R.E.M. I wanna be your dog Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame

[lusciousloosh]

i plan on looking like patti smith and iggy pop when i retire.

[JacobMorrisNinetyTwo]

snobbery, snobbery everywhere.

I can safely say as both a Stooges fan and an REM fan, I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[kingoftomatoes]

hey peter could have really hurt those people, god, he really has a problem or is something missing from our view in the video?

[Neatsoup]

REM is ridiculous, Patti smell like a dead rat.... FUCK ! That's not rock'n'roll !

[NickJunoJr]

@Neatsoup : so you think you know what rock'n'roll is ? if you don't like, just pass your way, shut the fuck up and don't bother us !

[ccipollini1984]

@Neatsoup

If you scorn Patti Smith, you don't know jack shit about Rock N Roll.

[xrawalmondbutterx]

Pretty sure that's his amp he tosses. You can see the speakers in the back and the handle on top. Looks like a Vox.

[HeavyLiquidVideos]

a Stooges song was in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame before the band Stooges were in it.

That sucks :/

[imdannybloom]

tame

[sunkenlandscapes]

Patti why would you agree to do this? This is baaaaAaaad

[roejogan8]

@sunkenlandscapes it's good. r.e.m rules.

[sunkenlandscapes]

@roejogan8 rem is rad but this doesn't do the stooges justice

[astroboirap]

haha this version is bad

[roejogan8]

@astroboirap haha. fuck you. this sounds great.

[FuckMoiMosk]

boooring version (as the group itself)

[TheFigueroa007]

This version should be indicted for war crimes.

[SMThomasson]

So funny when the amp gets chucked and crushes that guy's foot!!

[FamilymanDisaster]

This is really good.....

[mikesxdestroy]

Just REM? Why aren't Patti or Lenny mentioned in the title?

[crashedlux]

MONITOR? That's a Vox AC30 he's throwing!

[MisionIndecente]

''Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame ''... who cares about crap stablishment of music?????!!!! if you belong to that bullsh%t you better kill your self

[dirtynapkineater]

stick to playing your own songs guys....leave it to the masters

[roejogan8]

@dirtynapkineater fuck u. rem are legends.

[harshman121092]

who would dislike this????????

[duckyousuckr]

This is the spunk that showed up later on Accelerate. Still good to see Bill back, and Peter throwing the monitor!!

[kaldizoltan]

3:19 LOL

[kwixa02]

i know.. REM can be great, but "i wanna be your dog" isn't about sing well.. I THINK that is an invitation to totally chaos sex, drugs and fuckin' rock and roll!! well c'mon!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i can't feel it ¬¬

[touchandgod]

It's not my favorite, but I respect REM about ten times more for doing this. Although I normally dig Patti, she's not getting it here. Ah well, good effort for everyone.

[Stevenissoswell]

I hate this...

[saroei]

even god can't sing it better than iggy....it's a simple song vocal's and guitar....any cover is bad....

[touchandgod]

Emilie Simon does okay.

[niteflyre]

Seldom do Vox AC30s get a chance to stage dive

[customcarcommando]

A surprising cover. Not bad though.

[DazzaBo]

I wanna punch Patti Smith in the forehead.

[KIMARG57]

Perchè non hai menzionato Patti Smith? Forse non la conosci? Qui é l'unica che riesce a rendere credibile questa versione... Stipe in giacca e cravatta che canta questa canzone é ridicolo in confronto a IGGY!!!

[Zooropa420]

That monitor hits the ground at the exact same moment as the last note of the song. Coincidence???????????????????­??????????????

[Tunnelof]

Great

[PieceofMindmusic]

that the stiffest rock crowd ive ever seen..... funny thing is its at the Hall of Fame ceremony youd think theyd be a little looser and actually getting into it :p

[zazeify]

What, Patti not even mentioned?

talk about crimes.

[KurtMcGowan]

This isnt bad! Thio yeah this isnt usually their material but its still pretty good

[Land748]

it's awsome

[1trevorjohn]

@Land748 Go and see Iggy,this is awful !

[Land748]

@1trevorjohn i like iggy too

[1trevorjohn]

@Land748 Stooges 3rd May Apollo in London,can't wait ! Have a look at the video posted by morningchronicle-I Wanna Be Your Dog,It says The Stooges but it's The Trolls with Iggy . No comparison Man !

[UnderTheEl]

I love the fuck out of patti smith but this is awful.

[groeslon]

At last! Iggy and the Stooges to be inducted into the RnR Hall of Fame next week!!!!!!!!!

[1315229]

Oh! She's badass!

[epsteinsmutha1]

Wow, this is right up there with Green Lantern turning into Parallax or Batman getting his back broken by Bane as far as falling heroes go. I REALLY want to like this! It's the full line-up REM with Patti and Lenny onstage. (SNIF!)

