As much as people are saying they miss R.E.M. - they wrote so many great songs that you can listen over and over again for a lifetime and it think it was the right move to end on a high note, "Blue" fading out on their last album was the perfect ending. Great band, great musicians!
Back in the early ‘80’s I asked a local record store owner for music recommendations. At the time I was listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet, somewhat typical music for an early 20s Air Force guy. He recommended R.E.M. and Gram Parsons and I have him to thank for many hours of fine music listening.
its funny thing to think that young people and all these tic toc's ppl might not have idea who REM is. I grew up on them, listening them on the cassettes! Their music means so much to me...I remember...It was start of 90s, dont know like 1992 or 1993 I was in Italy, walking down the street and their song Shiny Happy People was playing on every corner...everything was so full of colours and happiness, people were wearing very colorful clothes, it was happy times...and this band was becoming one of the biggest bands ...miss those times...love their album Out of time and Monster. Iconic albums.
I had a friend like Michael in the 1980's. Ironically also called Michael. It was my great regret that we lost contact. Although he was a talented cartoonist rather than a singer.
Mam I love this group of artists! After all the years, I believe I can still remember where I was each time I heard every REM song, for the first time.
REM in their best years I supposed...Specially Michael s performiance . I m still listening to them continuously and being moved with his voice,performace,inteligent way of presentation of bunch of senses. Thank you REM for your being. Thank you so very much❤
Someone in previous post said : "when Michael Stipe smile ; I smile" !! so true ! in his face, there is so humanity, he loves everyone, his yes tels it, his smile tells, his lyrics tells it... such a beautiful one... Love you Michael and either your group...
Stipe seems happy in life finally. Honestly always dreaded that we would get bad news on him b/c he seemed so full of dread and despair despite the amazing success of the band. Saw them first in ‘83 on a college campus then again in 85 in NYC at Felt Forum. Songs of my youth.
Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Monopoly, 21 checkers, and chess Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Let's play Twister, let's play Risk Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah I'll see you in Heaven if you make the list Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah So Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? "Hey, baby" Are you having fun? If you believed they put a man on the moon (Man on the moon) If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool Moses went walking with the staff of wood Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Newton got beaned by the apple good Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Mister Charles Darwin had the balls to ask Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah So Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? "Hey, baby" Are you losing touch? If you believed they put a man on the moon (Man on the moon) If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool Come on Here's a little agit for the never-believer Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Here's a little ghost for the offering Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah So Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? "Hey, baby" Are you having fun? If you believed they put a man on the moon (Man on the moon) If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool (nothing) Come on If you believed they put a man on the moon (Man on the moon) If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool (nothing) If you believed they put a man on the moon (Man on the moon) If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve Then nothing is cool (yeah) If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve Then nothing is cool Come on A toast To the fair of city To a beautiful monument To a beautiful people The end
Michael Stipe and Rob Zombie did the same thing. They quit at literally the peak of their performances so that people can always remember them for exactly that. The difference is Robert changed bands and, quite frankly, should have done what Michael did and make random appearances instead of just completely quitting it. Hopefully, Till and everybody from Rammstein does the same thing. Sucks growing up in this era of amazing music, but it's also completely mind-boggling.
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Am I the only 1 who still misses R.E.M
Hardly -- hundreds of thousands in your corner
-“Not at all… It would be quite the contrary.” 🖤
No
Nope
I miss them, too.
As much as people are saying they miss R.E.M. - they wrote so many great songs that you can listen over and over again for a lifetime and it think it was the right move to end on a high note, "Blue" fading out on their last album was the perfect ending.
Great band, great musicians!
Back in the early ‘80’s I asked a local record store owner for music recommendations. At the time I was listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet, somewhat typical music for an early 20s Air Force guy.
He recommended R.E.M. and Gram Parsons and I have him to thank for many hours of fine music listening.
I lived on numerous AFB in the 80s. Were you career AF?
For sure Michael Stipe is a true vocal phenomena!!!
Stipe is so very humble. Great performance.
and there we have it :-)
Whoever was responsible for the sound check did an amazing job. Perfect balance of vocal and instrumental output.
