My First Time Hearing R. E. M. Everybody Hurts (Reaction!!)
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A song of hope! Don't give up we all go through similar things and difficult times. Hang on!!!😊
Look up please forgive me by Brian adams.Vonnie
Request? if you haven't heard a brilliant collaboration from an unlikely duo of Willie Nelson and Ray Charles....
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I read that he wrote this after Kurt Cobain’s suicide, to give people hope.
Bro another deep as he'll is.bitter sweet symphony by the very goose bumps 😊😅😮 10:14
So for the video: the traffic jam was symbolic of all these people trapped in their individual pain, unable to move forward. Then when they realized that everyone else was going through the same thing they all broke out and moved on together. And a great message for anyone who's out there feeling like they can't go on. Just hold on. You're not the only one. There's people out there who can help you. Don't give up.
100% well said man
And another piece of symbolism...there are many cars where families are sitting together but yet the pain of one person is not detected by the other family members. You just can't know without being in that person's brain.
It was also based on a true event, where there was a ridiculous jam in the middle of summer and everyone just walked and vanished.
This is one of the reasons people desperately need to seek a higher power to give their pain, anguish, frustration to….. try praying to Jesus Christ to take all of those
Speaks clearly to the reality if our collective consciousness. We are all connected and therefore truly never to be alone!
The song was written by REM to try to prevent suicide. That was their goal.
It worked.
You think?
There is no person alive who cannot relate to this song. No matter your race, religion, orientation, or culture you've felt this
Dude! It's your HUMANITY that makes you popular. It's your humanity that makes this song appeal to you. And to us. Thankyou.
Yes❤
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Exactly .
Agree
You said you wish you had found this song when you were 16. I was in my early teens when this song came out and I listened to it all the time. As a little gay boy growing up in the rural woods of Vermont in the 90s ... knowing that I was "not alone" ... it saved me. Thank you Michael Stipe and REM.
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It might be hard for people to understand, but this is an amazingly beautiful song that can help a person feel better when they're down.
And props on Otis Redding. The man is a legend.
Some songs are happy.
Some songs are sad.
This song is cathartic.
REM had a ton of hits all worth checking out.
I think this song has helped if not saved a lot of people.
100 percent true.
ASOLUTELY!!!!! It was so well written and manages to get everyone who listens to it in the "feels" too. My only major interpretation is saying you are not alone and why? Because "everybody hurts."
When my husband was dying he requested that this song be played at his funeral. It was a long time before I could listen to it again and really listen to the words. It's an amazing song, I often play it now when I'm down. thank you for your reactions. Jeanette, New Zealand.
I’m so sorry for your loss and I understand.
I cried when I read this. Love the memories. You Will exhault together, forever. Again.
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Kia kaha Jeanette❤
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To me, this is a song of hope. "Everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends." "You're not alone."
Even though it sounds dark, it really expresses that we're all going through something, but it's temporary. When you're in pain (emotionally or physically), this song is a gentle reminder to take a beat and realize everyone is just getting through this thing called life.
I love music that is thought provoking and makes you feel you're part of it. R.E.M. has mastered this ability.
Especially the way it crescendos at the end. Its so hopeful!
When my dad passed away, this song came out.
Having a narcissistic mother, my dad was my shelter, my rock.
My hubby was fighting cancer, dad too, dad lost his fight. (Hubby had many years to fight in front of him)
I got PTSD. A lot of pain in my young life back then, everything happened in the same years while dealing with a narcissistic mother.
I cried out loud while 'singing' along this song, everyday after dad passed away. How I missed my shelter.
This song helped me so much.
When I was thinking about ending 'it' all, in total panic, I always played this song.
I was not alone, I had to hold on etc and I calmed down.
How music can heal us humans.
I'm a very happy grandma since 6 years together with my beloved hubby. Free of narcissistic mother and free of cancer. How rich hubby and I am.
REM? Everyday, while tears are coming out I'm singing along, having a good feeling inside of me.
You put tears in my eyes God bless you!
