If you have the Murmur deluxe edition and/or a bootleg (I have a great one called "Rising") of the Larry's Hideaway, Toronto show from July 9, 1983, you can hear the audience chanting for the band to play this song towards the end of the concert, when they are trying to get the band back onstage for an encore after they concluded "Radio Free Europe." Stipe remarks, "Wow, that's pretty effective," before shouting back "No!" in response to the audience's continued shouts of "Shaking Through." The band then continues by breaking into "We Walk" before finishing with a killer double encore of "1,000,000" and "Carnival of Sorts." They leave without playing "Shaking Through," despite the audience's continued pleas/demands for them to play it. This little bit of trivia really has nothing to do with the meaning of the song, but it does show the contrast between the band's opinion of the song and the fans' opinions. The song was a fan favorite, but it's obvious the band didn't like it very much, or they at least didn't like playing it, as I have tons of bootleg shows from this period and I don't think "Shaking Through" is on a single one of them. It's a shame, too, as it really is a great song. Then again, everything on Murmur is. It's pretty much the only album I can think of, and certainly the only debut album I can think of, which is absolutely perfect as is. By that I mean that it is completely, totally flawless. There isn't a single thing I would change about it. It will go down in history as a timeless musical masterpiece, and will be remembered as one of the greatest albums of all-time, a pinnacle of twentieth century music.
If you have the Murmur deluxe edition and/or a bootleg (I have a great one called "Rising") of the Larry's Hideaway, Toronto show from July 9, 1983, you can hear the audience chanting for the band to play this song towards the end of the concert, when they are trying to get the band back onstage for an encore after they concluded "Radio Free Europe." Stipe remarks, "Wow, that's pretty effective," before shouting back "No!" in response to the audience's continued shouts of "Shaking Through." The band then continues by breaking into "We Walk" before finishing with a killer double encore of "1,000,000" and "Carnival of Sorts." They leave without playing "Shaking Through," despite the audience's continued pleas/demands for them to play it. This little bit of trivia really has nothing to do with the meaning of the song, but it does show the contrast between the band's opinion of the song and the fans' opinions. The song was a fan favorite, but it's obvious the band didn't like it very much, or they at least didn't like playing it, as I have tons of bootleg shows from this period and I don't think "Shaking Through" is on a single one of them. It's a shame, too, as it really is a great song. Then again, everything on Murmur is. It's pretty much the only album I can think of, and certainly the only debut album I can think of, which is absolutely perfect as is. By that I mean that it is completely, totally flawless. There isn't a single thing I would change about it. It will go down in history as a timeless musical masterpiece, and will be remembered as one of the greatest albums of all-time, a pinnacle of twentieth century music.
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