R.E.M. Performs "Radio Free Europe" & "So. Central Rain" | Letterman

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Жыл бұрын

The Athens band makes their network television debut.
(From "Late Night," air date: 10/6/83)
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@malange42
@malange42 2 ай бұрын
It's hard for people to appreciate how radical this sound was in 1983. Where are the cold droning synths, the morgue vocals, the electronic drums, the hairspray? What a lifeline they were at that time. I've never fully recovered from Murmur.
@smithmann5616
@smithmann5616 Ай бұрын
Yup, was so radical that you would have had to go all the way back to 1973, 1963, or 1953 to hear the same thing, only better. Anyway, wasn't bad for a group of kids, until they graduated, became accountants and Michael Stipe cut his hair ;)
@hackdaniels7253
@hackdaniels7253 Ай бұрын
So radical you'd have to go all the way back to 1979, in fact@@smithmann5616
@davezilka1300
@davezilka1300 27 күн бұрын
​@smithmann5616 haha. Nice one troll
@JonFromRhodeIsland
@JonFromRhodeIsland 14 күн бұрын
We’ve all heard the expression “ahead of its time.” REM was exactly 10 years ahead of its time. They pretty much invented 90s grunge.
@voodoochili12
@voodoochili12 13 күн бұрын
Hadn't New Wave been around for 7-8 years in 1983?
@void0094
@void0094 27 күн бұрын
This era of R.E.M. was magical
@admobeer9551
@admobeer9551 25 күн бұрын
Good times for sure. Loved the early eighties
@ellemjay
@ellemjay 8 күн бұрын
Everything they did from Chronic Town to Lifes Rich Pageant was amazing. I feel lucky to have experienced this as it happened.
@user-cx8ct2ib3b
@user-cx8ct2ib3b 3 ай бұрын
Mike Mills is the one who provides the drive and the hooks in both these songs....If there was any question of how important a bass player is in a band, this is the proof.
@chrissennfelder7249
@chrissennfelder7249 9 ай бұрын
It's crazy how good they were right from the start.
@davidtaylor6663
@davidtaylor6663 5 ай бұрын
was crazy to us Gen X kids and now feels like
@bamadave83
@bamadave83 5 ай бұрын
Did anybody have a similar sound back then? Seems like they were wayyyy ahead of their time
@jarretthoyle2574
@jarretthoyle2574 4 ай бұрын
They were basically the starters and popularized "college rock" aka today known as alternative music so bands like Nirvana, Radiohead, pearl jam, and other alternative bands Really loved REM. ​@@bamadave83
@matthewling2663
@matthewling2663 3 ай бұрын
They gigged relentlessly. It shows!
@stargazer9990
@stargazer9990 2 ай бұрын
I agree! They sound so professional and deep...and they were just kids...David L had no idea did he? Lol
@ThisSteveGuy
@ThisSteveGuy Жыл бұрын
Gotta love the matching Rickenbackers.
@FreezerKing
@FreezerKing Жыл бұрын
I don't play bass at all but I still want a 4003 just to plunk around on.
@billybeetroot8595
@billybeetroot8595 11 ай бұрын
Just like the Jam
@johnotis6764
@johnotis6764 9 ай бұрын
That's what made their sound.
@jimjohnjimmyguy3019
@jimjohnjimmyguy3019 8 ай бұрын
Pure class
@stmichelob
@stmichelob 6 ай бұрын
Man I'd give my left nut for a Rickenbacker bass, but a little wasted here with no effects. Cliff Burton showed the world how a Rick bass should be played.
@Spitson7771
@Spitson7771 5 ай бұрын
This was the beginning of American Indie and Alternative rock.
@hackdaniels7253
@hackdaniels7253 Ай бұрын
I suppose they got on telly sooner than (eg Husker Du).
@Riffmaster227
@Riffmaster227 Күн бұрын
@@hackdaniels7253don’t forget the Replacements!
@scottytherich
@scottytherich Ай бұрын
When this aired I was in South Korea serving in the US Army. I had been a DJ in college before joining and was into all kinds of music. I had read the Rolling Stone review of "Murmur" and bought the album at the PX. I may have been the first person to play REM in South Korea! I forced alot of my friends to hear REM and made them alot of fans.
