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WHY This is R.E.M.'s Greatest Song 

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In today's livestream I explain WHY This is R.E.M.'s Greatest Song
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@matthewdavenport2490
@matthewdavenport2490 Год назад
"Driver 8" and "Fall on Me" are two of their greatest, and every lifelong R.E.M. fan loves them.
@TacomaGraphicArtist
@TacomaGraphicArtist Год назад
Driver 8 and Don't Go Back to Rockville are my favorites
@piershollott339
@piershollott339 Год назад
I am always going to love Document because of how that album showed what they were really capable of, but everything they would later do was evident in Fables and Pageant... I love the harmonies in "Fall On Me" so much. They're not trying to be the Beatles or the Beach Boys, they're just doing their own thing. Mike Mills backup vocals are always stellar.
@netflix_and_zwift
@netflix_and_zwift Год назад
Fall on Me - Hands down
@mojodojo5533
@mojodojo5533 Год назад
My two favorites for sure. They are quintessential REM.
@matthewdavenport2490
@matthewdavenport2490 Год назад
@@piershollott339 100% Mike Mills' backup vocals on "Fall on Me" are the hook of the entire song for me.
@pfink70
@pfink70 Год назад
The secret sauce in REM songs was Mike Mills' bass lines. He never just mirrored the guitar chords...he was always playing some kind of counterpoint to what Peter was playing or Michael was singing. I would love to hear Rick do a video with some isolated REM bass lines.
@Happyheretic2308
@Happyheretic2308 Год назад
And compare to JPJ
@brianmiller1077
@brianmiller1077 Год назад
@ghost mall JPJ, like MM does a lot of counterpoint. I'd say MM is better at it but Jones does all the keyboard stuff and string arrangements. Mills is up there with McCartney and Jamerson in my opinion
@darenmanville2274
@darenmanville2274 Год назад
yes, and his background vox, MM is the man!
@ue4058
@ue4058 Год назад
@@Happyheretic2308 Great comment, you are spot on and it's been said many times if still not enough. Mills played the same role as John Paul Jones in Zep - they were both the best all-around musicians in their respective bands, multi-instrumentalists and the "secret sauce" essential to the songwriting and arranging. No JPJ, no Zep. No Millsy, no REM.
@floridaclarinetstudio2338
@floridaclarinetstudio2338 Год назад
@ghost mall here's a fun fact: R.E.M. producer Scott Litt reached out to JPJ about arranging strings for "Everybody Hurts" and three other Automatic tunes: "Drive," "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" and "Nightswimming." After hearing the demos, Jones happily obliged. Great crossover, not to mention Mills was surely listening to JPJ and zeplin as well back in those 1970s:) Cheers!
@coaxguy99
@coaxguy99 4 месяца назад
Anybody else love "Sidewinder"? It was their nod to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE is do bomb.
@Lewis5020
@Lewis5020 15 дней назад
Great tune! I like how Michael laughs in the first line of the chorus after "Or a reading from Dr. Seuss"
@christiangrote6027
@christiangrote6027 12 дней назад
Love it! It's so uplifting 🙂
@brianrobertson9580
@brianrobertson9580 12 дней назад
Always been my favorite REM song (I continue to be surprised by that, but I just can’t stop loving it).
@keithmcclanahan8117
@keithmcclanahan8117 6 дней назад
It’s also an intentionally upbeat song because they felt the album was coming out too somber all the way through and they needed an uplifting song to break it up.
@brbailey
@brbailey Месяц назад
The Flowers of Guatemala is an incredibly beautiful song. Begin the Begin is a great, fun song.
@DonRood-fx3dt
@DonRood-fx3dt 9 дней назад
Yes! Life’s Rich Pageant was my first REM album I bought, although I vaguely knew of them since the early 80s from “Driver 8” and “Can’t Get There From Here.” And the Chronic Town EP is one of my Top Ten all time favorites.
@wadecooler7496
@wadecooler7496 Год назад
A couple years back I gave a listen to R.E.M.'s entire catalog and it blew me away. This band is one of the greatest bands to ever exist.
@MrLuigiFercotti
@MrLuigiFercotti 14 дней назад
Nah, I someone on the chat say they are over-rated. lol
@jckyhn7329
@jckyhn7329 13 дней назад
One of the greatest US rock bands. Maybe the greatest?
@gordocojones
@gordocojones 5 дней назад
If you listen to their music from the early to mid 80s… peak indie rock. They really were one of the greatest indie bands to have ever existed.
@satlarsatlar
@satlarsatlar Год назад
"Fall on Me" deserved a mention. It's amazing in all respects especially the conversion of the vocals in the chorus. It's eerily nostalgic and utterly beautiful.
@Tamburlaine2
@Tamburlaine2 Год назад
I was surprised nothing from REM's best album, Life's Rich Pageant, made the list.
@nobodyimportant7804
@nobodyimportant7804 Год назад
Definitely, but if he included all the worthy songs, the video would be two hours long, which would be fine with me.
@billsilva1740
@billsilva1740 Год назад
@@Tamburlaine2 100% their best album. So many good songs.
@zendisciple3737
@zendisciple3737 Год назад
Was Stipe's favourite at some point...
@gnlout7403
@gnlout7403 Год назад
@@Tamburlaine2 life's rich pageant is amazing. My all time favorite 80s record, at least Love murmer too. The days when Michael Stipe mumbled were epic
@ongogablogian8568
@ongogablogian8568 19 дней назад
Rick, I know this vid is a year old, but my father died shortly after Automatic came out, my mother soon after. Try Not to Breathe, Sweetness Follows, Everybody Hurts and Find a River resonates so strongly with me. It was the right album at the right time.Truthfully Document is my favorite R.E.M. album, Automatic is a very close second. Congrats on interviewing Mike Mills, so good to see R.E.M. perform at the Songwriters ceremony.
@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239
@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239 День назад
@Elephantstonica
@Elephantstonica 6 месяцев назад
You are the Everything, for me. Off GREEN. Just takes me straight back to being a littlun and falling asleep laid out, on the back seat of dad’s red Ford Cortina, driving back from a day at gran and grandads. The stars, aroma of the seats, the sound of travel and the engine.. Such peace.
@fuckamericanidiot
@fuckamericanidiot 3 месяца назад
That's lovely
@deFruitberg
@deFruitberg 3 месяца назад
One of their best, indeed
@johnharvey4448
@johnharvey4448 3 месяца назад
Same. Laid down on back seat of old Ford Escort Estate, no seat belt driving back from Aunties too late. Here's a scene you're in the backseat laying down, the windows wrap around you, the sound of travel and the engine...
@kamiekarsten5555
@kamiekarsten5555 24 дня назад
My favorite as well
@ericspagnoli1594
@ericspagnoli1594 21 день назад
Love the lyrics all of Green is pretty classic actually
@scott-in-dfw3005
@scott-in-dfw3005 11 месяцев назад
Find the River is my favorite. It’s tough to pick from so many excellent songs, but Find the River is an absolutely gorgeous song, perfect in every element.
