R.E.M. - Electrolite (Official HD Music Video)

"Electrolite" from R.E.M.'s 1996 album, "New Adventures in Hi-Fi"
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#REM

[@mommagee1]

What is so awesome about REM, is that every time you havent heard one of their songs for a while, when you do hear it, you realise all over again, just how wonderful it is.

[@rc9006]

Yes!!!!! Exactly how I feel right now. It takes me to a place that’s really just pure awe like I’m hearing or watching this vid for the first time

[@jacobfloyd6975]

Well said. That is exactly true.

[@krzysztofzakrocki2210]

Exactly!!!!!!!!

[@froggary]

I completely agree! I could listen to REM for the rest of my life and never get bored because their songs are all so varied! I was born in the early 2000s but this is my kind of music.

[@phandemicpaddy2458]

This one was indeed a truly great pop song.

[@luci-ana]

I am so grateful to my dad for playing R.E.M songs in the car when i was little. All their songs are very important to me, particularly this one.

[@jasonbarbush4991]

there is always that transition into REM sleep in order to dream. sometimes we get stuck in something interesting and wake too late. like the transition into daylight getting up at 4AM playing "Daysleeper"

[@rushokim]

Love this gem too. Always seems to play in my head when am in the shower.

[@richardbutler5312]

And now I play them to my kids in the car... Brings a smile to my face when they sing along to shining happy people, my work is done❤️

[@ericzenker5641]

I feel the same, the moment I got Automatic for the People in hand as an audio cassette back in 1992 or 1993, I knew that this will change the way I see the world

[@briankelly9373]

The last words on the last song on the last album with Bill Berry: "I'm outta here"! What a finish to the best song on the album by far!

[@saintgeorge6706]

When I catch sight of my R.E.M. records a lump always comes to my throat. They sustained me through the 80s & 90s with a peerless run of albums. Thank you Michael, Bill, Peter & Mike. A lost treasure.

[@brethayworth1080]

Exactly. Great string from Lifes Rich Pageant thru this one.

[@njc2o]

@@brethayworth1080 Fables isn't my favorite but come on! You can go from Murmur to Up and they're all great imo

[@KM-zw9qb]

@@njc2o fables is superb

[@sandibergen2523]

Saint George me too 💜

[@saintgeorge6706]

@@sandibergen2523 Thanks for the comment. Stay safe.

[@MrRedNYC]

There are maybe 3 songs in the world that give me chills every time.. Electrolite is one of them. "Stand on a cliff and look down there. Don't be scared. You are alive. You are alive." Goosebumps. Every. Single. Listen.

[@DadBodDrumming]

Electrolite is just e revamp of an older song called Nightswimming. Listen to the piano in each.

[@LilysLife-ns4qs]

But both two great songs

[@autumnstone8247]

Same 🙌🏻

[@reneperez2126]

Same here mate ..

[@sofa9920]

What are the other 2 songs?

[@mikepower75]

Still listening in 2024

[@jamesfallon9265]

This is an overlooked gem of a song 🎵

[@TaraTheAndroid]

This is video, not audio. So aren't you watching it?

[@joeyadesantis]

Nothing like R.E.M. Nothing will be like them. Yet their honesty and humility in their music is something you wish every band had, even the ones you like as much as them. I see them as role models above all else.

[@ramonflores377]

You are right.

[@avslope8963]

Spot on.

[@MrYossarianuk]

Agree - the fact they hate Trump backs up this theory

[@bobwolenski5720]

@@MrYossarianuk No, that just makes them another lockstep liberal entertainer.

[@MrYossarianuk]

@@bobwolenski5720 how many right wing artists do you listen too ?

[@petecampbell6117]

New Adventures In Hi-Fi is a remarkable album, full of great songs that return to haunt you when you give them the chance.

[@adamfox6593]

The greatest American band of all time

[@khaaleliilighntingcoronado9009]

Couldn't agree more. So diverse and honest

[@Picnicl]

Yes, they are Adam. Although The Doors tend to get way underrated.

