I love the look on Michael Stipes face towards the end of Mike Mills piano solo. A genuine love and admiration between band mates. What I’d give for an R.E.M. reunion.
Yes, because he probably "sees" more than most; Beauty, logic, appreciation, Love... If this doesn't stop your heart & make you realize that most trivial everyday life is Bullshit..., then go back to Toby Kieth for your music ..
That's why the writing for every song this band ever released was always credited to: Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe or Buck/Mills/Stipe (after Bill Berry's departure). All their music was such a collaborative effort.
automatic, green, out of time and monster are the best REM albums i reckon - oh and the in time best of Listened to that constantly as a kid -great band!
I can´t even begin to imagine how can it feel like having Michael Stipe look at you the way he looks at Mike at the end of the song. You can see all over his face how proud he is of his bandmate and friend, an incredibly talented musician. I love this version of Nightswimming. I miss R.E.M. so much.
It was one of those perfect songs that just happened, Mike was playing the piano riff thinking nothing would come of it when Michael became inspired and began singing his lyrics to it and one of the most beautiful songs was born.
I believe the two michaels didn’t get along very well for a lot of REM’s existence, although I’m sure they have some deep affection for each other regardless.
This song is my secret. Too good to play for the unworthy, not sure they would understand. It is pure nostalgia, pure pureness, so bittersweet. Sadness and euphoria at the same time. Deeply important and nonsense at the same time. A fraction of a lifetime that sums nothing up and makes it all complete in a few minutes. Thank you REM for making this piece of art.
I don't know why, but this song always makes me think of my late wife. 38 years young. Something in his cadence resonates with me, and her, and all the feels 🫶
The 365 tour became 366 when Mike Mills was rushed to hospital in Sheffield England. I’d waited years to see this extraordinary group of guys. Stipe, in tears, gave us the bad news that we would have to come back to be the 366. But he did an impromptu a Capella of 5 songs and ran off stage to be taken to the hospital. We kept out tickets and Months later we were all back to be the last concert of the tour. They played for hours, literally hours and it was one of the best nights of my life.
The way Michael Stipe looks at his friend and fellow bandmate Mike Mills at the end is EVERYTHING. This one of the best versions of a truly beautiful song.
This song is that period from maybe 13 to 25, it's that every big night out where you've stayed up till the sun rose the following day with people you would kill for and swear you'll never part with, but ultimately you do because time and growing up means you do. There is a scene in a film called Marie Antoinette where they are partying at sunrise laughing and joking and being awesome and invincible. This song is for that time in your life, you won't no your in it while your living it, so you'll only ever appreciate it 20 years after the fact. Love and peace from London to you all
At about 3:57, Michael Stipe looks at his old friend and bandmate, Mike Mills, with so much love and appreciation ...no words... it is just so heart-warming. It makes me smile and well-up in my eyes at the same time.
Because unusually Michael wrote all the words before the music and his buddy came up with the exquisite piano accompaniment. It’s those two guys side by side in orbit.
Something so special how Michael looked at Mike playing the piano ,so much love and appreciation ,not just been his band member ,but his friend and musical talents
This song got me through some really difficult days when I was a teenager, and some of those days I was really close to ending it all. However, because of this song and other great songs like it, I am still here. It's hard to believe I'll be 40 years old next year. Where does the time go? I wish I knew. Peace and love to all. Cheers.
So glad you stayed around and continued the journey. Many of us can relate. That beauty that you tuned into in the music; that’s the real stuff. Always tune into it. It’s always there … we just forget about it 👍🏻
As good as it gets....this is the sort of music that gets you in the HOF and will be respected forever.....current so-called 'artists' should take note.....
Even after all those years, you can still see the love and friendship with Michael looking at Mike playing the piano at the end. Great band, great album and great song.
This group and this song means so much to me. This song helped me through my divorce after many years together, my heart breaking to every word while I played it in the car going back and forth to work.