@hogey74
@hogey74 9 месяцев назад
Me too! When they came to Brisbane in about 2009 they played it and Michael said it was because someone had asked specifically. I was so glad.
@MichaelSeow
@MichaelSeow 9 месяцев назад
Agreed
@andyrunton
@andyrunton 9 месяцев назад
Totally agree. Listened to them since the beginning and this is the one that I just can’t get enough of. It’s so haunting and so easy to lose yourself in.
@Florida_guy
@Florida_guy 9 месяцев назад
Yea find the river is such a great song
@MayorOfFunkytown42
@MayorOfFunkytown42 9 месяцев назад
Fall on Me, Gardening at Night, and Rockville are some other great ones
@J_Angel
@J_Angel Год назад
I keep coming back to “Orange Crush.” The ethereal chorus which doubles in length on the final one with Michael going up another octave. I can’t even make out what’s being said in the chorus but the harmonies make you feel pain and sadness. Incredible.
@Weshopwizard
@Weshopwizard Год назад
Fireplace or King of Birds.
@jamese8508
@jamese8508 Год назад
It's such a dramatic song, and every element of the band contributes to the tension. I love the incorporation of "Army sounds" into the bridge. Buck's picking is all over the scale with crazy jumps between notes - pretty amazing.
@dylanadams1455
@dylanadams1455 Год назад
still my favourite album of theirs. "I Remember California" is the song for me that I just love and keep coming back to.
@samgod
@samgod Год назад
I was thinking either "Orange Crush", "Electrolyte" or "E-Bow the Letter."
@markc824
@markc824 Год назад
I love that bass line.
@chop3625
@chop3625 5 месяцев назад
Top 5 all time band. “Fall on Me’ ‘Don’t go back to Rockville” plus So. Central Rain ALWAYS in my rotation.
@captaintwitch
@captaintwitch 14 дней назад
Three of my absolute favorites.
@panaboom128
@panaboom128 10 месяцев назад
“A simple “PROP” to occupy my time” The One I Love is a misunderstood masterpiece
@MichaelBrown-ui4vu
@MichaelBrown-ui4vu Год назад
"Near Wild Heaven" has harmonies that give me the chills.
@jonser20cent68
@jonser20cent68 Год назад
Great song
@hrblsh
@hrblsh Год назад
Agreed! This is one of my favourite of theirs.
@kimdawcatgirl
@kimdawcatgirl Год назад
Yes!
@tinman8753
@tinman8753 2 месяца назад
Mike Mills sang on this one. Are you saying you prefer hkm to Stipe?
@KustomConcern
@KustomConcern 16 дней назад
Probably the best song on Out of Time.
@HFG207
@HFG207 Год назад
As a straight ahead banger of a rock song, Orange Crush is one of my all time favorites. The bass and snare sounds are incredible.
@later_daze_4080
@later_daze_4080 Год назад
Agreed!
@FrankieBag0donuts
@FrankieBag0donuts Год назад
Yep... definitely their BEST song!
@roelhoremans5887
@roelhoremans5887 Год назад
Strong contender.
@jollyjohnthepirate3168
@jollyjohnthepirate3168 Год назад
My neighbor who is a Vietnam vet broke down in tears when he listened to this song.
@darthterror2840
@darthterror2840 Год назад
Totally…I was actually expecting to see it on the list.
@DavidMartin-tc1gl
@DavidMartin-tc1gl 16 дней назад
"Driver 8" does it for me. I was in art school at UGA during the early 80s and frequently ran into them in the department. I saw them many times at Legion Field and/or 40 Watt. Stipe would eat lunch sometimes at The Grill, a local joint, and was a pleasant soul. I sold a camera to Pete when I worked at a local store, part time, in Athens in 1985. I think I made $3 in commission....lol. I have several drawings of the lady featured in "The One I Love" as she was a frequent model in our art classes. Fun times that I never realized were significant at the time.
@SirVarnish
@SirVarnish 20 дней назад
You are the everything from Green blows me away every time
@bordy217
@bordy217 Год назад
Might not be a popular pick, but Nightswimming is their best for me. Just simple, nostalgic, beautiful.
@RUfromthe40s
@RUfromthe40s Год назад
is the favorite song for many people i know
@rake.
@rake. Год назад
Love it, my favorite for sure.
@RickMarch
@RickMarch Год назад
My wife's favorite for sure.
@bloffs3352
@bloffs3352 Год назад
Oh it's up with the best fir sure.
@caddisking
@caddisking Год назад
Cuyahoga
@charlestompkins8431
@charlestompkins8431 Год назад
My very favorite REM song is Fall On Me and my second favorite is Imitation Of Life. I feel that Mike Mills is an incredibly underrated bassist and is an awesome background singer.
@DeeDeeRanged
@DeeDeeRanged Год назад
Michael Stipes fav too!
@johnfrei9057
@johnfrei9057 Год назад
Yeah not even a mention of Fall On Me?!
@Ezzie0304
@Ezzie0304 Год назад
Mine too
@Durmomo0
@Durmomo0 Год назад
Imitation of life is such a great song that I dont know if a lot of people even know of
@pridgeondesigngroup1479
@pridgeondesigngroup1479 Год назад
I agree. When I first saw this video I thought Fall on Me was going to be his pick. I like their first three albums, and I saw them live 3 times in the early years. I don’t really care for their later albums, but Fall on Me is just a perfect gem of a pop song. Beato talked of a perfect melody, well to me this is it.
@rse1113
@rse1113 8 месяцев назад
“Nightswimming” is nothing short of a masterpiece. Maybe the most vulnerable lyrics since “One More Try” by George Michael. Stipe really knocked it out of the park.
@cejannuzi
@cejannuzi 15 дней назад
Check out UK band, Gene, and their cover of Nightswimming. It's an excellent song--both versions.
@rse1113
@rse1113 15 дней назад
@@cejannuzi Cheers for that.
@DailyMailHACK-dq4ql
@DailyMailHACK-dq4ql 15 дней назад
The Jools Holland Later version is the best bar none…
@rse1113
@rse1113 15 дней назад
@@DailyMailHACK-dq4ql I’ll second that.
@MisAnnThorpe
@MisAnnThorpe 9 дней назад
I prefer "Daysleeper"!
@joreal4
@joreal4 17 дней назад
Been watching Rick discuss great songs for years now and I don’t think I’ve seen him tear up from lyrics and melody. It’s a testament to REMs superb songwriting. They deserve the accolades now being given.
@floorticket
@floorticket Год назад
"Talk About the Passion" and "Catapult" are two of my favorites of their early stuff.
@cynthiawhite9830
@cynthiawhite9830 Год назад
Me too!
@karenwebster2465
@karenwebster2465 Год назад
Me too! I love Pilgrimage too!
@johnnicholas2079
@johnnicholas2079 Год назад
Murmur is still my favorite album
@INXSFan33
@INXSFan33 Год назад
@@karenwebster2465 same here! Couldn't have picked a better list!