[@timorlinski1347]

Only American? Best of all countries

[@bobwolenski5720]

I think Newsweek had a poll on this, Rem was on there but not top 5 or anything. They said their later career dip hurt them. Pearl Jam was ranked #1. They also had Journey, Van Halen and Aerosmith on the list. It had 30 artists, I believe.

[@Picnicl]

Internationally, and with the critics, certainly in the UK, R.E.M. are the pinnacle of American bands. They are the closest thing to The Doors since The Doors and far more diverse in sounds and styles. The UK likes changing styles that have an underlying consistency and theatrical accomplishment in their music gods. REM's postmodernist and widescreen yet also small town imaginations and sympathies fits the bill of what intellectuals might romanticise of America as a land of Nighthawks and nightswimmers, beehive female singers, tragic or comedic movie stars, barbecues in large, sunkissed, back gardens, and getting wonderfully stuck in LA traffic. ’Blame' The Beatles for our high tastes - REM are very admirable.

[@jeffmarkus]

My favorite band of all time. This is one of their great songs

[@davek6344]

Wow hard to believe that this album came out 20 years ago, i'm sure that 20 years ago to this very moment I was listening to this as a care free teenager. Loved it then and love it now.

[@AntiWarTexan]

@miguelitoven agreed; the best

[@douglasadam5253]

Honestly feel New Adventures was the best REM album. So many polished but experimental classics. Love it.

[@penneymoore6220]

It's my favorite.

[@Piritu]

This song makes me feel so empty and regretful. I also feel a bittersweet sadness reflecting on all the years that have passed.

[@amybocchi2494]

My words. Thanks

[@arpeemac]

Weve all had hard and empty times. Just have to move on man. Keep goin.

[@teak2670]

You’re not alone ❤️

[@sedeinfinita]

Electrolite" Your eyes are burnin' holes through me I'm gasoline I'm burnin' clean 20th century, go to sleep You're plasticine That is obscene That is obscene You are the star tonight You shine electric outta sight Your light eclipsed the moon tonight Electrolite You're outta sight If I ever want to fly Mulholland Drive I am alive Hollywood is under me I'm Martin Sheen I'm Steve McQueen I'm Jimmy Dean You are the star tonight You shine electric outta sight Your light eclipsed the moon tonight Electrolite You're outta sight If you ever want to fly Mulholland Drive Up in the sky Stand on a cliff and look down there Don't be scared You are alive You are alive You are the star tonight You shine electric outta sight Your light eclipsed the moon tonight Electrolite You're outta sight 20th century, go to sleep Really deep We won't blink Your eyes are burnin' holes through me I'm not scared I'm outta here I'm not scared I'm outta here

[@francescoferrara2632]

sedeinfinita grazie per il testo. .thanks for the lyrics

[@7chunkychunk]

sedeinfinita pleistocene

[@MrMkayultra]

Love you

[@KhanivoreQniba]

The 90's was the best musical decade, and REM are beautiful and timeless.

[@jadeodowd809]

REM are from the 80’s but ok

[@frankstarks3792]

Not better than the 80's....c'mon??

[@billybeetroot8595]

The 90s were commercially better than the 80s

[@billybeetroot8595]

The 80s were commercially shit, all that electronic crap

[@davidkanter7592]

I say the second half of the 1960s were the best including garage rock and psychedelia.REM are great though!

[@JoeMama025]

REM was at their finest in the mid 90s. I'm telling you, Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi were untouchable.

[@a_h_2590]

I don’t agree, but that’s the genius of REM. There isn’t really a wrong answer. They are the greatest band of the last 50 years. Simple as that.

[@blakeplaster7139]

91-96. Out of Time, Automatic, Monster, Hi-Fi. EPIC streak.

[@yandman26]

Every comment on every R.E.M song tells you everything you need to know of their endearing, ever reaching brilliance. Just as this one has. Their music lives in me.

[@tivtivtiv]

You are the star tonight You shine electric outta sight Your light eclipsed the moon tonight Electrolite You're outta sight ... BEST LYRICS EVER???

