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What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?

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”What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed
I thought I’d pegged you an idiot’s dream
Tunnel vision from the outsider’s screen
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh

I’d studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines
Richard said, ”Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy”
A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh

”What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” is your Benzedrine, uh-huh
Butterfly decal, rear-view mirror, dogging the scene
You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I never understood the frequency, uh-huh
You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh
I couldn’t understand
You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh
I couldn’t understand
You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh
I couldn’t understand
I never understood, don’t fuck with me, uh-huh

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Hit Collection 2000 ()

released: unknown

Automatic For The People + Monster (CD Album)
2 202940 049356
released: unknown

1994 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown

1. Losing My Religion
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
2. World Leader Pretend
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
3. Belong
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
4. Low
live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
5. Losing My Religion
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
6. Country Feedback
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
7. Begin The Begin
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
8. Monty Got A Raw Deal
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
9. Everybody Hurts
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
10. Man On The Moon
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
11. Everybody Hurts
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
12. Drive
live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
13. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
14. Bang And Blame
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
15. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York

1998 The Greatest Hits Collection (Bootleg CD Album)
Bulgaria –
released: unknown

Ballroom Dancing (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded at Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7/7/84, SNL 1994.

1. Femme Fatale
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Gardening At Night
4. 9-9
5. Windout
6. Letter Never Sent
7. Sitting Still
8. Driver 8
9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
10. Seven Chinese Bros.
11. Voice of Harold
12. Harborcoat
13. Hyena
14. Pretty Persuasion
15. Second Guessing
16. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
17. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
18. Bang And Blame
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
19. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
20. Hello In There

THE BLINDING LIGHT (Bootleg CD Album)
US 42
released: unknown
Recorded Tracks 1-15, MTV Sonic, Milan, Italy, Tracks 16-17 125 Milioni di Cazzate, TV Show, Milan, Italy, Track 18 Top of the Pops

1. Imitation Of Life
2. Losing My Religion
3. The Great Beyond
4. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
5. Daysleeper
6. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
7. The Lifting
8. I’ll Take The Rain
9. I’ve Been High
10. Electrolite
11. The Lifting
12. At My Most Beautiful
13. I’ll Take The Rain
14. Man On The Moon
15. She Just Wants To Be
16. Imitation Of Life
live recorded at: 2001-05-03 in Milan
17. Losing My Religion
live recorded at: 2001-05-03 in Milan
18. Imitation Of Life
live recorded at: 2001-04-26 in London

Classic Traxx (Bootleg CD Album)
SH 69057
released: unknown
All tracks recorded live in USA 1993-1995

1. The Wake-Up Bomb
2. Bang And Blame
3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
4. Losing My Religion
5. Shiny Happy People
6. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
7. Drive
8. Everybody Hurts
9. Radio Song
10. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
11. Love Is All Around
12. Man On The Moon
13. Pop Song 89
14. Red Rain
15. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
16. The One I Love

Cologne Free Concert (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded: Cologne, Germany, May 12, 2001

1. The Great Beyond
2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
3. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
4. Cuyahoga
5. Electrolite
6. I’ve Been High
7. Daysleeper
8. The Lifting
9. Find The River
10. Imitation Of Life
11. I’ll Take The Rain
12. At My Most Beautiful
13. The One I Love
14. She Just Wants To Be
15. Walk Unafraid
16. Losing My Religion
17. Man On The Moon
18. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
19. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Draggin’ The Line – Greatest Hits ’99 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown

Freak Marmalade (Bootleg CD Album)
KRCD 12
released: unknown
Recorded: Recorded: Track 1 – MTV Music Awards 9/7/95, Track 2-4 – Milton Keynes, London 7/29/95, Track 5-7 – Saturday Night Live 11/12/94, Track 8-12 – Greenpeace benefit 11/19/92, Track 13 – Milton Keynes, London 7/29/95, Track 14-16 – Milano 1995

The Genesis of Revelation (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded: Cologne, Germany – 12 May 2001

1. The Great Beyond
2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
3. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
4. Cuyahoga
5. Electrolite
6. I’ve Been High
7. Daysleeper
8. Imitation Of Life
9. I’ll Take The Rain
10. At My Most Beautiful
11. The One I Love
12. She Just Wants To Be
13. Walk Unafraid
14. Losing My Religion
15. Man On The Moon
16. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
17. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Godzilla vs. REM’s Monster (Bootleg CD Album)
Germany – TR009
released: unknown
Recorded: 1-16: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7 July 1984., 17-19: Saturday Night Live, 12 Nov. 94. , 20: Scotland w/Billy Bragg, Natalie Merchant