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R.E.M. - What's the Frequency, Kenneth [1994] (youtu.be)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by DandomRude to c/90smusic

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[–] ganksy 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The background to this song is very interesting...

The song's title refers to an incident in New York City in 1986 in which two then-unknown assailants attacked journalist Dan Rather while repeating "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"

[–] DandomRude 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Exactly, that's how the title came about.

I always wanted to set up a random music trivia community for stuff like that. Unfortunately, I never got around to it. Maybe one day.

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople 2 points 6 months ago

That's a really good idea!