[@abcdxyz8852]

I can not believe this song is 20 years old. Genius!

[@sierra6588]

One of REM's best songs. LOVE this band!!!

[@carolmcnulty6947]

Brilliant

[@MrJonpac]

Just a Frecking amazing band. The music means so much to me.

[@Renasense]

This song is medicine for me right now, thank you.

[@jasonbarbush4991]

in recovery personal medicine is what you do not what you take. hang in there all poor of spirit.

[@jankyme]

medicine for the mind -- body and soul

[@thenakamichitapes267]

So too can be some electrolite... the answer is out there...

[@noie3825]

How I miss REM...

[@patriciathewisher2315]

What a gorgeous song. Such songwriting, musical, singing fineness. Delivered with such finesse. Exceptional artists.❤

[@rainflowers1099]

Absolutely

[@rw8733]

I miss them 😢

[@alejandroalvarez5499]

My favorite band of all time, every time I hear their music something inside me smiles, cryes and feels alive. I’m proud that I was able to see them performing at mexico city, actually their very last show as a group (for now, and hoping to see them together one more time) was at mexico city 💔💔💔

[@bernardreeves3382]

I feel you brother. I got to see them in london in 2008. Amazing show. I think they played maybe 30 songs, which was probably the reason it turned out to be their last ever UK gig. Very grateful indeed I got to see them live.

[@1958Rae]

I love REM I love this song..I want it played at my funeral and I want my epitaph to be " I'm out of here" God Bless REM..they have put something special in my life that no other band could have done

[@mollyhorner3661]

this song and nightswimming feel to me like little slices of something... bigger. Bigger than what, i don't know, but i do know that i'm never going to fully comprehend how beautiful these songs are, or ever get to the level of genius that Michael Stipe was at when he write them.

[@mrscat6234]

Similar songs yeah. And THEY wrote them

[@DadBodDrumming]

Both songs have exavtly the same piano playing in the mix. REM recycled a lot of their music though. Especially some of the oldest stuff. They would simply change the lyrics.

[@johnniea4684]

@@DadBodDrumming The piano in Nightswimming sounds nothing like in Electrolite.

[@redemptiontime1684]

beautiful harmony all the way through, REM at their best, epitomises the closing years of the 20th century...

[@iurisantos5283]

REM music for the soul.

[@jasonbarbush4991]

it's called manna but most got tired of it and wanted quail.

[@zroosh]

That's how greatness sounds.

[@jacobkoren2040]

לא תהיה עוד מוסיקה כזאת. להקה מעולם אחר.

[@kallistoaquila7961]

Ξ *𓊽* Ξ@@jacobkoren2040

[@jasonbarbush4991]

we are yet to hear awesomeness and the best is yet to come.

[@rc9006]

I wish mtv is still a music channel

[@tillitsdone]

"I'm Martin Sheen, I'm Steve McQueen, I'm Jimmy Dean" Love it.

[@reneperez2126]

Same...

[@adrianmonk4440]

I have listened to Electrolite about 200 times. My favorite REM song; and, I love them all (own multiple CDs). This one is very musically involved & textured, a great video too.

[@eduardorivera508]

Wow. Even after being obsessed with this band 10 years ago, I can truly say that REM's music is timeless for me. I LOVE how the piano melody remains consistent all the way through the song. It makes me want to get lost in it forever! Anyway, I'm so sad I never got a chance to see them! :( I hate that I was born a tad too late. Still, my gf n I have high hopes that they will make one more comeback!

[@omijan11]

Don´t be sad Eduardo... They weren´t as good live... They were FANTASTIC!!! :-D

[@Kantaroification]

Had that chance. Still best concert of my life. After UP they had small European tour just for fans, I was a member of the Fan club back then and they played few concerts for free, for members of Fan clubs, I am from Croatia but got invitation for concert in Vienna. Concert was in a small club, maybe 600 people capacity, and it was just unbelievable.

