REM - 7 Chinese Bros

[brendanseanbarry]

Just put together an alternative compilation to Part Lies, etc. with 40 stunning tracks including Harborcoat, World Leader Pretend, Me In Honey, E Bow The Letter, Sad Professor, Disturbance At The Heron House, Belong, Sweetness Follows, Beat a Drum and, of course, 7 Chinese Brothers. I swear it's an even better collection than Part Lies, etc.. What a career!

[tehdouglas1]

Only one of the chinese brothers swallowed the ocean...

[reddawnify]

genius riffs!

[luv2ride4726]

i could'nt agree with you more @eliezerberry I have all the IRS albums. how many times have we seen a good band start out playing for the love of their music,only to get that one good hit and then they become slaves to the record companys and the almighty dollar,sad

[tjsbigidea]

Ahh, classic REM before they big became rich, arrogant, full-of-themselves pop music idiots.

Bill Berry got out at the right time.

[inkvideo]

@2006ilovejenna Great songs all, but First We Take Manhatten is a Leonard Cohen song. I'll also add Daysleeper, Leaving NY, King of Birds, Fretless, and Try Not To Breathe.

[Klossey]

I actually have 6 Chinese bros at school. Only one more to go....

[juliekstroup]

Such great imagery of Athens!

[nsaa105]

REM became the sound of the 1980s as legions of bands followed suit. But even as imitators codified R.E.M.'s approach into the money-making "alternative rock" sound, the group refused to stand still, constantly changing and developing without ever abandoning their underground principles....God bless the 80s

[mccheese0]

haven't heard this since... what a great song

[talpajam]

if u were there, u realized how revolutionary this was...completely changed rock music direction.. and invented alternative (the word no one likes) music.

i was 13 when hendrix released his 1st LP...and this stuff was just as revolutionary and direction changing when I first heard them in Dallas..I literally still remember where I was on I-35 passing Loop 12. there is not any post-1979 music that doesn't owe a debt to these beautiful cats.

[ftworthxxx]

To this day my favorite REM song.

[DouglasJBender]

@ftworthxxx : Same here.

[snidelywhiplash67]

I wore out the cassette I had of this album! Their best album--well, my favorite anyway. I had the pleasure of seeing them in concert twice during their early years (pre-1986). Miss this early sound.

[mediajunk]

That gorgeous jangle when they were at the height of their powers. Unbeatable.

[uclrichard]

i've always thought michael stipe was a prophet...and when the 19 chinese immigrant cocklers died in morecome bay, england, i realised exactly what this amazing song was about....it is the dissembling of racial theory in a decent, atheist life...

[eliezerberry]

There are 2 R.E.M.s for me.

One R.E.M. made Chronic Town, Murmur, Reckoning, Fables, and Lifes Rich Pageant.

The other made everything since then.

I miss the first R.E.M. What great music they made in the early years. Never to be repeated.

[EdinAmmar]

@eliezerberry YER INSANE IF YOU NEVER GOT ENJOYMENT OUT OF AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE.

[CollectorOfMusic]

@eliezerberry the early years of REM... cronic town, murmur, reconing, fables, lifes rich pageant, & document #5 were on IRS record lable. later REM from GREEN til current was on warner bros record lable. they basically gave up their controlling rights on making great music & traded it for the almighty dollar, i think any true REM fan prefers early REM, however automatic for the people and out of time are really good albums

[nilbog44]

@CollectorOfMusic GREEN was awesome too. you must have never listened to it. you are the everything and world leader pretend were two of the best songs they ever recorded

[keitheeweithee]

@CollectorOfMusic I think you've pretty much captured it thanx

[Bullitt54321]

@CollectorOfMusic . Agree with you, favourite REM songs being this one, Radio Free Europe, Superman and World Leader Pretend. As is usually the case with bands, the best work came in the first few albums...

[codern]

@CollectorOfMusic well said

[KingCast65]

@CollectorOfMusic

What you said.

