R.E.M. plays World Leader Pretend live at the Pinkpop Festival 1989.
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@Bntnredsox14 жыл бұрын
"Green" was an incredible album. I can't say enough about it, and this song is powerful. Well done Athens, GA
@gordongrant4445 жыл бұрын
Green is my least fovorite REM album (well, Around the Sun is very close.. ) To each thier own.
@tuanistico10 ай бұрын
I think was their best.
@BirdofSaxony15 жыл бұрын
The "We live as we dream, alone" comes from a Gang of Four song titled that, if you're wondering.
@KerreyTheBitterSugar15 жыл бұрын
great performance,the intro with banging on a chair is legend.
@BrunoCristovao197916 жыл бұрын
Great song and great performance. The best band in the world. REM will always be Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe. There's no replacement for Berry. Awesome.
@AdrianneReneeR13 жыл бұрын
His voice is comforting once you listen to their music your whole life.
@josefinebliss2801 Жыл бұрын
I just started listening to them in July last year and his voice is incredibly comforting to me.
@marcocastelli77169 жыл бұрын
Maybe their most beautiful song !!!
@BadgerPat8 жыл бұрын
+Marco Castelli Good call, and let's add Nightswimming to the list, too.
@Valiumtino712 жыл бұрын
I was at this very concert, I was 18 at the time, and will never forget that beautiful sunny day! They were fantastic!!
@joeybellfurie17 жыл бұрын
I was there too . 1989 - Dayton , Ohio . Green tour . This gives me the chills every time I see it . "You fill in the mortar , you fill in the harmony "
@absolutelynonameslef2 жыл бұрын
That show at UD Arena was my very first concert, as a 13 year old. 45 year old me still loves this album.
@dr.scanlan61122 жыл бұрын
@@absolutelynonameslef What a great 1st concert! I love that album as well.
@Sean198316 жыл бұрын
I went to their show in Vancouver in 2003 and they played this - Michael announced that that very performance was the first time they'd played it at a show since 1989.
@steverok674 жыл бұрын
A, truly, one-of-a-kind band, with, perhaps, more integrity than any other.
@rinibos15356 жыл бұрын
I was there! I was young, first time REM, nice summer evening.....some things are bigger than words can express I guess.....
@GRMS663 жыл бұрын
My favourite REM song. Must have played it a thousand times in the old days we used to carry portable CD players around. 😂😂 First seen them play it live in Edinburgh on the Green tour in 1989 and got the ticket for the show that very day. Where does the time go? Pure class. And class is permanent. Thank you for so many great memories Michael, Peter, Mike and Bill - the legendary REM.
@peterselles5906 жыл бұрын
the first 1 minute is the first footage i ever saw what i later found out was R.E.M. on dutch national tv (followed by its the end of the world) i was 13 and hooked
@hyvakoira12 жыл бұрын
Much more than a song!!
@stipelover16 жыл бұрын
This is just beautiful.
@gerfarmer15 жыл бұрын
Theyself is correct Bill Berry left in Oct1997, eight years after this clip. I remember seeing this song live in Dublin on the Green Tour. The image of Stipe banging the chair has stayed with me to this day. 10/10
@lyonslaforet15 жыл бұрын
Yes and the "trick" of the beaten chair with a stick also comes from Gang Of Four when they 'd play "He'd Send In The Army" live....
@MrShotta19897 жыл бұрын
Nice.. thanks for uploading 89 the year I was born. Good lyrics timeless music!
@kirsipuuful13 жыл бұрын
My favorite all time, great song !
@beerhe5 жыл бұрын
I regret not seeing them in concert.
@mattaki12 жыл бұрын
mike mills is the man.
@Nightswimmer803 жыл бұрын
He definitely is.
@JLDB198717 жыл бұрын
Seeing this live on tour when it was new was incredible. Their early to mid 80's shows were uinique, electric things. Energetic, moody, spontaneous---that's why they are in the HOF. Not too many chances to see them without Bill after this.
@RIPmyers17 жыл бұрын
Great song and band from my home state of Georgia.....Go Dawgs....UGA and Athens, Georgia rule!!!
@jeffbrown-hill77393 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic performance.
@DjRogCon4 жыл бұрын
REM Green Tour was my first concert I attended as a kid. This song is still solid
@absolutelynonameslef2 жыл бұрын
Same here! I was just a wee lad (13, I think).
@fosters3614 жыл бұрын
Reach out for me, and hold me tight..... geweldige band, mooie momenten op pinkpop die ik zal koesteren
@jatojo14 жыл бұрын
This song made me discover the real REM.
@chandand57403 жыл бұрын
Awesome as ever
@tmoore201011 жыл бұрын
This song defined some portions of my teen years.
@feke1983311 жыл бұрын
pretty cool song! I love green!
@ginamari16 жыл бұрын
I love this song
@theeponym12 жыл бұрын
I'd be tempted to say the same. Definitely my favourite of the '80s albums.
@extoraxot19303 жыл бұрын
Shit, this performance is just AMAZING and PERFECT. Love REM from argentina ❤️❤️
@ff62112 жыл бұрын
I only had the chance to see them once and they put up a good show.
