R.E.M. Life and how to live it (Madrid 2003)

Madrid 10-21-03

[@ernzoa]

When I was searching for a live version of this song, I was NOT expecting something this energetic. pure awesomeness.

[@greensombrero3641]

This should have 5 million views

[@greensombrero3641]

This version rocks bigtime. Huge energy for one of the greatest songs ever in rock and roll in my humble opinion. Wow.

[@subwaygoddess1]

He's Magic. He sings with every ounce of his body snd soul. There is nobody else like him. Michael Stipe 🎶💥🤘🎤💙💙

[@Issicra]

From memory, this about a guy that owned a duplex house... and lived on one side of it. He would live in one side of the duplex for a while.. live his life... then get tired of it, then move over to the other side. According to Stipe, he would flip-flop back and forth several times... habitating both sides of the house as saw fit.. eventually the fellow passed away, and later was found copies of a book he had written called "Life and how to live it." cheers

[@ajlarue12]

I saw them on the Fables tour and this one just floored me then Never expected to be just as blown away from a performance over 15 years later. Wow!

[@wrightcarl1181]

This and driver 8, my 2 favourite REM songs

[@ZigbertD]

Both great songs from a highly underrated album

[@50ShadesOfEndo]

Guessing Fables is your favourite album

[@henreebee6561]

Great choices! Mine are 7 Chinese bros, So central rain, and talk about the passion.

[@bichettevirgino6664]

Look original et qui lui va si bien MIKAEL est un génie 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@bichettevirgino6664]

MIKAEL une performance incroyable un chanteur immense unique et super ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Walrus81]

So much power and so much power in Michael's vocals!

[@subwaygoddess1]

F**kin AMAZING! 🎵🎵🔥🔥

[@burnzie743]

This performance is incredible and is the closest thing to a religious experience I will ever have.

[@reverendfleshhammer]

Possibly my favorite song in their superb catalog. The back story of the song is fascinating because it's true.

[@RearViewMirror123]

Like watching them back in the old days. Full of energy.Great

[@andrewbriggs5066]

This blows the recorded version out of the water.

[@didiroesler]

oh man i've watched that now 4 times in a row!! thats sooooo great!! wish to hear that one live finally!! thanx chelseafc

[@45mrmustrd]

after watching dozens of their live vids i can without fail say this is the best by a mile!!!!!!

[@josephgurzynski1053]

Great performance of one of my faves. Drummer nails it.

[@REMstar11]

Joseph Gurzynski yes! Bill Riefflin was completely mesmerizing during this!

[@reduct101]

This is one of my all time favourites... Great, great live version. Great work Chelseacf! Props and keep it coming!

[@kaldizoltan]

I love this song. So beautiful! Thanks

[@Issicra]

Either way... this song... this version gives me goosbumps. Holy crap. If you tire of one side, the other side serves you best. I will write a book, it will be called... "Life and how to live it."

[@ubujacks]

What a gem. That has really stoked me when I just needed it. Thank you.

[@josefinebliss2801]

One of the best performances ive ever seen

[@AUS10TEX]

If u have'nt already, find REMchout's videos. Kickass stuff from from early 80's. Murmer, Carnival...., Fables.

[@k0ndem0r]

Hostia como mola, esto si que es rock en directo. buenisimo.

[@Wanz9]

Unequivocally, the best version ever. Ever. Don't do it...

[@c-buck]

I love you guys !!!!!! And I love your guitar, Peter lol

[@robertkuhn-qr6vb]

I got on the REM train in 1984! That makes me super cool, right?

[@galloping5273]

The coolest

[@robertkuhn-qr6vb]

I can't go a day without listening to an REM song. A little band from Athens GA. And I am a kid from central NJ. Go figure!!

[@robertkuhn-qr6vb]

@galloping5273 I seen REM at a club in Wildwood NJ in 84. I played video games with Mike Mills. And Stipe just walked around the club with a old army jacket and satchel. And he had the girl from "The one I love " video on his side!

