This song is a fucking masterpiece. I'm 51. For me it evokes heavy nostalgia, and actually chokes me up. It's so well crafted and written. Everything has changed so much since the early 90's when this was recorded, and I'm certain much of it is not for the better. I was there, and can vouch for the fact they were really good times.
@badboys17692 жыл бұрын
I'm 41 and 90s was when automatic came out,he was gay there was racism back then and it was a different time back then,its so good for that time
@StuartwasDrinkell3 ай бұрын
There's still good music out there... we're just more knee deep in mass produced crap... but honest beautiful music like this is still there if you sort through the trash you'll find something that glitters... the 90s was a golden time though for sure.
@StuartwasDrinkell3 ай бұрын
@@badboys1769all that shit never mattered back then... we just wanted great entertainment, and artists like Stipe bridged those old bs divides... as did hendrix, bowie, prince, marley, mercury, all of them who stand the test of time... you didn't care about their personal shit, you just wanted to witness magic, which is what good music is... music of all the arts, transports you to other worldy heights... escapism from the mundane everyday at it's most glorious best! In order to love paintings and sculpture you admire when viewing in the present but you really need to paint or sculpt to become obsessed... but music and poetry burnish themselves indelibly on the memory all one needs to do is hear it. "Without music, life would be a mistake!" - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
@terrifay3886 жыл бұрын
Makes me cry...every-time..it reminds me of the freedom of youth in summer, the sweetness before the damage
@originalfallinggirl5 жыл бұрын
terri fay oh yes. This is my 17 yo anthem.
@karlward6234 жыл бұрын
terri fay wow great words
@marcodonati5724 жыл бұрын
You fully realize the importance of something, only after losing it. Youth is the best time in life.
@pepsi49913 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@disenfranchisedproletariat48323 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I always loved this song but struggled with the meaning. Maybe I’m an idiot. Your description galvanised it and I’m thankful. Cheers....
@rogerschaub25154 жыл бұрын
I had never heard this song until I took my son to Sea World in Ohio. A Shamu show. My boy fell asleep on top of me. Never loved being a dad more. Precious memory.
@claudiabannister64142 жыл бұрын
🐳💜🐳💜🐳💜🐳
@tomdutcher2131 Жыл бұрын
Good one on you mate 👍
@sandibergen25233 жыл бұрын
As I listened to this song, i called my husband and asked him back into my life. I’ll never forget. I was in NYC by the south street seaport on gold st. He came running over from st marks. We re-exchanged wedding bands on the Brooklyn Bridge. We lasted 4 years. I will always love him. Always ❤️ thanks REM. You are the soundtrack to my life 🙏💖🙏💖1995
@jarvetband2 жыл бұрын
That's beautiful.
@chelseacard55064 ай бұрын
Wow 🫶
@gildapourjabar97853 жыл бұрын
I lost my mom recently and the pain runs deep. This song is the soundtrack of my grief process. Puffy eyes and runny nose. Love you guys.
@cliffhanger14668 ай бұрын
I lost her years ago but it's still here. Stay strong for you're mom she's watching.
@nkunku994 жыл бұрын
Is this the greatest song by R.E.M? I think yes
@godofwater12343 жыл бұрын
I used to listen to Automatic of the People on my portable CD player as a kid. I would always skip all songs and just play Man on the Moon over and over. But then one day this song just clicked for me. Just so beautiful and honest. Nothing fancy
@darrenleighton39713 жыл бұрын
@@godofwater1234 it's the second best song after Find the River
@iamme85303 жыл бұрын
💯 yes
@leonheathourakov17322 жыл бұрын
@@darrenleighton3971 fr
@dennisschmieder76842 жыл бұрын
Probably, IMO. Definitely in the conversation.
@TangoEliott9 жыл бұрын
I cannot find the words to express how much I love this song. Thank you REM
@TangoEliott9 жыл бұрын
Dear Cakes, I do not like to presume but want to tell you that your name is very touching and brings me to the classic MacArthur's Park. Your words are beautiful and spot on. When I think of the image of the "tight bright forever drum" and now think of you laughing along with the earth I will smile as well and perpetually thank you for this poetic response and insight.
