First listen to R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (REACTION)

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[@georgewodicka4839]

The complexity, ambiguity, and general angst appeared deep rooted in much of REM'S music. It seemed genuine, and the sincerity added to the appeal, which resonated in every video. No other group used the medium of the music video more artistically.

[@joanbounacos8958]

"Every whisper, of every waking hour I'm choosing my confessions." Aren't we all? 😊

[@michaelfulthorpe5802]

NO!!!!

[@Yosef1952]

A fine number. Michael Stipe was at pains to say this song has no religious meaning. He said it was a secular number, saying the term "losing my religion" is a Southern expression meaning to be upset or exasperated with someone else.

[@JohnWesleyDowney]

Yes. This!

[@shella5963]

Yes, I read it as someone losing control. Nothing to do with religion. Such a great song

[@crowredeye8066]

This is indeed a southern expression, you are correct in your explanation. Whenever folks start saying it has a religious meaning I about start losing my religion.

[@luckymustard]

This sounds so familiar. I wonder why...

[@melaniew4354]

It really is a Southern saying, used such as "She's down at that bar losing alllll her religion" and in that context it means the person is forgetting the moral code they were raised with. Another way it is used is when you are angry with someone and are mad enough to cuss, you would say "You are are gonna make me lose my religion!" as in making you forget you are a good Christian woman. I have always loved this song, and my interpretation of it is that it's about someone who is examining the religion they were raised with, and wanting to look at other ideas of life. It is scary to do that at first, you fear going to Hell over it or somehow falling out of favor with God. But still the urge pulls at you, because truly, how do you know what you believe if you don't know what anyone else believes? I can relate so much to that concept because I was raised in Georgia in a small town and everyone is Baptist so you don't have any context to compare it to. I went through my own spiritual journey for a few decades and dabbled in lots of different things but now I have come back to those roots and have a greater appreciation for it. To me that is what this song is about.

[@DerekDominoes]

Another good R.E.M. song (and my personal favorite) is "Fall On Me."

[@foxandscout]

Great REM songs: Man on the Moon (about the comedian Andy Kaufman-long gone snd died very young-cancer); It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)-you would never call this one pop. (I’ve never heard anyone call this alt rock band pop-sounding.) Hard to keep up with the lyrics: need to read them simultaneously); Fall On Me; Drive; One I Love REM had many great songs and many hits.I love Michael Stipes, a sensitive, thoughtful, kind, sweet man. I’ve seen him in collaboration with other musicians, live up until Covid-19, and online after, including solo with new material. In fact 2weeks ago he read (KZbin) two passages from Martin Luther King. The first references Jesus.

[@wallyboy6666]

Foxandscout I'm adding Nightswimming to your list. :) They have too many great songs to list :) :)

[@foxandscout]

@@wallyboy6666 I added (!!) that plus two others, but I went to google something and returned to have lost my editing. So I decided not to add songs though I did add sentences.

[@wallyboy6666]

@@foxandscout :) :) Thank you for the reply.

[@4tuneagent]

Probably one of their biggest hits.. but R.E.M. has a hundred or so excellent tunes.. "South Central Rain", "Carnival Of Sorts", "Driver 8", "These Days", "Can't Get There From Here", or "Pretty Persuasion", are all great underrated songs..

[@catserver8577]

I couldn't avoid hearing this a billion times since it came out. I was shocked to find I knew nothing about what it was referring to, the video always confused me, and I thought it was about someone actually losing their religious faith. I never could relate, and didn't really have strong feelings one way or another about the song in general. I am so glad I watched your reaction and learning about the song, because not only can I relate to the lyrics now, it's almost painful. Wow. This has been my "learn something new every day" moment and boy is it a doozy. Thanks Daniel!

[@Blinkerson55]

Being gay I'm sure added to his confusion and being overwhelmed.

[@merlinscat]

You need to do the album automatic for the people it is probably their best

[@TheHopperUK]

My favourite REM song is 'Find the River' though to this day I'm only vaguely aware of what the lyrics mean.

[@James-np8pu]

A friend of mind said that Michael Stipe (lead singer) told her at a party that this song was about unrequited love with a guy and it was his way of coming out to the world.

