This song is a tribute to late comedian Andy Kaufman, and is featured in the 1999 movie, "Man On The Moon".

@kgardneriii

5 ай бұрын

Andy Kaufman is played by Jim Carey in the movie

@richardkint6531

5 ай бұрын

R.E.M had created a new song for the movie called "The Great Beyond".

@enchantedwooddesigns3462

5 ай бұрын

Andy was such fun to see when I was a young kid, He was surely talent )

@everettthompson7463

5 ай бұрын

Watch the movie please! Funny and sad!

@ScottieContact

5 ай бұрын

Jim Carey did a remarkable job portraying Kaufman.

This song is about Andy Kaufman, a “comedian”, who starred on the sitcom Taxi, and did a GREAT, Elvis Presley impression. The movie about Andy’s life, was called “Man On The Moon”.

@NPR511

5 ай бұрын

He was a "song and dance man."

@Augfordpdoggie

5 ай бұрын

but also it is about the 1960s in general

@richardkint6531

5 ай бұрын

Yes, movie starred Jim Carrey.

@johncurtis7186

5 ай бұрын

@@NPR511 : Who?

@kevinsacks3185

5 ай бұрын

Jay and Amber, you should do a movie reaction for Man On The Moon. It will provide a greater understanding of all the references in this song.

I had “Automatic For the People” playing constantly in my car for 2 years. ❤

@davidjb-750

5 ай бұрын

We all did haha

@Bobby-LeeChanning

5 ай бұрын

@@davidjb-750 you beat me to it brother

@cara2676

5 ай бұрын

same. good times.

@marvinbone1379

25 күн бұрын

One of the greatest album titles, ever.

Okay, you did the song now it is time to do the movie "Man on the Moon" RIP Andy Kaufman. Thank you very much! Kaufman got to meet Elvis backstage after a show with him imitating the King of Rock. When the unsuspecting Elvis came backstage, Kaufman saw his opportunity. He leaped out of the cabinet and surprised the singing legend. Kaufman then handed Presley a copy of a play that he’d written about the King of Rock and Roll. And what did Presley have to say about Kaufman? He simply said: "You’ve got a weird mind, kid".

@kimmycook2698

5 ай бұрын

I second this...must watch the movie. Jim did such a good job portraying Andy.

@visaman

5 ай бұрын

I doubt they know who he was. 😢

@staygoldponyboy8881

5 ай бұрын

Agreed! I'm not much of a movie buff but I loved the film and thought Carrey was outstanding.

@SweetThing

4 ай бұрын

@@visaman- no, because they don't even know who or what the song is about. :(

The song "Man on the Moon" by R.E.M. is a tribute to the comedian Andy Kaufman, who was known for his eccentric and often surreal performances. The title of the song refers to Kaufman's fascination with the idea of extraterrestrial life and his belief that humans had landed on the moon.

@chrischar9428

5 ай бұрын

Thanks google

@SunakStarmerisacunt

5 ай бұрын

@@chrischar9428 thanks bollock face

@Retroearthling

5 ай бұрын

actually that he faked his own death as the ultimate stunt

@jamescox4231

5 ай бұрын

Umm, we did land on the moon.

@breakdancinfool

5 ай бұрын

We did land on the moon several times, as did the soviets. The sheer amount of imperical evidence youd have to ignore to believe otherwise would make you literally delusional

Andy Kaufman was ahead of his time; he had his fans but he also ticked off a lot of people. Very interesting but sad life he led.

@OldRoy

5 ай бұрын

i think Andy Kaufman led a glorious life.

@visaman

5 ай бұрын

My dad hated him when he started wrasslin women!

@visarr

5 ай бұрын

Sad life?

@fayesouthall6604

5 ай бұрын

He really was.

@kbingh

5 ай бұрын

His gags were always on the audience and those who understood him found him hilarious. Those that didn't get it found him exasperating but that was part of his greatness. He was a comedic genius.

