OH SNAP.. | R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Official Music Video) REACTION

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[@lindahardy8713]

“Losing my religion” a Southern term meaning I can’t take any more, there’s nothing left. It’s about a relationship where trust is lost or you’ve lost faith in a persons commitment. “The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes”, “Trying to keep up with you And I don't know if I can do it”, “Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt lost and blinded fool”.

[@infopackrat]

It could be both the expression and literal.

[@RaggedyRebuilds]

Great interpretation and way of putting it

[@Mewtwo-hy4fe]

its a coming out the closet he was guy so take the song like what you think

[@Sunshineandhydrangeas]

As a Southern woman, if I say “I’m about to loose my religion” or it’s alternative “I’m about to loose my testimony”.... you better run. It means I have had it, my limit has been reached, and I am about to go off on somebody.

[@nolagirl2458]

Yes like when you say...you're going to make me lose my religion! I'm getting ready to blow

[@lgood4970]

According to the singer, the expression 'losing my religion' is from the South. It means giving into your anger, losing your cool, or being at the end of your rope. You're just beyond your endurance. Although some one CAN apply it to a loss of religion that is not the main meaning. It is about being pushed beyond your 'polite public' face. He's standing in corner. He's trying to stay out of it. Then, he's put on the spot (spotlight). He's being pushed. He's tried to stay out it---but you keep shining the light on him. He's losing his ability to put up with this crap. But he's not supposed to get pissed. He should keep his mouth shut before he says too much. Before he says things he can't take back. Yet, he hasn't really said the truth that needs to be said. Is that just a dream where he expresses what he thinks? He has to keep his civility but he can't quite do it. He's 'losing his religion'. Video is weird though. He comes from a Methodist minster background and always had an interest in Buddism which peeks out in the video.

[@tessasnow]

Well said!!!🖖🏻🇨🇦😊

[@keithgraham8588]

This isn't even close to what the writer intended for this song. It is literally just about obsessive love or "unrequited" love.

[@dianedollion6126]

Perfect description. I love this song in that I can so relate to it. Everyday, my foot gets close to my mouth and I almost lose my religion. The strength it takes to hold back is hard. But sometimes, you gotta.

[@lgood4970]

@@keithgraham8588 I only remember what I read when the song came out. But hey, I can be wrong. Leo will have to google. :) americansongwriter.com/behind-the-song-r-e-m-losing-my-religion/ Link to article from American Songwriter and here is another article on the same topic, "www.openculture.com/2018/09/r-e-m-reveals-the-secrets-behind-their-emotionally-charged-songs.html "

[@loricreel2463]

Nice! Great explanation. And a fitting sentiment in these times. Thank you.

[@tgates0314]

I really like this tune, but "Everybody Hurts" touched me to the core...

[@wendyweekendgourmet]

I live in San Antonio....the video for Everybody Hurts was filmed here near Downtown- near where I-10 meets I-35.

[@rhondahandley9595]

Mr Video--PLEASE watch when you are in a good place. Maybe next react to "The End of the World as We Know It"?? Because seeing you cry when it gets to you pains me something awful. I plead with you to be ready. Luv ya.

[@philstone3859]

@@wendyweekendgourmet, hey Wendy! I just said that before scrolling down the comments! I’m San Antonian too!

[@wendyweekendgourmet]

phil Stone Small world! I grew up in Houston, but moved to SA in 2000 for law school at St. Mary’s.

[@philstone3859]

@@wendyweekendgourmetgood for you! You’re in a better place now. Ha ha! I know you’ve been here quite a while, but have you been up in the Tower? It’s something that nobody talks about or even knows about sometimes! It’s not like it’s only the tallest thing here! I always recommend it to people from out of town.

[@lavalleecg]

Everyone Hurts - video version. You really feel it

[@MeMeVoyageOf]

I was never a huge R.E.M. can but I sure do love their song, " Everybody Hurts". That song will make you emo.

