R.E.M. - Daysleeper (Official HD Music Video)
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- Now in HD! "Daysleeper" from R.E.M.'s 1998 album, "UP".
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Who is listening in August 2024?
I am.
@@jakobforsell1259 from Nigeria yes
August 31. 11:52pm EST. ✌️✌️
Me, of course. Amazing band.
Me in 2025
Reminds me of my nightshift job at the gas station in this godforsaken town in the middle of nowhere...after a year I quit, got back into university, and finished my bachelor's degree.
Almost the same for me...after getting my degree I spent a year working as a night auditor in a small hotel, with almost no guests showing up after midnight. Now I'm a teacher, I really enjoy my job and my circadian rhythms are back to normal, but sometimes I miss those quiet nights alone with my thoughts and good books to read. This song will always be a part of my life.
That night shift aged you my dude.
Let's hope u GT menny happy good jobs to go my lady
Very nice that you did something useful with your life
“Now I manage the gas station.”
I miss REM so much. There's nobody else like them.
@ERASING YOUR MEMORY!!! alla akbar
Go to Athens Georgia. They own half the town and are local celebrities. You seem them around all the time.
I miss sleep
Everyone
Completely agree MrVirtube.
Have to admit I lose it a bit at "I cried the other night, I can't even say why." Something about reaching that breaking point where you have to let your sadness flow, even if you can't articulate it.
I feel your pain. Used to work such a job in the past and a bunch of 2nd shift CS jobs myself. Makes it hard to do basic daily things others take for granted.
@@JoeVideoed qqq@8q88iii88889887
Only shift workers understand how this hits different, playing it on 3 AM smoko.
Thats tough. Rough even. Rem forces me memories
Thats a real nice thing to let other humans hear
This song always reminds me of being a kid going to work with me da who was a truck driver, still dark at 4 and 5am when we'd be taking off in the truck, now whenever I wake at this hour in the morning I think of this song and put it on, my da passed away in 2017 and I am 32 now but I will never forget the great days he gave me and the things he thought me. Great thing about music and certain songs is that it can preserve precious memories clear in your mind forever. RIP Da, and thank you REM for this great song...
Love your story mate, sorry about your dad
Awesome Story, Sorry about your father.
did you play this song in the truck or something? Because I have certain memory trigger songs of times from when I was in my dad's van with him going to work
@@Talisman09 I wake up at 4 working for City Bus System. But Just like you, my father taught me a Strong work ethic that lasts to this day. Hadn't heard it in years, checked it out read your awesome story.
@@robertk9753 no, this one is very underrated, i don't think it got much radio play
My mental health is so fucked up right now the voices are so cruel but when i put my headphones in and these legends on full blast all the pain disappears got to love REM
stay strong @paul Harrison. i hope you are well
You are not alone! 💪😃❤️
Sending you prayers and healing hugs
everybody hurts sometimes ❤
I wish the song was 25 minutes longer. If you need a family, then start watching Newcastle. 🖤🤍 you’ll fall back in love with life
Absolutely crazy so many insanely good songs REM had.
for almost 5 years i had a late shift from 7pm to 7am, me and my good friend used to sing this song lots on our way out of the office towards the bus station home, it became our little anthem.
What kind of crazy job do you have to work from 7pm to 7am?
Most healthcare jobs have 7pm-7am shifts.
Very nice! :-)
Extremely bad for your health.
gordon Freeman m
R.E.M was one of the best groups ever and this is brilliant!!
YES SARAH they are !we love them
One of their best songs imo. Hugely underrated. Best wishes to all x
goes along with half a world away and new test leper
I just wanted to reply so you saw this and came back to the video :)
Hope your last 6 years have been safe & well... blessings!
Very underrated song.
+Melvyn Gingell I don't think so, one of the best song of R.E.M.
+Igor Zvodar that's what Melvyn is saying. Under-rated = not appreciated enough by people.
