I was 22 years old when this came out , now I’m almost 50 . There are few things that can transport you to another time and place , this song is my time machine .

@tourzrap

4 жыл бұрын

David Wags has time flown by?

@davidwags6774

4 жыл бұрын

IsItJoshua? Faster than I could ever imagine . If your a young man all I can tell you is , hold on and enjoy the ride , I sure did .

@tourzrap

4 жыл бұрын

David Wags im 26 David, but feel about 50 lol. But, it’s just figuring out what I want to ‘do’ still. I want to do music, but don’t have the balls. I’m GOOD. I’m a good writer, but everything is so conveniently easily this day and age, it’s putting me off putting the hard work into anything. I think that’s like for a lot of people in their 20’s now. Wouldn’t call them ‘snowflakes’. I wanted to be in the airforce. However I think society has definitely designed this this way.

@annmcdonald6180

4 жыл бұрын

@@tourzrap best of luck in whatever you choose to do. I regret.not following.my dream, too late now.

@damien1166

4 жыл бұрын

I was 30 and at the time this came out my best friend died in an accident. Every time I hear Automatic I always think of him. Especially Man on the moon as I always look up and imagine him sat up there smiling down!

"Automatic for the People" is one of the best albums in the history of music.

@vanhelsing4623

4 жыл бұрын

I agree Is a masterpiece.

@sronald

4 жыл бұрын

The album of my entire life ❤️🥰

@AK-wc9rl

4 жыл бұрын

Am I the only person who thinks Up is REM's best album? A true masterpiece imo and a superior record to AFTP.

@bigdawggkev

3 жыл бұрын

@@AK-wc9rl I like Document the most

@duncannorburn2991

3 жыл бұрын

this album reignited my love of music, in my opinion one of the great works

I had just got my first weekend job cleaning tables in a department store restaurant. I would wake at 5 am on a Saturday, walk in the crisp air and wait for the bus. Once aboard, I hit play on my Walkman and heard this for the first time. Battling the tiredness that comes with rising at early light, my mind floated away as the world beyond the window melted into a blur. I was 16, and had a life changing crush on a girl that lived a road away from me. A few years later we became lovers, and then she broke my heart. And then many years later she introduced me to her friend, who became the love of my life, wife and mother to my son. When I think back all those years, images of places and people long gone flash by, just as the world did when I rode that bus listening to this song.

@naturalnashuan

Жыл бұрын

I listened to this with my Walkman, roller skating alone. I had a crush who only wanted to be friends. I imagined the time in my future when I would be night swimming with someone who loved me. 30 years later I almost drowned while night swimming with my husband and he was instantly there pulling me back up to the surface, holding me up to breathe while he swept my hair from my eyes. That wasn't what I imagined, it was actually more beautiful.

@vassoge6970

Жыл бұрын

I cried a little on the subway, reading through your comment... Listening to this song in 2022!

@JamesRBentley

Жыл бұрын

@@vassoge6970 ah thanks, 😁, life has a funny way of playing out sometimes. Sending you best wishes

@lhart99

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. This really is a beautiful story! 🙂 I really needed to read this at this moment, I don't know why, but I did.

@brucepoole8552

Жыл бұрын

Keep writing your good

It was early 90s... I was a stupid teenager in his holidays. Not knowing, what my life would be. A head full of bullshit. It was 3 A.M. one hot summer night, i was watching TV. On one Channel this video started... this melody started, with these pictures, these lines, these words i never heard before. I still don't know, what it did to me. I started crying like a child, it gave me kind of a feeling that my youth will be over soon and a new chapter of life will start. I still remember sooo many years later, like it was yesterday. Now, today, when I go back to this moment nearly 30 years ago, all the words in this song make more sense then ever. Thank you R.E.M. for being with me all those years on my way from a child to a father...

@nikolettalamar5955

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

@fenixrising75

3 жыл бұрын

Nice words. It's amazing the powerful things music can do.

@user-wt1pe7gk7j

3 жыл бұрын

@@fenixrising75 Totally agree with you, mate. 🤗

@user-wt1pe7gk7j

3 жыл бұрын

Leathered Life, I remember I also cried watching this video. I was only 16 or 17 years old those days. And at the moment, I am crying ( my tears are really falling down slowly on my face) after reading your comment. Your beautiful comment.... It is so touching. Hug you tight, dear mate. 🤗🌷🌷🌷

@leatheredlife4861

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-wt1pe7gk7j Thanks, this is very nice to read... this song will ever be connected with my life, as much as this band will be

I could listen to this a thousand times in a row and still keep listening...

@emmanueludoh77

8 жыл бұрын

+rene cooper I listened to the last 3 songs on Automatic For The People almost every night for 2 months during my freshman year in college, so this song and I are very intimately acquainted. Nightswimming and Find The River just send my soul to a serene place.

@renecooper1696

8 жыл бұрын

It definitely makes you feel things a certain special way...💜

@wahnamhong

8 жыл бұрын

+Emmanuel Udoh same here, i did the same when the album came out. Those three songs are amazing

@vtrmcs

7 жыл бұрын

Happy or sad?

@martinkotalik9455

6 жыл бұрын

The same like me...

For my brother Steven damn I miss you so much playing with our toys as kids while dad played this album in the background.... Man they were good days to think I'm the last of 6 brother God I miss you all so much literally tearing up writing this. Glad I've all the good memories which are mine forever. RIP dad Steve John Alex Michael and Paul love you all and miss you so so much. 🕊️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@santiagorodriguez6650

Күн бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss 😢. May they rest in the happiest peace.

How I love this song and lyrics. At 61 years of age now,it came on my radio at work today,quite literally stopped me in my tracks. I found a quiet corner to listen and take it in. I can't tell you how it brought memories flooding back,so emotional. Oh well, it's what great music does for the soul.

@davidargon6623

Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@armcchargues8623

5 ай бұрын

Same age, same effect on me. Was a little hard to breathe for a few minutes. This song transcends generations, as all great music does.