@wvmoonfox
@wvmoonfox 2 месяца назад
Love the bass and drum intro to "catapult"
@BillBurnette
@BillBurnette Год назад
“South Central Rain” is probably my favorite REM song. ❤
@cdavidlake2
@cdavidlake2 17 дней назад
As a kid back in the day, I thought it was, "So" Central Rain (they way it appeared on the CD). Chalked it up to the inscrutable enigma of REM.
@seaoftranquility7228
@seaoftranquility7228 10 месяцев назад
“The Great Beyond” is the one that does it for me like that. Hits me right in the heart. I’m pretty sure it’s about watching a loved one die as well and when I hear it it brings back a moment like that in my life and I cry.
@Downunder_Son
@Downunder_Son 7 месяцев назад
Yep, me too. Love R.E.M. and so many favourites but that one puts a lump in my throat and I get me misty eyed every time. Try Not to Breathe, Perfect Circle and Flowers of Guatemala always give my heartstrings a tug also. Lots of memories associated with this band.
@dscmn
@dscmn 6 месяцев назад
love this song, i just wish berry had participated in it
@NotRiansLuke
@NotRiansLuke 5 месяцев назад
Best song by far, can't believe it wasn't mentioned. Not only beautiful melody and harmonies, but incredible lyrics. I converted an extremely talented musician friend into an REM fan with "The Great Beyond" alone.
@matsfrommusic
@matsfrommusic 2 месяца назад
Same
@michaelcain1225
@michaelcain1225 9 месяцев назад
Some of my favorites: "Perfect Circle" "Feeling Gravity's Pull" "Driver 8" "You are the Everything" "Sweetness Follow" "Try not to Breathe"
@susanhaney3437
@susanhaney3437 Год назад
My favorite REM song is "Me in Honey". Kate Pierson's voice just sends it over the edge for me, it's sp beautiful and sad.
@mcswilly
@mcswilly Год назад
One of their best grooves, my kids love that one. Good call.
@duncefunce1513
@duncefunce1513 Год назад
I think I'm with you there. Definitely overlooked
@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In
Good pick. All immersed in the emotional realization.
@OU8I2
@OU8I2 Год назад
“Baby's got some new rules, baby says she's had it with me…”
@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In
@@OU8I2 so much emotional pain expressed in so few words. Exploring the human condition and suffering, with music and lyrics.
@mikezeman8572
@mikezeman8572 Год назад
Try Not To Breathe and Night Swimming are phenomenal songs . I’ve always loved them both from the first time I heard them. Automatic For The People is an incredible album.
@cipherpac
@cipherpac Год назад
Night swimming got me through some really tough and stressful times in 2020. Used to listen to it before bed to help with my anxiety.
@dancarter482
@dancarter482 Год назад
Find The River is the most wonderful thing they have ever done!
@rstuartcpa
@rstuartcpa Год назад
It took me a year of sporadic listening to truly appreciate Automatic…definitely a desert island pick.
@matthewche
@matthewche Год назад
@@dancarter482 I agree almost. It’s the best song on the record IMO.
@ellenmeilee
@ellenmeilee Год назад
100 per cent perfection and always loved Star Me Kitten so much too. The whole vibe of that album is utterly magical.
@carloscampos1280
@carloscampos1280 2 месяца назад
"Maps and Legends" besides other 75 or 80 REM songs, that go from beautiful to masterpiece. Simply the most important alternative rock band of all times. And, IMO, the best American band too.
@americankickboxer
@americankickboxer 4 дня назад
M&L has a beautiful melody.
@billyscenic5610
@billyscenic5610 Месяц назад
"Leave" is my favorite. Probably the most heartfelt.
@Mahatma618
@Mahatma618 20 дней назад
Mine too.Hit me like a brick.
@johnscarr70
@johnscarr70 19 дней назад
​@@Mahatma618stellar song.
@agc4043
@agc4043 16 дней назад
Mine too
@billyscenic5610
@billyscenic5610 16 дней назад
@@CompanyGhost New Adventures is the one I like.
@speculative
@speculative 9 дней назад
Great song!
@mikeandersonwa
@mikeandersonwa Год назад
REM is honestly such an insanely good band.
@bellazoe1
@bellazoe1 Год назад
Greatest band of last 40 years easily
@TainuiaKid1973
@TainuiaKid1973 Год назад
@@bellazoe1 U2?
@RUfromthe40s
@RUfromthe40s Год назад
@@TainuiaKid1973 i was a U2 follower but after Pop(which i think it´s filled with great songs and diferent versions that were released on their cd singles were also very good sounding to me) they seemed to make a change on their way to make songs, there are some i like but only a couple of them and also was surprised when they release "No line in the horizon"it had several songs that i found really good but after it become their traditional new style again which i don´t like or understand their change in playing music,so i don´t find them U2 or R.E.M the best bands on the last 40 years but only two great bands in the sea of thousands of bands that were also releasing great songs, i´m not a fan of a band only ,i like several songs of diferent bands that might not had the same impact of this two great bands but also good songs coming out of a lot of good bands albums, i also enjoy a lot hearing live concerts which i remenber driving 3.500 km with a friend only to see for the first time U2 playing live in their unforgetable fire tour concert in barcelona,Spain
@TainuiaKid1973
@TainuiaKid1973 Год назад
@@RUfromthe40s I struggled with U2 once they released Actung Baby, took 20 years before I liked the album. R.E.M. had a shorter career. Oasis were great too. Metallica still do it. I like Shihad, a band from my country, New Zealand.
@RUfromthe40s
@RUfromthe40s Год назад
@@TainuiaKid1973 i remenber when the release of acthung baby ,i enjoyed a lot of songs but there were at least 3 songs that i never heard them, maybe because they stayed some years without releasing nothing one when the album came out one would expect a great work but at the first time i liked songs like the end of the world or blindness and ultra-violect , R.E.M is still giving concerts, at least is what i know, not that well informed and Oasis were a great band but because of the two brothers having fights they also had a short living but REM and U2 have a lot more LP´s released both started more or less in early 80´s and some years ago both REM and U2 released new albums, all bands that i followed but the last U2 albums are not for my taste ,only liked the "New line on the Horison"at least 3 or 4 songs ,since "how to dismantle a atomic bomb" i stop hearing U2 the change on style destroyd their unique sound ,don´t expect nothing good in the future also they´re getting old
@broncobuddha
@broncobuddha Год назад
Man, not a single mention of Life's Rich Pageant? Not just great songs on that album, but the whole album, opener to ending is amazing. Love all of these songs. Brings back so many memories. My kids, especially my 13 year old daughter, share my eclectic tastes in music and I'll catch her listening to a lot of the music I grew up with and still listen to today. And this video just reminded me that I've not purposefully exposed her to REM. Something that I'll rectify immediately. Thank you, Rick.
@ginalewis6731
@ginalewis6731 Год назад
My fave R.E.M. song is Flowers of Guatemala. Second is Superman.
@hankamania
@hankamania Год назад
My fave is probably These Days. Or maybe Begin The Begin.
