Michael Stipe looks like the character from the 80's high school movie that doesn't talk or go to class but then says something poignant at the end and saves the day.

@chaddeez8446

2 жыл бұрын

The "0bserver"

@tia2all501

2 жыл бұрын

So True!

@margaret-annmurphy8234

2 жыл бұрын

This song for some is too forward don't worry about others who wouldn't have a. Clue of what this song is about . Love this guy and his song

@danthemanwalker1

2 жыл бұрын

If you are in the comments, I love you...

@jeffpaulson2810

2 жыл бұрын

That's bc he is.....

The I.R.S. years, that was R.E.M at its most beautiful.

@Shackleton71

3 ай бұрын

Fables of the Reconstruction woohoo

@dezertfox3130

Ай бұрын

Monster is a great album.

@MoGhotbi

25 күн бұрын

Agree wholeheartedly but I do love Out of Time, though.

When you imagine getting a band together, this is what it looks like in your mind.

@paulfixx1140

5 жыл бұрын

been there with the opt head and all that.

@hamupinhere

4 жыл бұрын

I usually imagine the guitars to be far more oversized than this, but you're right it's somewhat close.

@christiantoma5917

4 жыл бұрын

but never happens...

@clcphoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@christiantoma5917 Unless it does and then you're in REM

@oliverhawthorn5252

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

When Stipe misses his cue at 1:48 for the tag line, you can see Mike Mills quietly whispering the words ("And waste another year"). Then Stipe sheepishly smiles at his miscue and carries on. The gaff actually makes this video more endearing.

@attsealevel

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't notice that before (and you're right, makes it fun). Looks like Mike was whispering his lyrics the whole way through, so Stipe's omission just stood out a bit more there - and his grin really captured the moment.

@DaveLL500

2 жыл бұрын

@@attsealevel Mike wrote the lyrics indeed. He didn't sing lead vocals much (Near Wild Heaven) but was the main composer on many of the finest REM songs: NWH, NIghtswimming, Find A River, Electrolite, Rockville.

@chaddeez8446

2 жыл бұрын

He was wasted

@markkrahenbill9168

2 жыл бұрын

.

@delfinalopez2010

2 жыл бұрын

Love it

How did I miss this for all these years? It's like a present from the universe to have found it today.

@TheLeatheryman

8 жыл бұрын

It is! It truly is!

@deang.ferris4618

8 жыл бұрын

its an easter egg

@treatmentbound

7 жыл бұрын

Where exactly is it a "hidden track video" from?

@TheGonnzzo

7 жыл бұрын

omg i just found this right this minute. yes a true gift. they clearly are like a fine wine that just gets better as time passes. haha i love how mike sounds country. he's so amazing. they should have won some country award that year for this.

@jblala2190

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Gonzalez Thanks for the reply! It reminded me to come back and enjoy this treasure again---and I can really use the inspiration today!

Mike Mills wrote this song and it fits REM perfectly!

@judetheneilyounggirl2358

2 жыл бұрын

I was pretty sure I heard Mike's voice harmonizing in this song and that helped me figure out it was an REM song I was hearing for the first time. I heard a different rendering of the song, more heavily produced, and it was very hard to recognize who the band was, who the lead singer was. In this version, I immediately knew it was REM . Great song!

@dynjarren8355

2 жыл бұрын

@@judetheneilyounggirl2358 I agree completely. And when you have band chemistry and talent like they did, they make it look so damn easy! Like you can just pick up a guitar and start playing and out comes this wonderful song! But it’s not like that for most people. Just them and those other great bands that had that special magic that fate brought them together for apparently. They were so lucky to have that. It’s like they won the lottery!

As a 90s kid, I grew up on Out of Time and Monster but Murmur and Reckoning are, by far, the best albums this band released... And this is one of the best songs from that time.

@urbansexmagician

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@scorchedearthdj

Жыл бұрын

I discovered REM far too late in life and when I first heard this song at one of their concerts, I was overjoyed. It's so good!

@Zatzzo

Жыл бұрын

i think new adventures in hi fi is on the same level.

@chelseavuchinich4859

Жыл бұрын

Yep.💙

@williambullock4077

Жыл бұрын

So many good albums, I would say Lifes Rich Pageant, Document, and Automatic are my favs

Absolutely love the whimsical nature of this version

@remanns6661

6 ай бұрын

Agreed.

