R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (Monster, Remastered)

#REM #Monster25
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A deluxe box set edition (5-CD/1-Blu-ray) features the original album (remastered), plus special remixes from the original Monster producer Scott Litt, a disc of previously unreleased demos, as well as a complete live 1995 performance captured in Chicago.
The accompanying Blu-ray offers Monster in both hi-resolution audio and 5.1 Surround Sound, a host of video content: the 90-minute film Road Movie, which documents R.E.M.’s 1995 tour, and all six music videos from Monster.
The collection is packaged in a five-and-a-half-inch portfolio book, featuring liner notes by journalist Matthew Perpetua-with new interviews from band members-and archival photographs.
Expanded editions, offering the original album and the remixed version, are available on two 180-gram vinyl LPs or two CDs, both featuring reimagined cover art by longtime R.E.M. designer Chris Bilheimer.
The remastered album is also available as a standalone 180-gram vinyl LP, with the original 1994 Monster artwork.
Digital editions of the album mirror the complete deluxe audio content-remastered, remixed and live- available across all streaming and download platforms. Digital breakouts will also offer the remastered and remixed album in hi-resolution (88.1/24).
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[@mangobrutus7455]

Still get chills listening to this masterpiece

[@chillmurray7529]

No kidding right!❤

[@blankman1212]

Ill argue hard this is their best

[@mattdunn256]

Wasn't even his best, or his second. Still fucking great.

[@oliviasdad714]

YES!!!💯

[@oliviasdad714]

They’re best song! And that video! Stipe was definitely one of the best front men of the 90s!!

[@jeffginther7931]

One of the very few songs I never get tired of.

[@enjoyer6201]

Yeah I don’t really give a crap about REM one way or the other but this song is terrific.

[@markjasonwalker4660]

Same same

[@samclark4860]

Me neither

[@Rad-gm6pt]

I came to find that feeling from this song and its still there. ❤❤

[@alestorcrowley]

Same here!

[@Der_Langenauer]

One more here!

[@Tre807]

Same!!!

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

Fall 1994 … what a magical time. ☮️

[@jasoncinema]

Absolutely. I was thirteen. Bought this on cassette tape when it came out, the music video for this was omnipresent on MTV. I put this album on and was utterly floored and listened to it incessantly.

[@maxLemoine-z9m]

jasoncinema32222@​@@jasoncinema

[@MarvDawk]

Peter bucks guitar tone is epic!

[@Dreyno]

I got pretty close with a Les Paul thru a ProCo Rat into a Vox AC15. If you’re looking for it.

[@mdesign8675]

Yeah, so scratchy and raw. Love it.

[@dpm12]

R.E.M. could rock when they wanted to and this song is the proof.

[@oldworldpatriot8920]

Bad day as well

[@sandropenha]

Brazil salutes and applauds REM! Decades of good music!

[@adrianafraga7210]

Yess👐🎧🎶🎤🇧🇷😉

[@pratyushjoshi1785]

Come to Brazil

[@kenkovar2647]

multo bien

[@jamesdavison2927]

Much love from the USA OBRIGADO!!

[@latricespencer]

I was 13 when this song came out and still listen to it. I never get tired of REM.

[@raven7350]

Bought the single on CD when it came out, always been my favourite R.E.M. piece of work. Cheers from italy

[@newlad56]

same here....now need to look for it :)

[@beauvearing8450]

There's also, "it's the end of world 🌐 as we know it!" great song, profound!

[@spencerbartz]

Excellent composition. Elegant in its simplicity. Super simple beat, 4/4 time and power chords. Perfect song for beginner musicians.

[@raithrover1976]

It would take a bit of practice to get that bass line down though😂

[@oehoe]

This great song and its sound never seem to age. The album was on replay, particular THIS song when it came out. The band at his best.

[@robertsmith2879]

None of their songs have aged at all

[@Andrew-oj2yo]

I listened to this album over and over and over and over when it came out. Still my favorite album of theirs

[@justinwise6846]

Monster, most underrated albums of the 90s.

[@music4thesoul80]

​@@justinwise6846- Normally I hate how people toss around the word "underrated" when discussing music as its use is highly subjective. That being said for once I actually do agree that Monster is R.E.M.'s most underrated album. No followup record, no matter how good, was ever going to top the brilliance of Automatic for the People and unfortunately Monster suffered because of its position in the R.E.M. catalogue. As such the album never did get the proper credit it deserved from fans when it was originally released. Fans were looking for another Out of Time or another Automatic for the People and Monster threw them for a loop. Thank God those same fans eventually came around and Monster finally started to get the respect it deserved years later.

[@AreJayCee]

Mine too. Actually went to see them of the back of thos album. Excellent hearing this live.

