Shiny Happy People
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
After "Shiny Happy People"'s release, comedian Denis Leary attacked it on an MTV standup performance (which was recorded and later released as No Cure For Cancer). In one rant, he exclaimed, "Hey, hey, hey! Pull this bus over to the side of the pretentiousness turnpike! I want everybody out, I want the shiny people over here and the happy people over here! I represent angry, gun-toting, meat-eating fucking people! ...Sit down and shut the fuck up, Michael." |
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
"Shiny Happy People" is a song by the band R.E.M. It appeared on their 1991 album Out of Time and was released as a single in the same year. The song features guest backing vocals by Kate Pierson of the B-52's who also has a prominent role in the song's music video.