That's something that was not very well done in they early albums. It would be so cool to have them remastered.
Michael S. + Michael M. = Perfect Harmony!!!
its funny thing to think that young people and all these tic toc's ppl might not have idea who REM is. I grew up on them, listening them on the cassettes! Their music means so much to me...I remember...It was start of 90s, dont know like 1992 or 1993 I was in Italy, walking down the street and their song Shiny Happy People was playing on every corner...everything was so full of colours and happiness, people were wearing very colorful clothes, it was happy times...and this band was becoming one of the biggest bands ...miss those times...love their album Out of time and Monster. Iconic albums.
My favorite song and my favorite movie and rest in peace Andy Kaufman
Best band ever I still listen to them and I'm now 68 I've been so lucky to have saw them many years ago Michael Stipe is incredible 🥰🥰
I miss them, but at least we can still listen
Michael has an amazing stage presence!
No I've been listening to them since I was 19.im now 52.still important to me.
Michael is the friend everyone would like to have.
I had a friend like Michael in the 1980's. Ironically also called Michael. It was my great regret that we lost contact. Although he was a talented cartoonist rather than a singer.
Man, I really really really miss them😢
I wish they still performed. It would be incredible.
Mam I love this group of artists! After all the years, I believe I can still remember where I was each time I heard every REM song, for the first time.
Awesome! This song defines a great time in my life and that album of theirs was truly a masterpiece. The album title was Automatic for the People.
REM in their best years I supposed...Specially Michael s performiance . I m still listening to them continuously and being moved with his voice,performace,inteligent way of presentation of bunch of senses. Thank you REM for your being. Thank you so very much❤
Love ❤ this song
Best recording of this song I have heard
Someone in previous post said : "when Michael Stipe smile ; I smile" !! so true ! in his face, there is so humanity, he loves everyone, his yes tels it, his smile tells, his lyrics tells it... such a beautiful one... Love you Michael and either your group...
One of my fav bands ever.
After all this time still great!!!
Stipe seems happy in life finally. Honestly always dreaded that we would get bad news on him b/c he seemed so full of dread and despair despite the amazing success of the band. Saw them first in ‘83 on a college campus then again in 85 in NYC at Felt Forum. Songs of my youth.
Yes Michael had some serious demons and never wanted to be the front man for the band. God bless him for over coming his demons.
One of the best vocalists of any band, and easy to hear what he is saying unlike some singer's who are inaudible.
Agree. Simple Minds are also easy to understand IMO
Lol. You weren’t listening during the IRS years were you :)
@@billcook4768haha, nicely said 😅
Superb ! What a performance ! These guys knew how to perform 100%
No I would love R.E.M to comeback cause if they came back I would go to one of there concerts if they came to Republic Of Ireland again.
Excellent music.. beautiful voice! Heartfelt xo
Such an incredible human in every way besides the obvious, that he is a gifted artist! COOL!
1 de los mejores de la
Bumped into him in London. Hada, great chat
Mike Mills always with the quality backing vocals
Just as telling of the REM sound as Michaels lead vocals, let's face it. And a damn good songwriter as well, i.e. Rockville and Be Mine!
the perfect backing to micheal if you ask me.
I couldnt stand mick mills droning backing vocals. Made my toes curl up.
@@themelted4614 who's Mick Mills?
@@user-uj3zk2cx8t mick or mick are both short for micheal ...
A musical gift from the musical gods
Simply the Best!
I love rem and this song a lot❤😊
Nice to see Michael in such a good space. Very nice in every way.
I miss them terribly
Mills' harmonies are perfect
Such a great group .....miss them loads!
It's 2022 September,and this band is still the same ❤
Right you are😅❤ now is 2023 and the same!
What an incredible group of men. Love them forever 🎉
Rem , sound track of my life
Love you Michael, will never forget you ❤
All my moves were done on this band , my sound at 15, was Peter bucks sound , that hint of overdrive and ric. Could not ask for more
Mike es un ovni d'où sort cette voie extraordinaire il est unique sympa et adorable avec son public 👍👍💖💖💖💖💖
It's so nice to see them so happy in this. They sure brought all of us so much.