@jeffg1524
@jeffg1524 Ай бұрын
I read the same Rolling Stone review and went out and bought that first album, too. I had started collecting music about 1980, and at the time it was just another album to add to my growing collection. 44 years and thousands of LPs/CDs later they're still one of my favorite bands.
@rachellestephens
@rachellestephens 24 күн бұрын
Thank you for your service!
@Goatchild90
@Goatchild90 Жыл бұрын
Murmur is one of the greatest albums of all time. A classic
@dspf68
@dspf68 Жыл бұрын
way up in my top 10 personally!
@chewycenter7690
@chewycenter7690 10 ай бұрын
Truly.
@mexicooutlawpickleball3670
@mexicooutlawpickleball3670 10 ай бұрын
Masterpiece first album, up there with “greetings from asbury park”
@davidmorris2834
@davidmorris2834 9 ай бұрын
You got that right ✅️
@charlottecorday8494
@charlottecorday8494 8 ай бұрын
I wasn't even born when it came out but I've listened to it hundreds of times. Totally agree!
@UpstateMediaNY
@UpstateMediaNY Жыл бұрын
Easily one of the greatest Letterman music performances of the entire run. Legendary....
@rma6070
@rma6070 Жыл бұрын
Most of the music greats performed on Letterman Paul shaffer's band is the greatest late-night house band ever. This performance is quite good, but there's so many!
@spanqueluv9er
@spanqueluv9er Жыл бұрын
@ChipOrdway Ooooor, you could find some standards.🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤡
@mikecantreed
@mikecantreed 10 ай бұрын
In the words of Richie from The Bear “ok…that’s a little much”
@lostagain7292
@lostagain7292 10 ай бұрын
Mid AF 😂
@stephenstone8480
@stephenstone8480 10 ай бұрын
@@spanqueluv9er Hopefully, not your standards...
@stmichelob
@stmichelob 7 ай бұрын
Man... So. Central Rain is so good and so quintessentially REM.... And they had the balls to debut it with no title on Letterman. Wow. Respect.
@craigbelliveau
@craigbelliveau 23 күн бұрын
exactly, and they could have laid down this track 1 take and put it on the album and it would have been as good!
@sadmachines6991
@sadmachines6991 2 ай бұрын
I'm an old man now but I remember at 15 my family moving to some place where I knew no one in 1986...new school and living in a trailer on a dirt lot cuz we were building a house to live in. So lonely and down but I used to listen to REM in our car and it took me up and away from my circumstances and made me happy for a change. Seven Chinese brothers was a big song for me. I was really into U2 at the time as well.
@rileyyyyh
@rileyyyyh 9 ай бұрын
wow 2 fender amps and 2 rickenbackers. i love how simple yet big early alt bands sounded.
@davidburne9477
@davidburne9477 Жыл бұрын
Mills bass on Radio Free Europe is simply awesome. So melodic and driving.
@rockturtleneck
@rockturtleneck Жыл бұрын
I think the great musicianship of Mills, Buck & Berry is a lot of what separated them from their peers like the Replacements & Husker Du, etc. Those other bands had good songs but the musical parts weren't distinctive the way R.E.M.'s were.
@RCAvhstape
@RCAvhstape Жыл бұрын
In addition to being a great bassist his harmony on backing vocals is perfect.
@gmansi
@gmansi Жыл бұрын
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World looks a lot like Mills on bass
@eboethrasher
@eboethrasher 10 ай бұрын
FYP: Mills' bass is simply awesome. So melodic and driving.
@eboethrasher
@eboethrasher 10 ай бұрын
@@RCAvhstape Berry's harmonies are overlooked too. Those three really locked in. I loved when they would sing those different parts over each other, whatever that is called, it isn't in round... but like on "Fall On Me" "Don't Fall on Me" sung by Michael with "What is it up in the air for... If it's there for long... it's over, it's over me" sung by Mills and "It's gonna fall" repeatedly sung by Berry. A masterpiece for what was just considered a "college rock" band at the time.