@davidwoolbright3675
@davidwoolbright3675 Год назад
I love Life’s Rich Pageant. Next to that my fave is Chronic Town !!
@davelogeman
@davelogeman Год назад
Yeah, I love I Believe and These Days
@foto21
@foto21 Год назад
@@hankamania Begin the Begin is their best song by a country mile. Their later stuff got maudlin for me. They were the best at the beginning. Finest Worksong is another monster.
@marcusaurelius8439
@marcusaurelius8439 5 месяцев назад
Man on the Moon sounds so sad to me. It hits me straight in the heart all the time. So amazing...
@thomasdonohue1120
@thomasdonohue1120 3 месяца назад
“Leave” from New Adventures is hypnotic
@generaseven
@generaseven 2 месяца назад
I concur…
@mikewhitlock5120
@mikewhitlock5120 Год назад
Find the River is an often overlooked personal favourite. Vocal, Acoustic Guitar and Piano all get their place in the sun... Beautifully balanced.
@bvaljalo
@bvaljalo Год назад
I'd put that in my top 20 for sure, maybe even top 10. It's an incredible song, esp. coming right after nightswimming, which is also breathtakingly beautiful, arguably Michael's best vocal performance. But if you pressed me, I have to give a slight edge to Hairshirt from the Green album and Country Feedback from OOT over nightswimming, but those are my top 3, and Find The River follows it so, so well. It's an amazing album closing sequence.
@kevinelliott4833
@kevinelliott4833 Год назад
Find the River is one of my REM favorites.
@dice1296
@dice1296 Год назад
terrific. but i heard 'nightswimming' come on the car radio at dusk once...it was the first time i had heard it in ages, and it blew my mind. when that oboe comes in toward the end...holy ****
@mumsie-uk2it
@mumsie-uk2it Год назад
I always preferred it to Nightswimming.
@jonaslunden2971
@jonaslunden2971 Год назад
agreed,for me Find the river is the best song,and Monty got a raw deal.
@rogerklein1007
@rogerklein1007 Год назад
During my time as a VP of A&R at Epic Records I tried to sign REM on two separate occasions, once in 1987 when their deal ran out at IRS (just after The One I Love came out) and a number of years later when Automatic For The People came out and their deal with Warner Bros was over. The first time I was quite disappointed that I wasn't able to however, As it happened in 1988 I signed their friends, The Indigo Girls whose debut LP with us produced by Scott Litt had REM playing on almost every track and went on to be nominated for Best New Artist Grammy and won in the category of Best Folk Record and ended up selling more than 3M albums. All told, they've sold over 15million LPs .
@ryanpatrickpreston
@ryanpatrickpreston Год назад
Cool. I was working at Tower Records when REM inked that mega deal with WEA.
@rogerklein1007
@rogerklein1007 Год назад
@@ryanpatrickpreston The 2nd time I tried to sign them was when their WBR time was up. They were at their absolute peak and I along with label head, Richard Griffiths had one secret meeting with them at a suite in the Four Seasons Hotel in NYC. We didn't even tell anyone else at the company and the deal memo was under the name of The Roses( we wanted people to think we were trying to sign Guns and Roses) The deal was for one record and the advance would be $25,000,000. Just for the one record and then they would be free to go wherever they wanted to. It would've been a great deal for everyone. However, they turned it down and stayed at Warner's as they would gain control of their catalogue. A few days later Tommy Mottola found out about the offer that he knew nothing about and went absolutely beserk! lol
@IndigoJo
@IndigoJo Год назад
They were on two tracks off the self-titled Epic debut: Kid Fears (Michael Stipe doing the guest vocal) and Tried To Be True (the rest of the band). Peter Buck appeared on a couple of tracks off the album following it, Nomads Indians Saints, also produced by Scott Litt.
@Almost_Famous_Ryan
@Almost_Famous_Ryan Год назад
Losing My Religion was released in '91.
@charlesbolton8471
@charlesbolton8471 Год назад
@@rogerklein1007 Losing My Religion didn’t come out until 1991 and it was on Warner Brothers. I think you mean their biggest hit on IRS which was It’s The End Of The World As We Know It.
@Alan-it5kt
@Alan-it5kt 10 месяцев назад
perfect circle is also just so lovely
@EdnaMillion.
@EdnaMillion. 6 месяцев назад
Best band of the 80s by a street. Favourite songs almost too many to count. Lifes Rich Pageant is sheer perfection. These Days, Fall On Me, I Believe, Cuyahoga. Fall On Me I think is their greatest song. If you listen to it, there are THREE vocal melodies. Who else does that? It's breathtaking.
@RUfromthe40s
@RUfromthe40s 5 месяцев назад
fall on me is also one of their best songs ,i think after buying fables of reconstruction and later life´s reach pageant ,found it a great album ,I.R.S did had great productions in a time that each band sounded diferent from the other, mainstream albums were filled with high´s , i think i should refer to epic lp´s being so extremelly high on frequencies, the cds even more
@globalmonkey007
@globalmonkey007 Год назад
3 words: Fall On Me. R.E.M.'s greatest song IMO. Absolute perfection from start to finish.
@troubledjoe6201
@troubledjoe6201 Год назад
Agreed - until I remembered Country Feedback - which betters even that
@seanelcock
@seanelcock Год назад
Yes
@nathalie_desrosiers
@nathalie_desrosiers Год назад
This was the song that started it all for me.
@randocalrissian4520
@randocalrissian4520 Год назад
Agreed. If it weren't for Fall On Me though, it'd be Driver 8.
@PartyThrasher118
@PartyThrasher118 Год назад
Absolutely! The second verse where Michael and Mike are singing separate lyrics with separate rhythms is one of the most enchanting parts of a song I've ever heard. Glad I'm not alone on this one
@johnparkman8150
@johnparkman8150 Год назад
Driver 8 is still one of my favorites!!! Graduated from high school in 82 and college in 86...REM was king...love them!!!
@daverobinson6110
@daverobinson6110 11 месяцев назад
Driver 8 is my all time favorite followed by I could turn you inside out and So Central Rain
@yellowjackboots2624
@yellowjackboots2624 9 месяцев назад
I love Driver 8 but think Beat City by The Flowerpot Men does the same thing only better
@dashx1103
@dashx1103 8 месяцев назад
Love Driver 8 ... easily my top 5, maybe top 3.
@petertracy3622
@petertracy3622 8 месяцев назад
sky blue bells ringing...
@JeffBGroover
@JeffBGroover 7 месяцев назад
Great call out - love Driver 8 - still listen to it..
@davidorr8645
@davidorr8645 14 дней назад
Can you imagine going to some local music store signing up for guitar lessons and your teacher is Rick Beato? 😮
@clintparkinson129
@clintparkinson129 10 дней назад
Find the river is outstanding and beautiful. Picking a favourite song is like choosing a favourite child
@Dan-C-71
@Dan-C-71 Год назад
Their secret weapon was Mike Mill’s’ backing vocals. I love the Reckoning album, and got to see them front row on the Document tour in ‘87.
@captaintwitch
@captaintwitch 19 дней назад
Me too! Front and center.