'I don't always roll out of bed and record music but when I do, it's a classic'

Mike Mills has got to be one of the all time great backing vocalists

@SuperEdge67

2 жыл бұрын

It’s quite a skill to sing and bake cakes at the same time.

@dspf68

2 жыл бұрын

Mike was in it. Michael was baked.

@TheNOISENOISEZETLAND

2 жыл бұрын

He also wrote this song. Mills deserves far more credit than he gets. I love them all but truly this song is perfection.

@greensombrero3641

2 жыл бұрын

definitely

@paulamiles9559

Жыл бұрын

@@dspf68 fer sure😎

there was a magic about them back then...

@zroosh

8 жыл бұрын

and still today.

@TheLeatheryman

8 жыл бұрын

yes

@sexobscura

5 жыл бұрын

you mean singing their own songs ...

@LeotheOrangeCat

3 жыл бұрын

@@zroosh not as much

My God, what a gem. How lucky we are to have this around to watch after all these years. This is timeless music.

@brentmeg922

Ай бұрын

I’ve been enjoying seeing these guys in the news lately. Songs of a generation!

A lesson on on how to take not yourselves to seriously, and be brilliant at the same time!

@jenniferkonstant5920

7 жыл бұрын

Nash1965H They were always pretty good at that. Just one of the myriad reasons i love them so

@waynedurning8717

5 жыл бұрын

Nash1965H lol and yet the Only REM song you’ll hear on the radio is the overly appreciated Losing My Religion. They had some really great songs and that one just eclipsed them because it was what, poignant? Such a shame.

I like Mike mouthing the words as Michael sings.

@1skcusebutuoy1

8 жыл бұрын

Mike wrote the lyrics about his girlfriend at the time, asking her not to go back to live with her parents.

@ettydickinson5507

3 жыл бұрын

I think he was singing, but because he wasn’t miked up (LOL) you couldn’t hear it.

Met them at a house party in Bloomington in the summer of 1986. They were recording LRP at Mellencamps studio. Nicest guys. No one knew who they were. Seemed surprised we recognized them.

@lapdawg60

3 жыл бұрын

I helped move my keyboardist's Hammond B3 out to Mellencamp's Belmont studio for that session. We got a call from Kenny Aronoff asking if our keyboard player would like to rent his B3 for a session REM would be doing there (Kenny was a friend of ours through our guitarist. He filled in on a three-day gig in Nashville one weekend when our drummer broke his foot). Pretty cool fun memory of my Indiana days.

@marktalbott3835

3 жыл бұрын

@@lapdawg60 such a cool summer here. Thanks for the anecdote!

@lapdawg60

3 жыл бұрын

@@marktalbott3835 - you bet! My guitarist was a guy by the name of Chris Hattingh. Wicked good player. We had a band called See Rock City! Fun times.

@nickautry7332

3 жыл бұрын

Damn, I didn’t get to Bloomington til ‘89. Never knew JCM and REM were friends. Thanks for the story. ✌️

@nickautry7332

3 жыл бұрын

@@lapdawg60 I remember Kenny. And I had a Deadhead roommate in Bloomington in the Dead cover band Glass Camels, so I know moving a B3 is not fun. We had the police called on us so many times when he was rocking the B3. Take care.

Contains the most emotional/direct line of all the REM I know (pre-Warner Bros. anyway) "At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care that you're not here with me"

@chelton87

3 жыл бұрын

That gets me too

@johnadamo5140

25 күн бұрын

It's amazing that line is so embedded in the song and my brain that I can read and sing it in perfect pitch...and I'm not a singer. So pure!

I was born in Athens, Georgia. Met the love of my life there. Spent the happiest days of my life with her there. And much like Ingrid Schorr (the lady this song is about), she left town. Michael Stipe’s attitude in this video is priceless

@johnadamo5140

25 күн бұрын

Sorry man. Bittersweet. Hope you find or found that again

This may be one of the best videos on KZread. Amazing band, amazing song and this version is just so authentic...so real.