[@firebird7479]

I just cannot get past the Michael Stipe quote where he calls The Beatles "Elevator music". Like Ringo said, "If it wasn't for The Beatles, REM would still be taking the stairs." 🤣

[@daveking9393]

Yup, he pissed off a lot of folks with that, and his doubling down on it...

[@donny1960]

For the generations born after the Beatles broke up, hearing their songs as "elevator" music was accurate. The copyrights did not allow the music to be allowed in Movies, or Ads, or for the generation after REM, streaming music. So his comments were accurate. The negativity comes from how each individual defines "Elevator Music".

[@firebird7479]

@@donny1960 It's not accurate. It is opinion.

[@donny1960]

@@firebird7479 Somewhere in the recent past, opinions automatically have become not accurate. They can be both inaccurate OR accurate. Someone can have the opinion that the Earth is flat. But it isn't! See what I mean?

[@rk41gator]

@@firebird7479 Anyone holding that the Beatles is elevator music has only listened to it in an elevator. Music ignorance is as widespread as political ignorance!

[@merlinscat]

I love Michael Stipes voice

[@traceyb9443]

REM in my top 10 greatest bands EVER!!! Love them! ❤

[@christinerobinson9372]

Tension, that energy is tension. He moves so beautifully, he must have dance in his background. I am guessing that some of the imagery is taken from paintings.

[@benoitdesmarais2948]

I always thought this was about Stipe's coming out as gay. The imagery (in particular the gay stylings of photographers Pierre & Gilles) was quite evident to me. But he kept the lyrics unspecific, making it about everybody. Not creepy at all: his unrequited love doesn't make him a stalker as in Every Breath you Take! I'd call this folk-rock if you want to categorize: unusual construction, not pop at all. Like many huge songs, it struck a chord despite being "unusual". It wasn't a copycat to anything that was hot and current in 1990-91.

[@tcanfield]

Yeah, I was just thinking the same sorta thing, like maybe he’s got a crush on a straight guy, but he doesn’t want to reveal himself as gay, so is conflicted emotionally.

[@grubby124]

Sign of a really good song: 'Wow, that went by in a second. I wish it was longer.' It's gotten to the point where whenever I see one of your reactions pop into my feed I have to stop for a second before clicking on it and ask, 'Do I have enough time for this?'. Your reactions and dissertations always tend to make me sit back and think deeply about the song and the meaning behind it, much more so than I usually do. Then all I want to do is check out another one, then another, and before I know it there's another hour gone by that I really should have been doing something else in. Just so there's no mistake - that's a compliment, not a criticism. Thanks for another good job.

[@Gregory......]

REM is a great band ! very talented and deep band.

[@alanshepherd4304]

Love REM, it's like a box of chocolates, dip in and every one is a gem. Try Leaving New York, or Night Swimming.😁😁🇬🇧

[@RobertErnestLewis]

Very Euro and Celtic in some ways... R.E.M. a college band that went big and gave us some great music along the way.

[@a.riddlemethis795]

If you like this video, you might like "Until It Sleeps" by Metallica and "Zombie" by Cranberries". Similar visual style, totally different songs :)) It was a bit of a genre in the 90s :)

[@matthewteague623]

Whether one is Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Atheist, or anything else, I think anyone can appreciate the lyrics and imagery. It evokes the torment you may feel when your whole world seems cut out from under you. Crippling self-doubt can arise from many sources, and yes, a theological crisis among them. Whether or not that's how Mr. Stipe intended it to be heard, it's *certainly* just as applicable to that kind of crisis. It doesn't mean anyone has to cast aside their own faith or question thier own faith just to feel what someone in that kind of crisis has to be going through.

[@rbo350]

DDR great song

[@dennishilliard7557]

I think this song can mean anything you want it to mean; depending on your circumstances and your mood. Great song. Even though the artist says this has nothing to do with religion, one must ask why did the video show so many references to religion? Love the Mandolin...at least I think it's a Mandolin...thanks for playing.

[@floorticket]

"Radio Free Europe" and "Talk About the Passion" from their first album. I could list tons. They were huge.

[@barrycohen311]

One pimply, Justin Bieber fan down-voted.

