REM contest
R.E.M. proved to the indie and roots music scene with Murmur and Reckoning that good music, (for me the best music) can and should be made with the focus completelly in the songs and not worry about the public´s reaction. Murmur for instance proved that REM was right being the number 1 in critics review in 1983 and receiving the reckoning of its quality even nowadays with speeches like Eddie Vedder gave in REM´s Hall of Fame induction when he told us that he was an avid listener of Murmur.