Andy Kaufman tribute song…he was before your time so don’t blame you for not knowing him. Famous actor and comedian from the show Taxi. Really unique, and life was a game for him. Loved professional wrestling and became a “bad guy” by only wrestling women on shows. Pissed off fans at his comedy shows by literally only reading The Great Gatsby to the page by page. He just loved getting a rise out of people, positive or negative. Came down with cancer and died…he played so many tricks on people in his career that many people thought it was a stunt and didn’t believe it. Jim Carrey starred as him in the movie “Man on the Moon”, named after the song in 1999.

Can't go wrong with REM....Fall on Me..another favorite

Without a doubt, this is my favorite R.E.M. song. The song is beautiful and the video is almost hypnotic.

@_Shadoh_

5 ай бұрын

Mine is Drive, but the whole Automatic For The People album is a masterpiece.

Andy Kaufman once did a show where he did his laundry and read a newspaper while he was waiting...completely ignored the audience...Brilliant... Also my favorite REM song is Orange Crush

Anything from REM is a winner❤

@surfpsych

5 ай бұрын

I'd like to hear earlier REM (for reaction): --- like Carnival of Sorts, or things from Murmur: Pilgrimage, Talk About The Passion, Moral Kiosk, Sitting Still ...

@brucedillinger9448

5 ай бұрын

Agee!

@nadzee7101

5 ай бұрын

I'd like to hear anything from Lifes Rich Pageant

This song is about and a tribute to Andy Kaufman. There is a fantastic bio pic called "Man on the Moon" featuring Jim Carrey as Andy you should check out on your movie channel. Once you have seen the movie, listen to the song again and it will make so much more sense.

@elcorado83

5 ай бұрын

No. Not really. Its not about Andy only. Its about belief and myths-After Andy died there were rumours for decades it was just another Andy prank! And Elvis is still believed to be alive by some people-so he is cited in the song. Just as others dont believe man went to the moon-hence the title. And the "yeah yeah yeah yeah"s are a very Stipe-ean thing where he jokingly wanted to write a song with more "yeahs" in it than his mate, Kurt Cobain, who had used lots in their recent songs..... So its a mix of all that. Not just about Andy.

@danbarrasso2253

5 ай бұрын

​@@elcorado83No, it isn't just about Andy. But it mostly is. Including when they mention Elvis. Almost every time they do, the video footage is of Andy doing Elvis. Which Elvis also had said, that his favorite impersonation of him was done by Andy Kaufman.

Andy is Andy Kauffman, a comedian starring in Taxi. Man on The Moon is the movie about him, with Andy being portrayed by Jim Carrey.

Drummer Bill Barry is the truck driver, bassist/keyboardist Mike Mills is the pool player, and guitarist Peter Buck is the bartender in the video.

Everyone has already mentioned Andy Kauffman. You never knew if Andy was serious or putting you on. He was more of a performance artist than a traditional comedian. At one point he said that he was really trying to not be liked. His final days were so sad. As a kid I was enthralled by him. As an adult I have such respect for him. REM smashed this so hard. From this song we then get the movie Man On The Moon about Andy. Love this so much.

As others have said, this is about arguably one of the greatest comedic minds. Andy Kaufman was pure genius in that NOBODY knew the REAL Andy Kaufman, he was CONSTANTLY playing a character, even when it was supposedly "him being himself". This song digs into that dichotomy, questioning everything you take as accepted fact or popular belief...even Andy (who did have an AWESOME Elvis impersonation). Edit to add: google "Andy Kaufman sings Mighty Mouse". That was his first appearance on Saturday Night Live.

R.I.P. Andy "Latka' Kaufman. Great ahead of his time comedian.

Night Swimming, one of the best songs ever written let alone R.E.M. songs, would be a great next for them.

For those old enough… this song will bring a tear. Andy Kaufman was such an innovative artist. Genius. This song would be a natural segue into the movie “Man On The Moon” about Andy’s life, career, &, untimely death. RIP Andy Kaufman. Thanks.