Same- I always return to this specific song at different points in my life. My divorce after 25 years of marriage was absolutely devastating. I hope you are feeling better about it. It does get better. I’m weeping while I write this because I seriously relate to what you wrote. My heart also feels expansive when I hear this song. ❤ hugs
That clip is pretty unbelievable. Nighswimming is getting better over time. I've been listening to it for 30 years and I enjoy now more than ever. Shoutout to Mike Mills for his phenomenal piano here--incredibly difficult to do that with no other accompaniment.
When you get to the end of a song and the tears are streaming down your face, you know the song has touched you on a spiritual dimension. This version of Nightswimming just did that. Love.
My favourite song of theirs and my favourite song of all time. I have grown up with R.E.M in my life and my emotions and memories are married to their music. I miss them eternally like a lost friend, but am forever thankful for knowing them.
Love the way Michael Stipe watches him near the end. You can tell the band members are close and truly care about each other, and it comes through in the quality of their music.
I drug my wife to see R.E.M. when they came thru Kansas City in 2003 when she was pregnant with my daughter. Michael sang this song and the place was dead quiet...it was like he was singing to us individually. I had been a fan of R.E.M. since 1986 and it was the only time I saw them live....I'll never forget it.
Such an old fart comment and not true. I'm a senior. I used to love REM. I listen to all kinds of alternative and ambient modern music and there's plenty that is awesome nowadays.
Sometimes people create songs that are so incredibly great that it’s hard to top them but there is still great music being made and I’m not referring to BTS, Ed Sheeran and Doja Cat.
The most beautiful version of the most beautiful song of all time. I wish someone would look at me in the same way that Michael looks at Mike playing the piano.
It is perfection. As was watching you play it the one time i got to do that. You were so beautiful in my eyes. I suspect you still are, and maybe i will get to see you again one day. What an awesome feeling we had together. The very reason we live a life. Loml.
It's 2019, I'm a sophomore at the University of Georgia. It's a Thursday night and I have a big exam tomorrow. I've just spent the night studying with friends on campus. We head to snelling for a late night breakfast before going our separate ways. We have not only prepared ourselves for the test but strengthened our bond of friendship. With heavy eyes, I sit at a red light on my way back to my apartment. A cold January rain falls and the light dances across my windshield with each drop. This song comes on and I think to myself, "I will never forget this night, this moment, this chapter in my life." And I never will.
Being from the California Desert area, this song reminds me of being a teenager, high school, at my aunts house. She had a swimming pool at their house while we didn't at home. My uncle and her will always invite everyone to use it. One cold December night, I decided to be brave enough and circle around the pool with my BMX bike, only to loose balance and fall into the pool. It was cold!! At night!! And yes, sometimes we would swim late at night with my cousins just talking about high school stuff and listening to the radio with beautiful songs like these as our backdrop. Miss those days..
The love and admiration Michael Stipe has for Mike Mills in writing this masterpiece, is chilling. He knows it's their "Love of My Life" moment of REM. It's spine chilling. Utterly stunning.
Remembering that time, with a group of friends that was very special then...bonded by music, so much of it REM's...grateful for this band and their music...
They played night swimming at the Bowl of Brooklyn, New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a huge park with beautiful trees and a pond in front of the stage. Gorgeous moonlit summer night, and half the audience jumped in the pond. Night Swimming.
Breaks my heart every time I hear it. Longing for a sweeter time gone by. " I'm pining for the moon". I request this to be played at a memorial service any of my friends might hold for me.
I love this version so much because you can see Michael Stipe just being present and communicating the song together with Mike Mills. He looks like he is enjoying the moment and loving Mike's performance. Expression and enjoyment.
This song always brings back a very specific memory for me. 50 years ago away on holiday for the first time as a callow 17 year old. We were in Newquay in Cornwall, my brother, my best mate and me. After a few beers we stripped naked and ran like loons down the beach in the dark and into the freezing water…it was exhilarating. My best mate is now fighting for his life against blood cancer…he beat one version but a more intense form has surfaced. Thinking of you buddy.