@bimscutney1242
@bimscutney1242 Год назад
“The children look up all they hear is sky blue bells ringing” One of my favorite lyrics of all time.
@victorpineiro_
@victorpineiro_ 9 месяцев назад
I can't believe that, of all the many, many REM tracks, we share the same favorite. It made me so happy to watch this. I've never met anyone else who even mentions this as a standout track and I agree that it's absolutely their best. My mind is blown!
@mcr00kes
@mcr00kes 10 месяцев назад
"Country Feedback" is one of my most loved pieces of music. I know "Out Of Time" isn't as good as "Automatic for the People" or "Murmur", but it has an atmosphere and feel about it that is truely timeless. My favourote album by them.
@ExquisiteIdea
@ExquisiteIdea 10 дней назад
This song is so haunting... As a teenager, I could listen to it on repeat countless times at night, laying still in bed, only to be startled by my "discman" falling on the floor...
@markclaxton3143
@markclaxton3143 11 месяцев назад
Why has nobody pointed out the obvious choice; Country Feedback. Absolutely incredible vocals and emotional intensity. No surprise it's Michael Stipes favourite REM song
@JK_Chapman
@JK_Chapman 8 месяцев назад
💯
@hawkjeff
@hawkjeff 7 месяцев назад
You nailed it. This is the only answer as far as I am concerned. That's nothing against the rest of the catalog. This is just one of my favorite songs by anyone.
@markclaxton3143
@markclaxton3143 7 месяцев назад
Great to find someone on the same wavelength
@pifko87
@pifko87 7 месяцев назад
@@markclaxton3143 Check out the live version on the Jools Holland special 1998. THE best version. Better than the album. SO much emotion.
@brunoborela4161
@brunoborela4161 7 месяцев назад
correct country feedback is the type of song that comes once in a lifetime
@alexandreneri2840
@alexandreneri2840 Год назад
"Orange Crush" for me all the time. That wave of slighty distorted arpeggios on guitar plus that syncopated bass and easy to sing lyrics still their song that makes me wish to travel back in time.
@Renob247
@Renob247 Месяц назад
Begin the Begin is one of my favorites.
@MonkeyFace544
@MonkeyFace544 14 дней назад
Thank you! I was starting to think I was the only one!
@bif3578
@bif3578 12 дней назад
'Green Grow the Rushes' is ONE standout for me. My favorite album is Fables, as it seems like the most REM-ish REM album.
@ambientideas1
@ambientideas1 Год назад
Fall on Me has one of the greatest examples of counterpoint vocal arrangements (chorus) in pop music. I like their lesser known early songs, especially the dreamy, ethereal/psychedelic Flowers for Guatemala.
@autk
@autk Год назад
Most of the "harmony" is unison singing in different octaves, doubled and tripled, an REM staple.
@fusiliers
@fusiliers Год назад
Yeah, I was a little disappointed that Rick didn't dig into "Life's Rich Pageant". It's one of their best albums.
@scottsnothome5649
@scottsnothome5649 Год назад
My 2 choices exactly. Was about to post this exactly. That is just their greatest album.
@scottsnothome5649
@scottsnothome5649 Год назад
@@fusiliers it's their best album.
@ambientideas1
@ambientideas1 Год назад
@@autk I hadn’t listened to the song for about 15 years, gave it a quick listen just now and you’re right about that unison/octave thing. Mind you, I was stoned most of the of youth listening to it, so…. 😂
@ToDoPOView
@ToDoPOView Год назад
REM was the soundtrack of my college years. So nostalgic.
@themydnighthour
@themydnighthour Год назад
I get it, but I missed it. For me, it was the kinda nasal, annoying dude that sang Losing My Religion on MTV and eventually grew on me. I got their contribution to rock much later.
@TheRealMrAndrew
@TheRealMrAndrew Год назад
No love for What’s the Frequency Kenneth? I think Strange Currencies is definitely underrated.
@michaelmcgrath5876
@michaelmcgrath5876 Год назад
Great you tackled R E M Next time The Replacements ?
@herrent
@herrent Месяц назад
@@themydnighthour you were a little younger then. The 5 albums prior were amazing. When everyone poored onto the Bandwagon , pun intended of loosing my religion its was a real eye roller 🙄, with the radio play all the sudden. We felt like we lost our private band.
@themydnighthour
@themydnighthour Месяц назад
@@herrent understood.
@randominsights1012
@randominsights1012 4 месяца назад
REM and The Smiths in the mid 80’s were just so unique and cool. Love the alternative scene from then! Radio Free Europe made me discover REM, Fall On Me made me fall in love with the band…been a fan ever since!
@larsk.5864
@larsk.5864 16 дней назад
Automatic For The People is such a great album. Every song is a masterpiece.
@Ras137
@Ras137 Год назад
"Don't Go Back to Rockville" is my favorite REM song, I think it combines the great jangly early REM with concrete lyrics (probably because they were written by Mike Mills, instead of Michael Stipe) . In particular I love the line "At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care that you're not here with me"
@barrymilligan8086
@barrymilligan8086 Год назад
That's a great song!
@seeburg220
@seeburg220 Год назад
Always been my favorite song by them. Bought the album when it came out.
@michaelrouthier8491
@michaelrouthier8491 Год назад
And I think I read somewhere that they couldn’t get the original arrangement to work so they played it more “countrified” almost as a send-up…but it worked so well!
@Durmomo0
@Durmomo0 Год назад
This is probably my favorite REM song as well.
@Durmomo0
@Durmomo0 Год назад
@@michaelrouthier8491 Im a sucker for countrifired rock songs.
@PaulMurphyMusic
@PaulMurphyMusic Год назад
For me the best REM song is ‘Nightswimming’ That simple piano and Michael Stipe’s haunting voice and emotion. Amazing song!
@dice1296
@dice1296 Год назад
that oboe!
@PaulMurphyMusic
@PaulMurphyMusic Год назад
@@dice1296 Yes! The Oboe is amazing in it.
@user-io3th6lo9t
@user-io3th6lo9t Год назад
There's something eerily relatable in that lyric, I remember vacationing one time and looking at photographs while riding in the passenger seat illuminated by street lights and everything.
@dinoforced
@dinoforced Год назад
Nightswimming has always been my favorite song by them as well, perfection
@jimr3785
@jimr3785 5 месяцев назад
They really do have so many great songs. One which I think is among their greatest but least known is Find the River. Love that song. I plan to use it in the slide show at my brother's upcoming memorial.
@301rs
@301rs 11 дней назад
My favorite REM song is Night swimming. The melody, the backing piano and Micheal stipe’s soulfully sung lyrics…wow it just gets me in the gut! So good!
@steliosposeidon6871
@steliosposeidon6871 Год назад
“Fables of the reconstruction of the fables” love that album and Driver 8 especially
@yellowjackboots2624
@yellowjackboots2624 Год назад
100% agree with both
@davidweiss7411
@davidweiss7411 Год назад
Good Advices could be my favorite REM song, but when combined with Wendell Gee, well, that is just too much. Green Grow the Rushes followed by Kohoutek ... just great. My favorite album.
