I clearly remember when i first heard Drive in my walkman. I was 19, in the bus back from work. It was dark and raining outside. I first recognized Michael's voice and i instantly knew REM knocked it out of the underground park. That bus ride will always remain burned in my brain.
Night Swimming is my favorite. Automatic for the People is one of those disks you just play over and over. Night Swimming is those summer nights that led to sweet moments as a teenager, when you long for someone to see you and love you, and maybe for a few minutes you share that with someone.
Leave is a good pick. They have a lot of songs that don't get the appreciation they deserve. Tongue, Strange Currencies, The Great Beyond and Daysleeper are among my favourites.
Sometimes I doubt that I wept in the crowd, in a lonely dorm room, just walking or driving down the street in Athens GA back in the day … then I hear and watch your reaction. It's real. I was there once, too. Thanks for bringing me back. Glad they could reach you, too.
I love that one. The chorus is so, so strong. I also love UP, despite Bill's sudden departure being such a shock (and scary, with his health scare). But the electronics on that is so fun and interesting (they didn't have the heart yet to get a drummer, so they used keyboards etc.). Very unique. Check out PARAKEET, AT MY MOST BEAUTIFUL. Oh and WALK UNAFRAID, it saved my life... Cheers JB! x
@@josephparks1505 E-Bow the Letter is a great song, but it isn't even my favourite on New Adventures in Hi-Fi. For me the next song, Leave, is just an absolute masterpiece and sadly underrated.
please react to Nightswimming too, very beautiful song my favourite from R.E.M. thank you very much for your honesty, you're a kind soul, keep up the good work. greetings from Portugal. :)
@@kathleen109 I agree, most people who dive into REM start at Out of Time or Automatic and go forwards but the albums from Murmur to Green are incredible and well worth a listen.
I love R.E.M. and I also know many people that don't like them because they don't understand what the lyrics to their songs mean. They are very deep and can mean different things to different people. Even if you don't understand you can still experience the beauty of the music and Michael Stipe's vocals.....
Another great song from Auutomatic For The People. 👏 My favourite band of the modern era, without a doubt. I am sooo happy you have finally found REM, JB. What's The Frequency Kenneth is a fab song, REM also rock ! Also "Nightswimming" & "Find The River" are great songs.
R.E.M. is one of my all-time favorites!! I'm loving how much you are really GETTING their vibe and meaningfulness. I always felt so connected to their music in my soul, and it TRULY has helped me thru some tough times. Particularly, I went thru a lot of bad stuff growing up, and I can honestly say R.E.M. helped me reach adulthood alive. So yes, I cannot recommend enough that you keep listening :) Most of my personal favorite songs come from their earlier albums in the 80's (the album "Fables of the Reconstruction" probably my top of those, but it's hard to pick!). Most of those songs don't have any music videos, but I can still definitely recommend "The One I Love" from the album "Document." From their 90's music, my favorite videos (besides the ones you've done) are "E-bow the Letter," "Strange Currencies" and "Man On the Moon" (which is a song for the comedian Andy Kaufman who died of cancer in the 80's and is so sweet and touching). Those songs are more like the ones you've already done, with a more somber mood and an emotional depth. But if you'd like to just smile and have some fun, they've got videos for that too! "Stand," "Shiny Happy People" (obviously lol) and "It's The End of the World" (not so obviously!) are good for a more upbeat mood. And if you continue to love their music, please do yourself a favor and keep listening to their albums on your own. Good journey!
It's such a trip watching people react to and love these "songs from the past" and I was like 12 when this song came out. It's nice to see new people enjoying these things I love. 💙
Greatest band ever to grace us with so many awesome songs. Michael Stipe has such a beautiful voice. I think they made 15 studio albums. They started out with I.R.S and then Warner brothers offered them a deal they couldn't refuse. Awesome stage performance too. You have to watch a live performance of any song n you'll be amazed.
Automatic for the People is one of the greatest albums I've ever listend to. So happy that you've found this band and I hope you will react to many more songs from them.