[@jasonbarbush4991]

perhaps Micheal Stipe will do some solo work. there is a reason for everything.

[@mrscat6234]

As long as they are alive, I think there is a chance.

[@bernardreeves3382]

@@Kantaroification what an awesome story. You are privileged indeed to have seen such a brilliant band in so intimate a setting. Hope the memories are still strong! www.remhq.com/news/find-of-the-week-vienna-fan-club-show-laminate-1998-3/

[@CosminDuru]

I love the old man shot at 1:30, he really captures that mixed nostalgia, looks happy and at peace with life, but also a bit of sadness, memories. Fits so well to the song

[@naturalnashuan]

It is the expressions on his face that are the most notable part of the video to me. He reminds me of my dad too.

[@jesseneighbors7348]

REM is just one of the very best bands ever. They never get old. One of my fav Alt bands.

[@symba-uo3os]

I miss them so much.

[@mattbradford8227]

I'm listening to this while drinking my Electrolytes ( Gatorade Lemon-Lime) on a hot summer day, July 9th 2024. This tribute to the legends of cinema and TV from 1996. It's as good as it was then, a release of their New Adventures in Hi-Fi. Electrolite, you're out of sight.

[@Retroearthling]

One of my favorite songs EVER. I live in LA and there is nothing like actually driving on Mulholland drive and playing this song.

[@jpa221]

Sounds good driving through the Yorkshire dales as well.

[@jasonbarbush4991]

All the way to Reno

[@Retroearthling]

@@jasonbarbush4991 another favorite. I MISS THEM!!!!

[@TaxiDriverzMustDie]

Normally, I don't really care about music videos, but this band is simply best at everything.

[@gynelleOK]

The music you listen to especially when you're growing...at an any age.. it's raises you like the proverbial village.. more than family more than anything.. there are cells in you forever vibrating to this.. and it's so good

[@arnie8604]

The best commentary on life is tru REM's music and Michael Stipe's poetry.

[@wellingtamacedo4450]

I miss you so much. And the music too! Come back!

[@vajdaveronika]

I'm not scared, I'm out of here. Beutiful song and the video is very imaginative too. I love it. A typical ending song.

[@RodrigoSilvaDiaz]

Vajda Veronika Yeah, when music videos were a piece of art.

[@maxconstar7731]

This album mixes Heavy Rockers with lighter songs so great. You got happy stuff and depressing stuff on this one. Great album.

[@donatascano372]

Grazie per la serenità che mi date. Grazie REM

[@flaviatrasacco4494]

Donata Scano Dio quanto mi mancano!!

[@iacopocollecchi5131]

@@flaviatrasacco4494 sono il mio gruppo preferito da quando ho 9 anni e ora ne ho 28. Ogni giorno li ascolto e credo non mi stancherò mai !!!

[@rossellacasati1727]

@miguelitoven in un certo senso e come se non si fossero mai sciolti, la loro musica continuera' a cullare la nostra anima per sempre❤️

[@RFC3514]

1:23 - Shame they never published the complete version: I'm Martin Sheen I'm Steve McQueen I'm Jimmy Dean I'm Mister Bean

[@Rspersempre]

What?

[@laurabeane8862]

"Orson Bean"-RIP ✌️😄

[@hannahscott8144]

I’m Mr. Clean, there’s a live version where he goes I’m Charlie Sheen and he laughs so hard they have to start over.

[@RodrigoSilvaDiaz]

Hahahahahaha...

[@truthtea5143]

I sang these lines to the melody of Great Beyond and I think that made it better

[@SolarGranulation]

And when you really haven't heard one of their songs before, at first it seems strangely alien. Then, as you listen, something grows within to meet the music and that greatness can be recognised. Such astonishing music.

[@saturnreturn3889]

R.E.M how i miss you , now you 're a legend , the legend of athens .

[@Daniel-te5lo]

what a mood masterpiece ..stipe's ode to Los Angeles and our fossil fuel culture ...love the shout - outs to Mulholland Drive ..