As mentioned earlier, the song is about comedian Andy Kaufman. If you ever saw a video clip of a wrestler slapping the crap out of another wrestler on the David Letterman show, Andy was the one who was slapped by the King Jerry Lawler. Most never knew it was set up by those two, they told no one on show. It came out in the movie about Andy's life. He was also the very first bit shown on Saturday Night Live, a guy sang only the chorus of "Mighty Mouse"...HILARIOUS

@mayabairey

5 ай бұрын

I love his Mighty Mouse performance. Always makes me laugh to this day.

@grendeltech

5 ай бұрын

Andy would have loved TikTok 😅

@Tessmage_Tessera

5 ай бұрын

"Here I come to save the daaaaay!" I remember watching that back in 1975 (I was 15 years old) and I thought it was the weirdest thing I had ever seen on TV.

This song brings me close to tears, making me remember Andy Kaufman, his passing and all the creativity that was lost along with him. He really took stand up to an art form. He did a lot of his comedy using his "foreign man" voice, the one he used for Latka on "Taxi." Each bit ended with that childish accent saying "Thank you very much." The "goofin' on Elvis" line refers to an appearance on an early Saturday Night Live, where he was doing bad stand up using the foreign man voice and child like persona. He did impressions of his relatives and came off as pretty lame, then said, "I would like to do an impression of the Elvis Presley," turned up his collar and did the best Elvis impression I'd ever heard then reverted to the foreign man voice once again to say "Thank you very much." The line that says "tell me are you caught in the punch" refers to a famous appearance on the David Letterman Show. He had been making a mockery of professional wrestling (mostly by having matches against attractive young women) and a professional wrestler named Jerry Lawler was on the same episode of the Letterman Show and had a few words for Kaufman, which escalated into Lawler punching his lights out and walking off stage. It was later revealed that the whole thing was planned by Kaufman to shock the audience, but many people who saw the episode believe the punch was real, even if it was planned. Truly one of a kind.

@visaman

5 ай бұрын

Did you ever see his interview with Eliane Boozler? It is so cringe.

“Andy” is the comedian Andy Kauffman. He was an actor/ comedian in the 70’s &80’s known for his bizarre humor, oddball characters and genius wit. When he passed away much to early from cancer people wondered if it was just another bizarre joke of Andy’s. There is a movie about his life starring Jim Carey called Man in the Moon.

This song is about Andy Kaufman. You should watch the movie about him played by Jim Carrey, also called Man on the Moon.

@nsasupporter7557

5 ай бұрын

Jim won a Golden Globe for that role… should’ve been an Oscar though

"Man on the Moon" is a tribute to comedian Andy Kaufman, with numerous references to his career including his Elvis impersonation, wrestling, and the film My Breakfast with Blassie. The song's title and chorus refer to Moon landing conspiracy theories, as an oblique allusion to rumors that Kaufman's death in 1984 was faked. The song gave its name to Miloš Forman's Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon (1999), and features prominently in the film's soundtrack. Watch that movie on your other channel and then react on this channel to the lead song from the movie by R.E.M called "The Great Beyond" and see if you can guess what that's about ;)

Mike Mills’ backing vocals are always 🤌

@davidhuggan6315

5 ай бұрын

Agreed 100%

I grew up in the 60s and 70s so of course that's the music that is ingrained in my soul. R.E.M. was one of the first bands from another era that made it's way into my heart and soul. Give "Nightswimming" from R.E.M. a listen. The recklessness will wash you away.

@grantsager8789

5 ай бұрын

Nightswimming is absolutely brillant, it takes me back to the end of my teen years, so fitting.

@grantsager8789

5 ай бұрын

Nightswimming is absolutely brillant, it takes me back to the end of my teen years, so fitting.

@user-vr7bs3ud1e

4 ай бұрын

Nightswimming is my end of summer song. It's fantastic.

REM has a huge catalog of great music 😊 "Night swimming" and "Pop Song 89" " Radio free Europe" and So Central rain( sorry) are some of my favs. "Stand" and "Drive" are good too 🐱

@marqetteliz

5 ай бұрын

Love night swimming!

