Absolutely! I love his voice, looking for each project and collab he-s been into. Besides that he seems to be a very kind and mindful person. Such should be world leaders, not these Putins, Trumps,Stalins, Hitlers and those who demand power....😂 ❤💚💜💚❤
I was there too . 1989 - Dayton , Ohio . Green tour . This gives me the chills every time I see it . "You fill in the mortar , you fill in the harmony "
My favourite REM song. Must have played it a thousand times in the old days we used to carry portable CD players around. 😂😂 First seen them play it live in Edinburgh on the Green tour in 1989 and got the ticket for the show that very day. Where does the time go? Pure class. And class is permanent. Thank you for so many great memories Michael, Peter, Mike and Bill - the legendary REM.
the first 1 minute is the first footage i ever saw what i later found out was R.E.M. on dutch national tv (followed by its the end of the world) i was 13 and hooked
I went to their show in Vancouver in 2003 and they played this - Michael announced that that very performance was the first time they'd played it at a show since 1989.
Lyrics I sit at my table and wage war on myself It seems like it's all, it's all for nothing I know the barricades And I know the mortar in the wall breaks I recognize the weapons, I used them well This is my mistake Let me make it good I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses I proclaim that claims are left unstated I demand a rematch I decree a stalemate I divine my deeper motives I recognize the weapons I've practiced them well, I fitted them myself It's amazing what devices you can sympathize (empathize) This is my mistake Let me make it good I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down Reach out for me and hold me tight Hold that memory Let my machine talk to me, let my machine talk to me This is my world and I am world leader pretend This is my life And this is my time I have been given the freedom To do as I see fit It's high time I've razed the walls that I've constructed It's amazing what devices you can sympathize (empathize) This is my mistake Let me make it good I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down You fill in the mortar You fill in the harmony You fill in the mortar I raised the wall And I'm the only one I will be the one to knock it down
Theyself is correct Bill Berry left in Oct1997, eight years after this clip. I remember seeing this song live in Dublin on the Green Tour. The image of Stipe banging the chair has stayed with me to this day. 10/10
Seeing this live on tour when it was new was incredible. Their early to mid 80's shows were uinique, electric things. Energetic, moody, spontaneous---that's why they are in the HOF. Not too many chances to see them without Bill after this.
@cpkuhnen I am old enough to have seen them do this song on the Green tour, back in 89 (I still have the tour programme somewhere) and Stipe did the Gang of Four intro in Dublin at the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion, too. I also read most of the reviews of the UK gigs on that tour, and he did it pretty regularly, apparently.
I heard that distorted guitar intro they used for Feeling Gravitys Pull on the Green tour...... Do you have Feeling Gravitys Pull from this performance?
@karmapolicemannn I agree. I think that Green was the last absolutely great album REM made, and that this is the finest song on it. I am not a snob; I was so excited that they suddenly started to get really famous, but at the same time I was hating the records that they made. To this day I think Monster and New Adventures are the only decent albums since Green.
Everything from “Chronic Town” to “Up” was very good to excellent. Reveal had 3 great songs. After that it was kinda hit and miss but still some good stuff.
I hear you. They, i.e. Michael, really became loathsome later on, though they continued to make some great records, in spite of his descent into self-righteous pretentiousness.
