REM 6-9-84 Passaic 01. Pale Blue Eyes

[kinskifreak2011]

I thought this would be sucky as hell... oops! My bad... it's pretty good =)

[TheCoverHeaven]

Who is that long haired singer?? hehe

Nice cover!

[russellkua]

wow

[wcibbt]

I like the country flair they give it.

[TheIsay21]

Nice rendition of the instrumentals

[Zepster77]

Best cover!!!  Ever !! Of this song!!

[samidred]

sooo good.

[Davidmh1971]

pete buck called his solo on this amatuerish!!!.................­i think it's one of the most moving, beautiful and appropriate solos ever!!

[RubaGayGrego]

A versao-cover!

[rocknrollally]

I love their rendition

[TheMzHailz]

What year is this!! Awesome rare video!

[samidred]

@TheMzHailz its 1984 like it says in the title^^

[Euterpe420]

Stipe had a face to die for back in the day. Exquisite.

[mad4cavies]

Great video!

[ADR10723]

Cool. Sounds really southern. Like it a lot.

[therantingsociety]

i think that is the most hair i have ever seen on Michael Stipe's head.

[Proonur]

This is actually a Lou Reed cover, not Velvet Underground. Great song.

[coneyretard]

@Proonur No... first released on the eponymous "The Velvet Underground" in 1969. Doesn't appear on a Lou Reed record until 1978's live album, "Take No Prisoners".

[therantingsociety]

@Proonur It's by the Velvet Underground. It was on their self-titled album.

[KevinHeaven9]

@Proonur yea u don't know anything

[CATAMELIE]

ça le fait carrément !

[guillotinebaby]

shmexay

[mtaylorkingcarper]

good cover, just a little upbeat for my liking but i guess that's just REM'S take on it.

[cxmafia]

Actually quite a faboulous cover!! And holy shit, were they young back then - and today quite the same. REM RULES!!

[bagrat22]

For some stupid reason Stipe reminds me of Cobain in this vid. At 1:48, his eyes go skyward.

[dascotton]

Were it not for this fantastic cover i'd never have found the original so give me peace with the negative comments.

A great song and covered really well.

[MrBroadwaystreet]

@dascotton Me too. If it hadn't been for REM covering Velvet Underground songs, I doubt if I'd have found out about them for a long time.

Definitely a country twang.

[duranduranandme]

i would love to say i was alive and listening to good music in 84. thanks dad for showing me 'monster'

[frabn]

Thought of You as my mountain top

thought of you as my peak

thought as you as everything; i've had but could not keep,

I had, but could not keep.

Some of the most true and sore words in Rock'n Roll history. And it's not over yet!

[gcolie]

he looks so young

[drstirling]

ouch! lousy!

[superasamp]

Great version!

[fernandosm8]

this one has a different kind of power... i like it... also the original version too

[88anser]

Oh man, thanks for this. I was at this show-- after my senior prom in 1984. Am old.

[wolfmaninalicudi]

bellissimo

[punzelove]

yes, passiac is in nj

[ultramegaunknown]

Passaic... is that in NJ?

[nycdude999]

I would say yes, Passaic, NJ. Most probably at the Capital Theater.

[MrBroadwaystreet]

@nycdude999 Yes, it was the Capital Theater. I was there.

[snoig]

@MrBroadwaystreet I was there too. Great show.

[Ruddy07011]

t was good what we did yesterday.

And I'd do it once again.

The fact that you are married,

Only proves, you're my best friend.

But it's truly, truly a sin.

[Ruddy07011]

Every cover of this song leaves out the best verse. WTF?

[dudeman1999]

okay gonna try and find it?

[dudeman1999]

okay what line was it?

[BuddyKatt]

rem plays great covers of roger miller, pylon and lou reed

[Tunnelof]

Stipe with long hair;-)

[BuddyKatt]

stipe with hair

[MadamGul]

I could imagine Stipe be reincarnated as a country singer.

[wellspout]

the definitive re-make this song

[54spiritedwill54]

I love their Velvet Underground covers.

[melora72]

I love their cover, but the song has five verses and they only do the first two. The lyrics are amazing all the way through.

Like this one:

"If i could make the world as pure and strange as what i see,

I'd put you in the mirror I put in front of me,

I put in front of me."

[idospeakenglish]

3:30 Look it's John Edwards!!

[mabumanssur]

mike mills looks like topher grace here

[venenoentupiel]

beatiful cover :)

REM - Velvet underground...

"if i could made the world as pure and strange what i see".... this song is my life.

