REM 6-9-84 Passaic 15. Carnival Of Sorts(Boxcars)

[SuperflyPusherman]

Mike Mills would be the lead singer in any other band.

[bigtrukdon]

Until I downloaded the lyrics (25 years after I bought the EP) I thought "Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel..."

was "Chronic town, busted jaw, weeping will..."

[metallicatt316]

Peter Peter Peter

[TheOissin]

Michael's scream on the intro is amazing.

[fred6059]

Bill owns a hay farm and a giant tractor. It's great how the band pull from each other and put that energy back into the show. You can tell they really respect each other as friends and musicians. Could only wish I had great friends like these.

[goggles2]

Thanks for posting. This concert was the first time I saw REM live.

[ivorbigonee]

excellent

[witchman67]

They all look so  young.

[painxtreme]

this is the one that hooked me when my drummer brought the EP of Chronic Town to practice...and I was like "we may as well fucking give up" Its importance was plain to me then, not like Im some sort of know it all, but I knew we wouldnt match them on our best day when I heard this song, Wolves, Lower and Gardening at Night

[cuervo31031]

Best band in the world at the time.

[717mienbao]

Seeing Stipe in this video makes me wonder if Eddie Vedder was heavily influenced or just has the same reaction when performing.

I do like the edgy REM of old. I appreciate the talent of their newer mellow stuff but doesn't appeal at all.

[beachkidboy]

I've known this band since club days. Nice remembering the college age club REM before Stipe got all serious and they played arenas and all the fun went away, along with songwriting talent.

[JPGR66]

i need my own copy of this ...how how HOW?

help a brother out.

[trashedcannedgoods]

was NOT expecting the scream at the beginning lol

great song, great performance

[HagerTX]

I wasn't expecting the scream either, but after watching the video a few more times, I think it's a nice addition in a strange way.

[toyoboeIII]

Good Song/ Bad (Hair) Day.

[bassmanjoe]

@toyoboeIII Looked better with hair then with no hair at all!!!

[allanosterm]

Back in college in around '86 I did a road trip with some folks from Madison, Wisconsin (U. of W.) to OSU in Columbus listening to Chronic Town the whole way, and the whole way back. It was a shitty trip (didn't sleep for 36 hours), but the music was awesome!

[punzelove]

you were six when this show happened? i was 17 but not there

[marcmud70]

almost forgot how GREAT they once were after all the shitty albums...I've gotta start checking out all this vintage stuff now.

[proffesornutbutter]

i love rem's early stuff.

fables of the reconstruction is the best i reckon like

[bujefcbjukidfac]

cool lol REM-- BEST BAND EVER---

I LIKE MICHAELS LONG HAIRS

[robertk2007]

REMchout must have worked with the band.

[REMchout]

haha, i was 6 when this show happened.

[robertk2007]

lol. this looks like an inside the band type of work. sorry for the mistake.

[REMchout]

no problem...i'd love to work for r.e.m.!

[elbo33]

Same here. This is probably the first band I REALLY took seriously (at age 16). I had a friend in college who still liked stuff like Madonna and Thompson Twins until he heard REM.

[AUS10TEX]

R.I.P. Uga VI.

[elbo33]

Saw the '87 UIC show. I don't remember COS but definitely remember Toys in the Attic and Radio Free Europe!

[bblunck]

Thanks for this! This is a great song - a personal favourite and a top 20 on the all-time R.E.M. list

[otheozzy]

i love this song.

[degaulle30]

I basically grew up listening to their early stuff. A really important band to me.

[nutdzy]

michael puts alot into the end on this- alot better than the cut on chronic town-

[nattyp3]

omg. awesome where did u get this footage

[AUS10TEX]

he does great work, next Darell Scott is committed to TEXAS.

[AUS10TEX]

Bill Belichick and Stipe traded wardrope ideas. Both did OK.

[march2fuzz]

FUCKING REM. words cannot describe

[AUS10TEX]

THANK YOU chout x 10

[terra8net]

fantastic... :o))

[bigwnfan]

first concert was REM in 1988 at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. This is how I remember that show. fantastic.