I’m 67 and lived with depression and anxiety most my life. I’ve always fallen back on my music in tough times and this song has been my go too since it came out. I’ve loved and listened to. So much music all my life and nothing has ever hit me to the core of me like this song. I’m glad you get it!💗🇨🇦👍🏼
I'm 55 and have had lifelong severe anxiety and depression with Aspergers and ADHD.
I feel the same way about this song. It's saved me so many times. It's a song of hope. I even got some of the lyrics tattooed on my forearm to remind me during dark times.
I hope music remains a comfort to you for many years to come 💜
I'm 67. Maybe try Rachmaninoff 2 or 3. (Symphony) 2nd theme 1 mvt might help. Much love from me to you. Been there on and off for 55 years.
I'm 60 and bi polar MUSIC has kept me alive Truly.. rack it up to 10 LOUD lay back n feel it. I love rock n blues and Classical try to really listen to Simon n Garfunkall Sound of Silence the words do it for me !!! New version by DISTURBED so good.
I think when you've been where we have it makes us better people xx Stay STRONG xxx
@@ladykayceyI, also have major anxiety and I am 61 years of age ❤. This music blesses my heart 💝. You hang on and know you are not alone.
When this sone came out, I was like, "This crap is way too depressing." A couple of years later, my heart was broken, I was lost, and I saw no way out. Then this sone came on the radio and it was a true lightbulb moment. I got it. I understood. Thank you, R.E.M., thank you.
Ha, same same. 😂 I thought it was 'meh' when it first came out, but I get it now. Really reassuring.
I absolutely agree. I was about 13 when it cane out. Having one of the best times if my life in a creative jr high program. It wasn’t until much later, once I knew more of the complexity of life that these words would reach me, resonate with me, and uplift me as needed.
It's 5am in the morning in AUSTRALIA. I found your channel just recently, and I am 'CRYING'. I loved this song when I was a teenager. But, to hear it now, at the age of 50. Is so much more relatable. Your soul is saying everything so beautifully.
Michael Stipe and Thom Yorke are my favourite painfully beautiful male voices ❤ This song never fails to bring tears to my eyes
This song breaks my heart. So many people suffering in this world.😢
It is a real pleasure watching someone who really loves melodic music.
Never change.
Love your observations about Otis and Stipe's voice, the pain. It made me think of the Cranberries' "Zombie"... you can almost hear the singer weeping in that one too. You should check it out, a lot of reactors have loved it.
Big yes to The Cranberries! Dolores O'Riordan definitely had a voice to make you feel all the feels for sure. I was very sad when she passed because she was such a talent.
YES! THIS!
People reacting to this song is what got me into watching people reacting to music!
This song never fails to make me blubber like the big blubbering baby I am at heart. Couple of interesting points: John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin scored the orchestrations at the end, and much of the look of the video is homage to the opening scene of the Federico Fellini film 8 1/2, especially when Stipe climbs up on the car roof and begins gliding forward, but also the whole faces lined in pain while trapped in cars schtick. Where are my tissues, anyway...?
Same 🖤
Knew it! Led Zeppelin was involved
An indescribably beautiful song…….
I haven't seen this video in what I believe has been 30 years and I cried now just as much as I did then. It's beautiful message to not give up on life.
It seems like a sad song, but it's not.
It's a song to remind you the everybody hurts sometime, and that you a never truly alone.
It has a very positive message for me.
I am so happy to see you react to this. This song brought a lot of comfort to me and my family when my grandpa passed away. My cousin and I went into the "breather room" at the funeral home. The big lounge area was sound proof for people to just let it all out. He brought his boom box and we played this song. My mother and her brothers, as well as her brothers children trickled in as it was playing. While it was playing we just all cried and held each other. It was a cathartic experience we all had. It was a bittersweet moment for love and grief.
That's beautiful.
@@Manageode thank you. It was definitely a core memory for us. 💜
man, that is intense. what an experience with this track. I've not gone through the loss of a core family member.. yet. When it happens, I have no idea how me and my family will handle it.
