REM Interview 10-30-83

[nancynishihira]

C'mon guys, don't you want to try a synthesizer? LOL

[p0L1Tix]

What is FM radio?

[1flawedboy]

Great interview, but the presenter is awful.

[yellaway]

It's strange seeing Mike with no glasses on!

:o

[Beatlemark21287]

"Why R.E.M.?

Why not?"



[chairmanmeow1973]

I wouldnt say 'Murmur' was rocknroll!

[JacobMorrisNinetyTwo]

5:43

"Oh, you had a question. I'm sorry."

"What does REM stand for?"

I do believe the correct answer to that is Really Excellent Music.

[klausbluetner1]

Early REM are the best!

[ReverendMoonlight]

Someone may have already made this comment - sorry if they have - but I'm positive I read in It Crawled From The South that the kid who asks about lyrics at the end of this clip is one of the Beastie Boys. Can't remember which one, though.

[SMThomasson]

I can not believe how similar Michael Stipe and Morrissey are. They should have got married. It would have been the greatest indie ceremony ever.

[thisisbenisben]

go on michael..speak.....speak.....s­peak....

oh well... we love you anyway. maybe later

[peppedragoncastel]

waw incredibile

[Nigelxman]

Very cool to watch this but the interviewer could not be more clueless.

[Moodymmo]

OMG This is awesome thanks for sharing!

[mistresselyria]

ohh I was 2 years old!!

[FakeAdminBlarg]

We share the same ideas about music. Come to think about it, the pretty much inspired my ideas about music!

[newpageone]

i read in "it crawled from the south" that the kid at 6:36 was one of the Beastie Boys.

[FlorrieDugger]

I heard this too. I think it might have been another band that was on Live Wire if that wasn't him. But I remember that too.

[FlorrieDugger]

No that guy is not a memeber of the BB, but I did hear that though.

[GRIFpenguin]

@newpageone Really? What one?

[infinitecimal]

and now we can google search your lyrics! LOLZ!

[saffyminty]

Hehe, wasn't Peter Buck quite the erudite young man... well, I guess someone had to be *nudges Stipe* ;)

[milesofsmiles2]

lookit this freak interviewer? is this somebodys dad? sheesh

[doubletrouble467]

i know that host that fred

[icecreamscuseme]

I've seen this interview a few times now and I had no clue this was a kids show! It really comes across as a relaxed looking chat show. It's a world away from the likes of Live and Kicking and SMTV here in the UK.

[earinsound]

a kids' show! ha!

[Tetley007]

I remember watching this on nickelodeon when I was about 13 years old, and thinking these guys looked soooo oooold.

[drewskee67]

I remember watching this. The day it was on, and then hoping for a rerun too.

[lonelygnome1]

lol look at stipe's hair. crazy genius

[vonhorn29]

Such a great interview then I realize it's a kids show. RIOT

[parakeet]

Christ, I don't think Peter has spoken this much in an interview since, well... since *this* interview.

[unclealbert72]

They we're just starting to really get alot of attention at this time so I think Peter was still his real self and having a good time at 24 or 25 years of age.

But after being in the business for so long and so many countless people wanting to be so close made him eventually slightly withdrawn.

Plus as years went by, he hated hearing his voice even more so than before.

He sure helped keep Rickenbacker in business.

[zionalovesdarcy]

could michael curl himself into a smaller ball?

[blatspanner]

love rem. new album,though.....urgh.

[musicbrain5]

Wow, Peter Buck was super hot then - I'm pretty sure he still is ;) - R.E.M. forever, they are CLASSIC!!

[omddeb]

Yes, Pete Buck sure is hot, he looks so great with longer hair! He still is, of course, but, wow, he was looking very good back then.

[thefrayharrypotter7]

OMG MICHEAL HAD HAIR!!! lol

[DazeyMay]

I remember Mike telling me what a hoot this guy was. One of the Beasties was in the audience. I loved catching it the first time.

[RoadStoneStudiosINC]

Mills looks weird without glasses and what's with Bill Berry's right eye? Anyway, they sure are a cool band!

[RabidVoodooDolls]

stipe looks so shy!

[musicenthusiast86]

the drummer was cool.

[icecubatron]

That interviewer is kind of a jerk.

[musicenthusiast86]

he's so goody-twoshoes.

[jalbubba]

i love R.E.M. That being said, I think it would've been tough to get close to peter as a person during this phase... he seemed like a bit of a closed off angry dude... probably a good reason for it tho

[gurdjieff66]

Amazing how the passage of time makes the time remembered seem pure and honest. I didn't feel pure and honest back in the day. But compared to today...

[Ceolteor]

Haha STATE of Michael :P Legend.

[1INXSFAN]

can you beleive this guys played at my Graduation party in 1983 at Magic Mountain Valencia, CA

[toterola451]

I just read in Rolling Stone where Mike said they shared a trailer at Grass Valley, CA with Ratt! He said it was quite an experience.

[1INXSFAN]

I bet....

[didergo]

this is their first ever tv appearance, isn't it? anyway, it's quite stupid. :D

[REMchout]

they were on letterman a few weeks earlier. i like it.

[basmanbas]

wow, michael with hair, and what kind of hair :P

serious, Awesome band!!

[gabbyo1]

Peter Buck IS HOT

[herrokiiitty]

Agreed. 10000%

[RabidVoodooDolls]

deffinately

[tofudujour]

I like Reckoning to. There just isn't any music like that any more. its a real shame. Harbor Coat is my favorite REM song.

[tofudujour]

badseed 86 I guess your right it was foolish of me to criticize such a great band. altho my favorite music from rem was recorded in the 80's, Automatic for the people is a beautiful album and monster is also one of my favorite albums of all time.

[SmileOnADog]

Automatic...was the last album I enjoyed. My favorite is "Reckoning" and also "Document.

[duckbrew]

Jeez is this interviewer on amphetamines or what. he can hardly finish a sentence! great tho

[iamthemozzer]

Sort of off-topic, but its a shame that Nickelodeon doesn't have shows like this anymore (shows with content, i mean).

[herrokiiitty]

I love this interview.

[Jammerkevin]

WOW!!!!! All I can say is, if you are an REM fan, you need to see this interview. In this short segment, you see where the band's philosphy and how their personalities shaped their music. E X C E L L E N T !!

[tofudujour]

Great Interview thanks for posting it! My parents actually had the privilege of spending the day with Michael Stipe in 1984. He didn't say more that four complete sentences. He was a very shy guy in the 80's. When R.E.M. signed to Warner Brothers they lost all of their originality. I wish they wouldn't have given in to the label.

[badseed86]

they gave away part of their originality [not all of it] in order to write some of the best songs that were written during the 90s...that s ok with me.

[REMnut12]

How did they give away their originality? Who else could have written Losing my religion or everybody hurts? (or indeed the albums full of beautiful, less-appreciated songs) And as has been stated a zillion times before - it's not that they lost their originality, but that other bands and musicians copied them (as is their wont)

[classicrocker1965]

wow michael looks so different with the hair and the glasses...great interview

[deeeecraig]

Ad Rock and R.E.M. without there being some "Save the Whales" charity show. Bizarre. Shame they didn't rock "High Planes Drifter" together.

[anthonysprott]

stipe looks like a different person from now.

[angrylambie]

a comment on my upload of Carnival of Sorts states: 'a little known fact....during the interview of this show, the kid that asks about where to get lyrics for R.E.M. songs is Adam Horowitz (Ad-Rock) of the Beastie Boys.'

[REMchout]

There was talk about this before my original upload of this was taken down...Buck said that in an interview, but I don't think it looks a thing like him - I've seen pics of the guys in Beastie Boys from back then.

[angrylambie]

how cool - thanks for this! Carnival of Sorts, from this same show, is on my page

[lesking69]

Great video and a really cool interview. Thanks for posting!

[millsfreak]

Peter is sooooo sexy in this vid;)

[makgamer]

That was great. Thanks a lot!