When life gets tough and the chips are down, it's always helpful to have a playlist of inspirational tunes to get you out of the doldrums. And no such playlist should be without R.E.M's Everybody Hurts. Taken from their critically acclaimed Automatic For The People album, Everybody Hurts was the third single to crack the Top 40 and reminds us despair does not discriminate. For the band's iconic video, director Jake Scott (son of Ridley Scott) shut down part of the McDermott Freeway in San Antonio, TX to pay homage to LA traffic. Commuters stare out their windows bleakly before abandoning their cars. The video was the most nominated at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards, winning four of its seven categories, and remains one of the best of the decade.
Location: The Freeway
Address: McDermott Freeway at Fredericksburg Road & Woodlawn Avenue, San Antonio, TX
Location Visited: October 2019
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