@SuperNetSpyder If it ever does happen, lean into each other for the support. That's is when you all will need it the most. Coming from experience, it helped losing such a big figure who loved us all with his whole heart. We all leaned on it each other and it got us through it. We still celebrate my grandpa life till this day with all of the happy memories we have of him. It may take some time, but you guys can overcome and celebrate the passing in your fond memories of them. 💜
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It" was my intro to R.E.M. only the college radio stations would play R.E.M. at first.
The song is so far past genius. Always gets me up and dancing!
This is one of the songs tgat got me through chemo this past year. The hold on lines at the end make me bust out in tears every time. Three Little Birds by Bob Marley is another one that has gotten me through. If you are looking for another REM I like End of the World as we Know It. You may want the lyrics because it goes fast.
Holding on...
Here's to a healthy 2023.
may the year ahead bring you health & joy.
@@javabill tyvm
From one survivor to another, all the best!
@@peacefulpossum2438 ty. I'm doing well and hope you are too.
I wish you a great health and a lot of happiness 😊
I was 16 and going through boy problems!! I sang it to the top of my lungs..
That was 1992
R.E.M. is one of my favorites. It's always refreshing when you find like-minded people that like almost everything musically (caveat: if it's good, of course). You might enjoy Simply Red. Holding Back the Years, If You Don't Know Me By Now, either/or/both. His voice is phenomenal.
Yes on Simply Red -over and over. : o )
I agree....Simply Red is so good
REM is one of my favorite bands and this is my favorite song by them.❤️😊
This album came out while I was in nursing school, training in a public hospital during the height of the AIDS epidemic. I listened to it on repeat walking to and from class, processing all the death and life and sorrow and hope and love I was confronting every day.
Nightswimming is my favorite REM song. I hope you'll react to it at some point.
REM and The Cure are my two goto bands when I’m feeling down .
REM was among the insightful college bands of that era! Thank you for reacting to this great song.
Love R.E.M.! They are amazing live in concert. The video for Everybody Hurts was filmed in my hometown very close to home house.
Michael's voice is amazing.❤❤❤
It can be very ... satisfying and emotionally liberating to just cry or connect with sadness. I think part of it is ... shared?
And I think that's part of the magic of this song, is people coming together to recognize their sorrows and bad times.
HOPE, EMPATHY, TENACITY & OVERCOMING OBSTACLES in LIFE & TO KEEP GOING...is what this song relates to me. REM Murmur.
Michael has such a pure voice. K.D.Lang has a powerful, pure voice too. You should check her out.
Her rendition of hallelujah is phenomenal.
Red Hot Chili Peppers " Under The Bridge " is similarly beautiful. Love R.E.M., love this song.
"Whoever wrote this song experienced a lot of pain", and hope! Great reaction friend, we're all in this together.
This message absolutely needs to be heard always!!
This is comfort and catharsis in one shot. And makes me cry every time.
I cry every time i listen to this 😢❤
Got me again .. the tears flow when I hear this ... RIP my dear friend Doug, you are missed
This song has saved the lives of so many people that I know personally. Not to mention the people I've never met. Beautiful.
As far as what you said about "sad" music making you feel good. That is the core tenet of the blues, my friend, which it has passed on to all of its children (country, rock, and r&b, among all the others)
The next track on this album, Automatic for the People, is also beautiful: Nightswimming. The string arrangement was done by John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin).
In fact, John Paul Jones did the string arrangements for this whole album!
This song and Rush's The Pass have a deep anti-suicide message that rocks you to the core when you're at a low point.
This song is as relevant today as it was to the 17 year old Me ,who just wanted out. Im 52 , Thank You R.E.M.
Michael Stipe was THE MAN to introduce "Nirvana" in Rock and Roll Royal All of fame in 2014... Thx Mike ❤ 🌈❤️👍
"You did it to yourself, you clicked on this video" lmao, that was the quote of the year.