I'm not a huge REM fan, but I gotta tell ya, this whole album was probably one of the greatest cover-to-cover albums for the entire 1990s. It is SOLID. Great album. This and Everybody Hurts on the same album? THEN ADD Monty Got a Raw Deal, Man on the Moon, etc? Holy heckin' good stuff, Batman.
Hey there, try this song by Peter Gabriel... " Don't give up". I think you'll appreciate it. Also a great song by Aussie band named Ice House "don't believe anymore"
Man on the Moon is another great song off this album! But you have so much to discover from them, they've been around since 1980 and have loads of music videos. They had a real sense of poetic artistry, though they did have very lighthearted pop and rock songs as well. They were part of the "alternative rock" and "college rock" scene back in the day and have a very distinct and recognizable sound, with Peter Buck's jangly guitars and Michael Stipe's always beautiful vocals. I'm so glad you're getting into them.
Honestly you just made me look up a bunch of R.E.M. songs for the past hour. I'd just like to sit with you in a room and we can play all my R.E.M. albums from beginning to end.
I suggested this yesterday, but here I go again. You really need to hear their live version of Country Feedback with Neil young on dobro. The respect Micheal Stipe gives Niel Young is amazing.
When I was your age JB, i did a local late night radio show on KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston. I did the show once a week. I got 2 hours and I could play whatever I wanted. I would spend hours in the local blockbuster listening to new music, searching for that new song, that new sound. There was nothing better than finding something cool to share with the show's audience. You are doing the same for yourself. You are discovering!
@@Chatta-Ortega there was nothing better than starting a show with a general idea and letting it flow freely. I enjoyed it. It was like making a mix tape for a friend.
The thing about REM is that their lyrics frequently don't make much sense, but they are exceptionally talented at making art out of sound to evoke a feeling. If you try to break them down line by line, the stuff frequently doesn't work; but just listen and go with it without analyzing it and you get the aural version of looking at a Monet.
A friend gave me a copy of their 1986 album Life’s Rich Pageant that same year and I became an instant fan. Backtracked and got all the previous albums, and then moved forward with them with future albums. I’ll always be most connected to their 80’s catalogue though.
I knew R.E.M. from their previous album with Losing My Religion and Shiny Happy People, but this song is what really made me a fan, at least for the next 3-4 albums. I absolutely loved it from the very first time I heard it, and the entire album is just a masterpiece.
This is indeed a deep song, probably my favorite of theirs. About the alienation of youth, who are often left wandering aimlessly because adults who should be guiding them leave them to the whims and influences of the crowd, just like the man in the video bouncing around at the mercy of those around him.. At least that's the way I see it.
I love that one. I had the chance of seeing Patti live, a year ago. She's so nice and just queues at the bar in her rain jacket liked everyone else. She even talks to you. So weird.
This was the first single released off Automatic For The People. After this, the label insisted on choosing the lead out single. The more I listened to this song the more I loved it. Find the River is another favourite off that album
Go to Half a World Away and Belong from the same album as Losing My Religion and Sweetness Follows, Nightswimming and the wonderful Find The River from the same album as this.
I had no idea when you were talking about the pain you went through that it was so tragic. My heart goes out to you. Hang in there and seek out some help to get through this. No one is strong enough to handle what you have endured.
Love REM, Michael Stipes voice is powerful. Automatic for the people was my very first album I owned. Listen to Elliott Smith when you can. “Everybody cares everybody understands“ is a really good song.
I already posted the same thing (for all intents and purposes) on that "Estranged - Guns & Roses" video that got a Strike, but you may not have seen it so I thought I'd post it here too. I was looking at those old rap songs you did the other day ("Can't Touch This -- MC Hammer" and such), and you were talking about how, as far as you were aware, modern rap is all about violence and drugs and destructive shit. So, I was thinking, if you are interested in some more modern (2013 and thereabouts) rap songs that are truly artistic, deep, powerful, and straight-up some of the best songs I've ever heard .....well, then I highly recommend Stromae. He's a Belgian rapper (International music is nearly as good as Old music) who raps in French. Luckily, quite a few of his videos have English subtitles. Two that I can think of immediately: _Formidable_ includes the subtitles in the video, and for _Papaoutai_ you can turn them on in the TH-cam settings. Both songs are great introductions to Stromae. For now, let's watch some R.E.M......