[matthewdavidwagner33]

this is terrible

[tzatziki89]

sucks

[AhliAnggur]

hall of lame.  patti, what? The song is supposed to be sex-as-apocalypse. This isn't. Sonic Youth got more chaos out of Dave Sanborn and the Indigo Girls.

[UberSchweinHund]

Shit; where's Iggy?Hall of Shame!

[ttraynor1]

@UberSchweinHund 3/16/10: Fixed.

[JimmyDFFDBorneo]

soft

[cbgbomfugrip2006]

i think it's brilliant

[agenttk421]

sexiness fail

[dumpfer]

jesus fu..ing holy christ, my dear, what a mass!!! gods performing gospels, only missing GOD HIMSELF iggy, sorry ...

[PieceofMindmusic]

patti fucked it up :p

[ybot1983]

this version should be indicted for war crimes

[MrDarknightdriver]

come on they just having fun

[animal90sFreak5]

Complete Bull#@$% how come they didn't play one of their songs???Hoping this will be the year Iggy Pop and the stooges year to shine in.

[Stevenbadman]

This is toe-curling to watch.

[foxkieran]

Since Patti was there, I wonder why they didn't do "E-bow the Letter."

Thoughts?

[MaseratiGT100]

The flying Vox...

[ref0rma70r]

that cover sucked...

[domdom111111]

Slayer's version of this song is the best!

[kimoxxx]

haha, "now I'm gonna burry my face, between your legs with my tongue in that special place", hilarious :D

[punkcracia]

Vulpess´s version is the best!!!

"me gusta ser una zorra"

[TheStrammer]

baran ktory to publikowal nie zauwazyl obecnosci patty smith!? ..ale nr bomba!!!

[AlGoreFan]

Patti loves Michael. Cool song.

[Terminator7867]

"Stipe"

[Terminator7867]

Sipe thinks Buck was funny at the end.

[fly927]

I wanna be your dog is my fave song its nice to see other good bands try playing it

[VDGG94ki]

Throwing the amp was gay. It wasn't a monitor, it was a vox AC30 valve (tube) amp that probably got fucked when it hit the ground.

[Gr33nd0g]

rock n roll ^^

[morose7]

I love REM, but they are not the stooges. This has all the kick gone.

[LosBidels]

is she patti smith?

[VinzCaputo]

Yes

[ANTICIPATE1985]

patti looks like she's REM-ing in this video ... is she fucking asleep or what ?

[karenchristine9]

is patti high? now I wanna open my eyes? (and my mind too). she can barely open her eyes. This video makes me cringe.

[Spartacus217]

She got her wish, she is a dog.

[ihavebig]

looks like stipe is seriously trying not to laugh at Peter for throwing the Amp at the very end. hahahaha

[hmunkey]

Stipes/REM aren't punk and don't try to be punk in any way whatsoever so of course the cover won't be true to the original at all.

[jackhitts08]

@hmunkey REM aren't punk? REM are exactly what punk stands for. Have you ever listened to their 80s stuff? Just because it doesn't sound like the Sex Pistols or the Stooges doesn't mean it isn't punk. (It's a mindset not a sound, blah blah blah, end music nerd historian rant.)

[themightyharrison]

Michael Stipe doesn't get this song. Patti Smith does. The bass player and the drummer get it. The guitar player does not. Throwing the amp at the end of the song is bafflingly stupid. At best it just points up how unauthentic this performance is. Still, the performance was worth seeing.

[karenchristine9]

wait.... is that patti smith? wtf is she doing with rem?

[FarCryss]

This cover sucked.

[admanphoto]

Love REM, but this is a shit cover.

[des777999]

great vid it is one of the best covers of the stooges i have ever seen or heard.

[deadgent]

i love rem but this is the worst cover i've ever heard

[asktunes]

this whole performance is worth it just to see Peter hurl his monitor at the confused crowd

[putdownan8dude]

i got to give props here for A) fucking BILL BERRY ON DRUMS b) lenny kaye's resiliant hair and C) Pete buck still being a crazy ass fucker.

[putdownan8dude]

stipe was not takin this for reals. the guy does not rock out. they shoulda had patty on lead. this is like coldplay playing "come as you are" ugh

[llAkuTsUll]

Its a parody of "I'm Gonna Be Your God"

[mwilliams333]

not at all, its a cover of the stooges i wanna be your dog

[philcat26]

Patty Smith was utterly crap during that

[HugoRune1976]

To quote Denis Leary "sit down and shut the fuck up michael"

[etsneroj]

This is not a good song for Stipe to sing. He doesn't have the....the....balls?...to sing this one.

