Perfect circle LIVE

[@patriciamckeon8530]

One of my favourite songs...ever !

[@joanneparkinson1723]

Sat here on a Friday night alone but feeling so loved by this song.

[@bensheard]

Such a simple song, but so, so brilliant. Uncannily greater than the sum of its parts.

[@superawesomescience911]

they really whittled this song to perfection over the years, bravo.

[@bpfromowc]

The 1991 Unplugged version will always be the best one (IMHO).

[@zroosh]

One of the most greatest of their songs and I have them all since 1984.

[@megadave1197]

This was 83

[@martywhitevan]

This is when you witness greatness, the crowd must remember this forever!

[@pyt7778]

I miss seeing them live, always guaranteed a brilliant night!!

[@greensombrero3641]

lovely! REM had a great great great run. Some very powerful music. Some not. But that's how it goes. A band America should be proud of. They will stand the test of time. A new generation will find them.

[@jareroken9127]

This and Nightswimming are my two favourites. This one has a beautiful abstract quality to it, I'm sure Mills/Stipe had something in mind when they wrote it but it's brilliantly vague, it allows the listener to fill in the blanks. Love the structure of the music too. Genius.

[@yourweirdauntperfumeryskin3236]

Bill Berry was the primary writer on this one. He has a special place in my heart, and this song is one of the reasons. It's one of my favorites of theirs.

[@hw343434]

The piano arpeggios and chord changes are what make it for me

[@deich31]

Best song ever written about leaving a party. There will be no discussion.

[@scottstewart1778]

I always thought it was about a Bar Mitzvah?

[@padriagwells2374]

I was born 10 years to late - my favourite band growing up but I was always a bit young to go and see them. My favourite band/THING of all time!!

[@ModerateObserver]

As teenagers we all secretly hold close to our hearts an ecstatic, hopeful vision of adult romance. A blissful, exciting, albeit vicarious feeling. And those years, those places in which we do this imagining become imbued with a special kind of magic. This song evokes those times and that special feeling. A magical form of nostalgia. That's my reading of it anyway. It's a really special thing to have captured that feeling in a song.

[@margaretpatton1433]

Written by the drummer! My fav, always!

[@jamiebroadbridge4776]

Michael Stipe wrote the lyrics to all of their songs. Harmonies may have come from other members. If Bill, Peter or Mike said they wrote a song that means they came up with a riff or the entire music for the track.

[@absolving]

@@jamiebroadbridge4776 not all

[@yourweirdauntperfumeryskin3236]

@@jamiebroadbridge4776 Bill Berry was the primary writer on this song.

[@Vladhill1]

Adoro demais essa canção. 👍🏼 🆗️ 🙆🏽‍♂️

[@kevinw8688]

Wonder if REM knows how good this song is? Unbelievable, moving great sounding music

[@deich31]

I think Stipe has said writing this song was the moment they realized they could be a great band.

[@MrH4R0]

Thank you for posting this. This is my favorite version of Perfect Circle

[@lindawilliams3791]

Perfect song from Perfect band xx

[@HagerTX]

God knows how much I miss them playing live.

[@pyt7778]

I forgot what a gorgeous gem this is!! Met Bill Berry, who wrote this, outside 40 Watt in Athens, miss REM! Sad day when they retired!

[@stevenhines5550]

ever wondered how something so beautiful and sublime...? we are children of god.

[@cristianradiohead145]

Quien carajos le dio dislike.? Semejante cancion!!! Ya desde ese 1er album eran extraordinarios!!!. Unicos. Una banda Genial!!!.

[@axeman6104]

I love this band so much

[@mattaki]

what a magic group of people when they are together.

[@walterhabermann3464]

Best song ever !

[@herbertluthe6850]

I saw R.E.M. once in München, say 2009 in the olympiahalle. that night they played 'leaving n.y.', 'sidewinder' etc. started collecting all their records ...

[@user-le2ie1uy6d]

Awesome tune

[@MsMURMURS]

Super song! :)

[@christinopessoadossantosfi9866]

Linda demais!!

[@javieralvarez4846]

La perfeccion...te lleva y te arrastra...

[@nicolasmciminelli4268]

amazing, all is amazing! his look, how he looks at everything, its a dream

[@subwaygoddess1]

So pure and beautiful

[@alancflower1595]

Bill berry was a genius

[@kyleallred956]

gorgeous

[@derekb5422]

How good is this!....Thanks for the good download

[@mattthomas1430]

A lot of people don’t know this song was written by Bill Berry. Wish I knew what it was about. To the nine people (so far) who gave this a thumbs-down, you should go elsewhere. Maybe there’s a Katy Perry or Justin Bieber video for you. Clueless as can be.

[@ClueSign]

Mike Mills piano part💕💕💕

[@lexiautoparts]

A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends.........

[@scottAM13439]

Drink another .... Coin a phrase

[@subwaygoddess1]

Simply beautiful

[@clivity8718]

BRILLIANT

[@erielsonfelix6577]

Very Nice

[@Elle-zt2pe]

Perfect REM!

[@g.beeton2918]

somwhere between toe late 80's n early 90's no band had more credibility than tehse guys.

[@user-nf5ht6dj6n]

So beautiful am amaze.❤❤❤

[@declinescore]

hidden gem

[@SteveLBMK]

Still beautiful.

[@adrianomagaro7807]

❤

[@acercade439]

Suena genial¯༎ຶ‿༎ຶ( ˘ ³˘)♥

[@cicciodistefano1978]

❤️❤️❤️

[@mercedesblack7828]

A song about justice and it's dark sides.

[@leevinson]

I read it was about Bill Berry and his friends play cards

[@michaeloraghailligh4785]

It was written when Peter and Michael were watching kids play American football. Last game before nightfall

[@mercedesblack7828]

@@michaeloraghailligh4785 Not this song. That was a different song.

[@michaeloraghailligh4785]

@@mercedesblack7828 nope it was this song.... The lyrics of "Perfect Circle" are purposely opaque. Members of the band agree that the song has an emotional theme that can be interpreted in many ways. For guitarist Peter Buck, the song elicits images of children playing football one evening in Trenton, New Jersey

[@mercedesblack7828]

@@michaeloraghailligh4785 11 people in a football team makes sense. That is only one reference to football. Bill Berry wrote it and looking at Redfit, the band members all had different takes on interpretation. I don't think its concrete enough. One of their best tunes both in music and lyric . In my opinion.

[@aso3524]

And they thought to humilate the familiar, till I thought to invoke also the familiar and call As...deus to curse their lives. 《◇》

[@phillale3669]

Who the hell disliked this??? 🙄

[@frankcarrodus7543]

Someone with no taste!

[@deich31]

Someone looking for a geometry video?

[@brandyreddoor1709]

What year was this from? (The performance, not the song...:D)

[@Frenksticazzi]

Brandy Reddoor 1998

[@brandyreddoor1709]

Thank you! :-)

[@michaeloraghailligh4785]

@H Kay think it was the Jools Holland show on BBC 2

[@stuartrobinson522]

Does it get any better than this ??

[@craigbolton9649]

Stuart Robinson No

[@jasperchance3382]

of course it does. lot of reat music out there

[@claudiabannister6414]

💔

[@danieleraponi]

che bella cazzo...