R.E.M. Have You Ever Seen the Rain

R.E.M. opening with Have You Ever Seen the Rain at Jones Beach 6/14/08

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• remjones
• R.E.M.
• REM

[2eyes4]

I saw R.E.M. in 1999 in Minnesota. It rained near the end of that show and they ended it sooner. I don't blame them for cutting concerts short with the threat of lightning and or rain. Look what happened to those Scouts in Iowa. Should something bad have happened, R.E.M. would have been blamed for doing something they should not have. R.E.M. does their best for their fans and shows.

[Frequency95]

I wish i was there

Except for the whole wet and cut short thing

[bcarman14]

this show was so awesome, REM was great live

[Vitalogy7]

lol, the thunder scared the crap out of when it happened.

amazing concert nontheless. ;D

[DeathnoteGirl8290]

I think i'll still wet from that show X3

[javertno1]

They don't play it very often. I saw them perform it 2 out of the last 3 times they played it. They opened their MSG show on 11/4/04 because it was the day after Bush won his reelection. Next time was on 7/16/05 in Hyde Park, London. Then last night as a way of thanking the fans for remaining in the horrible weather. Michael called the band together, then said to the crowd, "You don't mind if we play and extra song, do you?" Next thing you heard was, "That's great, it starts with an earthquake"

[javertno1]

CORRECTED SETLIST: Have You Ever Seen the Rain? / So. Central Rain / These Days / Living Well Is The Best Revenge / What's the Frequency Kenneth? / Man-Sized Wreath / 1,000,000 / Ignoreland / Hollow Man / Welcome to the Occupation / Houston / Electrolite / Horse to Water / The One I Love / Let Me In / Bad Day / Orange Crush / I'm Gonna DJ / "ENCORE": Supernatural Superserious / Losing My Religion / It's the End of the World / Fall on Me (w/Johnny Marr) / Man on the Moon (w/Marr)

[schwatto1]

They haven't played it live since 2003. I don't think they were planning on playing it last night, either. But special circumstances...

[windex562]

Mike said they never play "its its the end of the world". Was he being sarcastic? B/c thats one of the more famous R.EM. songs. Anyone know?

[Aust42]

u forgot its the end of the world

[Aust42]

i was there in section 5L and i was pissed during the hour and a half rain delay but once rem got on stage u didn't cair about the rain and plus they didn't realy cut it short they did about 23-26 songs. and they did alot of songs that they were not planing on playing. it was f@*$ing aswome