R.E.M. Radio Free Europe Live on THE TUBE **HQ**

R.E.M. Radio Free Europe Live on THE TUBE HQ

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11.18.83
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@ClockworkOrchestra 10 ай бұрын

Peter Buck and Bill Berry had just finished their shift at the restaurant before doing this gig.

@TrevorPaull-xe1yq 2 ай бұрын

That's so deadly to know !!! Mike's bass playing here and on most REM songs is so cool how he weaves through the chords and holds both guitar and drum parts together !!! I really think a lot of his playing !!! He good !!!

@rfgephart 2 күн бұрын

Rock on.

@donatodiegolopezcaballero4730 2 ай бұрын

La unica banda que va al tu por tu a los Smiths el Murmon es un discazo!!!!

@CineMollusk Жыл бұрын

When you think of what was on the radio in 1983, this is quite amazing.

@caryheuchert Жыл бұрын

It was an amazing year musically. I remember not wanting it to end.

@johnnymeyer4253 3 ай бұрын

I loved '83 for music -- so much variety.

@billybob915 8 күн бұрын

I had just gotten out of the Air Force and wound up outside LA Jan 80. Yes, what a time it was and a place to be for music then!

@daappleby 7 ай бұрын

That bass dominates ✌️

@Pazuzu82 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best songs I've ever heard, amazing live performance, crowd doesn't even know what they they witnessing!

@jml-rj5re Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing!

@TheOnlyOneStanding8079 3 ай бұрын

This song carried my loneliness in my freshman year in high school through the early 80s and im 55yrs old today and it's still keeps me going through 911, covid and 2024 🥃🥂🍻😝😜😛🥳

@chimichangazzz4966 3 ай бұрын

16 years old in 2024. keep going on brother!

@karlcherry 2 ай бұрын

I'm 60, 61 at the end of the year, and, I truly understand, friend that I have never met!

@CarlosMurgueitio 3 ай бұрын

There's only one thing I've got to say about this superb performance: B A S S

@SoundsofDecay Жыл бұрын

That crowd had no idea what they were witnessing, did they

@stevemorse9102 Жыл бұрын

This was a performance on a British TV program called ‘The Tube’ filmed in Newcastle. The show was groundbreaking at the time in that it went out live early on Friday evenings and featured up coming bands like The Smiths etc so the audience would have been expecting to ‘witness’ all sorts of bands.

@stevemorse9102 Жыл бұрын

@1monki 11 ай бұрын

One of the main reasons R.E.M. left I.R.S. is that they couldn't expand their music into Europe. They'd tour "across the pond" and no one knew who they were. I mean, at this point practically no one did, but that didn't change to match R.E.M.'s growth in the US. Towards the end of their career, the band was probably more popular across the sea

@vordman 10 ай бұрын

Brit audiences were suspicious of American bands back then on account that they were usually crap. REM were the exception and they laid the foundations for the likes of Sonic Youth, Nirvana and many others.

@sratus 3 жыл бұрын

A blend of late 60's West Coast and late 70's NYC punk sensibilities and laying the ground for the grunge generation to come. An important band.

@StratsRUs 10 ай бұрын

I do not care. REM were REM. Decide Yourself.

@Itsyrm8 Ай бұрын

i dont think they paved the way for grunge. if to use the word grunge cause it limits all the music in a very narrow sense. besides being a silly label. the late 80s were already there with thousands of influences up to that time.

@jml-rj5re 11 ай бұрын

lol Those kids have no idea they are watching greatness.

@AndrewMiff162 8 ай бұрын

Bearing in mind this was a new sound to the brits.. rem didnt even have a genre to be classed in...so thats maybe your answer..we did end up loving them quickly tho😊

@nicolasmrn 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like 1990, but is 1983...

@MQuinn-fw5xv 21 күн бұрын

Mike Mills is one of the most talented bassists I have ever heard. He's so underrated.

@thelex001 14 жыл бұрын

A brilliant video, but it's not 1992. It's 1983.

