REM - (Don't Go Back To) Rockville (live)

[@Fg1970s]

The I.R.S. years, that was R.E.M at its most beautiful.

[@Shackleton71]

Fables of the Reconstruction woohoo

[@dezertfox3130]

Monster is a great album.

[@MoGhotbi]

Agree wholeheartedly but I do love Out of Time, though.

[@DamianDavis-q3l]

They made great songs and albums on both IRS and Warner bros.

[@NASDAQRaider]

@@DamianDavis-q3l Maybe, but in the I.R.S. era they were something apart. In the WB era they were another pop band.

[@AlejandroMS67]

My God, what a gem. How lucky we are to have this around to watch after all these years. This is timeless music.

[@greatlakeslighthouses]

I’ve been enjoying seeing these guys in the news lately. Songs of a generation!

[@shortaybrown]

Right??? Where the hell was this amazing version in the 1980s??? I would have bought it in 1 second!!

[@teddysaginaw9101]

My favorite version by far

[@joshuabrown2521]

I was born in Athens, Georgia. Met the love of my life there. Spent the happiest days of my life with her there. And much like Ingrid Schorr (the lady this song is about), she left town. Michael Stipe’s attitude in this video is priceless

[@johnadamo5140]

Sorry man. Bittersweet. Hope you find or found that again

[@DanielleBachmann-v2n]

Amazing and lovely as usual when it comes to REM❤❤😊

[@matthewcase2912]

As a 90s kid, I grew up on Out of Time and Monster but Murmur and Reckoning are, by far, the best albums this band released... And this is one of the best songs from that time.

[@urbansexmagician]

Agreed

[@scorchedearthdj]

I discovered REM far too late in life and when I first heard this song at one of their concerts, I was overjoyed. It's so good!

[@Zatzzo]

i think new adventures in hi fi is on the same level.

[@chelseavuchinich4859]

Yep.💙

[@williambullock4077]

So many good albums, I would say Lifes Rich Pageant, Document, and Automatic are my favs

[@dynjarren8355]

Mike Mills wrote this song and it fits REM perfectly!

[@judetheneilyounggirl2358]

I was pretty sure I heard Mike's voice harmonizing in this song and that helped me figure out it was an REM song I was hearing for the first time. I heard a different rendering of the song, more heavily produced, and it was very hard to recognize who the band was, who the lead singer was. In this version, I immediately knew it was REM . Great song!

[@dynjarren8355]

@@judetheneilyounggirl2358 I agree completely. And when you have band chemistry and talent like they did, they make it look so damn easy! Like you can just pick up a guitar and start playing and out comes this wonderful song! But it’s not like that for most people. Just them and those other great bands that had that special magic that fate brought them together for apparently. They were so lucky to have that. It’s like they won the lottery!

[@Scurrow]

Michael Stipe looks like the character from the 80's high school movie that doesn't talk or go to class but then says something poignant at the end and saves the day.

[@chaddeez8446]

The "0bserver"

[@tia2all501]

So True!

[@margaret-annmurphy8234]

This song for some is too forward don't worry about others who wouldn't have a. Clue of what this song is about . Love this guy and his song

[@5413bassist]

If you are in the comments, I love you...

[@jeffpaulson2810]

That's bc he is.....

[@harbor9054]

1,131,072 views and only 1,038,584 of them are from me! ;) Seriously though I love this video so much, I watch it at least a couple times per month.

[@DaveLL500]

When Stipe misses his cue at 1:48 for the tag line, you can see Mike Mills quietly whispering the words ("And waste another year"). Then Stipe sheepishly smiles at his miscue and carries on. The gaff actually makes this video more endearing.

[@attsealevel]

Didn't notice that before (and you're right, makes it fun). Looks like Mike was whispering his lyrics the whole way through, so Stipe's omission just stood out a bit more there - and his grin really captured the moment.

[@DaveLL500]

@@attsealevel Mike wrote the lyrics indeed. He didn't sing lead vocals much (Near Wild Heaven) but was the main composer on many of the finest REM songs: NWH, NIghtswimming, Find A River, Electrolite, Rockville.

