R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe (Live On the Tube 11/18/83)

[diegohh10]

 17th videoclip's aniversary :),

[aleksandrea09]

@diegohh10 27th?

[Spidermankevin78]

They kinda look out of place on that stage but looks like there having fun ever think R.E.M the First Grudge band

[guitar19904]

@Spidermankevin78

you mean grunge

[sckrbt]

peter buck is cool

[MCFCTrick]

My first time coming across REM was watching this show.....pure class rock band back then...loved 'em.

[godfishgod]

callin aahhl rado transeeuhhs....

[LLB61959]

I saw these play in an elementary school cafeteria on this album tour ....they were awesome

[diskochimp]

Wow, this is even better than the Letterman clip! I saw this on TV at the time & didn't quite get it, I was far more interested in Bauhaus & Killing Joke back then tbh - looks like the sedated audience might've been of the same inclinations? Fortunately it still looks / sounds brilliant, thanks for sharing...

[Cenzontle7]

they remind me of watching the MONKEES on TV whent I was kid. Practiced bohemianism. BUT these guys were incredibly interesting musically. Very original.

[Nigelxman]

@Cenzontle7 What an incredibly stupid comment. Mind blowing.

[HelenH96]

another fabulous quality version wow!!!!!!

[Ladygem2112]

lol debates over MIchael Stipe's hair. hehe. LOVE THE MUSIC!!!

[gothos1000]

I can't evolve. Murmur's still my favorite

[belturbet4]

still sounds as fresh today. its now a 'national treasure' song apparently .no wonder

[midnitedeth]

he looks alot like eddie vedder

[studaldo]

superb,,no other word

[Fanrem]

Enorme, tout simplement, qui pouvait imaginer à ce moment qu'ils atteindraient de tels sommets, pas moi en tout cas, et je regrette mon manque de clairvoyance.

[smudgeski]

Saw these guys on The Tube then saw them at the Marquee in London. Brilliant gigs. They lost me when they became became stadium rockers. Not sure they lost themselves too.

[punschpralinen]

1:58 - I love it when Peter approaches Stipey like that and tries to make eye contact with him, it's like he's teasing him a little for standing so still or something. ;)

[blechtman]

how does this not have millions of views?

[w9x7cv3vg6]

@blechtman dahhhhh it was their first record maybe

[TheZootropococ]

@blechtman ART IS NOT FOR THE MASSES. :)

[studaldo]

@TheZootropococ welll said-------i hear you

[666Angelfuck]

@blechtman rap music

[alxfnch91]

r.e.m. r fukin legendary !!!

[madamoiselle0sahara]

stipe looked like a young eddie vedder

[GrUnGeFoReVeR4594]

@madamoiselle0sahara Yeah, especially when they get the shots from the side, when the film Peter, and Stipe is in the background, with the mic.

[fuckamericanidiot]

@madamoiselle0sahara he doesn't look like him, he has similar hair to ten era pearl jam, and same mannerisms, if you looked at a skinhead picture of stipe and one of vedder and put it side-by-side you would not say that

[ThsBehaviorsNtUnique]

@madamoiselle0sahara Hihi I thought I was only imagining it because I'm so obsessed with Vedder

[ErinIsPunk]

@madamoiselle0sahara He looks like Bam Margera in this video. LOL

[mattholehouse]

@madamoiselle0sahara

fuck yeah, and look at that hoodie, only 20 years early ; )

[2degucitas]

Love his young face and curly hair we both were fine back then.

[Edhallick]

It amazes me how this band never called themesleves "The Dorks"

[JimmyVolmer]

LOL....You do make a good point

[jatroup12]

Great song. I'm from Atlanta. In the summer of '81 I was 14 yo & listening to REM & this song on WRAS 88.5 (Alternative/College format) 2 years before they released their first album. Long before anyone was playing them mainstream.

That same summer WRAS 88.5 was playing another song called Rock Lobster by another band no one had heard of...the B-52s. I was thinking "both these bands are great!" The mainstream stations should really play these guys!.

What a summer for great music!

[greenslashpurple]

This is how I remember them.

[PresidentGas99]

Everyone standing around like they don't know what to make of them. Ah ..........the early days.

[seabasswes]

mustve been nice to be around to see them in their hey day, this is like 5 years before i was even born. and i like how everyones probably wondering why the singer doesn't have a mullet or spandex

[gibsoneb3]

Fender Bassman amp...bold, retro choice of a bass amp. No bottom end, but cool none the less.

[PresidentGas99]

Sounds better when he's playing his Ric

[pinkyfoo3]

BEST SONG OF THE 80'S!!!

[Sunriseatnoon]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[UberBeavis]

Wow, I almost forgot how they used to rock.

[billiam77]

Excellent!!