R.E.M. E-Bow The Letter **HQ** Video

[beckyloulaa]

Simply soulful and stunning

[amitroychoudhury]

Awesome! One of the most soulful songs ever...

[MyDstarz]

this is just a beautiful song........amazing for the ears.

[tonedeafandunplugged]

tomorrow is so strange.

[briantfenton]

these guy's have been around playing for almost 40 years..........I understand that this song was about a letter that Mike wrote for River P.........that he never sent before he died......Man, is that heart breaking........But, at least Michael had the courage to write this song.......I listen to it everyday.......Peace, mytube.........B

[briantfenton]

god bless river phoenix.........mike wrote this song for him.......sad.......B

[hugosalarm]

Fabulous song, fabulous album from a band that for numerous reasons, intellectually, musically, emotionally is the greatest band I've ever heard and seen. And by far.

[bruj3w]

Remember reading Warner were pissed cause they let the band pick the first single from new adventures and they thought this was awful, hearing this made me go to town to buy the record, beautiful song.

[seancah1]

What a song. Automatic was the 1st album I ever bought. I was 13 or 14 but fuck I had good taste in music.

[lamestamiliano]

REM WILL MISS YOU ....THANKS ......IM CRYING ......YOU WERE PART OF MY FUCKING LIFE

[netzde]

Thank you R.E.M. I will never forget you!!! What wonderfull 31 years!

'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave.'

Leaving R.E.M never easy,

I saw the light fading out.

Find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart,

Find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart.

I told you, forever, I love you, forever, forever, forever...

[oophelia46]

Ok, this just took me back to my high school years! aww

[jack810126]

simply awesome

[hav737]

Lovely

[VonDoom51]

If wishes were trees the trees would be falling

Listen to reason

Reason is calling

Your feet are going to be on the ground

Your head is there to move you around

[drvalderrama]

best R.E.M. song ever !

[LuisRicardo1981]

I love Patti Smith, I just love her

[WCWfanboy]

MY PERSONAL OPINION, BEST SONG EVER. PERIOD.

[masterofthenight0]

 Because of the nature of the

job, I was unfortunately unable to entirely avoid lip-sync, but I made

sure that all of the instruments were plugged in and I encouraged the

band to play, read, and hang out as if they were in a normal practice

room. Patti Smith's presence is critical in the video, as it has been

in R.E.M.'s approach to music. We got on a tram with her in Prague and

shot without permission.

[masterofthenight0]

E-BOW, THE LETTER

R.E.M. Director's Cut, 1996, 5:22, 16mm/Video

The song, written in the form of a letter, invokes travel and memory,

apprehension and hope. The video was shot in L.A., New York, and

Prague, but I wanted to blur the distinctions between the cities

because regional distinctions are rapidly disappearing as corporate

presence becomes increasingly dominant

[cuore271]

ingredible!!!!



[LyricalDJ]

Here comes the flood, anything to thin the blood..

Thanks for uploading. I have the cd but sometimes it's nice to listen one's own music in a different way if that makes sense.

[neve304]

I love this song!

Meni jedna od najboljih pjesama ikad.......

[nicholsjoshua15]

R.E.M. has a new song with Patti Smith in it R.E.M. "Blue" it's great.

[taylorsurfer]

@nicholsjoshua15 What I love about "Blue" is that it doesn't feel like a redo of E-Bow. It's completely different and amazing.

[seekoober]

21 people are lame.

[llynnowens]

Beautiful. 

[brotkorb92]

Rest in Peace River......<3

[XxMattyGxX]

This song puts into words all the things I cannot say. It's the most emotional and soulful thing I've ever heard.

[enzothebaker9]

@XxMattyGxX Some things are better left unsaid. Like the sentimental shit you decided to post.

[hovis1962]

@enzothebaker9 nice one x

[kiwicockers]

just add the track,i have no brainer

[Kaiverfox]

All this time I've listened to this song never seen the vid, thanks for sharing. Yeah this song is intense.

[59whiterabbit]

One of my favourite songs, sends shivers up my spine.

I prefer this version with Patti Smith.

[Elmalatina]

I cannot even begin to express how much this song moves me.

[themooddisorders]

This makes me shiver! Great song!

