Everybody hates hearing their own voice, but Michael's performance here is classic and iconic.

@mumbles215

8 ай бұрын

Mick and Elton love theirs. They won’t shut up.

@cdcasebase

7 ай бұрын

It's interesting to see such an accomplished artist still have that cringe at their own voice.

@bofarishmusic

7 ай бұрын

Dude is so humble which makes him even more of a legend. He laid down an iconic vocal performance there, one of many

@turokforever007

2 ай бұрын

I really hate my voice but if millions loved it then i would feel better about it

@issyjas3309

15 күн бұрын

John Lennon never liked his. Seems quite mad

Michael's voice is iconic. Awesome, just pure talent!! When you hear him sing you immediately think REM.

His speaking voice and his singing voice are both gorgeous in different ways.

I love that he wants it out there for the people who are interested. ❤

How can he ever have hated his voice? The pitch and clarity of it is amazing when in full performance.

@deathkampdrone

11 ай бұрын

Most people hate their own voice when listening to it on a recording. It's just cringe naturel xD

@robertmorley4506

8 ай бұрын

@@deathkampdrone Yes, I've heard the same thing. Hearing your own voice isolated is brutal, no matter how good it is.

@Azabaxe80

8 ай бұрын

This is something that people who do not sing can not comprehend. It has nothing to do self-confidence, but rather, standards. Most really good singers are so hypercritical of their own voices that sometimes they can't stand to hear it unaccompanied. I totally understand where Mr. Stipe is coming from.

@robertmorley4506

8 ай бұрын

@@Azabaxe80 Well, also your voice sounds different when its recorded. Your voice rattles around in your skull, what you hear yourself is different from the recorded voice. It just is, it's undeniable.

@mumbles215

8 ай бұрын

Lennon hate his voice too

One of the greatest voices ever.

One of the most iconic voices in music history, instantly recognisable and capable of passing thru so much emotion even if you found the lyrics impenetrable. Oh and in my humble opinion, the greatest rock band ever, behind him too. Still miss these guys.

beautiful human, beautiful gift to all including him.R.E.M will be played forever.

It's so worthwhile watching this whole episode on Netflix. Even in separate interviews the chemistry of the four band members is palpable. You can easily see how they made one another better. And they all offer great reflections on this classic recording.

@nalby8312

7 ай бұрын

what show is it?

I like hearing or seeing rough cuts by artists and the insecurities they have; it proves that they're only human! Finished versions full of confidence and commitment seems so beyond what normal humans can do... but there was a path before they arrived at that.

It sounded beautiful. I agree with Peter, I am interested let them out. We appreciate the outtakes and the rough drafts, it's all a part of the journey to the published piece and worth the review. Golly I miss seeing y'all live!

@timberhoff

8 ай бұрын

Most innovative world changing products have rough unpolished prototypes that precede them. It’s just a natural part of the process.

@tayzk5929

8 ай бұрын

I do think it's good for young people who want to make music to see their idols had to strive and make mistakes too

@thelordofdarkness141

8 ай бұрын

I like to hear demos and outtakes especially of my favourite bands or songs it's good to hear how the song started and hear the musical differences lyrical difference tempos, arrangements and how songs grow into the final version,

Peter Buck is the coolest dude

The raw version is beautiful ❤

@sjg5994

12 күн бұрын

EXTREMELY!

Michael cuts a rough demo vocal better than 95%+ of every person on earth could ever do with the best studio equipment imaginable and doesn't like it LOL. Such a talent and perfectionist.

Brilliant voice. Iconic band. Hearing just Michael’s vocals gave me goosebumps

As if that man's voice could be anything but incredible and more so raw!❣️

I love hearing Peter Buck's perspective in this clip. His interviews are always 👨‍🍳💋

@kai326

Жыл бұрын

I feel like it’d be fun to get shitfaced with Peter and just talk about whatever

Like any artist - a painter, a sculptor, a toy maker, a blue printer, or a musician - Michael is hyper-critical of his own talent, seeing and hearing "flaws" that are perfection to his audience.