Happy anniversary to this incredible performance. 21 years later, my daughter and I listen to this video every night during our bedtime routine. I hope she still appreciates it 21 years from now.
One of the best ballads ever. Reminds me of the summer nights of my college years, swimming in streams around town and drinking beer on the banks with the friends that were probably most influential in my life. THE BEST OF TIMES....
Back in the mid-90s I’d often find myself in the front passenger seat of my cousin’s car on a Friday night, rain pattering on the windshield, right about the time that my brother and all my old school friends were falling away into their own lives at uni and in relationships, and for some reason, on those rides home in my cousin’s car, this song was always playing. It seemed to reflect the mood perfectly. That sense of life changing in ways I didn’t really want it to and wasn’t really ready for but there being nothing that could be done about it.
I'm almost 45 and have been a fan since I was 12. My musical style has changed a lot over the years. From rock and metal to grunge and punk to ska and rockabilly to folk etc. But the constant has been and always will be REM.
absolutely tearing up at the way michael looks at mike from 3:57 onwards.. i love this band more than anything. such an incredible performance, it's truly beautiful beyond words. they are such wonderful souls and i'm so grateful to have their music.
My dad started a security company at gigs in ireland when I was about 14, I got to spend 2 nights just keeping the above stage area free from fans. I literally got to see REM from 10 feet away 2 nights in a Row. The second night me and a gárda (Irish police) had a ball talking about our musical taste literally 10 feet from the band. It's one of my favourite memories.
Hello everyone! I'm brazilian, I grew up listening REM. Is amazing how these songs give me peace and courage to face everything out there and here inside me. Thank you, REM.. Your songs = Sweet home
One of those songs you can forget all about for ages - months, years even - and then you hear it again and remember that, actually, it might be the most beautiful song anyone ever wrote.
Been a fan since 85. The band I fell in love with grew. As an immature kid of 16, I hated the new stuff. Thankfully, I matured. I still love the crazy college rock stuff but all these songs I used to skip over somehow reach me now. Beautiful music.
![R.E.M. - Nightswimming (Official Music Video) [British Version]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ahJ6Kh8klM4/mqdefault.jpg)
I love the look on Michael Stipes face towards the end of Mike Mills piano solo. A genuine love and admiration between band mates. What I’d give for an R.E.M. reunion.
Oh here here....
michael appreciatively watching mike play the piano tells you everything you need to know about rem
Yes, because he probably "sees" more than most; Beauty, logic, appreciation, Love... If this doesn't stop your heart & make you realize that most trivial everyday life is Bullshit..., then go back to Toby Kieth for your music ..
Too much love cheers bless
I see so much love for his friend...
Beautiful👌
That's why the writing for every song this band ever released was always credited to: Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe or Buck/Mills/Stipe (after Bill Berry's departure). All their music was such a collaborative effort.
Automatic for the people was a Masterpiece
automatic, green, out of time and monster are the best REM albums i reckon - oh and the in time best of Listened to that constantly as a kid -great band!
One of the best albums of all time.
Awesome 😎🇦🇺
Best album imo. All songs can be released as single.
"Automatic for the people" was a local restaurants motto.
NO one gives Mike Mills enough credit....he is a legend
💯%
I do
Legends get credit. He is an unsung hero.
Totally agree!
Happy birthday Mike! 12/17/23
This is an utter masterpiece.
Well said mate
Very true.
One of the top 10 albums ever.
Faultless
It is, indeed, a great work of art, so sit alongside so many great works of art by this great, great band. I loved them from 1983.
Played this song at husbands furneal 3 weeks ago. Forever 39 i love you my darling💙💙💙💙💙
RIP to your husband, the body disappears but love is eternal
RIP your husband Kelly ❤️
🙏🏻❤️
God bless
What a stupid fucking song to play
This gives me all kinds of feels that I can’t explain. It’s part nostalgia. Part pain. Part love. Part longing.