@TangoEliott9 жыл бұрын
***** I do not know how anyone cannot hear the first few notes and not be hypnotized and transfixed to their radios or other devices. This song melts my heart and touches parts of my youth that are long ago but forever fresh in my being.
@TangoEliott9 жыл бұрын
***** Thanks Cakes. I look forward to reading many more of your posts.
@TangoEliott9 жыл бұрын
***** I already do!
@TangoEliott9 жыл бұрын
***** LOL
@dattebayo1556 жыл бұрын
Stipey is a person you naturally feel like protecting, just to preserve all that's good in humanity
@carrieblack80428 жыл бұрын
"September's Coming soon..." it gets me every time.
@gordonm.73877 жыл бұрын
It's a great line. Summer ends, enjoy the winter.
@free3220017 жыл бұрын
I'm pining for the Moon...
@fredericlesauter96877 жыл бұрын
Sam McGovern en effet tout le monde ne comprend pas...
@jsmithmultimediatech6 жыл бұрын
Love winter personally haha don't think I'd ever fit for Seasonal Affective (or whatever that is spelt) Disorder (SAD) lol, amazing song truly! It's what some would or will say is about skinny dipping at night, after they'd play at a club called Athens, but he said that most of its made up and is when they'd hire someone to watch them over the night but for the fear or being sued was changed from Night watchman or something to Nightswimming I dunno, but either way it's an amazing song!
@rbibbe344 жыл бұрын
Gordon M. Enjoy the summer. Fall/ winter coming. Summer is the best, we only get so much of that beauty :)
@fairandpale14 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest songs ever written. At their most beautiful. Thanks so much Mike and Michael for sharing your gift.
@WRod-kx5uf4 жыл бұрын
March, 2020 and still listening this!
@ebutzek14 жыл бұрын
WRod0335 right there with ya
@bethgodsey13544 жыл бұрын
April 2020 and still listening to this beautiful song.
@mpm5173 жыл бұрын
@@bethgodsey1354 July 2020 still listening ✌ September's coming soon
@Eatwithureyes3 жыл бұрын
5/14/21 still this song kills it.
@notasfarwest11 жыл бұрын
This might just be the best song ever written. Stipe has such a unique voice.
@auntielisalisabopeepsa5 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite REM song. Mike Mills’ piano playing on this one is absolutely beautiful 💜💜💜🎹
@cueshark8 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite all time songs.
@1981bloempje5 жыл бұрын
I Still love this song so much, the combination of his Voice and the piano and violins etc. Somethimes I cry.. it makes me emotional, so beautiful...
@stephendonnelly3275 жыл бұрын
Favorite line: "These things they go away, replaced by every day". So appropriate as important things to you in youth fade as you grow older.
@andro999913 жыл бұрын
I don't cry easily. I never cry at funerals or weddings or any sort of "tearjerker" event. Even a saddest book or movie makes me feel...well, sad, but not that sad to drive me to tears. However, when Michael sings "I'm not sure all these people understand it's not like years ago" and/or "September's coming soon", there is a tear in my eye every time.
@Anthony-uf3oz3 жыл бұрын
What a powerful comment ! Thank you,my brother !
@frankied64406 жыл бұрын
Automatic For The People is such a beautiful album. Dark, dreary, depressing in places but beautiful. No bands like R.E.M. out there today.
@johnnyM8099 жыл бұрын
My favourite REM song...and the best song ever written about skinny dipping.
@ethermeoru13 жыл бұрын
Summers as a young adult and swimming at night in the lake with special people. One guy in particular. Oh sweet youth. This song is PERFECT. I'm in love with both Mikes.
@paulamiles9559 Жыл бұрын
Me too.❤
@bobbybousche79967 жыл бұрын
THis might be the best song written ...ever
@gordonm.73877 жыл бұрын
Better than Stand By Me by Ben E. King? Or Smoke gets in Your Eyes? or...um... We Aere the Champions by Queen? or...? Nightswimming. It's great. Haunting tune. Music is the answer to the mystery of life.
@eldaman66527 жыл бұрын
You mean the same guy that ripped off the 60s 70s 90s and stole from Joe Satriani?
@buckleygeneration7 жыл бұрын
3333USA He said the same of Bittersweet Symphony. His views aren't very consistent.
