WHY This is R.E.M.'s Greatest Song
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Жыл бұрынIn today's livestream I explain WHY This is R.E.M.'s Greatest Song
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@matthewdavenport2490 Жыл бұрын
"Driver 8" and "Fall on Me" are two of their greatest, and every lifelong R.E.M. fan loves them.
@TacomaGraphicArtist Жыл бұрын
Driver 8 and Don't Go Back to Rockville are my favorites
@piershollott339 Жыл бұрын
I am always going to love Document because of how that album showed what they were really capable of, but everything they would later do was evident in Fables and Pageant... I love the harmonies in "Fall On Me" so much. They're not trying to be the Beatles or the Beach Boys, they're just doing their own thing. Mike Mills backup vocals are always stellar.
@netflix_and_zwift Жыл бұрын
Fall on Me - Hands down
@mojodojo5533 Жыл бұрын
My two favorites for sure. They are quintessential REM.
@matthewdavenport2490 Жыл бұрын
@@piershollott339 100% Mike Mills' backup vocals on "Fall on Me" are the hook of the entire song for me.
@wadecooler7496 Жыл бұрын
A couple years back I gave a listen to R.E.M.'s entire catalog and it blew me away. This band is one of the greatest bands to ever exist.
@MrLuigiFercotti Ай бұрын
Nah, I someone on the chat say they are over-rated. lol
@jckyhn7329 Ай бұрын
One of the greatest US rock bands. Maybe the greatest?
@gordocojones Ай бұрын
If you listen to their music from the early to mid 80s… peak indie rock. They really were one of the greatest indie bands to have ever existed.
@RUfromthe40s 16 сағат бұрын
the perfect square concert is really perfect, the place is a square in Austria but perfect, also the girls i saw there were perfect
@RUfromthe40s 16 сағат бұрын
i only knew the band when they released driver 8 or the LP fables of reconstruction then i bought the previous Lp´s and E.p.(murmur, if memory doesn´t fail me)
@coaxguy99 5 ай бұрын
Anybody else love "Sidewinder"? It was their nod to "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE is do bomb.
@Lewis5020 Ай бұрын
Great tune! I like how Michael laughs in the first line of the chorus after "Or a reading from Dr. Seuss"
@christiangrote6027 Ай бұрын
Love it! It's so uplifting 🙂
@brianrobertson9580 Ай бұрын
Always been my favorite REM song (I continue to be surprised by that, but I just can’t stop loving it).
@keithmcclanahan8117 Ай бұрын
It’s also an intentionally upbeat song because they felt the album was coming out too somber all the way through and they needed an uplifting song to break it up.
@automaticmattywhack1470 26 күн бұрын
Drive is my favorite REM song.
@brbailey 2 ай бұрын
The Flowers of Guatemala is an incredibly beautiful song. Begin the Begin is a great, fun song.
@DonRood-fx3dt Ай бұрын
Yes! Life’s Rich Pageant was my first REM album I bought, although I vaguely knew of them since the early 80s from “Driver 8” and “Can’t Get There From Here.” And the Chronic Town EP is one of my Top Ten all time favorites.
@satlarsatlar Жыл бұрын
"Fall on Me" deserved a mention. It's amazing in all respects especially the conversion of the vocals in the chorus. It's eerily nostalgic and utterly beautiful.
@Tamburlaine2 Жыл бұрын
I was surprised nothing from REM's best album, Life's Rich Pageant, made the list.
@nobodyimportant7804 Жыл бұрын
Definitely, but if he included all the worthy songs, the video would be two hours long, which would be fine with me.
@billsilva1740 Жыл бұрын
@@Tamburlaine2 100% their best album. So many good songs.
@zendisciple3737 Жыл бұрын
Was Stipe's favourite at some point...
@gnlout7403 Жыл бұрын
@@Tamburlaine2 life's rich pageant is amazing. My all time favorite 80s record, at least Love murmer too. The days when Michael Stipe mumbled were epic
@scott-in-dfw3005 Жыл бұрын
Find the River is my favorite. It’s tough to pick from so many excellent songs, but Find the River is an absolutely gorgeous song, perfect in every element.
@hogey74 10 ай бұрын
Me too! When they came to Brisbane in about 2009 they played it and Michael said it was because someone had asked specifically. I was so glad.
@MichaelSeow 10 ай бұрын
Agreed
@andyrunton 10 ай бұрын
Totally agree. Listened to them since the beginning and this is the one that I just can’t get enough of. It’s so haunting and so easy to lose yourself in.
@Florida_guy 10 ай бұрын
Yea find the river is such a great song
@MayorOfFunkytown42 10 ай бұрын
Fall on Me, Gardening at Night, and Rockville are some other great ones
@ongogablogian8568 Ай бұрын
Rick, I know this vid is a year old, but my father died shortly after Automatic came out, my mother soon after. Try Not to Breathe, Sweetness Follows, Everybody Hurts and Find a River resonates so strongly with me. It was the right album at the right time.Truthfully Document is my favorite R.E.M. album, Automatic is a very close second. Congrats on interviewing Mike Mills, so good to see R.E.M. perform at the Songwriters ceremony.
@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239 Ай бұрын
❤
@DesertbikerAZ 27 күн бұрын
The One I Love and Finest Work Song! Best!
@chop3625 6 ай бұрын
Top 5 all time band. “Fall on Me’ ‘Don’t go back to Rockville” plus So. Central Rain ALWAYS in my rotation.
@captaintwitch Ай бұрын
Three of my absolute favorites.
@Erasmustherobot 15 күн бұрын
Most excellent South Central rain, pilgrimage, perfect circle.
@pfink70 Жыл бұрын
The secret sauce in REM songs was Mike Mills' bass lines. He never just mirrored the guitar chords...he was always playing some kind of counterpoint to what Peter was playing or Michael was singing. I would love to hear Rick do a video with some isolated REM bass lines.
@Happyheretic2308 Жыл бұрын
And compare to JPJ
@brianmiller1077 Жыл бұрын
@ghost mall JPJ, like MM does a lot of counterpoint. I'd say MM is better at it but Jones does all the keyboard stuff and string arrangements. Mills is up there with McCartney and Jamerson in my opinion
@darenmanville2274 Жыл бұрын
yes, and his background vox, MM is the man!
