REM - The Wrong Child @ L.E.A.F. Benefit - 13 Nov 1989

[hastadecirpalabra]

we are going to miss this guys so much... :(

[corridorofdoors1]

Why is the crowd so loud?!

[natobanatotoo]

One of R.E.M. most sad yet touching songs.

[noizycat]

just woke up with an urge to listen to this song ... dunno why ... anyway, thank you for making it possible, it´s crazy how rare this song is on the web

[heidigretel]

@noizycat you are very welcome :)))))

[1rstfreegirl]

Love this song. Reminder of childhood. Even now.

Life imitates great art,

[kayonalarsen]

You have the greatest videos!! The majority of these I've never seen. Thanks again for posting these.

[heidigretel]

@kayonalarsen

you are always very welcome :)

[WambliPeta]

The smell of swing set hands..........I'm not supposed to be like this....But it's Ohhhkaaaay....

This song let me know that I wasn't the only "weirdo" out there......And it's OK!!!

[sunburstcarrier]

this song is beautiful. no one else has an album version up though. thanks for sharing this!!!

[heidigretel]

@sunburstcarrier

you are very welcome :)

[NeotRonCorp]

Music like this makes R.E.M. musical geniuses!

[swervinirvin05]

I was at this show. 19 years old. Set 3 rows from the stage in front of Mike Mills. I remember this show well. Could not believe I was getting to see them play Murmur and Green all the way through. I was with two other friends. Lucky as hell to have been there. I was a huge fan then and still are now.

[mantra3000]

Rudest audience ever

[stellaviolens]

Amazed by the crowd noise. it's not a baseball game is it !!!

One of the best from Green.

[cbrennful]

O.K. I believe you. You love R.E.M.

[redguitarstar]

is that bill on mandolin?

[cbrennful]

No, I am nearly sure that Peter Buck is playing the mandolin here.

[redguitarstar]

from the build and the stance it sure looks like bill (he played it on the album) with peter on acoustic andpeter holsapple on keys i'm not saying you're wrong but it sure looks that way to me

[redguitarstar]

sorry definately mills on keys

[redguitarstar]

check out fall on me from the same show on you tube look at the clothing its definately bill on mandolin

[montelimat]

I get this song in my head a lot lately. Because I feel like the wrong child whom Michael is describing.

[MrFraccobaldo]

why the fucking crowd don t shut the fuck up? it s a beautiful song ruined by the noise

[yiommi]

this one kills me

[barryeaton]

i must have listened to this song a hundred + times over the last 20 years.....and i have never failed to cry once....and i am a 6 ft tall 200lb family guy

[Michael17581]

My older brother had a superb record collection all on vinyl. I searched through there once and came across a cassette, I had a walkmen, about the size of your average brick. That cassette was the album Green. When this song came on I was transfixed by it's beauty and when Michael Stipe sing's 'It's OK', and really lets go, it's something else. One of the many, many reasons this band are so special. Great clip.

[HagerTX]

I wish the crowd had been a little more quiet. Great find, nonetheless. Thanks for posting.

[heidigretel]

You are very welcome :)

[Issicra]

Thank you, Heidi... It's been a long time since I've heard that song.

[heidigretel]

You are very welcome Issicra :)

[qba5775]

I can see here I am not the only one feeling as the wrong child.cool version, touching song-Thanks a lot Heidi:) who's on the keys? Peter H.?

[heidigretel]

You are very welcome :)

I think many people feel like wrong child :)

I do not know who is on the keys :)

[zokbedakke]

it's mike mills

[lisababy85]

Thank you for posting. I really love this song. It makes me think of child abuse but it's a great song=)

[heidigretel]

You are very welcome :)

I am always surprised how many people like this song :)

[momapotamus]

this song pretty much brings me to my knees... it reminds me of being a child and how solitary and isolated childhood is/was/can be for some. myself included.

thank you.

[heidigretel]

You are very welcome. :)))))

[XYlophonetreeZ]

A lot of people really hate this song and I don't get why. I think it's so beautiful. It always reminds me of The Sound and the Fury.