@derickmiller6875

2 ай бұрын

This brought tears.

@colorado50th

Ай бұрын

Good for you, love that...do it often👍🤟

Many years ago, on October 7th, my wife and I danced to Nightswimming for our wedding song. Happy 25th Anniversary my dear.....

@Topesio66

3 жыл бұрын

It’s amazing song for wedding..you made me shed some tears..happy 25th from a 54 nightswimmer...

@ajp484

3 жыл бұрын

Xx

@strummercash5601

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! My parents celebrated their 60th from Heaven on 7 January, 2021. Happy belated anniversary. May the next quarter century be as amazing and wonderful as was the first 25 years. Congratulations! Peace and love.

@ramz777

3 жыл бұрын

U did it tim. By darn it u did it

@kmowiu

3 жыл бұрын

Many years ago you also hit for the cycle

After all these years it is still one of my favourites. Who's watching this in 2020?

@thedarktrainer5692

3 жыл бұрын

Me im

@thedarktrainer5692

3 жыл бұрын

One of my dad's favorite songs

@stefanoambrogi1077

3 жыл бұрын

Masterpiece

@ThePgalloway

3 жыл бұрын

me!

@keithj8437

3 жыл бұрын

Me!!!

Still one of the best songs ever ..

@berniefitzpatrick8082

7 жыл бұрын

With you that Lego Ninja.

@vtrmcs

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed, it's wonderful.

@herbalcreations7941

7 жыл бұрын

Lego Ninja was my favorite at 16 and still one of my tops at 38

@jonkheere1314

7 жыл бұрын

There is no argument on my part regarding this.

@dunjahuber5064

7 жыл бұрын

Still.

Instant chills. I’m 22 and I’m a sucker for the 90s. This band is so amazing

@RidwaanKola

Ай бұрын

The 90s was such a brilliant time for great music Literally every week there was a new release of music which would be considered a classic in the decades to come REM Nirvana Radiohead Pearl Jam Stone Temple Pilots etc

@TheNykaN

Күн бұрын

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

Thirty years on, this song still makes me cry

@peterlittig7360

6 ай бұрын

the first time I heard it was in the summer of 1993, a few weeks after graduating from college. And every time I've heard it since, it takes me straight back to those first wondrous and terrifying days of post-college adulthood. what a gift this song is!

@davidhubbert9445

6 ай бұрын

I can understand that very touching.

@RBAILEY57

6 ай бұрын

Me too.

@MrMentos27

4 ай бұрын

Same.

A couple of minutes ago I was worrying about almost everything 'wrong' with my life. This song came on the radio and everything is cool for the rest of the day now. Miraculous.

@caoimhinmckeown54

10 жыл бұрын

Wa

@twjclarke1

10 жыл бұрын

wa?

@gerrym7593

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, deep breaths and looking out the window helps

@twjclarke1

10 жыл бұрын

yeah that too Gerry, but for real music lovers this song does too! But next time I will certainly try staring out of the window just like you, sounds fun. Nice one.

@twjclarke1

9 жыл бұрын

***** nice one man.

I remember walking around my neighborhood late at night listening to REM - with a WALKMAN 😉 before I was Old enough to drive, just to get out of my house. 〰〰〰 ( Stone Mountain, Georgia ) 〰〰〰

@jacobelliman3622

7 жыл бұрын

So relatable

@brigidtuescher4443

7 жыл бұрын

rem is who amd what

@TheBloodiac

7 жыл бұрын

I did the exact same thing! It felt ....sacred. Like I was celebrating something, but I don't know exactly what. Greetings from Germany! :)

@123keepitsimple97

7 жыл бұрын

TheBloodiac Germany! ---- Awesome ✌ from Atlanta, GA

@richengel7998

7 жыл бұрын

just really good music

A song about nostalgia and loving the night-time. Late summer and harvest moons. Whilst I can still remember the first time I heard it back in 1993, the feelings it invoked in me then as a 13yo kid and now as a 41yo whose life has thrown up more than a few surprises, are very different. I rediscover Nightswimming from time to time and it always makes me reflect on change, growing older, and all the people we lose (and find) along the way. There are not many 5-minute pop songs that can do that (and those that can were mostly written and recorded many years ago.)

@forgedtofight

2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully said man, this song is pure nostalgia. Though I'm only 17 years old, this song really makes me think of simpler times and even though I've grown over the years I'll always keep those late night summer moments close to me

@craziijess007

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this comment Mr Edwards, I feel you’ve put into words the feelings I got from listening to this song about late summer evenings, night time sounds and harvest moons. I first heard it in a nice microbrewery bar boarding the eastern Saint Lawrence, a few days after I first kissed my current boyfriend roughly five years ago. It was the beginning of September, indeed a late summer evening. Today, I hear this song and it will forever be anchored to that moment in my life.

@eoghan.5003

2 жыл бұрын

@@forgedtofight it's funny cause I'm 17 too and this song for me is about growing older, not the kind of growing older you do between the ages of 10 and 20 but maybe between 20 and 30, or older still, so it's not something I know much about but still I love the song. It's kinda like nostalgia for a youth I still have, but I know won't last. The line for me which encapsulates what I imagine it's like is "these things they go away, replaced by everyday".

@davidliefrink9818

Жыл бұрын

13 years of age here too when I first heart this song, my parents bought me the album for I was not shutting up about it ^^ and still they say it was the best choice I made them make ^^

@lebron1524

Жыл бұрын

Late summer is here in Ohio on Lake Erie and I will be night swimming when all the tourists leave in a few weeks)....I hope all can enjoy some nightswimming wherever you are) Nothing better for the soul and mind)

This song transports me back to the 80's. My high school friends and I sneaking out during a sleepover and driving with the windows down and too many of us in the car on a beautiful August night. Listening to our favorite music and feeling like we were really getting away with something. It's impossible to recapture the feeling of being that young and care free. "These things they go away, replaced by everyday".

