R.E.M. Producing 'Out of Time' at Paisley Park (1990) | You Had To Be There

MTV News watched R.E.M. record their legendary album, 'Out Of Time' (and shoot some hoops), in an equally legendary setting: Paisley Park.
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[@moochercat]

I was driving around the other day and I heard an old REM tune on the radio and missed the days when a new REM album would come out and you'd have that as part of the soundtrack for your life.

[@TorkG8]

I know exactly what you mean.

[@trainfire2008]

99. …… congrats to 100‼️

[@void0094]

This video is a gem for every R.E.M. fan

[@rydellgrimes]

“We don’t know what we’re doing, ever” And I live by that

[@matthewnijland]

Michael really wasn't kidding when he said that the record would go on to make pop history

[@forestfire1232]

It wasn’t that great. Green and automatic for the people were better. But losing my religion is possibly their greatest song

[@lennybruce6476]

@@forestfire1232 I'd take Orange Crush over Losing My Religion.

[@louismassey881]

At 6:30 you could say that the interviewer foreshadowed the album title when he said that it was about time

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Thats what he thought, but Nirvana made them look lame

[@curly_wyn]

@@lucasoheyze4597Kurt Cobain loved Michael Stipe and R.E.M.; your argument is invalid.

[@kckstnd8]

The amazing music created at pasley park is unimaginable

[@sabrinal.956]

Michael Stipe’s speaking voice is so different than his singing voice 😳

[@StratsRUs]

Depends which song.It sounds like this on Belong.

[@kai326]

@@StratsRUswell yeah cos he’s talking on that song, silly goose

[@ShintoMachina]

​@@kai326hahahahaah

[@danielmaybee68]

My first favorite band...also Stipe's outfit would totally fit in walking down the street today!

[@popguynyc]

Stipe is definitely goofing with the interviewer. And with hat and glasses at mixing board… so funny!

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

Uncool and unrock'n'roll. Loved them. Will always love them.

[@jamespage7998]

Huh?

[@jamespage7998]

Who's cooler?

[@mrc5653]

Was and still is probably my favourite album of altime, had it playing constantly in my old battered Ford escort van care free✌️

[@MrIronbunny]

Man, those eyebrows are something else!

[@hunterdavis3003]

I was like what eyebrows then DAMN

[@onesunnyday5699]

Always have been. Bill wouldn't be the same without them 🥰

[@martyganser5394]

So also the cover for Lifes Rich Pageant

[@curly_wyn]

He actually managed to pull them off; Bill Berry looks like he invented the unibrow!

[@dogewood5499]

@@curly_wynHe’s definitely gotten Liam Ghalleger of “Oasis” beat for the title of “Unibrow of the Century” in the “Caucasian Alternative Band” category 😂

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

FACT about this Recording Studio : This was called Paisley Park, home of the facility served as an Artist named Prince.

[@asticou04]

Oh, like it says in the title?

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

@@asticou04 well, yes. 😀

[@gigilaroux762]

What’s so crazy is that while Mike Mills was recording in Mpls at this time he was also at the Lemonheads concert in the 7th Street Entry. He was hopping back and forth between the Sunday Night Dance Party in the big room at First Ave and then ducked into the Entry. I asked him for his autograph and he was so nice. Evan Dando was nice too he signed my Lemonheads Lick CD.

[@gesundheit602]

I loved the Lemonheads back then! It’s a shame about Ray was the album I think.. “Into Your Arms” was such a great song. 🙂 I also remember Evan from the Blake Babies video for their cover of “Temptation Eyes.” Now that was a damn good song too lol! Music was so good back then.

[@SubtleShift_Band]

Love this, but seeing Bill Berry 1. play piano (who knew) and 2. vacuum the lobby, was especially a revelation. My 3 favourite moments (aside from the vacuuming of course) were Stipe saying in jest it was destined to redeffine pop (it kinda did in that era); Peter Buck saying they never had any idea what they were doing and that was okay; and that the eventual title - Out of Time - becoming a perfect expression of the sense they had that they were kind of all over the place and were exploring. It all added up to an absolute classic album.

[@brendonching7952]

Mike Mills is the Best Background Vocalist of All Time.

[@Jaymertak]

John Lennon is the best background vocalist of all time

[@bingusk1]

@@Jaymertak ahh yes Lennon, a guy who comes to mind when people say “background vocalist”

[@TheFlenen]

Brett gurewitz would like a word lol

[@palmerlp]

Richard Manuel from the Band.

[@lukethegardenman3747]

100% find the river is something else

[@horrorpowerfilms9481]

Michael Stipe was a big Prince fan, he actually bought an original copy of (back then rare) Prince's Black Album.

[@onesunnyday5699]

He has an eclectic ear

[@mallafets]

Really? He is on record saying he did not like Prince as a person.

[@horrorpowerfilms9481]

@@mallafets Really? he is on record ON VIDEO saying that he is a big Prince fan (Mtv awards 1991 after show). Another story has REM recording at Paisley Park. Stipe wanted to talk to Prince about a collaboration, Prince asked Michael Stipe if he owned his masters, Stipe said "no" & Prince responded along the lines of "well we have nothing to talk about".