@MichaelW969

5 ай бұрын

Fall on Me and Cuyahoga from Life's Rich Pagent are a couple of my favs.

@Witch_titz

5 ай бұрын

Adore all of those songs.

@superturtle61177

5 ай бұрын

​@@MichaelW969Fall On Me is one of, and might be my favorite REM song depending on the day. Another one of my favorites is a cover but I love Crazy.

@davidfilcher

5 ай бұрын

Stand is fabulous

Andy Kaufman on David Letterman is one of the most amazing moments in the history of that show. Great reaction squad!

Gotta go back in time. “Fall on Me” “So. central Rain” “Rockville” “All the way to Reno” Some of my favorites. The list goes on forever with this great band.

Amber & Jay, here are some other good R.E.M. songs to react to: "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville", "Driver 8", "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", "Star 69".

R.E.M. - Whats the Frequency, Kenneth? Thats another great song worth checking out

Always different, musically exquisite, lyrically alluring. That's R.E.M. What's mindboggling is that they kept pretty much this level for about 30 years.

Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Shiny Happy People" !!!! (it features Kate Pierson of the B-52s!!) Official video.

@davidsweeney4021

4 ай бұрын

I love REM and both of these songs. Strangely Man on the Moon is their personal favourite and Shiny Happy People, their least. Also love Kate Pierson''s voice

From this same album, "The Sweetness Follows" is my favorite REM song. I think Amber would love it.

@kevinsacks3185

5 ай бұрын

Love this song too. With string arrangement by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.

Happy Saturday, Jay and Amber As you been told by most commentors, this is the title song /title track for the 1999 film (that you SHOULD take the time to watch) "Man on the Moon" starring [your favorite "Ace Ventura" / "The Truman Show" actor] Jim Carey. The movie is about the real-life comedian Andy Kaufman and what happen to him. This is why you keep hearing "Andy have you heard...?", "Andy are you...", and "Andy did you hear about this one?". If you watch the movie, you will understand ALL the references of the lyrics. AK had a tragic and interesting life. It is a MUST-see and highly underrated film. You can also watch some YT vids about AK standup act and other performances if you don't have time to watch the movie.

I always thought this song was sung from the point of view of Michael Stipe's childhood. Talking to his friends about which games they should play, talking about watching wrestlers on TV, the history you learn as a kid. And Andy Kaufman, the most out there comedian/actor in the 80s who did Elvis impersonations and also did weird wrestling bits. This lines like, "Andy are you locked in the punch." I think he puts Andy up in the same ranks as all those famous historical figures he references.

@visaman

5 ай бұрын

You got it!. 😮

Love this song; such a beautiful tribute to the brilliant comedian Andy Kaufman, who did Elvis and wrestling bits and really made people think as well as laugh. The movie by the same name, Man On The Moon, is about Kaufman's life and death and is absolutely worth checking out. He's someone worth remembering (or getting to know for the first time). Jim Carrey played him in the movie, and did an amazing, faithful job to the real comedian. I really hope y'all react to the movie too one day.😊💙♥

It’s about Andy Kaughman a comedian that passed very young. Possibly before you guys were born.

3:06 thank y'all for reminding me how much I love, REM. This is one of the best songs I've not heard it in about five or so years, but can still sing word for word Another great song by them is "it's the end of the world as we know it". Much love 🙏💙🙏💙

Fall On Me

@juliewhite7469

5 ай бұрын

❤😊

I was lucky enough to see REM live twice. They closed with this song. The whole audience sang along..it was next level.

REM is just such a phenomenal classic band with such a huge discography. This song was written as a tribute to the late Andy Kaufman and the feature song on the movie soundtrack with the same title, but the album "Automatic for the People" also includes this track among other really good ones. "Drive" and "Sidewinder sleeps tonight" are also really good tunes from this collection, but their all-time oldies are my favorites, like "Driver 8", "So. Central Rain", "Radio Free Europe", "Talk about the Passion", and "Fall on Me".

This song is from the album Automatic For The People, which is similar to your mantra; give the people what they want.