This song will never age. REM make timeless music.

@rafaguak70

7 жыл бұрын

indeed

@johnclark3697

7 жыл бұрын

yep REESPECT.

@dangoodbad1951

7 жыл бұрын

I thought it was older than 8 years old.

@inkoinfinity2

7 жыл бұрын

Dan Goodbad It was released in the 90's bro.

@acemccloud3497

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Goodbad it is older than 8 years old I think that's just when it was added to KZread

My father died quite unexpectedly that summer night. I swam unabashedly, naked, looking for spiritual comfort, any comfort. Water has always been my relief and that night, it was once more. This song has the most powerful effect on me, I can feel it washing over me once again. The joy and sadness both. Joy for being in my element, joy for this song that revealed more emotion than I could. And for finding comfort in the rewinding of it (over and over) old school style. So much angst and beauty here.

@free322001

3 жыл бұрын

:)

@jamesdixon6792

3 жыл бұрын

So beautifully said, Becca. Thanks for sharing!

@vickilouise86

2 жыл бұрын

Bless your beautiful soul x

@Radar1zmgkz

2 жыл бұрын

My dad passed away from cancer around the same time. I feel your pain when I hear this song.

@Hakajin

2 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful

How is it possible to compose a piece of music such as this? This totally wondrous and this most movingly beautiful work of art? Just how is it done? I am sometimes scared of playing this in company, as when I do, I know the tears will come streaming down my checks, I just cannot stop them. I am a man of 67 years of age, I am not that emotional, but this is just one piece of music that gets to my heart every time it enters my heart. There is no way to describe the feeling it gives me; it's just got something that touches me deeply. Perhaps REM did not realize the deep attachment many of us have to this, the miracle of it, the sheer miracle of total art. As long as I live, I cannot forget this piece of music, it's just heaven and a masterpiece of music. God bless REM for giving me the feeling I get from this, God bless them.

@TheFiestyhick

Жыл бұрын

My friend, your comment is an artistic masterpiece itself. Such beautifully expressed concepts. Really touched my heart and you captured the tone of the song as well. Cheers

@onlylexus

Жыл бұрын

@@TheFiestyhick Oh I thank you my fellow in spirit. Love from Scotland xx

@Jahadyn

Жыл бұрын

This comment just proves you are an artist at heart. There are many other songs that have that effect on me, too. As one example, While My Guitar Gently Weeps by George Harrison. When he says ... I look at the world And I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake We must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps When I hear "we must surely be learning" my (his) sorrow and despair for our species and the world is so palpable I am always brought to tears. And yet, some people seem oblivious to that sentiment. But I know in my heart that I understand exactly how he felt when he wrote those words -- I only wish I could have expressed the thought so beautifully myself.

@naturalnashuan

Жыл бұрын

I'm 50, just listened to this with my best friend. We both were lonely young people when we first heard this alone. Now we listen together.

@jacalyn3

Жыл бұрын

Your comment just moved me to tears on top of the tears this always brings me. Bless the ability we have to share music. Beautiful.

I was 40 years old when "Automatic for the People" came out and captivated me. I was always intrigued by the lyrics : "The photograph on the dashboard taken years ago, turned around backwards so the windshield shows. Every street light reveals a picture in reverse" A few years later I started experimenting with a photo of old friends wedged between the windscreen and dashboard, turned around so the people were looking forwards and upwards and went "Nightdriving". Every passing street light revealed a transient flashing image of those dear to me. It works and when I still occasionally do this it always reminds me of this great song and album. (Less distracting than a mobile phone but I am not responsible for any erratic driving that might ensue.)

@dvjfredmerc529

2 жыл бұрын

This comment speaks to why REM is so timeless. You were 40 and there were 12 year olds loving the same music. Different reasons to be sure but they have universal appeal almost. Your story is lovely

@danielhodson6411

2 жыл бұрын

I have to try this when I get my licence

@Befuggled

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielhodson6411 Thanks for appreciating my comment and good luck getting your licence. I took my driving test for the first time in the UK when I was 17 yrs old, failed and promptly sulked for nearly ten years! It then took me another four attempts to pass. I don't think I failed any other important exams in my life and the problems I had passing my driving test never really mattered.

@danielhodson6411

2 жыл бұрын

@@Befuggled Thank you! I'm hoping for a first-time pass, fingers crossed!

@kamderrick2857

2 жыл бұрын

Wow Dr Hugh Sheridan. You are a badass REM fan.

I thank my father for having a great taste in music, always heard him listening to R.E.M. and now im here myself :)

@radiohead68

5 жыл бұрын

First REM songs I heard were; The one I love....Fall on me....So Central Rain. Was hooked

@johnpaulwright522

5 жыл бұрын

Is that you son?

@cbennett196631

4 жыл бұрын

Had a dying dog who use to wag his tail when I played this song...that dog turned me on to REM...I have that dead mutt to thank for liking REM...

@stovepipe9232

4 жыл бұрын

You have learned well.

@oscargustaverejlander.

4 жыл бұрын

As my father (God rest his soul) used to say to me, "there's no such thing as 'great' taste, you either have taste or you don't." I struggled with that sentiment for a while in my early days but I think I get it now, and clearly your dad did/does too. It's not about being better than anyone, but about some things just being objectively brilliant, and some of us being more in tune to that than others.

My dad had automatic for the people on cassette in the car for about 7 years. If i died and could take one album with me its this one. I was 10 when it came out. Still feels like me whenever i put it on. Thanks REM

@wendyokoopa7048

6 жыл бұрын

David Forster my sister had the green album with stand. She'd always leave an old ghetto blaster in our blue bathroom one day i turned it on drive was playing on the radio I bought the automatic for the people album

@davelee8961

2 жыл бұрын

I would definitely take this and "Murmur." (And be glad I was dead, and could get away with not paying the electric bill. Or the mortgage. Or the phone bill.)