correction: Country Feedback. But yes, one of their lesser known but an absolute gem. I never really paid attn. to the song (and I had the album), but on some music forum about a decade or so ago, many of the members there has this song listed among their all time favorite songs (not specific only to REM, but just in general). Which prompted me to revisit it. And Country Feedback become a favorite for me too.
please, please, please, do Paul Weller, "you do something to me or Changing Man" or do Paul Weller in the Jam... or Long Hot Summer by the Style Council, also Paul Weller. You are missing a huuuuuuuuuuuge chunk (nearly 40 years of British music influentials.) He is the modfather of modern music.
I clearly remember when i first heard Drive in my walkman. I was 19, in the bus back from work. It was dark and raining outside. I first recognized Michael's voice and i instantly knew REM knocked it out of the underground park. That bus ride will always remain burned in my brain.
Nightswimming is a great song and the album automatic for the people is one of my favourite albums.
Bloody legend I tell ya mate. Little known masterpiece.
Night Swimming is my favorite. Automatic for the People is one of those disks you just play over and over. Night Swimming is those summer nights that led to sweet moments as a teenager, when you long for someone to see you and love you, and maybe for a few minutes you share that with someone.
STAND by REM is a really fun song. So is IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT. These were their 80s hits.
Please react to "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" And "Leave" by R.E.M.
Leave is a good pick. They have a lot of songs that don't get the appreciation they deserve. Tongue, Strange Currencies, The Great Beyond and Daysleeper are among my favourites.
I’ve Been High
@@atticustay1 good for you 😂
Sometimes I doubt that I wept in the crowd, in a lonely dorm room, just walking or driving down the street in Athens GA back in the day … then I hear and watch your reaction. It's real. I was there once, too. Thanks for bringing me back. Glad they could reach you, too.
Next Up: REM - Man on the moon, about Andy Kaufman :)
I love that one. The chorus is so, so strong.
I also love UP, despite Bill's sudden departure being such a shock (and scary, with his health scare). But the electronics on that is so fun and interesting (they didn't have the heart yet to get a drummer, so they used keyboards etc.). Very unique. Check out PARAKEET, AT MY MOST BEAUTIFUL. Oh and WALK UNAFRAID, it saved my life...
Cheers JB! x
Another really emotional song is The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics. I'm sure you'll love it!
Find The River is one of my favorites off this album
It's one of my all time favourite closing tracks on any album.
Find the River is a fantastic song, one of my absolute favorites. This whole album is a true masterpiece.
Their best, slong with E Bow the Letter imho
@@josephparks1505 E-Bow the Letter is a great song, but it isn't even my favourite on New Adventures in Hi-Fi. For me the next song, Leave, is just an absolute masterpiece and sadly underrated.
@@papaquonis respect to a fellow REM fan... how a song resonates to one is as unique as the song itself. Cheers
please react to Nightswimming too, very beautiful song my favourite from R.E.M. thank you very much for your honesty, you're a kind soul, keep up the good work.
greetings from Portugal. :)
"Radio Free Europe" and "Talk About the Passion" from their debut album Murmur (1983).
Finally, someone recommending songs from their early stuff. YES!
@@kathleen109 I agree, most people who dive into REM start at Out of Time or Automatic and go forwards but the albums from Murmur to Green are incredible and well worth a listen.
Yes & yes 👍
Night Swimming is my fave REM tune.
Bang and Blame, beautiful guitar sound.
Shaking Through (1983)
Talk About The Passion (1983)
So. Central Rain (1984)
Driver 8 (1985)
A few favorites but I love everything they did.
Nightswimming is beautiful. You will definitely love it. Trust me :-)
I agree!
I love R.E.M. and I also know many people that don't like them because they don't understand what the lyrics to their songs mean. They are very deep and can mean different things to different people. Even if you don't understand you can still experience the beauty of the music and Michael Stipe's vocals.....
Agreed
Another great song from Auutomatic For The People. 👏
My favourite band of the modern era, without a doubt. I am sooo happy you have finally found REM, JB.
What's The Frequency Kenneth is a fab song, REM also rock !
