R.E.M. "I don't know the words"

[@Issicra]

I like how Peter took charge of the situation...

[@ConglomerationCat]

Peter sure looked like he was going to kick this guy's butt..lol.. Michael's a good sport.

[@RearViewMirror123]

Peter's got Michael's back!

[@REMnut12]

haha I love the way he gives the pieces of the lyrics back at the end!

[@HelenH96]

this has to be one of my favourite ever clips and covers of rem's now, thank you so much, he he!!!!

[@Jack2John1]

Agree nite, blew me away an old classic and Michael does it real justice! Awesome Post! Thank you!

[@mrcoffee5909]

this was the year r.e.m. REALLY arrived at the top if the cap!

[@giorgionedesideri]

Michael in tour 98-99 is the best Michael i ever seen!

[@elduuude]

Great rare cover version. The concert was also aired live on the radio back then. Recorded it on minidisk, should check if I can find it.

[@nunzioforpresident]

peter buck is intimidating :)

[@cyyytr0n]

yeah, he just wants the guys to play, music matters for him

[@Jmaaaaat]

In the cool of the evening when ev'rything is gettin' kind of groovy, I call you up and ask you if you want to go and meet and see a movie, First you say no, you've got some plans for the night, And then you stop, and say, "All right." Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you. You always keep me guessin', I never seem to know what you are thinkin'. And if a fella looks at you, it's for sure your little eye will be a-winkin'. I get confused, 'cause I don't know where I stand, And then you smile, and hold my hand. Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you. Spooky! If you decide someday to stop this little game that you are playin', I'm gonna tell you all what my heart's been a-dyin' to be sayin'. Just like a ghost, you've been a-hauntin' my dreams, So I'll propose... on Halloween. Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you. Spooky, Spooky, Spooky, Oh-whoa, all right, I said Spooky!

[@nicoletisha]

Peter. Aggressive. I likey.....

[@TheBensont123]

peter got PISSED. XD

[@rossellacasati4383]

Meraviglioso Stipe, REM MERAVIGLIOSAMENTEUNICI ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@REMnut12]

classic! Halarious and brilliant performance!

[@futurecanadian]

great cover!

[@Stipegroupie]

This is so good - it seems not much can phase Michael - and didn't he look great!

[@mrblisterfist]

A couple of years ago R.E.M. played the 40watt in Athens. As Michael finished the song he dropped the papers on the floor. So, this one guy grabs them all up. Michael says : "Pigs get fed....Hogs get slaughtered !" He grabbed them from this guy and then handed them out to the crowd. An amazing memory !

[@Failure-to-communicate.]

i know,peter does NOT look amused

[@ricktafied]

"Dennis Yost & The Classics IV" (the original version of this song) rolled into the Carolinian Hotel in Nags Head NC, where my band was playing all week, to do a show (on our night off), right around the time the ARS version came out. Turns out his "Classics IV" were actually friends of ours, a band we knew from Roanoke named "Jumpstreet".

[@SanFernandoLarraz]

"let me have the other 'hahahalf'" 😝

[@superslip103]

go peter!

[@niteswimming]

maybe... no, no, no, come on, come on, pal! (45s) where is the rest of it? come on! (55s) ...we're not playing! (1'06s) ...not quite sure so give it back, please. give it back! (1'09s)

[@luckydad]

Its an old Dusty Springfield song. But this is legend!

[@1stGeorgiaGirl]

Ha Ha, Bucky to the rescue.

[@ceremony123]

Name of the song is "Spooky" by Classics IV. It's on KZbin. Check out the original. Great Cover!

[@dummytree]

Does anyone have the "f version" of "radio free europe" from around that time? Michael requested that people shout "fuck" as loud as they can every time he gave them the mic so that MTV would never air it...It was funny. He even told a camera man to "get outta here" during the song...

[@Liberante999]

Great as ever...

[@subwaygoddess1]

Glorious!!

[@rockweaver]

scrumptious!

[@tjdude88]

Don't get ahead of me pal lol

[@siberianfastfood]

Wow. Now thats a diamond movie...

[@Mr.dinoShorts]

Fun video, thanks for posting.

[@queeniefox]

There's a video on here somewhere where they've got Automatic for the People sheet music because they can't remember the words. :-P

[@cvalley2]

Wow, Michael's all smarmy in this, I like it.

[@niteswimming]

Scott McCaughey (bass, guitar keyboard) to be seen at keyboard at 3:10 and 4:10 is kind o' unofficial member of rem. he joins the guys at gigs and in the studio. he is the leader of the bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5.

[@Viznel137]

This is funny!!!great cover

[@simplelife88393]

Yes this is a cover, not sure who it's by but its in the movie "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"

[@salmonico]

Fuck yeah, this song is great, Lydia Lunch does a pretty cool cover too on her first album.

[@Flatscores]

Knowing a rockband myself... Very probably, yes.

[@AndrewDunnesq]

@trenhcoat it was on a bootleg called "where's captain kirk?" in the 80s. mike, bill, and michael switched leads on verses 1,2,3

[@steinbeck421]

It's a bootleg from the Up tour (it was added at the end of the bootdisc of "Later w/ Jools Holland" - but it's not on any official releases that I know of.

[@tralala1958]

he always had trouble remembering the words, even to their own songs. always had cheat sheets.

[@DAH210774]

Really great lol :-)

[@DavySolaris]

i would if i'd written them. but to be fair, different people have different memories, people i know do forget their own lyrics and stuff real easy.

[@Cassie8810]

@giorgionedesideri I traveled 800 miles to see them on that tour.

[@luckydad]

Just a quick thank you to Doleafol..............thanks.....my first response on youtube...lol Thanks

[@CrazyCat9898]

Super this video

[@leticiadelgado5518]

Cuando conocí a Miguel no senti admiracion como con Enrique en la primaria o con Germán senti calido estar cerca de su brazo

[@niteswimming]

spooky

[@siberianfastfood]

Does anyone know if that song has ever been released as a B-Side or something... ? I´m quite surprised that I´ve never heard about that one before....

[@Tanikaze2]

I couldn't be as cool headed as he was, even though compared to Michael he wasn't cool headed.

[@niteswimming]

as far as i know, it's never been released on any kind of record by rem. i think it's written by the classics IV.

[@luckydad]

@niteswimming Its an old Dusty Springfield song

[@lovez2eat]

funny song :)

[@nunzioforpresident]

michael have some memory problem

[@tralala1958]

i went to middle school with jesus murphy.

[@tralala1958]

smarmy is when sexy is unsuccessful. so, not smarmy.

[@christurner8897]

Charming teasing you Evil Genious no co. I like very much $ x

[@vivathe90s]

I don't understand what peter says to the guy .

[@asticou04]

@FALL138 Errr. Read the music news much?

[@everythingafter]

haha. they have 100s of songs. i wouldnt remember all the lyrics. would you?

[@zenanarchist]

this isn't even an REM song it's by dusty springfield

[@weebee833]

Wtf?? Just when did someone find these drugs in his system? Do you have any kind of source to back this up? This is not a song they usually play, and furthermore not even their song, so it doesn't seem far fetched that he wouldn't know the words.

[@Compy01]

Haha, awesome! But this seems like a small venue, was it an intimate gig? Wierd seeing the band like that!

[@syvell1970]

It was a fan club gig promoting Up. I was there!

[@PepFol]

Disrespectfull guy. Why would you steal from people that are GIVING you music like they do.