+Melvyn Gingell Was thinking the same thing
Tom George I know what under-rate means :lol: I don't know a man who underrate this song. On the other side I know a lot of ppl who's thinking that's the best song of REM
Well I understand what he meant. Most people will mention Everybody Hurts or Losing My Religion ( or any of the other early 90's hits ) first. Daysleeper is one of their best though. We all have our faves... My favorite is Crush with Eyeliner, I always loved the reverb in that song.
Sung from the point of view of a night shift worker corresponding with colleagues, "Daysleeper" focuses on the disorientation of time and circadian rhythm in such a lifestyle, leading to despair and loss of identity.
Lead singer Michael Stipe developed the song's concept after noticing a sign reading "daysleeper" on a New York City apartment door.
I just wanted to reply so you saw this and came back to the video :)
I worked the overnight shift in a superstore for almost 2 years. You ain't just whistling Dixie, pal.
As someone who has worked at night for many years (and still does) this song always speaks to me.
You got that right.
@@BirdNerd52 wanking is not a job. A hand job is not a job
I just wanted to reply so you saw this and came back to the video :)
Stop glazing💀
"I cried the other night,
I can't even say why".
What a line.
The entire cosmic sorrow,
concentrated into a few words.
Could it be the constant stress?
9 years ago comment... Time goes to quickly
@@rbutler007 2021 baby may 20th
Wonder i this Oren Elbaz reads a reply after 10 years?
@@allraargast7232 Yes, he does.
Was living in Taipei in 1999 teaching English. Not many songs mention Taipei, so this was in my head a lot. During that time I met my wife to be.
10 yrs on we hooked up and got married, in Taipei, so am there most years seeing in-laws! So this song will always have special significance
"Taipei Awakes..."
OK, this video it literally me. I covered the Tokyo market, I have lived in and worked in these exact places in Tokyo in this video for the past 25 plus years. This song is almost literally about me (if it was more explicit on investment banking which is vague in the lyrics). I do still now and did the work hours that this song talks about. Been doing it for 25 plus years. Love that that captured a part of my reality in this video.
🤗
Does anyone else suffer insomnia and think about this song a lot?
Lie. In my bed a lot and sing this
i dont know about suffer, but yeah, it pretty much narrates my life
yeah I'm with Mason. I'm not really one for suffering, but it is definitely a strong dynamic
I can't sleep at night, I do most of my work then... days are for sleep! I chill with Dracula sometimes, at night. And Elvira.
This is the soundtrack of my sleepless nights while working the graveyard shift...
My favourite rem song.. The richness of his voice is the star of this song. A classic.
I worked nights for many years and the loneliness and isolation really took its toll on me. REM nailed it with this one, a great song that I always could relate to.
This just never stops being ''my song'', it fits me so perfectly. I've been working roughly 18:00 - 04:00 at the local bus company as part of the maintenace crew for years. I am comfortable with being alive and living during these hours. During my free time, i go by the same hours (as much as possible). It works for me and i have no intention of changing. I am almost completely disconnected from all the 8-4 wage-slaves, so meeting new people is pretty damn near impossible. I don't care, i don't mind. I am a daysleeper. Without question my favourite band and song. R.E.M. will never stop being one of those vital things that keeps me going. You guys absolutely made my life livable. You will forever have my love.
+Rethic Yes Rethic, I'm only a music fan, and not a musician, but I would rate them one of the best Rock bands ever.
+Rethic 3rd shift for 9 years here, but fuck your dumb Reddit trollface for real
for all the bad press nocturnals and insomniacs get, I find most creative and good natured, many good people online just dig for them
I often work overnight 23:00 till 07:30. Daysleeper. This song sounds so relaxing
+Rethic I worked long hours as a Pharmacist (salaried, of course) & had to move the clock because q time I looked at any clock, the time never changed.. I thank God that I never made a mistake
The world needs this band back more than ever.