Also "Nightswimming" & "Find The River" are great songs.
Agreed 100% 🤘🏼
Listen to old REM stuff ..like for instance "The one I love" their first hit single which made them big.
You should also try another song called 'Drive' - this one by The Cars.
For more R.E.M. I suggest "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight", "Star 69", and "Crush with Eyeliner".
You Are the Everything - AM I A JOKE TO YOU
R.E.M. The great beyond is an awesome song! Happy late birthday bro! I think your reactions and content on your channel are great!
Orange Crush-REM
you got to react to this one!
REM Reaction! Love it! "We need music like this"....Agreed. Thank you.
R.E.M. is one of my all-time favorites!! I'm loving how much you are really GETTING their vibe and meaningfulness. I always felt so connected to their music in my soul, and it TRULY has helped me thru some tough times. Particularly, I went thru a lot of bad stuff growing up, and I can honestly say R.E.M. helped me reach adulthood alive. So yes, I cannot recommend enough that you keep listening :)
Most of my personal favorite songs come from their earlier albums in the 80's (the album "Fables of the Reconstruction" probably my top of those, but it's hard to pick!). Most of those songs don't have any music videos, but I can still definitely recommend "The One I Love" from the album "Document."
From their 90's music, my favorite videos (besides the ones you've done) are "E-bow the Letter," "Strange Currencies" and "Man On the Moon" (which is a song for the comedian Andy Kaufman who died of cancer in the 80's and is so sweet and touching). Those songs are more like the ones you've already done, with a more somber mood and an emotional depth.
But if you'd like to just smile and have some fun, they've got videos for that too! "Stand," "Shiny Happy People" (obviously lol) and "It's The End of the World" (not so obviously!) are good for a more upbeat mood.
And if you continue to love their music, please do yourself a favor and keep listening to their albums on your own. Good journey!
Agree. I was a pre-gay scared lad in the mid to late 80's these chaps helped me accept, believe in my self and grow......fucking love REM
Back when "crowd surfing" was fun and nobody got hurt. Great song! Yes their lyrics are deep.
It's The End Of The World as we know it....and I feel fine
So many childhood memories with REM.
"One I Love" is my favorite
It's such a trip watching people react to and love these "songs from the past" and I was like 12 when this song came out. It's nice to see new people enjoying these things I love. 💙
I recommend that you listen to and experience all of R.E.M. Songs. I wore out every album. They are one of my favorite bands of all time!
“Leaving New York” is a beautiful song by REM.
Greatest band ever to grace us with so many awesome songs. Michael Stipe has such a beautiful voice. I think they made 15 studio albums. They started out with I.R.S and then Warner brothers offered them a deal they couldn't refuse. Awesome stage performance too. You have to watch a live performance of any song n you'll be amazed.
Automatic for the People is one of the greatest albums I've ever listend to. So happy that you've found this band and I hope you will react to many more songs from them.
I'm not a huge REM fan, but I gotta tell ya, this whole album was probably one of the greatest cover-to-cover albums for the entire 1990s. It is SOLID. Great album. This and Everybody Hurts on the same album? THEN ADD Monty Got a Raw Deal, Man on the Moon, etc? Holy heckin' good stuff, Batman.
Hey there, try this song by Peter Gabriel... " Don't give up". I think you'll appreciate it. Also a great song by Aussie band named Ice House "don't believe anymore"
Wow... the only reaction to 'Drive'. I wish there would be more. Nice video. :)
Glad you popped up in my suggestions! I used to really love R.e.m. back in the day. You made me go a listen to them again.
Highly recommend "E-Bow The Letter, Leave, Night Swimming and It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
R.E.M. are my favourite band. You should listen to the song Radio Free Europe.
Amen.
One of their most beautiful songs is called The Flowers of Guatemala.
You would enjoy it.
Bless your heart. Sorry about your Uncle. You're a very strong young man. Keep on keeping on.
Great reaction . Keep going down the R.E.M. rabbit hole. You won't regret it.