@stevenhines5550
@stevenhines5550 Год назад
Life And How To Live It and the ascending bass line in the chorus
@joycehall4866
@joycehall4866 Год назад
The album that introduced me to R.E.M Maps and legends, Old man Kensey
@nalunoa
@nalunoa Год назад
I agree with you and everyone in this thread. Definitely my favorite of their albums, although I love everything up through Monster end to end. That said, this is an album I've never stopped playing regularly since I got it the day it came out. Every song... the feels and lyrics, is to me a masterpiece. If I had to pick a favorite, though nearly impossible, it would be Old Man Kensey followed closely by Wendel Gee. But really, I can't imagine skipping any track on the album really. And what an opener in Feeling Gravity's Pull. Whew! You know you're about to go on quite a journey, and so I have time after time. Simply brilliant all through.
@CCGNZ65
@CCGNZ65 6 месяцев назад
I find "What's The Frequency Kenneth?" infectious.
@pagetkidd1993
@pagetkidd1993 4 месяца назад
I had to scroll way down in the comments to find someone mention this song. I often play it before I sit down to work, just to kick off my day on a good note. :)
@CCGNZ65
@CCGNZ65 4 месяца назад
Well I'm a lefty,often not in step w/the group,I'm not a huge REM guy,but that song always grabs me,it has an infectious energy to it that inspires.@@pagetkidd1993
@fuckamericanidiot
@fuckamericanidiot 3 месяца назад
Uhhhh huh!!
@willsee8391
@willsee8391 3 месяца назад
That is by far my favorite. I can just visualize a man listening to this with a coffee, sitting at a computer in is home buisness from his garage... Womdering where the youth will be in 20 years, whilst plotting to take over the world with windows 95.
@mrwolf1964
@mrwolf1964 Месяц назад
REM are my favourite band of all time. But favourite REM, it’s impossible for me to pick, it’s like saying, which is your favourite child!! Seven Chinese brothers, fall on me, radio free Europe, don’t go back to Rockville, near wild heaven, so central rain, it’s endless ❤
@jamiet2238
@jamiet2238 Год назад
Night Swimming, doesn't matter how many times I hear it, still get chills.
@golfhammer6203
@golfhammer6203 Год назад
so underrated, so perfect. can shut my eyes and it's a summer night 20 years ago....
@jmd12127
@jmd12127 Год назад
“Belong” has always been a bit of a tearjerker for me. And the 50’s doo-wop-style backing vocals of “Near Wild Heaven” are just classic.
@seanelcock
@seanelcock Год назад
Love these two songs; what a great album
@briandiltsmusic
@briandiltsmusic Год назад
Great vocals on NWH. Mills Stipe and Berry all did vocals on that. I guess one of the few Berry was on (Fall On Me as well)
@362chop
@362chop Год назад
Entire album, difficult to choose.
@bertilknudsen
@bertilknudsen Год назад
@@briandiltsmusic Wendell Gee as well. And Try not to Breathe.
@briandiltsmusic
@briandiltsmusic Год назад
@@bertilknudsen didn’t know about Wendell Gee - and totally forgot about Try Not To Breathe! “you’ll never see” is Bill Berry now that I hear it.
@christianfrilling6205
@christianfrilling6205 16 дней назад
Driver 8 live at the Olympia in Dublin is my most beloved R.E.M experience. I was there at this special evening. But you are right, try not to breathe is so underrated
@seanjudge4675
@seanjudge4675 21 день назад
My faves are “Gardening at Night” “Sitting Still” and “Man on the Moon”
@leecarr2123
@leecarr2123 Год назад
REM are one of those bands that you can't explain how good the albums are to people, yes the classics are good and most people have heard them, but the songs that never got radio play need more love. I'm glad Rick explored the whole back catalogue.
@ElectroTherapyFTSoul
@ElectroTherapyFTSoul Год назад
Agreed, but I feel that way with almost all artists. The songs picked to be singles are usually picked because they're often safer pieces of music. You get some outliers, but singles almost never reveal the artist's true talents. Take Blur for example. Listen only to the singles, and you'd think they're a pretty good pop/rock band. Listen to their albums, and you'd realize how bloody effing weird they are... and it's brilliant!
@lm1314
@lm1314 9 месяцев назад
Thankfully Sirius Radio plays some older REM from Murmur or Reckoning.
@gm3043
@gm3043 8 месяцев назад
Michael Stipe described the band as an alternative band, who occasionally wrote hit songs.
@Jasonhvideo
@Jasonhvideo Год назад
My mother in law passed away recently at 93, she got Covid and was having a really hard time. She was a diabetic and she had the choice to stop dialysis and she did. I leaned on Try Not To Breathe heavily in her final days. A truly honest and genuine song.
@dietzypietzy
@dietzypietzy Год назад
Sorry for your loss. In my thoughts while I listen to it for the first time.
@bordershader
@bordershader Год назад
Wow, what a brave choice she made. I'm sorry for your loss.
@gradybrowning3976
@gradybrowning3976 Год назад
Sorry for your loss, this also happened to my Father. Your statement is just so familiar I had to comment.
@Jiv_Ing57819
@Jiv_Ing57819 Год назад
Was in my head recently, genuine spiritual song, great to see it brought up, been meaning to listen to Automatic again.
@shereesmazik5030
@shereesmazik5030 Год назад
Sometimes a song can be a life guide . “You can’t always get what you want , but if you try sometimes you just might find , you get what you need .” Thank you Rolling Stones .
@spencergroover
@spencergroover 8 дней назад
Just taught "losing my religion" last night, Here in ATL. It was a real treat for me. People still love REM. I was also at Monster in Atlanta! My dad worked with them and took me to meet the band, made a big impression on me.
@misterx1969
@misterx1969 10 месяцев назад
BEGIN THE BEGIN! my personal favorite
@adrummingdog2782
@adrummingdog2782 Год назад
Near Wild Heaven is one of my top favorites. Clean jangly guitar riffs, melancholy lyrics, hits the spot
@dorland3
@dorland3 Год назад
Beautiful, haunting song. Definitely a night song.
@Shelsight
@Shelsight Год назад
Love it… And Mike Mills vocals are beautiful. That plus Find The River…
@NTZ-j9o
@NTZ-j9o Год назад
No song captures the essence and spirit of REM any better than Fall On Me IMO. Hauntingly beautiful and fully immersive in its REMness.
@SailaV1
@SailaV1 Год назад
I have to agree with Fall on Me…Being from Ohio Cuyahoga is the next in line
@daflotsam
@daflotsam Год назад
Agreed. Fall on Me, Driver 8, Man on the Moon, and Rockville always put me where I want to be.
@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In
Yeah. Its a well crafted piece.