[@randywhite3947]

Ahh really try Automatic for the people and Murmur and you’ll love them

[@MeMeVoyageOf]

@@randywhite3947 I already did. I am just "meh" when it comes to R.E.M.

[@msmrsro]

He would totally lose his sh** if he watches that one.

[@hippychikforever]

I cry every time.

[@DAVEPRO74]

I am 6'2 290 and that song makes me cry every time.

[@Ashilla_88]

R.E.M - "The One I Love"....is a must

[@jacksonhstudios4421]

I love R.E.M! Some more R.E.M to check out would be It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine). I know it’s a long title. Lol

[@tinacolbourneart1091]

This one is a classic. Love this song 🥰. R-E-M is also the band that sang Everybody hurts, not sure if you did that yet but thats a HUGE song, absolute MUST

[@lyndam.421]

+Tina Colbourne I was just going to suggest that he listens to Every Body Hurts, 💗 so pleased you already have 👍😊

[@emmejayeh.5995]

Depends on the station he usually listens to. I'm certain that R&B/hip-hop/"urban contemporary" stations have never and would never play R.E.M.'s music. I'm black (if an outlier), and can say that most black Americans don't listen to rock or Katy Perry-type pop at all.

[@tinacolbourneart1091]

@@emmejayeh.5995 he did say he's never heard of REM

[@kimberlinibambini1988]

Mr. V- “everybody hurts” is a must of theirs! And it’s the acronym R.E.M.. 😊. 💜🧡✌️✨

[@Littlewing1977]

@Shame nolan Rapid

[@D0012D13]

That's an initialism not an acronym lol

[@renaesmith5528]

R E M Rapid Eye Movement

[@LeannWebb61]

To "Lose One's Religion" is a southern term of somebody losing his/her temper. "He about lost his religion over that!" R.E.M. has several good songs. My favorites, beside this one: Stand The End of the World (As We Know It) Everybody Hurts

[@Bunke09]

"I'm about to lose my religion." Is a southern way of saying I'm about to go off and lose my temper.

[@matheya]

I think it has a literal meaning in the song - the images are religious and he's talking to God . He's losing hope - and his religion .

[@DarkShadows-me2fj]

I live in the heart of Texas and I’ve never heard this.

[@yamuda]

@@matheya either could work. They're from Georgia. However, given the context of everything that was going on with them when it was written, and that Stipe was almost never literal in his songs, it always felt more like a song about dealing with the pressures of fame to me.

[@matheya]

@@yamuda I think it's both - it has to do with being famous and losing his faith. Edit : The group say it's a Romantic song - i don't see that way AT ALL :)))

[@TheAxzom]

religion is mind control

[@SpenceLoverBoy]

It's the End of the World - R.E.M. would be a fitting reaction in 2020

[@willrichardson519]

If only we felt fine?!

[@partdefjampartdischord5649]

It’s time I had some time alone... 😷

[@truffleandrosalie]

They did this song live on New Year's Eve for Y2K, with Gwen Stefani. Remember Y2K? What a simple time that was.

[@dangerkeith3000]

@@willrichardson519 Let's ignore what's in parentheses!

[@backwardsbrainslabs.148]

I used it as my year book quote, 14 years ago

[@aimeeaugeri]

They came out of Athens, GA where they went to University of GA. EVERYBODY HURTS is their greatest hit, but they have some Good Jams !

[@ChairView]

So did B52s who i believe stipe is friends with lol

[@andrealarocco4941]

Widespread Panic also from Athens and friends too!!!

[@carlastanley1138]

All of them kickass!! ✌💕from Atlanta,Ga.😊🥰

[@andrealarocco4941]

@@carlastanley1138 Yes they do! I’ve been following WSP for 25 years and I’ve seen members of R.E.M. playing with Panic on a couple of occasions but that was a good 15/20 years ago. All great bands from the “Classic City”!!! ✌️💗😊

[@aimeeaugeri]

Great Bands came from Athens GA. I am Atlanta Native so grew up on R.E.M. n B52s.