[y1a2r3e4l5y]

this cover is fantastic but there is nothing like lou reed's voice

[ladyleyetcompagnie]

Amazing cover... so beautiful : really good band and really good song !

[dannashoe]

ive been hear this song at many e\ways and by many bands :D i like the song and the band ... it grows me up :)

[darcyUSA21]

Awesome! Mike Mills is playing the best bass you could ever play, the Rickenbacker 4001. Chris Squire Pionered it, Geddy Lee Mastered it, and Mike Mills kicked ass on it also.

[REMchout]

I used to have one...i sold it to a friend recently, my fenders are so much more comfortable to play...i do miss it, i had it for 13 years.

[superbeavo]

@darcyUSA21 Yeah but Mike Mills has been playing Vintage Fender Precisions for more than 20 years now (the FIRST electric bass!) And Paul Mc Cartney "Pionered it" Before Squire! Paul now plays his old Hofner.

[decade03]

YESS! One of my favorite bands with one of my favorite songs. What a combo

[leadbelly39]

holy shit.

that was a lot better than I thought it'd be.

[kralle7611]

indeed. good version, they made sthg new out of it.

[mirhaba]

Great!!

I was born that day, haha=)

[ejp42]

my favorite band and my favorite song even if it is a cover

[IWontHesitate]

This version is so so beautiful..

[thunter34]

Once again, I am *SO* happy I subscibe to REMchout.

Yay.

[REMchout]

:^)

[bennystropical]

perfet

[taynanafreitas]

A voice unique sensual and mostly original, stripped and powerful as well as the owner hehehehe ...

Love love love ...

[mysterysurf]

The crazy part is that they're opening their set with this!

[ALEXREM76]

perfet

[mistressbladez]

i was there, i was on the local crew - the roadies from georgia were a bunch of redneck a**holes.

[REMchout]

i'd like to hear more details...care to share?

[ejp42]

Love this version. One of my all time favorite songs.

[nutdzy]

i guess he was channeling lou reed before he performed the best show possible ever-

[JorgeZD]

I love this song

[frydalovespungen]

he looks like a woman lol... but thats great.. i love all the music by REM...so..

[solarnaut]

I love REM but this BEAUTIFUL melancholy song is new to me.

Would be better in studio or a blues house without 60 seconds of screaming and live concert tuning up

So far I like Velvet Underground's version best.. the one David Gray version I've heard so far had disappointing acoustics :-/

Praise be to the power of the web to connect to beauty

[RabbiJochanan]

Get the b-sides collection "Dead letter office". There is a recording of this song on that album.

[barton71]

One of the greatest bands in the world, singing one of the worlds greatest songs. Amazing!!

[feedbackinhibition]

this is a really bad song to start a show off with.. lol. but gotta love em for trying something different

[fantasticvoyages]

I reckon it's really a cover of the Patti Smith version

[feedbackinhibition]

errr?

[alystyn]

I've had a bootleg of this song for years, but haven't seen it live before, this is amazing. Thank you thank you.

[rodriseb82]

ten years that i listen to it! First time i can see it! Thanks!!!!

[JinzoCreed]

september 6th or

june 9th

?

[REMchout]

June 9th. :)

[JinzoCreed]

thanks ^^

[davidnc76]

Dead Letter Office

[phlegmmm]

Terrific.  Thanks.

[sundownersmile]

o my god how young do they look! Love this cover, but wish there were some footage of velvet underground doing the number?

[orjanmen]

What is the song they play when R.E.M. is getting ready?

[blowmonkey]

You are my new best friend.

[bambibunny]

Wow! Thanks for posting. I love their Velvet Underground covers.

[astrophell]

Thanks so much for putting this gig up. I've had it on bootleg for years but never dreamed it existed in video form! I love this version of 'Pale Blue Eyes'..

[REMchout]

Yeah I'm really hoping for some more rare 80s era REM shows to be unearthed on youtube...there's one from 82 that I'm dying to see again!

[BeginXtheXBegin]

I love this performance of the song! Did they write this song? Thanks for posting this.

[REMchout]

It's a Velvet Underground cover.

[BeginXtheXBegin]

Oh, thanks.

[kynoceph]

This is off the Velvet Underground's 3rd album. Lou Reed wrote it.

[REMchout]

It's my favorite VU album.

[kynoceph]

Hard for me to pick a favorite VU album, but the third one was the first one I was able to find, back in 1976. It was in a crate of 25c each albums at a pawnshop in Mississippi, I had to tape the cover back together. I still have it.