【和訳】
Receiving department, 3 A.M
Staff cuts have socked up the overage
Directives are posted, no callbacks, complaints
Everywhere is calm
受取課、午前３時
人員削減が年寄りの身を打つ
指示が貼られ、返品もなく、苦情もない
どこも静かだ
Hong Kong is present, Taipei awakes
All talk of circadian rhythm
今は香港、台北が目覚める
調子よく日はめぐる
I see today with a newsprint fray
My night is colored headache gray
Daysleeper
Daysleeper
Daysleeper
ぼろぼろの古紙で今日を知る
夜は頭痛の灰色で染まる
デイスリーパー
The bull and the bear are marking their territories
They're leading the blind with their international glories
牛や熊が縄張りをマーキング
彼らは盲人を導いている
国際的な成功の為に
I am the screen, the blinding light
I'm the screen, I work at night
私はスクリーン、光を遮る
私はスクリーン、夜に働く
I see today with a newsprint fray
My night is colored headache gray
Don't wake me with so much
Daysleeper
ぼろぼろの古紙で今日を知る
夜は頭痛の灰色で染まる
そんなにたくさんのことで起さないでおくれ
デイスリーパー
I cried the other night
I can't even say why
Fluorescent flat caffeine lights
It's furious balancing
この前は泣いたよ
理由は分からない
蛍光色のフラットにカフェインのライト
恐るべきバランス
I am the screen, the blinding light
I'm the screen, I work at night
私はスクリーン、光を遮る
私はスクリーン、夜に働く
I see today with a newsprint fray
My night is colored headache gray
Don't wake me with so much
ぼろぼろの古紙で今日を知る
夜は頭痛の灰色で染まる
そんなにたくさんのことで起さないでおくれ
The ocean machine is set to nine
I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine
My bed is pulling me, gravity
Daysleeper
海の機械は９時にセットされ
私は吸い込まれてゆく、天国とバレンタインに
ベッドが私を引っ張る、重力だ
デイスリーパー
Pop music does not get any better than this....a awesome social commentary/narrative, an, absolutely gorgeous melody....I miss REM.
It's rock. Soft rock this song. Not pop music.
Hi R.E.M. & everybody, have a nice day 💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖
Hi R.E.M. & everybody, have a nice day 💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖
Hi R.E.M. & everybody, have a nice day 💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖💐💖
@German Morawski They're all different music genres for starter.
This is definitely not POP.
Try to at least pretend to know the Legends before talking about them and being so wrong.
Just feel sad listening to this. It puts me right back in university and reminds me of much happier times.
I remember when I first found this song I was a fulltime college student in New York City, living walking distance of the "Bull" statue referenced in this song, working an unpaid internship hoping to get a job after graduation and feeling utterly exhausted from stretching myself too thin, and that very morning my roommates decided to have a loud argument in our apartment that woke me up at 6 am on the first day off I had in weeks. I have a horrific time falling asleep once I'm awake, so I went to my favorite cafe downtown to get my morning coffee and read for a little as a mental health break, when this song came on over the cafe and I nearly cried in the middle of the coffee shop. The feeling of being utterly exhausted from what I was working towards and seeing the world as an eternally gray headache hit me in my soul. I knew I had to reevaluate what I was doing and make sure my physical and mental health were accounted for while I was going after what I wanted. I'm grateful this song made me realize I wasn't alone and it helped set me straight.
Unless you have lived working night shift, I doubt this video would make sense. It makes complete sense to me. The headache of fatigue to the world going by while you are sleeping.
yeah this song is so obtuse and opaque, i can't believe i never thought of it that way what a genius you must be. by allah i will slap you with my shoe
I've worked many night shifts and am thoroughly a nocturnal creature generally, and I've never made that shallow connection 😀
since when a REM song makes sense ?
This is why this is one of my favorite R.E.M. songs
why are you gatekeeping an rem song.. this sounds like that rick and morty copypasta lmao.
and people say REM was not any good after their first 4 albums. hahahahaha silly
Bless thier hearts
Can't get enough of this song! I miss R.E.M.
Yeh me also. ain't the same is it?? John MANCHESTER.England.
are the bull and bear constellations, i ask God.
me too
Awake at 2:42, many years after my last night shift, and I still remember how it felt. A decade plus of chasing dawn. Sometimes old patterns re-emerge.
Happy 20th birthday, Daysleeper! Released 12th October, 1998.
I've been spending 14 hours desperately trying to think of what song I was hearing in my head. It's this one.
