My favorite era of R.E.M.

Harborcoat. This song - for me - this IS R.E.M. The IRS stuff just untouchable.

@slowri0t770

26 күн бұрын

Agreed but I think people undersell how good they remained afterwards. Even their much later stuff is amazing. Pound for pound the best American band ever.

It would be very difficult to overstate how great this performance is...

@Ike_C

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@jkrycz

Жыл бұрын

Try

@MrKrasean

4 ай бұрын

correct

Every band needs a Mike Mills on bass.

@imterpsfan2

6 жыл бұрын

I agree, he's awesome.

@alpostlewaite5564

3 жыл бұрын

Best comment on a REM song I've seen. One of the most underrated rhythm sections of the time. W/out Berry & Mills REM wouldn't have been the same.

@markkickmark

Жыл бұрын

Berry was a freak!

@bryansimpson3149

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention his backing vocals, secret weapon of the greatest American band

Best REM song imo, an absolute jam!

Goddamn, they were so, so, so good.

Peter Buck is great! How the hell does he play all that and still run around the stage like that? Amazing player! And I forgot how Stipe used to dance.

@erikhendrickson59

Жыл бұрын

He nails those arpeggios while flailing around like a mania lol makes it looks so easy~

This is so vital; it's like watching early Who.

@nome5123

5 жыл бұрын

They are our Who. Was thinking the same.

Brings smiles and joy to me! R.E.M. at its finest!

Early REM was watching a legendary bad starting out already legendary.

I just came by to watch Michael do his twisty dance to this gem of song..hehe..love Harborcoat!💖

Love this until the day I die.

R.E.M. was so ground breaking that Stipe didnt know how to dance to his own music

@YazGuitarChannel

6 жыл бұрын

No, that's how I danced to REM, too. We fans of New Wave loved the very country-sounding REM, and we danced to REM the same way we'd dance to Echo and the Bunnymen or Depeche Mode. I guess the artsy marketing really worked, and opened up a whole new world of underground Americana to us.

@picardmadeoff1068

6 жыл бұрын

This was Stipe imitating SNL's Sprockets on acid...truly groundbreaking and we Stipites or REMheads emulated his every move back in the 80s. What is more amazing is Sprockets didn't debut on SNL until '89...oh so forward!

@nome5123

5 жыл бұрын

@@picardmadeoff1068 I thought you were talking about Toad the Wet Sprocket

@InParticularNobody

3 жыл бұрын

@@YazGuitarChannel as a direct result, not one of us had girlfriends though :).

@joycehall4866

2 жыл бұрын

Wiggle that ass Michael!! He's fucking Awesome

them dance moves, though

My favorite band in the history.. Hugs from Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

@hpw101

3 жыл бұрын

You have great taste, my friend. What’s your favorite album of theirs? Mine is probably Reckoning.

One thing drummers have going for them is that, decades later, they don't have any embarrassing stage moves to live down. Well, mostly.

The Replacements made the song Lay it Down Clown about Peter Buck's twitchy dancing and because he always had speed and the Mats would say "if you got that shit, then lay it down clown"

Best guitarist in my current opinion is Peter Buck and Johnny Marr their styles are so unique and irreplaceable!!

@imterpsfan2

6 жыл бұрын

Two very underrated guitarists for sure.

@thechroniccinephile4824

6 жыл бұрын

Them two and bob stinson from the replacements formed the foundation of alternative guitar rock

@chrisstory1970

5 жыл бұрын

Bob Mould also

@letsplaysmr8621

4 жыл бұрын

and Robert Buck from 10,000 Maniacs

@mateuszminsky5619

3 жыл бұрын

It's all in the arpeggio. They play arpeggios.

They were redefining pop through college radio. Like it or not...it saved mainstream music. Like it or not...1,000 bands formed on this sound coming out of Athens, GA. REM

@Zepster77

10 жыл бұрын

Well said Scott.

@nome5123

5 жыл бұрын

Saved the hell out me from listening to John Cougar.

REM. Reminds me of why I listen to music these days.

I actually like this version better than the studio version, and that's saying a lot!

@6828Lu

3 жыл бұрын

Yes and no ... The guitar overdubs crashing in the last chorus of the studio version to this day make the hairs on my arms stand up.

REM and B52s were both such joys to watch as well as listen to. Peter Buck was always a party in a box all by himself.

I first heard them on the Tube (channel 4 tv show) back in 1982 playing Radio Free Europe live and they blew me away.

Dog gone it folks, this is one mighty fine band right here.

I saw this tour at the Tower Theater in Philly. I was upfront....that was my favorite show of ALL TIME.

Man they were on such top form that night, I wish I could have seen it live. Amazing musicianship.

@imterpsfan2

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Buck was absolutely amazing in this video. Definitely on his A game that night.

The best REM record, imo. A hair better than Murmur. No bad songs or filler on either albums, good from beginning to end.

@6828Lu

3 жыл бұрын

Reckoning rocks just a little bit harder, which makes it my favorite of the two.

