Hey remember R.E.M? We sure do. Even though they kind-of fell off the face of the Earth for a while, it looks like they're planning to re-appear with a bang (pardon the terrible pun; we couldn't help ourselves). The rockers stopped into Babeland, a sex shop on New York City's Lower East Side, earlier this week to shoot part of the video for their new song "Supernatural Serious."
From Babeland's blog:
It all started yesterday afternoon, when I got a call from a location scout asking if Babeland would be interested in (possibly) being part of a video shoot for R.E.M. Call me easy, but the obvious answer was hell, yes! I was then told that it wasn’t definite, but if R.E.M. came into Babeland to play, it was going to happen that night, as in mere hours from then. We spent some time straightening up and pondering if indeed R.E.M. would really stop by, and several hours later we got the answer we’d been hoping for. As we eagerly anticipated their arrival, we watched the crowd gathering outside. Basically, as part of their video shoot, R.E.M. was playing the first single off their soon-to-be released album in a number of different locations on the LES (that’s Lower East Side for you non-NY types), and the first stop was our next door neighbor, the restaurant Inoteca.
With bated breath we waited for Michael and the R.E.M. gang to make their grand entrance. And that they did. Two cameras, some lighting and a gaggle of other important behind-the-scenes folk piled into our store, picked out a prime location towards the front by the books, and began to play. It was our own private serenade and it was so cool. When they were done we gave the band shirts and asked them to play our 15th anniversary party (sadly, they said they were busy).
[Babeland's Blog: R.E.M. comes to Babeland!]
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