@ue4058 Жыл бұрын
@@Happyheretic2308 Great comment, you are spot on and it's been said many times if still not enough. Mills played the same role as John Paul Jones in Zep - they were both the best all-around musicians in their respective bands, multi-instrumentalists and the "secret sauce" essential to the songwriting and arranging. No JPJ, no Zep. No Millsy, no REM.
@floridaclarinetstudio2338 Жыл бұрын
@ghost mall here's a fun fact: R.E.M. producer Scott Litt reached out to JPJ about arranging strings for "Everybody Hurts" and three other Automatic tunes: "Drive," "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" and "Nightswimming." After hearing the demos, Jones happily obliged. Great crossover, not to mention Mills was surely listening to JPJ and zeplin as well back in those 1970s:) Cheers!
@MichaelBrown-ui4vu Жыл бұрын
"Near Wild Heaven" has harmonies that give me the chills.
@jonser20cent68 Жыл бұрын
Great song
@hrblsh Жыл бұрын
Agreed! This is one of my favourite of theirs.
@kimdawcatgirl Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@tinman8753 3 ай бұрын
Mike Mills sang on this one. Are you saying you prefer hkm to Stipe?
@KustomConcern Ай бұрын
Probably the best song on Out of Time.
@Elephantstonica 7 ай бұрын
You are the Everything, for me. Off GREEN. Just takes me straight back to being a littlun and falling asleep laid out, on the back seat of dad’s red Ford Cortina, driving back from a day at gran and grandads. The stars, aroma of the seats, the sound of travel and the engine.. Such peace.
@fuckamericanidiot 4 ай бұрын
That's lovely
@deFruitberg 4 ай бұрын
One of their best, indeed
@johnharvey4448 4 ай бұрын
Same. Laid down on back seat of old Ford Escort Estate, no seat belt driving back from Aunties too late. Here's a scene you're in the backseat laying down, the windows wrap around you, the sound of travel and the engine...
@kamiekarsten5555 Ай бұрын
My favorite as well
@ericspagnoli1594 Ай бұрын
Love the lyrics all of Green is pretty classic actually
@301rs Ай бұрын
My favorite REM song is Night swimming. The melody, the backing piano and Micheal stipe’s soulfully sung lyrics…wow it just gets me in the gut! So good!
@BillBurnette Жыл бұрын
“South Central Rain” is probably my favorite REM song. ❤
@cdavidlake2 Ай бұрын
As a kid back in the day, I thought it was, "So" Central Rain (they way it appeared on the CD). Chalked it up to the inscrutable enigma of REM.
@bordy217 Жыл бұрын
Might not be a popular pick, but Nightswimming is their best for me. Just simple, nostalgic, beautiful.
@RUfromthe40s Жыл бұрын
is the favorite song for many people i know
@rake. Жыл бұрын
Love it, my favorite for sure.
@RickMarch Жыл бұрын
My wife's favorite for sure.
@bloffs3352 Жыл бұрын
Oh it's up with the best fir sure.
@caddisking Жыл бұрын
Cuyahoga
@DavidMartin-tc1gl Ай бұрын
"Driver 8" does it for me. I was in art school at UGA during the early 80s and frequently ran into them in the department. I saw them many times at Legion Field and/or 40 Watt. Stipe would eat lunch sometimes at The Grill, a local joint, and was a pleasant soul. I sold a camera to Pete when I worked at a local store, part time, in Athens in 1985. I think I made $3 in commission....lol. I have several drawings of the lady featured in "The One I Love" as she was a frequent model in our art classes. Fun times that I never realized were significant at the time.
@GREGUPS 16 күн бұрын
David, they were fun times indeed!!! REM sure added to our college EXPERIENCE 😂😂
@panaboom128 11 ай бұрын
“A simple “PROP” to occupy my time” The One I Love is a misunderstood masterpiece
@danielrn133 3 күн бұрын
In HS someone told me it was about masturbation. Who knows.
@J_Angel Жыл бұрын
I keep coming back to “Orange Crush.” The ethereal chorus which doubles in length on the final one with Michael going up another octave. I can’t even make out what’s being said in the chorus but the harmonies make you feel pain and sadness. Incredible.
@Weshopwizard Жыл бұрын
Fireplace or King of Birds.
@jamese8508 Жыл бұрын
It's such a dramatic song, and every element of the band contributes to the tension. I love the incorporation of "Army sounds" into the bridge. Buck's picking is all over the scale with crazy jumps between notes - pretty amazing.
@dylanadams1455 Жыл бұрын
still my favourite album of theirs. "I Remember California" is the song for me that I just love and keep coming back to.
@samgod Жыл бұрын
I was thinking either "Orange Crush", "Electrolyte" or "E-Bow the Letter."
@markc824 Жыл бұрын
I love that bass line.
@mikeandersonwa Жыл бұрын
REM is honestly such an insanely good band.
@bellazoe1 Жыл бұрын
Greatest band of last 40 years easily
@TainuiaKid1973 Жыл бұрын
@@bellazoe1 U2?
@RUfromthe40s Жыл бұрын
@@TainuiaKid1973 i was a U2 follower but after Pop(which i think it´s filled with great songs and diferent versions that were released on their cd singles were also very good sounding to me) they seemed to make a change on their way to make songs, there are some i like but only a couple of them and also was surprised when they release "No line in the horizon"it had several songs that i found really good but after it become their traditional new style again which i don´t like or understand their change in playing music,so i don´t find them U2 or R.E.M the best bands on the last 40 years but only two great bands in the sea of thousands of bands that were also releasing great songs, i´m not a fan of a band only ,i like several songs of diferent bands that might not had the same impact of this two great bands but also good songs coming out of a lot of good bands albums, i also enjoy a lot hearing live concerts which i remenber driving 3.500 km with a friend only to see for the first time U2 playing live in their unforgetable fire tour concert in barcelona,Spain
@TainuiaKid1973 Жыл бұрын
@@RUfromthe40s I struggled with U2 once they released Actung Baby, took 20 years before I liked the album. R.E.M. had a shorter career. Oasis were great too. Metallica still do it. I like Shihad, a band from my country, New Zealand.
