Please Pin! SETLIST: 01 - Drive (0:00) 02 - Monty Got A Raw Deal (4:35) 03 - Everybody Hurts (8:48) 04 - [Banter not banal] (14:42) 05 - Man On The Moon (16:07) 06 - [Banter] (21:25) 07 - Losing My Religion (22:35) 08 - Country Feedback (27:56) 09 - Begin The Begin (33:04) 10 - Fall On Me (37:05) 11 - Me In Honey (41:39) 12 - Finest Worksong (46:00) 13 - Drive (54:34) 14 - Love Is All Around [Trogg's cover] (1:00:20) 15 - Funtime [Iggy Pop cover] (1:04:47) 16 - Radio Free Europe (1:07:26)
Almost 31 years to the day I'm watching this. How we doin with that solar energy project? Such a time capsule, this show. We thought we'd defeated evil and were moving into an age of unparalleled peace and prosperity. Least we still got the music. Oh life!
Trawling UA-cam for something to listen to in bed, stumbling upon this was a revelation! I’ve got such memories of Automatic for the People - I was a 17 year old, hanging out with a friend and two girls, a car and some booze and weed, we had a summer of discovery, heartache, and newfound freedom. This was the soundtrack to our friendship! This is the essence of a band, performing at their old launchpad, but what’s blown me away is the sheer quality of the audio! What a gem of a find! I miss REM & those friends …& being young. 😢 Such an emotive album of music, I’m going to have this in the car today and go drive to those old places we used to hang out. ❤️
Man, this is what UA-cam should be all about. The audio is phenomenal, far better than I've ever heard it before. So many terrific renditions of quality songs. Begin the Begin, Country Feedback and Me in Honey especially brilliant.
and you’re not kidding about Begin The Begin … is that, along with These Days - from the epic Life’s Rich Pageant, not STILL the One-Two Anthemic punch of the Thinking Person? “Let’s Begin Again … I am young despite the years, I have hope despite the times”. Thank you, Mike, Peter, Bill and Mike, and thank you, whoever caught this on tape.
The version they did at the MTV awards was even better. The session player they had in to play bass (Mike was on Hammond organ) really took the part to the next level.
Wow!!! 40 Watt is still there but REM coming back is simply awesome!!! Going in April 2022 to see Drive By Truckers.. The history of this place along with the Georgia Theater is mesmerizing. I had seen REM at the Fox in Atlanta in 87 & is still one of the best performances I’ve ever seen…
Thank you for posting this video. This band means a lot to me because they have an emotional attachment to a good friend of mine that committed suicide a few years. R.EM. music takes me back to when we were teenagers and life was good. :)
Strange memory. In Baghdad circa 2006/07. The Fm would play the deepest cuts from the REM catalog. Songs only a real REM fan would love, like me. Not the hits, just the ones that hit deeply at the soul. I wonder where they found the spirit to do so while my side wished less than peace upon them. En shalla...en shallah.
How have I only just discovered this…!? I bought this on bootleg at a record fair about 25 yrs ago. Remember the guy saying you won’t believe the sound quality. Got home and it blew me away. So, so good. Now to see it and hear it even better than that CD is incredible. Man, REM were just so damn good. This has made my night.
I must confess I hadn't heard (or even heard of) this concert until listening to the 25th Anniversary version of the album for the first time just the other day, and not only is Stipe's singing so good that I found myself welling up at my least favourite song on the album (Everybody Hurts), but I was just gobsmacked by Mills absolutely naling Kate Pierson's part in Me In Honey.
simply the best small club set I've ever seen...the audio and the light show...honed at giant venues all over the world and brought back to where it began. The greatest band in the world in front of 150 people...there is nothing better. What a rare Thanksgiving treat after digesting the audio of this show for the last couple weeks...we've always heard the guys were at their peak during Automatic...this proves it!
It's so incredible to see this.. to actually hear just amazing they truly were this night. I lived in downtown Athens 2 years after this show, as constantly heard stories of this gig. Thank you for posting.. thank you R.E.M.
Just stumbled upon this. I was listening to this in the background as I worked from home, and often thought I was listening to my Spotify REM playlist as these songs sound like as they were recorded. This is just fabulous and my gratitude to the person who recorded this. I miss this band.
My family gave me this cd show on my b-day in 19/11/96, four years since the show. Now still feeling gossebumps listening them. Miss them so much. Greetings from Argentina.