I have been released!
I always saw this as the companion to Nightswimming. Probably cause they’re my two favorite rem songs.
night shifts are not natural. " I cried the other night I can't even say why" that was my experience. why I love this song. anyway
need the supernatural for the natural. need the ugly for the beautiful. evil for the good.
Working night shifts makes you disconnected and CRAZY.
dude i worked 12 hour shifts, one week mon-wed 7pm to 7am then sat-sun 7am to 7pm then the next week tues-thurs 7pm to 7am and alternating carrying on. I was a zombie after one month.
@@Barracuda007 Yikes!
I'm already disconnected and crazy
One of the finest bands that ever were.
Their emphasis on melody and musical integrity has made their music age like a fine wine when so many make it on attitude and trends.
Are you forgetting about NWA
Only Folks who work Nights can Understand and Appreciate this Song. Its Furious Balancing. Headache Gray!
For me this is the best R.E.M. song!
their version of last date is great too. but yeah, daysleeper is brilliant along with night swimming.
Romantic song about nightshifters, being one of them, I see my colleagues of the NHS with disturbed sleeps but 100% committed. 7.30am "have a good sleep guys", bless you
One of the greatest bands ever
yep
I was listening to them in 1993 when doing my GCSE's and having just turned 40, listening to them again is just like 93 was yesterday. Timeless classics from a truly wonderful band.
For me, this is their best song.
We were spoiled with music in the 90s. REM is a prime example
So true 😊
I think this video can also apply to daily life, melancholy during the day, cycle, work, sleep and repeat, beautiful song
Franklin Ridderstap absolutely,like we r awake but we r actually sleeping
They were definitely a amazing Group, doubt we will see anything like them again !!!!!!
"I am the screen,
the blinding light
I'm the screen,
I work at night"
What a SONG, guys!!!
Work at night too, so quit and great time to getting something done
Shut up
R.e.m is still hauntingly beautiful and tragically hip. They never go out there lyrics are sheer genius poetry. Signed a poet.
My 2 favorite bands
it makes me cry everytime
Stop glazing 💀
This is a beautiful song. Michael should have won awards for best rock vocal for this, among many other songs.
A sign on an apt. door inspired this song.
Don't ask me how but I somehow managed to completely forget about this song, hadn't heard it in a good 20 years. What an absolute classic!
I adore this song. Michael Stipe et al, you beautiful people. Thanks for the music xx
After listening to this song cant seem to get it out of my head. What a voice amazing !!
I remember listening to this back in 1955 with my late wife. Wow. RIP
RIP🕊 my dead wife is looking up at me now
I'm only 18 and have considered R.E.M. my absolute favorite band since 2011. Of course when I started listening, I immediately recognized many songs from my childhood. :) Your comment is beautiful and I wish more people from my own generation would appreciate amazing music like this.
How we feelin 10 years later?
This song summons me to feel again. I can close my eyes and sing this song with full lungs, finally breathing with a giant smile of relief. Forgetting and finding this song over the past 2 decades. It ages well. 💙💯
I used to work nightshifts... I think this song, and the resulting video, captures what it's like beautifully.
my depression worsened when I started working nightshifts. I sometimes cry on my way to work and often when I'm about to sleep in the morning.
Get better, mj. There's no shame in seeking therapy for your troubles (if you haven't already done so).
I feel this too it's been over 5 years of working night shift and I keep getting worse and worse. I think it's something to do with lack of social contact outside of those 4 walls...
I grew up listening to R.E.M.I bought Murmur the year it came out (1983).I was 16 years old and their music has painted the landscape of my life ever since.One of the things that I find most remarkable about their carrer is their incredible consistancey.They've NEVER made a bad album.Some less popular,sure,but bad?NEVER.I was so sad when I heard that they were breaking up,but I also felt a huge sense of gratitude for having the privilage of their music in my life.Thank you guys.It was an HONOR.
I just wanted to reply so you saw this and came back to the video :)
One of the few bands that ended like a true gentlemen. Huge respect for them ! And also thank you for sharing your story 😃
Two bad albums: Reveal and Around the Sun. Everything else is great.