[kangurome]

that's music !

[MrBushytop]

Gun to my head this probably the best song they have ever done

[kepviselofunk]

This song must be for many of us like a page from a diary. 

[TheWalkingTerror]

i love this song..

[dubbedup]

One of the finest REM songs ever! Reminds me of the flight to Vegas, me and my wife listening to this track! Perfect soundtrack to a perfect holiday!

[kangurome]

history of music !

[cbfall]

Really good song and video!

[BroderGrus]

Dream away...........so beautiful!!!!

[DEREITLESNOPPE]

So much memories in the song, I could start crying every time I hear the sad melody

Wrapped my hand in plastic

Thx for being REM

[dharma729]

simply beautiful !!!

[TheWalkingTerror]

♥ love it

[giub81]

each time i hear patty smith starting to sing "pulls us near" i get goosebumps. each fuckin time

[malejorivi93]

I love this song!

[buddyboy75]

Is that Patti Smith beginning at 3:25?

[jimmyperdition]

@buddyboy75 Yep..Patti Smith.

[tquasa]

@buddyboy75 I think she comes in at 1:15 or so

[yannisMKL]

What a song! Unforgettable!

[Hapworth1924]

the video should be labelled rem AND patti smith... both great artists must say

[alavoretadelamar]

gracias por colgarlo! genial!

[bhavbal]

Thanks for your time and effort. Great quality. A suggestion-- All the videos you have uploaded in HQ could use a bit of amping up. I mean the loudness. I had to listen to all of them in full volume on my imac and still not "that" volume. Everything else great! Thanks!

[masterofthenight0]

one of the best songs ever

[aaag25]

Their best

[ascorbicacideater]

old forgotten favourite

makes me happy so happy today

[portaladicto]

Gran canción, y pensar que dijeron que se habían equivocado al elegirla com single.

[sorcerer1975]

GOD I LOVE THIS SONG !

[SergiuGothic]

One of my absolute favorites...

[Makadonska27]

Blow my mind. Awesome. What a tune. Stuff like this makes me think. Wtf are we going to do for quality when bands like REM are no longer wiriting music;.

[theeponym]

@Makadonska27 There's loads of young, talented writers and musicians making music today. You just have to look harder to find it amongst all the crap. ;)

[Makadonska27]

@theeponym I am sure your right. I probably just dont look hard enough these days. I need to get out to more gigs I think.

[Laylaforeverr]

@theeponym That's very true. Well said. 

[waylandsphere76]

this song is so fucking good

[rockarincitaonaplain]

fukng Patty Smith you're the best !! , Michael Stipe you're the 2nd best!

[eiskugerl]

only perfect...

[TheJahtucker]

one of my all time favorite songs :)

[johnestabrooks]

yeah patti smith

[briantfenton]

soooooooooo great........B

[robipoli]

Io amo questa canzone

[Timeka79]

1 of a kind.

[lufc550]

I prefer the one featuring thom yorke, the ending just makes me melt.

[lahamttt123]

Uniquely original as always.

[alvstel]

Hey guys, how we could name this style of this song... just alternative? or it is pop? i cont find a good name to the style of this song...

[briantfenton]

ummmm.....i think they are considered what is known as "TOP 40".....but, that is kind of a misnomer.....you really can not put a label on REM..........been listening to them since i was a teenager........that was sooooo long ago.......B

[briantfenton]

ummmm.....i think they are considered what is known as "TOP 40".....but, that is kind of a misnomer.....you really can not put a label on REM..........been listening to them since i was a teenager........that was sooooo long ago.......B

[t10parwani]

this s one of the greatest bands ever i love micheal, to bad he s gay..lol

[PLCJockey]

great tune. love it

[toptenguy1]

I love REM, but i just don't "get" this one.... Don't see the appeal of it.

[Larvemannenz001]

love the fucking chorus! it's so bad ass.

[rebelanarch]

i hate how all the karaoke places round here don't carry this song.

[fuguokan]

This song is amazing, one of the best r.e.m. song.

[wojtek0711]

I bagan listening REM since Green album released in 1988. I have all of their albums. Best american band ever!

[badseed86]

patti 's part in this song (and video) is awesome...

[booobbobo]

I asusme you're talking about the female voice in the chorus.

