R.E.M Country Feedback live on Jools Holland 1998 

I still need this.

So miss REM . Their music was the background to our lives in the nineties. This live version is stunning

Michael Stipe said this is his all time favorite REM song. He only had couple lines written down and the rest was just whatever popped into his head!! Amazing.

One of the most underrated REM songs of them all. Highlights Michaels vocals in such a unique and powerful way

I'm 56 and loved REM since me and the band were kids.

Michael Stipe's voice at it's absolute best - no question.

Not sure if it's worth mentioning this is one of the better performances of one of the best songs ever written.

Michael's voice is hauntingly beautifull ..

One of my favorite REM songs. Hauntingly beautiful performance!!

My equal all time favourite REM song (with Find The River)

"It's crazy what you could have had..." I think most of us have been there at some point in our lives. It's probably Stipe's most naked lyric. Awesomeness personified.

Michael Stipe incredible

“I need this..” this tune pierces the soul. If you’re reading this and struggling, I am too, we will be ok. X

This is Mike's favorite REM song. Mine too

For the first time in my life, I've stopped this song halfway through. I'm going to hug my wife- I still have her. :)

Amazing Michael and R.E.M.❤ The best band for me. I miss you.🎤🎶🎧🎸

OMG Peter Buck looked so young theses days... and we too... :-(

God! The steel guitarist is ridiculously good!

This particular version is just out of this World. The music arrangement is stunning, and the steel guitar player is from another planet, what an incredible sound. Total respect to a band that has stood the test of time. ✊👏✊👏✊👏🙏

Anyone here, still stunned by the magic, the face slapping genius of this. It evokes something in me.

The soundtrack to everyone’s life even if they don’t know it yet

the glitter around the eyes suit this song. they look like tears. beautiful , beautiful track

Every time I hear this song I am just floored. Stunning live version.

Perfection ❤️

Stipey, please sing for us....the world misses your amazing voice...

Emotionally beautiful,puts a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat

Micheal just puts everything into these songs. It is simply amazing to listen too.

it's unbelievable as Michael Stipe has the ability to draw tears out of your heart......

I find myself listening to any number of versions of this song at least once a month. Over 30 years now...

In the days where popular bands had great vocals with real feeling and could play musical instruments.

Captures the helpless feeling of heartbreak like no other song. Absolutely nails it.

Thank god for British Television for us to see performances like this of American bands. Thanks JOOLS!

Who's here in 2020?! Trying to establish some sense of normality in this crazy world!

A band so devoid of ego that when necessary simply services one of the greatest voices of the time.

Ill always need this.

What a tune. What a band. WHAT a performance. Spine-tingling.

The best version of country feed back. Michael yummy.

When I was 21 I listened to Out of a Time so often that my ears bled, and while many of the songs, even those that many would consider classics today, began to wear out, Country Feedback was always the song that I never felt I had finished listening to. This has only been reaffirmed through many, many years of further listening and I hope and pray that it always will. This is a beautiful version of that wonderful song

I was 25 when this came out. Cool song. 55 now. Divorced. Career went to shit. Crazy what I could have had.

The best version of one of the greatest songs ever written. The incredible BJ Cole adds such atmosphere to it, and Michael Stipe's voice never sounded better.

22 years later.. Still needing this.

This reaches the soul. Calmness, devotion, longing...

One of my favorite R.E.M songs. Michael Stipe's voice is one of God's most beautiful gifts.

Most beautiful thing I have ever heard

Not part of my generation...but thoroughly enjoying this....never too late...! ❤🎤🎶

Everybody is performin with so warm deep feeling; im nearly crying...but who wouldn't!?

This song hits hard. Amazing performance.

I remember staying up to watch this episode of Jools Holland, first episode he did with just one band. I recorded it on VHS... it seems a lifetime ago but jeez what music.

Floored by this song every time.

I saw this live and I can't tell you that how good it was

Michael Stipe is magnificient.

Medication for the soul...REM on fine form here 👍

2021 and I still listening that beautiful song..

