alternate Version)” New Adventures in Hi-Fi

R.E.M. “Electrolite” New Adventures in Hi-Fi

R.E.M. “E-Bow The Letter” New Adventures in Hi-Fi

Michael Stipe “Drive to the Ocean” Single

Matthew Sweet “Girlfriend” Girlfriend

Widespread Panic “Hope In A Hopeless World” Bombs & Butterflies

Drive-By Truckers “Carl Perkins’ Cadillac” The Dirty South

Hour Two
Radiohead “Fake Plastic Trees” The Bends

Yannis & The Yaw “Walk Through Fire (feat. Tony Allen)” Lagos Paris London (feat. Tony Allen)

Bob Marley & The Wailers “Lively Up Yourself” Natty Dread

Brittany Howard “What Now” What Now

Hozier “Too Sweet” Unreal Unearth: Unheard

The War On Drugs “Under the Pressure” Live at the World Cafe

Anderson East “Satisfy Me” Live at the World Cafe

Grace Cummings “On and On” Ramona

The Velvet Underground “Who Loves The Sun” Loaded

Lo Moon “Water” I Wish You Way More Than Luck

INXS “Original Sin” The Swing

Sleater-Kinney “Say It Like You Mean It” Little Rope

Talking Heads “Pulled Up” Talking Heads ’77