Patti who?

[rebelanarch]

"Because the Night is made for lovers" patti smith(song co-wrote with "da boss") . not to be confused with the other patty smith or howyouspellit, famous for "bang bang/ i am the Warrior..."

[mrblisterfist]

Patti Smith

[1980evie]

Brilliant........love Rem xxx

[MegaCastleRock]

Awsome Song, I love REM. One of my fav bands from the 80's.

[balotelli72]

Great song...

[SteelCity15074]

One of R.E.M's best songs.....

[TehJew22]

@SteelCity15074 It sure is, unless you count "The One I Love".

[Floyd13778]

@SteelCity15074 Definitely - it proves that Stipes is not only a great singer, but even some kind of a poet.

[cangiaforps3]

@SteelCity15074 A good song, not one of the best, at least for me.

[laramorim]

@SteelCity15074 I agree! One of the best lyrics ever!

[murffff]

awesome

[Vitanichan]

When I first listened to this song I thought that the video had to be "with someone wandering alone during the night, in a city with lots of darkness and light". And so it is. I'm amazed.

[KevKli3]

Music !

[lizardking7able]

I think this song is a masterpiece it reminds me a lot of things that I've done in the 90's. I thought then this song would be awesome and I love it so much! Thank you for posted!

[OLDCRAZYLADY]

Patti Smith Documentary on PBS's POV called Dream of Life

******December 30, 2009*****

[holo9]

P.S. And Patti Smith with R.E.M. is a fantastic mix!!

[holo9]

I LOVE this song!!!! It's absolutely a masterpiece... magical, different and AWESOME!!!

And it reminds me of a boy I was in love with, cos' he also loved this song... :)

[Shaunasia]

i LOVE this video! haven't seen it in a looooong time... thanks for posting! : )

btw, i'd forgotten Michael Stipe was left-handed. my Mom's left-handed, too. i only bring that up because her birthday is January 4, just like Michael's. and she also just so happens to be bald, too... hehe, i'm just kidding on that last one! : )

[thisrainykitten]

so much pales in comparison in terms of artistry.

[nessalu]

Great freakin song.

[bluerigster]

Luminal barbiturate taste like fear, death!

[ronsworld250]

I was at the Tibetan Freedom concert in DC in 98. This two day event had REM and Patty Smith. I was stoked because I knew they would perform this song and walla a lightening storm hits. A young lady is struck by lightening and the Saturday show is cancelled. Both REM and Patty were due to perform later on in the day. REM reschedules on Sunday but Patty cannot. This song is then performed on Sunday but with Radiohead's Thom Yorke performing Patty's parts. Good but not as great as the original.

[ronsworld250]

Thank you for this upload. What a great song(one of my favorite REM songs), what a great band, and a great video. I have HI-FI and it is a great album. How do you spell good music=Berry, Buck, Mills, and Stipe.

[mutedisease]

This is by far my favourite REM song. What a great piece of mellon collie.

[WinoRidens]

wow!

[VacLateralus]

so melancholic... this song is great

[roiztemer]

ohh nice song and excelent play the guitar and sense Stapp, yeahhh rem the best of the every times

[oHelmslyo]

One of their best songs

[thebroomcupboard]

REM in their prime.

[pishta1]

a big thank you for the upload been looking for this version for eons, it was removed had some restrictions on it i was so gutted, and now here it is fairy lights, the video goes with the tune had to download it so thank you for the upload this will be so much played, even though i have on cd, to c the video well thank you

[ianese2005]

i worked as a runner on this video while doing my internship in New York. One of my jobs was to buy all those little fairy lights, it was the middle of august and i spent days running all over the city trying to find christmas lights.

[briantfenton]

buying those lights must have been exhausting...hahahah....but, it kinda made the video beyond words.........B

[PLCJockey]

@ianese2005 - That's pretty cool.

[Makadonska27]

@ianese2005  Awesome story man. Put a big old smile on face to imagine.

[iamandrewssoul]

@ianese2005 nice! ;)

[nilbog44]

@ianese2005///////  hey ianese, i am going to have to call bullshit on that one. sorry. i dont buy it.

[ianese2005]

@nilbog44 why? why would i bother to invent such a banal story?

