R.E.M. Live from the Raleigh Underground COMPLETE SHOW, 10 Oct 1982

[cwatson426]

@kenjames64 I am 15 and my dad raised me loving R.E.M. and now I can say they are definitly my all time favorite band. Thank you for posting my favorite live performance by them ever on youtube. I've watched all the way through several times and never get sick of it.

My fathers name is Ken, my middle name is James, and my grandfather just died at the age of 64. You may not care, but I thought that was kind of interesting, so thank you..

[kenjames64]

@cwatson426 That is a seriously spooky string of coincidences. I'm sorry for the loss of your grandfather, and glad you're enjoying the gig.

[RyanElliott80]

Kenjames64 You are one amazing dude. I've never even seen this. R.E.M. is like playing a frat party...and the quality is good too. Nice find!

[jasoncuebas]

i fucking bow to whoever posted this!!

[raleighwoodtgirl]

Best part of this was that I was there. I can see myself in it if I freeze the frame.

[Thelastkingofnowhere]

who's the second guitarist?

[kenjames64]

@Thelastkingofnowhere Mitch Easter, whose band Let's Active was on the same bill with R.E.M. that night. He also recorded in his garage studio and produced Chronic Town, Murmur and Reckoning.

[Nemova]

Sorry for the dorky comment but I love seeing Bill Berry play because he mostly used a German grip. It doesn't look as polished as the French or the American grip but it's quite pleasing to watch (and he sounded amazing of course).

[kenjames64]

@Nemova I always thought Berry held his sticks in an odd way. Thanks for pointing it out!

[Nemova]

@kenjames64 You're welcome! ;)

[ClaydenLee]

bill berry is in a BAD MOOD and i think its because michael stipe is drunk...

[REMCUREBOY]

I miss them.

[smiddlecn]

This is FANTASTIC!! Thanks so much for sharing it!

[scottymacIII]

I made fun of r.e.m. until I saw them in Knoxville in 89, with 10,000 Maniacs. In the following 2 weeks I owned every album they had out, I was blown away. Their encore was Midnight Blue(Foreigner)

[ssshupe]

I hadn't seen this before. Thanks for uploading it. So so so so so young they all are.

[JLDB1987]

Michael's dancing and spontaneous stuff made those 80's shows amazing.

[dogkatmoose]

thanks for sharing this...haven't seen a show this old before, I think '86 was the earliest I'd seen, again...thank you!! really cool to watch this old footage. :D

[yessicaflores79]

Thanks for upload!!!

[NickJunoJr]

question : how can it be that someone from the audience requested 'Ages of You' since it was not yet released anywhere then (only RFEurope single & Chronic Town) ?? a real groupie who knew all the songs they played live or a member's acquaintance ?

[shawnermcbonner]

It's nice to see them before the age of "taking oneself way too seriously".

Great post!

[haysiefantasie]

very punk, very Blondie whom Michael loves

[haysiefantasie]

a certain sexual energy which was there in the early 80s and which has carried them through to their parting - who could you not love in the band? love peter holsapple being mentioned too......

[ramboBrad]

Dude awesome old school R.E.M., a must watch for true fans! "Perfect is a fault and fault lines change."-Stipe

[2003zero]

Thanks for posting this! I went to UNC in the 1980's. This brings backs memories. I have seen them many times. I wish I had seen this concert! Thanks again!

[ivorbigonee]

stipe is so sexy here.

[wnp22]

bless you



[Blibbyblu]

YaY! They've finally broken up !!!

[mbart43]

@Blibbyblu you must be a stupid deaf nigger

[mbart43]

@Blibbyblu yep- looked at your profile- concentrate on black men who have not been shot before you slag off real musicians

[77tim77c77]

Thanks!This brings back wonderful memories for me.Saw them @ the Carioca Club in Worthing on their Murmur tour.They were a very special band.Sad day as the band have called it a day-but watching this reminds me why I thought they were great!

[greenkz1]

GREEN was not good all the way through like their previous releases. FABLES was the oddball in its sound, but was still good all the way through.

[AvatarOfAvatar]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! I and all of my friends on my FB are enjoying this tremendously!

[nilbog44]

@greenkz1 green was awesome.

[rasavilasini]

at 20:30 wonder what Michael says to Peter! looks kinda like he's telling him to step back! lol

[BestBBQ1]

I wonder who made Stipe an honorary member of my sorority? :)

[kenjames64]

@BestBBQ1 He's wearing your shirt? Sweet!

[jflangefly]

it's just delicious to see this and see the type of unbound performance by stipe that made me love them from the beginning. thanks for this!

[chrash]

This is awesome to see. They invented college rock!

[MrRobin14669]

@chrash Can anybody explain to me why R.E.M. was so popular on college radio in the eighties? Or is that beyond words....

[nilbog44]

@MrRobin14669 if you have to ask you'll never know

[MrRobin14669]

@nilbog44 I'm from Holland so I don't know the American college scene. Were there many alternative music listeners, espescially in the eighties? Just asking.

[nilbog44]

@MrRobin14669 there were scattered throughout the country but not too many where i lived. i lived in oklahoma and i got into REM, the cure, the pixies, the smiths etc in junior high. and i literally knew NO ONE else that liked any of those bands. everyone liked crappy hair metal. then in high school everyone liked crappy country music like garth brooks. then in the 90s alternative became mainstream. but there were still great bands like pavement and yo la tengo etc

[Zimmy36]

is it just me but is Stipe stoned?

[bobeugene4]

Sonofabitch! What a find! I was at this show. My ex-wife was a huge fan of theirs and we had Chronic Town on cassette. I also remembering it being a Sunday night cause I took off work the next day to go! Wow!

[greenkz1]

this video is awesome!! i dont like most of their warner bros releases, and green is not good all the way through like the earlier releases.

[speedybill47]

I Can never find a great live version of laughing its as if they've stopped playing it altogether

[carlosfdelatorre]

16:13...Catapult...

[bluecatfish]

Thanks for the upload!

[jjpme92un]

dance godfather, dance!

[sfstucco]

Super.

[6HNS9]

Thanks to sharing ! Good quality ;)

[WickedWings07]

Wow, the entire show in one. Awesome! The unknown song is called "Skank"

[kenjames64]

@WickedWings07 Thanks!

[WickedWings07]

@kenjames64 Sure thing. On Carnival of Sorts, the extra guitarist is Peter Holsapple. Also, along with Ages of You, a song (or some kind of funky poem) called Jazz Lips was replaced by Wolves, Lower.

[kenjames64]

@WickedWings07 I saw R.E.M. several times in the early 80s and never heard them play anything called Jazz Lips. Is there an example of it somewhere?

[WickedWings07]

@kenjames64 I'm not sure if they ever played it live. It's quite rare, but there are one or two recordings of it floating around I believe.

[ShaqFlims]

@kenjames64 is there any support acts???????

[verveshawn]

this...is...epic. i stopped buying albums after Fables. great Post!

[jjpme92un]

@verveshawn do you mean vinyl? "Green" was an amazing album in my opinion even w/ that popular song included