0:38 little detail that i love is that he opened his eyes right when he sang the word “eyes”. pretty neat!

It feels genuine and from the soul and that is what made the song really soar above the landscape. Cool video.

He sings his heart out to us

Out of time and Automatic for the people are probably my two favourite albums, brings back such mixed feelings of happiness after spending a year in Australia and sadly a few months after I returned home l lost my beautiful mum . Beautiful songs !

@kevinlakeman5043

Жыл бұрын

Check out "Automatic For the Penis" by Penis Your Majesty.

@marywatkins6798

8 ай бұрын

Automatic is my favorite album of theirs, and I have all the early ones that I love. Document is a very, very close second. Green holds a special place in my heart.

Favourite song of my childhood and now it hasn't changed

Its so awesome to see/hear the roots of your favorite songs and how that song came to be and what it became. Love it.

I love Michael s personality. I love his chilling voice. Thank you MS❤

Stipe is such a great man and artist. I love his humbleness.

Listening to demos is like reading a rough draft of a great novel. They didn't release the demo for a reason...but once the great work is released and accepted, its nice to go back and hear or see or read how that thing got made and the revisions it went through to become what it became.

LOVE this band. They struck me as such artists and yet became a pop band that changed their sound a dozen times and yet it was still always REM

Fantastic voice! Mesmeric performer!

I LOVE YOU MICHAEL 😘

Beautiful

That short Video of him , made me miss him. Miss R.E.M. and my own twenties when I was enjoying them. I feel, that I still do. This tiny Video really touches me.

Man this brings me back to 1991, freshman year in high school and this thing was all over MTV in constant rotation. Great times

That’s guy is a creative genius

Si commuove ascoltando la sua stessa grandezza...voce epica immortale..grande Michael immensi REM❤🎸

Wow! I absolutely love it ❤

I admire this man so much.

Michel's is the one voice that can, and that does, reduce me into tears at any given moment. Just like that. No other reason needed - just his voice. Just hits me somewhere in my soul. Such beauty that i feel it as pain...

The beauty of this song is unsurpassed, and hasn’t diminished over the passing of time. It was the right song at the right time, and is now a permanent marker in history.

@etamommy

7 ай бұрын

I never liked it but heard an analysis of the musical merits on youtube and begrudgingly thought maybe I had misjudged. Still for as big as that song was I cannot help but prefer any of about 75% of their songs other than that, at least of their output to that point.

@steveblog1

6 ай бұрын

@@etamommy I think it’s a combination of songwriting skill, musicianship, timing and luck as to how any song is received. A whole lot of stars need to align for a hit. You make a good point in that some artists have better songs, which weren’t liked as much as others or which weren’t released. There are many album tracks or b-sides from many artists, which were superior to single releases.

Great song. Great performance. Thanks for being “there.”

I don't know why this brings tears to my eyes every time...

beautiful

My favorite singers have always been those that would never win, the Voice, I don’t want polished perfection, I want raw emotion, personality and honesty, and Michael’s voice is all of that. But we are all our own worst critics and I can definitely understand not liking your own voice or performance; it’s normal

the philosophy of Pete at the end is wonderful. always enjoyed seeing him, afternoons at The Roadhouse...ahhh Athens...

My all time favourite song

I have loved REM for so long!

Dude, what do you mean?? I've got chills running down my spine, my mouth was open hearing that... That voice was breathtaking

The emotion in that cuts soooo deep............. Glad I witnessed it live, 3 times in Ireland.

I love the demos, the rawness and the beginnings of a journey.

❤ his voice.

Love him!!!! I wish they were still touring......

I really wish someone would make a definitive documentary about R.E.M.

You gotta love the out takes. It highlights the process and hard work it takes to turn a rock into a diamond

One of the mist underrated voices of all time

@futureskeletons66669

Жыл бұрын

Mist Difinitely

@DailyMotionBetter

10 ай бұрын

Truly!

