R.E.M. - Man-Sized Wreath (Official Music Video)

"Man-Sized Wreath" from R.E.M.'s 2008 album, "Accelerate"
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[@victorspinoza84]

El alucinante bajo de Mike poniéndole densidad, la guitarra hermosa y rabiosa en las descargas de Peter Buck , la desafiante voz de Mr Stipe .... UN TEMÓN!! Imposible olvidar aquel 2008.

[@PlaygroundsWillLaugh]

Love the funky bass on this song!

[@reneperez2126]

i remember when accelerate came out ,it was a back to the roots album revitalizing the bands status in the music scene ,it was well received by criics and fans basically was Rem loooking for inspiration at their IRS years finding it big time

[@Jordothecat98]

I find it odd in retrospect it doesn’t seem to get the respect it deserves, the post Berry era as a whole seems to get slammed even though this to me is one or REM’s 5 best albums

[@rcic3706]

Meh. "Around the Sun" was far superior.

[@benjaminwaxley3679]

What is it about this song that makes me want to listen to it over and over and over again?

[@smyrnawednesday]

First time I heard it was on the Olympia live cd. My favorite track on there.

[@chiefscheider]

It's short and catchy and rocks

[@ColHambone]

It's got all the catchy guitar pop (and I mean that in the best sense) that rem did so well. But this one is also about as hard and angry as anything they did. And after a long distinguished career when many bands phone it in at the end this was on their second to last album before they hung it up for good.

[@demismazza2427]

You're not the only one

[@spookerz35]

For me it's Peter's guitar riff at the beginning and Mike's funky bass line. Best song on Accelerate.

[@InfinitelyQurious]

Criminally underrated song.

[@CraigPhilipMyBeer]

I'm surprised this song wasn't that big of a hit. It's the best one they've done in awhile.

[@padriagwells2374]

My favourite band of all time and I rank this amongst their best lyrically - anyone that has burried a loved one can identify with "the motorcade of benign strength" and the "man sized wreath" and I love the cynical air in it.

[@redadamearth]

This whole album was such a return to the IRS/"Document" days. For a fan, it was fantastic to hear it for the first time. God, I miss them. They have so much in their catalogue that there's not a lack of R.E.M. to listen to, but I would love to hear a new record, made at this age, to see what these past years bring to it.

[@acercade439]

This is true of what happens today. but I love you Michael. best music R.E.M 2021

[@olegkhomut5494]

Nice video,nice song,thank you R.E.M. Please reunite ,and continue to sing together. Forever Yours fan,fan R.E.M.

[@edneylima9254]

A melhor banda de todos os tempos ❤

[@pwilson962]

Underrated album. I love it!

[@chiefscheider]

If by underrated you mean well received by critics and fans, then sure

[@bettievegas]

LYRICS Turn on the TV and what do I see? A pageantry of empty gestures all lined up for me, wow I'd have thought by now we would be ready to proceed But a tearful hymn to tug the heart and a man-sized wreath, ow Throw it on the fire, throw it in the air Kick it out on the dance floor like you just don't care, oh Give me some Wave the palms, steal the alms, fists in the air A motorcade of benign streets shows the people that you care, ow Nature abhors a vacuum but what's between your ears? Your judgement clouded with fearful thoughts, headlights and a deer, ow Throw it on the fire, throw it in the air kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don't care Look at what I've found, everybody look around Everybody's looking like they just don't care, oh Give me some I'm not deceived by pomp and odious conceit But a tearful hymn to tug the heart and a man-sized wreath, ow Throw it on the fire, throw it in the air Kick it out on the dance floor like you just don't care Look at what I've found, everybody look around Everybody's looking like they just don't care Throw it on the fire, throw it in the air Kick it out on the dance-floor like you just don't care, oh Give me some Give me some Give me some Give me some

[@chrismouchteros7289]

Awesome general rock band and album!...

[@zeptotcjunior5541]

REM are great!!!

[@tommyclark2709]

They sure is!

[@merlinaudubon6202]

Give me some!

[@obccy22]

R.E.M. !!!