It's painfully beautiful.
Perfectly described
Exactly the words that I could not find to describe my feelings. Thank you!
Fuck off with your pain
Ben Ellis you’re so right
It’s the middle of the night and I have just rocked my newborn daughter to sleep to this beautiful soundtrack, and tears of joy rolled down my face.
Nick Mys
All the best man. The best times a man can have... the birth of their children.
chortlerguffaw Thank you - it’s a very happy time!
Good gracious,that's beautiful..take care. Xx
Beautiful. Brings back happy memories for me.
Congrats Nick .....to see that little heart beating inside the little one .. .is such a super felling .........congrats in this times of trouble ....
I can´t even begin to imagine how can it feel like having Michael Stipe look at you the way he looks at Mike at the end of the song. You can see all over his face how proud he is of his bandmate and friend, an incredibly talented musician. I love this version of Nightswimming. I miss R.E.M. so much.
It was one of those perfect songs that just happened, Mike was playing the piano riff thinking nothing would come of it when Michael became inspired and began singing his lyrics to it and one of the most beautiful songs was born.
What would I give to have Michael Stipe look at me that way .... such a beautiful man, inside and out. Those eyelashes!
The look of love and friendship on Michael's face is so poignant. It is as beautiful as the song itself. I too miss them so much.
Truely magical moment of appreciation for the music
I believe the two michaels didn’t get along very well for a lot of REM’s existence, although I’m sure they have some deep affection for each other regardless.
This song is what I listen to when I think about my father - nightswimming, september is coming soon. Happy Birthday dad - one of the best.
This song is my secret. Too good to play for the unworthy, not sure they would understand. It is pure nostalgia, pure pureness, so bittersweet. Sadness and euphoria at the same time.
Deeply important and nonsense at the same time. A fraction of a lifetime that sums nothing up and makes it all complete in a few minutes. Thank you REM for making this piece of art.
Agreed. Love this song and all the metaphors/depth behind it. Mostly big blank stare when you play it for most people. Beautiful song nonetheless.
Perfect melancholy
Who is unworthy? If you like this song all is good.
A call for beauty, so I agree with you
Well said…
I don't know why, but this song always makes me think of my late wife.
38 years young.
Something in his cadence resonates with me, and her, and all the feels 🫶
The 365 tour became 366 when Mike Mills was rushed to hospital in Sheffield England. I’d waited years to see this extraordinary group of guys. Stipe, in tears, gave us the bad news that we would have to come back to be the 366. But he did an impromptu a Capella of 5 songs and ran off stage to be taken to the hospital. We kept out tickets and Months later we were all back to be the last concert of the tour. They played for hours, literally hours and it was one of the best nights of my life.
This never gets old.
I love this band so much. I miss that time in my life! Michael's voice is home to me. So calming. Love my R.E.M.
Do they call you Mel Gibson?
Iknow exactly how you feel
mediacenter man lol
@@mediacenterman8583 lmao
same feeling! that voice is several generations
The way Michael Stipe looks at his friend and fellow bandmate Mike Mills at the end is EVERYTHING. This one of the best versions of a truly beautiful song.
My absolute favourite REM track , this is both haunting , sad , soothing , so many emotions fill me ❤
This performance saved my life once.
Yes, that's true,music saves lifes!
Bullshit!
@@Phil_McAvity Yes, your Posting is Bullshit!
"I'm not sure all these people understand."
