REM - Pop Song '89

[SleekTekNeek]

Wasn't this video on Beavis & Butthead?

[krillin876]

remember this from beavis

[npspec34]

Ghosts in the machine

Hi Hi

[davesmith7891]

Oh, and from 5 seconds, I do believe Michael Stipe is lying to the right...

[itsyesme]

ITSYESME-A.K.A-Micheal Stype,our little secret

OK?I`m bored & need something to inspire me to

write new stuff-MAYBE I`M LOSING IT,WHO KNOWS?

[davesmith7891]

Okay, Michael. But you spelt your surname incorrectly.

[itsyesme]

Thats the secret DAVE!Wierdo`s won`t find me

in the phone book?Is Dave Smith your real name

-I fuk`n doubt it!!!!1,000,ooo.000 Smiths???

[davesmith7891]

The woman on 45 seconds is in the 'The One I Love' video. And I bet that has been pointed out a thousand times already...

[thornydalemapco]

When this video was shown on MTV, everyone's breasts were covered with black bars, including Stipe's.

[davesmith7891]

Michael Stipe has a chest, not breasts!

[ToulacAxeHand]

I love this entire record - this sounds sounds very much like Exhuming McCarthy from the Document, and for me, it has the same meanings.

Pop Song 89 is Exhuming McCarthy's big brother music wise :P

[Thevideopyramidhead1]

Michael Stipe looked so cute in this video.

Big shame he cut his hair.lol

I'm pretty happy he came out of the closet though. POWER TO YOU MICHAEL!

Best REM song EVER.

Hello my friend are you visible today?

[Refrescospepito]

The black lady is sooooo hot!

[Marcuskristicus]

Love that goofy 'ba-da-bum' riff at the end of the last chorus.

[KerreyTheBitterSugar]

That's a very good and refreshing idea for a video!

[InfernalZone]

Foolish people could see nothing other than nipples.

They might not understand their are nothing but fools.

[Thevideopyramidhead1]

I don't find it erotic as more of something very beautiful and artsy.

I mean,this has to be one of the few or only music videos with bare breasts that isn't heavy cock-rock or glam or shock rock.

It's amazing really. But there are those immature people who are going to ignore the message and become what the message states.

[fatpizzaman]

That is what is wrong with American culture, any depiction of female nudity or semi-nudity is automatically linked to sex. And it pains me more that so-called adults don't react to it in a calm, rational and mature manner and thus end up passing that guilt and shame down to their own children. I think this is a great song and the video is done well and not at all gratuitous or ostentatious. Wish Michael Stipe still had that lovely head of hair though. :-)

[searcher1943]

Lol!Damn a good explaination.

[Thevideopyramidhead1]

It's pathetic how we strip our art and rape our artful tastes. I see this video as merely art and to be honest I barely even notice the half-nude women. When I'm a famous rockstar I'll put naked people in my music videos. But,I'll make sure it's tastefull. I don't want to become a cock rocker.

His hair was amazing back then. Now he's bald.lol

[oopsart2]

I'm inclined to agree with you. I find the video nd the music to be a form of art. People need to pull the carrot out their fanny and recognize and appreciate all forms of art as long as its tasteful. This video is. Awesome video, awesome music, legendary band.

[Thevideopyramidhead1]

Well the movie A Clockwork Orange made something violent like rape very artful. Some things which are naturally tasteless can become art if you work hard to make it tasteful. I think the only reason why the rape scen in Clockwork is tasteful is because of 'Singing in the Rain'. If they didn't use the song it'd probably have been really disturbing.

Nudity is art only when the right people view it and when the right people use it. Playboy for instance is not art.

[lztenyearsgonelz]

wow this is the worst thing ive ever seen....

[DokdoGirl22]

hhhaha

[Refrescospepito]

Oh, Michael, how hadsome you was!

What happened with your hair?

lol

:D

[GlueyPorch]

Male pattern baldness maybe

[RemyFasolla]

should we talk about the weather? should we talk about the government?

[lonelygnome1]

lol wow...

[andwerver]

Flagged for naked breasts

[2200sls]

A nipple is a nipple!

[searcher1943]

nothing more to say but good song

[marquinogaucho]

yeah shut the f up celedonio..you have to hide begin a stupid mask or name so that you can insult buddies huh? wat about meeting us and me and my buddies beating the hell out of you..oyu are a pussy and a love of michael stipe , you are gay, you are inlove of a gay (ehem..michael stipe..) so shut the fuckl up and put you knife through your ass..or better..ask michael to do it

[searcher1943]

Yeah!begin with me!Stup!

