R.E.M. - Strange Currencies (Official HD Music Video)

Official Music Video for Strange Currencies, from R.E.M.'s 1994 LP, "Monster" and as heard in Season 2 of FX's critically-acclaimed TV series "The Bear".
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[@remhq]

“Who else came here from The Bear?”

[@daveypayne5988]

Me!! Jesus....that opening shimmered in out of nowhere and took me right back to 1995 and 15 year old me. The timing of the dialogue in that scene was beautiful ' you know with love comes strange currencies' I only realise how lyrically perfect this track is as a 42 year old. Had it going round my head all day at work

[@sickofitallization]

Some of us have been fans since the beginning of REM..but I agree, if that show brought you here..welcome!

[@RohanTatlow]

I literally did after I finished season 2.

[@michaelthompsonau]

Perfect song for Carm and Clare. ❤️

[@samisproductions8979]

Okay the guitar rift was cool but where’s the main part from the bear episode?

[@LemonTree9280]

When the opening riff started on The Bear I was instantly transported back to when I was 13 playing this CD over and over...thanks for the time machine Carm

[@mandyrolens632]

Same.

[@katehanna4680]

Me,too. Just a little order than 13. Lol.

[@jessicarickman3319]

Omg same... love affair with it all again

[@baldpolarbear3332]

Yess

[@LL-mw1zu]

For sure. REM is great!

[@pedrocubano133]

Always liked REM. This song came out as I was turning 30 and was busy with career, starting family etc. So I never heard it. This past Holiday Season my son was in MSK hospital when his cancer returned. One day on ride home, amongst the holiday music on radio, I heard this song and not knowing what it was about felt how sad it was and it was about missed love. It stuck with me and I would play it every time on way home from hospital as my son’s health deteriorated. He passed in late January and this song always reminds me of my son and that time. Love you forever buddy. 🥲

[@marimon2313]

I don't know why you're mean to me When I call on the telephone And I don't know what you mean to me But I want to turn you on Turn you up, figure you out I want to take you on These words, you will be mine These words, you will be mine, all the time Now fool might be my middle name But I'd be foolish not to say I'm going to make whatever it takes Ring you up, call you down, sign your name Secret love, make it rhyme Take you in and make you mine These words, you will be mine These words, you will be mine, all the time I tripped and fell, did I fall What I want to feel I want to feel it now You know with love comes strange currencies And here is my appeal I need a chance, a second chance, a third chance A fourth chance, a word, a signal A nod, a little breath Just to fool myself, to catch myself And make it real, real These words, you will be mine These words, you will be mine, all the time These words, you will be mine These words haunt me, hunt me down, catch in my throat Make me pray, to say love's confines, oh

[@ThegreatCommando]

Thanks for lyrics

[@carlos66965]

Thanks

[@secretsausage1]

The fool might be my middle name. As in Michael "The Fool" Stipe... it's an old expression, but very poignant. Stipe's lyrics hit hard.

[@cynthiaheath9556]

❤❤❤

[@erinsperin]

Thanks for coming through with the lyrics ✨️

[@Mst3000113]

The world could use an REM tour right now.

[@user-xj5xp6qz5g]

omg what a good idea. I wish I was smart enough to realize how good they were back in the day when I was 19

[@SpaghettiKillah]

OMG this song....after 25 years...it's like coming home to a safe place...to a better world.

[@jaynehanna4713]

SpaghettiKillah yes! That’s how I feel now that we are all stuck at home

[@terrywilkerson5598]

That is why I looked this video up today. I needed to feel back there again.

[@kingkucing274]

Are you still alive or was died by covid?

[@SpaghettiKillah]

king brajamusti Still alive and thriving thk you. Take some english lessons

[@kingkucing274]

@@SpaghettiKillah oh really?/You are great!!

[@juliecourville8227]

What an absolutely beautiful song. It gives me chills everytime. Thank you R.E.M. for such incredible music.

[@WHJeffB]

Soulful song for sure... Raw and full of emotion. Came at a time in my life when I was pretty hung up over an old girlfriend. Very appropriate, but at the same time sad and depressing.

[@kristinesanta6971]

Totally! All of the hairs on my arms just stood straight up!! Thelis song represents perfection!! ❤❤❤

[@adspur]

This should have more views.Perfect song man!

[@cletus0812]

The Bear really likes this song. Made it to Season 3 too.

[@secretsausage1]

Underrated song. One of their best.