@RUfromthe40s Жыл бұрын
@@TainuiaKid1973 i remenber when the release of acthung baby ,i enjoyed a lot of songs but there were at least 3 songs that i never heard them, maybe because they stayed some years without releasing nothing one when the album came out one would expect a great work but at the first time i liked songs like the end of the world or blindness and ultra-violect , R.E.M is still giving concerts, at least is what i know, not that well informed and Oasis were a great band but because of the two brothers having fights they also had a short living but REM and U2 have a lot more LP´s released both started more or less in early 80´s and some years ago both REM and U2 released new albums, all bands that i followed but the last U2 albums are not for my taste ,only liked the "New line on the Horison"at least 3 or 4 songs ,since "how to dismantle a atomic bomb" i stop hearing U2 the change on style destroyd their unique sound ,don´t expect nothing good in the future also they´re getting old
@joreal4 Ай бұрын
Been watching Rick discuss great songs for years now and I don’t think I’ve seen him tear up from lyrics and melody. It’s a testament to REMs superb songwriting. They deserve the accolades now being given.
@rse1113 9 ай бұрын
“Nightswimming” is nothing short of a masterpiece. Maybe the most vulnerable lyrics since “One More Try” by George Michael. Stipe really knocked it out of the park.
@cejannuzi Ай бұрын
Check out UK band, Gene, and their cover of Nightswimming. It's an excellent song--both versions.
@rse1113 Ай бұрын
@@cejannuzi Cheers for that.
@DailyMailHACK-dq4ql Ай бұрын
The Jools Holland Later version is the best bar none…
@rse1113 Ай бұрын
@@DailyMailHACK-dq4ql I’ll second that.
@MisAnnThorpe Ай бұрын
I prefer "Daysleeper"!
@HFG207 Жыл бұрын
As a straight ahead banger of a rock song, Orange Crush is one of my all time favorites. The bass and snare sounds are incredible.
@later_daze_4080 Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@FrankieBag0donuts Жыл бұрын
Yep... definitely their BEST song!
@roelhoremans5887 Жыл бұрын
Strong contender.
@jollyjohnthepirate3168 Жыл бұрын
My neighbor who is a Vietnam vet broke down in tears when he listened to this song.
@darthterror2840 Жыл бұрын
Totally…I was actually expecting to see it on the list.
@jamiet2238 Жыл бұрын
Night Swimming, doesn't matter how many times I hear it, still get chills.
@golfhammer6203 Жыл бұрын
so underrated, so perfect. can shut my eyes and it's a summer night 20 years ago....
@thomasdonohue1120 4 ай бұрын
“Leave” from New Adventures is hypnotic
@generaseven 3 ай бұрын
I concur…
@EdnaMillion. 7 ай бұрын
Best band of the 80s by a street. Favourite songs almost too many to count. Lifes Rich Pageant is sheer perfection. These Days, Fall On Me, I Believe, Cuyahoga. Fall On Me I think is their greatest song. If you listen to it, there are THREE vocal melodies. Who else does that? It's breathtaking.
@RUfromthe40s 6 ай бұрын
fall on me is also one of their best songs ,i think after buying fables of reconstruction and later life´s reach pageant ,found it a great album ,I.R.S did had great productions in a time that each band sounded diferent from the other, mainstream albums were filled with high´s , i think i should refer to epic lp´s being so extremelly high on frequencies, the cds even more
@globalmonkey007 Жыл бұрын
3 words: Fall On Me. R.E.M.'s greatest song IMO. Absolute perfection from start to finish.
@troubledjoe6201 Жыл бұрын
Agreed - until I remembered Country Feedback - which betters even that
@seanelcock Жыл бұрын
Yes
@nathalie_desrosiers Жыл бұрын
This was the song that started it all for me.
@randocalrissian4520 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. If it weren't for Fall On Me though, it'd be Driver 8.
@PartyThrasher118 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! The second verse where Michael and Mike are singing separate lyrics with separate rhythms is one of the most enchanting parts of a song I've ever heard. Glad I'm not alone on this one
@floorticket Жыл бұрын
"Talk About the Passion" and "Catapult" are two of my favorites of their early stuff.
@cynthiawhite9830 Жыл бұрын
Me too!
@karenwebster2465 Жыл бұрын
Me too! I love Pilgrimage too!
@johnnicholas2079 Жыл бұрын
Murmur is still my favorite album
@INXSFan33 Жыл бұрын
@@karenwebster2465 same here! Couldn't have picked a better list!
@wvmoonfox 3 ай бұрын
Love the bass and drum intro to "catapult"
@clintparkinson129 Ай бұрын
Find the river is outstanding and beautiful. Picking a favourite song is like choosing a favourite child
@Alan-it5kt 11 ай бұрын
perfect circle is also just so lovely
@mikezeman8572 Жыл бұрын
Try Not To Breathe and Night Swimming are phenomenal songs . I’ve always loved them both from the first time I heard them. Automatic For The People is an incredible album.
@cipherpac Жыл бұрын
Night swimming got me through some really tough and stressful times in 2020. Used to listen to it before bed to help with my anxiety.
@dancarter482 Жыл бұрын
Find The River is the most wonderful thing they have ever done!
@rstuartcpa Жыл бұрын
It took me a year of sporadic listening to truly appreciate Automatic…definitely a desert island pick.
@matthewche Жыл бұрын
@@dancarter482 I agree almost. It’s the best song on the record IMO.
@ellenmeilee Жыл бұрын
100 per cent perfection and always loved Star Me Kitten so much too. The whole vibe of that album is utterly magical.
@alexandreneri2840 Жыл бұрын
"Orange Crush" for me all the time. That wave of slighty distorted arpeggios on guitar plus that syncopated bass and easy to sing lyrics still their song that makes me wish to travel back in time.
@SirVarnish Ай бұрын
You are the everything from Green blows me away every time
@seaoftranquility7228 11 ай бұрын
“The Great Beyond” is the one that does it for me like that. Hits me right in the heart. I’m pretty sure it’s about watching a loved one die as well and when I hear it it brings back a moment like that in my life and I cry.
@Downunder_Son 8 ай бұрын
Yep, me too. Love R.E.M. and so many favourites but that one puts a lump in my throat and I get me misty eyed every time. Try Not to Breathe, Perfect Circle and Flowers of Guatemala always give my heartstrings a tug also. Lots of memories associated with this band.