[@Superdudehatesmilk]

You are literally the only reaction channel whose videos I don't skip around in. I usually skip through the intro to get to the actual reactions, but I don't do that with your videos because they're so enjoyable from start to finish. You're such a light in what's been a really dark year. I appreciate you so much for that. Please keep up the good work, because you're bringing so much joy to so many people. Seriously, thank you so much!

[@cindys5426]

Like your Grandma might say."You go pick a switch,I'm about to lose my religion" 😅

[@lynnhoffman247]

R.E.M. - “What’s the Frequency Kenneth”...”Man on the “Moon”....”Everybody Hurts” (sad)...”It’s the End of the World as We Know It”.... Now I have to go to the store to get some DoubleStuffed Oreos! Thanks, Leo 😂🤗

[@othermotte]

There's a great live version of Man on the Moon with Springsteen on guitar

[@markhayes637]

Kenneth is my favourite REM track, but there are so many great ones to react to!

[@silverlunamor]

“More than words” by Extreme

[@3DJapan]

If you didn't know, R. E. M. is Rapid Eye Movement, it's what your eyes do when when you're in deep sleep and dreaming. In that sense people sometime say "rem" like a word but the band usually said each letter.

[@ronaldcardinali2809]

Hey buddy you should also react to these others super songs of them: "Orange crush" , "Shiny happy people" , "Stand" , "Is the End of the world" , "Radio free europe" , "The one i love" , "Everybody hurts" & "Driver 8" , trust me you will go nuts. Ronny

[@Bluegrass_Sparky]

Orange Crush is a banger, one of my favorite songs from them.

[@Jillyconjem]

Orange Crush is my favorite. Stand is awesome. And Shiny Happy People has the amazing Kate Pierson. 💜💜💜

[@ronaldcardinali2809]

@@Jillyconjem That' Right Jill !!

[@lesyeuxsansvisage1157]

Orange Crush is what they used to call Agent Orange. Once you know that, it contextualizes the whole song.

[@aimeewalters7451]

R.E.M are great! Everybody hurts is a great song by them! Loving your reactions!!😁😁💯

[@spaceorbison]

R.E.M. is deep. You probably don't wanna know what they're talking about.

[@J_Gamble]

Re: all the imagery...a lot of the scenes are references to famous artworks and classical stories

[@lethaoncupla1577]

Thank you! I didn't think anyone was going to answer him, and I'm the world's worst about over explaining.

[@brigittehuard4902]

I think this is probably one of my all time favourite videos. It's so captivating.

[@texascreekcowboy1587]

LOVE SHACK by B52s

[@CC-sr2ec]

YES!

[@pjay213]

And Shiny happy People to get some from both Athen Bands

[@texascreekcowboy1587]

ROCK LOBSTER

[@ashleydixon4613]

REM and the B-52’s-two awesome bands out of Athens, GA. (Great college-town music scene there.)

[@okthen7960]

One of my favorite songs of all time.

[@bernardcleary4330]

One more vote from me for you to react to "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. Michael Stipe is a genius singer-songwriter.

[@alxandramitchell3074]

Love R.E.M...This and "The One I Love" are my Faves!

[@joecampbell2496]

I love how hesitant Leo was when he was trying to figure out if he should be dancing, and exactly how he wanted to! Authentic

[@teamofone6313]