"My night is coloured headache grey" ... pure poetry
Why dont you shut your mouth
The UP album changed my life. Only a few albums have and this one I know from Song 1 to the Hidden tracks to the B-sides, to the Outtakes. Phenomenal piece of work.
Are there outtakes? What should I listen to?
Only 2. "Emphysema" and "Surfing the Ganges." I also really liked the song "I'm gonna DJ". It's just exciting!
Pablo Sergio Rivera Huh I liked I'm Gonna DJ live but not studio. I've heard Emphysema but I don't tend to like their instrumentals ... I'll check out Surfing the Ganges.
Pablo Sergio Rivera I think there are some cool demos from Up too, that I've seen somewhere on youtube.
rackoflambofgod melhor banda r.e.m
The sound that R.E.M. made together was art in its purest form. Poetry backed by a brilliant orchestration of instruments. One of the greatest bands of my lifetime and all time. This song is one of my personal favorites. Beautiful and mind-blowing.
what a masterpiece this how real música sounds
Greatest band ever.
I saw them years ago live. They played an 'all request' concert and it was one of the greatest concerts I have ever seen. :)
bluesandcountry did you make a request
No, I did not. They played the Shoreline Theatre (an outdoor one) in SF Bay Area. :)
YEP & seen most of em. Freddie 8 times 1st they were support band for Mott the Hoople . STONES, WHO, BOSTON, ROSES, etc,etc, but,REM were just so TIGHT. REEESPECT.JOHN
bad attitude bro! it is music
I remember jamming out to this song in 99’ with my buddies Tom, Harry and Matt
College buddies?
This is one of my all time favourite REM songs. Love it.
This song will always be beautiful.
The song that marks my early phase of depression. "My bed is pulling me, gravity" I was 13 then, didnt really understand the lyrics ( i thought it was literal Bull and the Bear). And then Nightswimmin soothes my dark sleepless nights. Oh wow this brings back so many memories..
What is that sound at the start? I bought this album the day it came out, I was 19 and in college in Colorado. I woke up early one morning for class, it was super cold, I was depressed. Then I heard a train make that exact sound off in the distance. I can still instantly place myself at that moment. It made me smile. That sound always brings me back to a different time.
Many years aggo I worked from 2am - 10am. This video hit it 🎯
was nightshift for 6 years this song is for all daysleepers
I worked the nightshift for thirteen years. You become desensitized to reality. Drifting through the fog of sleep deprivation as the sunlight glares through a bedroom window.
I was lucky enough to see them in person three times. Magnificent
working night shifts can relate
A big thanks to people working night shifts. I did it for 2 years and saw some awesome shit.
Clymb4Life937 shooting stars for me on dark country roads while driving through the night
Best time to work
Weeeee-oh! Weeeee-oh! I love those parts, I can't get enough of it.
True...true xd
I just commented the same!
yeah UP had a lot of nice little touches like that
Such an odd placement but I love it as well. Genius stuff.
@@sonicwise yea like who decided to put that in there! yea someone in the back should just go wee-oh wee-oh! haha awesome hahA
I was eleven when this came out. Wow. I miss the old days.
I just wanted to reply so you saw this and came back to the video :) hope you are doing good at 29 or 30
If you think of the progression of REM, this song makes sense. "Daysleeper" later goes "Night Swimming."
It's very romantic...really a gorgeous piece of music
My feelings exactly. It's beautiful.
the music video alludes to how our minds relax and contract, as means of focusing on what makes us happy and/or keeps us safe.
Hello fellow REM fans. This is one of my favorites. Was singing it all day long at work, then at the doctor's office, then on the way home on the train. Had to play it just now blasting loud and singing at the top of my lungs. My pet bird started screeching (I don't sing as well as Michael). OK, it's a few minutes later now and I am not done yet. Must play it a few more times. Poor birdy!
November 1998, I'm 20 and travelling Europe with my best friend. I was waiting for her at the station in Venice, she was running late, so I listened to the radio on my headphones and this song just came out as a single. I will always transfer back to this moment with this song: Autumn in Venice, late 90s, being young and free..