[bloodredsky162]

Anyone know where to download the whole video of this gig?

[thehibtones]

it's a tricky process, I did it a while ago and put them on dvd, just google download youtube and it'll show you various programs you can use.

The most difficult thing is changing the format to avi.

[bloodredsky162]

Thanks, I'll try!

[alystyn]

Bless you. I've watched all of your videos, and this classic R.E.M. is like an early birthday present :) I've been hopelessly obsessed with this band since I was a kid. This is the first song of theirs that I ever heard. Too classic!

[SpaceCadetCira]

Absolutely amazing.

[jumbowhite]

UP should have been their last. It would have been perfect. Instead they are just mulling about in the studio and performing "greatest hits" tours a la U2.

This is great though! Love Chronic Town EP and Murmur. Thank you!

[ChgoChef]

U2's last great album was rigt before they became commercialized.

This is one great find...Thanks for posting it.

LadyDemocrat

[daLom]

In a way I agree, UP was my first album, and from then I just went backwards in R.E.M.'s history, and I liked what I heard with every "new" old cd I bought...

To me the newer stuff has lost alot of it's energy, but that's what seems to happen to every band in time... like metallica or the red hot chili peppers ...

[robin14669]

I agree with you that the last couple of R.E.M. albums are not their very best, although I still really enjoy a couple of songs on every new album.

Hopefully the upcoming album will contain more guitarwork from Peter Buck. I think he's one of the most underrated guitarplayers in rockmusic, and he's absolutely fantastic. Very diverse.

[tomorrettisgay]

we can only hope their new album (due this year) will kick ass!

[badseed86]

god bless utube

[executiveboard13]

Thank you for posting this. What a great version of the first R.E.M. song I ever heard. I've been a fan ever since and I saw them in NJ that year. This was great.

[keltonbell123]

bill berry should toatally come back to r.e.m. he was the most underrated member

[guaranadrought]

Brilliant. My favourite song at the moment, and loving this video even though Michael Stipe seems to have changed his surname to Bolton...

[gillart]

BTW, how f*ed up is Michael at this show?  WOW.

[lithead]

I'd like to know what he's on and find some. He's still got all the words and the passion though. He obviously lived that music which is why he is so compelling in the early days.

God, youth is so fleeting. Do something with it while you can.

[gillart]

Bill Berry is REALLY good and quite underrated. R.E.M. went to the dumper when he left. Even the mysterious low harmonies Bill does on "are pullin" here are never to be mimicked. Never again. Miss Bill.

[REMchout]

Bill did have some great backing vocals...great drummer...wish he would come back for good.

[LordYaoi]

I love Bill Berry, I think he's the best. Still, R.E.M. did not go "to the dumper" after the inevitable though unfortunate departure of Mr. Berry, they just changed because a huge important part that had always been there had gone away. That said, granted, since then their music has taken some strange turns but that isn't automatically bad. Their my favorite band and always will be, I say that with ALL their records in mind.

[LordYaoi]

They're my favorite*

[geridg]

@gillart he is quite the under rated drummer I agree. I always loved his rare backing vocal on various songs. How bout his "it's goin' to fall" on Fall On Me, or "dreams they compliment my life" from Get Up!

[deweypug]

@gillart I want to work on Bill's peanut farm... really, how cool would that be? I would stare at his uni-brow and harvest nuts and drink a beer with him at the end of the day... I can imagine me saying things like, "Hey Bill, you wanna come over and jam tonight? Some of us are getting together...

[metallicatt316]

@deweypug LOL That would be so cool!

[starkweather444]

@gillart They should have broke up when Bill left, R.E.M. was my favorite band growing up in the 80s, I don't ever recognize them anymore. I love watching the old clips though.

[bobfishypants]

Damn..this stuff is too good!

[furshark]

Didn't this song almost force Bill to join Love Tractor?

[REMchout]

I recall a story about that...it took him a while to like this song.

[ddoublled]

there is a god and he posted all these live videos1WOW