Used to cover this song w my band at Rollins College(X Club), 92 or so - I'm a drummer. In 2000 I was hanging out w Mike Mills late night after some drinks at my place in Atlanta - told him we'd played this song many times live - along w Driver 8, One I love... He was dating a girl friend of mine from school at the time, Brooke . Super nice guy, Mike was. It was about 2am, we were smoking a cigarette on my porch - he seemed to like the idea that we covered some of their music. I liked that he liked it, honestly. He's a gracious, kind and warm individual. I hung out w him maybe a half dozen times - only once talked about REM with him, it was that night. Before, I didn't want to sound like a douchy fan even though I was and still am a huge REM fan. What a swell fellow - my best to Mike Mills. Fond memories of hanging out for a bit in the 90's. Yes, the 90's - if you weren't there for it, I'm sorry but you'll never understand. No cell phones, no social media - just present people living present lives. Interesting people - records, books, instruments, shows, coffee, drinks, talking about these things with no 'audience' other than those who were present and no desire to expand upon it beyond that. I wouldn't trade it for youth - not todays' youth - not if I couldn't have experienced those times. Thrilled I had it then, happy to ride it out from here - lots of peace and love, y'all 🙂

Mike Mills giggles very sweet . When Michael Stipe nudging him. They are special guys to me. I still love all of them in REM. Bill, Mike, Peter and Michael.

that was beautiful. time passes so quickly. i remember getting the same goosebumps the first time I heard this song, when it was JUST released. I was instantly addicted to R.E.M., this cut & 'Radio Free Europe', summer of 1983 while in college. I had a radio show and remember the singles coming out wayyy before they were hits, like a lot of amazing music those years... about R.E.M., I also remember thinking they must have been influenced by Michael Nesmith of the Monkees, the texas twang in the lyrics/performance here very remeniscent of him and "Take The Last Train To Clarksville". Could've been, "Don't Go Back To Clarksville"...lol.. I also remember being in Rockville, Maryland for work the following summer & couldn't get the song out of my head.

@manxlucky

6 жыл бұрын

time does pass. I feel it more acutely when I listen to these guys.

@hekkl5

6 жыл бұрын

I saw them in a gymnasium. We were so hot, the girls took their tops off . I LOVED them. I saw them many more times in small venues in the south. But nothing compares to that first show.

@scottwhitney2541

5 жыл бұрын

Saw them at the Swisher Gymnasium...lol on the campus of Jacksonville University. I think that may have been the Fables tour. Great memories.

@sofieewing5967

5 жыл бұрын

Me too Obsessesd

@daleeloph7759

4 жыл бұрын

Currently a few miles from Rockville Maryland and remembered this song Saturday morning I had no idea that I would be here

Raw and authentic... absolutely love it! Their earlier 80's stuff is so much better than their later work...

@philipmarx1819

2 жыл бұрын

From their first EP to their last album, they were constantly excellent

@kennethjohnson6223

2 жыл бұрын

Yes every song was awesome... later years only 2 good songs per album

@modernchampionmusic81

Жыл бұрын

@@philipmarx1819 no their production got better but after out of time they started recycling their songs for the masses..apart from drive and man on the moon..I thought automatic unlistenable for me

@modernchampionmusic81

Жыл бұрын

So true

@philipmarx1819

Жыл бұрын

@@modernchampionmusic81 Well, that’s like, just your opinion, man.

That's the best music video I've ever seen because they are so great, so casual, so flawed, yet gathered up into a tight ball of perfection; and I was as young as they were when that was filmed with much more difficulty than it could be today.

@mikegriffith4951

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, yes; perfectly stTed!

@sofieewing5967

9 жыл бұрын

agree!!!

Absolutely loved early Rem, they were like a breath of fresh air, adored this song still have the 12inch of it. Magical..

That's actually better than the album version to me. Just guys sitting around playing for fun, not trying to be rock stars. I love hearing Michael Stipe sing with a Georgia accent.

Y'all are crazy. I ❤Michael's overly country voice here. So glad I found this.

I agree. How did I miss this? This whole album was created as a rebellion against the 1980's drum machine and the desire to bring music back to a personal level. Success.

wow when michael stipe taps mike mills on the back...love it

@kayak0055

5 жыл бұрын

William Manly the whole thing has such a great playful vibe :)

REM was so great. You could definitely see how much they loved playing together. Wish they would regroup...