This is the most perfect version of this song. Michael Stipe and Mike Mills flow together like a endless river. One of the best live performances
Its it about nightswimming,the first,the photograph in the dashboard
Love the lyrics, its about that and love
This song is that period from maybe 13 to 25, it's that every big night out where you've stayed up till the sun rose the following day with people you would kill for and swear you'll never part with, but ultimately you do because time and growing up means you do. There is a scene in a film called Marie Antoinette where they are partying at sunrise laughing and joking and being awesome and invincible. This song is for that time in your life, you won't no your in it while your living it, so you'll only ever appreciate it 20 years after the fact. Love and peace from London to you all
So true Grace. So true.
i’m 22 now and coming up on this :/. partying and drugs has fucked my group of friends up, me included
You could not be more correct, and it's hitting me again at 47
Great comment❤
💕
In my humble opinion one of the best written, evocative songs ever recorded. A perfect match of voice and music.
YES.
Agreed
I can imagine Lennon and Mc Cartney singing it.
At about 3:57, Michael Stipe looks at his old friend and bandmate, Mike Mills, with so much love and appreciation ...no words... it is just so heart-warming. It makes me smile and well-up in my eyes at the same time.
Chuck, you're not alone. I'm smiling through the tears here. A beautiful moment.
Cool man
Because unusually Michael wrote all the words before the music and his buddy came up with the exquisite piano accompaniment. It’s those two guys side by side in orbit.
It it just me or does stipe wipe away a tear right at the end.
Something so special how Michael looked at Mike playing the piano ,so much love and appreciation ,not just been his band member ,but his friend and musical talents
This song got me through some really difficult days when I was a teenager, and some of those days I was really close to ending it all. However, because of this song and other great songs like it, I am still here. It's hard to believe I'll be 40 years old next year. Where does the time go? I wish I knew. Peace and love to all. Cheers.
Keep your head above the water and walk past open windows
Glad you stayed. Those nearest and dearest to you will never regret your decision. Stay and make the world a better place.
Same here man, I was contemplating my life, this song always made me feel a little bit better
So glad you stayed around and continued the journey. Many of us can relate. That beauty that you tuned into in the music; that’s the real stuff. Always tune into it. It’s always there … we just forget about it 👍🏻
Just read your post Reminds me of my nephew Michael who couldnt cope & sadly took his own life i hope your still here fighting your demoms x
If this isn't poetry I don't know what else is
An English teacher I know used this song to talk about poetry/lyrics.
@@robdepolo122 good idea to use 👌
He is too good for us. Love this band this song etc etc
Go to a library and find out.
Its wonderful!!!!
As good as it gets....this is the sort of music that gets you in the HOF and will be respected forever.....current so-called 'artists' should take note.....
Even after all those years, you can still see the love and friendship with Michael looking at Mike playing the piano at the end. Great band, great album and great song.
Great Album!!!👌
Great synergy and love.
Yeah
He probably wants to bum him
I noticed that as well. Powerful
This song is so beautiful.. I feel like I’m 25 again listening to it. Thankyou REM
This group and this song means so much to me. This song helped me through my divorce after many years together, my heart breaking to every word while I played it in the car going back and forth to work.
Same- I always return to this specific song at different points in my life. My divorce after 25 years of marriage was absolutely devastating. I hope you are feeling better about it. It does get better. I’m weeping while I write this because I seriously relate to what you wrote. My heart also feels expansive when I hear this song. ❤ hugs
@@EllieSparkleSeed , My marriage was falling apart and I clung to this song.
The split second at 4:25 when Michael's eyes meet Mike's is pure gold
That clip is pretty unbelievable. Nighswimming is getting better over time. I've been listening to it for 30 years and I enjoy now more than ever. Shoutout to Mike Mills for his phenomenal piano here--incredibly difficult to do that with no other accompaniment.
Me and my husband...so many memories surrounding that song..❤
If I could only write a song one-tenth this good, I would die a happy man. Beyond words.
I feel sad and nostalgic when listening to this. I guess I just miss the 90s.
and me with you
This song made me sad and nostalgic when it was new. It's just that kind of song.
The last good era for music 2000s onwards has basically been c factor type music
I love how he watches his friend enjoying his playing at the end.