[@foxandscout]

They were a fantastic and important band with many great songs and many hits. I love Michael Stipes and have seen him live in collaboration with other artists even last year. He is a very kind seeet man and cares about our earth.

[@mikegee248]

One of the best songs ever written...

[@RickTBL]

R.E.M. were deeply cool. R.E.M. were ultra cool.

[@minkhollow]

Another band with a similar vibe: Toad the Wet Sprocket. "Walk on the Ocean" is heavy preschool nostalgia for me, but you could basically pick a song at random and have a gem. (The video for "Something's Always Wrong" adds a very interesting dimension to it.)

[@bradsmack1]

Nice call, Jill! Was CERTAIN no one else would mention TtheWetS, Santa Barbara's finest! I'd love to see Daniel react to "All I Want," the song I think comes closest to the urgency and angst (and, as Christine above said, "tension") as "Losing My Religion," and some other REM songs. Your song suggestions are great, too, and I would also add "Come Down" and "Whatever I Fear"! Great minds think alike!!😉👍

[@IllumeEltanin]

Oy, Daniel... When you said you were having 20 thoughts to each line of the lyrics, I really looked forward to you going in to it. But, did I miss it? I caught you reading the comments and what genius (dot) com had to say, but what were those thoughts you were having while listening? Enquiring minds want to know. (at least this enquiring mind, anyway)

[@daveking9393]

I was waiting for them too...

[@daveking9393]

@@pandora_z I'm not sure you should read that into things... Perhaps you haven't followed Daniel for that long but he is very busy and has let people know a number of times that he is focusing on some college-level courses as well as the normal things going on in a teenager's life nowadays so I think we all know he's got a lot of his mind... ...but to take that leap in my view is not warranted and in my opinion really inappropriate to make. Just my two cents worth...

[@daveking9393]

@@pandora_z absolutely. THANKS so much for the follow up 😊

[@rk41gator]

@@daveking9393 excuse me, but why take the time to begin with? We can all read. People like to hear Daniel's view point.

[@IllumeEltanin]

Oy vey... I did not mean for this to digress the way it did. I merely wished Daniel to know I missed hearing his personal thoughts on the song. But, I agree with Dave. Daniel is extremely busy, and we shouldn't "read," i.e., assume anything personal about Daniel, from his postings at this time, other than what he is willing to share.

[@Gregory......]

first

[@Katehowe3010]

This is a fine single, but for a sublime deep cut, may i suggest Country Feedback from the same album! Up there with Neil Young for my money.

[@jamiebroadbridge4776]

Please react to their wonderful song "Find the river" absolute perfection in every way. Video is also very good.

[@queenrobbie2493]

Try pop muzik by M

[@dolnick7]

REM steered me through a period of intense heartache so it's impossible for me to judge their music objectively, as echos of those times bounce off every song. Glad to see you getting into them. Lots of tasty numbers there to choose from. You may want to sample Wire, a British band from the late 70s, that was a big influence on REM's sound. (Their first three albums Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, and 154 particularly.)

[@Fairygrl_TW]

Brilliant Band, such unique style, complex and amazing. Thanx Daniel

[@amyroberts9761]

I believe this is a song that many can relate to. Though this experience can be devastating, no matter how many times you go through it, you should never close the door on love. And also, some things i have learned going through this particular dark tunnel is that i end up getting fresh insight, inspiration, and a lesson learned that you should never let a person be a cause for your happiness or unhappiness, or it could end up crippling you for the rest of your life. Such a great, thought provoking song! You should really react to this one! This lady does not let her disability stop her!!!! It is quite the experience. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX24k5SieK9mmdE

[@robinraan]

Thanks again, Daniel

[@curtadams7406]

Sometimes a song's vocals are just a part of the whole mix, and sometimes they are "in the spotlight," like here. Only certain artists have the ability (and voice) to make their singing become one of, if not the, predominant "instrument." Ian Anderson is another. Never delved into the meaning of the lyrics before, I certainly learned something here today!

[@jamesreagle245]

I became free when I lost my religion

[@jessicamartin1728]

You should hear the version of this that has been morphed from minor into major. It's a big difference!

[@romanfedrich6967]

Very cerebral group from Athens (surprisingly good English).