[@kristinesanta6971]

Totally!! I love Pretty Persuasion, also!

[@johannsimonot]

Underrated? You should read the definition of this word on a dictionnary... Just read some of the comments, you will understand its not underrated... Maybe by your Pootify acount 🤔😂

[@The_Brew]

The Bear’s music is incredible - via Chicago via Athens via Scotland via love and loss and life everlasting

[@jacobfloyd6975]

Thank you REM for getting me through the shitty depressing years of my teens and twenties. I've always suffered from depression, and I'm finding out I have a few other issues. Sometimes, it was your music that kept me from jumping off a fucking cliff. And your work still fills my heart today.

[@Kianmur]

My cousin was a huge REM fan who sadly lost his battle to depression in 2002. Miss him every day. Its tough going. Stay strong, much love always

[@craiggreen6251]

Stay strong brother. ❤🔆☮

[@kieransimpson4965]

💓

[@bryancaughey7507]

Find the sayings/songs/thoughts that help you in dark times - keep them close to you. We share lonely times with a world full of lonely people, so you are really never alone - just need to find the ones with the love and comfort for you - you don’t need the rest (save the haters for themselves). Sometimes dealing with healing is a process that unravels over time, you can’t rush it, just let it unfold with time. Be strong/safe and loved.

[@walidbena947]

Stay strong bro💪🏽

[@abc-bu7nr]

I've been stuck in an REM loop for days now I love it when this happens

[@iainhalstead1261]

I'm stuck in one right now. About 4 weeks in. It's excellent.

[@Yveyd]

Omg me too...been a fan since GREEN...obsessed over again ❤

[@Theghostdiaries]

Always, starting with Murmur all the way thru to Up and Reveal

[@LasloPferg-ru2vt]

Me too. Fun, isn’t it?

[@careful__Icarus]

I'm here because I am an REM fan and love this song. Nothing or no one convinced me to be here.

[@lukeduke7717]

Thank you Michael stipe and friends, you hold a special place in my heart.

[@stipegal]

One of many favorite R.E.M. songs.

[@keithjones6023]

Great choice!

[@Francloy1]

This one is pretty high on the list

[@ramonflores377]

Yo amo esta canción ❤️

[@ClerigoPC]

I just need one chance to tell you guys: I will live forever with your music in my soul.

[@debjones60]

António Pinto Well said my friend ‼️‼️‼️ same goes for me..... Timeless music .... love it 🥰

[@stephanieinman1551]

Always and forever, what a great band, lyrics amazing!

[@marklynch5284]

I can say yes sir to that

[@enieponymous]

I love R.E .M. the best band ,their songs will live forever, I am from Brazil / Rio de Janeiro

[@firstlasterson1213]

Ah , thats beautiful. Friend .

[@8145cc]

Stipe’s voice one of a kind

[@triciacairns9137]

Always will be amazing ❤

[@RobertBrown-ew5er]

Velvet

[@adyg5402]

Hits your SOUL.

[@lgibbons58]

Fun fact: at 2:46...the man running in the leather jacket is a young Norman Reedus...who, years later, plays Daryl on the Walking Dead.

[@biglove1941]

nice catch

[@WHJeffB]

@@biglove1941 Wikipedia... The model/young woman at the end of the video is River Phoenix's girlfriend at the time he overdosed.

[@bigmuggs123]

Michael Stipe’s voice is truly epic. What a band. Fantastic.

[@PeteGibbons1]

That voice. Those lyrics! That melancholy yet upbeat guitar sound. Just amazing. It’s like a time machine. Listening to REM is like being in my late teens again. Full of hope and sadness.

[@TheVanillatech]

What an odd pairing...

[@PeteGibbons1]

@@TheVanillatech , you either understand or you don’t.

[@TheVanillatech]

@@PeteGibbons1 Surely one can learn?

[@RicksonAmbrose]

Heard this for the first time on the second season of The Bear. Made me feel so nostalgic, i can't describe.

[@timdunlop4953]

Monster was an awesome album. I miss those days where the world made more sense

[@ferm8103]

Think of all the guitar players over the years who get trotted out when talking about the greats, listen to Peter from every era and tell me that he's not one of the best that's ever happened to play the thing, he is immense.

[@iainmacaulay8081]

Yes.

[@adyg5402]

YES1

[@docsavage8640]

So awesome everybody dumped it as used CD stores within a year

[@docsavage8640]

@ferm8103 no he isn't

[@dpack810]

THANK YOU The Bear for this great blast from the past!!!!!!!!