Man on the Moon is another great song off this album! But you have so much to discover from them, they've been around since 1980 and have loads of music videos. They had a real sense of poetic artistry, though they did have very lighthearted pop and rock songs as well. They were part of the "alternative rock" and "college rock" scene back in the day and have a very distinct and recognizable sound, with Peter Buck's jangly guitars and Michael Stipe's always beautiful vocals. I'm so glad you're getting into them.
Honestly you just made me look up a bunch of R.E.M. songs for the past hour. I'd just like to sit with you in a room and we can play all my R.E.M. albums from beginning to end.
I suggested this yesterday, but here I go again. You really need to hear their live version of Country Feedback with Neil young on dobro. The respect Micheal Stipe gives Niel Young is amazing.
When I was your age JB, i did a local late night radio show on KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston. I did the show once a week. I got 2 hours and I could play whatever I wanted. I would spend hours in the local blockbuster listening to new music, searching for that new song, that new sound. There was nothing better than finding something cool to share with the show's audience. You are doing the same for yourself. You are discovering!
I miss radio programs like that.
@@Chatta-Ortega there was nothing better than starting a show with a general idea and letting it flow freely. I enjoyed it. It was like making a mix tape for a friend.
For the very longest time, the REM concert I saw back in 1985/86 was the best concert I had attended. They were simply amazing.
WALK UNAFRAID!
The lyrics saved my life.
extraordinaria canción
Just found your channel. You have good reactions. This is one of my favorite R.E.M. songs!
The thing about REM is that their lyrics frequently don't make much sense, but they are exceptionally talented at making art out of sound to evoke a feeling. If you try to break them down line by line, the stuff frequently doesn't work; but just listen and go with it without analyzing it and you get the aural version of looking at a Monet.
Good job, I love REM. Check out 'Driver 8', or 'Can't get there from here', 'Fall on me', So. Central Rain', or 'Camera'
Got a LOT of SOUL Brother!
'Find The River' is my favorite REM song.
PEACE.
Near Wild Heaven
underrated but sublime
Thanks for doing that one. I graduated in 1993, so it's a song I really love.
You're doing really cool shit.
One of the most beautiful REM songs to me is "Fall on Me"
A friend gave me a copy of their 1986 album Life’s Rich Pageant that same year and I became an instant fan. Backtracked and got all the previous albums, and then moved forward with them with future albums. I’ll always be most connected to their 80’s catalogue though.
INXS. "New Sensation". The song literally reaches out and grabs u by the jugular from the moment u hear it.
Michael Stipe is also a respected photographer, and apparently had a lot of input in REM's music videos
For me this song is like standing chest deep in the ocean feeling the cold cold tide washing and pushing and lifting, it's exhilarating
Not heard this one before, great song really enjoyed it. 💜
Well done sir. Glad to see you finally reacting to my favourite band :) I recommend you listen to Nightswimming next.
Fantastic music
I knew R.E.M. from their previous album with Losing My Religion and Shiny Happy People, but this song is what really made me a fan, at least for the next 3-4 albums. I absolutely loved it from the very first time I heard it, and the entire album is just a masterpiece.
This is indeed a deep song, probably my favorite of theirs. About the alienation of youth, who are often left wandering aimlessly because adults who should be guiding them leave them to the whims and influences of the crowd, just like the man in the video bouncing around at the mercy of those around him.. At least that's the way I see it.
Do "The one I love" with REM 😉
"Find The River" is another truly amazing song off this album.
Fall on Me is Michael Stipe's favorite song and it is mine too.
The One I Love.
Everybody Hurts.
In this vein I would recommend E-Bow the Letter off New Adventures In Hi-Fi
There is a live performance of this with Thom Yorke from Radiohead doing Patti Smith’s part, and it was fantastic. Very emotional. 👍🏻
I love that one.
I had the chance of seeing Patti live, a year ago. She's so nice and just queues at the bar in her rain jacket liked everyone else. She even talks to you. So weird.
I know I'm late to the show here, but REM sang both Everybody Hurts and Drive together at one of the awards shows years ago. You should check it out.
This was the first single released off Automatic For The People. After this, the label insisted on choosing the lead out single.
The more I listened to this song the more I loved it.