@dscmn 7 ай бұрын
love this song, i just wish berry had participated in it
@NotRiansLuke 6 ай бұрын
Best song by far, can't believe it wasn't mentioned. Not only beautiful melody and harmonies, but incredible lyrics. I converted an extremely talented musician friend into an REM fan with "The Great Beyond" alone.
@matsfrommusic 3 ай бұрын
Same
@susanhaney3437 Жыл бұрын
My favorite REM song is "Me in Honey". Kate Pierson's voice just sends it over the edge for me, it's sp beautiful and sad.
@mcswilly Жыл бұрын
One of their best grooves, my kids love that one. Good call.
@duncefunce1513 Жыл бұрын
I think I'm with you there. Definitely overlooked
@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In Жыл бұрын
Good pick. All immersed in the emotional realization.
@OU8I2 Жыл бұрын
“Baby's got some new rules, baby says she's had it with me…”
@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In Жыл бұрын
@@OU8I2 so much emotional pain expressed in so few words. Exploring the human condition and suffering, with music and lyrics.
@broncobuddha Жыл бұрын
Man, not a single mention of Life's Rich Pageant? Not just great songs on that album, but the whole album, opener to ending is amazing. Love all of these songs. Brings back so many memories. My kids, especially my 13 year old daughter, share my eclectic tastes in music and I'll catch her listening to a lot of the music I grew up with and still listen to today. And this video just reminded me that I've not purposefully exposed her to REM. Something that I'll rectify immediately. Thank you, Rick.
@ginalewis6731 Жыл бұрын
My fave R.E.M. song is Flowers of Guatemala. Second is Superman.
@hankamania Жыл бұрын
My fave is probably These Days. Or maybe Begin The Begin.
@davidwoolbright3675 Жыл бұрын
I love Life’s Rich Pageant. Next to that my fave is Chronic Town !!
@davelogeman Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I love I Believe and These Days
@foto21 Жыл бұрын
@@hankamania Begin the Begin is their best song by a country mile. Their later stuff got maudlin for me. They were the best at the beginning. Finest Worksong is another monster.
@marcusaurelius8439 6 ай бұрын
Man on the Moon sounds so sad to me. It hits me straight in the heart all the time. So amazing...
@carloscampos1280 3 ай бұрын
"Maps and Legends" besides other 75 or 80 REM songs, that go from beautiful to masterpiece. Simply the most important alternative rock band of all times. And, IMO, the best American band too.
@americankickboxer Ай бұрын
M&L has a beautiful melody.
@PaulMurphyMusic Жыл бұрын
For me the best REM song is ‘Nightswimming’ That simple piano and Michael Stipe’s haunting voice and emotion. Amazing song!
@dice1296 Жыл бұрын
that oboe!
@PaulMurphyMusic Жыл бұрын
@@dice1296 Yes! The Oboe is amazing in it.
@user-io3th6lo9t Жыл бұрын
There's something eerily relatable in that lyric, I remember vacationing one time and looking at photographs while riding in the passenger seat illuminated by street lights and everything.
@dinoforced Жыл бұрын
Nightswimming has always been my favorite song by them as well, perfection
@johnparkman8150 Жыл бұрын
Driver 8 is still one of my favorites!!! Graduated from high school in 82 and college in 86...REM was king...love them!!!
@daverobinson6110 Жыл бұрын
Driver 8 is my all time favorite followed by I could turn you inside out and So Central Rain
@yellowjackboots2624 10 ай бұрын
I love Driver 8 but think Beat City by The Flowerpot Men does the same thing only better
@dashx1103 9 ай бұрын
Love Driver 8 ... easily my top 5, maybe top 3.
@petertracy3622 9 ай бұрын
sky blue bells ringing...
@JeffBGroover 8 ай бұрын
Great call out - love Driver 8 - still listen to it..
@michaelcain1225 10 ай бұрын
Some of my favorites: "Perfect Circle" "Feeling Gravity's Pull" "Driver 8" "You are the Everything" "Sweetness Follow" "Try not to Breathe"
@paulsmallonthewall2208 17 күн бұрын
'Try Not To Breathe' is one of my favorite cuts off of AFTP...beautifully played, produced, and mixed...a true gem in the R.E.M. catalog
@hs2874 Күн бұрын
The whole album is brilliant, songs about death that really get to you.
@bimscutney1242 Жыл бұрын
“The children look up all they hear is sky blue bells ringing” One of my favorite lyrics of all time.
@charlestompkins8431 Жыл бұрын
My very favorite REM song is Fall On Me and my second favorite is Imitation Of Life. I feel that Mike Mills is an incredibly underrated bassist and is an awesome background singer.
@DeeDeeRanged Жыл бұрын
Michael Stipes fav too!
@johnfrei9057 Жыл бұрын
Yeah not even a mention of Fall On Me?!
@Ezzie0304 Жыл бұрын
Mine too
@Durmomo0 Жыл бұрын
Imitation of life is such a great song that I dont know if a lot of people even know of
@pridgeondesigngroup1479 Жыл бұрын
I agree. When I first saw this video I thought Fall on Me was going to be his pick. I like their first three albums, and I saw them live 3 times in the early years. I don’t really care for their later albums, but Fall on Me is just a perfect gem of a pop song. Beato talked of a perfect melody, well to me this is it.
@victorpineiro_ 10 ай бұрын
I can't believe that, of all the many, many REM tracks, we share the same favorite. It made me so happy to watch this. I've never met anyone else who even mentions this as a standout track and I agree that it's absolutely their best. My mind is blown!
@davidorr8645 Ай бұрын
Can you imagine going to some local music store signing up for guitar lessons and your teacher is Rick Beato? 😮
@mikewhitlock5120 Жыл бұрын
Find the River is an often overlooked personal favourite. Vocal, Acoustic Guitar and Piano all get their place in the sun... Beautifully balanced.
@bvaljalo Жыл бұрын
I'd put that in my top 20 for sure, maybe even top 10. It's an incredible song, esp. coming right after nightswimming, which is also breathtakingly beautiful, arguably Michael's best vocal performance. But if you pressed me, I have to give a slight edge to Hairshirt from the Green album and Country Feedback from OOT over nightswimming, but those are my top 3, and Find The River follows it so, so well. It's an amazing album closing sequence.