[@chrisbrowne8645]

So good, and those backing vocals!

[@JosefineLea]

What a performance!!!

[@talladegajunkie1439]

This blows the '87 version on the Document 25th anniversary rerelease out of the water.

[@mike4619]

Nah. They had a real drummer than.

[@galloping5273]

This is absolute fire 🔥

[@JLDB1987]

You should have been there live in the 80's when they did this song... The Fables tour was amazing.

[@dansutton3160]

Most people who say things like this are simply boasting ... but not in this case. I was there. It was fucking amazing. Also, the Echo & the Bunnymen tours from the same era (prior to Pete DeFreitas' sad passing).

[@timclary1963]

I saw them on the Fables tour in Champaign, Illinois at Follenger Auditorium. My brother and I got to go backstage thanks to him being in the fan club. Plus we didn't have to pay for the tickets.

[@viniciuscomacento]

By listening to this guitar parts I realize Sonic Youth kinda owes something to R.E.M...

[@PeterBondeVillain]

+Vinicius Azevedo Along with Nirvana! R.E.M. never went mainstream, mainstream went R.E.M. ;-)

[@willemhoyles9331]

Always thought the guitar intro could easily be Sonic youth

[@TheChrishowen]

Peter Buck there can be only one. No one plays like that guy, as far as I can tell.

[@ratboa2402]

Rock &a rolla in its purest sense!

[@RearViewMirror123]

i didn't mean 2003 was the old days. I meant the performance they gave was like watching them in the old days. Like back in the mid 80's when they were performing this song on a regular basis.

[@Tomtoms-tomtoms]

What a rockin version!!!!

[@bernlin2000]

Lol..."Teen Age Riot"...R.E.M really was ahead of every band by at least 3 years.

[@L_Q916]

What exactly were his carpenter and his pockets up to? I have no idea, and that's one of the many, many reasons that I love REM so much.

[@Issicra]

Wow.. I never knew that. I always wondered... I mean since I was a teenager what had happened to those books. I would have liked to have read it.

[@thehibtones]

What a gem.

[@Ahm76]

Dear Cameraman, Mike Mills is in the band, too, you know.

[@ScratchMountain]

Playing lead bass

[@void0094]

@@ScratchMountain nicely said!

[@JackKnight762]

i've often noticed that: camera-wielding dumbasses and editing asswipes are always screwing someone out of concert films completely... Scorsese showed Charlie Watts for 4 seconds at most in his lame film of a Stones concert..

[@isla2753]

Wow I don't think I've ever seen stipe this aggressive before

[@Robert-ry1pq]

Actually, the best REM songs are their least known songs.

[@conswaygo]

that's funny because my dad is writing a book called "Life and How to Live It" :)

[@fred6059]

My favorite song

[@greensombrero3641]

+fred6059 it is one of the best rock and roll songs ever.

[@georgescucristina2720]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@AUS10TEX]

Turn them on to some "Chronic Town".

[@DrummerGrrrl]

God, what a fantastic performance! Damn!

[@ernzoa]

alright thanks, ill check it out when i get a chance.

[@Issicra]

Oh jeez.. I didn't know that. Thanks.

[@Issicra]

Ack... Scott messed up Pete's intro. Still a great version.

[@acercade439]

Life and how to live it

[@mirrorsforfaces3412]

god damn that's good

[@ricksound2215]

to play this song 5th (A) string up one tone (A to B)

[@barbaracovey]

💯✅

[@mattgilbert7347]

The Revenge of Rickenbacker

[@stinkypigstench]

Wow!! :D

[@DrummerGrrrl]

Stipe looks like "Ahnooooold" here!

[@AUS10TEX]

Eye shadow stipe...full odd...fables is stil a outstanding albumn when released.

[@barbaracovey]

🌝

[@alenakocourkova3028]

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