[EultolgioSidronio]

he is gonzalo salazar

[KerreyTheBitterSugar]

Michael looks sooooo hot here ^^

[gnome33]

and what is wrong with free speech, this is not russia 1989, but china has a place for you beergoggles

[karcaguldum]

yes, i hate to talk about the weather .. :)

[hobosapiens]

i never saw this video uncensored. those girls used to looking like guys with the black bars.

[marquinogaucho]

sorry..my stupid brother wrote that...he is crazy for michael stipes (I think he is gay) sorry about that mates

[CeledonioUlfulfio]

shut up fucking dick face im going to kill you with a bloody knife

[alejandrotafurcz]

jjaja celdonio sut up your fucking mouth

[blacktopaz8]

this song sticks in my mind...pretty chorus...Say what you will about REM but they can write catchy songs. God can they write a hook!

[EultolgioSidronio]

hey, they're half naked

[phillygrl69]

love this song...I love how Michael Stipes hair looks...cool....

[marquinogaucho]

Stipe you inorant, not Stipes

[AFirmKickInThePants]

You know about saxon genitive right?

[beergoggles69]

Oh how I long for the day when the people behind youtube remove the whole comments section.

Idiot.

[S0meRand0mD00d]

possessive form, moron

lrn2english

Michael Stipe's hair = possessive

[searcher1943]

What you mean Some random dude?

You know someone by his hair?

Interesting tell me more...

[S0meRand0mD00d]

rofl, i was replying to 'marquinogaucho'

[searcher1943]

Lol!

[searcher1943]

Cool name SRD!

[jonnyveliky]

The first time I've ever saw that video was on Beavis & Butt-Head back in 1993.

That I remembered was censored, but now...WHOA! O.O

I like sound of this song. Mostly the guitar riffs in it are quite catchy. I'd like to download a MIDI of Pop Song '89 & listen to it one of these days.

[praga29]

Good song,but Is this a Doors´ "Hello i love you" rip off?it sounds so alike.

[SlickNick8686]

The only thing that sounds like "Hello I love you" in this song is that little "Hello..." phrase but the music and melody and everything else is nothing like it.

[searcher1943]

Not sure,I think this one was banned in some countries but not in Canada.

Saw it from my planet.

[searcher1943]

It was censored!

Oh!

[screamboom]

is that tits?

[IndieRockJunkie]

this is so good, i think it was... Motion City Soundtrack did this song. Amazing.

[Marcuskristicus]

Random thought I just had....

Does the hi hi hi part in the chorus refer to the Japanese "hai" meaning "yes"?

As in: Should be talk about the......? Yes!Yes!Yes!

Cause "hi" or "high" wouldn't make sense. "Hai" does.

[thasoukopswtokefali]

Man, that brings memories! MTV would only air this uncensored after midnight.

[jonnyveliky]

Oh yeah. Back when they would play music videos after midnight. But now...it's all reality shows & 3 hours of music videos. Other than reruns of Viva La Bam & Jackass, MTV so has lost their way.

I wish they could BRING BACK OL' SKOOL MUSIC VIDEOS. Heck, if the dudes from Jackass can promote Ol' Skool MTV like they have back in early-2008, then I can't see why not for the most part. Just think of them as a reminder to what was watchable before 2006.

Case & Point: YouTube & Jackass keeps it '80s

[yonibronstein]

wait... so are these girls or guys with fake tits??

[BillyIsATwat23]

Of course not. The black girl is in the "Stand" video, the brunette is in the "One I Love Video"

[jefftackett]

You heard me!

[jefftackett]

Everyone! All at once! Kill your selves painfully! thank you...

[brdog3]

Great video!!!

[littlevolcano]

Michael has got a fantastic body. I'm going to eat that man up one day!!

[Josejv2008]

REM rocks =)

I hate when people say that REM sucks because of Michael being gay!!!

[KCVROCKS2008]

the guitar melody/riff is so infectious in this song.

[s1i1c1]

excelente cancion, excelente video,r.e.m son lo mejor!!!!!!

[godsavethequeen13]

oh my gosh, i've only seen his video on vh1 and it's cencored, they're dudes for pete's sake!

[AFirmKickInThePants]

I'm so glad that Green was recorded in the same year I was born!