[@chaddeez8446]

He was wasted

[@markkrahenbill9168]

.

[@delfinalopez2010]

Love it

[@jblala2190]

How did I miss this for all these years? It's like a present from the universe to have found it today.

[@TheLeatheryman]

It is! It truly is!

[@deang.ferris4618]

its an easter egg

[@treatmentbound]

Where exactly is it a "hidden track video" from?

[@TheGonnzzo]

omg i just found this right this minute. yes a true gift. they clearly are like a fine wine that just gets better as time passes. haha i love how mike sounds country. he's so amazing. they should have won some country award that year for this.

[@jblala2190]

Chris Gonzalez Thanks for the reply! It reminded me to come back and enjoy this treasure again---and I can really use the inspiration today!

[@jimgeary]

When you imagine getting a band together, this is what it looks like in your mind.

[@paulfixx1140]

been there with the opt head and all that.

[@hamupinhere]

I usually imagine the guitars to be far more oversized than this, but you're right it's somewhat close.

[@christiantoma5917]

but never happens...

[@clcphoto]

@@christiantoma5917 Unless it does and then you're in REM

[@oliverhawthorn5252]

Exactly

[@leftymcnally6913]

Mike Mills has got to be one of the all time great backing vocalists

[@SuperEdge67]

It’s quite a skill to sing and bake cakes at the same time.

[@dspf68]

Mike was in it. Michael was baked.

[@TheNOISENOISEZETLAND]

He also wrote this song. Mills deserves far more credit than he gets. I love them all but truly this song is perfection.

[@greensombrero3641]

definitely

[@paulamiles9559]

@@dspf68 fer sure😎

[@markrockwell6670]

Absolutely love the whimsical nature of this version

[@remanns6661]

Agreed.

[@ccdjunk]

WTF?! This is my favorite country song for damn near 40 years! Never seen this before. Thanks for sharing!

[@TallFastLoud]

Contains the most emotional/direct line of all the REM I know (pre-Warner Bros. anyway) "At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care that you're not here with me"

[@chelton87]

That gets me too

[@johnadamo5140]

It's amazing that line is so embedded in the song and my brain that I can read and sing it in perfect pitch...and I'm not a singer. So pure!

[@marktalbott3835]

Met them at a house party in Bloomington in the summer of 1986. They were recording LRP at Mellencamps studio. Nicest guys. No one knew who they were. Seemed surprised we recognized them.

[@lapdawg60]

I helped move my keyboardist's Hammond B3 out to Mellencamp's Belmont studio for that session. We got a call from Kenny Aronoff asking if our keyboard player would like to rent his B3 for a session REM would be doing there (Kenny was a friend of ours through our guitarist. He filled in on a three-day gig in Nashville one weekend when our drummer broke his foot). Pretty cool fun memory of my Indiana days.

[@marktalbott3835]

@@lapdawg60 such a cool summer here. Thanks for the anecdote!

[@lapdawg60]

@@marktalbott3835 - you bet! My guitarist was a guy by the name of Chris Hattingh. Wicked good player. We had a band called See Rock City! Fun times.

[@nickautry7332]

Damn, I didn’t get to Bloomington til ‘89. Never knew JCM and REM were friends. Thanks for the story. ✌️

[@nickautry7332]

@@lapdawg60 I remember Kenny. And I had a Deadhead roommate in Bloomington in the Dead cover band Glass Camels, so I know moving a B3 is not fun. We had the police called on us so many times when he was rocking the B3. Take care.

[@joeeldred4938]

Y'all are crazy. I ❤Michael's overly country voice here. So glad I found this.

[@remkaysoutoftime5813]

Mike Mills giggles very sweet . When Michael Stipe nudging him. They are special guys to me. I still love all of them in REM. Bill, Mike, Peter and Michael.

[@MrGomjabber]

Wow, never seen this till now in 2023 and this is one of the best things on KZbin.