@richardherring6977
@richardherring6977 11 ай бұрын
First tv performance and they slayed it like they had been playing for 30 years together!
@hoboroadie
@hoboroadie 10 ай бұрын
I worked for a band that opened for them a few times in Berkeley, a couple years before this. they drew a huge crowd and I never really cottoned to it but they were obviously going places. It seems like they got better.
@richardherring6977
@richardherring6977 10 ай бұрын
@@hoboroadie That must have been great to see them that early in their career! btw what band were you working for that opened for them? just curious.
@AO-bl7cc
@AO-bl7cc 6 ай бұрын
And they had already by that point written several songs that would be classics for the next three, maybe four more albums.
@jasoncinema
@jasoncinema 3 ай бұрын
I love that Stipe, even in those nascent days of their career, takes a step back and lets Peter and Mike have their moment in the interview spotlight.
@shelleyinthecity
@shelleyinthecity 2 ай бұрын
Early on Stipe was very socially awkward and shy and often tried to avoid doing interviews or talking to the press. Mills and Buck did a lot of the talking. Stipe did get better with his shyness and public speaking as he got older.
@sadmachines6991
@sadmachines6991 2 ай бұрын
I would hope so. They wrote all the music.
@guitarslim56
@guitarslim56 2 ай бұрын
He didn't take a step back. He was already in the back. He was painfully shy.
@mollyhall2954
@mollyhall2954 2 ай бұрын
@@shelleyinthecity I'm 5 years older than Stipe--I had forgotten how beautiful and shy he was, OMG, but sounded so great! We lived in Atlanta, not far from Athens, GA, at that time, and I was happy to see the Athens bands coming out. We had just moved back south, having lived in Boston for 7 years, and I already loved the B52s. Look how generous the boys are, naming other unknown Athens bands! Sweethearts!
@mollyhall2954
@mollyhall2954 2 ай бұрын
And Letterman could be brutal some nights! I was relieved to Not see him near Stipe!
@victorymansions
@victorymansions Жыл бұрын
Peter Buck is so natural on stage. He dresses well, has zero ego, and bops around in thorough enjoyment. This is good music folks x
@stephenstone8480
@stephenstone8480 10 ай бұрын
Peter is the real deal. Pure rock 'n' roll...
@talktech1
@talktech1 8 ай бұрын
Great description of this great player.
@KOSMICKEN09
@KOSMICKEN09 7 ай бұрын
Just saw him And Mike Mills in the baseball project
@susanklein7448
@susanklein7448 7 ай бұрын
@@KOSMICKEN09 Lucky!! Wish they'd tour around a bit.
@adamfindlay7091
@adamfindlay7091 4 ай бұрын
Influential as all hoolahoop.
@rawbones4117
@rawbones4117 4 ай бұрын
Always liked the way Stripe held on to that microphone like he was in a damn wind turbine.
@anneglass8084
@anneglass8084 Жыл бұрын
R.E.M is timeless
@CreachterZ
@CreachterZ Жыл бұрын
You Reckon?
@philyates7670
@philyates7670 8 ай бұрын
I always enjoy listening to interviews with Mike Mills. He's such an interesting, enthusiastic, intelligent and charismatic person with no ego, no arrogance and no rock star swagger. You could meet him in a bar and not realise that he was a member of one of the most success bands of all time. He's always very generous and respectful to the interviewer even if they're poor with lazy cliched questions. I could listen to him all day.
@antonleimbach648
@antonleimbach648 8 ай бұрын
No auto tune, no light show, no lasers, just a band and some amps and it sounds amazing.
@Walnutsasquatch
@Walnutsasquatch 3 ай бұрын
Mike Mills looks like a little kid when he walks up to Dave at the end of Radio Free Europe, and it's awesome.
@mollyhall2954
@mollyhall2954 2 ай бұрын
And he commands Dave's attention! I love it!
@moderndancer9071
@moderndancer9071 16 күн бұрын
I had this album & would play it beginning to end. They had their own sound. Love it!
@robertst.claire3277
@robertst.claire3277 4 ай бұрын
Mike Mills plays bass like it's lead guitar. Bravo.