Losing My Religion, released as the first single from the R.E.M.’s 1991 album Out of Time is definitely a remarkable song. With its beautiful, and rather surreal music video, it listed 4th on The Billboard Hot 100, was nominated for several Grammy Awards from which won two, and was constantly spun on the MTV. The music video was directed by an Indian director - Trasem Singh, who admitted that it was modeled after the Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s short story A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings in which an angel crashes into a town and the villagers have varied reactions to him. The clip has a moody art house feeling to it, and was created in a style of a type of Indian filmmaking, where according to Stipe everything would be “melodramatic and very dreamlike”. The video was also based on the inspirations drawn from an Italian painter Caravaggio, as the scenes from the clip strongly resemble the style of the painter’s work, and filled with religious motives and tableaux, or, so called “living images” portraying Indian deities. Many controversies occurred with the song’s questioning of faith, however unlike it may seem, it actually is about unrequited love. The phrase “losing my religion” is an expression from the southern region of the US, that means “at my wit’s end,” meaning as if things were going so bad you could lose your faith in God

[@6666Imperator]

I love the dance moves of the singer. It looks a bit like an everyday person just dancing out to the music he's privately listening to :D

[@lennyloves4518]

I request ‘Lightning Crashes’ or ‘I Alone’ by Live 🔥🔥🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

I LOVE lightning crashes ❤️❤️❤️⚡

[@tinacolbourneart1091]

YESSS, I suggested this on another video. Lightning crashes is a deep song.

[@lennyloves4518]

@@user-or1ye3iz6d 👏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lennyloves4518]

@@tinacolbourneart1091 👏🏻 Yes, such a good one. I love Live 😊❤️❤️❤️

[@vanessarupe2039]

Hell. Yes. To both.

[@janinebennett4492]

My son who’s 31 now could sing this word for word when he was 2 . One of my favorites.

[@bradleydanek3958]

My first concert was R.E.M 25 years ago when I was 15. Saw them in Milwaukee with my Dad! One of my favorite bands!!!

[@AcornAcorn-gg9id]

The saying I'm about to lose my religion is equal to saying I'm about to lose my shit. Love R.E.M.!

[@pammcmonigle9210]

This band is from Athens Georgia. I have always loved them. I think the meaning of this song could be so many things.. thanks for playing them. Love you!

[@peoplesmedicinedrum9916]

They have many greats. Orange Crush, Everybody Hurts, Shiny Happy People, What's the Frequency Kenneth, and Man on the Moon. Do more

[@HazelEyedAndWild]

Such a masterpiece!!! ❤️

[@michaelbaldwin8484]

So many great R. E. M. songs. Try "Radio Free Europe" "Stand" or "What's The Frequency, Kenneth". BTW, you have something waiting at your PO Box.... 😁

[@mjking9019]

@@bkind2all76 I miss them too!!

[@marythompson4826]

I miss them too and I guess I missed the reason why they stopped. Can someone tell me

[@mjking9019]

@@marythompson4826 my understanding was just that he decided not to do them anymore. His last unboxing he said would be his last but I don't recall if he specified a reason other than possibly being overwhelmed by all the mail he's been getting.

[@Macbeth99]

Michael Baldwin I know this is a long time ago!! But I am trying to find Leo's PO BOX ADDRESS You lovely people have sent him some lovely and thoughtful gifts I have a little something I want to send him, but can't find the address Please help if you can !!! Thank you so much if you can 😊

[@michaelbaldwin8484]

@@Macbeth99 I don't know if it's still active, but it was: PO Box 80112 Toledo, OH. 43608

[@omarsalam9973]

Now , you gotta try thier masterpiece " Everybody hurts "

[@watcherwlc53]

This song always brings back memories of college. On the radio all the time then. I remember liking somebody then whom I did not know well, someone rather mysterious, and I related the song to that situation so much...

[@sandyleewhite]

What I absolutely adore about songs like this, is there are so many ways we can interpret the lyrics, & it is really up to us, as how we feel the song relates to us! **Great reaction**

[@keeksbee5441]

Whenever I hear this song, I can’t NOT think of the scene in BH 90210, when Brenda is laying in her bed all depressed bc her parents wouldn’t let her see Dylan anymore. This song was playing in the background.