[@Lisa-pl6gv]

Agree!

[@rebeccasimantov5476]

Raw and authentic... absolutely love it! Their earlier 80's stuff is so much better than their later work...

[@philipmarx1819]

From their first EP to their last album, they were constantly excellent

[@kennethjohnson6223]

Yes every song was awesome... later years only 2 good songs per album

[@modernchampionmusic81]

@@philipmarx1819 no their production got better but after out of time they started recycling their songs for the masses..apart from drive and man on the moon..I thought automatic unlistenable for me

[@modernchampionmusic81]

So true

[@philipmarx1819]

@@modernchampionmusic81 Well, that’s like, just your opinion, man.

[@mrbabar725]

'I don't always roll out of bed and record music but when I do, it's a classic'

[@frasermoreland959]

Absolute Genius. 61 year old, lifelong fan. Still relavent after all this time. Much respect, how they evolved....

[@Lisa-pl6gv]

I'm 62 and I remember when REM first came on the scene. Still one of my all time favorite bands.

[@frasermoreland959]

​@@Lisa-pl6gvAgreed. Absolutely ahead of their time...

[@toddbailey1395]

This may be one of the best videos on KZbin. Amazing band, amazing song and this version is just so authentic...so real.

[@fredbegosh6564]

Found it! This song is about Ingrid Schorr, R.E.M. bass player Mike Mills' girlfriend at the University of Georgia in 1980 when the band formed. She was having a great time on the campus in Athens and wanted to stay there for the summer, but her parents insisted she return home to Rockville, Maryland. The song is Mills trying to convince her to stay.

[@EdwardH-mk9cp]

Beautiful and a bit hurt mixed in.

[@mikefinoia]

Just read this in the bio. Such great songwriting right off the bat!

[@briteness]

there was a magic about them back then...

[@zroosh]

and still today.

[@TheLeatheryman]

yes

[@sexobscura]

you mean singing their own songs ...

[@LeotheOrangeCat]

@@zroosh not as much

[@lxx5045]

Absolutely loved early Rem, they were like a breath of fresh air, adored this song still have the 12inch of it. Magical..

[@РосицаПопова-е6к]

Красиви млади момчета,които свирят и пеят с голямо удоволствие и лекота.Положиха много труд и лишения,но стигнаха върха и сега само можем да се наслаждаваме на тяхната музика и да им благодарим.ОБИЧАМ ГИ ВСИЧКИ!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Nash1965H]

A lesson on on how to take not yourselves to seriously, and be brilliant at the same time!

[@jenniferkonstant5920]

Nash1965H They were always pretty good at that. Just one of the myriad reasons i love them so

[@waynedurning8717]

Nash1965H lol and yet the Only REM song you’ll hear on the radio is the overly appreciated Losing My Religion. They had some really great songs and that one just eclipsed them because it was what, poignant? Such a shame.

[@MilkmanNorm]

I like Mike mouthing the words as Michael sings.

[@1skcusebutuoy1]

Mike wrote the lyrics about his girlfriend at the time, asking her not to go back to live with her parents.

[@ettydickinson5507]

I think he was singing, but because he wasn’t miked up (LOL) you couldn’t hear it.

[@paulhenninge1864]

I agree. How did I miss this? This whole album was created as a rebellion against the 1980's drum machine and the desire to bring music back to a personal level. Success.

[@june6387]

Nowadays is 2023! Beatiful REM sound. Our youth...listening again and again. Beautiful mood,song ,young Michael,Mike,Bill ❤❤❤❤

[@georgiarose1576]

That's actually better than the album version to me. Just guys sitting around playing for fun, not trying to be rock stars. I love hearing Michael Stipe sing with a Georgia accent.

[@Copperheady40]

That's the best music video I've ever seen because they are so great, so casual, so flawed, yet gathered up into a tight ball of perfection; and I was as young as they were when that was filmed with much more difficulty than it could be today.

[@mikegriffith4951]

Yes, yes, yes; perfectly stTed!

[@sofieewing5967]

agree!!!