[@RVZNKaraoke]

@@mallafets It's not uncommon for people to be big Prince fans (musically) but not a fan of Prince (the person). I would assume that's the case with Michael.

[@KimTHRC]

exactamente, de hecho Prince (persona) no cae del todo bien@@RVZNKaraoke

[@dogewood5499]

The entire band of “R.E.M.” are the most British-looking Americans I’ve ever seen lol Every single one of them.

[@Frankl204]

No reference to teeth please…

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

Not even close. Theyr the epitome of Starbucks hipster gobshites 😂

[@sodiumlights]

This is fantastic, thanks!! This is the kind of stuff I want on the boxsets, yet that is sadly not what us fans get.

[@carterduchalard3019]

I went to this studio in 2017 on a tour. If you are ever in the Minneapolis area, go book a tour.

[@curly_wyn]

One of their best albums!

[@jstohler]

The vinyl mix on the 25th anniversay is amazing.

[@HeldByTrees]

Amazing they knew it would pop history - love that confidence. They were right.

[@patton303]

Many bands recorded at Paisley Park. It had a great console and that fat 2 inch tape sound.

[@SPAZZOID100]

Most studios were still using 2” analog at the time.

[@swedishchefhands00]

"We didn't come here for the waters"

[@osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624]

I wasn't born in the year 1990 when this MTV vault throwback happened here.

[@Eric_In_SF]

Neither were trillions and trillions and trillions of other people that will be born

[@eXiLe824]

MTV did Bill Berry dirty by including that terrible shot he took at the end lol

[@DustyMagroovy]

But it was at a legendary basketball court, so that is amazing footage.

[@PJmusica]

Great band! Love them. Still do.

[@preahko]

Never noticed it before, but dude, Stipe's got some Rhianna-level forehead game going on there...

[@tharveytucker1]

He was going bald…

[@mz6504]

Brilliant album by the way……the songwriting on this……and the music…..incredible……

[@patrickmcmanus5373]

For the last 40 years there have been some great bands who have several great records. REM, The Cure, Etc

[@brandonbutler8808]

That was way cool!

[@jan-keesverschuure2436]

The body language when they're talking about the studio.

[@Vibeagain]

What about it?

[@jan-keesverschuure2436]

@@Vibeagain A bit bored with it being in the middle of nowhere.

[@phototristan]

Mike and Bill seem like nice guys that I would want to sit and have a beer with. Michael and Peter, not so much.

[@rax816]

dare one say the feeling might be mutual ...

[@6string42]

3:40 Most epic unibrow I've ever seen

[@mz6504]

I’d like to see them…….i miss them…..a lot…..

[@FungoLingo]

Airrrr ballllllll!

[@guythecat490]

Nice variety of shots in that package. I feel like I’ve never been there. 😂

[@kdmdlo]

Ok ... Michael's hat is so very, very lat 80's early 90's. That look hasn't aged well.

[@nlsantiesteban]

Are you kidding me? That hat is now in fashion again😂

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

@@nlsantiestebanonly idiots follow fashion or wear nerdy hats

[@StratsRUs]

Mills had British teeth.The Legend.

[@onesunnyday5699]

Love him ❤️

[@palmerlp]

I’m glad someone else mentioned it. I’m also glad “Out Of Time” was successful so he could get those teeth fixed.

[@kai326]

@@palmerlpdidn’t even bother getting them fixed after this album was successful lmao

[@RVZNKaraoke]

@@kai326 I've seen a missing side tooth on Michael...much later in their career. Part of their appeal is not being so much into glam, but more into art.

[@kai326]

@@mizztery2994 very valid. Had braces for three years, painful waste of money

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

Michael Stipe 04/01/1960 62 años

[@redadamearth]

I mean - he was right. lol Both R.E.M. and The Pixies changed everything.

[@DeflatingAtheism]

I think it was both R.E.M. and The Cure who broke through to mainstream audiences in the late ’80s and early ’90s, and that would have been the narrative, if Nirvana didn’t break through a few months later.

[@azizs7604]

Peter Buck looked Hollywood cool back then

[@williamthomas2893]

'Come on guys, we're out of time'

[@Th3Think3r]

I was waiting for Bill to say maybe they should call the album 'Air Ball' after that shot...

[@DeflatingAtheism]

I was hoping Prince would jump in from frame left and show Bill how it’s done.

[@catnapgee5357]

I know what they should call this record .. they should call it Out of time!

[@adampepin9944]

I had no idea this album was made there.

[@SPAZZOID100]

It was only MIXED there.

[@emilyburton4095]

For me they are forever, like Leonard, Josquin and Bach.

[@mr3745]

That shot was nothing but net, until the gravitational field of the eyebrows pulled it a little off course.

[@ryanphillips5412]

As a basketball player Bill was a very good drummer

[@sniffableandirresistble]

Michael was right ❤

[@frankbonarrigo6086]

Their previous stuff was great

[@JZinck]

Is that the court where the iconic Shirts v. Blouses game was played?