[@angelaalvarez536]

That is what i think of everytime i hear this

[@keeksbee5441]

@@angelaalvarez536 yes!!!! I’m so glad it isn’t just me

[@doobernow]

1992/93.... 3 cds I listened to the most.... REM 'Automatic for the People' Dr. Dre 'The Chronic', and Pearl Jam 'Ten'. I feel very fortunate to be a teen in the late 80s early 90s... we truly had the best of every type of music!!

[@mjking9019]

I love R.E.M. please please please keep reacting to them! Shiny Happy People, Everybody Hurts and well all the other songs everybody else is suggesting!

[@rickcoona]

The lead singer smirked and said "Don't read too much into it, it's about a crush..."

[@lisamills4473]

song makes me cry reminds me of very sad times when I was younger the yr this was released was hard 😔😔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@iowa7693]

Me too,, and Everybody Hurts Thank you for your comment

[@lisamills4473]

@@iowa7693 that song gets me to I saw them at Glastonbury amazing band keep well x

[@iowa7693]

@LisaMills,, take care of yourself, Dear heart,, hard times now,, 'We will get by' Grateful Dead

[@lisamills4473]

@@iowa7693 I live in a county that has gone back into tier3 with extra restrictions the only county in tier 3 that has extra restrictions yet my district has the lowest number of cases but we have been lumped in with the city

[@iowa7693]

@@lisamills4473 where is that??

[@birminghamreefer2733]

R.E.M was the first concert I went to. Rapid Eye Movement.

[@julieb3996]

I heard this song over and over again in the 90's. It sounds so fresh today 25 yrs later! Thanks for the video, and the people who analyze it, it still confuses me

[@dimar1845]

The video was inspired by the paintings of Caravaggio, one of the most important italian painters of the Renaissance. Look at his masterpieces. They are breathtakingly beautiful.

[@sharilynbratton6476]

Love Caravaggio, the luminous quality of his paintings is fantastic!

[@IcePrincess751-kb9bq]

This won 6 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Video,Best Direction,as well as the Grammy for Best Form Video in 1992.😃

[@replicantgirl]

According to Wiki: The music video for "Losing My Religion" was directed by Tarsem Singh. As opposed to previous R.E.M. videos, Michael Stipe agreed to lip sync the lyrics. The video originated as a combination of ideas envisioned by Stipe and Singh. Stipe wanted the promo to be a straightforward performance video, akin to Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U". Singh wanted to create a video in the style of a certain type of Indian filmmaking, where everything would be "melodramatic and very dreamlike", according to Stipe. Singh has said the video is modeled after the Gabriel Garcia Marquez short story "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" in which an angel crashes into a town and the villagers have varied reactions to him. Director Singh also drew inspiration from the Italian painter Caravaggio and the video is laden with religious imagery such as Saint Sebastian, the Biblical episode of the Incredulity of Thomas and Hindu deities, portrayed in a series of tableaux. The music video was nominated in nine categories at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. The video won six awards, including Video of the Year, Best Group Video, Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Direction, and Best Editing.

[@dragontaletarot]

I was born and grew up in Georgia (Atlanta, Athens, etc) and remember this song being MASSIVE when it came out in the late 80s - as a little kid, I was hooked on it. 'Losing my religion' is a very old southern saying when you're fed up with something/someone, as in 'boy if you don't behave, I'm gonna lose my religion with you!' (and proceed to whoop the devil outta him!! LOL ;)

[@Tallonwestly]

This takes me back to being little in my grandma's living room watching MTV when they still had music videos damn I feel old😂❤

[@billputt3855]

Thank you for feeling the lyrics...the sympathetics are classical works of art brought to life

[@parisbrat]

This video has won many awards, and has been regarded as one of the best.

