Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I

Album: Collapse Into Now (2011)
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  • Quite what the relationship is between the singer of this introspective acoustic strummer and Marlon Brando is unclear. The previous R.E.M. track to name check an actor in its title was Automatic For The People's Montgomery Clift-referencing Monty Got A Raw Deal, which is more specific in condemning Hollywood's attitude to Clift's homosexuality.

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