@kevinelliott4833 Жыл бұрын
Find the River is one of my REM favorites.
@dice1296 Жыл бұрын
terrific. but i heard 'nightswimming' come on the car radio at dusk once...it was the first time i had heard it in ages, and it blew my mind. when that oboe comes in toward the end...holy ****
@mumsie-uk2it Жыл бұрын
I always preferred it to Nightswimming.
@jonaslunden2971 Жыл бұрын
agreed,for me Find the river is the best song,and Monty got a raw deal.
@Ras137 Жыл бұрын
"Don't Go Back to Rockville" is my favorite REM song, I think it combines the great jangly early REM with concrete lyrics (probably because they were written by Mike Mills, instead of Michael Stipe) . In particular I love the line "At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care that you're not here with me"
@barrymilligan8086 Жыл бұрын
That's a great song!
@seeburg220 Жыл бұрын
Always been my favorite song by them. Bought the album when it came out.
@michaelrouthier8491 Жыл бұрын
And I think I read somewhere that they couldn’t get the original arrangement to work so they played it more “countrified” almost as a send-up…but it worked so well!
@Durmomo0 Жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite REM song as well.
@Durmomo0 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelrouthier8491 Im a sucker for countrifired rock songs.
@nineteenninetyfive 4 ай бұрын
Obviously they have a lot of great songs, but for me the one is Everybody Hurts. It's one of those songs that sounds like it was waiting to be discovered in a rock and you can't imagine that someone actually wrote it. It is so direct in its message and the music just supports the incredible melody and words.
@siltom1962 Ай бұрын
For me: E-Bow The Letter, it gives me chills.
@markclaxton3143 Жыл бұрын
Why has nobody pointed out the obvious choice; Country Feedback. Absolutely incredible vocals and emotional intensity. No surprise it's Michael Stipes favourite REM song
@JK_Chapman 9 ай бұрын
💯
@hawkjeff 8 ай бұрын
You nailed it. This is the only answer as far as I am concerned. That's nothing against the rest of the catalog. This is just one of my favorite songs by anyone.
@markclaxton3143 8 ай бұрын
Great to find someone on the same wavelength
@pifko87 8 ай бұрын
@@markclaxton3143 Check out the live version on the Jools Holland special 1998. THE best version. Better than the album. SO much emotion.
@brunoborela4161 8 ай бұрын
correct country feedback is the type of song that comes once in a lifetime
@jumpin1jumpin 4 ай бұрын
There is no "best" REM song. All are beautifully written and executed. Brilliance in every breath
@johnscarr70 Ай бұрын
Texarkana. I'll take the rain. Two amazing songs.
@speculative Ай бұрын
Texarkana has a great rising bassline that drops again suddenly. It's some of the more prominent bass in an R.E.M. song, which may be why I love it. I'll Take the Rain is so underrated. "I used to think/ when birds take wing/ they sing through life/ so why can't we." I have too many favorites to list, but these are two less prominent songs that I love.
@Dan-C-71 Жыл бұрын
Their secret weapon was Mike Mill’s’ backing vocals. I love the Reckoning album, and got to see them front row on the Document tour in ‘87.
@captaintwitch Ай бұрын
Me too! Front and center.
@automaticmattywhack1470 26 күн бұрын
I've always wondered how far they'd have gotten without Mills's voice being able to harmonize with Stipe's.
@rogerklein1007 Жыл бұрын
During my time as a VP of A&R at Epic Records I tried to sign REM on two separate occasions, once in 1987 when their deal ran out at IRS (just after The One I Love came out) and a number of years later when Automatic For The People came out and their deal with Warner Bros was over. The first time I was quite disappointed that I wasn't able to however, As it happened in 1988 I signed their friends, The Indigo Girls whose debut LP with us produced by Scott Litt had REM playing on almost every track and went on to be nominated for Best New Artist Grammy and won in the category of Best Folk Record and ended up selling more than 3M albums. All told, they've sold over 15million LPs .
@ryanpatrickpreston Жыл бұрын
Cool. I was working at Tower Records when REM inked that mega deal with WEA.
@rogerklein1007 Жыл бұрын
@@ryanpatrickpreston The 2nd time I tried to sign them was when their WBR time was up. They were at their absolute peak and I along with label head, Richard Griffiths had one secret meeting with them at a suite in the Four Seasons Hotel in NYC. We didn't even tell anyone else at the company and the deal memo was under the name of The Roses( we wanted people to think we were trying to sign Guns and Roses) The deal was for one record and the advance would be $25,000,000. Just for the one record and then they would be free to go wherever they wanted to. It would've been a great deal for everyone. However, they turned it down and stayed at Warner's as they would gain control of their catalogue. A few days later Tommy Mottola found out about the offer that he knew nothing about and went absolutely beserk! lol
@IndigoJo Жыл бұрын
They were on two tracks off the self-titled Epic debut: Kid Fears (Michael Stipe doing the guest vocal) and Tried To Be True (the rest of the band). Peter Buck appeared on a couple of tracks off the album following it, Nomads Indians Saints, also produced by Scott Litt.
@Almost_Famous_Ryan Жыл бұрын
Losing My Religion was released in '91.
@charlesbolton8471 Жыл бұрын
@@rogerklein1007 Losing My Religion didn’t come out until 1991 and it was on Warner Brothers. I think you mean their biggest hit on IRS which was It’s The End Of The World As We Know It.
@billyscenic5610 2 ай бұрын
"Leave" is my favorite. Probably the most heartfelt.
@Mahatma618 Ай бұрын
Mine too.Hit me like a brick.
@johnscarr70 Ай бұрын
@@Mahatma618stellar song.
@agc4043 Ай бұрын
Mine too
@billyscenic5610 Ай бұрын
@@CompanyGhost New Adventures is the one I like.
@speculative Ай бұрын
Great song!
@mcr00kes 11 ай бұрын
"Country Feedback" is one of my most loved pieces of music. I know "Out Of Time" isn't as good as "Automatic for the People" or "Murmur", but it has an atmosphere and feel about it that is truely timeless. My favourote album by them.