[@daveking9393]

I love watching your videos and sparking up right along with you it's so much fun

[@davidlaymanpiano]

Video, The title of the video refers to an old expression, often used by Grandma's in the deep South, when someone makes them so mad they almost forget who's they are, lose their religion, and say something they'll have to ask forgiveness for later. It's a song about frustration, living in the unknown, and existential crisis. If you notice, scattered throughout the video are numerous religious and mythological references, including Icarus from Greek mythology and Doubting Thomas from the Christian Bible. REM (pronounced like an acronym: r e m), started in the early 80s in Athens, Georgia. With a foundation of southern culture and roots music, "Losing My Religion" typifies the band's early '90s sound. Compare "Losing My Religion" to 1994's, "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" It's a huge shift from one album to the next, but this has always been my favorite track, after "You Are the Everything," from their 1988 album "Green." Dr.L

[@lyndam.421]

R.E.M. Oh yeah, another great band. 💜

[@amayaellsmere]

I was just listening to REM's Orange Crush a little bit ago. Definitely check out It's the End Of the World, I think you will like it, but you'll need the lyrics!

[@honorsilverthorne7227]

I could sing all the lyrics to "It's The End of The World As We Know It" back in the day. 😁💕 You have to go fast! 😊

[@mammothcheese9575]

The song is about an Unrequited love but I think we all found deeper meaning in this gem of a song.

[@Palace-of-Madness]

You just stay killing it. Keep it going bro. Love it.

[@lolak2895]

Band: Depeche Mode (Personal Jesus) The Cult (She Sells Sanctuary) Congratulations on surpassing 100,000 Subs!!! 🤛

[@lesaahrenstein6360]

YOU: Where did he try to go?🤔🤔🤔 Because he got there. ME::And this is why I love you.. You have very deep and good insights

[@meokeefe92]

I wish I could go back in time to when I heard these songs for the first time. Glory days

[@philstone3859]

R E M stands for rapid eye movement. It’s when you are in deep sleep and someone observing you can see your eyes moving back and forth under your eyelids. Most likely in a dream watching the action.

[@ChairView]

The dance came in last minute, they had an original concept, it wasnt working, so Michael Stipe said hey just let me dance. He was inspired by the talking heads and his weird sporadic dance moves lol

[@crystalfreeman6913]

Please react to REM Everybody Hurts.

[@teoma0395]

The inspiration of the video is a story from Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez a.k.a Gabo. The english name of the story is 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings'. That's why the man in the video has bird's wings and is getting older passing time.

[@mgentles3]

imagery is religious, catholic, old. Very old. But I'm a southerner and if somebody says, "You're about to make me lose my religion", it means they're about to cuss or go off on you, which is, of course, against most religions.

[@danielkarlsson258]

Some 90's suggestions: Scatman John - Scatman Mr Big - To be with you Snap! - Rythm is a dancer Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise Toni Braxton - Unbreak my heart Aqua - Barbie Girl And an 80's: John Farnham - You're the voice

[@anja_katharina4891]

Omg you never ever heard this song before? I love this song since 15 years 😍 I not living in the US at all :) But really good that you explore it now.

[@hobbitpeddler4267]

R.E.M. has been my favorite band since I was 3 years old! Michael Stipe is a god

[@willrichardson519]

That mandolin specifically and the overall instrumental is exquisite...peak R.E.M. territory

[@laurenmarie2946]

This is one of my favorite songs from the 90s. I get super hype when it comes on. Lol.

[@laurilouise8280]

Still one of my all time favs!! Thanks for the reaction. Keep up the great work!! Love your stuff!

[@taylorblackwell6554]

That's whoever's directing the video choice, the band/artist can really put their own ideas in it

[@danfreeman5301]

This band is still ahead of our time...

[@tessasnow]

One of my favourite songs...have loved this since the first time I heard it...Thanks for doing it!!! 🖖🏻🇨🇦😊

[@dianegoldeneye7207]

I actually lived this song. Thanks to all for the explanation. Mr V you always seem to get it. Best reactor on the tube. Thank you ❤️

[@KokomoGreenberg]

This song was one of the only Billboard top.ten hits to feature a mandolin. A fun fact.