They were so young here! Love it! Sounds so natural and unrehearsed!

And my god, were any of us ever this young?

@hekkl5

6 жыл бұрын

Nope

@sartainja

5 жыл бұрын

I wish that I could be that young again.

@tomkat69pc

4 жыл бұрын

not me ..

I can't like this enough. So pure and real. This brought back how I felt when I first heard them.

This was always one of my fav' REM songs (there are many). I've never seen this footage before now. Love it!

@absolutelynonameslef

2 жыл бұрын

This and World Leader Pretend bounce around my skull way too frequently.

I want to see more of that session, please

I spent the first 25 years of my life in Rockville... Haven't been back since

@550skyler

Жыл бұрын

Took the song to hart lmao

This is the closest thing to a time machine that I'll ever experience. Bravo!

Best country song ever written, better than Lonesome Highway--just truly the best song.

Absolutely bloody brilliant.

@vernonlingenfelter4847

4 жыл бұрын

And they were just toying around. The Martin's are super great recording just a taste of the brilliance to come in spades.

I love it when Michael forgets the first "...waste another year" line and then smiles when he realizes it. Very cute moment... As a Rockville native, I agree with the sentiment.

@dspf68

2 жыл бұрын

He heard Mike sing it lol.

Not just my fave song by this incredible band, but one of my faves of all time! Love the spontaneity and laid back nature of this video, and extra points for even bringing out a Guitarron, regardless of actually playing it or not. ;)

Of the thousands of music videos I have saved, this is the one I keep coming back to. I just love the naturalness of it and how very talented they are at such a young age. Can't get enough.

I COMPLETELY AGREE!! Fables is such a great album, I wish that it wasn't so underrated!! Feeling Gravity's Pull, Driver 8, Life and How to Live It, Maps and Legends, Green Grow the Rushes, Wendell Gee....ugh, I could name the entire f**kin' album!! Fables is awesome, hopefully people will recognize its greatness in the future. However, Murmur, Reckoning and Lifes Rich Pageant are also excellent albums, they are definitely among the best albums of the 1980s. R.E.M. seemed a lot better in the 80s.

@mikebradt8080

2 жыл бұрын

Fables has always been one of their best albums and certainly their most underrated

@bradydiggs3947

2 жыл бұрын

Rockville was on Reckoning, not Fables. Just FYI. Agreed that Fables is awesome.

@joycehall4866

Жыл бұрын

Fables is the best.

Wow, never seen this till now in 2023 and this is one of the best things on KZread.

This song resonated with me for such a long time in the 80s

Mike's face when Michael gets super twangy - priceless! 🤣

Nothing but love for R.E.M.

Exactly how I would have imagined it was recorded

My favorite version of my favorite R.E.M. song. I never get tired of this.

This band is so freaking great. One of a kind. The stars aligned here, mills, buck, stipe, buckner. They remain unmatched like The Doors remain unmatched. TREMENDOUS!!!

@itillbeme1

7 жыл бұрын

sp. berry

@jeffkaufman9875

2 жыл бұрын

@Itillbe Buckner, Berry, Byron, Boop; it’s all the same…

@dspf68

Жыл бұрын

Buckner lost the 1986 World Series for the Boston Red Sox. Ironically Mike Mills was involved in a group called The Baseball Project!

@donmaxwell3020

Жыл бұрын

​@@dspf68 "is involved". They're still playing. Buck and Mills both play from time to time.

This is one of my favorite country songs.

@johnadamo5140

25 күн бұрын

My thinking was wow this is a country version. Pleased someone shared this for us

i live in rockville!!!

@jeffreyheise3377

8 жыл бұрын

I want to come to Rockville, and then leave.

@sophiezuckman4615

8 жыл бұрын

lol

@jeffreyheise3377

8 жыл бұрын

No really. I'm ready for the next big disipapointment. That's life. Makes for a great song. Just kidding. I just love rem.

@sophiezuckman4615

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeffrey Heise ya I get that

@jeffreyheise3377

8 жыл бұрын

+Sophie Zuckman We could talk. I'm not that weird. I just love music, and rem.

So damn good....a beer, a grill, a firepit or any other low key chill events pair nicely with this music and vibe to have a damn great day.

