R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe 10-06-83 (1st TV performance)

I have been hoping to find a cleaner sounding clip of this. Nice catch.

hahahha I'd have been 19 ... And a weirdo, cause I'd have known the song phonetically because it was my favourite off the album, that I'd already owned for half a year ... They played Barrymores in Ottawa Canada, about a month from this live performance. U2 played there too (obviously not @ the same time ...) weird for such a small club.

this is letterman, not larry king. michael looks very young and angelic here. he's like, the exact same age as my dad (freaky....)

Nice piece. I like drumming part of it.

Gawd... I love the sound of that Ric going through that old bassman rig!! *drooooool*

yeah, what the hell happened? lol. he certainly did not age gracefully like, shall we say, cary grant. lol. but this was quite the energetic performance

this is a classic mike is sexy I love him

is this larry king ????

how funny both REM and LArry king would have become totally famous and important over the years

I tend to judge their work within its decade. Accelerate is their best work of the 2000s.

Out of Time is possibly my least favourite of the '90s. Tough call. I used to say Up was, but damn if that album hasn't grown on me over the years. But then again, Country Feedback is on Out of Time and is one of the best songs they've ever produced...

i partly agree with you
because ACCELERATE is one of their best and of course their best of the 2000s (every song could have been a single)

but i must say OUT OF TIME is my favourite while UP is only boring