My God, please come back and let us see you live. ❤

Man this song has so much meaning to me. Back in the 90's listening to this at night on my SL1210 smoking a spliff, just when me and my first love split up.. Wow.. What memories....x

Michael so magical, the world we live in is very depressing that song lift me up everytime I listen and watch it. Thank u youtube, thank u REM. Remember every moments.❤❤❤❤

This song and particularly Michaels voice in it, haunts me. Love the words. I need this !!!!!!!

Incredible performance. One of the best songs of one of my favorite bands.

Tears in my eyes. What a masterpiece.

This is the best performance of this song that I have found. Stype's voice sounds just about perfect here. this is an amazing song.......its on a maddening loop

I’ll always need this. I had control I need this!

This song broke me then, it breaks me now. Love and peace; out.

It's interesting that as a young man, I screamed these lyrics...along w/ most REM songs, and now, so many years later, I feel what I might've felt back then. I remember a small party where we all sang, loudly, Green in its entirety. Still loving REM.

This flower is scorched, this film is on On a maddening loop, these clothes These clothes don't fit us right I'm to blame It's all the same It's all the same You come to me with a bone in your hand You come to me with your hair curled tight You come to me with positions You come to me with excuses Ducked out in a row You wear me out You wear me out We've been through fake-a-breakdown Self-hurt, plastics, collections Self-help, self-pain EST, psychics, fuck all I was central, I had control I lost my head I need this, I need this A paperweight, junk garage Wedding ring, a honey pot Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged A hotline, a wanted ad It's crazy what you could've had It's crazy what you could've had It's crazy what you could've had I need this, I need this It's crazy what you could've had Crazy what you could've had I need it, I need this It's crazy what you could've had It's crazy what you could've had I need this, I, I need this It's crazy what you could've had I need this, I need this It's crazy what you could've had Crazy what you could've had I need this, I need this Crazy what you could've had Crazy what you could've had

My favorite R.E.M. song. Nightswimming is #2 -may sound macabre but it’s on my funeral list. One of my favorite groups.

That song will never get old. Ever.

The song at this tempo is so great, makes the album version sound like a demo.

I'm a big ugly dude with a beard. Nothing makes me cry. But this song, and the way he sings it in this performance, make me do that crying gulping thing. A bit of a tear.

Brilliant Live version

Always need this

“I was central I had control I lost my head I need this I need this” Destroys me every time

That steel guitar sound is haunting. Beautiful version.

Always nice to give the Brits a taste of the pedal steel guitar.

1 of the best bands ever. period.

This has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Great version too.

Damn! So powerful.

I love that the song almost like country ❤

Man I love that pedal steel.

His voice, his words, the music, the admosphere, the melody, the feeling ....... me alone in the darkness of my room !!!

That slide guitar on this song sounds beautiful. Really impressive song, I think this is one of REM's best songs ever.

Pedal steel player is the Rain Man of this instrument!

Favorite band. Favorite lead singer. Favorite feeling.

I miss R.E.M. so much, very happy Michael is still with us.

I have this on loop right now - hits all the spots

The brilliant BJ Cole on pedal steel guitar adds a layer of magic to an already beautiful piece of music, I never tire of hearing this version. If you aren't familiar with the great man just check his history, he has played with some of the greatest artists in music

These guys ❤️❤️❤️

...so beautiful...🥺

i'm crying all over again....

The best band in this cold world.

Wow. Gut wrenching and beautiful.

Absolutely ❤

This song still haunts me to the day.

it reminds me of my father , now passed away, as he never liked modern music . driving to Felixstowe in old volkswagen listening to this on a tiny speaker ...

@James Stonley, he was apologising to her. Earlier in the set he'd noticed her saying "I need to use the bathroom", and he'd said that he didn't know where it was. So he was saying sorry if he had embarrassed her. Quite sweet, really.

Michael in his glitter like tears.

My favourite REM song 🎵 ❤

I just never tire of this song ….. timeless ethereal music

Totally in love his voice here.

Absolutely love REM and this song❤❤❤

This song is a great work of art.