You have a good way to go with R.E.M. They were one of the biggest bands of their era, and they were the best.

Elvis's favorite impersonation of himself was Andy's. Andy Kauffman was so far out there that when he died (of a rare aggressive form of cancer) everybody thought it was just another one of his bizarre jokes. Sadly it wasn't. The end of a brilliant comedic mind, a fantastic talent.

The album (not saying this lightly) Automatic for the People is a masterpiece top to bottom. Writing, composition, sound recording, musical and vocal performance. Can’t say that about many other albums. (There certainly are others, but a great thing happens it is an amazing thing).

REM really changed things up in the early 1990's. You'll be surprised and impressed by "What's the Frequency Kenneth". It's still go their signature 80's alternative jangly guitar sound but really takes on the flavours of the 90's alternative rock scene. Other great tracks from that 1994 record 'Monster' include; "Bang and Blame", "Crush with Eyeliner" and "Strange Currencies"

This album, Automatic for the People, is a masterpiece...

500 k subscriber's 👍 you got this 😊 👏👏 Celebration with a Live Stream 🤔🤞❤️❤️ I'm here for whole Ride !!!!! ✌️🤠❤️🍻

I dont know many R.E.M songs but I love Night Swimming. Worth a reaction.

Love them!! Their music got me through some very tough times. I would recommend: Country Feedback Nightswimming E-bow The Letter What's The Frequency, Kenneth? The Great Beyond Drive Lotus Radio Free Europe (their very first single) Thanks for doing one of my all time favorite bands 💐

@kelly9876

5 ай бұрын

Country Feedback is Michael Stipe's favorite song. Nightswimming and E-Bow are beautiful too. I am Superman is sweet

They have such an expansive and diverse catalog it's amazing. "Low" and "Belong" are two that seem simple, but they're so intense. "Finest Worksong" is one of my favorite of their older songs. "Sweetness Follows" is one of their most beautiful songs, and I think Amber would probably really appreciate it. Oh - and they did some work with Kate Pierson of the B52s. "Shiny Happy People" was the most well known but MY favorite with her is by far "Me In Honey." It's SO good.

In the mid-80's, I was 16 and got fifth row tickets to see R.E.M. It was awesome. Their music is so rich, I listened to them for hours. Too many good tracks to list, but Life's Rich Pageant is my favorite. Favorite song, though, is probably Nightswimming. They paint such a reminiscent picture of the subject matter you almost think it's a memory from your own adolescence. :) You could go a solid two weeks with three R.E.M. songs a day and be satisfied that you gave the people what they wanted every day. On an unrelated note, remember to do a Blink-182 redo (The Rock Show, First Date, or Josie) and Sum-41 (In Too Deep, Fat Lip, Motivation, or Underclass Hero)!

Andy Kaufman used to work in a NY deli while he was on Saturday Night Live. He was genius on the TV show 'Taxi'. He had a lot of comedic confrontations that were done for effect. Truly one of a kind.

My favourite by them. Great choice!!!!!!!!!❤❤👍👍🤘🤘

Man on the Moon" is a tribute to comedian Andy Kaufman, with numerous references to his career including his Elvis impersonation, wrestling, and the film My Breakfast with Blassie. The song's title and chorus refer to Moon landing conspiracy theories, as an oblique allusion to rumors that Kaufman's death in 1984 was faked. The song gave its name to Miloš Forman's Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon (1999), and features prominently in the film's soundtrack. Composition

Michael Stipe said his friend Kurt Cobain had a habit of placing "yeah" in Nirvana songs so Stipe wanted to outdo him by writing a song with more “yeahs”. Another Cobain connection: the CD for Automatic For The People was playing when he killed himself.

Shiny Happy People is another wonderful song from REM.

I've been a fan of REM ever since I was a kid. Also a big fan of Andy Kaufman. You guys should dive deep into both😊

@kellywann3794

5 ай бұрын

Yes, the fantastic Andy Kaufman. He was such a prankster that when he got cancer no one believed him. God bless Andy.