[@robinraan]

Athens, Georgia

[@romanfedrich6967]

@@robinraan Make up your mind.

[@akinpaws]

@@romanfedrich6967 Not Athens, Greece.

[@romanfedrich6967]

@@akinpaws Whoosh - head - straight over. Ah, Americans.........

[@flyingcloud6776]

This song sounds "simple" from the first look, but there is this intensity, the sincerity. And on a second listen you hear the fine instrumentation and high class harmonies. Big early 90's classic. I also love the song "Shiny Happy People" from the same album with it's underlying melancholy beneath the happiness. Kate Pierson from the B-52's is a great co-singer here. And I really liked the song "What's the frequency Kenneth"

[@BennoWitter]

Losing my Religion, The End of the World as we know it, Love is all around me (originally by The Troggs) from the MTV Unplugged session are all amazing.

[@RGSuperfan]

Don't know if it's true, but I have read that in the first place Michael Stipe was not supposed to dance, but one time the director Tarsem Singh had to run to the toilet to puke because he was soooo stressed by this video, Michael started to dance, inspired by one performance of Sinéad O'Connor, and finally decided to keep that sequence, because it would look cool. Also the video has more references such as Italian painter caravaggio and Russian movie maker Andreï Tarkovski. So it's quite a sophisticated video ^^

[@theplanetruth]

Yet ANOTHER piece of music which had depth to its message that, as a teen, I was like "wow, that was a good song!" Now, Edie Brickel and the New Bohemians' "What I Am"

[@stevejuszczak9402]

Listen to ORANGE CRUSH . VIET NAM VERSION OFFICAL VERSION

[@theplanetruth]

Knowing now about Ian Curtis, I wonder if Stipe's manic dance is reminiscent of Curtis. 4:35

[@albertagibinik3436]

Could have been chaneling Ian

[@Jermbuf14]

In no way is this a bad judge on you, but for some reason my first impression of you told me that this and talking heads would be right up your alley. If you never listened to talking heads, I highly recommend

[@RandyHall324]

The first couple of REM albums featured vocals that were often mixed in the background so you couldn't always make out the words Michael Stipe was singing; By the time this came out a few years later, you could hear every word, and the challenge became figuring out what those words meant. Often enigmatic lyrically, but always musically brilliant, this became one of my favorite bands. Driver Eight and Fall on Me were both catchy pop rock, but one of my favorite REM songs is Feeling Gravity's Pull, which is anything but...It's a little obscure in the context of their catalog, but you should check it out even if you don't react to it. Keep on rockin'!

[@jacobjones5269]

It’s their biggest hit, but there are so many better REM songs.. Anything from Document.. Oddfellows Local 151, Exhuming McCarthy.. Heck, almost anything from the first 5 albums..

[@viviandarkbloom100]

Spring 1991 this song was played every hour on the Radio. I'm hardly joking.

[@juankasper4260]

Check Strange Currencies, Imitation of Life, and All the way to Reno.

[@starman2337]

You can't have "Religion" in the title and a video with a dozen refences to religious images and deny it's about religion.

[@matthewteague623]

Just as many things can be used as a metaphor for religion, why can't the artist use religion as a metaphor for something else?

[@starman2337]

@@matthewteague623 I wasn't aware we used or needed metaphors for religion.

[@stevemd6488]

Saw them live on the Document tour, Stipe often said "this song is for you". They were great. Also met Peter Buck in a Guitar Center, he showed me how to play a bunch of their songs. This is their biggest song, not my favorite, that would be One I Love. Last as someone said Automatic for the People is their best album but carries a very dark theme.

[@jaemyrick5277]

More R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People. Happy Land music. Now this song is too happy. LOL! There’s a song called Drive. Here’s the thing. Two bands sing this song. Same title. Different song, by The Car & R.E.M. React and give it a listen. Thanks.

[@cheryldalis7071]

If you didn't start dancing around like Michael Stipe after watching this video, then you need to go watch it again!! Lol... 💕😁

[@stevejuszczak9402]

What is the short story of the angel that fell from heaven and wasted by an old couple SOMEOME HELP ME RECALL THE TITLE

[@windyhead7960]

The idea of a segment of the video is actually based on Gabriel Garcia Márquez's story "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings".