@streetspirit956
@streetspirit956 Год назад
Yeah surprising this didn't get a mention. Phenomenal song
@petemohan
@petemohan Год назад
Agree. Immediately was my favorite upon release and it still is. Cut out that rectangular cd cover and taped it over my bed. They took themselves seriously but tried to be self-effacing to undercut themselves, just like I always do. Fall On Me is serious. It is heavy. The band marries an Americana soulfulness sound with lyrics that hint at the dark complexity of the land. No easy feat.
@myyoutubelikes
@myyoutubelikes 9 месяцев назад
I loved a lot of their late stuff too, especially At My Most Beautiful.
@delibato
@delibato 9 месяцев назад
You captured that perfectly-"Try Not To Breathe" is totally like a sea shanty. Always thought so.
@davidwartski7213
@davidwartski7213 Год назад
Lifes Rich Pageant is an incredible album. "These Days" is an unbelievable track.
@ekimp252
@ekimp252 Год назад
That album is the one that really set the hook for me.
@riba2233
@riba2233 Год назад
O yeah, epic song
@mojomusica.0169
@mojomusica.0169 Год назад
"I Believe" is the song that made me want to learn how play guitar.
@brianroberts799
@brianroberts799 Год назад
I’ve listened to that album countless times.
@joechase283
@joechase283 Год назад
These Days!!!!!!!❤❤❤
@Mind6
@Mind6 Год назад
"Half a world away" is one of my favorite songs.
@MM-Iconoclast
@MM-Iconoclast Год назад
Half a World Away,Swan Swan H and Losing My Religion - I play them all on acoustic guitar, my slightly different (but very similar) arrangements.
@anniemccowan9902
@anniemccowan9902 Год назад
Oh yeah... SUCH a beautiful song
@danwiegand5386
@danwiegand5386 11 дней назад
Great vocals
@June1.1
@June1.1 6 месяцев назад
I came here A year later just to say The best R.E.M's song is imitation of life ✌🏻
@MarkMontgomery-bu3wi
@MarkMontgomery-bu3wi 20 дней назад
World Leader Pretend deserves an Honorable Mention
@roywydeman7017
@roywydeman7017 Год назад
Speaking of perfect songs, Perfect Circle from Murmur was the song that made me an REM fan. Mike Mills' piano line, the haunting chorus and the slow build of the arrangement sold me on this great band.
@scottmcrae3355
@scottmcrae3355 Год назад
Beautiful song and such a strange, circular piano figure with a melody that never really resolves. I guess interesting things happen when a drummer writes a song on piano haha
@johncrawford
@johncrawford Год назад
My all-time favorite song by them. Glad I’m not alone!
@philipmoss4027
@philipmoss4027 Год назад
I wondered where Rick was going to land, but this was the song that kept coming into my mind. It was like a craving to hear it again. So fine.
@andyroid5028
@andyroid5028 Год назад
*_Perfect Circle is... perfect._*
@user-io3th6lo9t
@user-io3th6lo9t Год назад
That entire album is a miracle the playing may be somewhat amateurish but the songwriting and song structure are very complex in the production of it is both dreamy and haunting, a perfect album. I remember first picking it up in 1983 and marveling over its quality.
@ruialmeida818
@ruialmeida818 Месяц назад
When I was learning to play guitar, way back in the late 80's, I learned entire R.E.M. albums. It made me (a wired kid) quite popular in the mid 90s :D
@paulsinob
@paulsinob 6 дней назад
My God, I was so lucky to be a teen in the 80s and a 20-something in the 90s. Imagine a band like R.E.M. forming and becoming the most popular music act in the world these days. Incomprehensible.
@sharoncole4868
@sharoncole4868 11 месяцев назад
Try Not to Breathe is my favorite. It digs into emotions.
@mattiefee
@mattiefee Год назад
"What's the frequency Kenneth" is one of my favorites. I didn't expect it on this list due to the litany of iconic REM songs. Yet, it just strikes cord with me.
@brucellosis9887
@brucellosis9887 Год назад
Me too
@johnnyoldham847
@johnnyoldham847 Год назад
Me too. The most perfect guitar sound ever
@micheleparker3780
@micheleparker3780 Год назад
Me too!!! It's my FAVORITE REM song!
@Gasp526
@Gasp526 Год назад
Love this song…
@jonathanbrandt3071
@jonathanbrandt3071 8 дней назад
Didn't love it originally but wow it grew on me over time. Good call.
@j.p.2764
@j.p.2764 6 дней назад
If a song makes you cry it is a special song. This is a special song. It is an emotional beautiful melody and it has the lyrics that make you think of that special someone that didn't want you to fret as they lay there dying. They only wanted to remember their life.
@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239
@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239 День назад
You know, amongst every other good thing, their songs are courteous. 🫂
@SlitherWhisp
@SlitherWhisp 9 месяцев назад
Automatic For The People is my favourite album of theirs. There is not one song on it that I skip. Try Not To Breathe is amazing. And Find The River is sublime.
@morabeza1
@morabeza1 Год назад
So glad you highlighted So. Central Rain and Driver 8. Those are two I play to this day. Fall on Me deserves a mention as well. Good stuff, Rick.
@CliffForster
@CliffForster Год назад
My favorite song on Automatic is "Find the River" occasionally I'll listen to it alone, and it's very personal to me where my mind goes to. Try not to Breathe is an amazing choice though.
@AdamPasztory1
@AdamPasztory1 Год назад
Find a River is a beautiful, hopeful, healing song.
@dorland3
@dorland3 Год назад
I think it’s their most beautiful song and on my top ten list, probably number one. Heard back-to-back with “Nightswimming,” you have two of the loveliest, most depressing songs ever written.
@SYPCWAK
@SYPCWAK Год назад
Find the River is a beautiful song
@fandangofilms
@fandangofilms 10 месяцев назад
Reconstruction of the Fables is my favourite REM album. It has such a warmth and flow to it. Produced by the legend Joe Boyd.
@johnharvey4448
@johnharvey4448 Месяц назад
Fables of the Reconstruction*
@antman8887
@antman8887 10 месяцев назад
R E.M. were the last band who wrote great ALBUMS. Each quirky, each unique, each a miraculous quilt of songs that should not have worked together... and, always, after you had sat in your dark bedroom and listened to the entire record, start to finish, ten times over... you realized they had done the impossible once again. Every damn time.
@traceworley2981
@traceworley2981 9 месяцев назад
Rick you like the same songs i do from different bands... this one and mothers of the disappeared from U2 are ones i make my friends listen to. I also like to people who hate U2 listen to Wire from Unforgettable Fire. Oh what has happened to good music? Ugh..
@franklampard6316
@franklampard6316 Год назад
The great thing about REM is that they got better and better. So many bands hit it hard with their first album and then struggle to hit that high again. REM had such a stirong and gradual development that allowed the fans to grow with them. Such a great journey for the band and their fans.
@johnennis3542
@johnennis3542 Год назад
THE Frank Lampard?!
@herrent
@herrent Год назад
This
@sawtoothred7943
@sawtoothred7943 Год назад
I completely disagree.
@jjrc7424
@jjrc7424 Год назад
ur getting sacked very soon mate
@Cloud007.