[@LeveyHere]

Awesome song. Best R.E.M. album.

[@SouthPhilly734]

oh the riffs! the riffs! This is brilliant

[@stephentaylor5607]

Who else remembers going to buy used cd’s at warehouse music (or tower/ Sam goody) and half of the R section was this one album?

[@bernardreeves3382]

When I was six, my older brother, a huge fan, nicknamed me Kenneth soon after this came out. What a belting song from a brilliant band.

[@kenkovar2647]

@Jay Sharp well mayb e not

[@kenkovar2647]

fortunately i did not need that nickname great song

[@deano8497]

does he still call you kenneth to this day?

[@bernardreeves3382]

@@deano8497 ha! every now and then :)

[@bernardreeves3382]

@Jay Sharp yes of course :)

[@jakesimms9915]

My favorite uncle bought me this single on cassette back in the day. I had to get my parents to play it for me in the car.

[@tiijima5428]

当時CD買いました! 今でもたまに無性に聞きたくなる中毒性があるんだよね。

[@herbpearce5270]

I remember this tune from when I had my ice cream truck . It was called rock n roll ice cream. I had a 365 watt stereo in a 63 two and a half ton Dodge metro van. Acustics inside were fantastic. Looked and you could hear it driving down the road. The awesome days, outlaw 80s and early 90s.

[@jessicamullaney4742]

Now that is something I'd do!!

[@jessicamullaney4742]

I'm in amazement over the idea

[@naturalnashuan]

If U haven't seen it, watch "Greatest Day" by Smashing Pumpkins, it involves an ice cream truck and rock music😊

[@gregory-bq6ec]

Monster was the perfect follow up to the two amazing mostly accoustic albums, just turned the amps to 11. Timeless

[@spunds4378]

Tears in my eyes remembering my uncle David who hosted me in Georgia he worked in the music industry and would send us cds always had a joke great guy

[@lorenaserna6532]

Summalla J Trochett!!! You will forever be my first and last love. Thank you for all the beautiful memories. 2165

[@PeterGuerin]

It was kind of surreal when Dan Rather played the song on Late Night with David Letterman since he was the subject of the song.

[@paolodominelli4357]

I love you R.E.M

[@meridiancrap]

In college this was everday. I now love REM.

[@tatergirl8765]

It's 2023 .... And I always get a stupid smile on my face listening to this

[@antonioeisadora]

Hear this song after 2 semi acoustic albums was amazing at the time!! 🇧🇷

[@wildnhairyone1632]

male or femaile are? if ur male ur gay

[@davecarsley8773]

Love it. Great song.

[@tombradford7035]

So many veiled meanings in this song - unbelievable.

[@raisa_cherry33]

Yeah bro 😫

[@CoboProdz]

Explain

[@TheDanno34]

Elaborate bro coz i jus found what orange crush was

[@ilfumettarovetustochannel]

Under the silver lake best nostalgic scene

[@budoolove5887]

I love that movie. But yes, that's one of the scenes that always makes me wanna watch it again.

[@evanmichael3153]

Mike Mills harmonies = 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@der_felipe]

the best!!

[@jamesb1988]

One of the most underrated musicians alive. Bass virtuoso, damn near pitch perfect vocals, love me some Mike Mills!!

[@raisa_cherry33]

My all time favourite 😍❤❤❤❤

[@jasonmediak8318]

song still travels.. great heavy music with mikes singing,,,,,thats r&r folks !! awesome

[@bazolidepariz7183]

não enjoo de ouvir essa musica rsrsr

[@bold810]

This song always puts me in a Happy Place,..😌✌️

[@tonymeehan7859]

this song is timeless, 1994 is so long ago now....

[@CatNerfer3000]

Yep, 20 years ago

[@mikeshaffer4912]

So many friends of mine had this on CD back then. Senior year of high school.

[@alberto79nic]

all the album is fantastic

[@Margaret2332]

- Lyrics - REM - What's the Frequency, Kenneth? - - - - - "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh - I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed - I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream - Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen - I never understood the frequency, uh-huh - You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh - I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines - Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy" - A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth - You said that irony was the shackles of youth - You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh - I never understood the frequency, uh-huh - "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh - Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene - You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth - You said that irony was the shackles of youth - You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh - I never understood the frequency, uh-huh - You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh - I couldn't understand - You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh - I couldn't understand - You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh - I couldn't understand - I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh - - - - - - Songwriters: Bill Berry / Peter Buck / Michael Mills / Michael Stipe - - - What's the Frequency, Kenneth? lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group - - - R.E.M. - What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (Official Music Video) - - - - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIjOfpt5gdCJhck - - - -

[@paleshelter4002]

Cool thanks for the lyrics 🎸👍

[@Miles1784]

Still don't know what is being described here. Love this song lol

[@naturalnashuan]

I finally looked for the lyrics after all these years! Turns out that I had no idea what they were!