This is one hell of a song, brings back Great memories of better times and friends who sadly aren't here anymore. Still rocks even after all these years.

My grandma passed away last month after her battle with cancer. This song will forever hold a special place in my heart. Not only was this played at her funeral, but it was also the last song she heard before she passed❤️

@kaylacourtney4302

3 жыл бұрын

i am sorry for your loss❤️

@aussieevonne7857

Жыл бұрын

Bless your grandma. Great song to send her off. Such a lovely idea that that was the last one she heard. I'd be ecstatic if that was true for me. RIP your grandma.

@shannonnonnahs6943

Жыл бұрын

That is beautiful

@juicewrldfan3758

4 ай бұрын

You shared beauty with your grandma

I'm listening to this in 2020 and am almost in tears because I feel that nowadays nobody is making music so beautiful, real and full of raw emotions. I guess I miss the 90's and am refusing to adapt to the now norm of synthetic, commercial music.

@BHK0000

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, I have to agree and admit I feel just the same

@oscargustaverejlander.

4 жыл бұрын

For some beautiful contemporary music go and check out Nils Frahm and Ólafur Arnalds 🙂

@BillAngell

3 жыл бұрын

Krista Lemberga People of every age have thought this. But just as there was beautiful music then, there is beautiful music now. You just have to look for it.

@jamesshaw4272

3 жыл бұрын

its why i ONLY listen to retro radio stations now

@paulloughlin3732

3 жыл бұрын

Can't stand today's music, so you are not alone! I refuse to listen to what is put out today!

Not just the best REM song but one of the best anyone has written. Beautiful and thought provoking.

@briankennedy1192

4 жыл бұрын

I've heard and read Paul McCartney and Neil Finn say the same thing!

@alessandrabertolotti941

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with you.

@aar1978

4 жыл бұрын

Everybody hurts is better.

@randyirvan2336

4 жыл бұрын

It breaks my heart!

@SindyJ37

4 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt. And it seems the more times I listen to it the more deeply I feel its meaning

It' s beyond me, how can anyone come up with these musical ideas. This band made art.

@neilwilliams929

Жыл бұрын

Stay cool stripsy and the other mike did' nt have the greatest voices in the world But what they did have was musical ingenuity all we have to look is their catalogue of work saids it all .Importantly their willingness to explore different directions in music show they are or were one of the most gifted bands of the 80's

@praxis3560

Жыл бұрын

The story behind them making this one is really something. According to Peter, he and Mike were competing with one another while auditioning some random compositions and chord changes. Michael nodded his head at Mike's instrumental, so he started it over again and Michael just let loose with his stream of consciousness lyrics. Boom. Done. Peter just stood in the corner with his arms folded and mouth hung open in amazement. Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones added the orchestral stuff in later.

@christopherbishop5853

Жыл бұрын

If that is true wow.

I'm having a flashback of a time when everyhing was so pure. This song brings back memories of beautiful Summers that still live in my heart.

@thanosgioule8044

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the world and society is getting worse and worse.

@joshnelson3803

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@lasarod

2 ай бұрын

This comment makes my heart break with its bitter truth. 😭

@stevenre7

2 ай бұрын

The 80s, 90s, early 2000s seem to have been an artificially good time for those of us in the West - "The End of History" - except the chickens are now coming home to roost for the "golden billion". And yes, I love this song - and REM

This song o the memories,my brother passed away 18/6/15 we both loved this song! Only in recent week can I listen to this without breaking down! I love you Steven and miss you so damn much. R.I.P😘💕💕💕💕

@michellekeefe2419

5 жыл бұрын

Irish Dragon I lost my only brother on December 10th, 2018. He was healthy as could be; no one saw it coming. He and I were so close for the entire 52 years of his life. This was one of his favorite songs and listening to it now hurts more than I could have imagined. Such much nostalgia.

@ippeldude

5 жыл бұрын

Irish Dragon ❤️

@ippeldude

5 жыл бұрын

Michelle Keefe ❤️

@irishdragon2311

5 жыл бұрын

@@michellekeefe2419 I feel you pain Michelle, My brother and I we too were really close also he was just two years older than I, Steven was 27 when he passed. It does get better Michelle its true time is a good healer. I bet you're brother is up there looking down on you everyday and smiling ever so proud of his sister. lifes just not fair sometimes. Be strong sweetheart remember all those beautiful good memories you have of you're brother. God less you dear.

@irishdragon2311

5 жыл бұрын

@@ippeldude Thank you you're a gentleman.

Crying here.

@davidthompson9639

8 жыл бұрын

y

@marciocouto3543

8 жыл бұрын

***** yes! :)

@ChattyCinnamon

8 жыл бұрын

y tho

@spacekitten3686

7 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@coralbodelson6430

7 жыл бұрын

Space Kitten me 3 😐

One of the most beautiful songs ever written ❤

@jackcurtin5772

7 ай бұрын

Everybody hurts is on the same album, amazingly

@nakamurabaron

6 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you

1992, so much water under the bridge. I was looking at 43 years.

@deadpaul4399

Ай бұрын

Same ❤️

Why do I always cry when I hear this song?

@dands69

6 жыл бұрын

Bryan Braddock gay?

@jeusu.m

6 жыл бұрын

Right since every crying makes a male gay .. i like the way u think stupid jerk dands69

@liznewton4331

5 жыл бұрын

Because you have a heart

@Karl-076

5 жыл бұрын

@@dands69 Old-fashioned stupid short-sighted conclusion, you just store everything inside until you explode, .. Crying is super healthy and makes you human

@georgiam220

5 жыл бұрын

This song has some crazy, emotional memories for me, so I completely understand how u feel ❤

REM has some of the most heartfelt and emotional music of all time. If you listen to songs like this one, Losing My Religion, and Everybody hurts, it's impossible to not feel anything. This music really touches you.