@matthewstetson7118 жыл бұрын
Nice live version with the GOF intro. REM was the shit.
@REMchout17 жыл бұрын
Nice man. . thanks. Nice Gang Of 4 intro/Jon King chair bash.
@demetrios4voto17 жыл бұрын
thank you
@quartzy491416 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing song; don't know why it wasn't a single. This isn't the best performance of the song on KZbin, though.
@cakewin14 жыл бұрын
we placed this video. it is awsome.
@roberialeite49168 жыл бұрын
perfeita música !
@josefinaherreweghe53582 жыл бұрын
Lyrics I sit at my table and wage war on myself It seems like it's all, it's all for nothing I know the barricades And I know the mortar in the wall breaks I recognize the weapons, I used them well This is my mistake Let me make it good I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down I've a rich understanding of my finest defenses I proclaim that claims are left unstated I demand a rematch I decree a stalemate I divine my deeper motives I recognize the weapons I've practiced them well, I fitted them myself It's amazing what devices you can sympathize (empathize) This is my mistake Let me make it good I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down Reach out for me and hold me tight Hold that memory Let my machine talk to me, let my machine talk to me This is my world and I am world leader pretend This is my life And this is my time I have been given the freedom To do as I see fit It's high time I've razed the walls that I've constructed It's amazing what devices you can sympathize (empathize) This is my mistake Let me make it good I raised the wall and I will be the one to knock it down You fill in the mortar You fill in the harmony You fill in the mortar I raised the wall And I'm the only one I will be the one to knock it down
@npspec3415 жыл бұрын
Excellent, Johnny Quest. White gloves? To quote Ringo, "I've got blisters on my fingers!" Or was that the walrus. Let my machine talk to me.
@buddhabder13 жыл бұрын
@lexo30 I agree. I was horrified when I heard Shiny Happy People for the first time.
@frankcourtney60659 ай бұрын
Fitted them myself 😉
@lexo3014 жыл бұрын
@cpkuhnen I am old enough to have seen them do this song on the Green tour, back in 89 (I still have the tour programme somewhere) and Stipe did the Gang of Four intro in Dublin at the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion, too. I also read most of the reviews of the UK gigs on that tour, and he did it pretty regularly, apparently.
@krism626010 ай бұрын
I'm thinking "Why didnt I know they were at Pinkpop?". But i forgive myself, i was 12...
@antonionunes45575 жыл бұрын
NOTE 1000!!!!
@demetrios4voto17 жыл бұрын
thank you! to elphantalla1
@talladegajunkie143911 жыл бұрын
I heard that distorted guitar intro they used for Feeling Gravitys Pull on the Green tour...... Do you have Feeling Gravitys Pull from this performance?
@ff62114 жыл бұрын
Green was their Best album ever
@gordongrant4445 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ...
@Alan-gi2ku19 күн бұрын
Everything from “Chronic Town” to “Up” was very good to excellent. Reveal had 3 great songs. After that it was kinda hit and miss but still some good stuff.
@oophelia4612 жыл бұрын
I remember spending all my babysitting money on REM cassettes. wow.
@jeffreyg46267 жыл бұрын
what are cassettes?
@hankrosenfeld84336 ай бұрын
SO SPOT ON TRUE POIGNANT RIGHT NOW
@kukai88816 жыл бұрын
mine too!
@lexo3014 жыл бұрын
@karmapolicemannn I agree. I think that Green was the last absolutely great album REM made, and that this is the finest song on it. I am not a snob; I was so excited that they suddenly started to get really famous, but at the same time I was hating the records that they made. To this day I think Monster and New Adventures are the only decent albums since Green.
@gordongrant4445 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ...
@davestark7776 Жыл бұрын
Complete nonsense. .
@theyself15 жыл бұрын
No, it was during the Monster tour that he had the aneurysm.
@stipelover17 жыл бұрын
This is great! Do you have more clips from this show?
@averst698 жыл бұрын
I had the bootleg "The Dream" but some stupid Junk broke into my appartment and stole it years and years ago. Does someone have a copy?
@ZoophPA16 жыл бұрын
"I demand a recount"
@scottroberts67813 жыл бұрын
Yep. How appropriate all these years later.
@ZoophPA3 жыл бұрын
@@scottroberts6781 The entire song is scarily still accurate.
@YouDolo16 жыл бұрын
i wonder is this about GB Sr.?
@lord-dark-coffee7 жыл бұрын
Today...
@talladegajunkie143911 жыл бұрын
Do you have anymore from this?
@henriquenoronha13522 жыл бұрын
Esta é pro Adão e silva
@buttholesurfer66616 жыл бұрын
Just politicians in general.
@y.i.y.i.34366 ай бұрын
where is Mani
@dghaag11 жыл бұрын
chair
@npspec3415 жыл бұрын
Pro all the way amateurs need not apply
@gusoverton829510 жыл бұрын
before REM became self righteous pricks full of themselves. I like this.
@gordongrant4445 жыл бұрын
I hear you. They, i.e. Michael, really became loathsome later on, though they continued to make some great records, in spite of his descent into self-righteous pretentiousness.