[@davidw2567]

The Bear brought this great song back into my consciousness. So grateful for this.

[@michaeldematteis3409]

Bro,me too..can’t believe how much I needed this song right now.im actually in aww of the so many great songs on that show.fuck me.someone has good taste

[@TheSteveTell]

What a great song. My favorite band ever.

[@kop1986]

You have great taste Steve!

[@luizahm]

Agree with you!

[@DavosSeaworth]

life regrets: trusting Melisandre not protecting Shireen never getting the chance to see R.E.M. live

[@philsmith3188]

My favourite too. Their music stands the test of time. Such a shame they aren’t recording and performing together still

[@squierstrat9502]

Definitely

[@1985lsf]

Miss these days.. thanks Bear for bringing me back .

[@LuckyAlaska13]

Thanks to the season 2 trailer of The Bear for introducing me to this masterpiece

[@kevinkendle9533]

30 years old and still one of the greatest songs ever written..thank you R.E.M.. These words haunt me, hunt me down, catch in my throat Make me pray, to say love's confines, oh

[@paulh.5643]

I have been an R.E M. fan for over 40 years! Yes, an old guy still loves the best band that EVER existed.

[@seanbrady1303]

I seem to be always discovering new r.e.m songs...was a teen in the 90's ..grew up with this stuff...ive known and loved alot of there songs for decades...but i only just discovered this gem last year..I cant get enough of it

[@ryano1076]

Same for me man. I'm 41 and just heard this for the first time (that I can recall) last night at the end of an episode of Barry. Better late than never right haha

[@DanGrindey]

I don't know why but even after all these years this track makes me well up inside. Stipe's voice just on this song does it for me every time.

[@eduardosantosrocha2198]

Mark Romanek the greatest music video director!

[@raisa_cherry33]

❤❤

[@ksmart8332]

This album turns 30 this year (2024) geez I feel old! Thank you to The Bear for bringing back into my consciousness. Just the sound of the intro transported me back to 1994… sighs… good times! Welcome to the decade of REAL MUSIC kiddos … enjoy & you’re welcome!

[@rudypolo5008]

R.E.M. Is my favourite band and the singer Michael Stipe Is magnific and he has got a fantastic and beautiful voice.I' m like also Mick Mills and the guitar of Peter Buck.R.E.M. Is a great Band.

[@lisamanic4822]

So beautiful! REM one of the greatest bands ever! I'll never forget the day I saw them live. My heart was singing out of pure happiness and joy.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Haven't listened to this in so long. I just watched an episode of the Bear and this was in the soundtrack and here I am.

[@WHJeffB]

My wife and I just saw the episode featuring this song and it brought me right back to when it was released. It came at a time when I was still very hung up on an ex-girlfriend (despite having a few pretty good ones in between). It really hit home back then and it still conjures up long dormant emotions. Thankfully everything worked out... Found the love of my life, 26yrs and three great kids later, but this song still brings me back to that lovesick 25yr old self...

[@kevinguziec2497]

This song hits me on many different levels

[@muratacikgoz1375]

True art never gets old .

[@abhiskekrachit1411]

This was David Foster Wallace's favourite song! That's how I was introduced to it RIP peace☮️😭😭😭😭

[@galvinatrix1984]

This should have been the 1st single off Monster. The best track off the album. Love it!

[@stephensams9784]

Monster is my favourite album

[@WHJeffB]

Definitely...

[@redrocks1983]

As a fan of R.E.M. since 1985, I can honestly say their album/song output in a ten-yr span was/is second to none...Up there with U2. ❤️

[@Alan-gi2ku]

OMG i couldn't stand U2. So pretentious. Couldn't even use their real names. Bono and the Edge, ugh.

[@iainmacaulay8081]

Ease up, if it helps Michael Stipe and co. were always more likeable but then REM were better then most.@@Alan-gi2ku

[@maddie8415]

I never understood why this song didn't get more attention, it's really one song that I loved on first listen. I still love it all these years later!

[@brendanmaher5275]

It never grows old

[@andrewmdk9038]

I love this song. Personal fave from Monster 🤘

[@animal_boy_]

One of the greatest ballads ever!

[@ProjectCodeSound]

One of my biggest influencies. I love R.E.M. songs.❤

[@realmorgan3075]

These guys have been killing it for decades

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

God I love you REM. Millsey and the boys, never stop these re-releases and surprises. We miss you terribly.