[MrJimmySwain]

@ianese2005

that is amazing. i want to recreate this room so bad.

[MrBushytop]

@ianese2005 Just curious but did you have to get the inflatable deers for the electrolite video as well. Assume it was shot around same time and studio.

[ianese2005]

@MrBushytop No, just the lights. The production company 'Open City Films" was based in New York where i worked. The studio shoot was in LA, while Pati was in Prague, where they director went and filmed her with his 8mm.

[panaboy01]

@ianese2005

lucky you!

[bat115]

@ianese2005 cool story! were there Dollar stores in NY in those days? I swear they have christmas lights for sale 365 days a year.

[ianese2005]

@bat115 i don't remember dollar stores, I was just given a list of places to try, eventually i got most the lights from a store that just sold christmas decorations, the assistant was really rude, and i doubt they had had any customers for months.

[MagosVasilias]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!

[musicbox81]

This brilliant song is on my top 5 favourite REM songs: 1. Cuyahoga, 2. E-Bow the Letter, 3. Strange Currencies, 4. The Great Beyond, 5. Imitation of Life.

[TheBetterplaces]

i guess the city is praha. love it.

[huskyjerk]

So soothing !!!  A gem !!!

[adamfoxy]

great work gettin videos back - electrolite?

[circuitoZ]

after more than ten years is still giiiving gooseebuuuumpss!!!!!!!!

[ronsworld250]

Gosh, I thought I was the only one who got goosebumps listening to this song. This song is an absolute masterpiece.

[cloudani]

One of the few good songs before MTV releases shit since 2k.

[jsnaps79]

This is also my favorite REM songs and definitely one of my all time favorites period! LOVE it now just as much as I did back in 96!

[themooddisorders]

I would lick your feet but isn't that the sickest move? Excellent lyrics...priceless song

[watchinshadows]

Absolutely brilliant! featuring the great Patti Smith too

[allsking]

amazing!

[1980evie]

My all time fav REM song,x

[GSB876]

love the atmosphere in this song

[antimatterXXXIII]

Strange how great songs often have their inspiration in the drugs death or just flame-out of someone - here River Phoenix, Neil Young's "Change Your Mind" (Cobain), Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" (Syd Barrett), many others.

[Ms1000corpses]

This is my favorite REM song ever .....

[aaronbygrace]

the smell thing i got it

[misterio342]

super cansion!!!! great song.

[MrSurferRosa]

In the cover of this great single you can read in the black driving mirror the name RIVER.

It's hard to read but it is in that mirror.

It's a tribute to Michael Stipe's great friend River Phoenix!

[exalto1]

it IS there... never noticed

[arturito26]

the fame thing, I dont get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great fucking lyrics michael

[souljaEXVOTO]

GO PATTI !!!!

[hibernica007]

What a song. A masterpiece.

[hayleylouisabrown]

it's parts of a letter he wrote to river phoenix apparently, and never got to send before he died.

[SausageThePi]

What is this song actually about. It sounds meaningful, but i can't figure it out.

[RainDog0]

I heard the words were taken quite randomly from a letter Stipe had written to a friend ('at 4am').

[souljaEXVOTO]

it was from a letter he wrote to River Phoenix just before he died. The letter never got to him. E Bow is an instrument.

[julipas81]

me encanta el videoclip y temazo

[bimachio]

great song!!!!!!!!!no doubt :D

[kiracurry93]

this song is so beautiful, it captures such a wonderful feeling.

[81lucka]

To SeanSM92: Some parts of this video is made in Prague - the capital of Czech Republic in central Europe...

Beautiful city!!!!

[ariankazero]

What a BEAUTIFUL song!!!

Haven't heard it in years...

[SeanSM92]

Anyone know what city is in the video?

Thanks for uploading. :)

[Awezumi]

Thanks for uploading this since Nazi youtube took the last video down.

[musicfriekje]

One of my favorites, really love this song. Patti Smith fits perfect here.

[Rivaleka]

Rest in peace my River Phoenix... xo

[craigywvlfc]

good work bro

[briantfenton]

perfection....thank you for posting this vid......

[offon85]

magia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Vitanichan]

Thanks a lot I was looking for this soo badly!! *_*