@markmccoy3369
@markmccoy3369 10 ай бұрын
So. Central Rain is not only one of my favorite REM songs, it’s one of my all time favorite songs, period. Amazing to hear it before they even picked a name for it, and even more amazing that they were able to play a song that wasn’t even released yet on national television.
@nathanjamesbaker
@nathanjamesbaker 9 ай бұрын
You can even hear the mistakes in the guitar playing at 7:01. Definitely a brand new song.
@ArthurRChan
@ArthurRChan 8 ай бұрын
So new it didn't yet even have the guitar intro that opens the song in the recorded version (which I read somewhere Don Dixon actually came up with).
@RUfromthe40s
@RUfromthe40s 4 ай бұрын
don´t go back to rockville was a simple but well done song
@ElSantoLuchador
@ElSantoLuchador 3 ай бұрын
Stipe wrote this when REM was touring. They were in LA and there was torrential rainfall across the South and they were unable to get through to people back home due to downed phone lines. Of course the song is about more than that, but that was the origin moment. Three months from conception to Letterman.
@aunch3
@aunch3 3 ай бұрын
Definitely underrated it’s my favorite song of theirs as well
@satevo462
@satevo462 Ай бұрын
I met the bass player at a small club in Atlanta. Super chill and and cool guy.
@EAP2films
@EAP2films 4 ай бұрын
What a thing! To see this all these years later: I watched this performance on the very night it first showed. I always tried to stay up late for "viewer mail" on Thursdays. And here was this band. I bought the Murmur record that weekend and was a fan ever after. So cool to see again. What a World!
@sheilahayden816
@sheilahayden816 3 ай бұрын
I did too. I loved Letterman and stayed up late every night to watch.
@bigeyejim
@bigeyejim Жыл бұрын
God Bless you David Letterman for bringing all these bands to the world! Seriously.
@nathanbellamy3308
@nathanbellamy3308 10 ай бұрын
For 10k you could of played on there too
@somchai272
@somchai272 7 ай бұрын
Producers choose this. Letterman hasn't a thing to do with it.
@steve1751
@steve1751 7 ай бұрын
Michael Stipe’s voice is pure perfection to me. Just the right amount of emotion. I could listen to him all day and often do 😊
@keppela1
@keppela1 5 ай бұрын
Agreed, his voice is unique in all the world.
@tia2all501
@tia2all501 2 ай бұрын
@@keppela1yes me too!❤
@andykrahling6057
@andykrahling6057 8 ай бұрын
What a breath of fresh air this was...and still is. Brilliant.
@dooleyfan
@dooleyfan 4 ай бұрын
I saw this when it first aired, it made me an instant R.E.M. fan. Letterman really had some great bands on, and he showed respect. I don’t know if it was Paul Schaffer or someone else on the show, but they obviously had a strong connection with what was happening in music.
@CreachterZ
@CreachterZ Жыл бұрын
1983. I was 13 and this set the direction for my life.
@avengemybreath3084
@avengemybreath3084 9 ай бұрын
Where did you go?
@CreachterZ
@CreachterZ 9 ай бұрын
@@avengemybreath3084 Up!
@meurglys_iii
@meurglys_iii Жыл бұрын
This appearance made me a lifelong fan of R.E.M.
@Mo_Taser
@Mo_Taser Жыл бұрын
Good song, but for me it was "The One I Love". That song based in Em and with the guitar hook and thundering power chords by Peter Buck in the choruses made me, like you, a lifelong fan. Their "Out Of Time" album is still one of the greatest albums ever, and that contains neither of the two songs you and I love. Amazing. Even Mike Mills "Texarkana" is way the hell up there in my favourite R.E.M. songs. No, I don't like talking about R.E.M.
@jamesblatchford3738
@jamesblatchford3738 Жыл бұрын
That EP changed the musical landscape. Am I wrong?
@KiraGR65
@KiraGR65 Жыл бұрын
Great performance! The close captioning guy had no chance
@spanqueluv9er
@spanqueluv9er Жыл бұрын
@@jamesblatchford3738 🤣🤣🙄🤦‍♂️Yes. You’re very, very wrong. REM didn’t change a thing.