[@user-eo3zz3rm2k]

Radio free Europe, Follow me don't follow me I got my spine I got my Orange crush, That's me in corner, and so on and on REM for life

[@Cinema_Enthusiast-e4n]

"Because you’re the Bear and I remember you” 💙

[@deblas722]

Very few songs where each verse gets BETTER. But this song is a rare one, where each verse completely builds on the previous. That last verse is KILLER. I need a chance, a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance......

[@WHJeffB]

This will be one of those songs that 100yrs from now, some lovesick teen or twenty something will listen to and it'll really hit home. Timeless...

[@bigbattenberg]

It's totally brilliant indeed!

[@charetacanady3588]

I remember having this on cassette . Seriously underated song!

[@ritwikmukherjee6455]

"I remember you, you're The Bear."

[@raisa_cherry33]

I was a kid in the early 90s,so I never got the chance to consciously enjoy this gem of music. But thankgod for KZbin's existence,I can get to taste what I have missed 😍😍💖💖💖

[@Angela-jb5bn]

REM the Best band in the world. 💙.

[@amyschmidt3151]

As perfect as the first time, a million times later. ❤️

[@ferm8103]

Another sensational band that America has produced, at the time I knew that they were good blah blah, then i clicked into gear later in the 90's, saw them live, uk, they are/were totally superb, nobody has /does sound like them, so good every member

[@BubblesBubbles]

This song HAS to go to #1 NOW!!

[@debjones60]

After watching this clip for the 5th consecutive time, I just realised how damn good it is. Love the choice of B&W and the lighting. REM were always ahead of their time and not just with the music.

[@alexpossebenitez3452]

Soy fanático de REM desde sus inicios, es mi grupo favorito, son muchos los temas que forman parte de la banda sonora de mi vida, siempre soñé con agradecerles personalmente su música, se que no sucederá, pero quiero destacar este tema, me parece un temazo, lo pongo en el top 3 y siendo REM es mucho decir, pero es que entro en bucle cada vez que lo escucho, increíblemente infravalorado para el gran público, no así para los reales fanáticos. Desde España, millones de gracias por vuestra música.

[@balung]

The ex wife turned me onto REM, never really listened to them up until that point, glad she did, thanks Choobie.

[@brianfugate2822]

I really can't write anything that hasn't been written already. One of my favorite albums of the 90s👍👍👍🤟🤟🤟

[@Sarah-fc5zv]

Turn it up!!! Love this song thirty years later!! This song, and many other REM songs, take me back to the afternoons of my high school years. Good times!

[@bhikkhu]

Give her your real number, Carmy!

[@oskarzamora]

Strange Currencies was always in my top 15 of R.E.M. Also, I heard it live in 2008 :___

[@manunitedskm]

Just an absolutely gorgeous song that I can never hear enough. I love all the art direction in REM’s videos.

[@adrianstrugariu6795]

Still one of my favourite songs ever. Great lyrics, great guitars, great Mike and the team...

[@RedyPiper]

My favorite song of all time ♥️

[@patricia382]

His voice is just fantastic

[@laptopmaltese]

This is lovingly passionately sincere so much it brings tears to my

[@laptopmaltese]

eyes

[@gabrielantoniocharovsky5984]

Time pass, music, lyrics, some voices, persists!! REM is part o my life, this kind of songs are SO poetic, pleny of feelings, good in every time, each year!! Thank you, always!!!!

[@belltolls1984]

To me, this is the greatest song that was ever written.

[@That60sGuy]

Such a cool, unique-sounding song with the Hammond B-3 humming underneath ...

[@thoroughbredcrazy]

This song will never get old!! Just as good now as when it was first written

[@Angela-jb5bn]

Brilliant band that voice wow😮. 💙

[@corey-bird3489]

I only hope people think my voice has half that power even though I don’t sing. I see you’re new to KZbin, welcome!

[@michaelwilson2340]

Better than most of what's out there today. Real instruments being used.

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

ok stfu boomer

[@punkpoetry]

The ultimate dullard cliche, “real instruments”

[@michaelwilson2340]

@@punkpoetry Well, pseudo genius, if you actually can play an instrument yourself (and I do) you have more respect for true musicians. And your use of the word "cliche" is a cliche itself.