[@dennis2966]

I've always loved the song, but have never cared much for the video. I prefer the images that this song generates in my mind. BTW, I've been Southern all my life (I'm 64 now), so I didn't even have to question what "losing my religion" meant.

[@scottbaron121]

Having lived in Georgia for my college, post-college years, many non-Southerners don't understand what, "Losing my religion" actually means. Knowing the phrase, I always took this as a "relationship" song....or a song about a relationship. I was fortunate to be living there in the mid-late 80's, when these guys were really taking off. Along with the B-52's, Indigo Girls, Black Crows...many really good bands came from the Atlanta area back then...

[@bobangell1679]

A song that really is about religion, "Dear God" by XTC. I'm sure others have suggested it... And that would be pronounced as the individual letters, not "ecstasy."

[@taylortyler1867]

Do "Last Date" by R.E.M. It's a cover of an old instrumental by Floyd Cramer, which is great too.

[@jean-baptiste6479]

So... Some people in the world have never ever listened to Losing my religion...

[@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin8052]

Religious imagery out the wazoo with spastic singer movement. Pretty cool though, I like it.

[@mana3735]

"Hint of the century" ! There's a lot more to these lyrics than people think. It's about a fans obsession....Mark Chapman with John Lennon. Most song writers will never admit the specifics.

[@jonathanzuckerman3828]

But if you do want music with a cool spiritual vibe, check out Matisyahu!! Step Out into the Light, Jerusalem or King Without a Crown. Raised on Phish, Matisyahu (Hebrew for Matthew) mixes musical genres, including hip hop.

[@brodjoe13]

Can you please react to “babe I’m gonna leave you” or “going to California” by Led Zeppelin 🙏

[@HolmesAZ]

You said “second guessing”...I see what you unintentionally did there! (From an REM fan)

[@stephenpriola4301]

A lot of Homoerotic, I’m a musician bassist so I’m colorblind and sexually blind.

[@traceyb9443]

What's The Frequency Kenneth? next! Please! 😊

[@Lunal73]

May you please make a review of “ Never takes apart” by INXS? I think you’ll love it. 🥰

[@epluribusunum1460]

I think that you are a very insightful young man. You said that every line of the song brought 20 different thoughts. That is the difference between art, which leads us to multiple paths, and illustration, which tells us only one story. May I recommend “40,000 Headmen” by Traffic?

[@garysunshine9643]

Great band- My favorite is The One That I Love. But other greats Fall on Me, Shiny Happy People, Man on the Moon, It's the End of the World, and I enjoy one a little different- Don't Go Back to Rockville

[@Euxiphipops77]

Seeing someone reacting to R.E.M for the first time makes me realize how old I am. Also, to all R.E.M. fans. I have always wondered - does this video has been inspired by the movie "Caravaggio"?

[@davidwalsh7128]

Next REM to consider; At My Most Beautiful. The band, minus lead singer Michael S, were all huge Beach Boy fans. Michael couldn't understand their passion about BB music. Then one day, alone stuck in LA traffic, Michael heard a Beach Boys song come over the radio--he was finally quite moved. He then went to the studio and wrote At My Most Beautiful for his band mates...

[@jmara6586]

Great choice and comments. (The side part works.)

[@bobangell1679]

REM were phenomenal. I think I generally prefer their earlier work on IRS Records. The move to Warner Brothers cleaned up their presentation and made Stipe enunciate. Stipe liked it when people provided their own lyrics...

[@tommyanne9447]

You should check out the cover done by Ryan Star on rockstar: supernova (an NBC tv series that was the prequel or sequel to the series rockstar: inxs also on NBC . Both shows ran for 1 season each if I'm remembering correctly and were awesome.) KZbin search losing my religion rockstar supernova for the clip and check it out it's a really powerful rendition.

[@gpeck54]

Check out "It's the end of the world as we know it(and I feel fine)" great song and lots of lyrics to figure out.