Because he knows how difficult it is to play that same riff over and over, keep time, and keep it flawless. Geniuses.
When you get to the end of a song and the tears are streaming down your face, you know the song has touched you on a spiritual dimension. This version of Nightswimming just did that. Love.
“Cause things they go away, replaced by everyday”. My heart hurts every time Michael sings that. What a genius lyric. 💔
So true 💔
A favorite lyric of mine also.
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard...in the midst of chaos this song brings me peace everytime..
61
My favourite song of theirs and my favourite song of all time. I have grown up with R.E.M in my life and my emotions and memories are married to their music. I miss them eternally like a lost friend, but am forever thankful for knowing them.
Very well said.
@@D34DParadise Thank you.
Comforting they have a song for every emotion I happen to be feeling. Very well said thank you
Beautifully expressed…
Love the way Michael Stipe watches him near the end. You can tell the band members are close and truly care about each other, and it comes through in the quality of their music.
Watching this every day helps oneself to become a more human being.
Thanks for this. I am a sobbing wreck, and it's okay.
Well let me say am 65 have a great record collection and must say this is THE most BEAUTIFUL song ever written in my opinion.
You’re 65 and this is your FAV….obviously you don’t have a vast collection of
Nobody in the crowd is moving... they’re afraid to breathe because it’s so good
I can't wait until I move
Did you see how the other band next to them just watched in awe? Phenomenal rendition of a literally perfect song.
Or their stoned out of their minds, as per usual.
That’s the usual for a Jools Holland audience I’m afraid
The way Michael looks at Mike in this song makes my heart burst
Was just about to post something similar. That genuine grin at the end!
Find somebody who looks at you the way he looks at Mike in this video.
He wants to seduce him
@@jamesdoe3713 the same I feel for you😿
I drug my wife to see R.E.M. when they came thru Kansas City in 2003 when she was pregnant with my daughter. Michael sang this song and the place was dead quiet...it was like he was singing to us individually. I had been a fan of R.E.M. since 1986 and it was the only time I saw them live....I'll never forget it.
You drugged your wife while she was pregnant to see REM? That's dedication! (and child abuse) :-)
Drove?
Dragged?
Yea drugging your wife isn't cool😂
One of the best song ever wrote from one of greatest bands of all time ☺☺☺🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍👍👍
Ciaran McKenna yusssssssssssss
Athens GA Finest !!!
here here
God I miss REM.... Genuine love for Michael and the boys. They do not make music like this anymore and the world is a colder place as a result...
Such an old fart comment and not true. I'm a senior. I used to love REM. I listen to all kinds of alternative and ambient modern music and there's plenty that is awesome nowadays.
Cigarettes After Sex - Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby
Sometimes people create songs that are so incredibly great that it’s hard to top them but there is still great music being made and I’m not referring to BTS, Ed Sheeran and Doja Cat.
One of the best songs ever written, timeless!
The most beautiful version of the most beautiful song of all time. I wish someone would look at me in the same way that Michael looks at Mike playing the piano.
My favorite R.E.M. song on my favorite album. Automatic For The People is perfect in every way. Stipe really gets to show off his voice throughout. 👍🍻
Aparently this song pops up when you need it most.
Beautiful, just beautiful.
It feels like I hold my breath for the entirety of this beautiful performance.
Timeless perfection.
It is perfection. As was watching you play it the one time i got to do that. You were so beautiful in my eyes. I suspect you still are, and maybe i will get to see you again one day.
What an awesome feeling we had together. The very reason we live a life.
Loml.
@@crookedfiltrum4852how beautiful to see these comments still here. Just the little glimmer I needed today. I miss you. But I’m not going anywhere ❤
Probably the best live performance ever, I'd hate to be the band following this masterpiece
I hope they know how much they mean to people.
Absolute perfection. There is nothing so pure as this melody paired with these simply sublime lyrics.
You, I thought I knew you...
You I cannot judge...