[@punkpoetry]

Michael Wilson I studied the piano in my native city of Moscow, Russia between the ages of 6 and 18, seriously considering to become a professional at one point. The people I admire the most include Emil Gilels, Walter Gieseking and other pianistic greats some of whose rare recordings I uploaded on my channel. And yet I realize that valorizing “real instruments”, as if electronic music were somehow a lesser cultural form, is the telltale sign of a dullard with limited perspective on art and society. What you said merely rehashes the Great Teen Pop vs Nu Metal debate of 1999, where every single participant was a dumb American.

[@michaelwilson2340]

@@punkpoetry Calm down there Bill Evans. You're obviously comfortable with music being made and produced at a push of a button. Auto Tune as well. It appears that you have racist tendencies which pretty much nullify your diatribes. "dumb American"? At least we didn't produce mass murderers such as Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin. I'm not even a Republican, but you don't insult my fellow countrymen and women like that!

[@rufust.firefly6810]

Love'em all - the Daves, the Eddies, the Freddies, the Chris' ... but there's something with R.E.M. that's digging even deeper in my soul and comforting me in a state of bittersweet nostalgia than those beloved teenage and adolescence friends above...

[@thevoid99]

i first heard the song when the album came out in 1994. i was 13 years old. it's still one of my favorite songs.

[@TheAmeyaDoc]

The bear brought me here and this is heaven!

[@I.W.Lthomsson]

I tried to turn a friend on to REM back in 1992 and all he said is "Stand ? No thanks" his loss.

[@egos0108]

I need a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance...

[@RockandrollNegro]

Remhq needs a second chance. To upload the entire video

[@malachicroy6379]

REM was my favorite band from the 90's. I hear them and I am in my 20's again, living I Edmonton and San Francisco

[@catherinebonnici5572]

This is the first time I have ever heard this tune. A very dear friend and I share tunes..today he shared this one with me..I listened to it about half a dozen times already..👏 Amazing. thank my dear friend and REM for an awesome tune.

[@robertsmith4519]

This song is so brilliant ❤️

[@runnersdialzero5414]

About damn time! Was weird not seeing this video on the official channel EDIT: video ends before the song does, lol. They'll probably re-upload it to fix the issue EDIT2: remhq still haven't fixed this? So weird EDIT3: they fixed it, hurrah!

[@RockandrollNegro]

Considering they uploaded this on 9/11, there's probably some bizarre artistic reason for the abbreviated ending, since it's been up for close to a year and they haven't fixed it. OR, the people running remhq are simply incompetent.

[@gilramon4]

REM, I'm begging you please fix it. I l iive in Israel in Tel Aviv Hertzliya. thanks.

[@mituser]

Hope the blu ray includes the ending!

[@s.kovanas547]

R . E . M. Hier werden wunderbare erinnerungen an meine jugendzeit wach !

[@pablokerpk]

Gran série el Oso 🐻 !!! 2023

[@starlightfury4252]

thanks The Bear S2 for introducing me to this beast

[@mustlovepretzels]

Happy Birthday today(July 31) to Bill Berry. Cheers! 🥨

[@martykey1574]

He thanked Michael Hutchinson of INXS for this song may he rest in peace ❤

[@houdahaydi6457]

yes he said how much he was inspired by Michael Hutchence ❤

[@user-vv7og1gt7t]

Who would have thought a small band from Athens, Ga would have gotten this far and still be creating wonderful music. Michael Stripes will always have something to say ❤

[@marceibel1131]

Classic R.E.M. That's always the right thing..

[@williamhaynie9827]

This is my favorite REM song, what a awesome relaxing and true song.

[@thawk4187]

‘Fool might be my middle name.’ Word.

[@sidneypasquarelli2122]

Great song from REM! I never heard it before! Excellent band!

[@pistolpete2803]

Discovered this song through season 2 of "the bear" and now I was here😊

[@FlyingKeo045]

I don`t how I missed this gem of a great song from one of the most original bands first time around. Now a favourite !

[@denisefreitas6727]

Great, beautiful song. Monster is an amazing album.

[@patrickmurphy2073]

It was so great to be around for their journey.

[@mickgalbiati4802]

Monster is probably thermos best album, so far. 1994. Still sounds GREAT

[@puccini4]

No.

[@secretsausage1]

Many people didn't like it but they probably don't have a taste for fine wine/cheese either. Monster IMO was incredibly raw introspective and honest and the lyrics are just on a whole other level. It's as masterpiece that many only discover years later.

[@caramason56]

Simply beautiful 😊❤️

[@McRocket]

Love the guitar work in this song. ☮

[@amandamae1278]

I've forgotten how much I absolutely love this song man...🎵🎶🎵❤️