@whlewis9164 9 ай бұрын

I thought Mike was playing a Rickenbacher in 1983. He and Peter have matching Ricks in the ‘83 Letterman clips.

@peterzang 7 ай бұрын

Michael’s hair was gone by 92. It is 1983 genius.

@philipmarsh3522 2 ай бұрын

The rhythm section really carried that band until the guitar player and singer caught up. And they did catch up and became brilliant, just pretty raw at the start. Not too many bands have an anchor like Mike Mills when they are just starting out.

@pb12661 3 ай бұрын

lifeless crowd.

@lucasoheyze4597 2 ай бұрын

Dull band

@johnsaul5142 6 ай бұрын

I like this live version better than the studio cut

@Pazuzu82 6 ай бұрын

Its just one of them songs that sounds better live all the time

@LL-bl8hd 4 ай бұрын

I think REM are still underappreciated for what a great live band they were. They didn't put out much live stuff when they were together. I think some of the reissues had live bonus tracks. But there were tons of bootlegs and TV appearances to hear them live.

@davidwilcox153 10 ай бұрын

Looks to be around the time of their appearance on Letterman.

@packers600 2 жыл бұрын

Is that crowd on dope? Sincerely, Mr. Hand

@marcknightly9677 2 жыл бұрын

What a gem of a video.

@burnzie743 3 жыл бұрын

Great performance; terrible crowd.

@camilopibi 3 жыл бұрын

They don't understand that

@smiddlecn 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing!

@pcramon 3 жыл бұрын

The Tube showcased many new bands from across the pond, usually their first UK TV appearances, the “ boring, subdued crowd “ in many cases had never heard such bands as REM, 10000 Maniacs, The Call and Missing Persons to name but a few so they weren’t likely to be moshing. All those named bands I personally loved and thank heavens for this TV Show filmed local in Newcastle.

@anthonyfrancis2374 3 жыл бұрын

The audience was made up of production staffs kids and the occasional trendy dressed punter from the pub round the corner and competition winners to give a vague semblance of a live performance. Much like the German show Beat-Club from the 60s and 70s. It was all filmed up North too so a good old mackerel chunder was enjoyed by all before showtime to anoint the vagueness of their daily day-to-day! You can't have too much critical thinking going on as they might wander off and get in the way of the cameraman and let's not forget many of these dunderheads dropped the brexit sprog.

@joelhusbands3838 2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't the electronic synth keyboard sound that they were familiar with

@goldenagenut Жыл бұрын

I bet this is a fun song to perform!

@nicolasmrn 5 ай бұрын

Totally a banger. I used to play it with my band, I love to sing it ❤

@katherineraessyoung 2 жыл бұрын

Baby Michael Stipe rocking that hoodie and Baby Peter Buck looking like a wine waiter after a hard night. Priceless!

@melaniejo5296 2 жыл бұрын

And Baby Mike Mills tearing it UP! ❤️

@katherineraessyoung 2 жыл бұрын

@@melaniejo5296 he's so underated

@derekfromtexas7621 Ай бұрын

Michael’s outfit would pass in 2024

@TGiannini007 Жыл бұрын

REM working it’s ass off.

@tastemaker_87 13 жыл бұрын

@thelex001 i'm pretty sure it was 83. These were the IRS years

@groklobster 8 күн бұрын

Part of the brilliant Mitch Easter produced, Athens-Chapel Hill jangle pop sound of the early 80's. Great stuff!

@norbertovelazquez7441 Жыл бұрын

Stipe look eddie vedder circa 1993/94

@rfgephart 2 күн бұрын

Me the first time I heard this… what the heck is he saying… The music lover in me says…this is awesome, I don’t care what he is saying.

@halenbud 8 ай бұрын

Keep me out of country and the word Wheel of fortune's leading us absurd Push that, push that, push that to the floor That this isn't nothing at all Straight off the boat, where to go Calling out in transit Calling out in transit Radio Free Europe (Radio)