[@11554Stormy]

Of the thousands of music videos I have saved, this is the one I keep coming back to. I just love the naturalness of it and how very talented they are at such a young age. Can't get enough.

[@handyhank1967]

REM was so great. You could definitely see how much they loved playing together. Wish they would regroup...

[@ANATOLIACHTZEIN]

that was beautiful. time passes so quickly. i remember getting the same goosebumps the first time I heard this song, when it was JUST released. I was instantly addicted to R.E.M., this cut & 'Radio Free Europe', summer of 1983 while in college. I had a radio show and remember the singles coming out wayyy before they were hits, like a lot of amazing music those years... about R.E.M., I also remember thinking they must have been influenced by Michael Nesmith of the Monkees, the texas twang in the lyrics/performance here very remeniscent of him and "Take The Last Train To Clarksville". Could've been, "Don't Go Back To Clarksville"...lol.. I also remember being in Rockville, Maryland for work the following summer & couldn't get the song out of my head.

[@manxlucky]

time does pass. I feel it more acutely when I listen to these guys.

[@hekkl5]

I saw them in a gymnasium. We were so hot, the girls took their tops off . I LOVED them. I saw them many more times in small venues in the south. But nothing compares to that first show.

[@scottwhitney2541]

Saw them at the Swisher Gymnasium...lol on the campus of Jacksonville University. I think that may have been the Fables tour. Great memories.

[@sofieewing5967]

Me too Obsessesd

[@daleeloph7759]

Currently a few miles from Rockville Maryland and remembered this song Saturday morning I had no idea that I would be here

[@cdforshee]

My favorite version of my favorite R.E.M. song. I never get tired of this.

[@tmlafrance]

I can't like this enough. So pure and real. This brought back how I felt when I first heard them.

[@agramsci]

Best country song ever written, better than Lonesome Highway--just truly the best song.

[@mnt180]

I spent the first 25 years of my life in Rockville... Haven't been back since

[@550skyler]

Took the song to hart lmao

[@mariewhite5631]

They were so young here! Love it! Sounds so natural and unrehearsed!

[@lionheart1867]

This is the closest thing to a time machine that I'll ever experience. Bravo!

[@Unwavering137]

Don't go back to Yountville or any town that ends with a ville. I love Michael Stipes Jumbo Guitar/Percussion Instrument.

[@andimurray2800]

This song resonated with me for such a long time in the 80s

[@travisvandermeer7436]

I'm currently reading their biography by Peter Ames Carlin, which inspired me to look this video up. If there's one video that captures exactly what the band was like as young lads in the early 80s who were simply playing music because it's what they loved doing, this is it. This is beautiful.

[@JerrySmiley]

I started following them in 1982 and saw them live in 1984. Awesome.

[@msjulie5harrison]

same! and 85

[@adelaideweatherburn9310]

Thank you for bringing back the beautiful, youthful memories of being part of the Athens scene. southgagirl

[@desolationangel5136]

This was always one of my fav' REM songs (there are many). I've never seen this footage before now. Love it!

[@absolutelynonameslef]

This and World Leader Pretend bounce around my skull way too frequently.

[@k.c.m.1980]

Nothing but love for R.E.M.

[@LLB61959]

I saw these guys play in an elementary school cafeteria on their Murmurs tour. Great band...great acoustic song.

[@Fordworldrallyfan]

Not just my fave song by this incredible band, but one of my faves of all time! Love the spontaneity and laid back nature of this video, and extra points for even bringing out a Guitarron, regardless of actually playing it or not. ;)

[@simonmccreery3295]

Absolutely bloody brilliant.

[@vernonlingenfelter4847]

And they were just toying around. The Martin's are super great recording just a taste of the brilliance to come in spades.

[@jacobdrinkwater3809]

Am in a position where I'm gonna have to make a decision in which I decide to stay in a country town where my mother is from, and the coastal city/town that I was born in, and love. It's the toughest decision ever because, either way, all the pros outweigh the cons. But this catchy tune really makes it tougher. haha.