[@chchchamon]

They will always be relavant

[@meltedicecreamier]

Tune. Sounds like something from Lifes Rich Pageant.

[@chrisfordeditor]

This was amazing! Always loved this song but I never knew there was a video. How did I just discover this?

[@mikerundberg8301]

My Favorite parts are OWW

[@jxnestrings]

This vidoe is crazy

[@terminal-vl3rj]

this video is ever relevant. i yearn for a future where it isn't.

[@PlaygroundsWillLaugh]

@HankLafayette I thought so, too, but it's Matt Laug. Dave Navarro played guitar.

[@hellmex6228]

cool song :D

[@jasonbarbush4991]

video games from my childhood messed up my mind thirty years later. i always wanted to beat my highest score. good times.

[@MariaPratiwiU2]

Everybody looking like they just don't care.. this is my theme song when I hate people

[@sagan1976]

“Nature abhors the vacuum but what’s between your ears?”

[@lapsus5]

The China guy in front of the tanks is a great pre cursor to 2021.

[@travismitchell2888]

F!"£$%ng great song x

[@iezzi80]

Everybody looking like they just don't care.

[@nicholsjoshua15]

R.E.M. and THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS at the same time if I were eating Keylime pie with a girl on my lap i could die happy

[@PlaygroundsWillLaugh]

@PlaygroundsWillLaugh Reminds me a little of Flea on Alanis Morissette's You Oughta Know.

[@UBERJAVS]

Give Me Some

[@stoplight2554]

It's about president bushes insincere trip to martin luther king jr's grave. The man sized wreath is both a wreath on MLK's grave and bush himself. Stipe sees this as an empty gesture and it hurts him so much that he screams "OW!". Stipe wants to do king a service by burning or destroying the wreath ("throw it on the fire"). The video itself also gives some complaints about the capitalist economic system.

[@PlaygroundsWillLaugh]

@nicholsjoshua15 Will do!

[@zeligo77]

significato della canzone?

[@Lawrencelock8]

@evergreenpotato It's taking the proverbial mickey out of President Bush's constitution. The title "Man Sized Wreath" is a subtle dig at the man himself. Many of R.E.M.'s songs do something similar, "Bad Day" and "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" are also about Bush's government. :)

[@GigglingChinchilla]

@PlaygroundsWillLaugh Fender Precision will do the job ;)

[@h7opolo]

confusion, distraction, consumerism. feed on while fed on

[@jamespklett]

Load

[@begoodsp]

A dedication to Obama spill on the Great Dr. Martin Luther King

[@Thisastro]

hhh

[@Mark-ix4zt]

0:13 WTF chord is that?😂😂 It sound like a mirror shattering on the ground

[@redadamearth]

If the song is played in G, it's just F-sharp, but the TONE of the guitar is *incredibly* heavy distortion. It also sounds like Peter's only hitting the first couple of strings.

[@PlaygroundsWillLaugh]

@nicholsjoshua15 I have a great easy shortcut key lime pie recipe if you want it. But, can't sit on your lap. Sorry. ;-)

[@WhisperShoes]

Likes song. Wat is politics?

[@PlaygroundsWillLaugh]

What is the "world of kfc?"

[@stoplight2554]

It's about capitalism.

[@Roggiedodgie]

Sure would be nice if R.E.M sang songs about things relevant to mankind, instead of taking any and every liberal talking point and making it their own

[@Roggiedodgie]

I don't think this song is about dealing with suicide. Not getting that at all. But then I'm not a democrat yuppie so it makes sense that I don't get it.

[@zeptotcjunior5541]

The've split up now (posting this on Friday 8th January 2016)

[@bowtie3]

A year later and you still sound like a typical Neo-Nazi republican idiot. oh yuppies/preppies are republicans, like the ones that voted for Reagan.

[@Roggiedodgie]

LOL What does my comment have to do with nazis...can't you at least throw a Stalin reference in there, or are you like permanently stuck in German bashing mode?

[@bowtie3]

Roggiedodgie Keep trying Neo-Nazi Republican.