[Stevenbadman]

Thank you!

[Saintnick90]

Great performance. I would like to tell the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame from the bottom of my heart, FUCK YOU!

[ChristianAce793]

For those wondering, gothrock88 is correct: Patty Smith is sitting in. (Thanks, man.)

[ChristianAce793]

I love Peter's Rick 360! I'll bet none of those rich SOBs in the crowd never saw a monitor get thrown off stage before! Who's the woman backing up Michael?

[gothrock88]

I think it is Patty Smith. She is brilliant!

[zlxyzlz]

They're proto-punk because they came before real punk...the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, who were the first true punk bands...slight difference, perhaps...these guys laid out the template for the future, but weren't exactly punk in the same vein as the Ramones, Sex Pistols, Clash, etc.

[Stevenbadman]

Great choice. Embarrassing performance. Stipe should be less afraid of scratching his voice if he wants to sing this.

Stooges fans: Aren't you tired of reading they're considered "Proto-punk"? What kind of dickless wanker from Rolling Stone came up with this shit? They almost single-handedly created punk (along with the Detroit scene & MC5s, etc.) and remained light-years ahead of anyone, ever.

I love the Pistols too, but goddamn, they came 10 yrs later and still had no-thing on the Stooges.

[ph1sts]

This song was recorded nearly 40 YEARS ago, and Iggy & The Stooges still aren't in the R&R HOF, now Ron Asheton has passed away, he will not be there to be honored if, or more likely when the group is inducted...how very sad...

[didntfinishsoup2]

i don't think that there is quite enough energy in this version. i have liked some of the other versions of this song, but this is a bit of a disappointment

[GrooPunk]

Lenny & Patti are peers of Iggy - it's not like he's so far removed from their circle that this song is an oddity for them. As such, they're playing at their RnR Hall of Fame induction and this song was chosen as a bit of an "F. U." to the Hall because Iggy & the Stooges have yet to be inducted and very well should be.

[pukinpunk]

Weak version

and it's really lame

because The Stooges are a high energy band with "raw power" and this is a completly non-agressive enviroment with not one inch of rebellion

DISAPOINTING to say the least

[VeldigdeiligfraNorge]

god jul

[VeldigdeiligfraNorge]

god jul

[baddawg987]

OMG this is so lame! Michael you should have known better. Iggy must be rolling over in his grave, and he ain't even dead yet.

[greeneups]

HOW DARE THEY COVER THIS, only The stooges can play this song. And it is not to be played in front of rich pricks like in this vid

[ForrestGumpFTW]

They did this to say "FUCK YOU" To the Hall of Fame for not having the Stooges inducted yet.

[greeneups]

THE STOOGES ROCK!! The stooges should be inducted ASAP

[PurplePlayer99]

The Stooges are in the nominated list or w/e it is, but they were passed for 09 :( would be kind of cool to see em get in same year as Rhcp, I know they're fans of the Stooges. But still doesn't change that they should've been inducted earlier. I mean damn even Madonna got in before the Stooges but some of her music isn't that bad and she is a hard worker.

[kcarpenter17]

@ForrestGumpFTW

yeh, that's the important thing. Not the actual version they did of the song.

[crosstoxin101]

awsome SONG awful singer

[Terminator7653]

Strange song choice on Hall of fame

Why?

[makkmarci73]

i don't feel the POWER! bullshit...

[Brenho]

That was like my dad was singing. Filled me with embaressment for them

[kaldizoltan]

That they was their, they just had fun :) I love REM

[kaldizoltan]

ohh sorry they=day

Peter Buck is such a great musician

[queeniefox]

I don't really see why everyone in these comments gets so upset about it to be honest. They're not *trying* to be the Stooges ffs. Lighten up, oh YouTubers!

[pizzaugis]

descremado

[det19rw08]

Not great. But not as bad as RHCP's remake. And i love them.

[MadOldMan]

Regardless of how anyone feels about the quality of this performance, I personally think REM performed this song to protest the fact that the Stooges/Iggy Pop aren't in the hall of fame yet.

[aemongalatea]

What dreams are made of.

[terminator1111111]

Not good cover by REM

[DirteatDirt]

i totally agree. love rem but leave the stooging to the stooges

[tomlyoldhappyderek1]

I love REM,but this is just laughable.

[skiptracer62]

They are missing a ton of heroin, self-abuse and alcohol to do this song proper...well, maybe Patti isn't missing anything...

I love the amp being throw at the end, the audience moves out of the way and the one guy that stands there thinks, "ahh my geriatric foot! My AARP won't cover this!"