[@indykalia8224]

So, so good!🔥

[@garycampbell1970]

Great Lead Guitar Playing on the Fenders including the Fender JagStang Class

[@emilywhitfield2780]

Favorite REM song

[@carlosforghieri9566]

Só many thanks from São Paulo Brazil

[@celsopaes4401]

Best song of Monsters álbum.! From rio de janeiro Brazil 🇧🇷

[@xantigarijomikeliz8904]

Canciones cono esta lo han hecho un gran grupo!

[@walFX]

Absolutely love the electric guitar throughout the whole album. I really like the original mix, maybe I'll get used to the vocals being more prominent in remix. Monster tour 1995 Huddersfield stadium (UK). Unforgettable.

[@davecarsley8773]

This isn't a remix. It's a remaster. The mix hasn't been changed. There _is_ a remix on the 25th anniversary album, but this isn't it.

[@joycesanders4898]

..bet it was.

[@user-gk3yc5mz6n]

@@davecarsley8773 w

[@DP-hw9uq]

OG wal same. Saw them in Italy in 95. Monster tour. I was only 16. What a show!

[@Vingul]

@@davecarsley8773 Remaster = re-mix.

[@haroldarana6217]

Great Rock and Roll music

[@carlosforghieri9566]

You are simply the best

[@jameswhitney2450]

man, love this!!

[@romeumartins5870]

BRUTAL 👏🙌👊🔥🔥🔥 GREETINGS FROM PORTUGAL 🇵🇹

[@kenc.4134]

I don't know what it is but over a decade ago I was pretty badly electrocuted as a child and I can vividly remember the only thing I heard pre-blackout, with everything in slowmotion, was like the riff at 0:41 and so on. I actually flipped when I discovered this song and heard that sound again after all these years, electricity isn't a joke. Thank you for that

[@dylaninpieces2]

What about the frequency?

[@spotthedod]

50Hz

[@amuroikimasu7488]

Journalist Has been attacked..attacker:What the frequency,Kenneth?? What the Frequency,Kenneth??

[@aliburns2150]

And then the jurnalist survived with wounds and he said smth on air

[@josephstgeorge7857]

some are strong enough to make cogs others are smart enough to put them together some can be knowledgable enough how to read time others still can be clever enough to read by the stars and sky even still some are wise to the fact it only matters in how it relates to everything else some (are) fix(ed) others (are) replace(ed)

[@markpatient2766]

Epic of the epic ❤️👌

[@raywood4223]

I always understood it was writing, how seldom did we see the same, you knew the words I felt okay to write.

[@WelcomeToTexas]

Mesmerizing.

[@cassiebennet4262]

Excellent beginning and ending aa well.

[@nikolatesla1967]

Probably their best recording....

[@JohnDoe-mw9zs]

Pure class

[@philregular1465]

best REM song

[@UTAHbilly]

The epitome of Grunge. Excellent. - Hunter

[@adspur]

Perfect fun rock song.REM has given me so many sonic jewels over the years.I was 12 years old and bought Murmur when it came out.That’s how long I’ve been listening to REM.I’m constantly rediscovering their catalogue again recently.Their music takes me to a wonderful place still.

[@joelaine828]

Another little masterpiece

[@user-sm1hm1ho4g]

One of the most underrated song!

[@VVHlTEY]

Man this song was rocks!

[@jasonfury3984]

loved this and out of time...

[@snapfinger1]

Best vibrato & backwards guitar solo since the days of George Harrison & Hendrix.

[@naturalnashuan]

There's a backwards guitar solo!?

[@Vingul]

@@naturalnashuan if it isn't backwards, it's made to sound backwards. Like the Beatles did on revolver era tracks like "Taxman" and "Tomorrow Never Knows"

[@robk3572]

Magic ☮️👍

[@erichimes3062]

Such a great single. 🤔 ------🐰,📻, 🎼, 📺, 🎥, 📰

[@user-yz8mc8pk4m]

Well ya learn something every day 😮

[@madzen112]

Made an exhibition window in a second hand shop i worked in in the 00s and all the CDs got sold except Monster by REM, it just kept staying there, it's orange color slowly fading to a pinkish tone by the light. Always wondered why no one bought it, it's a great album!

[@naturalnashuan]

I think everyone already had it. I go to thrift stores often and I've seen many copies of the album for sale.

[@madzen112]

@@naturalnashuan that's probably the reason

[@corailgris]

The trademark Beatles guitar sound. Gets me everytime.

[@Vingul]

I was just thinking how the bass playing sounds a bit like Revolver era McCartney.