Amazing to see this concert on UA-cam, the quality of the audio is amazing! I actually bought a bootleg CD of this concert in Rotterdam in 1993. When I went to Uni in the south of The Netherlands later that year and played it there, a student who was actually from Athens GA and a big REM fan, heard it for the first time and was really amazed and happy to receive a copy as well 🙂
The Audio on this is fantastic.! Wow what a find and in Athens out of all places (of course). Big Congrats to all and especially to whomever found this Diamond in the rough.
REM are one of those very few bands that play live and sound just like the studio versions of there songs, a truly great together band and I miss them so much . btw great audio quality.
You're so right, and thank you for calling this out. Bill is the master of tempo... so understated, so under the radar...he just wants to complement the melody-makers, which he does beautifully...the consummate team player. What incredible time Bill is blessed with.
Sept 2024. Just seeing this. I was there. That night Paul and I were at the Georgia bar, maybe The Globe but I doubt it. Paul was connected to the fan club. He mentioned there was a chance something was happening around the corner that night, but he wasn't sure. We finished our drinks and decided to go look, walked past the Georgia Theater, hooked a left on Washington, and saw at the bottom on the left something was indeed happening at 40 Watt even though the door light was off. It was some sort of production truck that got our attention as we walked closer (not the solar battery truck). Paul asked some guy at the door what was going on. He looked at us, maybe asked us a question, and just opened the door enough for us to slip in. We saw the entire concert. Our luck was insane. Later we bought the bootleg. I can't believe seeing this video now - the quality! Let's go Wyche Fowler.
A very sincere thank you for posting this. I’ve read about this show, but to see and hear it is a real treat. Thank goodness the internet still has a use.
As much I loved (and still love) AFTP, I always thought Drive was too slow, and mellow, that it needed more of a rock and roll punch. Wish now granted.
Heard all the song before from this concert but never seen this footage until now. Amazing. Radio Free Europe at the end wow. How can this sound so good and be 30yrs ago
love your lyrics .you are the most honest musician .care about social issue. what i like the most is that it is not about "ME ME " only " and " love and other sexual related problems". Who cares ? No one owes anybody anything .We do it because we like to share something what other people can relate to it.
Was lucky enough to be hanging out with someone who knew REM were playing under an assumed name that night. We didn't believe him ("Yeah, sure Davy".) but eventually gave in and decided to humor him. At least I was able to see the second half of the show.
I bought bootlegs of this on both CD and VHS in 93 or 94. If you would have told 20 year old me that I’d be able to watch this at any time of day on a 10” tablet computer thinner than a pencil while sitting in my backyard with zero wires involved….
as someone who spends a lot of time looking for- out of the norm bootlegs or any good sounding live shows.. someone mentioned it earlier the audio is just outstanding
2024 and REM is still more amazing than I ever heard before! ❤️
Absolute truth!
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SETLIST:
01 - Drive (0:00)
02 - Monty Got A Raw Deal (4:35)
03 - Everybody Hurts (8:48)
04 - [Banter not banal] (14:42)
05 - Man On The Moon (16:07)
06 - [Banter] (21:25)
07 - Losing My Religion (22:35)
08 - Country Feedback (27:56)
09 - Begin The Begin (33:04)
10 - Fall On Me (37:05)
11 - Me In Honey (41:39)
12 - Finest Worksong (46:00)
13 - Drive (54:34)
14 - Love Is All Around [Trogg's cover] (1:00:20)
15 - Funtime [Iggy Pop cover] (1:04:47)
16 - Radio Free Europe (1:07:26)
bless your heart, from Canterbury U.K.
The Cars covered “Funtime” as well
It's all on the Automatic Anniversary CD album streaming etc
Almost 31 years to the day I'm watching this. How we doin with that solar energy project? Such a time capsule, this show. We thought we'd defeated evil and were moving into an age of unparalleled peace and prosperity. Least we still got the music. Oh life!
Wow, this is the finest live R.E.M. performance I have ever heard! Tight as hell!
And the sound is actually pretty good!
Trawling UA-cam for something to listen to in bed, stumbling upon this was a revelation!
I’ve got such memories of Automatic for the People - I was a 17 year old, hanging out with a friend and two girls, a car and some booze and weed, we had a summer of discovery, heartache, and newfound freedom. This was the soundtrack to our friendship!
