College Rock

""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 am smitten. I'm the real thing."

"I said your name, I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars Hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras, Dreaming of Maria Callas, Whoever she is."

"This fame thing, I don't get it."

"And you are the star tonight, Your sun electric, out of sight, Your light eclipsed the moon tonight. Electrolite. You're out of sight."

"I’ve found a way to make you I’ve found a way A way to make you smile. I read bad poetry Into your machine. I save your messages Just to hear your voice."

"That sugarcane, that tasted good, That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood, Come on, come on, No-one can see you try."

"Well, I'm not one to sit and spin Because living well is the best revenge."

"If the storm doesn't kill me, The government will."

"Houston is filled with promise, Laredo is a beautiful place, Galveston sings like that song that I loved, Its meaning has not been erased."

"They invented a whole new ballgame for all of the other bands to follow whether it was Sonic Youth or the Replacements or Nirvana or Butthole Surfers. R.E.M. staked the claim. Musically, the bands did different things, but R.E.M. was first to show us you can be big and still be cool."