@alexbaker7517

3 жыл бұрын

There are a couple of fillers letter never sent, time after time. The best is the best but overall murmur is stronger

@Luschan

2 жыл бұрын

@Alexander Tijerina (student) Fables is really great too. Very underrated.

@j.r.a.f.t.m.

Жыл бұрын

@@alexbaker7517 letter Never sent is in my top 10 songs by them 🤣🤣

@fergieinva

Жыл бұрын

​@@6828Lu I agree!

irs years for rem were THE best. this gig was in germany shortly after release of "fables." was living in augsburg at the time but i had to work a night shift but a friend was able to go -- he bugged me about it for months afterward.

This is a big reason why I wish I saw R.E.M. live, but I am too young and they broke up :( At least I can enjoy my favorite R.E.M. song live.

@chloeccg6404

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, I’m 15 and won’t ever be able to experience R.E.M. but through a screen and some comments

@dinglebop9558

3 жыл бұрын

I recommend you a band called Red Can. Discovered them some time ago and can't wait to what's next

This takes me back to my days in high school. They were incredible. I'm glad to have been a kid and rocked out to this.

Pure genius! Awesome!

@LOVEDAVEGAHAN

10 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Love them to bits!

By the dancing and hair style, it appears Michael was going through a mid-80's Simon LeBon phase.

Then we danced the dance 😊

So easy to forget how much of a new wave band R.E.M. used to be in their younger years...

I didn't know Sickboy could sing and move like that.

Peter's legs!

Sois todos tan geniales ,contagiosos para esa voz y música😍🤩💖💖

This concert was at Rockpalast, a very famous concert venue in Germany.

@mopsvonmiez

3 жыл бұрын

Rockpalast is the TV show's name, not the name of a particular venue or concert hall. This performance took place in Bochum at "Zeche".

Wow!! Incredible!!

Wow

"Then we danced the dance till the menace got out" >> Its actually.. "Then we ditched the books with the middle's cut out".. see Olympia Dublin version 2007

So GOOD.

Thank you for uploading.

Bellissima

wow.. I never know Michael dyed his hair blonde!

@imterpsfan2

6 жыл бұрын

Going through an Ellen DeGeneres phase ;)

@dianebluegreen

3 жыл бұрын

if i remember correctly,he colored it with mustard!

Man, I'm not gay, but young Michael Stipe was beautiful.

Peter Buck is Jimmy Page of jangle pop version

I want Mike’s Guild Bass!

This gets a like for including the lyrics.

Michael Stipe is dancing like Morrissey here. Hard not to.

theyre performing this at like 1,1x speed

Michael moves like he discovered the MDMA before it was cool.

These Germans will enjoy anythjing.

But what is Mike Mills singing????

@LOVEDAVEGAHAN

9 жыл бұрын

Reilly Lab Backing vocals obviously. His and Michael's voices blend beautifully together.

@hypermorphism

9 жыл бұрын

Reilly Lab It varies from one performance to another. However, the album lyrics are most likely this particular collection, which I gathered from an interview on the many different background vocals they used: lyrics.wikia.com/R.E.M.:Harborcoat?diff=11865779&oldid=11044479

@hypermorphism

9 жыл бұрын

Reilly Lab There are a lot of misheard lyrics, especially from the earlier albums, that get copied and pasted around a lot. The "menace" lyric is a real lyric, but it is not the lyric on the album version, which is the "middles" lyric, as mentioned in the interview. A lot of this is lost, but here is one sample: webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cFs0v4hrQQgJ:forum.murmurs.com/topic/117605-my-interview-with-mike-mills/+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

@LOVEDAVEGAHAN

9 жыл бұрын

Ronald Lett Thanks for these links Ronald, very interesting.

@DeadLetter

8 жыл бұрын

+Ronald Lett that link is broken, but the lyrics on the wiki don't sound like what Mike Mills is signing here. Would love to read what was at the link you provided.

So sad after these first few years what they became.

@johndotcue

3 жыл бұрын

What you mean? They were still great from 85 to like maybe 1994? Or whenever Monster came out...

@joshuawilliams124

3 жыл бұрын

REM stayed a great band. You just got old and boring.

@williambullock4077

Жыл бұрын

totally disagree, awesome up to Adventures in Hi-FI for sure.

What's the meaning of the song?

@imterpsfan2

6 жыл бұрын

It's supposedly about Anne Frank.

The smiths 2

@MrStraccaletto

2 жыл бұрын

E si qualche eco degli Smiths c'è ma frullato con The Who e tanta altra roba tanto che alla fine i REM erano davvero un gruppo a parte, molto particolari e personali.

@giulionoccesi5739

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrStraccaletto spaccavano, solo che quando c'è una rickenbacker e un cantante che balla in quel modo l'associazione è inevitabile

@MrStraccaletto

2 жыл бұрын

@@giulionoccesi5739 eh eh effettivamente si che poi gli Smiths ancora stavano in giro nel 1985 👍

At that time the coolest greatest band on earth. Later on, not so much

This video is bisexual culture

capitol theatre version is better, mills mic is too loud

What are they on? Weeds? Haha