Berry wrote and played the piano on this one: every member of REM was totally integral to their sound. A true band in every sense. I can still remember the very first time I heard Radio Free Europe - love at first listen.
i'm getting chills. i was so so lucky to see them in 1986. fables tour. it was astounding. a religious thing without the pulpit. thank you r.e.m. for inspiring my whole life.
Totally - saw them on the Little America tour, then the Reconstruction and Paegent tours - I ate, slept and breathed this band for about 4 years... then by Document the frat boys started to show up at their shows and it felt like genie was out of the box.
In the pantheon of rock drummers/songwriters, he's right up there at the apex with Henley, Ullrich, and Peart (I'm sure I'm forgetting at least one big name).
@@ClueSign No he's not, they all are. I LOVE Millsy, don't get me wrong, but this band isn't REM without Buck, Berry and Stipe. I realize musically, Berry was maybe "more replacable", but he did a lot behind the scenes in writing and arranging. In short, REM does not exist without all 4 of those guys.
I f the world could listen to these guy now in 2018, we would see and hear that music is the earth's spoken language. REM you guys made my life what it is today..............greatest live album ever!
I grew up with them and saw them 6 X in uni. I think they said that when they heard this song they realized they were good. Reminds me of my college girlfriend and all is good
As I am from Massachusetts i wish I was there but in 84 I was only 4 and was a little late to the rem party kinda herd of them in the early 90,s but really started to get into them in the early 2,000 and started going through there back catalog and fell in love with them and luckily for me got to see them 3 times 03 04 and 08 before they called it a day also saw Peter buck play in a small club in Massachusetts in 2019 and he came out after the show and i got to meet him that was pretty cool as from 2001 when I started to pay attention to present day r.e.m. is my favorite band
i remember downloading ever REM song i could find on kazaa back in the 90s and finding a live version of this song which became my favorite REM song. this video is super close to that version. in the version i had from kazaa when he sings "pull your dress on" there's a guy in the background that yells "YYYYEEEEEAAAAH." only difference in the versions but still memorable to me. love it.
It was revealed this was written in an iconic alternative music clubs parking lot. REM in their van were watched playing football supposedly. City gardens ♥
I have a hard time believing that explanation. It's a beautiful song, but loaded! For me... it sounds like they're involved in an Illuminati ritual. "11 GALLOWS on your sleeve". Standing to soon. 12 bloodline families. 1 group GETS to go. Somebody is in charge of them. Put your dress on...We GET to leave. Somebody had their dress off for a reason. Stay real close. (He's protecting someone). Notice how Michael nods solemnly and raises his hand as if to say he gets no choice. They are laying it out for you here. They get to leave because no one was a sacrifice. Who was sacrificed prior?? MANY- Kurt Cobain, River Phoenix to name a few...list is long. Hollywood is a dark place. REM gives you plenty hints in their lyrics and music.
Was sorry to hear that Peter Holsapple (on piano here) had a falling out with REM over writing credits for songs on Green. Supposedly it's covered in the follow up to It Crawled From The South. I have a library card and I gotta use it here.
I think he's raising his musical stand high to signify "standing too soon...shoulders high in the room" Bring an ominous quality to how that feels.... Painting the picture.
Possible mis-transposition: I think at the end he says standing to sooth shoulders... He keeps that lyric to himself until the very end, and it explains "heaven assumes shoulders..."
This is from, "Tour Film" back in 88/89. Your post is of great quality!!! At the end (3:38) I think he says, "...standing to serve." ...but I could be wrong.
Peter's confusing the hell out of me. He's playing with a capo, which he almost never does, but even though it's on the second fret he's still playing in the correct key. What gives? Is his 12-string tuned a whole step down to D?
@@jimbailey5681 I could see that, but capo 2 doesn't really work for F chords. Do you think his guitar is tuned down? Watching his chord shapes, I feel like that has to be the case. Regardless I don't see why Peter felt the need to do that, he played 12 strings throughout the 80's and had .13 guage strings, so I wonder what compelled him to switch things up for this.
I think he was using Peter Holsapple's 12-string, which I believe was tuned down. I guess since it's such a pain to retune a 12-string, the easiest route was to use a capo. I've not seen 'Tourfilm' in years, but I do remember seeing a few shots of Holsapple playing that guitar to supplement Peter's playing. Puzzles me too, but that's all I can figure
Two reasons why I made the comment. 1. Because Stipe himself has spoken about that hair cut and how bad it was and B. because his barber should have been arrested for it. Was never fixated with it when watching Tourfilm all those years ago and obviously it's more about him singing live in concert and being able to front his band which he does here admirably. Bill has such a feeling for this song and that makes sense since he wrote the music for it.
I can't picture him at like Super Cuts just handing them a picture of some punk rock guy and hoping for the best. He had to have directed this haircut. Lol