@ExquisiteIdea Ай бұрын
This song is so haunting... As a teenager, I could listen to it on repeat countless times at night, laying still in bed, only to be startled by my "discman" falling on the floor...
@CliffForster Жыл бұрын
My favorite song on Automatic is "Find the River" occasionally I'll listen to it alone, and it's very personal to me where my mind goes to. Try not to Breathe is an amazing choice though.
@AdamPasztory1 Жыл бұрын
Find a River is a beautiful, hopeful, healing song.
@dorland3 Жыл бұрын
I think it’s their most beautiful song and on my top ten list, probably number one. Heard back-to-back with “Nightswimming,” you have two of the loveliest, most depressing songs ever written.
@SYPCWAK Жыл бұрын
Find the River is a beautiful song
@jmd12127 Жыл бұрын
“Belong” has always been a bit of a tearjerker for me. And the 50’s doo-wop-style backing vocals of “Near Wild Heaven” are just classic.
@seanelcock Жыл бұрын
Love these two songs; what a great album
@briandiltsmusic Жыл бұрын
Great vocals on NWH. Mills Stipe and Berry all did vocals on that. I guess one of the few Berry was on (Fall On Me as well)
@362chop Жыл бұрын
Entire album, difficult to choose.
@bertilknudsen Жыл бұрын
@@briandiltsmusic Wendell Gee as well. And Try not to Breathe.
@briandiltsmusic Жыл бұрын
@@bertilknudsen didn’t know about Wendell Gee - and totally forgot about Try Not To Breathe! “you’ll never see” is Bill Berry now that I hear it.
@randominsights1012 6 ай бұрын
REM and The Smiths in the mid 80’s were just so unique and cool. Love the alternative scene from then! Radio Free Europe made me discover REM, Fall On Me made me fall in love with the band…been a fan ever since!
@jimr3785 6 ай бұрын
They really do have so many great songs. One which I think is among their greatest but least known is Find the River. Love that song. I plan to use it in the slide show at my brother's upcoming memorial.
@ToDoPOView Жыл бұрын
REM was the soundtrack of my college years. So nostalgic.
@themydnighthour Жыл бұрын
I get it, but I missed it. For me, it was the kinda nasal, annoying dude that sang Losing My Religion on MTV and eventually grew on me. I got their contribution to rock much later.
@TheRealMrAndrew Жыл бұрын
No love for What’s the Frequency Kenneth? I think Strange Currencies is definitely underrated.
@michaelmcgrath5876 Жыл бұрын
Great you tackled R E M Next time The Replacements ?
@herrent 2 ай бұрын
@@themydnighthour you were a little younger then. The 5 albums prior were amazing. When everyone poored onto the Bandwagon , pun intended of loosing my religion its was a real eye roller 🙄, with the radio play all the sudden. We felt like we lost our private band.
@themydnighthour 2 ай бұрын
@@herrent understood.
@sharoncole4868 Жыл бұрын
Try Not to Breathe is my favorite. It digs into emotions.
@larsk.5864 Ай бұрын
Automatic For The People is such a great album. Every song is a masterpiece.
@jorgeno-remix679 7 ай бұрын
Well! being an REM lover, I love all the songs commented here.
@steliosposeidon6871 Жыл бұрын
“Fables of the reconstruction of the fables” love that album and Driver 8 especially
@yellowjackboots2624 Жыл бұрын
100% agree with both
@davidweiss7411 Жыл бұрын
Good Advices could be my favorite REM song, but when combined with Wendell Gee, well, that is just too much. Green Grow the Rushes followed by Kohoutek ... just great. My favorite album.
@stevenhines5550 Жыл бұрын
Life And How To Live It and the ascending bass line in the chorus
@joycehall4866 Жыл бұрын
The album that introduced me to R.E.M Maps and legends, Old man Kensey
@nalunoa Жыл бұрын
I agree with you and everyone in this thread. Definitely my favorite of their albums, although I love everything up through Monster end to end. That said, this is an album I've never stopped playing regularly since I got it the day it came out. Every song... the feels and lyrics, is to me a masterpiece. If I had to pick a favorite, though nearly impossible, it would be Old Man Kensey followed closely by Wendel Gee. But really, I can't imagine skipping any track on the album really. And what an opener in Feeling Gravity's Pull. Whew! You know you're about to go on quite a journey, and so I have time after time. Simply brilliant all through.
@NTZ-j9o Жыл бұрын
No song captures the essence and spirit of REM any better than Fall On Me IMO. Hauntingly beautiful and fully immersive in its REMness.
@SailaV1 Жыл бұрын
I have to agree with Fall on Me…Being from Ohio Cuyahoga is the next in line
@daflotsam Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Fall on Me, Driver 8, Man on the Moon, and Rockville always put me where I want to be.
@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Its a well crafted piece.
@streetspirit956 Жыл бұрын
Yeah surprising this didn't get a mention. Phenomenal song
@petemohan Жыл бұрын
Agree. Immediately was my favorite upon release and it still is. Cut out that rectangular cd cover and taped it over my bed. They took themselves seriously but tried to be self-effacing to undercut themselves, just like I always do. Fall On Me is serious. It is heavy. The band marries an Americana soulfulness sound with lyrics that hint at the dark complexity of the land. No easy feat.
@oubaas49 Ай бұрын
Fall On Me, for sure.
@Renob247 2 ай бұрын
Begin the Begin is one of my favorites.
@MonkeyFace544 Ай бұрын
Thank you! I was starting to think I was the only one!
@alexandredias4981 Жыл бұрын
Here is my REM's 8 favorites songs. - Radio Free Europe - So Central Rain - Driver 8 - Fall on me - World Leader Pretend - Losing my religion - E-Bow The Letter - Walk Unafraid (live version)
@bubbleshughes6169 Жыл бұрын
Great list
@stephen9302 Жыл бұрын
GREAT LIST!! 👍👍
@jackwezesa1081 Жыл бұрын
Pilgrimage.
@d1p70 Жыл бұрын
country feedback???!
@eocha24 Жыл бұрын
You are missing some Automatic songs
@dgauper Жыл бұрын
Yes! Driver 8! Man I listened to that song thousands of times. Also love Mike Mills counter melody vocals!