[wju365]

sort like ballerinas trying to play football

[RacismIsSchism]

haha

[cieggou]

PATTI IS MAS PUNK

[maistral]

θεά ε;

[HeirApparent01]

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[Gumbyrearygood]

Rapid Bowel Movement.

[HeirApparent01]

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[eeayt]

what a strange choice.

[DX2223]

R.E.M shouldn't be playing this song! His voice is not capable of like singing it the way it should be sung! He just ruins it! Iggy is the only one who can officially play this song and Iggy only!

[archay1]

WEEEEEK...

[bennoodle]

Fail.

[kalisteboat]

How have they dared ??? NOOOOOoooooo :-(

[osocali]

FUCK the hall of fame....Great musicians don't need the acknowledgement of the populus. Great musicians are ahead of their time and their true influence and contribution isn't even recognised until years later when everyone else catches up to their mind set...people who understood the genious of IGGY don't need MTV to tell them what how influencial he was

[osocali]

Just contrast this performance with that of Sonic Youth or Iggy with Steve Jones and see the what I'm talking about....if you don't know I can't explain it.....

[osocali]

I mean M Stipe singing "I wanna be your Dog" in a suit and tie is SOOO MTV CORPORATE BULLSHIT and the whole throwing the amp off the stage thing was so pathetic...just go to the S. of France and smoke you expensive cigarettes and eat your caviar and tan your white ass you're a rock'n'roll commodity..your not Rock'n'roll

[osocali]

whatever the motivation for this song they totally missed the mark if you can't understand how stupid and fake this performance is then you have never expeirenced what Iggy was all about or the whole punk movement the followed it WAS all about I was there I lived through it 77-84 LA...I like REM and PS but this is SOOOO fake and bullshit....

[jsm408]

this was a commentary that iggy and the stooges belong in the rock and roll hall of fame. iggy also performed this year singing madonna's ray of light. when is the hall gonna realize he should be in already?

[osocali]

this SUCKS HARD...they're total posuers..they don't even come close to the attitude of the original...they just ended up looking and sounding like corporate career Rock and Roll musicians..this is so opposite of what Iggy and this song was all about...THIS IS SO STPID AND FAKE...KILL IT

[whkrause]

If you don't like the performance, just say so and leave it there.  REM is such so corporate they don't let their songs be used in TV ads, unlike Iggy. They're such poseurs that they use their real names, unlike Iggy. Really, Iggy is great and rocks incredibly hard, but REM has the most integrity of any band around.

[forstrings56]

REM's integrety aint shit when u talk about fugazi, or mike watt (whos touring with the stooges). and yeah this is pathetic. REM cant rock out hard, theyre pop and theyve been on both ends of the pendulem. but this is wretched. the song is supposed to be balls to the wall attitude and this is watered down family ready b.s.

[TheGargantuanSock]

I have a feeling they played this in protest to Iggy & The Stooges not being in the hall of fame. They were not trying to better the original, they were playing it as a mark of respect. So think a little before you comment.

[queeniefox]

This clip makes me very very happy indeed. :D

[smithmarke]

Think they do this song justice.

[yJayShermanDijo]

Patty rocks!

[israelmonrroy]

fuuuuuuulk he is asleep que pasa nothing lime IGY!!

[SmokinStubs]

God, I was just kinda listening to the music and not paying much attention; I assumed that the long hair was some freaky Iggy thing but then he morhped into Patty after I realized that Stipe was backing away from him/her in the microphone. Blahahahaha....

[kingdomoftheworm]

The Stooges, along with the New York Dolls, Motorhead, and the MC5, should be in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

[lulo2049]

that girl is patty smith ???

[HazmatB]

yes

[HappyMons]

After the bridge, Buck's monitor started taunting him, mentioning among other things, that it was still able to fly British Airways.

[stinger839]

this rocks and you the poster rock for uploading the videos from the ceremony; I'm a huge REM fan and didnt get to see it; they always rock out with Patti Smith. frigging sweeeeet!

[hamros]

It's great band...I love them...t*

[pussycruncher69]

fail

[askl23]

It's good to see them with Bill Berry.

[bennoodle]

fail.

[soundofstone92]

I loved when Peter threw that amp off the stage at the end. He was so fed up with it. Good colaboration in my point of view.

[6HNS9]

Patti is a grandmother °0°

[Steve92crue]

they just killed one of the coolest songs ever. of course...

[jimbob1969]

Stipe is the only guy that has remained cool in REM ...and i've been into them since '85

[Chr0nict0wn]

I love R.E.M., but Patti Smith is just not a good singer..

[antVJ]

what!? i bet you don't like janis joplin either. she wasn't "a good singer", she kept screaming all the time, right? well, this is rock, no trl's pop, no hip hop trash and no opera. it's not the "singing" that matters, it's the soul!