@troy8420
@troy8420 Жыл бұрын
@@spanqueluv9er is that a joke
@dccanes11
@dccanes11 2 ай бұрын
In the early to mid 1980s with so much of the airwaves dominated by top 40, Gen X got to hear music like this.
@kaspinet
@kaspinet Жыл бұрын
I always loved how shy and reserved Stipe was. You expect a front man to be dominant and ro be the speaker of the band. Instead, he's off sitting quietly near the drums while Peter and Mike talk to Dave.. It was interesting to watch him evolve over the years.
@fractuss
@fractuss Жыл бұрын
Drummer gettin' no love though.
@VideoAmericanStyle
@VideoAmericanStyle 10 ай бұрын
And to watch his hair evolve! Or devolve 😂
@truthtransistorradio6716
@truthtransistorradio6716 10 ай бұрын
Funny that by the 90s it was common for lead singers to be awkward introverts. Kurt Cobain, Billy Corgan and Thom York to name a few.
@VoltaireVI
@VoltaireVI 9 ай бұрын
It is no contradiction to be at one time extroverted and at other times rather introverted.
@whycantiremainanonymous8091
@whycantiremainanonymous8091 9 ай бұрын
But he wasn't just sitting in the back. He was actively hiding from the camera. That's some extreme shyness 😃
@jmacdono
@jmacdono Ай бұрын
Oh my lands, they didn't have a name yet for what went on to become one of their greatest songs!! What a magnificent performance.
@RogerPeet
@RogerPeet 10 ай бұрын
In 1982, Rolling Stone magazine's critics picked REM Murmur as the album of the year, over Thriller I was an instant fan
@izaro400
@izaro400 Ай бұрын
Wait what? Groovy REM??? Stipe with pretty long curly hair??? Omg it's like a dream
@maryellenarmour
@maryellenarmour Жыл бұрын
What a great band.
@amjh4lah809
@amjh4lah809 Жыл бұрын
One of THE best, ever!!
@benelleliv8572
@benelleliv8572 Жыл бұрын
So powerful. To see the outspoken Stipe sitting so shy in the background is amazing.
@gmansi
@gmansi Жыл бұрын
giving space to their peers too
@1176hambone
@1176hambone 9 ай бұрын
Unbelievable. The era. they were the light of the days and nights. Americana and English post punk and more. Beyond
@Psykel
@Psykel 9 ай бұрын
Just look at that pair of Rickenbackers! Most beautiful instruments in the world! Love that Mike dusted off that bass for Accelerate.
@tylerthompson1842
@tylerthompson1842 10 ай бұрын
Vintage REM is the best. The chord progressions and melody on the second song👌
@josephdufresne1028
@josephdufresne1028 18 күн бұрын
The first time I saw this band live is when they opened for the Police in Hartford, CT. It was a rough night for them, with some gear problems. No bother, they were great. I knew they were going to be huge and I told my body with me at the show. He disagreed, but changed his mind later.
@brianhill9229
@brianhill9229 9 ай бұрын
I was 13 years old in 1983. Missed this performance but discovered them a few years later. Their 1983-1988 catalog was the soundtrack of my college years even though I was a few years behind. A top five American band of all time in my opinion.
@PaulMikna
@PaulMikna 20 күн бұрын
Letterman really was great for new bands!
@rockturtleneck
@rockturtleneck Жыл бұрын
In 1983, I was 17 and already a huge R.E.M. fan. I recorded this on my VCR the night it was on and watched it hundreds of times back then. For them to follow up Radio Free Europe with a new (and brilliant) song, "So. Central Rain," on their network TV debut was a bold move worthy of Dylan or the Beatles.
@mariameredith5328
@mariameredith5328 Жыл бұрын
I was also 17 in 1983 and saw this live!
@mellonhead6180
@mellonhead6180 11 ай бұрын
I was 3 in 1983 and became a fan hahahaha
@chadczternastek
@chadczternastek 10 ай бұрын
I was much younger in 83. I remember 84 being a monumental year for music. I chuckled when I seen your message about taping with the VCR and rewatching it. I found REM way later. I was very on Twisted Sister, Prince's Purple Rain and of course Van Halen 1984. Those three kept me busy.