This is the essence of a band, performing at their old launchpad, but what’s blown me away is the sheer quality of the audio!
What a gem of a find!
I miss REM & those friends …& being young. 😢
Such an emotive album of music, I’m going to have this in the car today and go drive to those old places we used to hang out.
❤️
Their catalog has aged very well, and what a body of work it is.
Man, this is what UA-cam should be all about. The audio is phenomenal, far better than I've ever heard it before. So many terrific renditions of quality songs. Begin the Begin, Country Feedback and Me in Honey especially brilliant.
Country feedback so good
Me in honey Amazing!!!
and you’re not kidding about Begin The Begin … is that, along with These Days - from the epic Life’s Rich Pageant, not STILL the One-Two Anthemic punch of the Thinking Person? “Let’s Begin Again … I am young despite the years, I have hope despite the times”. Thank you, Mike, Peter, Bill and Mike, and thank you, whoever caught this on tape.
2024! ❤❤❤
Nobody ever talks about me in honey - it’s ,,, honey, just saccharine perfect. That album for me was like a fork in the road
REM at arguably the apogee of their career. Brilliant.
In 50 years when someone asks why REM, this is the answer. I'm a fan from early days and just watched this for the first time. Amazing sound quality.
Thankyou so much the sound quality of this concert is absolutely f**king fantastic
And what a performance
Bill’s drumming is absolutely legendary!
Wow!!!!! This is the best live performance I've ever heard by a country mile!!!! Absolutely love it.
The audio is exceptional. Thank you! Still miss these guys!!
Michael's vocal on Everybody Hurts is ab-sa-fu-ckin-lute-ly incredible. As is the whole performance.
The best EH version ever sung live! I think his voice is just superb! Just amazing my fav band ever
Cannot believe how incredible Michael's vocal is.
This is pretty spectacular. Where has this been hiding all these years?? Awesome!
2022 and still rocking to REM
Yeah !!!!
It's a pity that they're not together any more, such a brilliant band.
Me too
Hell yeah!!
Twenty Twenty-Four
THE best version of Drive. Cannot stop coming back to it. And then to be followed by that beautiful haunting version of Monty..perfection.
No no no. Best version??? Never never. Are you Crazy?
The version they did at the MTV awards was even better. The session player they had in to play bass (Mike was on Hammond organ) really took the part to the next level.
Can't agree. Doesn't have that guitar kick in the middle.
I have this band in my heart! forever and ever. LOVE!
man...I've listened to this show about 1000 times and have never seen it until now.
it's crazy bare bones. just like some young band in a bar
it is in a bar. lol
I absolutely LOOOOVE this and Michael is so fucking hot!!!!!! Nothing compares to this, NOTHING! 😌
Hi R.E.M. & everybody - Have a nice week 💐💐💐 I love REM 💕💕💕
Hi R.E.M. & everybody - Have a nice week 💐💐💐 I love REM 💕💕💕
I just found this , it is priceless
@@themusic5229 your ten years too late , but I love your point of veiw
Somehow the music-listening world today has overlooked the supremacy of this band. And at another level live.
This will turn out to be the best band ever😊
The audio is so tight and impeccable it's mindblowing.
such an awesome band, started small and got huge, incredible story, wish they were still playing
Wow - what a great performance. Best live rendition of Fall On Me I have ever heard.
Mikes bk vocals are incredible
Wow!!! 40 Watt is still there but REM coming back is simply awesome!!! Going in April 2022 to see Drive By Truckers.. The history of this place along with the Georgia Theater is mesmerizing. I had seen REM at the Fox in Atlanta in 87 & is still one of the best performances I’ve ever seen…
The last time I saw them was on the Green tour in November 1989. Forgot how great they were live!
Everbody hurts 100% this is better than the recorded or any other live version .
32 years later Wow
Crazy what you could of had.
Thank you for posting this video. This band means a lot to me because they have an emotional attachment to a good friend of mine that committed suicide a few years. R.EM. music takes me back to when we were teenagers and life was good. :)
I first saw them in 1983 and was blown away, but this may be them at peak excellence.
Strange memory. In Baghdad circa 2006/07. The Fm would play the deepest cuts from the REM catalog. Songs only a real REM fan would love, like me. Not the hits, just the ones that hit deeply at the soul. I wonder where they found the spirit to do so while my side wished less than peace upon them. En shalla...en shallah.