@UpWithTheBirds23

7 жыл бұрын

Also (my 2 favorites)Leaving New York and At My Most Beautiful. 💚

@writersherlock

3 жыл бұрын

A young man who was a very good man took his life with Everybody Hurts on repeat and man I kills me every time I hear it... 20 years later and only 35 years old now... he was 15

@Alan-gi2ku

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll take the rain.

I can't get over how unique and iconic Michael Stipe's voice is.

@tomtimelord7876

2 жыл бұрын

It's true. I feel like no one has ever managed a truly great R.E.M. cover and I think the reason is because Stipe's voice is so unique and central to the feel of R.E.M. songs.

@thecynic9232

2 жыл бұрын

His voice makes me want to cry on their slow songs.

@StratsRUs

Жыл бұрын

The Greatest.

@lennybruce6476

Жыл бұрын

I love those warm tones.

@Shagyamum

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me a bit of oasis even tho REM were around first

I suffer from bipolar & depression, and this song, along with several REM songs, really helps me in difficult times.

@DarrenKenyon

10 ай бұрын

Me too

@lisasimpson8318

7 ай бұрын

Much ♥️ for you

I cry everytime I hear this...the piano is just beautiful. ...reminds me of a friend , now passed, when we swam together at night under millions of stars....' this one laughing quietly '...😊😭

@jhelch1

4 жыл бұрын

I was reading comments and the this one laughing quietly part was synced perfectly as I read yours.

@sunshineofrays6977

4 жыл бұрын

@@jhelch1 That is so lovely...maybe that happens for a reason...I hope you love this too 😉

@vickilouise86

2 жыл бұрын

They them special moments x

@mikebradt8080

2 жыл бұрын

This is the same piano used on eric Clapton's layla...you can hear it

I really, really like the piano in this, it's simply p.e.r.f.e.c.t

@jsphillip60

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Mills on the famous Layla piano at Criteria(?) Studios, Miami, FL.

When I was a kid I thought this song was called 'Knight Swimming'... "Knight, swimming. Deserves a quiet night." I imagined a wounded knight in armor swimming home in calm, moon-lit water among the shadows of willow trees after having fought in a bloody battle. He was low on energy and using all his will to get home to something I never allowed myself to know. I always felt sorry for the knight and I agreed that he deserved a quiet night... Obviously most of the lyrics contradict that scenario and we all know the knight would drown if he kept his suit of armor on, but it's always what I think of when I hear this song. It reminds me of the curious mind I've always had and it never fails to get me in touch with my inner child.

@jan_Travis

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's actually a really good interpretation. To me, and I can say this because I've had many sleepless nights, this song sounds like the imagery of the night and the sounds. During nighttime, you hear unique noises and see unique imagery that only comes in the night. It's 3:30 AM right now and I want to sleep but I don't want to. It's the strangest thing. To me that's one meaning to this song.

@oscargustaverejlander.

4 жыл бұрын

@@jan_Travis As in, 'the night is swimming?' I like that 🙂

@jan_Travis

4 жыл бұрын

@@oscargustaverejlander. yeah man. Great song from an amazing album.

@davelee8961

3 жыл бұрын

We would've been great friends as kids! I always had these idiosyncratic interpretations of things. The thing is, you hear something but don't see it written, so your young mind gets as close as it can to what it sounds like. A strong knight, indeed, who can swim with armor on. Great song!

@densenpateri3206

3 жыл бұрын

This might be the most beautiful imagery I have ever read. Thinking of said knight while listening to this song resonates in my soul.

As a Muslim from the Middle East, it is through the brilliantly crafted songs of R.E.M that I first became exposed to the greatness of Western culture. R.E.M songs remind me of the happy times of my childhood when optimism ruled the day. Things have changed for the worse since then, but I will always have R.E.M hits to fall back on. Thank you Michael Stipe for brilliant works of art! I'll be forever grateful.

@chrisolagrim3597

3 ай бұрын

Music unites people regardless of any difference. God bless

@lorenzodepacas9885

2 ай бұрын

Music is the language of God. What else has the power to unite people the way music does? It heals the broken heart, soothes the tortured soul, and praises the worthy artist. Music is my religion.

@jurgakoryte-sabaliauskiene4389

2 ай бұрын

🫂 I feel the same

@user-mh6yh3lh8w

Ай бұрын

Stick to the more elegant aspects of Islam and you will be good to go... so much of it is literal truth. The band rem are flat earthers... just like your holy book says... check out the video for "stand"... good stuff ;-)

@tomitob7364

Ай бұрын

Beautifully expressed.

As youths of the 1990s, one remembers listening to pop songs like this and just getting entwined in its lyrical beauty and emotional resonances.They made you feel something really valuable and special. It wasn't just R.E.M., as Radiohead, Portishead, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Massive Attack and so many others were making alternative music that somehow connected with mainstream audiences in a big way. It was a weird period in our culture when you consider that movies like Pulp Fiction and Fight Club were playing to blockbuster crowds. Stuff seems sort of more conventional nowadays ... less unique ... or maybe I just got old.

@gregfalco4528

7 жыл бұрын

Luckily, this generation has Jacob Sartorius.

@mike-rayner-videos

7 жыл бұрын

it's not cuz you're getting old cuz my kids prefer to listen to this kind of stuff and there only in their early 20s, it's cuz like you said my friend

@kurtsteindl9847

7 жыл бұрын

PakistaniCult yeah dude ♥️

@ndelpellegrino1

7 жыл бұрын

I thought Radiohead's best music was in the 2000's

@alancorrea3126

7 жыл бұрын

PakistaniCult No your not old, Just the music sucks now!

This song is so beautiful and speaks volumes. I can't help but think of all the great memories I have of being a kid every time I hear it. One of the greatest bands ever.

Quite simply one of the most gorgeous, beautiful things ever to exist.

28 years and the beauty of this song still gives me chills. The John Paul Jones arrangement with strings and oboe makes the song.

@band885

2 жыл бұрын

The strings is actually arranged by John Paul Jones which is so cool!