[@nativeofnc]

Gee, with a lot of work these guys could really go somewhere!

[@randywoods67]

I love it when Michael forgets the first "...waste another year" line and then smiles when he realizes it. Very cute moment... As a Rockville native, I agree with the sentiment.

[@dspf68]

He heard Mike sing it lol.

[@itillbeme1]

This band is so freaking great. One of a kind. The stars aligned here, mills, buck, stipe, buckner. They remain unmatched like The Doors remain unmatched. TREMENDOUS!!!

[@itillbeme1]

sp. berry

[@jeffkaufman9875]

@Itillbe Buckner, Berry, Byron, Boop; it’s all the same…

[@dspf68]

Buckner lost the 1986 World Series for the Boston Red Sox. Ironically Mike Mills was involved in a group called The Baseball Project!

[@donmaxwell3020]

​@@dspf68 "is involved". They're still playing. Buck and Mills both play from time to time.

[@tedcantu1]

This is exceptionally good.... especially when you look at music now... Jeez

[@jcolona1]

Check out the Barr Brothers. You gotta search a bit. But there are artists in every generation.

[@marktalbott3835]

Plenty of incredible music today. Under the radar...just like REM at that time. Gotta look for it. Surfer Blood. Loads...and better then REM

[@scottparsons829]

I love this so much. Takes me back to college.

[@mjackson74]

So damn good....a beer, a grill, a firepit or any other low key chill events pair nicely with this music and vibe to have a damn great day.

[@tonybarnes3858]

This is one of my favorite country songs.

[@johnadamo5140]

My thinking was wow this is a country version. Pleased someone shared this for us

[@myradioon]

He quotes famous Country singer Charlie Rich's song "Behind Closed Doors" at the very end.

[@sophiezuckman4615]

i live in rockville!!!

[@jeffreyheise3377]

I want to come to Rockville, and then leave.

[@sophiezuckman4615]

lol

[@jeffreyheise3377]

No really. I'm ready for the next big disipapointment. That's life. Makes for a great song. Just kidding. I just love rem.

[@sophiezuckman4615]

+Jeffrey Heise ya I get that

[@jeffreyheise3377]

+Sophie Zuckman We could talk. I'm not that weird. I just love music, and rem.

[@gina.1]

One of their most underrated songs.

[@rigamarole1117]

It's not underrated. It's popular. Unless you just don't know music.

[@gina.1]

@@rigamarole1117 How many times have you heard it on the radio? Now: How many times have you heard “Losing My Religion” or “ Shiny Happy People”?

[@rigamarole1117]

@@gina.1gee did you ever hear of college FM radio? Or was that just wayyy before your underrated time?

[@rigamarole1117]

At the 34th Annual Grammy Awards, the lead single "Losing My Religion", was R.E.M.'s highest-charting and best-selling single...The band broke up amicably in 2011 with members devoting time to solo projects after having sold more than 90 million albums worldwide and becoming one of the world's best-selling music acts. : source Wikipedia. But you can go dig around the billboard chart stats if you want to get your own source.

[@gina.1]

@@rigamarole1117 look J. Let’s cut to the chase. Why are you choosing this fight? A position blatantly well-supported in fact? Starting with … College FM had how many listeners versus pop radio at that time? If you are going to attempt to insult ppl, at least be well-informed.

[@leetodd5227]

I was a senior in high school in 1984 loved r.e.m. dead letter office was my favorite

[@agramsci]

And my god, were any of us ever this young?

[@hekkl5]

Nope

[@sartainja]

I wish that I could be that young again.

[@tomkat69pc]

not me ..

[@robinbritt409]

40yrs...still love the music

[@georgeharrison70]

I COMPLETELY AGREE!! Fables is such a great album, I wish that it wasn't so underrated!! Feeling Gravity's Pull, Driver 8, Life and How to Live It, Maps and Legends, Green Grow the Rushes, Wendell Gee....ugh, I could name the entire f**kin' album!! Fables is awesome, hopefully people will recognize its greatness in the future. However, Murmur, Reckoning and Lifes Rich Pageant are also excellent albums, they are definitely among the best albums of the 1980s. R.E.M. seemed a lot better in the 80s.