Find the River is another favourite off that album
So sorry about your uncle. That’s horrific. Trauma is hard to recover from but good music can help. Xxxx
Thank you for your reactions. You’re really awesome. My daughters are your age. I wish they had friends like you.😀❤️
"Let me in" is in homage to Kurt Cobain. Haunting and loud.
Johns Junk I don’t think that song gets enough attention.
I love you brother man. Great reaction yet again.
Really glad you found them.........
If you are doing REM songs, you should do Finest Worksong, Fall on Me, and Orange Crush.
Go to Half a World Away and Belong from the same album as Losing My Religion and Sweetness Follows, Nightswimming and the wonderful Find The River from the same album as this.
Amen
great reaction!
Please do reaction for PAOLO NUTINI: Let them down easy; One Day; Iron Sky. He has a great soulful voice.
Second this J. Defo Iron Sky if you do any 👊
You should try Oddfellows 151 by REM, I think you'd really like it.
And yes, another gem by R.E.M. I am sorry you paused the video just at the very wrong moment. You've missed the marvelous counterpoint there..... ❤
"Find The River" destroys me every time.
I had no idea when you were talking about the pain you went through that it was so tragic. My heart goes out to you. Hang in there and seek out some help to get through this. No one is strong enough to handle what you have endured.
Love REM, Michael Stipes voice is powerful. Automatic for the people was my very first album I owned. Listen to Elliott Smith when you can. “Everybody cares everybody understands“ is a really good song.
1st......R.E.M. made some great tunes.
James Cutler Yeah, for a few years they were one of the biggest bands in the world.
Such a powerful song.
Please react to Night Swimming
J welcome to the village of people who love good music no matter the tape. Open mind is always good.
Lots of good suggestions for more REM songs. My pick is "All The Way To Reno". The song and video are excellent.
Please try E-bow the Letter and the live version of Night Swimming by REM. You can thank me later.
I am so soo sorry about you losing your Uncle that way. I can't imagine how that hurt you. Sometimes I just don't understand life at all.
In France REM is totally underrated
Probably many of their songs are more relatable to american citizens...
Listening to REM in france I feel lonely.
Country Feedback is a really deep REM song that is great. I haven't seen anyone react to it either on YT. Might be worth checking out.
I think you'd probably really like Moby. Same deep introspect.
High five for your comment "We need music like this."
Yeah, react to Man on the Moon.
I already posted the same thing (for all intents and purposes) on that "Estranged - Guns & Roses" video that got a Strike, but you may not have seen it so I thought I'd post it here too.
I was looking at those old rap songs you did the other day ("Can't Touch This -- MC Hammer" and such), and you were talking about how, as far as you were aware, modern rap is all about violence and drugs and destructive shit. So, I was thinking, if you are interested in some more modern (2013 and thereabouts) rap songs that are truly artistic, deep, powerful, and straight-up some of the best songs I've ever heard .....well, then I highly recommend Stromae.
He's a Belgian rapper (International music is nearly as good as Old music) who raps in French. Luckily, quite a few of his videos have English subtitles. Two that I can think of immediately: _Formidable_ includes the subtitles in the video, and for _Papaoutai_ you can turn them on in the TH-cam settings. Both songs are great introductions to Stromae.
For now, let's watch some R.E.M......
Crosscountry Feedback - R.E.M. feat. Neil Young
correction: Country Feedback. But yes, one of their lesser known but an absolute gem. I never really paid attn. to the song (and I had the album), but on some music forum about a decade or so ago, many of the members there has this song listed among their all time favorite songs (not specific only to REM, but just in general). Which prompted me to revisit it. And Country Feedback become a favorite for me too.
@@HidingFromFate yes, you are right. My bad
@@olympicmuseum4354 it happens to the best of us. ;-)
please, please, please, do Paul Weller, "you do something to me or Changing Man" or do Paul Weller in the Jam... or Long Hot Summer by the Style Council, also Paul Weller. You are missing a huuuuuuuuuuuge chunk (nearly 40 years of British music influentials.) He is the modfather of modern music.
Please react to R.E.M - Let Me In.
Listen to the warning queen of the murder scene live Lunario great song, band full of passion
REM south central rain