[@trumpstinyhands]

Massively underrated track. Your eyes are burning holes through me - amazing line

[@LSUOdyssey]

Theres eerie signs to Bill leaving in every HIFI video. Bill drives off in his dune buggie alone, leaving the other 3 to forge forward themselves. The exit stage left on How the West was Won video while the other three exit right. Unintended but I love it

[@TheKardiacKid]

One of the greatest albums ever. Almost perfect from start to finish. Such a good song to end it with too.

[@brethayworth1080]

Easily the best song on that album. Love the melody, the mood. And seeing the metal suited guy on go cart, the easy react is, 'Oh yeah, it is a Spike Jonze directed video.'

[@MolinaRod]

music for the soul.. timeless modern day poetry.. one of my favourite albums and definitely one of my favour songs

[@jasonbarbush4991]

you can write your own poem about your life story just as well. anything goes.

[@timkingsemail]

Give it up to REM living in the upside down and still being awesome & whatnot.

[@abc-bu7nr]

Peter Buck is like the late great David Lyndley. He can play anything with strings.

[@rollo1207]

it's hard to pick between this and nightswimming...both are GREAT in their own ways.

[@princedkness8577]

I’m a huge fan of this group but it took me a long time to figure out my absolute favorite song in their catalog. I came to realize that this was my favorite song and although I love all their songs, this one just stands out. It’s deeply special to me and I’m grateful to the group for the years of such great music.

[@aliceowen4725]

Soundtrack to my childhood, thanks to my dad ^_^

[@drunkenwarcriminal9688]

Alice Owen sameeeee

[@seanfranklyn2387]

Alice Owen

[@amybrown7635]

Alice Owen who's your dad?

[@fallreds544]

Alice Owen bro same holy fuck

[@jasonbarbush4991]

@@fallreds544 can a fuck be holy?

[@jorgeno-remix679]

Oh that piano, please!!!! So simple, so magic. And the eternal voice of Michael, like pleading,,, Emotional!

[@gillianrosheuvel6750]

Always loved this song. New Adventures in Hi-Fi is such an underrated album.

[@ollie1464]

I discover something new every time I listen to their music. It's almost as if the music grows with you.

[@denisefreitas6727]

I love this band! They're great live!

[@bluecarpettiles]

Just when I begin to doubt everything and wonder what the point really is, its songs like this that remind me life is for living. Thank you REM you were the best and I'm glad I got to see you live once.

[@ELANSURF]

REM, love the melancholy hopefullness..."You are alive.... Electrolite... You're outta sight..."

[@jasonbarbush4991]

some days life seems like a dream and that i already died long ago. delusion or not it means something to me thinking OMG it's already 2019. Life seems like a dream as if I already passed into the spirit world.

[@beeztrapp1612]

When this song came out I was obsessed. I had forgotten how good R.E.M. is, and then about a year ago I remembered and vowed to never forget again. Takes me back to downloads from Napster while I worked on my great American novel in high school, lol!!!

[@naturalnashuan]

Eh, Napster. I did it the Old School way - a friend copied her REM record albums onto cassette tapes for me. I eventually became a sorta responsible adult and paid the $$ and bought the CDs. At thrift stores, used copies.

[@patrickredman4020]

All of these songs mean so much to me. I almost forgot about them... everyone has its own special meaning to me. REM will always be special!

[@paulagwhyte1720]

So, so beautiful! Just love yourselves no matter what!

[@paulagwhyte1720]

@Shedrach morrison

[@rbryant100]

Cool fall afternoon in Louisville,KY back in 1996 I guess-this song got repeated on my car CD player at least fifty times. I was a young guy, around 25 and had my entire life in front of me and the possibilities seemed endless. Man, what memories.

[@TheLasal]

I'm afraid that times like these, I mean, the sounds, the atmosphere, the looks, the ways of saying, never come back

[@lukesters7234]

Still watching in August 2019...a song that ages like a fine wine and a video that just reminds you of the joy that these 4 beautiful guys brought to all our live ...”your eyes are burning holes through me, I’m not scared, I’m out of here, I’m not scared, I’M OUTTA HERE”

[@richardwilliamson1639]

God, how I love these guys! I hope they were happy with their success! Bless their souls!