@miamitten1123

6 ай бұрын

31 yrs now. Crazy

I could listen to this over and over again. The memories just come flooding back from a time of tranquility and peace but also transformation. Just so beautiful

@davidhubbert9445

26 күн бұрын

Well said Jennifer so very true

"And what if there were two Side by side in orbit around the fairest sun?" This is poetry.

@jamesbullock5181

4 ай бұрын

Scrolling through the comments and got to yours exactly as he sang those lyrics!!!!! Weird lol

I remember hearing this song for the first time on MTV when I was 12 in 1992. I had never heard of REM before but I asked for 'Automatic for the People' for Christmas on CD. I must have had it on repeat for months. This song just randomly popped into my head, and I love it even more 30 years later!

@hasimirfenring5660

Жыл бұрын

Same age as you, but did need a bit longer, cause I had to buy tha album for myself in 1994. Nevertheless same feeling about the song as you. Brother in mind

@crtglowgames

Жыл бұрын

Same age as you but only just getting into REM now. Not having MTV sure stunted my musical growth. Ah well, life begins at 40 something..!

@16rocketqueen

Жыл бұрын

I'm the same age. They played Shiny Happy People at the school disco, so that's why I liked them, but Automatic For the People just blew me away. This is still one of my favourite songs after all these years.

@ritch8088

Жыл бұрын

@@16rocketqueen Surprisingly, this was one song I wasn't a fan of. Maybe because I heard it so much on the radio at the time. However, years later it's now one of my favourite songs from R.E.M. What a band!

I used to go night swimming in my parents swimming pool at night when they where out and I would listen to this song , and I loved this band and songs esp this one 👍🤎

Who is still listening in April 2020? I adore this song. Always did. Always will.

@TheboyCaleb

4 жыл бұрын

May 2020. I never tire of R.E.M. I love Michael, he's a genius.

@mumdad8972

4 жыл бұрын

May :-)

@mattw1730

4 жыл бұрын

May 2020....

@Jesus_is_Lord_316

4 жыл бұрын

Yip, May 2020!

@yapsihansen3210

4 жыл бұрын

Yep May 2020( only song there is lightning up this dark time)

Automatic for the People. One of the greatest albums ever released. Back in the day when albums were important.

@maxsteele4555

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent comment sir.

I am 55 now , always loved REM ,many good memories with my husband , still listening in 2022

Never before have I vented my appreciation for this band. What a brilliant noise from Georgia, USA. Appreciated by a Scottish soul.

@free322001

2 жыл бұрын

We dig Simple Minds

@pwfortner

2 жыл бұрын

Athena Georgia I believe

@free322001

Жыл бұрын

@@pwfortner Athens

Quite simply the sublimest R.E.M. moment,, I never tire of Michael Stipes voice,, superb!!

Depression is nothing to be ashamed of :)

@ImiriAgami22

6 жыл бұрын

Erik Molnar went through depression near the end and after completing my school years and as I was about to start college.. Found out this amazing gem thrn.. Been listening ever since..

@radiohead68

5 жыл бұрын

Just dont listen to Everybody hurts. And you'll be fine...

@orangecrush8557

5 жыл бұрын

Deppression is more of having empathy.

@smiletoneaudio138

4 жыл бұрын

I'm battling now and after 27 years, I've finally sought help. I just want to be normal and this song is such a crutch there's nothing wrong with finding therapy

@fozzieatdetourbillnye5514

4 жыл бұрын

@@smiletoneaudio138 I know what you mean. Same exact thing down to getting help.

Perhaps the most unusually beautiful song ever recorded.

Like everyone else here, I'm transported. For me, it's to my adolescence, mowing lawns and cycling the streets of suburban Atlanta without a care in the world. Automatic for the People was permanently fixed in my Sony Walkman. It was the soundtrack of my summer and thus of youth itself. REM shaped my views of the world, both how it is and how it oughtta be.

I think that this is the song I want to hear whilst I die.

@lisaethridge666

3 жыл бұрын

It's been 5 years so unlikely you'll see this but that truly touched me.

@Topesio66

3 жыл бұрын

Lisa Marie and it’s been one week only but you touched me with your comment. Think we would have chat all night long about this if we would ever met. One of my best song. So fantastic.

@PIrateTomski

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisaethridge666 I heard you x

@catsmith233

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@PIrateTomski

3 жыл бұрын

@@colinblakeslee9163 If you want someone to speak to someone, drop me a message. Through all the nonsense of society and life there is hope in the individual and how they can make the people around them better. I am here if you ever need it.

This song makes every hair on my body stand up. Amazing how a song can do that to you.

Not only the musical composition but the lyrics show how much passion the musicians had for this song.

Automatic for the People - 30 years old today, still a classic

One of the greatest songs ever written. My life will be different with or without the song.

Listening to this amazing masterpiece of music, facing the endless ocean with millions of stars above me...just perfect

This song always makes me nostalgic for the days when I'd play in a band and we'd all hang out and just talk after the gigs, or driving at night with a friend out in the country and just talking about whatever was on our minds. Nowadays, I'm a railroad engineer, and I think of this song while running a train at night, but most of all, sitting on the large patio at the Starr Pass resort in Tucson during Spacefest, just being with my closest friends and artists. There's something just so magical about the night. Perhaps the darkness lets one feel that they can let their guard down and just be themselves.

Una de mis canciones favoritas de toda la vida. La acabo de escuchar después de mucho tiempo y me ha hecho botar un lagrimón.

Such a beautiful, poignant, evocative track. Stipes' plaintive tone and that piano are a wonderful marriage of sounds.

@buckwheatROCKS

7 жыл бұрын

mistersixpence yes and the orchestra in the very beginning...

Automatic for the People is why REM is one of the greatest bands of all time.