[konkursmann]

I agree, my fav on Green!

[alauri]

..."the smell of swingset hands". IMHO, the best written lyrics coupled with the perfect arrangement to ever come out of R.E.M. That sing-songy style and slight whine (for like of a better word) shows the pain and loss of the "wrong child".

[heidigretel]

Many people like this song. I agree the lyrics and arrangement are wonderful. :)

[Lioppaschen]

awsome

[purpletoothedfurby]

This song is amazing. I think it can be interpreted many, many different ways-definitely speaks volumes to me. But yeah, I can see it being written about a disabled child.

[slicknicknirvana]

I am the wrong child

[It5ik]

Stipe and REM made it so that EVERYONE is the wrong child... brilliance.

[Shimmerkitty]

heidigretel I love that you posted this

its great hearing it live, it's absolutely beautiful

[heidigretel]

I love your video! You have much talent to make this video, I do not have your talent. :)

[Stipeman]

My favorite R.E.M. song. For those who wish to know the story behind this song, just look up a book called "under the eye of the clock" by Christopher Nolan ( no not that one ). Written by an Irish man with severe cerebal palsy. He won the Whitbread prize for literature in 1988. Interestingly he attended the same school as U2's Bono. U2's song "Miracle Drug" was written also about him. phew!

[heidigretel]

Thank you, I did not know this information. :)

[Shimmerkitty]

Finally an answer as to where this song inspiration came from. I've always wondered, and it does sound like an outcry of a disabled child.

this is my fav rem song too and I did a video still to this song. check it out, I made the theme about child victimization.

[heidigretel]

Your video is wonderful, thank you! :)

[march2fuzz]

this was performed days before i was born. wow!

[heidigretel]

You are very welcome. :)

[Davidcbs]

This is amazing, thanks a lot :)

But wait, Bill is playing the mandolin on this one ? I never knew he did, wow ! :)

[heidigretel]

Yes, this is a surprise. :)

[johnnymarrplayguitar]

I think Bill wrote this; the music anyway. Bill could play all the instruments. Amazing musician, we miss him.

[heidigretel]

Yes Bill was amazing. :) We all miss him.

[truefaith00]

I remember reading that Mike Mills wrote "Nightswimming" and "Let Me In."

Is there any book or website that has information as to what member wrote, or came up with, each song that we dearly love?

[heidigretel]

I do not know of a website with information as to which member wrote the song. :)

[demetrios4voto]

well....thank u very much heidigretel!!!!

[heidigretel]

You are very welcome. :)

[REMchout]

i didn't even know this show existed on video until recently...I've had the audio tapes of the entire show for years...thanks~

[heidigretel]

You are very welcome! :)

[NickJunoJr]

i used to cry when listening to this song..."i'm not supposed to be like this but it's ok"

[heidigretel]

Never allow other person to tell you how to be. Be yourself is what I learn from this song.  It's ok! :)

[Orkomagic]

I'd love to hear R.E.M. do this live now, maybe as a surprise thrown in to their setlist. Eddie Vedder sang this one time.

[Picnic10]

The most beautiful song R.E.M have ever done as far as I am concerned, therefore one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[heidigretel]

I agree. :)

[jmat444]

would you happen to have any more footage from this legendary show? i would pay to hear the murmur tracks.

[heidigretel]

I am sorry, I am not trading now and I never would sell music. Try asking for this concert on some REM websites, I think many people have this concert. I think the cd's are better than the dvd. Good luck! :)

[alauri]

awesome...thanks so much. I adore this song!

[heidigretel]

You are very welcome! :)

[noneedforonions]

You've got some amazing videos! I think this might be 13th November in Atlanta. They played two sets that day: The whole of Murmur in order, and then the whole of Green in order. I think your Micro and the Melons video might be from the encore of the same show. Anyway, thanks for posting! Amazing stuff!

[heidigretel]

Yes, you are definately right! I am tired, mistakes are easy! I am glad you like the videos, I am trying to post unusual videos. Sometime quality is not so good, but I try my best. You are very welcome & thank you! :)