@sexobscura
@sexobscura 10 ай бұрын
I was a foetus and became an instant fan hearing it muffled through my mom's stomach
@davehoward22
@davehoward22 10 ай бұрын
Saw them in uk playing radio free Europe around same time
@toddwcpa1
@toddwcpa1 10 ай бұрын
So cool that they just play this brand new song without even having named it yet, in their first ever live television performance. And that it turns out to be a classic.
@devilsoffspring5519
@devilsoffspring5519 Жыл бұрын
Wow, this is one absolutely perfect example of me being a tiny little kid and really hearing a bass line worth hearing! Damn, it was almost 40 years ago and I still vaguely remember it :)
@stmichelob
@stmichelob 6 ай бұрын
Man it's crazy how many times I've watched this since I found it a few weeks ago.... Mills and Buck are synergistic musical magicians... And Stipe being so shy yet confident at the same time... R.E.M. were so far ahead of their time.
@davidmurray2539
@davidmurray2539 Жыл бұрын
This is the beginning. By the time this band called it quits they had developed the finest, most intellectually engaging catalogue of music in the history of American pop/rock music! Won't be equalled, certainly not in my lifetime.
@firstbornjordan
@firstbornjordan 4 ай бұрын
What a time machine treat.
@theworldwelivein-ud3cd
@theworldwelivein-ud3cd 2 ай бұрын
I remember watching this live and wondering if I'd ever hear that awesome unnamed song again. Radio Free was already an underground hit that I loved, but that second song blew me away. The jangly Rickenbacker and up beat bass mixed with the melancholy sound of Michael Stipe's vocals were a perfect sweet and sour for my ears and mind. When I finally heard it again I was thrilled! An entirely new sound, and I loved it. And I still can only figure out two words in the lyrics.
@bldallas
@bldallas 9 ай бұрын
Dadgumit, I miss those old days! Two amazing performances by one of my all time favorite bands. Friends and I were obsessed with REM back in the mid 80s. I still consider Reckoning, one of my 3 favorite albums of all; along with London Calling and Abbey Road. Greatness.
@ajbianchi85
@ajbianchi85 3 ай бұрын
Thats some good taste. Those are certainly up there for me as well with Ok Computer and Future Days
@mattycobby27
@mattycobby27 3 ай бұрын
Look at the energy......ah to be young again
@ChuckAtComicList
@ChuckAtComicList Жыл бұрын
Great album, great band, great year. Thanks, Dave.
@sallyfulham2346
@sallyfulham2346 9 ай бұрын
I saw R.E.M. in Portland, Oregon in June of 1984. Michael was on crutches/sitting on a stool for the concert, but it did not diminish his performance. Great times!
@bruhe
@bruhe 9 ай бұрын
This was everything to us back then. They influenced music in a way that hardly gets the respect it deserves. Those were indeed the days
@amjh4lah809
@amjh4lah809 Жыл бұрын
HISTORY IN THE MAKING!! That voice!❤❤
@youdesklamp
@youdesklamp 11 ай бұрын
What a performance. And what an interview! Always great to see Letterman drop the act and talk genuinely to artists he appreciates. And these guys were just breaking through!
@TiaCatR
@TiaCatR 10 ай бұрын
What a very long time ago... 40 years goes by quick! They were my favorite band when this album came out. I saw them play at a local hockey rink lol
@fdrstan
@fdrstan Жыл бұрын
Still sounds as powerful as ever. Talking Heads and REM birthed the alternative movement.
@HughGenvoenni
@HughGenvoenni 10 ай бұрын
The Replacements too!
@randolfo1265
@randolfo1265 9 ай бұрын
@@HughGenvoenni - Totally
@stmichelob
@stmichelob 7 ай бұрын
*Pixies, Violent Femmes, Morphine... But yes, TRUE "alternative" music, and absolute greatness.
@paulsonj72
@paulsonj72 6 ай бұрын
@@HughGenvoenniDon’t forget Husker Du.
@douglasjohnson4382
@douglasjohnson4382 4 ай бұрын
Pylon.