Peace.

C

[TheDarDar1]

@CollectorOfMusic - well said

[StudioScarecrow]

@CollectorOfMusic 'true' REM fan? :|

why are people such snobs?

[solanaceaesolarium]

finster and the garden! paradise...and so goes...the voice of harold...

[citizenlappin]

I remember having a video of this as a teenager and watching it over and over. I've always been particularly fond of this song.

[ILoveMikeyStipey]

totaly agree with christojihad2 who cares, it dint matter befour he anounced it so why should it matter now

[christoJihad2]

I couldn't care less if Michael Stipe is gay. This band was and still is, one of the most important bands in rock history.

[uclrichard]

if you couldn't care less if he's gay - why keep mentioning it - you brianless fucking arsehole cunt!

[TommieD1]

in case anyone cares, this video is taken from REM SUCCUMBS. half the video cassette was an album half of Reckoning with this footage.

[NETWORK23STUDIOS]

I STILL HAVE THIS TAPE!!AWESOME!! This is from the "left" of Reckoning

[lpbgtr]

Been a REM fan since Reckoning. Murmur is great too! First time seeing this vid! THANK YOU FOR POSTING!!!!!!

[newnewly]

jim herbert video...I think.

[knsdonnell]

the first song i ever heard from rem, been a big fan ever since

[Terminator7867]

this song is awesome

go R.E.M

[cosmicrider287]

thats right.

[mannaggiacaz]

From Reckoning... great album

[TSOLD9000]

i always liked the version on dead letter office for some reason.

[watchinshadows]

hey utahwrx, thanks for posting this, the last time I saw this was about 13 years ago!

[uclrichard]

i've loved this song since i first heard it in 1986.

but, these days, it has a special resonance - since the tragic deaths of the chinese cocklers in morecambe bay...

[markowenjames]

Heh. REM truly were musical visionaries.

[uclrichard]

heh! you're right markow...she/he will return....

[JEM481]

Definitely one of their best songs.

Think this is Rubin Miller's Whirligig Farm though, not Howard Finster's place

[crimsonwhite1]

one of their best

[edumota]

good, but Voice of Harold is better..

[jckosnow]

Yeah, I only hear Voice of Harold in my head when I watch this.

[HeartAtkk]

Very good song, but what's up with the vid? It got any meaning?

[crimsonwhite1]

this is rev. howard finster's place in athens, ga. they did a few film/videos here.

[ubernewhacks]

Concert in 4 days!!!!

[microbus99]

Good times and good memories. All I could think of then was that this my secret band and I was cool for knowing it!

[wojtek0711]

I have all the REM albums. This song i like very much. The same tune is on the song called " Voice of Harold" :-DDD

[HeyHughie]

I love how patient Mills and Buck looked in these old videos

[colmsmom]

Beautiful music!

[660607]

oh what great memories!!  perfect

[crimsonwhite1]

This mellow, sweet, short-haired boy, woman offers pull up a seat

Take in one symphony now, we've just begun to battle

Wrap your heel in bones of steel, turn the leg, a twist of color

Autumn waited hold it to you in the colored come another

[arizonawoodman]

This is possibly my favorite REM.  Of course Radio Free Europe is a close second....

[christoJihad2]

This song brings back some of the best memories of my life. Falling in love with a woman who was, to me, as irrestistable and beautiful as this song. Our love ended on a sour note, unlike this song. This

[subcin]

This is a truly beautiful song.

[westlife13]

i love reckoning

[ilxaed]

its a must own

[rawkus1167]

I agree. A perfect song.

[EclipseNT]

this wasnt their music video for this song....it was a bonus to something left of reckoning I believe

[petesn]

Added at the end of the Succumbs video...4 tracks with one grainy vid....classsic music ,visuals for purists only.( I used to watch it for hours)

[almadora]

this is as close to a perfect song as i have ever heard.

[peacefrogx]

@almadora

i couldn't agree more.