[@mikebradt8080]

Fables has always been one of their best albums and certainly their most underrated

[@bradydiggs3947]

Rockville was on Reckoning, not Fables. Just FYI. Agreed that Fables is awesome.

[@joycehall4866]

Fables is the best.

[@SEAVet69]

I was in Rockville Iceland!

[@sfopeaks]

My new favorite version of this song!

[@keithjrisk]

Truly the greatest band of my generation...

[@KatesFree]

When the world was young...

[@JamesJones-cx5pk]

Great memories.😮😪

[@themusic5229]

I love this song! 💖💖💖💖💖 Love R.E.M. 💖💖💖💖💖 I love this song! 💖💖💖💖💖 Love R.E.M. 💖💖💖💖💖 I love this song! 💖💖💖💖💖 Love R.E.M. 💖💖💖💖💖

[@avidrocker]

dont kid around, tell us how you really feel.

[@royandjacqueline1294]

Our local radio station brought us here 📻🎵💞 💛💙💛💙💛💙 🥰🇯🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🕊️🔥✝️

[@chrism.2711]

My favorite REM song

[@vehemently1]

they were such babies here... still love them so...

[@tinymacmurph]

This has always been my favourite REM song, I first heard it during physio sessions after being hit by a car on my way home. Certainly made the physio more bearable :)

[@RogueOne-77]

:))

[@davidscottthayer8078]

Watching this brings back so many memories. First heard this on WUNH in 1984. They look so young. We all were. Still one of my favorite REM songs.

[@bsaez1962]

I want to see more of that session, please

[@baderfinger]

im 14 im an idiot from toccoa , and this is when i believe in a world bigger than the one that surrounds me . thank you .

[@2high2die]

hang in there, Chas!

[@aliyamoon80]

My heart is happy! They were so young then! Sweet memories!

[@BrianWolters2112]

THIS, right here...is R.E.M.

[@greensombrero3641]

one great american band. what a career they had. well done.

[@brinsonharris9816]

I think this played on MTV back in the day. I didn’t have a VCR (remember those?), and it’s great to see/hear it again 40 years on.

[@judetheneilyounggirl2358]

I heard this song on my radio this morning. It was a different version, not this bare bones style. It was the first time I'd ever heard this song and I really liked it. In the recording I heard on my radio , it was very hard to recognize who was singing. It was more heavily produced, like an album cut. I'm pretty good at recognizing bands and singers and lead quitarists, and I had a fairly good idea I was hearing some EARLY REM . I couldn't wait to hit utube and type in what I thought the song title might be. SURE ENOUGH! I was right. Micheal Stipe with HAIR early! Now in this pared down acoustic rendition I knew immediately it was REM. How did I miss this little beauty for all these years? Very cool finding this tune and then seeing this great video of the band. Awesome! I love playing musical trivia with myself and I must boast a little that I am VERY good at it. I've not met too many people that are as good as I am. I am so sure of myself that I once bet my original 1987 Pontiac Firebird GTA against a guy with a brand new Corvette Stingray. I won. It was a sweet win! I'm 68 and live and breathe music from The Beatles to Death Metal to Grunge, everything from 1964 and on to today. Anyway, great present whenever I find a great new song or some new steller artist.

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

What was the song that you had to identify or factoid that you had to answer to win the Corvette?

[@judetheneilyounggirl2358]

@@GreenCanvasInteriorscape We were in The Porthole Lounge in Tampa, FL. Playing a SERIOUS game of music trivia. The whole bar was watching me and this guy play. The question I won with was: what is the name of the album that just came out that is a play on words from The 5 Man Electrical Band who had the hit song "Signs" in the 70s and who is the Artist that released it? A 2 parter!! OMG! But I knew both answers and I started getting REALLY excited. I answered ; the artist is Tesla and the album is titled The 5 Man Acoustical Jam. Yesurie, Bob! I won! I remember that I thought I just lucked out because I thought that question was a "gimmie ". It just seemed too easy! I thought "Everybody's gotta know this", but NO, I quess they didn't! SO, that was the 10 thousand dollar question that night! Thanks for asking me! You're a sweetheart!! Peace!