I started following them in 1982 and saw them live in 1984. Awesome.

@msjulie5harrison

Жыл бұрын

same! and 85

This has always been my favourite REM song, I first heard it during physio sessions after being hit by a car on my way home. Certainly made the physio more bearable :)

Nowadays is 2023! Beatiful REM sound. Our youth...listening again and again. Beautiful mood,song ,young Michael,Mike,Bill ❤❤❤❤

I love this so much. Takes me back to college.

This is exceptionally good.... especially when you look at music now... Jeez

@jcolona1

9 жыл бұрын

Check out the Barr Brothers. You gotta search a bit. But there are artists in every generation.

@marktalbott3835

3 жыл бұрын

Plenty of incredible music today. Under the radar...just like REM at that time. Gotta look for it. Surfer Blood. Loads...and better then REM

My new favorite version of this song!

Truly the greatest band of my generation...

Rockville has changed so much since this song was made. The song is about an ex g/f who was leaving to go back to Rockville, MD.

I saw these guys play in an elementary school cafeteria on their Murmurs tour. Great band...great acoustic song.

My favorite REM song

“Going where nobody says hello, they don’t talk to anybody they don’t know.” Yep, that’s Rockville.

Oh to be young, talented, handsome, and high...

@rodleonard1429

5 жыл бұрын

No doubt, lol

@bargainbru2456

5 жыл бұрын

Esp Bill Berry is high as hell...

I love this song! 💖💖💖💖💖 Love R.E.M. 💖💖💖💖💖 I love this song! 💖💖💖💖💖 Love R.E.M. 💖💖💖💖💖 I love this song! 💖💖💖💖💖 Love R.E.M. 💖💖💖💖💖

@avidrocker

Жыл бұрын

dont kid around, tell us how you really feel.

One of their most underrated songs.

@rigamarole1117

Жыл бұрын

It's not underrated. It's popular. Unless you just don't know music.

@gina.1

Жыл бұрын

@@rigamarole1117 How many times have you heard it on the radio? Now: How many times have you heard “Losing My Religion” or “ Shiny Happy People”?

@rigamarole1117

Жыл бұрын

@@gina.1gee did you ever hear of college FM radio? Or was that just wayyy before your underrated time?

@rigamarole1117

Жыл бұрын

At the 34th Annual Grammy Awards, the lead single "Losing My Religion", was R.E.M.'s highest-charting and best-selling single...The band broke up amicably in 2011 with members devoting time to solo projects after having sold more than 90 million albums worldwide and becoming one of the world's best-selling music acts. : source Wikipedia. But you can go dig around the billboard chart stats if you want to get your own source.

@gina.1

Жыл бұрын

@@rigamarole1117 look J. Let’s cut to the chase. Why are you choosing this fight? A position blatantly well-supported in fact? Starting with … College FM had how many listeners versus pop radio at that time? If you are going to attempt to insult ppl, at least be well-informed.

Reminds me of my college dorm room days.

@daflotsam

7 жыл бұрын

Same here. Rhoades Hall, VCU circa 1986/87

@douglaspayne8588

7 жыл бұрын

The leaning tower of Rhoads. My brother lived there.

Pure magic! Love ya REM and my countless memories!

Man, I love this song and this band. Wore out a few of their records in my day. I always loved their vocal harmony.

I've been listening to REM since Chronic Town. It's great to see a clip like this. Keep up the good work, and thanks. That was great!

@lm1314

5 ай бұрын

A lot if people forget that album.

Mike Mills asked me where to get good baked walleye for lunch in downtown Minneapolis. that's all

My heart is happy! They were so young then! Sweet memories!

I just listened to New Adventures in Hi-Fi, and I love it. New Adventures in Hi-Fi is SUCH a great album, it's really underrated. Darn shame that Bill Berry left R.E.M. after New Adventures, he was a really important part of R.E.M. Another underrated R.E.M. album is Fables of the Reconstruction, I think that it might be my favorite R.E.M. album now.

@Alex-xn8pq

8 ай бұрын

Yep. Fables came out of the gate slowly but hit its stride late and is one of their best albums.

Michael, so cute with cutest song, with that hair!!