@NoName-zi9qs
@NoName-zi9qs 9 ай бұрын
The communication/encouragement between the guitarist and bassist is infectious.
@paulhardman2515
@paulhardman2515 10 ай бұрын
So young and beautiful! What an amazing and important band. Mike Mills' vocals are so good and compliment Michael Stiles sooo well.
@davidzack8875
@davidzack8875 10 ай бұрын
I was fortunate to catch REM in St. Petersburg FL on their Lifes Rich Pageant tour. Mitch Easter opened for them, and Roger McGuinn sat in for a couple of tunes with Stipe and company. They played a few songs that appeared on Document a year later. They were making their set list on the fly, and it was sublime. They closed with a subdued version of “So. Central Rain.” The highlight of the show for me was when Mills belted out “Superman.”
@andrewr2784
@andrewr2784 10 ай бұрын
I remember buying this record 1984 in Big W (Australia) for $1.99 having never heard of them. Best musical purchase ever.
@calixa
@calixa 10 ай бұрын
Total perfection. You couldn't have wanted a National TV debut to have gone better. Very interesting that Michael didn't talk to Dave between songs. Also ballsy to play a new song and not push the new album. Reminds me of when the Tragically Hip only played new stuff on SNL, when they could've easily made thousands of fans by playing a couple of the older bar tunes.
@ianhowe338
@ianhowe338 Жыл бұрын
I was 1 in 1983. Crazy. My Mom used to have MTV on all day. I remember the video for Losing My Religion. I must have watched that video a couple hundred times as a kid. The CD single for Drive was one of the first CDs I ever bought on my own.
@carolinacordero6616
@carolinacordero6616 Жыл бұрын
♥️
@mikewhite4560
@mikewhite4560 Жыл бұрын
As opposed to TIK TOK....
@jasonpeters9716
@jasonpeters9716 2 ай бұрын
I was 6yrs old at the time this broadcast. By 1992? REM was a tp5 favorite band of mine.
@SaintMartins
@SaintMartins Жыл бұрын
Don't worry i checked they're all alive. The news is just that Michael Stipe has his first solo album finally being released this year.
@spanqueluv9er
@spanqueluv9er Жыл бұрын
Oh good. The world can be bored stiff for a while.🙄🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤡
@marceibel1131
@marceibel1131 Жыл бұрын
​@@spanqueluv9er F. Trolls here..
@GjpgrD
@GjpgrD 5 ай бұрын
R.F.E. was my favorite song on Salem State College's radio station when I first saw this show. I fell in love with everything about them & have forever since lived under their spell.
@derekgusoff6768
@derekgusoff6768 10 ай бұрын
Noticeable bump in energy after the first chorus of RFE. It was like they figured out, hey, we've got this.
@Riffmaster227
@Riffmaster227 10 ай бұрын
Probably nervous at first. Then they were like “oh yeh it’s just another gig” Either that or the cocaine kicked in! 😂
@stmichelob
@stmichelob 7 ай бұрын
Oh wow gonna watch again to see! (Yeah, THATS why I'm gonna watch again... Lol)
@TrevorPaull-xe1yq
@TrevorPaull-xe1yq 9 ай бұрын
I'm a bass player and have been for more years than I care to mention. I saw a thing a thing about the bass line for "Good Vibrations" being possibly the best bass line ever ( I don't know why we pursue this " best ever " stuff anyway )...I mean it's a cool bass line for sure...but what Mike Mills is doing on these two songs here , is absolutely stellar !!! His lines are intricate , harmonic , punchy , and move these songs along in just the right way. Are these the "best bass lines ever" ??? Who's to say...all I know , is I love listening to what Mike Mills does in pretty much all of REM's songs ...My bass playing has gotten more creative by listening to this guy and I am happier with my playing because of discovering REM and Mike Mills especially...Thank you Mike !!!
@papimontuno6821
@papimontuno6821 8 ай бұрын
"Rio" from Duran Duran has the best bass line ever.
@dfarnum4282
@dfarnum4282 9 ай бұрын
I just love they way their live songs sound so much like the studio versions. Speaks of a very talented band that doesn't need a ton of production!
