R.E.M. - Gardening At Night (Live Chateau Neuf Oslo 1985)

[@Aristotle2000]

1:22 Peter Buck is just going nuts. He loves this song.

[@keithbate9405]

For me this is one of REM's best songs live or otherwise . A number of alternatives of this great track. All good for me the period 83/89 was the best time of REM

[@kilgoretrout3966]

id go from Chronic Town to Document being flawless....then with Warner came the necessity of accessibility. There were still gems to be found, but nothing like the tear from 81-89

[@df5295]

This and Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars) are the best!

[@garrettbooker741]

@@df5295 Don't forget Wolves, Lower!

[@jkrycz]

80s REM were so incredibly fucking cool, there was nothing like this unless you lucked out and were at like a Husker Du show or something.

[@2visiondigital]

Or Replacements, or Meat Puppets, or ........

[@joelhoward8211]

Yea Replacements at the 688 club in Atlanta

[@mrcoffee5909]

style of clothes worn by Michael and Peter are simply lit🔥🔥🔥

[@IHATEYANKS41]

In their top 5 songs absolutely beautiful

[@onelapvideo]

The fact that the description for this video says that "R.E.M. WAS an American rock band from Athens, Georgia..." is absolutely accurate, but patently depressing....and makes me feel old...

[@eliriddell1699]

Peter Buck is such a god

[@saharab4431]

such a gorgeous performance

[@mollyanderson8445]

What a lovely time capsule of the band at the time. Thanks for putting this up!

[@Hithere2002]

Such a great voice....

[@morgancatherwood5665]

just great

[@jtajr]

That's Bill Berry singing at the end?!? Respect!. F-in' awesome!

[@furrysharker]

Mike Mills playing the Guild Pilot bass he switched to for that period.

[@lorenwyman]

I can't believe how beautiful Michael is here...

[@chrysopylaedesign687]

Apparently Michael decided (after the "intro") to drop the lyrics from the beginning part of this song and just hum his way through...... Never seen this before

[@sderoski1]

Yep

[@DanielleBachmann-v2n]

Michael so young and.gorgeous

[@davidzasloff8797]

Beautiful song, to be sure, and this is a good version despite the fact that Michael is pretty flat here. What I like about the “Chronic Town” version is that unlike most Michael Stipe vocals, the one on the EP is quiet and practically falsetto. Michael’s baritone is amazing, and it was nice to hear that he had other styles too. Like the rest of the band, he had wonderful variety.

[@adrianherrera9881]

I actually love that Micheal sings the first verse flat because it shows how amateur-ish they were in the beginning.

[@mfpendle]

Monstrously great

[@bryandukes6869]

AWESOME ! I hope there's more footage available.

[@signalmanmusic4225]

Mike’s bass is incredibly loud here! Not complaining though….

[@dspf68]

thank you for the video!

[@Fatherjohn76]

Stipey giving it a bit of Bob Smith at the beginning there

[@danieleraponi]

Super Buck

[@mattwilliam4803]

I guarantee u the people in this club just thought they were going to see "a band"

[@connerfr]

Not true. We knew REM in 1985. Murmur came out in 1983. Reckoning in 1984. If you were in college in the early 80’s, you knew this band.

[@mattwilliam4803]

@@connerfr -not everyone was in college. as of yet, they still hadn't Mainstreamed. hence - Warner Bros., and - the beginning of the end - IRS had been the REAL R.E.M. - with Warner Bros., they were just a skeleton of their former greatness - even Bill said - "so long" - goin' back home - gonna buy me a farm - have fun guys - they tried - but Bill proved to be a REAL band member - not "just the drummer" - a true part of their creative process - and the REAL R.E.M., was no more - the new R.E.M. - Michael's version - not as good - sometimes, the truth can be painful - and since, Michael has "come out", with his recent appearance on the red carpet with world-renowned Satanist Marina Abramovic, his bud, as a worshipper of Satan himself - not the 80's anymore - some people will even "sell their soul to Satan", for a buck and a few hand-claps - SO sad

[@connerfr]

Matt William I’m certain you are trying to say something profound and make yourself sound important. My point was simple, the people at this club knew REM. They were well know with college aged people going to clubs in 1985. They weren’t just “a band”. I was providing context to your original comment. Nothing more. Nothing controversial. Nothing combative.

[@mattwilliam4803]

@@connerfr I'm not tryin' to say somethin' profound & make myself sound important -- I'm jus' talkin' -- if that was too deep for ya' -- my apologies, Mr. Frank

[@2visiondigital]

​@mattwilliam4803 that may be true enough but it sounds bitter and sad. Did you lose your religion ?

[@harborcoat26]

Awesome! Thank you so much! Do you have the whole show?

[@bertilknudsen]

Great! Now this was recorded by NRK, wasn't it? So there must be more …

[@PontiacS.]

The Look and the Sound of Stipe is the Schtick Eddie Vedder Stole Wholesale.

[@matthewhunter6421]

Glad to see Michael started showing after this phase, and they dropped a lot of the forced, awkward stage theatrics that they probably thought necessary as a young band

[@CriminalMindPlayground]

You are one stupid mother fucker. This is a group of young guys being themselves. Once they became known and knew the cameras were on them is when they put on fake personas

[@tommyhaynes9157]

To any Norwegians here , us Americans can't understand what he's saying either

[@jeffmaehre7150]

I can.

[@oubaas49]

Back in their alt rock days...

[@stewartwilbanks4294]

Peter fucking Buck

[@chrissvitreoushumour]

reminder that stipe invented mumble rap

[@FissileThomist]

Peter buck low key looks like joji b4 if joji was white

[@dynjarren7523]

Back when he had hair. He looked much better!

[@void0094]

Yeah but who cares smh

[@TheMusicalElitist]

He was also beautiful. He still is. You're just incredibly shallow.

[@susantidad1038]

Alcohol was his yoga

[@kromerm]

This is from the early R.E.M. years, before they fired this singer who used to mumble all the time and hired that skinny bald guy.

[@vegetablehead]

stipe sounds off. looks good, but vocals here are strangely subpar.

[@tymeagn]

Pretty much an "eh" performsnce.. Always liked this tune and others from the period despite what I view as a lack of lyrical substance. ..still great American rock. (Edited original comment) I believe at the time my future asshole brother in law had access through this account cuz I have no memory of...nor was the comment something I would have said.)

[@leonardotube]

Tell us where Stipe hurt you, honey.

[@Krung0401]

Settle down, tiger.

[@Krung0401]

CHEF He’s angry. At nothing.

[@earinsound]

tymeagn you like Creed-that’s an embarrassment to America

[@void0094]

Then why are you here?