@CipherSerpico

8 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@futureskeletons66669 Only his friends call him ‘Mist Difinitely’. You’ll address him as *Mister* _Difinitely._

@catnapgee5357

8 ай бұрын

one of the most overrated type of comments of all time

@tictocbang7443

8 ай бұрын

Underrated by no one.

One of the first songs I listened to over and over

Absolute perfection ❤

Stunning vocal when you hear it isolated. Love listening to demos, the embryonic stage.

Stipe is still recognizable as REM from 35 years ago

I love Micheal Stipe and REM

Few bands sound like the eighties like this band does. I was there. I lived it while it was happening. And a lot of REM songs were on that soundtrack.

This is such a beautiful clip. Many people hate hearing the sound of their own voice, but Michael Stipe's voice has always struck me (and obviously many others) as sincere and beautiful. This cut is hearing a great song in progress. :)

His voices is incredible has a quality to identify his intelligence is the way u learned a lot from his humility as a person

This teared me up...

This song was so compelling the moment I first heard it.

Incredible voice. He's crazy talented and humble with it.

The "few people" that are interested? How about the MILLIONS of us that are interested & miss you all terribly?!

We need you Sir .

Loved this song still do

Incredible song

Amazing

Amazing voice

The demo tracks from Fables and Life's Rich Pageant are FANTASTIC. I made playlists from both ordered them according to the album release and they get played more than the final tracks. Just listen to how cool the guitar sounds in the Begin the Begin demo, SO COOL. The Demo's are fully formed musically it's amazing that aside from Stipe's unfinished vocals the songs are whole and complete on the demos from being played live already. They are like a little live performance of the songs but with the advantage of studio recording.

This will forever be our song Jada. I miss you tremendously. Hope you’re well.

Amazing voice.

It’s magnificent

I love the demos. It shows the process that they took to get to the final version. As a fan I find the demos to be like live performances… slight variations of the original that make the song even better with each version you hear.

Stunning

Made my 90’s . I grew up to this and everything else. Best decade of music ever. REM was part of the best music ever. 1990’s rules.

Such a distinct voice.

Michael 💜

The thing michael needs to realise about thise songs is its not JUST his voice. Its how someone couod be so sweet kind sensitive and empathetic enough in this world to write a song this beautiful. His voice is great. Still to this day. But things like his Colbert version of No Time For Love Like Now belong in the world. There will never be a more raw and complete version recorded than the first time he performed it on tv at the start of the pandemic. But for some reason i have to watch a derez version some dude uploaded when it was removed off The Late Shows video lineup

I love Michael stipe I ❤ R.E.M😢❤❤

Michael has a great and totally unique voice, but when you hear it isolated you clearly see that REM is soooo much more than just "Michael's voice being supported by a band".

I saw Peter Buck solo on stage with just an acoustic guitar at the 9.30 club. Mesmerizing.

Waiting for REM comeback!

didn't know song exploder was a tv show now, gotta watch

I remember an REM engineer once saying that when he did playbacks with most bands, each of the members would want their parts pushed up in the mix, but with REM, each of the members wanted their parts to be moved lower in the mix.

I knew that song was a masterpiece when I first heard it! A song about unrequited love. Most of my life, I have been too shy to tell anyone that I loved them. It could have been my anthem!

@Headoffury

8 ай бұрын

♥

It was one of the best songs when I grew up in Scotland.

From Breaking Dad to this - he's so talented.

I love the end to this video, good words

I listened to Green the other day for the first time in years. That's such an accomplished album. These guys were sorted from day-one.

His voice is actually better than I thought.

Great great vocal! ✌🏻

Wow that little clip of just Michael, mind blowing talent. I am not a REM fan particularly, but that voice. Awesome, fan or not.

Perfect. Stipe’s humility is refreshing.

IS VOICE IS EVEN MORE POWEFRUL ON IT'S OWN ....AMAZING

People are strange, when you're a stranger, [voices look ugly] when you're alone." Love REM. Love singing covers.

Bill, Peter, Mike and Michael have left the world a much better place than they found it. We should all be so lucky!

Yeah just like all the nirvana stuff that was put out, rem probly has way more and I'd love to hear all of it!