[@rk41gator]

Melancholy. One of the BEST rock videos. To say it is not about religion seems crazy. I know that the composer says it is not, but then why so many religious/iconic images. I do not know the specific religious art references, nor the Hindu references, but would love others to chime in if they know. It does seem to have duel meanings. Certainly unrequited love and perhaps the 'love that dare not speak its name' as Oscar Wilde once said (homosexuality). Symbolically losing your religion or literally. If your church is against being gay and you finally come out you could be doing both, losing your religion literally and metaphorically.

[@Amm1ttai]

Listen to South Central Rain. The first song I ever heard from them and I was hooked.

[@MelissaBluelyric]

I've had a weird relationship with religion, especially as a kid and I disliked this song because of the video..I thought it was creepy. Yet another reason I'm a patron of this channel- not about religion.. wow. This song is suddenly not so bad. Lol Please do Lightning Crashes by Live!

[@gw2031]

We were so spoiled and we took it for granted, turn the radio on,, REM U2 Siouxie and the Banshees, Tears for fears, The Stranglers, Japan, Big Country, on and on,, if the young generation now don't get out and fight in the streets they will never know the freedom and joy that was there every day we woke up!! This is WW3

[@michaelkaufman4863]

Check out shiny Happy people by REM

[@sagnyc]

This is the song that got me into them. Out Of Time is a terrific album; so is Automatic For The People. I've said it before, but I'll repeat: please do Find The River!

[@katherinemikkola8316]

One of my favorites. I rreally like the video but I really love the song, it makes you think. 🤔🙏❤👵

[@Discobiscuit372]

Orange Crush is a really good song by R.E.M

[@carmelediaalexander1417]

Clearly, a song of indecision thus confusion.

[@paulagwhyte1720]

Love the mandolin or what sounds like it, he's talking about trying to tell someone he's in love with them, but being terrified to do it. Hinting to the person and then wanting to take it back, afraid they'll reject him...he's caught between wanting them to know and not wanting them to know in case then, they don't love him back and then they're gone forever...he'll be a "hurt, lost, and blind, poor, fool...."

[@doggiesarus]

Telling the wrong person you love him (her). Many have not been in that situation. I always thought it was a great "coming out on accident" song.

[@TheRatsCast]

There a moment when lead vocalist Michael Stipe stops singing. It's because he really hates lip-syncing in songs; so he just drops it for that one moment in time.

[@Lunal73]

With so much deception, pain, hatred, losing my religion is a metaphor like saying I am losing my faith in everything. It’s easier to think it was a dream than broke down.

[@nancyaugustine9000]

thanks kid,,,,i am old but im lovin this and i know it well,,,,

[@hawkmoon419]

This song was very poignant to me as it came out around the time I broke up with my girlfriend. I remember singing along to it at a party with a lady friend who had just broken up with her boyfriend. Fooling around with two other women at that party helped me 'find my religion' again. Ha ha!

[@artiewithers6980]

There is so much R.E.M. before this song. Trouble is I can never remember the names of their songs, but please check out the album “Murmurs” or any of their earlier albums. I may take some flack for this comment, but there is so much better stuff than this song.

[@juliecollins1486]

Every time I see the guy using the hammer to strike the hot metal, I picture Russia cracking down and making religion illegal. Whether or not the song is about religion or not, I still picture this.

[@rk41gator]

or ANY authoritarian regime. They usually crack down on somebodies religion since 'of course' the ruler's religion is the sacred one and only. You must conform.

[@juliecollins1486]

@@rk41gator Exactly. The other image I see is “falling from Grace”. Now, if your true love isn’t some person you have a crush, but rather Jesus, well...the whole song changes. The Michelangelo imagery is amazing. I think the video producers put in wayyyy more than what REM meant when they wrote the song. It would be interesting to see what they would have to say.

[@rkress9349]

@@juliecollins1486 The image with the martyr and arrows I believe is St. Sebastian, but do not know the implications of meaning.

[@cpoldunit2834]

This a classic example of how record companies and art directors make videos that are so completely at odds with the song ,Caravaggio paintings and allusions to Religion are wasted when Michael stated clearly this an expression from the South meaning worn out , at the end of your tether.

[@elainedowell820]

Down here; if someone makes us spittin; mad, we tell them they're gonna cause us to lose our religion. Like swear; or even strike them!