It was a magical time when you look back haha.
I was an RN, driving home after 12 to 13 hard hours and with a torn up back I always play this song. I worked 7p to 7a, plus. It felt like it was my own song 🎵. Thank you REM
Isn't it so cool when an R.E.M. song fits your life? That's happened to me several times ever since I found their music in 1982.
I'm an LPN, and I have worked nights on and off since 1995. You can keep day shift
Thank u for your service
A REM reunion would be wonderfull
I remember this song was a big hit in the same year when Alanis Morissette "Thank You" was big, TLC, the best years of Robbie Williams "Millennium", Busta Rhymes, the best Madonna's album "Ray of Light" and one of my favourite songs "The Power of Goodbye", and Manic Street Preachers "If You Tolerate This". That was a great year in music... I even remember the MTV Music Awards of 1998.
+Flaviyake Official Yes it was!!
I second that opinion. It was a good year in music.
REM have written many great songs but Daysleeper, Nightswimming and At Your Most Beautiful have to been some of the songs of not only the 20th Century but immortally entrenching for as long as our species exists. Even when we collapse, other species will hear the vibrations of Stipe and they too will continue to agree and vibe with the greatness of these tunes.
Probably this and The Great Beyond are my favourite R.E.M songs
3:07/3:48 I know someone who looks a little like this man
and Bad Day... yum
Man on the Moon is pretty Down to earth...man I need to work on my delivering puns
Listening to this song in 2024 and it still hits the same way as when I was a kid and heard this song for the first time… This song will always be one of my favourite… and it’ll always remind me of many beautiful moments…
*Thank you R.E.M for such a masterpiece… we can enjoy…*
from milan
i was a daysleeper for many years
no more daysleeper now
thanks god
REM songs are incredible life stories, poetry and social contents….. Take all my troubles away 🎸
Brilliant. I think about my dad who worked 3rd shift at the post office, 6 a week. Love your grace, Pops.
My god...a music video without an ass shaking in your face...I didn't know these existed :)
I won't lie, i was hoping mr Stipe would get that lush little booty out :(
Margo Gadet LOL, LOL Are these legal anymore?
+Margo Gadet Just as well, I wouldn't want to see Stipe's arse shaking in my face.
+Margo Gadet Because it's really good quality music, there's no need for a trashy video to market it!
LOL! bless his heart, there isn't much to shake...
So much sad-beauty evoked in these lyrics and melody. To me, this is high art.
One of the best poets in music for sure 😃
I really love this song. I used to work 12 hour night shifts (casting windmill blades) but it was slowly killing me. My life was just falling apart. I could not sleep after work. Then one day I had the chance to choose if I wanted to stay on nights or move to day shifts. I chose days and that made all the difference. I could sleep again. My co workers sometimes found me standing at one of the gates soaking up all the sunlight. I was happy again ... If you have the choice choose day shifts if possible or aim for it. Working at night is not healthy ... Have a nice day :-)
17 years later, this song is still current considering the now exploitative economy we live in. I'm sure there are more daysleepers now.
I forgot this song was in my playlist, and the shuffle play reminded me of this gem today. So came here to enjoy this with everyone in the comment session.
The ocean machine is set to 9,
I’ll squeeze into heaven and Valentine,
My bed is pulling me, gravity
Daysleeper
Never knew expressing the sensation of craving sleep so strongly when you climb in your pit after the night shift was humanly possible, but Stipe managed it. Stunning
I was lucky to come off age back then. I wouldn't change the soundtrack of my adolescence for anything.
I'm looking it up now and it turns out this came out as a single on the eve of my sixteenth birthday
Same I'm 44
Gas station night shifts were the best
I work a graveyard shift now, and this song keeps coming to mind.
11 pm to 7 am 2019 ,love this song .
I listened this sat with my wife on our final night together 😢, I made her cheese on toast, I will never forget 💔. I will never forget our 1st night together and our last night together 😢. To much pain.i wish she felt something for me.i just wanna end it 😭
Just keep going forward. Bad times are just times that are bad. One day at a time