The Right Moves (Published 2011)In the video for “Losing My Religion” — the song that would finally make R.E.M. a household name, even in my own rural Midwestern house — Michael Stipe spends the first couple of minutes slouched in a chair and pacing the rough wooden floor of a big, empty room. While he sings, he flaps his arms a little at the elbows. Occasionally, his bandmates appear, all wearing white shirts like Stipe, access