[@lefteris8025]

@@Vingul Turn the Monster CD upside down and you might just see a young Paul McCartney wearing headphones singing (Profile Shot). Ringo Star is singing next to him.

[@Vingul]

@@lefteris8025 hmm. I don’t have the CD and I can’t see that in those I find pics of online. You mean in the same pattern that makes up the tiger on the cover, or something unique to the disc itself?

[@Vingul]

@@lefteris8025 or is this an elaborate joke? Lol

[@lefteris8025]

@@Vingul The actual tiger turned upside down. Original artwork used on CD. You will see it. It is McCartney profile pic looking left with headphones on.

[@madzen112]

REM soothes your mother-in-law. Always.

[@mmhey4688]

This song is1 of thee elite of all time

[@user-yz8mc8pk4m]

My favorite

[@user-yz8mc8pk4m]

And is never played on radio 😢

[@user-eb8lr5lm3d]

This song slaps

[@NO-LIVAS]

This one goes out to the one and only Kenneth haight

[@eduardoprosello5024]

the best scene in the film "Under the Silver Lake"

[@ilfumettarovetustochannel]

true. Very nostalgic

[@obscure.reference]

well the best scene was the one with the pianist but this was the best song forsure

[@madysongofficiel2605]

🖤🖤🖤

[@fogbullit1000]

The true story behind this song is fascinating and scary

[@markmaffei2740]

BAD ASS!!!!!!!

[@MariaReyes-fz4rv]

❤️

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

William "Bill" Thomas Berry (Duluth, Minnesota, Estados Unidos, 31 de julio de 1958) es un músico estadounidense, exbaterista de la banda estadounidense de rock R.E.M. 65 AÑOS.

[@RayomandJPatell]

Heard this at the Tavern, over their blaring thumping stereo. Good times.

[@CALJ154]

Must admit; the *original* master sounds just as pristine

[@douglas2902]

He come up with the lyrics from something that happened to Dan rather News man. Sometime back in the 80s some man on the street started beating Dan screaming what's the frequency Kenneth? True story supposedly. A great song came out of it.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy" A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth You said that irony was the shackles of youth You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I never understood the frequency, uh-huh "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your Benzedrine, uh-huh Butterfly decal, rearview mirror, dogging the scene You smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth You said that irony was the shackles of youth You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh I couldn't understand You said that irony was the shackles of youth, uh-huh I couldn't understand You wore a shirt of violent green, uh-huh I couldn't understand I never understood, don't fuck with me, uh-huh Traducir al español Fuente: LyricFind Compositores: Bill Berry / Michael Mills / Michael Stipe / Peter Buck Letra de What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? © Universal Music Publishing Group

[@naturalnashuan]

"Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy." I love that!

[@sos9952]

Oke deh

[@eliteteamkiller319]

“I never understood, don’t fuck with me.” Basically my life’s story.

[@jasonmediak8318]

Don’t f- with me is kinda cool but not necessary. It’s a comment for many, but choose a better way of expressing yourself mike. Don’t f-k with you, Michael Stipe,, really? I love the song!!

[@jasonmediak8318]

@@mizztery2994 hey mizz,, I really don’t think he breaks up fre quen cy,, but anyway, I appreciate your response! We hear and interpret things differently and that’s okay. I just thought it was unnecessary. As an aside, I’m the world’s biggest John Lennon fan and on working class hero he said f-- , twice. Im disappointed. But, that’s just me. Again, unnecessary. I do respect your opinion.

[@matthewreid9266]

I can't ever listen to this song just once.

[@ShaunClifton]

I come here for the x1.25 version. The finest sound available anywhere.

[@amuroikimasu7488]

"I Never Understood,Don't fuck with me".. Oh yeah..😂😂😂

[@jamessullivan4391]

I never picked up on that before and thought you were full of it. I then listened five times and only at the end does he say that. So you were right and thanks, I guess.

[@edneylima9254]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@josephstgeorge7857]

on the nose to all those seeking to know by looking tasting hearing or touch heck even scent is only a marker only ^_^

[@missyflutter5562]

Everytime

[@thomassims6754]

This song taught me how to dance

[@heartsingssacredsongsuntol6782]

too olde school for them there. they really gots to go to class!

[@huehuehue3248]

Under The Silver Lake brought me here

[@sampedro9316]

me too

[@Mistertbones]

Not an REM fan by any means, but I love this song.

[@mikecreed22]

I remember getting an interactive CD-ROM wbw of Monster, it had this tune on it. Also included a weird short for something called Migraine Boy or smth. V werid and v of its time.

[@slacker37]

Sorry I'm just here because this version didn't censor out the don't fuck with me.

[@naturalnashuan]

KZbin seems to have cut back on censoring words, it's nice.

[@tomvelio95]

Es ta rola es pura catedra