@silkywellman3155 жыл бұрын
bobby bousche' thank you...I agree soooooo much
@sylselya75177 жыл бұрын
Genius. When I am gone, and my children hear this, I hope they will think of me.
@pilarmedina23127 жыл бұрын
this comment made me cry
@wendishelton5167 жыл бұрын
Syl Selya me too
@Twistedhippy5 жыл бұрын
❤️
@silviobonelli14193 жыл бұрын
I am sure they will!
@sylselya75173 жыл бұрын
I saw them in the early 1980s at the old Ripley Music Hall in Philadelphia. Who would have thought almost 40 years later, I am still listening.
@D__034 ай бұрын
❤❤❤ Thank you R.E.M. for writing this absolute perfection of a song. I have no words for how much I love it and how it touches my soul. I mean, I do, but it would be a whole essay, so suffice it to say I _love_ it. Thank you. And God, Michael's voice is gorgeous.
@karpuffeltoffer35296 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever written.
@Millennial_Mike4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure this my favourite song. My dad had the album when it came out and I listened to it over and over again... this song still gives me chills . I learned the piano part a few years ago, despite being simple it's actually suprisingly challenging to keep repeating the motif without screwing up lol
@TooSkinnyKenny6 жыл бұрын
What’s really amazing about this song is that “Find a River” the song that followed it was just as pretty
@Dave-zo4gj11 жыл бұрын
Incredible song - it never fails to move me...I miss you REM
@mikemash84388 жыл бұрын
just love the fact that they have their eyes closed most of the times...as if they were imaginig the lyrics
@johnpatrick50192 жыл бұрын
Hauntingly beautiful lyrics...placed in the hypotonically continuing nonconformity that is R.E.M.
@johnclark36977 жыл бұрын
GENIUS. hard to believe out of time 25 years ago.
@eileenstubington85926 жыл бұрын
John Clark it was on automatic for the people
@dlr20535 жыл бұрын
Ha ha you idiot !! Lol lol lol out of time !!!! Knob head
@steffenkunert78233 жыл бұрын
The greatest song by R.E.M. Love it so much. September coming soon....😍😍
@debjones605 жыл бұрын
Listening to REM is pure joy. Life is complete with their music playing. The soundtrack of my life. 🥰
@bluelew25865 жыл бұрын
This song takes me back to my adolescence and it makes me feel wonderful.
@UncleGwendolyn8 жыл бұрын
A grown up song. Stunning.
@morty19888 жыл бұрын
This song has been in my mind for over a year now. What a gem. REM is really growing a place in my heart at this moment.
@mahmoodkadir67724 жыл бұрын
The greatness that is REM right here.
@candiceyoung82444 жыл бұрын
Thank u r e m from a Georgia girl who grew up at the same time you did,you captured it perfectly, this I my favorite song of yours,beautiful 💙😢😢
@blueguitarblue9 жыл бұрын
REM is the greatest band from the MtV New-Wave generation I grew up with. Classic and First-class. This song is one of the most beautiful songs in history. In an Orwellian World, it's even harder to go Night Swimming. :(
@wendishelton5167 жыл бұрын
blueguitarblue yes
@Brutamontes848 жыл бұрын
This song moves me to an heightened state of serenity.......
@pilarmedina23127 жыл бұрын
I did this till I was 35...snuck into my old high school with some of my best friends...I love it
@user-kk7hh6um5y2 ай бұрын
Gorgeous Michael and R.E.M. 🎶🎤🎵 Thank you very much. ❤❤️
@lancemillard33787 жыл бұрын
one of the best songs ever, he really capture' s loss and fear and life
@sylselya75178 жыл бұрын
One of my favourites, ever since I picked it up on cassette.