❤Ich liebe diesen Song seit 30 Jahren. Und ich werde es tun bis ich sterbe. So ein wunderschönes Stück Musik ❤

@francinehibberd4955

Жыл бұрын

I used to listen to this watchin the snow fall late at night

Absolute. Fucking. Masterpiece. This and Find The RIver flow together so seamlessly, and have never been bettered as the final two songs on an album.

@simonallen6298

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely fucking agree with you

@larksnest93

6 ай бұрын

spot on but might have been Dead Flowers + Moonlight Mile to end Sticky Fingers

Head injuries have robbed of so many memories.. I cant remember what was happening in my life at the time this came out and I discovered this song. But everytime I listen to it all the emotions flood back.. Proving music is pretty magical

Sometimes it seems like I've been listening to REM all my life, and then some...

@JohnCampos062298

10 жыл бұрын

You took the words from my mouth and the feeling from my heart, precisely.

This song always moves me to tears. Masterpiece.

@michelleresistance

Жыл бұрын

This song makes me want to well up too

@daveb6214

Жыл бұрын

Know the feeling, it reminds me of Friends no longer here and definitely better times. Stay safe

@christopherbishop5853

Жыл бұрын

I'm not crying. Who's crying?

@adspur

9 ай бұрын

It’s a beauty .R.E.M has so many gems.

Japan 1992. This song reminds me of when I met my now beautiful Japanese wife. We stayed in a hotel near to Mt Fuji and this song was playing wonderful !!!!

@AmandaLaggan

6 жыл бұрын

:)

@Justime24

4 жыл бұрын

Nice story mate

@billsmith6884

3 жыл бұрын

This made me smile. Thank you and your wife.

@ESL-O.G.

3 жыл бұрын

I've been there with my now wife 😊 We rode bikes around the lake and had some great times, food and memories

Went night swimming, years ago. Found this song that summer too, and played it nonstop for my innocence and sentimentality. Two decades later, we reminisced fondly about that night, the woman and I, the heartache of our breakup long gone. It was a beautiful memory in my life, made generational thanks to this gem of a ballad.

@BEKim-eb9rz

Ай бұрын

I admired her throughout high school, but the courage never came to me. I only watched her shine amongst others, and pined for her under the moon. Six years later, I returned to my hometown for a summer job. She was there. The light in her eyes was “replaced by every day” and the uncertainty of serious mental health issues. Photographs kept turning in my memory, and I recalled her understated persona, culture, and athletic glow. This time, I summoned the courage. Our time together put some of her misfortunes in reverse, and I could not describe my feelings when her fair smile returned. But “these things, they go away”, and I knew that come September, life was going to call us elsewhere. My mind and heart turned endlessly between our quiet laughter and tender moments-how can this work?? Late one evening, she took me swimming at a park that meant very different things to each of us. I floundered by the shore- “you, I thought you knew me”! She, the varsity swimmer, took fluid laps across the lake and back. She I marvelled at in the moonlight. I gathered her heartbeat into my arms; it was so strong, even, and sure-“you, I thought I knew you”!? It became clear that I could not know her, and knew not how to handle her fragility with the right strength, nor her strength with the right fragility. Quite some time after that summer, I heard “Nightswimming” for my first time. Especially when the song comes to two moons, “side by side in orbit, around the fairest sun”, I remember that time together. Ever so brightly.

"I'm pining for the moon... And what if there were two, side by side, in orbit, around the fairest sun?" Pure beauty.

@berliner0

2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@tobywarren7245

2 жыл бұрын

Just simply perfect.

@MommaBear_316

Жыл бұрын

I read your post exactly at the moment it was being sung! Chills

I was 20 when this song came out. I was living a bohemian life and did for about 7 years after the first time hearing this song. This song takes me back to that time and all the wonderful people that I met and learned from . Brings me to tears every time. Just time and people lost. I’m 49 now I wish I still could dream like I did back then.

If you never actuality went nightswimming,you'll never,truly understand the real meaning of these lyrics,for me at 54 and going 'skinny dipping',in greece '92',with the love of my life,then and now,these lyrics are golden,but bittersweet!! Loved those reckless,devil may care days,but that was then and this is now (hence the reference to the photo taken years ago!)!!!

@jamesmathieson598

4 жыл бұрын

@yeahSOwhat Stop doin crack!! And maybe you'll do something worth reminiscing about in your life, up until then try and stay safe in your bubble.

@timothymrofchak8640

4 жыл бұрын

Nightswimming on the hooch. To be young again. Thank you REM.

@talitasnyman8846

3 жыл бұрын

I am with you... This reminds me of a 1990/2000 sneak out swim session. Never turned into anything, but always wondered what may have happened

@timothymrofchak8640

3 жыл бұрын

I've been night swimming in the hooch. This song is haunting to me now. I'm a lot older now. There are no words to describe it now. I hear this and it takes me back. REM puts it into words how I was feeling back then. I'm getting older and I still feel good about it. I'm glad I was there.

@jamesmathieson598

3 жыл бұрын

@@timothymrofchak8640 my feelings EXACTLY!! if you have done it, you'll love this song, but will only ever understand it fully, when it comes on the radio and you're in the car in your late 30s still with the girl you went night swimming with!! Currently cel our 28th wedding anniversary and still as crazy! 👍🍻

One of the most beautiful songs ever written, and my favourite R.E.M song.

A 13 year old. confused. influenced. not cool. It was 1985. REM burst into my rebelliousness and waterfall of poor choices. I thought I knew better. More poor choices. Through the music of REM, peace and understanding changed my life. Saved my life. Thank you REM. I grew up. Now I am your biggest fan. This song helped.

@nduja84

Ай бұрын

goosebumps because of your words🖤

I was 26 when this song was released and it took me back to being 16 and the springs of northern Florida. First time I think I really experienced nostalgia and seemed like life was happening to fast. 57 now and I'm beginning to look forward to finding the river.