[@liarmummiesboy7917]

REM.....the anchor of my insane instability in life....PURE AMAZING! Yep, bring back the 80's and 90's, musically the best two decades.....

[@stevepettit2064]

i love loads of their songs but this beautiful it is without a doubt.

[@bmla88]

I cant believe this album is almost 23 years old.

[@musicalchairs777]

My girlfriend used to work in Malibu and we lived in Woodland Hills. I used to pick her up from work at night, driving through the canyons, a few miles down the mountain range from Mullholland Drive.This song was always playing on KLOS around this time and always seemed to come on when I'd do that drive, looking down over Hollywood just like the song. That was a bittersweet time, going through adult things for the first time, not knowing what to make of anything. The point to the story is that I didn't even know there was a video to this song. I watched a few seconds and immediately felt it ruin the song for me in real time. Videos apparently were a bad idea.

[@mickcarlon8147]

Man, I love, love, love this song.

[@stillrockin27]

the piano throws rem into a whole new direction. really, one of the only reasons why i wanted to learn this instrument. romantic and laid back at the same time. just a magnificent piece!

[@wishicouldshowmyname5815]

I cannot explain it, but for ever time need to drive many hours to drive to visit relatives, this song comes to mind, The stress and the maybe joy mix in a crazy way. Unique.

[@nicholsjoshua15]

I want this played at my funeral, as my good bye, I love you, and it has been fun song.

[@suesutton9226]

I LOVE every song on this album!

[@andyking7621]

This is an absolute stunner

[@LeorastaX]

sempre escuto REM quando estou depre. amo

[@frenchkiss86]

I'm in love with this song. It's been on repeat for about an hour now

[@steveroe7773]

God bless America for producing such as this.

[@Retroearthling]

This song is EVERYTHING.

[@benjones7634]

I once had a 15 minute conversation with the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian (Stuart Murdoch) about REM and failed to mention this song. Great conversation, missed opportunity.

[@mattbradford8227]

I'm drinking my Electrolytes, Lemon-Lime Gatorade while listening to this 1996 classic. What a great song. It's an omage to everything Hollywood and entertainment, a thumbs up to the legends who made it what it is. Electrolite you're out of sight.

[@ramonflores377]

Amo muchísimo esta canción. Una de mis favoritas de REM.

[@BunnieLover98]

This song is amazing. I love R.E.M. It reminds me of long car journeys in the small hours of the morning with my family, of returning home to find it playing in my kitchen, of happy days.

[@ryanmcfarland5060]

I can’t think of a more timeless song that waved goodbye to the 20th century. the most eventful and historical centuries in human history. R.E.M. broke up over 10 years ago and just like the 20th century left their legacy open to interpretation

[@fredytray77139]

this song back in my head this evening dont know why but want listen ;-)

[@vincenzopisano4304]

great song, one of my favourites by the R.E.M

[@dulcepaleta1963]

Trajeron tantos recuerdos a mi mente con esta canción! ♥♡♥ :) 90's

[@awakeningnavigator3895]

There is something about REM that's so relaxing.Really I never need a drink because of this band!

[@Hithere2002]

MS has a incredible voice….One of a kind❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️‼️

[@gloriafernandezmunoz4080]

Ain't this the cutest, warmest, safest song to listen when you need like a safe space? god for me it is

[@TehSkullKid]

Like a eulogy for the 20th century. All the advances it brought and the terrible wars and loss of personal identity that came with them. But ultimately it ends with the message to keep going and celebrate the good things in life. The whole album is kind of like that actually, but this one in particular.

[@RetroGamerzzzMUSIC]

Everytime I hear R.E.M song is like listening 1st time to some amazing top hit released just now

[@jeffjensen3441]

The band who helped a teen survive the 80's and was jubilant when heard this come on the radio when it was released.