@gearjunkie86815 жыл бұрын
As a great vocalist you should be so proud of yourself......a beautiful, beautiful song
@philsmith31885 жыл бұрын
Favourite song of all time
@BEKim-eb9rz2 ай бұрын
I admired her throughout high school, but the courage never came to me. I only watched her shine amongst others, and pined for her under the moon. Six years later, I returned to my hometown for a summer job. She was there. The light in her eyes was “replaced by every day” and the uncertainty of serious mental health issues. Photographs kept turning in my memory, and I recalled her understated persona, culture, and athletic glow. This time, I summoned the courage. Our time together put some of her misfortunes in reverse, and I could not describe my feelings when her fair smile returned. But “these things, they go away”, and I knew that come September, life was going to call us elsewhere. My mind and heart turned endlessly between our quiet laughter and tender moments-how can this work?? Late one evening, she took me swimming at a park that meant very different things to each of us. I floundered by the shore- “you, I thought you knew me”! She, the varsity swimmer, took fluid laps across the lake and back. She I marvelled at in the moonlight. I gathered her heartbeat into my arms; it was so strong, even, and sure-“you, I thought I knew you”!? It became clear that I could not know her, and knew not how to handle her fragility with the right strength, nor her strength with the right fragility. Quite some time after that summer, I heard “Nightswimming” for my first time. Especially when the song comes to two moons, “side by side in orbit, around the fairest sun”, I remember that time together. Ever so brightly.
@originalfallinggirl5 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me vividly of slowly losing my own innocence. Such a lovely song to act as that anthem of mine.
@_TheShowStopper4 жыл бұрын
2020! this song Is timeless. I miss theses days so much!
@kiml7159 жыл бұрын
love, moves me to tears
@Groasis746 жыл бұрын
Same to me...
@eli959414 жыл бұрын
gets to make cry. so sad, so beautiful.
@avalancha1314 жыл бұрын
ditto on one of the best songs ever. Played it on my ipod while on the beach at night in Costa Rica. Saw REM live about 5 years ago, and that is the song i still hear in my head. Stipe is one of the best song writiers ever.
@olliestorm18955 жыл бұрын
Wasnt an REM fan until I saw them live at T in the Park.... this song brought a tear to my eye... #stunning
@Pedro-lp2kj8 жыл бұрын
i love this song too much i still can't believe that 2 months ago i was meeting to peter and mike in person :)
@wendishelton5167 жыл бұрын
Lòpez Pedro wish i could
@kencroft79332 жыл бұрын
I just absolutely love the sound of this song, I play it over and over again. There is something about the experience of hearing it that is just hauntingly hypnotising.
@johnclark36977 жыл бұрын
great piano from MIKE MILLS , Such melodic musicians . Thanks for posting. John, Manchester, UK.
@elliottcsmith54475 жыл бұрын
A spectacular performance of my favourite song... ever. Wow.
@robwyyi11 жыл бұрын
My best description for this song is, the moment you rest your head on a pillow. Relaxing and forgetting the worries of life.
@sunshineofrays69775 күн бұрын
This is beautiful , haunting and sad , but it reminds me of a feeling when I was doing something that made me feel so alive , under the starry sky , it brings back how raw the love and emotions were. It was a moment I am so glad I got to experience in this life , whenever I recall the feelings this song evokes , I am back to that warm summer night , and it makes me smile , feel lucky and know I have felt true love in its purest form , I will always love the man I was with then ❤
@GrandiosaTilFrokost15 жыл бұрын
This song is amazing! One of the most beautiful R.E.M.-songs. Epic!
@HerStoryofMusic2 жыл бұрын
Feels a little akin to life in this era ❤
@leegibson77247 жыл бұрын
A Masterpiece One Of The Greats, So Beautiful 😊 Every photograph reflects, every street light acts as a reminder....
@NachoG-yq4hx3 жыл бұрын
Out of Time is an album that everone should listen too on a tough day. REM is beyond beautiful and melodic. Here I am at 2am and catching feels again haha, in this pandemic madness. Thank you REM, you're life savers. :) 👍
@DCDPM10 ай бұрын
Except it was on Automatic For The People.
@blueguitarblue11 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful poignant masterpieces ever written and performed EVER. Michael is as prettiful as the piano playing.
@peterrobertson550710 жыл бұрын
His voice works in so many levels.Incredible, like the best story teller to sing to you at the perfect moment with the perfect melody.No accident.They were class.Thanks
@russellthompson92713 жыл бұрын
What levels?
@PlanktonBouy15 жыл бұрын
I'm not a big R.E.M fan, but this song gets me every time i hear it. Amazing.
@Groasis7413 жыл бұрын
This song is just fantastic, mind-blowing... gives me chills every time I heard it. Michael Stipe is definitely too human for this world. Love REM.
@mjvonkerczek621210 жыл бұрын
Seems like I've been listening to REM my whole life...thanks guys.