An album with lots of beautiful songs I can relate to, in some way

R.E.M. and 1988 rule :D

[wiggaroo]

Does anyone else think michael looks a bit like iggy pop in this video?

[ffm20zaheri]

yes absolutely he does :-) good observation

[Trekkie155]

Why do I get the feeling that the first girl behind Mike was in the video for "The One I Love"?

[jdcurly]

correct. she is in the video for that as well.

[ffm20zaheri]

you guys are good i didnt recognize this but true

the girl has a fascinating face

[timkelly]

She's Michael's ex-girlfriend Caroline, who was the inspiration for the song "Auctioneer (Another Engine)". The African-American girl was also in the video for "Stand".

[Trekkie155]

Wow, that shedded a little more light, didn't know she dated Mike before. Plus Auctioneer is my favorite track off of Fables of the Reconstruction. Cheers.

[corleonex]

just wondering , they are not guys with tits? ... always tought that, great song by the way i love rem

[jawn108]

a nipple is a nipple

[misszooniverse]

Go Michael! I wonder why all my favourite people are called Michael...odd...

"I'm sorry, I lost myself" :)

[MusicJew158]

I like the black chick but I also love how this song and video makes fun of how awful and banal the POP music scene was in 1989

[saintsubversive]

For some reason, Stipe in this totally reminds me of Donald Sutherland in Fellini Casanova.

[saintsubversive]

I love this song and this video, its absolutely brilliant, and naked girls too! (the blonde in the middle is an especially great ... dancer, heh)

[rodneyracoon]

rem's best song

[Kapricorn1]

Yep,it sure is ;)

[xgirlfiendx]

I adore this song. :) Never imagined seeing Michael Stipe dancing around with topless chicks.

[solwolfpunk]

I love REM.

[xgirlfiendx]

Yo tambien.

[AFirmKickInThePants]

I love this video, the way Michael dances and smiles always makes me smile

[HEMSG]

I had no clue there was a version of this video without the black boxes covering thier chests.

[Infinitypart2]

me neither that's the only version I know...

[ryanc22]

Should of got better looking girls, but I realized this is not an 80's hair metal video :(

[richiebear1969]

R.E.M 's best song to dance to.

[azhcane]

those 4 chicks need +2s stat.

[crimsonwhite1]

should we talk about the government

[cjbair]

makes me high

[Corbydallas]

I've listened to this song for years now and I finally got the meaning. Titties are titties. Simple.

[SusieSpinkle]

i liked the censored version because they covered his chest too. i thought they were making a statement but i guess not.

i love it anyway.

[jimcarreyonline]

I did not know there was a uncensored version of this. I used to have a huge crush on Michael. I still think he is cute.:) He was so sweet and shy so it makes me giggle a bit to see him dancing with the topless girls.lol

[alpurod]

One of the girls dancing, appears in the The one i love video too, am i wrong????

[MDBigworm]

Totally. The white chick with the long brown hair.

[Jamesamite]

No your right its the same girl. I think she is a possible relation to Micheal Stipe?

[eeviechu]

good move going bald Stipe you look much better =) haha i don't know about that hair...

[rockpower9]

i agree with dave!

[statnerd52]

4 topless girls dancing...

[trabukez]

Wonderfull song! REM, the best band ever!

[kohoutekdriver8]

Oh, shucks! I was hoping this was the censored version, which is my favorite R.E.M. video of all time.

The uncensored version is, IMHO, kind of boring.

[davescookies108]

I hope this doesn't get taken down. I can't imagine somebody prudish enough to report such artsy nudity done not for the sake of titillation, but for irony.

[Corbydallas]

They got stars on their nipples aside him so I think it's cool and the fact is was done to show people how women are objectified.

Looking for three women to star in a remake of this classic video with me. lol

[rockinman85]

Cool video.

[Corbydallas]

This song got me into REM the first time I saw it on MTV. Green is my fave album by them.

[SuperSnake2255]

Glad to see REM back! Fantastic Song!!

[snoerl007]

How long will this cool song stay this time on youtube? Thank you for posting this great song!

[SoVerySappy]

Love it...tastefully done topless. Gotta love Stipe even though he is a homo...hes cool and writes GREAT lyrics.

[andydudley1]

Stipe with hair ha ha

[nvrsleepnvrdie]

YES! thank you so much for posting this epic song! it gets more true every year

[LikeYoung]

What gets more true every year?