What's crazy is how timeless REM sounds. I'm not saying they're the be all end all, but if you listen to Radio Free Europe from nearly 30 years ago, it sounds like I song you might hear on an alt radio station today.
Because that year he said one morning he woke up and felt like having blue ears. Until last years tour he has wore make up on every R.E.M. tour and it really surprises me that a lot of their fans don't know that.
i think is a crime that this kind of song is so unknown... I just heard it yesterday for the first time!! Such a shame... The words are so powerful...
This song has really helped me kick an addiction to painkillers more than anything else. It gave me hope to be myself. "I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and walk unafraid." If it could make me kick a 5 year habit I was using to avoid depression, it shows it's power. Brilliant.
This song makes me cry like..no other song..It's so emotionally charged, full of despair and struggle at the same time, i agree this must be the most brilliant song of REM..
The line '..I was brought into this life, a little lamb..courageous, stumbling, fearless was my middlename..' shakes me up every time..
holy shit, and this was the day Elliott Smith died...Horribly appropriate song, then..<=(
I totally agree with sarxivicky, definitely the best song ever from R.E.M. but for the most people totally unknown. Specially the live version, listening with tears in my eyes!!
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who wouldn't like to have just a little bit of Michael Stipe
Linedash 4 months ago
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Linedash 4 months ago
Grrrr
kittenstar69 5 months ago
This song is MUCH MUCH better live...
garak0410 9 months ago
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One of my all time favorites especially LIVE
TheVeronicawilson 9 months ago
One of my all time favorites especially LIVE
TheVeronicawilson 9 months ago
this Madrid show is a great mix , well played and boucy as hell. Life And How To Live It is the showstopper for me.
petesn 2 years ago 2
I think you hit the nail on the head mrdfittz1, also the reason why this is my favourite REM song of all.
joneksi77 2 years ago
That is pretty much what Michael himself said this song is about.
stipey104 2 years ago
mmm
58971496 2 years ago
He was around a lot longer than Moby. 29 and a half years R.E.M. has been around.
stipey104 2 years ago
What's crazy is how timeless REM sounds. I'm not saying they're the be all end all, but if you listen to Radio Free Europe from nearly 30 years ago, it sounds like I song you might hear on an alt radio station today.
YepOkay 2 years ago 3
I completely agree. That's why so many bands name R.E.M. as one of their inspirations.
stipey104 2 years ago
@YepOkay There will never again be one band like this.
catwoman0641 1 year ago
great song and i like watching the way he moves.. no idea why.
ThousandthSkies 2 years ago 2
i read that the blue make up represents electron blue, a hullucinagenic molecule that appeared to stipe in a dream
goochieguy 2 years ago
I think "Tulky" is fucking delirious,
of course she dont just invent stories like that, i think "Tulky" most have some problems in the head.
DarkKnightrider321 2 years ago
Well said Denise
DarkKnightrider321 2 years ago
I didn't invent the story, he said it on Total TV 2003 and to Denis Leary, Look it up smart ass.
stipey104 2 years ago
thanks for your reply
Darknightdriver779 3 years ago
Because that year he said one morning he woke up and felt like having blue ears. Until last years tour he has wore make up on every R.E.M. tour and it really surprises me that a lot of their fans don't know that.
stipey104 3 years ago
Why has Stipe that blue paint in the face?
Darknightdriver779 3 years ago
why does anyone who is a rock star want to stand out in fashion?
permanentbliss 3 years ago
because he wanted to do something to make himself different than Moby... sounds stupid but that's what happened.
lordtrax8 2 years ago
I LOVE HIS STYLE AND DANCING(MOOVING) AT THE CONCRETS! they are fantastic but the "shirt" one is my favourite!
theomangr22 3 years ago 2
i love this song sound
terminator982 3 years ago
that's an e-bow used on the guitar, right?
notthespoon 3 years ago
O yeah hes the best
RAPIDEYEMOVEMENT358 3 years ago
STIPE ROOOOOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
MouEspasesTaNeura 3 years ago 2
Cool song
Terminator7653 3 years ago
I don't like 0:40
Kamilalala8 3 years ago
My favourite REM song
maril73 3 years ago
What a fantastic version of this song, the beginning brought tears to my eyes!! They are indeed the best band in the world!!