Wonderful references to our childhoods - chess, checkers, twister and risk. Wow!
woww his voice doesnt age
Mike Mills is so underrated.
nope, the ones that should be listening are here....
if REM does a tour im buying tickets saw them in the 80's
the fact that at 2:01 he says "had the balls to ask" instead of gall to ask is just so Stipe right there.
Agree
Iconic!
THEIR GREATEST STUFF
I love rem so much
Priceless Thank you
This song is certainly sublime
Thank you and the world as we know it.
Майкл Стайп крассава слушаю эту группу с детства. REM крутая группа!!! Их музыка будет жить вечно!!!
He sings the word 'yeah', 56 times in this one song
Take that, Kurt 😅
Thanks for upload they are all great quality
I would pay millions to see Peter Buck play guitar and mandolin! He IS this band! Best guitar player I've ever heard.
Certainly not the best guitar player!!.. Mandolin maybe!
@@pat3834 After thinking about it I agree with you.
Iconici, mitici, ineguagliabili, stupefacenti STREPITOSAMENTE UNICI, in tre lettere REM ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
No I miss them so much❤
An absolutely perfect song ❤
Music and Art.. Are the best...
Thank you for the Music..
Having sometimes fun..
Relaxes from all..
A relife.. In the Music..
Rem is the type of band that could of toured like 50+ yrs🎉
Damn......wasn't going to cry today but what the heck
Best Audio.
Love this band! cool indeed!
🤘😍🤘 🎄 ❄️⛄Merry Covid Xmas2020 still listening to this amazing music he is one of the greatest singers ever such an incredible band😷 🎵🎶
This music is awesome. Not for listen when you have bad day.
Miss them too
Voix extraordinaire ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love REM. The best.
Great band. They are missed
In a class all their own!
They will always be in my prayers 😅😊
I miss them alot
Bill Rieflin R.I.P
Mike Mills has such a great voice!!
Faith meditation for all the allies of the great awakening. Peace and safety.
Just awesome!
Q voz!! Pena q n continuam mais!
R.E.M
Great💥👍
Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Monopoly, 21 checkers, and chess
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
I'll see you in Heaven if you make the list
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
So Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? "Hey, baby"
Are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
(Man on the moon)
If you believed there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Moses went walking with the staff of wood
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Newton got beaned by the apple good
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Mister Charles Darwin had the balls to ask
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
So Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? "Hey, baby"
Are you losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
(Man on the moon)
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Come on
Here's a little agit for the never-believer
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
So Andy, did you hear about this one?
Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? "Hey, baby"
Are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon
(Man on the moon)
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool (nothing)
Come on
If you believed they put a man on the moon
(Man on the moon)
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve
Then nothing is cool (nothing)
If you believed they put a man on the moon
(Man on the moon)
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve
Then nothing is cool (yeah)
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve
Then nothing is cool
Come on
A toast
To the fair of city
To a beautiful monument
To a beautiful people
The end
Unil now i love REM the best band for me
Always felt like they were saying goodbye since about 1995.
That's the most animated I've ever seen Peter Buck!!!!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤MISS THEM BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Brilliant that is all
Rem per sempre grazie
REM vs. Creedence music? Love both. Both different?
Eterno
Great performance as usual, unfortunately the live version don't have (presumably Stripe's) layered backing vocals on the verse.
2022 🤗🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
R. E.M NO BRASIL 2001 NO Brasil
Michael Stipe and Rob Zombie did the same thing. They quit at literally the peak of their performances so that people can always remember them for exactly that. The difference is Robert changed bands and, quite frankly, should have done what Michael did and make random appearances instead of just completely quitting it. Hopefully, Till and everybody from Rammstein does the same thing. Sucks growing up in this era of amazing music, but it's also completely mind-boggling.
👍👍👍👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
What year was this? Epic. My fave REM song. Mike Mills kicks ass…
Mimi era bom demais ❤❤❤😂😂😂
Go Dawgs!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah