R.E.M. - So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)

[TheVodKanockers]

Wow, he had hair:D

[rellica]

Sweet!

[stars7803]

I love this song. thank you for posting this...:)

[dragonfly3691]

Beautiful song! one of their best

[pauleyh]

best song ever by REM best album Reckoning

[BE11BE]

pure beauty............

[herrokiiitty]

Love this song.

[interpol06]

brilliant.

[juancorazon]

beautiful

[souljaEXVOTO]

didja ever think when you posted this a year ago that someone in say, Kentucky would find this and be sittin here all amazed like, HOLY SHIT!

This is just what deliciousness I was looking for tonight. damn wow....

[eth0cybin]

amen dude

[royalslack]

This is their best!

[superlunary]

You so just made my day with this video!

xx Superlu xx

[stankler]

dont try

[shmitdawg]

So is athens a music city or what

[GAdawg285]

Not only a good music city..but its a drinking town with a football problem as well.

[kahouty]

"So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)" was the first single taken from R.E.M.'s second studio album Reckoning. Released in June 1984, it became the second R.E.M. single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #85.

As mentioned in the liner notes of the 1988 I.R.S. Records greatest hits album Eponymous, the song was performed on Late Night with David Letterman in 1983 before it even had a title.

Michael Stipe chose to sing his vocals for the video live.

[radioahead]

I'm sure someone else has already said this - but this vocal isn't live.

[spielin]

OK so how freaking cute is Stipe in this video. I remember this like it was yesterday.

[thepanoramiccat]

Oh my...he still had hair in this video! R.E.M.'s IRS output is classic.

[valzgris]

one word:MAGIC

[returnsanecho]

powerfully emotive stuff from r.e.m., when they had listeners in a spell. maybe it's abusive to the fans to go on too long. good art and commerce rarely mix.blah blah blah

[fireplace22]

this songs off the first album i bought when i was 12 this band is the reason i love music

[kevincs31]

yea...I get chills as well....I went to college in athens 1990-95 and played in a bar softball league against mike mills..he gave me a st pauli girl after a game (nice guy)...I also comped stipe a few sierra nevada pale ale's at the place I bartended....they are great!!!

[sorryamber]

This was early,Michael didnt think he was a good singer and said he was bullied into it,he is really concentrating, but a lot more vocal than previously.

[unklejohn]

It's interesting that R.E.M. fans past and present can't decide if and when the band lost "it". It's sad and a little funny - but it's true, you just can't make everybody happy. Hopefully, the guys in the band at least are happy with what they're doing.

[returnsanecho]

green did not contain shiny happy people, out of time did. just to make a useless point.

[met66]

Nope. REM reached its peak at Fables/Pageant. If you love the later stuff more its because you werent around to fall in love with their most powerful music and see it live in the early 80s as some of us did. They still have good songs...but they went commercial and to meet the tastes of folks like you. Thats just too bad...but there are still REM bands out there today. The Weakerthans...The shins....Buttercup....Mountain Goat. You have to search.

[ruard]

come on guys, give them a bit of credit for the post-Bill Berry times! Up and reveal are the work of musicians at the top their creative powers - always doing just that what you don't expect.

[art900090]

this song pretty much changes my life, REM were the band that convinced you that you could do it too.

[tattoomgee]

to all you d-bag haters...I've loved REM since they were an Athens, GA bar band, they paid their dues in the trenches and climbed to household name status. Good for them...

[gompie66]

altijd weer tot tranen geroerd door dit nummer

[abathens]

I remember hearing this on 96 Rock (Atlanta) back in the day. I think they were the first big station to play the song.

[heethun666]

Someone please post Gardening At Night.

[amishius]

Is this one of those videos with Stipe singing live vocals? I remember him hating lip-syncing. I bet he died if he saw what's her face on SNL...Simpson?

[fedroger]

R.E.M. and U2 owned alternative music in the 80s!

[met66]

Apparently..you werent in college in the eighties. REM might have "ruled"..but U2 was nothing that special. Think: Feelies, Guadalcanal Diary, Dreams So Real, Talk Talk, Big Country, Alarm, The Jam, Lets Active, Cult, Echo and the Bunnymen, INXS, Camper van Beethoven, Connells. U2....not so much.

[fedroger]

October(1981)-gold in 1983

WAR(1983)-gold 1983;platinum 1985

Unforgettable Fire(1984)-gold 1983;platinum 1985

Live Aid-1.5 billion watched Bono embrace a fan

JOSHUA TREE(1987)-triple platinum 1987

Rattle And Hum(1988)--triple platinum 1988

Ya, your right...not so much!

[met66]

ahhh...so they were popular and that is, we all know, what makes a great "alternative" band. By your definition, REM didnt rule the 80s because they sold fewer albums and didnt hug a fan at live aid. Make up your mind, man. Again, you obviously werent a grownup in the 80s.

[fedroger]

How old are you met66?

[scorpion1275]

The best

[jerome99rip]

I saw R.E.M. play in clubs in early 1980. I saw them play in football stadiums as well later in their career. Judging from the precipitous fall from grace they've taken since Bill Berry "retired," I wouldn't be surprised to see them in clubs again. Still my favorite band of all-time, though. So. Central Rain is an amazing song.

[guru2006]

The bassline really drives this song, as with many REM songs and I've always liked Mike Mills voice as well. And I concur with a lot of you that when they were on IRS, they were making their best music, I wish I was old enough to have seen them play. I guess watching Tourfilm is as close as I'm gonna get.

[ValenciaCharmaine]

They grew and changed. That is what has made them great. If they had stayed the smae everyone would be blaming them for having zero range. Anyone with any longevity to their career is automatically criticized. All of their music touches someone. I love it all.

[embassy1010]

R.E.M. isn't criticized for not staying the same. They are criticized because they went from writing brilliant, difficult, interesting songs in their early days, to obvious, overproduced songs in their middle period, to just plain weird songs now.

[blowmonkey]

I have loved them since high school and still do, you assholes.

[a1950hotrodcat]

Classy touch there, moron.

[20000miles]

they should screen this to kids who didnt grow up in the 80s

[imeltwyou]

wow, a few ignorant statments there...

[shockthesky]

Murmur is still the best R.E.M. album in my opinion. I liked this song too. their stuff now is freaky - I liked Reconstruction of the Fables too.

[a1950hotrodcat]

It's Fables of the Reconstruction.

[ropermarc]

Stipe and Morrissey kinda strike a similar chord in me. They are both such beautiful and qietly charismatic men... but I think Morrissey has aged better, at least he still has his hair.

[Douris123]

Morrisey and Stipe are 2 of my all time faves. Completely different yet very much similar.

[jamesaugusta]

i love them, too. i've even heard rumours about an affair between the two. (morrissey's "found found found" is supposed to be about micheal stipe.)

[drippyba]

Don't be so shallow.

[catkisser]

Thank you so much for uploading this! I totally adore this era of REM. So many good memories.

[RobinPillage]

I liked R.E.M. so much more when they were still just a great college radio band. a1950hotrodcat is right. R.E.M. lost their magic after Document. Green had it's moments. World Leader Pretend and Pop Song 89 were ok. But Green also had Shinny Happy People..sppeeewww!! That's when R.E.M. lost me.

[walt76]

"Shiny Happy People" was on <i>Out Of Time</i>.

[RobinPillage]

You're right. I think I must have mean't Stand. After I heard that song and even worse, saw the video I wanted to cringed. I knew then that R.E.M. wasn't ever going to be the same. But every now and then they will surprise me.

[Dingobabyboy]

ShineyHappyPeople is of Out of Time, Stand is the crap song on Green. Early REM is just magic...

[RobinPillage]

R.E.M. even knows they are crappy songs. I guess they have to make a living too I suppose. Green was pretty bad. But after Out if Time I knew they were not nearly the same band I saw at the Bayou in Baton Rouge, La in 1984.

[palandi]

after "Document" they lost their magic to became brilliant. and after "New adventures in hi-fi" they lost their brilliance to became... crap.

[privaatsak]

No way, the following album 'Up' is one of their greatest, ever...IMO.

[Aristotle2000]

I agree with a1950hotrodcat. Every song was great on each album until Green. After that, there were good and bad songs on each album.

[a1950hotrodcat]

It's a damn shame that they lost their magic after "Document." This music was priceless and timeless.

[StephenEricson]

wonderful. best music of the 80s hands down.

[mylf]

Truly brilliant. I loved them then, I love them now.

[jakedawgthethird]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!1

[HemiDart]

Good find. Great song!

[mirela80]

Just perfect!



[siumno]

Wow, great video or should I say live performance.:)

[wigglefinger]

Best video ever, no fluff, crap or acting.