HelenH96 3 years ago 4
good song
runescape3279 3 years ago
I'm very happy to see that Up is the top album of others too. It's the most significant album in my life.
LILACCAT2 3 years ago
Oooh, never realised there was an E-bow in this song :D
Suziessoliloquy 3 years ago
That's really cool that you were at this concert.
stipey104 3 years ago
I was at that concert! :)
penguinarmy77 3 years ago 4
Ide have to say Up and New adventures are my top two REM albums
avision747 3 years ago 3
REM are my all time favourite band and UP is my all time favourite album!
vandammage7 3 years ago 3
wow, is all i have to say. this song is amazing and it just has so much emotion imbeded into it
KANGAREW400 3 years ago 6
New Adventures in Hi Fi is such an under rated REM album.
Awesome as always boys.
chayaus 4 years ago 3
"Walk unafraid" is on "Lotus"-Album! But a great song though!
Todel82 4 years ago 4
Sorry,..it's the "Up"-Album!
Todel82 4 years ago 3
the up album is like the best album
oimabel 4 years ago 2
todel82 - my bad. That is what happens when you watch videos whilst listening to a different album on the stereo!
Considering they were without Bill....UP is a very good album.
chayaus 4 years ago 3
i think is a crime that this kind of song is so unknown... I just heard it yesterday for the first time!! Such a shame... The words are so powerful...
laloonamk 4 years ago 3
rem is one of the best bands out there .. love all their songs
tsourd 4 years ago 5
this song reaches me everytime deep in my soul...
rocking for a free world..
thx & best wishes
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terra8net 4 years ago
at 0:07 stipe looks as if he has masturbated on stage!
tjdude88 4 years ago 3
Yeah that's some sexy breathing.
stipey104 4 years ago
Ha! good eye. It's almost as if he took a cue from The Cramps - Tear it up
taoistcowboy123 4 years ago
that's great littlevolcano. The song always fills me with hope.
stipey104 4 years ago
This song has really helped me kick an addiction to painkillers more than anything else. It gave me hope to be myself. "I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and walk unafraid." If it could make me kick a 5 year habit I was using to avoid depression, it shows it's power. Brilliant.
littlevolcano 4 years ago 2
unbelievable song. Up was the inspiration for Radiohead's Kid A. Think this song was the inspiration for idiotheque
alang007 4 years ago
pick me up when life pulls me down.
i'll be clumsy instead
cassistomer 4 years ago
great song, thankx by upload
eriko1405 4 years ago 3
Musical orgasm
PannaNikt91 4 years ago 4
Easily their best live song!
iang2643 4 years ago 2
best song ever!
canard2102 4 years ago
Great song, one of my favorites ever. I also agree with sarxivicky - it's an unknown masterpiece.
maroos 4 years ago
This song makes me cry like..no other song..It's so emotionally charged, full of despair and struggle at the same time, i agree this must be the most brilliant song of REM..
The line '..I was brought into this life, a little lamb..courageous, stumbling, fearless was my middlename..' shakes me up every time..
holy shit, and this was the day Elliott Smith died...Horribly appropriate song, then..<=(
kutkrap 4 years ago 5
this song is totally amazing its reli moving the words r reli touching
remrule 4 years ago
"If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go, I just wanna hold my head up high." Such beautiful lyrics!
littlevolcano 4 years ago
I adore this song,It makes me feel full of strength!!!thank u REM!!!
WhisperinMuse 4 years ago
I totally agree with sarxivicky, definitely the best song ever from R.E.M. but for the most people totally unknown. Specially the live version, listening with tears in my eyes!!
struisvoogel 4 years ago
That will be the national anthem of Boriken after we freed it from the United States.
Zombie1592 4 years ago
best song from REM ever, and that is words from a big REM fan. properly the most unknown masterpiece in the world.
sarxivicky 4 years ago
wow wow wow
hamros 4 years ago
they DO walk unafraid, R.E.M.
davidmjeong926 4 years ago 2
they claim to walk unafraid... powerfull words
sweetamber331 4 years ago
Sweet!
dicodenmark 4 years ago
fearless was my middle name
dcfcinla 4 years ago
Incredibly powerful anthem of counter-culture and anti-conformity
megadeaf 4 years ago
thank you!!!!
alauri 4 years ago