@cjp1599
@cjp1599 8 ай бұрын
That has a lot to do with style. Panic never sound the same live because they jam... not because they lack tallent...
@Maliceah
@Maliceah 7 ай бұрын
When I began DJ'ing in College, this was the first album I bought to play EVERY night.
@keithbrian7129
@keithbrian7129 5 ай бұрын
Forty years - still rocks
@Dana-wq5tp
@Dana-wq5tp 10 ай бұрын
Stipe always had perfect pitch, regardless of whether it was in the studio or live.
@FreddieandBrenda
@FreddieandBrenda 3 ай бұрын
I was 18 and saw this, loved R.E.M ever since… now my 24 year old son listens to them 😊
@user-hh9cu2px9g
@user-hh9cu2px9g 2 ай бұрын
I was 21 when RFE landed. The intensity with which it cut through everything else can’t be overstated. It felt like it came from another place. Feels like yesterday.
@dspf68
@dspf68 11 ай бұрын
Mike and Peter just bouncing around the room
@glennsak
@glennsak 2 ай бұрын
Best REM album. This one was played constantly.
@joebanta9342
@joebanta9342 3 ай бұрын
These guys were so talented.
@jonneukam
@jonneukam Жыл бұрын
I remember it. The show changed that day and started reaching out to a younger country. It was cool. I have been wanting to watch this again for a long long time. Thanks.
@northwards2218
@northwards2218 11 ай бұрын
I love their early music. Feels like Sun dappled days.
@rik112
@rik112 4 ай бұрын
I never really listened closely to the bass on Radio Free Europe, as Micheal's voice and the jangling guitar of Peter was what I focused on. However what a bass line and player!
@robmyers1730
@robmyers1730 11 ай бұрын
One of the greatest bands to grace any stage 🎸 🥁 🎤
@andlon16
@andlon16 Жыл бұрын
The Aha! moment in the 80s for me, the way the Beatles were for the generation in the 60s, right there on the Letterman show. They became my favorite band off the bat.
@RaoulDukeSr
@RaoulDukeSr 5 ай бұрын
What an incredibly amazing band 🙏
@clarencebonner1523
@clarencebonner1523 16 күн бұрын
I enjoyed our chats about music when you worked at Wuxtry Records, Peter. Pleased see your success.
@OMGWTFLOLSMH
@OMGWTFLOLSMH Жыл бұрын
Gotta love the Rickenbackers.
@ericcrabtree7404
@ericcrabtree7404 10 ай бұрын
Berry, Mills, Buck, and Stipe - what a quartet. The very first concert ever I saw was this band, right after they had released Life’s Rich Pageant.
@TheIkaraCult
@TheIkaraCult 10 ай бұрын
Letterman - You introduced one of America's greatest ever bands.
@eileenhwalsh
@eileenhwalsh Жыл бұрын
Wow that’s the music of my youth. It brought me right back. ❤️
@DemoverProjectMusic
@DemoverProjectMusic 7 ай бұрын
I started listening when I was 13 in 1991 (when they achieved worldwide success with "Losing My religion"). They have accompanied me throughout my adolescence up until today!
@jasonpeters9716
@jasonpeters9716 2 ай бұрын
THANK GAWD for these guys fr Athens
@pav7997
@pav7997 5 ай бұрын
Radio Frees pre chorus baseline is very, very nice 🤌
@Amish_Trivedi
@Amish_Trivedi Жыл бұрын
Nice to get an official upload! I have had the unofficial one on my favorites list forever.
@peterlorrequartet6559
@peterlorrequartet6559 Жыл бұрын
remember this like it was yesterday....so brilliant....and ready to conquer the world...
@travisfox8898
@travisfox8898 Жыл бұрын
Love these musical performances, keep em coming!
@HugoFDiaz
@HugoFDiaz 4 ай бұрын
I love to see them have a lot of fun playing this song!!! I saw this vid 100 times and I don’t tire. The bass is so tight and melodic. Everything! Voice, guitar and drums in this first song sounds great! RFE is my new few song from them! I love the spirit!
@Stratman389
@Stratman389 6 ай бұрын
so central rain is such a tune! I love the way it plods along during the verse.
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