You, I thought you knew me
This one laughing quietly, underneath my breath, Nightswimming.
💔
What an incredibly marvellous pianist!
Mike Mills, the brains behind REM !
It's 2019, I'm a sophomore at the University of Georgia. It's a Thursday night and I have a big exam tomorrow. I've just spent the night studying with friends on campus. We head to snelling for a late night breakfast before going our separate ways. We have not only prepared ourselves for the test but strengthened our bond of friendship. With heavy eyes, I sit at a red light on my way back to my apartment. A cold January rain falls and the light dances across my windshield with each drop. This song comes on and I think to myself, "I will never forget this night, this moment, this chapter in my life." And I never will.
Being from the California Desert area, this song reminds me of being a teenager, high school, at my aunts house. She had a swimming pool at their house while we didn't at home. My uncle and her will always invite everyone to use it. One cold December night, I decided to be brave enough and circle around the pool with my BMX bike, only to loose balance and fall into the pool. It was cold!! At night!!
And yes, sometimes we would swim late at night with my cousins just talking about high school stuff and listening to the radio with beautiful songs like these as our backdrop. Miss those days..
Beautiful lyrics sung perfectly
The love and admiration Michael Stipe has for Mike Mills in writing this masterpiece, is chilling. He knows it's their "Love of My Life" moment of REM.
It's spine chilling.
Utterly stunning.
How perfect could this be.
Tearing up from the beauty of this all of these years later. Thank you, Michael
This was our Emma's favourite song rest in peace Em love dad
Remembering that time, with a group of friends that was very special then...bonded by music, so much of it REM's...grateful for this band and their music...
They played night swimming at the Bowl of Brooklyn, New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand. It is a huge park with beautiful trees and a pond in front of the stage. Gorgeous moonlit summer night, and half the audience jumped in the pond. Night Swimming.
This came out my senior year of high school. God, I listened to this album so much the tape wore out.
Me too falling girl.
Very little brings tears to these 50-year old eyes- the love in Michaels eyes for his old friend!
The most beautiful version of the most beautiful song ever written…
Two geniuses. “I’m pining for the moon, and what if there were two” might be the most perfect line in the history of music.
THE best song ever from REM...so pure 👌
... March 2020 .. the world is going to hell but this beautiful song remains the same.
Deep Sigh ✨
Ivet Patiño we need REM about now.
Stay strong, stay healthy. And keep on streaming music like this masterpiece to give you comfort. 🙏🏼
Well said ✌🏼, 🙏🏼, and 👍🏼 to you all.
The world's always going to hell life is timeless x
Ivet Patiño ... it’s been hell since day dot ... 8 billion idiots !
This song does nothing but bring me to tears absolutely tears me up it’s so beautiful it’s unbelievable
Breaks my heart every time I hear it. Longing for a sweeter time gone by. " I'm pining for the moon". I request this to be played at a memorial service any of my friends might hold for me.
Me too.
My go-to song for when I'm nostalgic for my student days (1989-92) and the friends I had then.
Hands down one of the most beautiful songs ever written but wow that was a gorgeous version a voice and a piano and pure stillness just wow
I love this version so much because you can see Michael Stipe just being present and communicating the song together with Mike Mills. He looks like he is enjoying the moment and loving Mike's performance. Expression and enjoyment.
This song always brings back a very specific memory for me. 50 years ago away on holiday for the first time as a callow 17 year old. We were in Newquay in Cornwall, my brother, my best mate and me. After a few beers we stripped naked and ran like loons down the beach in the dark and into the freezing water…it was exhilarating. My best mate is now fighting for his life against blood cancer…he beat one version but a more intense form has surfaced. Thinking of you buddy.
Sadly my buddy died on the 19th of May and was buried on my birthday a month later. Life eh, but the memories are always there.
This is just perfect.
Beautiful song.