I know this song from my teenage years. Very powerful and a big message. Don’t give up. Keep going. We all feel pain, sorrow, regret.
Just keep moving forward.
Thank you so much for listening to this song.
Xoxo
R.E.M. is my favorite band. This song came out in 1992. The lead singer Michael Stipe said he wrote this song for teenagers because their suicide rate is so high. The last line of the song is "you are not alone." You don't hear it very loud here, but when you see live videos, he does it loud and clear. TRUST me when I tell you to listen to their songs live in concert. R.E.M. has 15 studio albums, live albums and many bootlegs. All of their songs are unique from album to album and they made it a point to change their sound in each song.
HS days…REM was my go to as an awkward high school kid in 84 in Texas. I was a farm boy and this music resonated with me…to me it was a continuation of my parents country and R&B , but they didn’t get it. Thanks for this reaction.
REM - Nightswimming. One of the most beautiful all time songs to me.
This song is about trying to get anywhere in midtown Atlanta at noon on a Tuesday.
you earned a new fan -- not because of musical tastes, but because of your observations
The first couple of notes are mind blowing
R.E.M are the masters of videos and songs matching. This song is amazing.
Brings tears. 😮
Hi! Dimash Qudaibergen « SOS » ~ sa great place to start with this 29yo, 7 octave, 17 languages, 7 instrument-playing gentleman from Kazakhstan. PLEASE .. you won’t regret, he’s astonishing! PS; love your review style!
My favorite song by R.E.M.!!! Pay attention to what the people are thinking 🤔. And look at those big old cars and trucks.
As an avid Leonard Cohen fan, I can fully relate to music that is often referred to as depressing which can indeed lift the spirits. All you have to do is take the time to truly listen. Anything from his Songs Of Love And Hate will do it. Great reactions, thank you.
You are on my wave length, feel the same.When I hit Leonard Cohen the only way is up.
While i really do enjoy Ottis's voice, for me there have been 1 voice to me that has been able to express pain in the most beatutiful way imaginable... And that is Jeff Buckley
I heard Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah on West Wing when the character played by Mark Harmon died. I fell in love with his voice and, of course, the song.
I also love sad music. You can take this line from Doctor Who: "Sad is happy for deep people." It's cathartic to hear this much pain and hope put to music. Michael Stipe helped Thom Yorke (Radiohead's singer) a lot. If you haven't listened to How to Disappear Completely yet, you might love it. The main point of the song was the result of Stipe helping Yorke cope with the weight of fame and touring etc. Excellent stuff.
I have hurt lots in my life. I'm 69 yrs old and music can help soothe. This is one song.
Such a great song. REM was an outstanding group. Thanks for the reaction ❤
For some more great REM check out "Talk About The Passion", "End Of The World As We Know It", "South Central Rain" or "Don't Go Back To Rockville".
Well, you have just scratched the surface of REM. Saw them twice and they were just as awesome in concert.
A lot of people see this as a sad song, but I think it's a great song of hope.
If anyone like Otis Redding, check out the Teskey Brothers "Rain" on "The Color Show". Of all the great soul singers, Otis touch something deep within, and Josh Teskey took me there. All the reactors that reacted were amazed.
Another song from around the same era that you may like. Queensryche's "Silent Lucidity" I am not a huge Queensryche fan. There's somethings that are extremely special about that song though. I love not only the composition of the piece (which is stronger than this piece, and I've been an REM fan for 40 years) but also a vocal performance that will move you and evoke emotion as much or more than this song. Check it out. I'm enjoying your journey and perpective on music that I now almost take for granted. Seeing new eyes and ears on songs really re-energizes my love for these songs.
This is a gorgeous song. It says so much. If you like this kind of stuff (and I do, too), check out I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab For Cutie. It's a beautiful song as well.
Watch the live performance of this song from a show in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was on their DVD "Perfect Squares".....that version of the song will change your life
I love this song so much. I heard a version by a winner of the voice Australia Bella Taylor Smith and it gives you chills 😊
From about 84 to 87, I only had a stack of bootleg tapes. I had to haul down to the Princeton Record Exchange to finally put up my own money. IRS & Post IRS are like they reformed under the same name. This band is a part of me like the water trapped in fruit.