@Cloud007. Год назад
I don't think they got better and better, they peaked around 92, in my opinion.
@J-Loe
@J-Loe Месяц назад
‘Till all these shivers subside’
@albertomzelaya
@albertomzelaya 9 месяцев назад
Kurt's song gets me every time. "Let me in" and Michael's favorite song "Country feedback" are simple musical daggers. "Find the river" gives life struggles a silver lighting. My brothers favorite band.
@ricklanders
@ricklanders Год назад
I've always been a huge REM fan, and Rick really nailed so much of what is so great about this band. The truth is it would be hard to pick a bad REM song, their albums were among the most consistently great since something from Dylan or the Beatles. And they did it over and over again, album after album. Just when you thought they couldn't get any better, they would come out with another level of artistry, another level of sophistication, another masterpiece. All while still sounding like themselves. Truly an amazing catalog. I really hope the band members hear about this video and take Rick up on his invitation for an interview - I can't imagine it getting any better than that! Oh wait - that's what they DO - make you think it can't get better and then blow you away again. ;-) But seriously, that would be a treat for fans everywhere, especially with a guy like Rick who actually knows, loves, and respects the music.
@shinyeesiek3357
@shinyeesiek3357 Год назад
Some one tell Berry Mill, Buck, or Stipe to do the interview. Someone on here must know one of them.
@Ninevolt69
@Ninevolt69 Год назад
@@shinyeesiek3357 I would want Rick to interview Mike Mills. I believe he has the most insight into the music for REM. We would probably learn the most from him. No slight on the others of course...
@billcook4768
@billcook4768 11 месяцев назад
@@shinyeesiek3357I’d be damn impressed if Rick scored an interview with Bill Berry :)
@dgauper
@dgauper Год назад
Yes! Driver 8! Man I listened to that song thousands of times. Also love Mike Mills counter melody vocals!
@OrenWilliams1
@OrenWilliams1 14 дней назад
Maybe the main inspiration for my first band. All such great picks. You Are the Everything is one of their songs that gets me everytime.
@joecvar
@joecvar 19 дней назад
I love seeing you moved while listening to try not to breath. Great pick❤️✌🏻
@alexandredias4981
@alexandredias4981 Год назад
Here is my REM's 8 favorites songs. - Radio Free Europe - So Central Rain - Driver 8 - Fall on me - World Leader Pretend - Losing my religion - E-Bow The Letter - Walk Unafraid (live version)
@bubbleshughes6169
@bubbleshughes6169 Год назад
Great list
@stephen9302
@stephen9302 Год назад
GREAT LIST!! 👍👍
@jackwezesa1081
@jackwezesa1081 Год назад
Pilgrimage.
@d1p70
@d1p70 Год назад
country feedback???!
@eocha24
@eocha24 Год назад
You are missing some Automatic songs
@o0Donuts0o
@o0Donuts0o Год назад
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite is my favorite REM song. The upbeat tempo, the lyrics, the melody all just speak to me.
@karenwebster2465
@karenwebster2465 Год назад
I am obsessed with everything about the Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight -- Loved it years ago, but recently came upon it ...and I cannot get enough. Even the video, so creative!
@robertrhode675
@robertrhode675 Год назад
I always think Michael is challenging the listener to "Sing along with this one!"
@swayback04
@swayback04 Год назад
I always loved that Michael laughs while singing at one point for no reason that I could figure out. It was like a happy little outtake that made it on the record.
@karenwebster2465
@karenwebster2465 Год назад
@@swayback04He says..." Dr Zeus" instead of Seuss
@thatfelladownunder9396
@thatfelladownunder9396 Год назад
Yeah, great song! 👍
@larrypower8659
@larrypower8659 19 дней назад
As a blues rock guy, it took me a while to get into R.E.M. Then I got a mandolin. The first thing I figured out was-you know what’s coming-Losing My Religion. It’s perfect. I like most types of pop/rock music, being a ‘50s kid who always had “big ears,” so I began listening to more R.E.M. Losing My Religion is tops in my book, but Everybody Hurts and This One Goes Out To The One I Love are right up there. When I began teaching guitar, lots of my students (both kids and adults) wanted to learn R.E.M. songs. I happily obliged. Great song writing and creative instrumentation, too.
@thesmodieman6526
@thesmodieman6526 19 дней назад
"Daysleeper" just never gets any love
@MisAnnThorpe
@MisAnnThorpe 9 дней назад
That's my personal favourite although I have heard very little material prior to "Out of time".
@frankmarsh1159
@frankmarsh1159 Год назад
Always thought R.E.M were a step above when it came to song structure. Many of their songs have opening riffs that return later in the song (like Driver 8) multiple verse sections A and B, pre choruses and post choruses, bridges, key changes and modulations. They were much more sophisticated song writers than most of the 80s/90s alternative rock bands.
@ue4058
@ue4058 Год назад
They really came up with fantastic bridges, even when they were really short and simple. The bridge on What if We Give It Away for instance makes the song, elevates a good song to a whole other level.
@tomgebarowski8156
@tomgebarowski8156 Год назад
To me they were the best of the so called "alternative rock bands." It's like you say here their song structure, talented playing, Stipe's provocative voice and ways. R.E.M. songs had some artsy complex themes too. They were big on college radio outside of Atlanta. They developed a huge following back then, when they first started out!
@frankmarsh1159
@frankmarsh1159 Год назад
Driver 8, Pretty Persuasion, Talk About the Passion, Cuyahoga and Lotus from Up are all songs that have an opening riff that returns half way through the song. Supposedly Peter Buck got this technique from a song called "Couldn't I just Tell You" by Todd Rundgren. The Beatles have several songs that do this too like Paperback Writer, DayTripper, I Feel Fine, and Hey Bulldog.
@kineahora8736
@kineahora8736 Год назад
Very fine band in what was to me a pretty “dead” period-I never liked the ‘80s musically even though I was in school. Yeah, there was Bowie and squeeze. But I was a ‘70s guy and late ‘60s. But I really always liked REM
@blakeh6250
@blakeh6250 Год назад
Always enjoyed them..
@fernandoramoa7079
@fernandoramoa7079 Год назад
REM does my most fave song ever in my life SWEETNESS FOLLOWS. I noticed so by the fact that whenever it sounds every now and then, that organ, bigger than the universe, makes me close my eyes and just transports me outside my body, no matter if the song is 30 years old. Sweetness Follows made me realize a favorite song is not one you choose but one that causes this high, almost like the song chooses you
@originalindiechick7999
@originalindiechick7999 Год назад
Agree! 😍🎶👌🏻
@micheleparker3780
@micheleparker3780 Год назад
YES.
@johnsoninc602
@johnsoninc602 Год назад
Also agree on this one. Haunting.
@loosilu
@loosilu Год назад
YES!
@akselbierman6288
@akselbierman6288 Год назад
This song is amazing.
@autumnspencer7
@autumnspencer7 2 дня назад
Sir, you have made my day. "Try Not To Breathe" is a strong choice and I'm very grateful to see you shine a light on this track. So many to choose from with this band!!
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