[@mr.limbismusic970]

Amazing. How have I never seen this classic.

[@ann755]

Mike Mills is a genius for writing this song. It's brilliant. When my boyfriend and I drive down to Florida each year, I listen to this song over and over again! Poor guy. lol

[@kennethjohnson6223]

This song and albums of that time frame makes me think my college years at Ole Miss... REM played there during this time as they all had this hair styles... I followed them ever since and had all their albums up until Monster album... they're early albums were awesome with every song good... but at the time of Monster or maybe a lil sooner became 2 song albums thus I quit buying them after that... World Tour was their best... End of the World As We Know It....And I Feel Fine... favorite song Fall On Me... Peace covid survivors 🍻

[@funkmike]

Reminds me of my college dorm room days.

[@daflotsam]

Same here. Rhoades Hall, VCU circa 1986/87

[@douglaspayne8588]

The leaning tower of Rhoads. My brother lived there.

[@joannedwyer3691]

I'm from the UK an would travel to rock ville to see them sing this. Still a big rem fan 👍

[@nickautry7332]

Love this song. I’m from Chicago, but actually bought the new release in (‘86, ‘87?) Rockville, MD. I was in high school and my family had driven my older bro to some Engineering Camp at the US Naval Base nearby. Had already listened to Murmur and liked it, and saw this near release date (didn’t even notice there was a song about Rockville on the album). It’s a sort of love song from Mikey to a girl that was leaving Athens for a while. Top 20 songs of all time.

[@paulamiles9559]

This reminds me of a Roche sisters song " if you go down to Hammond, you'll never come back "

[@nickautry7332]

Funny, Hammond, IN is 10 miles from me. ✌️

[@MichaelWilliams-fd7nj]

My favourite version 😍

[@rachel9946]

I watch this and I’m 23 again.

[@tomokra]

I believe I know exactly what you mean.

[@ItsMeCrofty]

It was songs like Rockville that blew my mind when I first heard REM - their earlier stuff - up to Monster I think - holds such sweet memories for me 🙂 It was Murmur first then Fables and Reckoning , then Document and Green and Automatic. All legendary.

[@lm1314]

Forgot Chronic Town.

[@TSeeker1]

Life's Rich Pageant was great - very eclectic and showcased so many styles they could master. I saw them live in Dallas for this tour at an outdoor concert. Low budget, no effects, just awesome music. One of the best concerts just for music I saw.😀

[@williammanly6301]

wow when michael stipe taps mike mills on the back...love it

[@kayak0055]

William Manly the whole thing has such a great playful vibe :)

[@deweypug]

Transports me back to a sunny day in the south - even though I never experienced one. Great thing about music is that is has that kind of power. REM will live in my mind with grace forever.

[@aardvark9119]

Best song they ever did!

[@MariaPratiwiU2]

Michael, so cute with cutest song, with that hair!!

[@jeffreyheise3377]

I've been listening to REM since Chronic Town. It's great to see a clip like this. Keep up the good work, and thanks. That was great!

[@lm1314]

A lot if people forget that album.

[@chrisroa559]

I went to Prep school in Rockille, MD, this was our theme song Class of '89!!!

[@georgeharrison70]

I just listened to New Adventures in Hi-Fi, and I love it. New Adventures in Hi-Fi is SUCH a great album, it's really underrated. Darn shame that Bill Berry left R.E.M. after New Adventures, he was a really important part of R.E.M. Another underrated R.E.M. album is Fables of the Reconstruction, I think that it might be my favorite R.E.M. album now.

[@Alex-xn8pq]

Yep. Fables came out of the gate slowly but hit its stride late and is one of their best albums.

[@thevidguy11]

These boys are geniuses.