Fall On Me is my favorite R.E.M. song. You would enjoy it, too, I think!
Losing my Religion, ❤ it❣️ Every body hurts is great too❣️
Michael Stiipe definatly 1 of the BEST.
You took me home was 14 .
THANK YOU ... peace outxx
Love the group! They sang songs that actually tried to make it resonate with the audience and the issues @ the time!! REM stood for meaning not just songs that were tacky like many other @ the same time REM was around!!
REM was 1 of a kind as well. Often misunderstood!!!
I love Frank Ocean and Otis Redding too. This R.E.M song is a super powerful and sad song that uses two very happy guitar chords - I always found that interesting. You might like some of the softer melancholic Radiohead songs. "Fake Plastic Tree's" is probably appropriate. Their music varies a lot and changes genre's between albums but there is a constant thread of beauty and sadness. Def one of my GOAT bands.
Please check out Father Kelly and his rendition of this on Britain’s Got Talent. It’s on TH-cam. Simply him singing with soft background melody.
It changed my life
This was such a huge hit in the UK, beautiful song
Find the River is another perfect showcase of the "yearning to understand" in his voice
This song gives me the chills and makes me cry (in a good way)
Also ROBUSTLY bad-ass and representative of REM is "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
We tune in to you to enjoy you heartfelt reaction to the songs we love. Never, NEVER! Apologize for pausing and reacting to the songs we love. I love your reaction and your enjoyment of what I hold dear. So glad to see you find the same value in such well produced and written masterpiece. Thank you. We love you for your honesty all ways my friend.
OH NO... you like REM. Man I did discover this when I was 16. I can't count the number of hrs my father n I must have spent listening to REM and deciphering their lyrics.
I have always felt the vicarious pain in artful sad songs. When I was five yrs old I listened with my 15 yr. old brother. To Elvis, Everly Brothers, Sam Cooke and mostly Ray Charles. As a young adult I'd make 90 min tapes from Janis Joplin,and every kind of heart wrenching favorite and about halfway through I felt so comforted that the later songs were rejoicing like Van Morrison's "Brand New Day" my sadness morphs into optimism great driving therapy when you're discouraged, the rebound of gratitude is worth it!❤
For another powerfully emotional REM song, try Nightswimming. Another beautifully painful artist to check out: Nick Drake. He put out 3 perfect albums in the early 70s that nobody bought, and took his own life at age 26. He struggled with depression, both in life, and in his hauntingly beautiful work. He’s now universally recognized as a genius, but died unknown.
REM is phenomenal and I love your comment that his voice is haunting. Check out “Night Swimming” - a beautiful, poignant song.
This is one of those track where I HAVE to turn it up full volume !
Ditto!
This song came out 30 years ago when I was in high school and it still basically brings me to tears every time. I’ve had depression my whole life, although thankfully not with any associated dark thoughts, but it’s still so relatable.
I'm a yonger millenial not from us and I randomly discovered R. E. M. from the song Blue. I think it's absolutely brilliant
My childhood. My twenties. Love them.
A haunting voice is evanescence...she is a. Badass ❤
Can definitely say i agree that this is a beautiful and ultimately uplifting song.
We all been there.
"Automatic for the People" is one of my favorite albums of all time.
"Man on the Moon" should be next.
depressing but uplifting at the same time. That is ... was R.E.M.
In other words: my youth.
What I love most about listening to your videos, Polo, is that you remind me of the great music of my youth and that I need to find it again. The 80’s and early 90’s was my zone growing up. REM was one of those epic bands that I will always remember.
You have a good ear. When talking about the production of this song, they said they went through a few different version, but landed on this "Otis Redding" style version in the end. It's funny that you kept talking about Otis throughout this video.
Check out Depeche Mode, they're an incredible band with beautiful songs