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“If I don't like the bassline, then I'm probably not gonna enjoy playing the song”: Mike Mills on his “selfish” R.E.M. basslines – and their long-awaited reunion
Mike Mills has recalled writing the famous bassline that anchored R.E.M.'s career-defining Losing My Religion