How have I only just discovered this…!? I bought this on bootleg at a record fair about 25 yrs ago. Remember the guy saying you won’t believe the sound quality. Got home and it blew me away. So, so good. Now to see it and hear it even better than that CD is incredible. Man, REM were just so damn good. This has made my night.
I must confess I hadn't heard (or even heard of) this concert until listening to the 25th Anniversary version of the album for the first time just the other day, and not only is Stipe's singing so good that I found myself welling up at my least favourite song on the album (Everybody Hurts), but I was just gobsmacked by Mills absolutely naling Kate Pierson's part in Me In Honey.
simply the best small club set I've ever seen...the audio and the light show...honed at giant venues all over the world and brought back to where it began. The greatest band in the world in front of 150 people...there is nothing better. What a rare Thanksgiving treat after digesting the audio of this show for the last couple weeks...we've always heard the guys were at their peak during Automatic...this proves it!
It's so incredible to see this.. to actually hear just amazing they truly were this night. I lived in downtown Athens 2 years after this show, as constantly heard stories of this gig. Thank you for posting.. thank you R.E.M.
the phrase "experience of a lifetime" is vastly overused, but not in this case...
I saw them at Tyrone's so many times
Incarnation of beauty. Opening 'Drive' best version ever
Just stumbled upon this. I was listening to this in the background as I worked from home, and often thought I was listening to my Spotify REM playlist as these songs sound like as they were recorded. This is just fabulous and my gratitude to the person who recorded this. I miss this band.
My family gave me this cd show on my b-day in 19/11/96, four years since the show. Now still feeling gossebumps listening them. Miss them so much. Greetings from Argentina.
Amazing to see this concert on UA-cam, the quality of the audio is amazing! I actually bought a bootleg CD of this concert in Rotterdam in 1993. When I went to Uni in the south of The Netherlands later that year and played it there, a student who was actually from Athens GA and a big REM fan, heard it for the first time and was really amazed and happy to receive a copy as well 🙂
ah the days of bootleg CD"s.....
The Audio on this is fantastic.! Wow what a find and in Athens out of all places (of course). Big Congrats to all and especially to whomever found this Diamond in the rough.
it is almost too good. Early use of AI in 1992??
REM are one of those very few bands that play live and sound just like the studio versions of there songs, a truly great together band and I miss them so much . btw great audio quality.
Drive is different here than the album.
@@rickcole349 it's defiantly rocked up somewhat
Naw, they very much do not sound like the studio recordings. And that is a conscious artistic decision.
Great audio quality.
@@gtrrobster and a wise decision. I'm from Athens GA, and their live shows NEVER disappoint.
Simply stunning from start to finish ! R.E.M. at their most r'n'r !
Stipey isn't a singer he is a human instrument absolutely amazing ❤
what an amazing vocal!!!!...very good quality of this! Remarkable band.
The shadow of Berry...is spectacular!!!
agree totally....besides the incredible audio quality, this was one of the greatest light shows I've ever seen.
Epic show in an epic place. Just amazing. Thank you, R.E.M.
Just proves how talented the band is. As to Artistic perfection as it gets.
This version of "drive '' is soooo ......
Perfect.
so good quality of sound, can't stop hearing it.
I was there!!!! So effing lucky!
Man ! What a rocking, groovy drummer Bill Berry is ! From the very first beat !
His energy is amazing! I just love watching him play.
It sounds to me like he's doubling the usual tempo on Begin the Begin. I may be imagining that, but he's locked in regardless.
You're so right, and thank you for calling this out. Bill is the master of tempo... so understated, so under the radar...he just wants to complement the melody-makers, which he does beautifully...the consummate team player. What incredible time Bill is blessed with.
Had a bootleg of this gig i've listened over over and over on a tape… Amazing to see a video of these amazing versions 😍
Love each and every song just like the first day, perhaps more. They have stayed true to themselves, and Michael's lyrics are timeless poetry.
Thank you for sharing. The REM Crew have been the soundtrack to our life. We love you all! 🌈💜🏳️⚧️💗🙏🏽
This is so fucking good...the audio is unreal! Michael Stipe at his best...his voice is so raw and so amazing here. So beautiful this gig;
this is too amazing to believe. The audio has been out there forever, but never knew there was video.
exactly my thoughts
I've had the audio but I'm so Happy to see the video as I was there a young college student in Athens a long time ago.
