R.E.M. s
Dokken discussed the LP during a December 19 appearance on The Classic Metal Show . After co-host
Chris Akin named some of the songs which were reimagined by
Pilson and
Lynch,
Don said: But those are not heavy hitters. No offense, they are good songs, but those are vanilla tunes. [
Sings It s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) ] Did they rock em up or put some shredding guitar solos [in them]? They must be really bored,
Dokken continued. But, you know, everybody s got their mantra; everybody s got their financial things, I guess. If a record company is willing to give you money to put out pablum, then put out the pablum. But I hope my standards as a songwriter are a little higher than that. If I m gonna do a remake, I m gonna do something that was super cool, like
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