[@kh-19636]

Michael Stipe does not sound like I thought he would sound 😮

[@SBTCP]

MTV is cool 😎.

[@guitaristssuck8979]

Mtv WAS cool

[@cAnthonyL]

Given that they didn’t have a title the record is appropriately named “Out Of Time”.

[@paulya1269]

Bill Berry giving the Gallagher brothers a run for their money with those eyebrows!

[@wootube]

He was giving me serious Tim and Eric Uncle Muscles vibes lol

[@suddeneye9836]

oh god, paisley park looked like an abandoned mall. Wonder what it's like today. A tomb?

[@frankbonarrigo6086]

Where is the purple one?

[@FredMaradojagger]

Hé didnt liké farm boys

[@FredMaradojagger]

Hé didnt liké farm boys

[@jaggass]

Mike Mills looked like Elton John before he did himself in 1992.

[@drinkingpoolwater]

jeez i hope mike got his teeth fixed.

[@palmerlp]

They’re cleaner but they’re still all fucked up lol

[@adamredmer1399]

he had braces during the tour for Monster.

[@drinkingpoolwater]

@@adamredmer1399 thank god.

[@rickstraws92]

Mike’s teeth. Jesus

[@darrylenglander2992]

though gergia is where michal dip[e wanted kurt cobaign to go.

[@OlafProt]

I wanted all of Michael Stipe’s clothes and caps back then. Peter seems really edgy and uncomfortable, pissed off, maybe just the interview. It’s a band album but I always felt Out of Time is Bill and Mikes record.

[@williambullock4077]

I think it was more Peter's album. He wrote the music for Losing my Religion, and was the one who really wanted to make it more of an acoustic type album.

[@JE-xt6ol]

Buck's always like that

[@treemarie3080]

Can you say....speeeeeeed

[@ClaydenLee]

wired as fuck haha

[@Vibeagain]

Armchair after the fact is often inane

[@JE-xt6ol]

More Protestant Work Ethic would've been a great album title for this band

[@odieonekaraoke]

Peter - "We don't get cable and we don't have stereo." Mike - "We are easily distracted." This was 1990....before social media.....internet.....modern cell phones and computers. Probably why most of today's music sucks. Too many distractions.

[@Dungeon_of_Regret]

Or a lesson on what one has to do to make a good record. Not a new formula. Go into the woods,

[@OttoByOgraffey]

Why wouldn't he do something with those eyebrows?

[@curly_wyn]

Because they’re his personal trademark!

[@CoachDave12]

Well we know Bill didn't quit to play basketball.......

[@kai326]

Certainly not ideal to play basketball with British Invasion boots on lmao

[@linzyvalencia4886]

But do they have 49 flavorific flavors including pineapple blurt?

[@louismassey881]

I didn't know bill did piano as well

[@groove2519]

You sure don't see it often. I think ‘Perfect Circle’ was Bill's music.

[@thebadradio5340]

No distractions...but what about drugs though?

[@dannypmc2001]

always found Stipe to be pretentious...and this clip hasnt changed that...but redefining pop music is a bold statement...and the lp was a massive hit largely due to the single....but many fans consider it boring in retrospect ...

[@dscmn]

4:00 🤓

[@noticeddamian]

Did they purify themselves in the waters of lake Minnetonka?

[@kai326]

I’ve heard the algae prevents people from swimming there too often

[@RVZNKaraoke]

@@kai326 ...that wasn't lake Minnetonka.

[@FredMaradojagger]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kevinlakeman5043]

Not close to their best. I like about 4 songs on that album. Gimme any of the first six albums.

[@curly_wyn]

It’s easily better than a lot of their early records, and it was a massive album for a reason. They grew a lot from the early days as musicians and songwriters and their two most successful albums (Out of Time and Automatic for the People) are proof. 😎

[@versioncity1]

it was pretty poppy record. But I'd moved on from them by this point. To me they were always very much an 80's band.

[@comets4sale]

Those teeth on Mike Mills though....

[@sunsetcliffs98]

Does Mike Mills own a tooth brush?

[@mz6504]

So fucking cool.

[@frankbonarrigo6086]

That is more than a unibrow , it’s mustache on his forehead

[@needleontherecord]

He’s more Oasis than the Gallagher brothers

[@MrOctober44]

Cool interview. I hate to be mean and superficial, but.... Mills teeth. Wow.

[@darrenmackenzie1892]

Bass player seems he would be so annoying

[@Alicedoesart]

Holy cow they were ugly 😂

[@claudiozanziscov521]

Stipe doesn't have an american accent. Stipe speaks always slowly while Mills and buck speak with a strong american accent

[@kevinlakeman5043]

Wtf does that nonsense even mean?

[@kai326]

Huh?

[@thadood4373]

I hated REM as a teenager in the 80’s. Love them as a 50 year old idiot today

[@John-pc3cx]

Mike could have used his spare time to go see a dentist in Minneapolis.

[@MrTheEdge]

Still bugs me that the album cover is so terrible tho

[@TheFreezerGeezer]

Mike's teeth. 🤢

[@AI-Consultant]

03:45 brow game big