Happy anniversary to this incredible performance. 21 years later, my daughter and I listen to this video every night during our bedtime routine. I hope she still appreciates it 21 years from now.
Woah.
Had a really emotional day, end of a 13 year relationship, moved out, kept my composure all day.
Until I played this.
Chin up sunshine,it will all be ok in the end. Big hugs
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Hope you're doing better. Sending hugs & warm thoughts your way 🤗
Are you doing well now?
Stay strong buddy
One of the best ballads ever. Reminds me of the summer nights of my college years, swimming in streams around town and drinking beer on the banks with the friends that were probably most influential in my life. THE BEST OF TIMES....
So true I'm 66 years and it recalls the carefree years of my youth
Same here. Did same thing in college. Takes me back
Yes, for me it's about nostalgia for my student days (1989-92) that I still feel to this day, more sharply than ever these last 2 years.
this is what talent sounds like
The control in Michael’s vocal is astounding. What a gift this band was.
Back in the mid-90s I’d often find myself in the front passenger seat of my cousin’s car on a Friday night, rain pattering on the windshield, right about the time that my brother and all my old school friends were falling away into their own lives at uni and in relationships, and for some reason, on those rides home in my cousin’s car, this song was always playing. It seemed to reflect the mood perfectly. That sense of life changing in ways I didn’t really want it to and wasn’t really ready for but there being nothing that could be done about it.
Is it just me - I saw in this performance that Michael Stipe is a humble man, and a seeker of grand experience.
this song is a masterpiece like the whole album, love the piano and the lyrics, his voice, everything
Totally agree. One of the greatest albums ever written.
Cold play play at faster tempo and it's most to be played like this
My Dad used to come In from pub on Friday night then hit the bath. He used to always put R.e.m. album on c.d. Will always remember. Absolutely class
Your love for him shines.
15 years ago!!!! I can remember this being aired on Jools like it was yesterday. Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous.
From one of the greatest albums of all time.
Michael truly appreciates his multi-instrumentalist friend.
I've been listening to Stipe since Chronic Town, and he is a true Genius.
I'm almost 45 and have been a fan since I was 12. My musical style has changed a lot over the years. From rock and metal to grunge and punk to ska and rockabilly to folk etc. But the constant has been and always will be REM.
I,m currently introducing my 14 year old son to REM. It,s a wonderful experience.
absolutely tearing up at the way michael looks at mike from 3:57 onwards.. i love this band more than anything. such an incredible performance, it's truly beautiful beyond words. they are such wonderful souls and i'm so grateful to have their music.
I was fortunate enough to see them in Toronto in 1999. Awesome show!
I have seen a beautiful documentary about REM. Made me appreciate them even more.
My dad started a security company at gigs in ireland when I was about 14, I got to spend 2 nights just keeping the above stage area free from fans. I literally got to see REM from 10 feet away 2 nights in a Row. The second night me and a gárda (Irish police) had a ball talking about our musical taste literally 10 feet from the band. It's one of my favourite memories.
That's just class . What a memory
Hello everyone!
I'm brazilian, I grew up listening REM. Is amazing how these songs give me peace and courage to face everything out there and here inside me.
Thank you, REM..
Your songs = Sweet home
Luciano Lima same here, Luciano! I’m Brazilian too and love them forever! 💟🎶
The first chords bring every pain in my life back to me. Then they flow away as the song proceeds. Beautiful ❤
One of those songs you can forget all about for ages - months, years even - and then you hear it again and remember that, actually, it might be the most beautiful song anyone ever wrote.
It doesn’t get much more beautiful than that!
Been a fan since 85. The band I fell in love with grew. As an immature kid of 16, I hated the new stuff. Thankfully, I matured. I still love the crazy college rock stuff but all these songs I used to skip over somehow reach me now. Beautiful music.
REM WAS the new stuff….they had a great 5 year run…and then went downhill rather quickly
One of the greatest bands and songs ever. You know a great band when songs bring back good memories.