Beautiful, just beautiful and genious. Everthing is beautiful.

just beautiful :)

@chrisseal7764

3 жыл бұрын

O

@ConnAshby

3 жыл бұрын

Damn right❤️❤️

@andywinslow9638

3 жыл бұрын

You got great taste

@mike-rayner-videos

3 жыл бұрын

@@andywinslow9638 ❤️

3 жыл бұрын

R.E.M. Love The 1993

I can't thank REM enough for their amazing and remarkable songs. Glad you guys exist. Thank you from the bottom of my heart :)

Still makes me cry... like the day i first heard this song in the 90s. A lifechanging experience, which will ever be with me. Thanks for this music

I remember this song from when I was in 8th grade. My group of friends that I grew up with were having one final vacation before the fall when we would all go our separate ways to different schools. We were at the lake house that one of my friend's family owned. One night about 1am all 6 of us snuck out and ran down to the lake and threw our clothes on the dock and jumped into the water to skinny dip.. lol. I remember we were laughing so hard it hurt. Splashing and laughing in the moonlight. The moon was full and bright that night. It's a memory I'll never forget. A few weeks later on my birthday, one of my friends that was there that night gave me a cassette tape with this song on it. I will always treasure that gift and the memory

@scruffyp9480

4 жыл бұрын

I love it when songs eerily capture a moment you had

@davelee8961

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Such a beautiful memory for you!

This reminds me of my days when I swam in the Arctic with the polar bears. I lost my left leg, both my pinkies, and my ""vitals"", but it was all worth it. I got to witness the beauty of nature. The sight of the melting ice in the bright sun, the breathtaking view of polar bears ravaging baby seals with their teeth. There was never a better time in my life.

@robertbrice7172

8 жыл бұрын

+Bob Cummins You are both awesome and absolutely insane.

@VirgoSwan58

8 жыл бұрын

lol.....looks like it!

@funkyalfonso

7 жыл бұрын

Bob Cummins You are preposterous. I so admire you.

@evancheese4898

6 жыл бұрын

that word during a moby song wow

@drewdunn1823

5 жыл бұрын

Haha reminds me of dipping into the pool whilst cleaning, on Holiday,; in Tenerife.

I am 54 and remember this song like it was yesterday and I was a student nurse. The memories of being young and free and breaking into a Moscow swimming pool at night in 1991. We were drinking of course but the memory is forever and I relive it when I hear this, time and again whether I like it or not

2024 still goosebumps

This has been one of my very favorite songs since the first time I heard it. It is absolutely gorgeous. The violins just wash over me. I swear I could listen to it over and over for hours and never get tired of it. In 1993 I moved to Athens Ga because my husband was a professor there. I worked at a homeless shelter that was a couple of blocks from Michael Stipe's house, so I always drove by there hoping to see him taking the trash out of picking up the paper. Alas, I never spotted him.

An utterly beautifully crafted, written and performed song. I haven't heard it in nearly 30 years. For some reason it popped into my head and I had to hear it. The video is perfect too. I'm 51 and it took me waay back, almost bringing tears to my eyes.

Freshman year of Highschool. Instantly transported back. Time flies.

My mother was a big fan of REM in the 90s, still is in her 60s now. Time moves on cruelly. I’m glad for all the mix tapes she made me in past years. REM is a terrific band and incredibly unique

@davidwags5703

Жыл бұрын

“Time moves on cruelly” truer words were never spoken.

These things they go away... Replaced by every day

@sarahpearce6093

8 жыл бұрын

q

@robm1359

4 жыл бұрын

Keith Welch that’s choice brother. I understand what you are saying.. but at some point you must return to the spirit of your youth....Good on your Escape 👍

These things they go away, replaced by everyday is one of the most beautiful rock verses.

@garyengle4722

2 ай бұрын

A favorite verse of mine

A beautiful masterpiece! Carrying us to memories both real and imagined. Times we wished we'd had. Intimate memories and brilliant, sweeping orchestrations from John Paul Jones. How I love this song...

I love how certain songs mean something different for everyone. It's a beautiful thing.

R.E.M. were always underrated. This will forever be a masterpiece. Best american band of all time, always will be.

I'll be 60 in a couple months and this brings back some great memories of a few summers in early 90's. We would go houseboating with high school friends, who are still friends today. We would swim and have fun until the early hours listening to the boom box. I can vividly remember hearing this often as it was one of our favorites. Just memories now but treasured as much as any.

R.E.M isn’t for everyone, but everyone can appreciate true artistry when they hear this epic.

Nightswinng es una bella canción nostálgica de un momento muy particular. La desnudez es una analogía de un momento donde los sentimientos estaban a flor de piel y REM era la banda que hablaba de ellos. Los 90 fueron duros, conflictivos y generadores de cambio. Esta hermosa canción es un regalo de una persona entregándose enteramente no solo a alguien más sino a todos. Es la intimidad compartida. La desnudes es sinónimo del alma abierta y de estar en el agua en la noche cuando más duro se siente esa nostalgia de pertenencia y de amores que fueron y ya no son. De una generación explosiva que empieza a apagarse pero que deja un rastro.

Lost my best friend little over a month ago This song creates strange feelings It hurts and heals at the same time One moment I'm almost crying Next moment I'm smiling It makes feeling sad feel good Such strange feelings............

@bigboredthing

8 жыл бұрын

I feel your pain, so so strongly. I also lost my best friend recently. Stay strong, for their sake, and honour their memory. Wishing you well, time will heal all.

@tretrioeciii

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother. Wishing good things for you and yours as well.

@darksevin38

8 жыл бұрын

+tretrioeciii I understand, beautiful....

@dereklaing16

6 жыл бұрын

friends for life bud, I cry every time I hear it. stay strong and always here.

@jaddison1112

6 жыл бұрын

I was just crying, listening to this song for my friend of 36 years who died 2 years ago as well .... She would have loved its melody. Stay strong, your friend is still with you, just up around a bend in the road, where one day you will be reunited .... but wishing you everything good for the rest of your life. I hope your pain has lessened ...