@christianfrilling6205 Ай бұрын
Driver 8 live at the Olympia in Dublin is my most beloved R.E.M experience. I was there at this special evening. But you are right, try not to breathe is so underrated
@morabeza1 Жыл бұрын
So glad you highlighted So. Central Rain and Driver 8. Those are two I play to this day. Fall on Me deserves a mention as well. Good stuff, Rick.
@myyoutubelikes 10 ай бұрын
I loved a lot of their late stuff too, especially At My Most Beautiful.
@mariekatherine5238 5 ай бұрын
1. Imitation of Life 2. Driver 8 3. Maps and Legends
@leecarr2123 Жыл бұрын
REM are one of those bands that you can't explain how good the albums are to people, yes the classics are good and most people have heard them, but the songs that never got radio play need more love. I'm glad Rick explored the whole back catalogue.
@ElectroTherapyFTSoul Жыл бұрын
Agreed, but I feel that way with almost all artists. The songs picked to be singles are usually picked because they're often safer pieces of music. You get some outliers, but singles almost never reveal the artist's true talents. Take Blur for example. Listen only to the singles, and you'd think they're a pretty good pop/rock band. Listen to their albums, and you'd realize how bloody effing weird they are... and it's brilliant!
@lm1314 10 ай бұрын
Thankfully Sirius Radio plays some older REM from Murmur or Reckoning.
@gm3043 9 ай бұрын
Michael Stipe described the band as an alternative band, who occasionally wrote hit songs.
@servicedog2325 Жыл бұрын
I've always thought "Can't Get There From Here" was their most underrated "hit". Unique open and "Thank you Ray" ending after the 4 slams. Classic Mills/Stipe vocal call and answer and IMO Buck's best main gtr riff of all time. Shows off Stipe's range, too. Intense bridge. Got it all.
@NakotaKid-pf3jd 10 ай бұрын
Totally Agree. My favorite REM tune. The music is total excitement.
@mrwolf1964 2 ай бұрын
REM are my favourite band of all time. But favourite REM, it’s impossible for me to pick, it’s like saying, which is your favourite child!! Seven Chinese brothers, fall on me, radio free Europe, don’t go back to Rockville, near wild heaven, so central rain, it’s endless ❤
@bif3578 Ай бұрын
'Green Grow the Rushes' is ONE standout for me. My favorite album is Fables, as it seems like the most REM-ish REM album.
@adrummingdog2782 Жыл бұрын
Near Wild Heaven is one of my top favorites. Clean jangly guitar riffs, melancholy lyrics, hits the spot
@dorland3 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful, haunting song. Definitely a night song.
@Shelsight Жыл бұрын
Love it… And Mike Mills vocals are beautiful. That plus Find The River…
@bischoffdev Жыл бұрын
Love "7 Chinese Bros.", "Electrolyte", etc. etc. But my favorite one is "Perfect Circle". The background melody is just too good and complements the vocals beautifully.
@SlitherWhisp 10 ай бұрын
Automatic For The People is my favourite album of theirs. There is not one song on it that I skip. Try Not To Breathe is amazing. And Find The River is sublime.
@CCGNZ65 7 ай бұрын
I find "What's The Frequency Kenneth?" infectious.
@pagetkidd1993 5 ай бұрын
I had to scroll way down in the comments to find someone mention this song. I often play it before I sit down to work, just to kick off my day on a good note. :)
@CCGNZ65 5 ай бұрын
Well I'm a lefty,often not in step w/the group,I'm not a huge REM guy,but that song always grabs me,it has an infectious energy to it that inspires.@@pagetkidd1993
@fuckamericanidiot 4 ай бұрын
Uhhhh huh!!
@willsee8391 4 ай бұрын
That is by far my favorite. I can just visualize a man listening to this with a coffee, sitting at a computer in is home buisness from his garage... Womdering where the youth will be in 20 years, whilst plotting to take over the world with windows 95.
@Mind6 Жыл бұрын
"Half a world away" is one of my favorite songs.
@MM-Iconoclast Жыл бұрын
Half a World Away,Swan Swan H and Losing My Religion - I play them all on acoustic guitar, my slightly different (but very similar) arrangements.
@anniemccowan9902 Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah... SUCH a beautiful song
@danwiegand5386 Ай бұрын
Great vocals
@j.p.2764 Ай бұрын
If a song makes you cry it is a special song. This is a special song. It is an emotional beautiful melody and it has the lyrics that make you think of that special someone that didn't want you to fret as they lay there dying. They only wanted to remember their life.
@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239 Ай бұрын
You know, amongst every other good thing, their songs are courteous. 🫂
@MarkMontgomery-bu3wi Ай бұрын
World Leader Pretend deserves an Honorable Mention
@jrock2264 Жыл бұрын
I was BLOWN AWAY the first time I heard Fall On Me. Hands down, their best song, by far. Nothing else they did ever came close. Nothing sounded like them when they came out.
@destinypirate Жыл бұрын
DRIVER 8 is on another level - for the Beautiful melody which pulls us in. For free flowing notes which lift and twist & turn us along the track. For the vision inducing lyrics which suggest journey, loss, and possibility. Yet most of all, because of it's time & genre crossing character. Driving 8 is a song that could have been written on Woody's guitar as witness to the yearnings of the 30s, or played on the Woodstock stage as an anthem to all who knew of Wandering in the 60s. . . It deserves to be embraced by Nashville as much as the later Rockers. When some grandchild hears Driver 8 one hundred years from now, they'll be on the track of the Journey of America.
@chokkystarlustandthehamste4670 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs ever!! I love it so much that i covered it, as my second clip. Check it out, feel free to comment, hope u enjoy it! Cheers from Rio, Brazil!
@zendisciple3737 Жыл бұрын
I used to busk it on the streets of Athens, Greece
@delibato 10 ай бұрын
You captured that perfectly-"Try Not To Breathe" is totally like a sea shanty. Always thought so.
@spencergroover Ай бұрын
Just taught "losing my religion" last night, Here in ATL. It was a real treat for me. People still love REM. I was also at Monster in Atlanta! My dad worked with them and took me to meet the band, made a big impression on me.
@davidwartski7213 Жыл бұрын
Lifes Rich Pageant is an incredible album. "These Days" is an unbelievable track.
@ekimp252 Жыл бұрын
That album is the one that really set the hook for me.