Sept 2024. Just seeing this. I was there. That night Paul and I were at the Georgia bar, maybe The Globe but I doubt it. Paul was connected to the fan club. He mentioned there was a chance something was happening around the corner that night, but he wasn't sure. We finished our drinks and decided to go look, walked past the Georgia Theater, hooked a left on Washington, and saw at the bottom on the left something was indeed happening at 40 Watt even though the door light was off. It was some sort of production truck that got our attention as we walked closer (not the solar battery truck). Paul asked some guy at the door what was going on. He looked at us, maybe asked us a question, and just opened the door enough for us to slip in. We saw the entire concert. Our luck was insane. Later we bought the bootleg. I can't believe seeing this video now - the quality! Let's go Wyche Fowler.
you lucky dog ! fair play mate what a chance encounter
REM artifact with brilliant soundboard & video restoration.
Wonderful. What a superb live band they were. I still hope that one day, maybe …
Best live version of Everybody Hurts..Great concert..
Mike mills bk vocals are absolutely perfect here
This must be the best REM live set ever🙌
Everybody hurts 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Really love Fall On Me and Michael Stipe's favorite song he said before before he sang it on MTV'S Unplugged
I can’t get over how good this sounds honestly
How I wish I would of been there.
Outstanding audio! Michael at his best, he sounds amazing!
A very sincere thank you for posting this. I’ve read about this show, but to see and hear it is a real treat. Thank goodness the internet still has a use.
Love this. It’s on the 2nd CD on the Automatic For The People reissue in 2017. Sounds awesome!
video quality not so great but audio is excellent. thanks for posting. please post more stuff like this.
Stipe shuffling his lyric sheets around...love it 💙
What a gem of a show.
Oh my goodness, this is fantastic!! so excited!
This is absolutely fantastic! Thank you remhq.
God, I'm glad I was in college in the 90's. It was wonderful.
They did an excellent job with this recording.
As much I loved (and still love) AFTP, I always thought Drive was too slow, and mellow, that it needed more of a rock and roll punch. Wish now granted.
Heard all the song before from this concert but never seen this footage until now. Amazing. Radio Free Europe at the end wow. How can this sound so good and be 30yrs ago
REM firing on all cylinders. Love this era of the band. 🤙🏼
Words do not describe the power of this concert.
This is PEAK REM! SOOOO GOOOOD!
TY REMHQ for putting this gem up x
Geezus, I appreciate the way Michael sounds live more than in the studio. Telltale sign of a great caroler.
The live version of Monty… chefs kiss ❤
thank you for the gift
This is awesome! Beautiful gift!
love your lyrics .you are the most honest musician .care about social issue. what i like the most is that it is not about "ME ME " only " and " love and other sexual related problems". Who cares ? No one owes anybody anything .We do it because we like to share something what other people can relate to it.
Monty Got A Raw Deal is an incredibly great song. R.E.M. is my favorite band for a reason.
Awesome sound, great music; a perfect porridge.
Amazing Live!
Was lucky enough to be hanging out with someone who knew REM were playing under an assumed name that night.
We didn't believe him ("Yeah, sure Davy".) but eventually gave in and decided to humor him.
At least I was able to see the second half of the show.
Thanks for sharing this concert. Greatings from the power of love.
Quite enjoying this.....wish I could see their faces....❤🎶
Sensacional! Minha banda favorita
Begin the Begin is such a great song (and throwback title.)
Well done for uploading this, the drive song at the start sounds amazing
This is an incredibly special show because it's a highly seasoned band that did a one-off with minimal rehearsal.
É Espetacular! Que Banda!! Que inspiração!!
Best Radio Free Europe version I have ever heard.
Perfect performance of beloved band
I bought bootlegs of this on both CD and VHS in 93 or 94. If you would have told 20 year old me that I’d be able to watch this at any time of day on a 10” tablet computer thinner than a pencil while sitting in my backyard with zero wires involved….
Beautiful Music!!!!!
Thank you so much for this 😊
Fantastic!! The audio is soooooo damn good! Automatic is perfect in every way! :)
as someone who spends a lot of time looking for- out of the norm bootlegs or any good sounding live shows.. someone mentioned it earlier the audio is just outstanding
Awesome audio! 😍😍😍