I love this song. REM - Ignore Land REM - Disturbance At The Heron House REM - Pop Song 89 REM - Talk About The Passion REM - Finest Work Song

@danielmankowski922

5 ай бұрын

REM - What’s the Frequency Kenneth?

@italoblu

5 ай бұрын

Heron House is so brilliant.

@ornotgortwormiii8731

5 ай бұрын

Nice list, I love Talk About The Passion. Fall On Me, Radio Free Europe, Wolver Lower, too many to list.

@kiwihib

5 ай бұрын

All the way to Reno.

@gigi-ij1hk

5 ай бұрын

Ignoreland is a banger

At the very end they show Andy Kaufman’s Mighty Mouse skit on the bar TV… so hilarious. Even as a kid I lost it completely. “Here I come to save the day!!”

So glad you dig R.E.M. loved them since the start. ✌

R.E.M. is just amazing all around. Good choice on this one, thanks❣️

He’s talking about Andy Kaufman. Check out the bio-pic movie Man On The Moon.

All right my babies....In all honesty, I will admit when I first heard this song, I cried my eyes out. It was so moving to me because of all of the things that were mentioned of the past like board games, images I've seen on television in the past, and so on. And then there's the great Andy Kaufman. Harness everyday with love and take everything in without taking it for granted for we cannot remember everything during a lifetime ‼️💯🔥✝️🙏🏼😇

“E-Bow the Letter,” beautiful REM song with Patti Smith.

Automatic for the People is an excellent album. Every song is fantastic.

Andy Kaufman was the hilarious mechanic in the TV series Taxi with Danny DeVito in the late 70's and early 80's.. He had a super funny voice as a foreigner in series and carried it to his Standup comedy... He decided to get into professional wrestling for stunt that nearly crippled him for life... His impersonations was incredible...including Elvis which is in the lyrics of this song "goofin on Elvis" and I heard the wrestling reference in lyrics too ...

@ScottieContact

5 ай бұрын

Are you referring to the Jerry Lawler incident? Lawler already confirmed that was staged.

@Tessmage_Tessera

5 ай бұрын

@@ScottieContact True, it was faked. But at the time, they both played their parts so well that just about everybody was fooled.

@visaman

5 ай бұрын

Try to sit through Heartbeeps. You won't make it. 😂

Japan. That's the band name. Their song "Nightporter" is iconic. 80's band that doesn't sound like they're from the 80's. Haunting, gorgeous track. Please have a listen.

REM are the best band America has ever produced, it just you not realised it yet

Fall.On.Me. By R.E.M.

REM what an iconic band

"Don't Go Back to Rockville", "What's the Frequency Kenneth ", "Driver 8"❤😊

This song is about Andy Kaufman a popular comedian in the 70's and 80's. Impersonating Elvis was a skit he was noted for. The movie about his life was titled "Man on the Moon". Jim Carey plaid Andy. You should check out the movie on your movie channel. You will like it.

This song was written as a kind of memorial to the comedian Andy Kaufman, who died way before his time. In the scene at the truck stop at the end, the guy that was shown on the blurry tv screen was Andy. He played a taxi mechanic in the series Taxi. I first saw him on SNL lip synching to the Mighty Mouse theme song.

All of these songs come to mind!! Idk why but I really LOVE Orange Crush. Don't know nearly enough of the words but hey..... Lol It's the end of the World and Losing my Religion would be tied for 2nd for me. LOVE YOU GUYS.

Andy Kaufman was clearly in his own world, and good for him on that! It's rare when a comic can delight and confuse his audience at the same time! When TAXI was on, 'doing the Latka look, and saying Thank You very Much' was you're way of getting out of saying something stupid, or having a joke bomb. So glad that R.E.M did a tribute to him!

The line “Mister Fred Blassie in a Breakfast Mess” is a reference to Andy’s film “My Breakfast with Blassie” a spoof on the classic film, “My Dinner with Andre”. Andy Kaufman was known for going deep with his bits, including his love for Professional Wrestling…Blassie was “Classy” Freddie Blassie…an old time wrestler and manager.