@riba2233 Жыл бұрын
O yeah, epic song
@mojomusica.0169 Жыл бұрын
"I Believe" is the song that made me want to learn how play guitar.
@brianroberts799 Жыл бұрын
I’ve listened to that album countless times.
@joechase283 Жыл бұрын
These Days!!!!!!!❤❤❤
@frankmarsh1159 Жыл бұрын
Always thought R.E.M were a step above when it came to song structure. Many of their songs have opening riffs that return later in the song (like Driver 8) multiple verse sections A and B, pre choruses and post choruses, bridges, key changes and modulations. They were much more sophisticated song writers than most of the 80s/90s alternative rock bands.
@ue4058 Жыл бұрын
They really came up with fantastic bridges, even when they were really short and simple. The bridge on What if We Give It Away for instance makes the song, elevates a good song to a whole other level.
@tomgebarowski8156 Жыл бұрын
To me they were the best of the so called "alternative rock bands." It's like you say here their song structure, talented playing, Stipe's provocative voice and ways. R.E.M. songs had some artsy complex themes too. They were big on college radio outside of Atlanta. They developed a huge following back then, when they first started out!
@frankmarsh1159 Жыл бұрын
Driver 8, Pretty Persuasion, Talk About the Passion, Cuyahoga and Lotus from Up are all songs that have an opening riff that returns half way through the song. Supposedly Peter Buck got this technique from a song called "Couldn't I just Tell You" by Todd Rundgren. The Beatles have several songs that do this too like Paperback Writer, DayTripper, I Feel Fine, and Hey Bulldog.
@kineahora8736 Жыл бұрын
Very fine band in what was to me a pretty “dead” period-I never liked the ‘80s musically even though I was in school. Yeah, there was Bowie and squeeze. But I was a ‘70s guy and late ‘60s. But I really always liked REM
@blakeh6250 Жыл бұрын
Always enjoyed them..
@seanjudge4675 Ай бұрын
My faves are “Gardening at Night” “Sitting Still” and “Man on the Moon”
@fandangofilms 11 ай бұрын
Reconstruction of the Fables is my favourite REM album. It has such a warmth and flow to it. Produced by the legend Joe Boyd.
@johnharvey4448 2 ай бұрын
Fables of the Reconstruction*
@roywydeman7017 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of perfect songs, Perfect Circle from Murmur was the song that made me an REM fan. Mike Mills' piano line, the haunting chorus and the slow build of the arrangement sold me on this great band.
@scottmcrae3355 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful song and such a strange, circular piano figure with a melody that never really resolves. I guess interesting things happen when a drummer writes a song on piano haha
@johncrawford Жыл бұрын
My all-time favorite song by them. Glad I’m not alone!
@philipmoss4027 Жыл бұрын
I wondered where Rick was going to land, but this was the song that kept coming into my mind. It was like a craving to hear it again. So fine.
@andyroid5028 Жыл бұрын
*_Perfect Circle is... perfect._*
@user-io3th6lo9t Жыл бұрын
That entire album is a miracle the playing may be somewhat amateurish but the songwriting and song structure are very complex in the production of it is both dreamy and haunting, a perfect album. I remember first picking it up in 1983 and marveling over its quality.
@Jasonhvideo Жыл бұрын
My mother in law passed away recently at 93, she got Covid and was having a really hard time. She was a diabetic and she had the choice to stop dialysis and she did. I leaned on Try Not To Breathe heavily in her final days. A truly honest and genuine song.
@dietzypietzy Жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss. In my thoughts while I listen to it for the first time.
@bordershader Жыл бұрын
Wow, what a brave choice she made. I'm sorry for your loss.
@gradybrowning3976 Жыл бұрын
Sorry for your loss, this also happened to my Father. Your statement is just so familiar I had to comment.
@Jiv_Ing57819 Жыл бұрын
Was in my head recently, genuine spiritual song, great to see it brought up, been meaning to listen to Automatic again.
@shereesmazik5030 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes a song can be a life guide . “You can’t always get what you want , but if you try sometimes you just might find , you get what you need .” Thank you Rolling Stones .
@albertomzelaya 10 ай бұрын
Kurt's song gets me every time. "Let me in" and Michael's favorite song "Country feedback" are simple musical daggers. "Find the river" gives life struggles a silver lighting. My brothers favorite band.
@Usepen 6 ай бұрын
Oh my heart is one I can’t stop listening to. ❤️
@ambientideas1 Жыл бұрын
Fall on Me has one of the greatest examples of counterpoint vocal arrangements (chorus) in pop music. I like their lesser known early songs, especially the dreamy, ethereal/psychedelic Flowers for Guatemala.
@autk Жыл бұрын
Most of the "harmony" is unison singing in different octaves, doubled and tripled, an REM staple.
@fusiliers Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was a little disappointed that Rick didn't dig into "Life's Rich Pageant". It's one of their best albums.
@scottsnothome5649 Жыл бұрын
My 2 choices exactly. Was about to post this exactly. That is just their greatest album.
@scottsnothome5649 Жыл бұрын
@@fusiliers it's their best album.
@ambientideas1 Жыл бұрын
@@autk I hadn’t listened to the song for about 15 years, gave it a quick listen just now and you’re right about that unison/octave thing. Mind you, I was stoned most of the of youth listening to it, so…. 😂
@manyeyedcrow9391 Жыл бұрын
For me, Driver 8 is like a poem matched to perfect music, where both parts are goo enough to stand alone
@billcook4768 Жыл бұрын
I put Driver 8 as my favorite. But it wasn’t until the internet that I found out what the hell Michael was singing.
@openstrings1077 8 ай бұрын
Agreed. I grew up with the early stuff but Automatic For The People is my favorite album. I listen to it a couple times a year when I need a reset. It rips my heart out and gives it back to me fresh and clean. I weep as I stitch my chest back together and I’m ready to face the world again for a while longer.
@7crosschop Жыл бұрын
To even having your debut album turn out to be Murmur is a miracle. From bow to stern, perfect.
@lm1314 10 ай бұрын
I always think of Chronic Town to be the first from R.E.M even though was an EP. It came out before Murmur but Murmur was first album. Either way, both are great. Earlier R.E.M is my favorite. (First three)
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