[@Justamy1973]

“That’s you on the couch, losing yourrrrr lighter” 🤪🎼🎵🎶

[@christinawoolley6206]

He's pulling some shaman shit with his dancing.....absolutely adore your joining in with all you videos! Love ya man! 😽💘

[@mikefisher4834]

This is one of those songs that can mean different things to different people There’s a whole lot of songs from the 90s that are damn near impossible to understand because it’s not straightforward It’s a song filled with metaphors💯

[@darksideofthemood]

This song is, like a lot of people have pointed out, about the end of a relationship or rather a specific commitment. However there is more to this tune: the singer, Stipe, was at the time struggling with his sexuality. Lines such as " I'm choosing my confession " expresses how he struggled to come out and thus put on an act when in society. " Consider this the hint of the century " will echo with a lot of queer folks who throw hints here and there to the people around them to test the waters. Stipe was raised in a very religious household and while, yes, the title is a southern term - here it also deals with his mental health and the way he felt alienated from himself due to his sexuality.

[@geofffitz1497]

Musically, this song is a masterpiece. So much complexity going on. In the music and lyrics. Just brilliant.

[@shirleyhinderliter4900]

My absolute favorite song of theirs.

[@le7669]

90s were all about existential angst & REM excelled at it -

[@dinaghikas7933]

'Drive' is a freaking awesome song and video, 'Stand' and 'Radio Free Europe' will have you dancing, and 'What's the Frequency Kenneth' rocks.

[@yukiefromoz2573]

Apparently this song was written when he had a crush, and he was trying to drop hints to this crush and getting frustrated because he wasn't sure whether his crush was getting the message or not. Losing my religion means "losing one's temper".

[@truthseeker12523]

Their other hits, "The end of the world as we know it", "Man on the moon", "Everybody hurts", "The one i love".

[@glenkrisch4844]

I thought it was when you meet someone so perfect, that you'd do anything for them. Seeing them for the first time makes you think, I'd lose my religion to be with that person.

[@gdgm1]

Thank you for reacting Mr. Video. It is deep, the video is awesome. Another Classic :)

[@karencogs1]

One my favorite REM songs! Everybody Hurts is another!

[@tigerwilliams7723]

Their song "Everybody Hurts" will tug at your emotions ❤️

[@traherne6726]

They made a very happy song “Shiny happy people” and a very sad song “Everybody hurts” (get tissues ready)

[@ItsmeDee88]

Ooooh! "Lightning crashes" would be something you would love!

[@shezarae8827]

R.E.M. is an acronym for, rapid eye movement, which is the stage of sleep where you dream.

[@etc7070]

Ohh dude, you are doing my favorites todaaaay. R.E.M. (said as separate letters) was my obsession in my teenage years. You are right about Michael Stipe's voice! It is unique and instantly draws you in, and the band has a signature sound once you get to know them. You might fall down another rabbit hole as the band has a very deep catalogue--they didn't start out mainstream, in fact when they did get more acclaim they fell into the "alternative rock" category. Losing My Religion was their biggest hit and the video won an MTV award. The director was an avant garde filmmaker, so what she envisioned might not have been what the band was actually singing about, but it worked! On the whole, their videos are pretty arty anyway. But sooo many great songs to check out: Radio Song (nobody has reacted to this yet!! it's SO GOOD! maybe do it with Queen's Radio Ga Ga, lol), The One I Love, It's The End of the World as We Know It, Stand, Fall On Me, and be prepared to cry during Everybody Hurts. It's incredibly moving and the video is breathtaking.

[@taylormartin90]

others have explained what "losing my religion" means. Coming from Michael Stipes lips (he is a distant friend of mine) This song is about the control the recording industry was trying to exert over the band, he was trying to keep his mouth shut but it was coming to a point of him losing his religion on the executives that wanted the band to become more pop-oriented.

[@carojayess1723]

I like this song a lot but have always been confused by the video. Try “everybody hurts” next. Great song and much easier to understand! 🔥🔥