There's lots more great R.E.M. to hear. I recommend "Radio Free Europe" (1983 version from the Murmur album) next, followed by "Fall on Me".

Also Andy Kaufman died of a cancer and he asking if they put a man on the moon why couldn't they have helped him.

Over 20 tears ago, T in the park festival, I saw REM and on this song the crowd jumped like crazy, thought my legs wouldn't hold me. It was amazing!

The last three tracks of "Automatic for the People", Man on the Moon, Nightswimming, and Find the River - perfection!

Love that shirt Amber. My number 4 band all time in my top five! I would love to see you two react to Sweets song Set Me Free or Sweet F.A.

Check out “What’s the frequency” and “Stand”.

@juliewhite7469

5 ай бұрын

❤😊

@user-nd8ss4jz6u

5 ай бұрын

@@juliewhite7469 which is your fav?

@juliewhite7469

5 ай бұрын

@@user-nd8ss4jz6u Out of those two, "Stand". I like a lot of REM . "Can't Get There From Here", "Driver 8" are probably my favorites right now.

Some deeper REM cuts to check out: Talk About the Passion Maps and Legends So Central Rain Wake-up Bomb Feeling Gravity’s Pull Begin the Begin A lot of different styles/eras.

Me and my pop loved Andy. I met him when wed go see him wrestle at Louisville Gardens. He pinched my chubby cheek and smiled! Never forgot it!🌛

RIP Andy. You guys have to watch the movie with Jim Carey. Tony Clifton…most hilarious portrayal Ive ever seen!

Any R.E.M. is cool with me.

Probably one of the best live male vocalists of all time 👌

@ScottieContact

5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂. Ahem, Freddie Mercury.

@matthall3494

5 ай бұрын

Chill, I said “one of the best” 😘

Picking a favorite rem song is near impossible. So many good songs.

Their debut single in the U.S. heard by most was "Radio Free Europe" & Their first International ("Mainstream Hit") heard by most was,, R.E.M. "The One I Love" ❤

I know this isn’t what the song is about, here’s my initial interpretation when this song came out and the one I still prefer. I imagine the historical moments he mentions. Those were moments of humanity paradigm-shifting. Those are moments when someone was challenged against great odds and, by overcoming them, expanded his mind. Those moments have something in common with Andy Kaufman’s practical jokes. They’re illusions that fool us. Moses’ staff of wood channeled magic. Charles Darwin saw beyond the biblical assumption. Newton noticed signs of a hidden force of gravity. Astronauts landing on the moon dispelled the notion of the moon as this mythical place.

@howardhales6325

5 ай бұрын

No, that's very much what the song is about. REM puts a lot of layers in their songs.

The band from Athens, Georgia had subject matter that spoke to everybody in all of their material Of all the songs you've reacted to thus far, Orange Crush has always been my favorite but this one almost took the title This was a fun one though❤

It was a good movie 🍿 based on his life- and best impression of Elvis I ever heard.😊

Stand and What’s the Frequency Kenneth are my favorites from REM. ‘Hides face in shame’ I also like Shiny Happy People.

I have to back up Shiny Happy People Suggestion

@juliewhite7469

5 ай бұрын

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next song by r e m should be stand 1989

@juliewhite7469

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One of the deepest songs in Music history is "Cats in the cradle" by Harry Chapin. Rob, you have a son, and this song about a dad and his son. it's the most poignant song I've ever heard about Father and Son. Thank you and Amber for your channel. I am on the family.

500000!!!!! Woohoo, congrats!!!!!!! I love everything REM did, so there's that. This song I LOVED to sing along to, harmonize to the yea yea yea yea. As other said, tribute to Andy Kaufman, a very strange out there comedian that some hated and thought was obnoxious and others thought was artistically brilliant. I gave you my suggestions in your last REM song :) This was my favorite band from 1989 until they stopped playing.

try "Driver 8"

@juliewhite7469

5 ай бұрын

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