Gee, with a lot of work these guys could really go somewhere!

I especially loved that riff on Behind Closed Doors at the end. Good to see REM playing up their sense of humor here.

Love this song. I’m from Chicago, but actually bought the new release in (‘86, ‘87?) Rockville, MD. I was in high school and my family had driven my older bro to some Engineering Camp at the US Naval Base nearby. Had already listened to Murmur and liked it, and saw this near release date (didn’t even notice there was a song about Rockville on the album). It’s a sort of love song from Mikey to a girl that was leaving Athens for a while. Top 20 songs of all time.

@paulamiles9559

Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of a Roche sisters song " if you go down to Hammond, you'll never come back "

1,131,072 views and only 1,038,584 of them are from me! ;) Seriously though I love this video so much, I watch it at least a couple times per month.

Awesome Great song, great times 🆒

I work in Rockville and would play this as I drove into work (pre-pandemic telework). Gave me a laugh.

I can't stop watching this!!

I went to Prep school in Rockille, MD, this was our theme song Class of '89!!!

I love them all dearly, but I think they just smoked....something exotic... :)

Watching this brings back so many memories. First heard this on WUNH in 1984. They look so young. We all were. Still one of my favorite REM songs.

I'm so glad I saw them live before they ended up, pure music

I heard this song on my radio this morning. It was a different version, not this bare bones style. It was the first time I'd ever heard this song and I really liked it. In the recording I heard on my radio , it was very hard to recognize who was singing. It was more heavily produced, like an album cut. I'm pretty good at recognizing bands and singers and lead quitarists, and I had a fairly good idea I was hearing some EARLY REM . I couldn't wait to hit utube and type in what I thought the song title might be. SURE ENOUGH! I was right. Micheal Stipe with HAIR early! Now in this pared down acoustic rendition I knew immediately it was REM. How did I miss this little beauty for all these years? Very cool finding this tune and then seeing this great video of the band. Awesome! I love playing musical trivia with myself and I must boast a little that I am VERY good at it. I've not met too many people that are as good as I am. I am so sure of myself that I once bet my original 1987 Pontiac Firebird GTA against a guy with a brand new Corvette Stingray. I won. It was a sweet win! I'm 68 and live and breathe music from The Beatles to Death Metal to Grunge, everything from 1964 and on to today. Anyway, great present whenever I find a great new song or some new steller artist.

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape

Жыл бұрын

What was the song that you had to identify or factoid that you had to answer to win the Corvette?

@judetheneilyounggirl2358

Жыл бұрын

@@GreenCanvasInteriorscape We were in The Porthole Lounge in Tampa, FL. Playing a SERIOUS game of music trivia. The whole bar was watching me and this guy play. The question I won with was: what is the name of the album that just came out that is a play on words from The 5 Man Electrical Band who had the hit song "Signs" in the 70s and who is the Artist that released it? A 2 parter!! OMG! But I knew both answers and I started getting REALLY excited. I answered ; the artist is Tesla and the album is titled The 5 Man Acoustical Jam. Yesurie, Bob! I won! I remember that I thought I just lucked out because I thought that question was a "gimmie ". It just seemed too easy! I thought "Everybody's gotta know this", but NO, I quess they didn't! SO, that was the 10 thousand dollar question that night! Thanks for asking me! You're a sweetheart!! Peace!

one of my all time favs by my all time favorite bands ... " dont go back to rockville ... "

Amazing. How have I never seen this classic.

@musky...never thought Id live long enuff for my favorite songs to be called classic or oldies.Ur right youth is priceless....the golden years suck

One of their best, & one of my favs! Love this.

I was a senior in high school in 1984 loved r.e.m. dead letter office was my favorite

Best song they ever did!

They’re so casual and young and make it all look so easy!

Mike's facial expression at 1:47: "Dude!!! there's a key line here!!! We went over this, like a hundred times already!!!!"

Love the Charlie Rich reference at end

This is incredible.

Transports me back to a sunny day in the south - even though I never experienced one. Great thing about music is that is has that kind of power. REM will live in my mind with grace forever.

From IRS the cutting edge ~~ I loved that show

10,000 Maniacs did a great cover of this song also.

They're so young here! I get all sentimental when watching this. Great voice & song.