@andyhetherington92366 жыл бұрын
Wow I can't stop listening to this song. Up there in one of my top 5 songs.
@dpyxl11 жыл бұрын
I love R.E.M., thanks for everything, our generation should be thankful for the great music.. this brings back my youth.
@alexwilson33578 жыл бұрын
Might swimming is so deep and personal.Moves me to tears
@stuclements74138 жыл бұрын
beautiful... just beautiful.
@debzacher13323 жыл бұрын
This is such a wonderful song!
@chelseacard5506 Жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful song , one of my all-time top 10 ....classic ❤
@blueguitarblue11 жыл бұрын
one of the top 3 greatest songs ever composed.
@EricKretzmer4 жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful and stunning!!
@anacristinasilva32543 жыл бұрын
Brasil ILOVE R.E M THE BEST THE BEST
@JordanCarlin-qy5edАй бұрын
Can we just talk about how brilliant this live performance is? The vocals are amazing from Michael
@luismanrique58596 ай бұрын
I used to cry when i listened to this song. Its a very moving song.
@johnnyM80911 жыл бұрын
My all time favourite REM song....absolutely stunning performance here
@givenright14 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest songs ever written. It makes me feel happy and sad all rolled into one, thinking of memories of days gone by.
@MoJo344615 жыл бұрын
one of my all-time favourites - top 5
@alydar22415 жыл бұрын
Wow what an amazing performance. One of the greatest song ever written, there is not a weak line in the hole song. You can imagine every line, "Deserves a quiet night" and "I'm not sure all these people understand" among the best
@LorePT6 жыл бұрын
This masterpiece only 500,00 views. The world can't be fine.
@user-hl4fe7xo4q6 ай бұрын
I heard this song for the first time in ages a few nights ago; and I got the chance to sing it. Since then I've been listening to it and singing along to it repeatedly. Glorious!
@BruceLee-zd9bw7 ай бұрын
This song was an instant classic all those years ago, and it still sounds as good today as it did way back then. Total respect to a band that have stood the test of time. I salute you. 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏
@stevedec31017 жыл бұрын
Just such a beautiful song, beautifully sung
@simonl17855 жыл бұрын
Im a Rocker by heart but i LOVE this BAND and SONG...............
@MsMURMURS11 жыл бұрын
Beatiful song!!!Thank You R.E.M.!FOREVER REM!!!!
@beckyloulaa8 ай бұрын
When I became obsessed by Michael Stipe's voice is about the time i heard this track. 42 now and still one of my all time favourite bands and singers. ❤
@Isthatagoat-yesitis11 жыл бұрын
Possibly my all time favourite REM song although there are many contenders!
@aprilnicole307111 жыл бұрын
Cant believe Ive never heard this before tonight.
@jonkheere111 жыл бұрын
Brilliat song,Mike Mills piano genius....!
@janekellie34722 жыл бұрын
In 2005..I was lucky enough to buy tickets in Glasgow....To go to see R.E.M at The -Balloch Castle Country Park....It'll Remain With Me For The Rest Of My Life .... ABSOLUTELY EPIC GIG. ✌️👏👏👏. ( A huge Thankyou to The Nurse Who Worked On Ward 24 Glasgow Royal Hospital 💞❤️🩹...💪 ( You Know Who You Are !!...Oh The Banter Babe..I still have a wee giggle about it today 👏👏👏💞❤️🩹
@waynemorgan75405 ай бұрын
I bought Automatic For the People for a different song, probably Drive. The first time I heard Nightswimming I put it on “repeat” for the next hour. What a masterpiece!
@janwh4014 жыл бұрын
Cannot describe the feeling.
@garyengle47227 ай бұрын
These things they go away replaced by everyday, so true !
@caverton2112 жыл бұрын
brings back memories of my youth excellent song and ye wish i could play piano
@2010dame7 жыл бұрын
This one and sweetness follows Are my most favourite songs everrrr
@keithoneillatsb8os1164 жыл бұрын
Music today is awful this reminds me how blessed we were in d 80s and 90s
@deep-stage86005 ай бұрын
I grew up on a lake and this song sums up my adolescent Summers with my first ❤ Incredible song. Thanks for the masterpiece!!