REM perform “Radio Free Europe” on David Letterman. REM’s first ever television appearance. 10-06-1983 the band also played “South Central Rain” was it really that long ago I was working at Virgin Records on the singles counter and the album Murmer came in and it was the beginning of the love for this band from Athens, thanks to Martin Silvers
Posts Tagged ‘REM’
R.E.M – ” Radio Free Europe ” First TV Appearance was on the Letterman Show
Posted: November 28, 2014 in MUSICTags: Athens, David letterman, REM
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R.E.M – ” Losing My Religion ” Live at the MTV 10th Anniversary
Posted: November 14, 2014 in MUSICTags: MTV 10th Anniversary, REM, REM TV Box Set
Check out the song “Losing My Religion” live From Madison, Georgia, @ MTV’s 10th Anniversary celebration with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The performance, from Nov. 1991, is included on #REMTV, the 6-DVD retrospective set, due out November 24 on Rhino Records.
R.E.M – ” Whats The Frequency Kenneth ” Live in Germany 2001
Posted: October 30, 2014 in MUSICTags: Cologne Germany, Live, REM, REM TV Box Set
A rockin Live version of REM performing the song “Whats The Frequency Kenneth” at a 2001 free concert in Cologne Germany filmed for TV broadcast to be released on the new 6 DVD REM TV box set
here is the advert for the new box set
REM – ” Bad Day ” Live at Rock Am Ring
Posted: October 19, 2014 in MUSICTags: Alternative Rock, REM, REM TV
Another Video taken from the new REM TV box set, filmed in 2005 recorded live from the Nuremburg Festival on a very wet day
REM – ” Man On The Moon “
Posted: October 16, 2014 in MUSICTags: Automatic For The People, Milan Italy, REM, REM TV
Another great song Man On The Moon” filmed live in Milan Italy 2003 for the MTV Supersonic, this is available for the pre-orders of REM TV due out on 24th November
So Sorry but with the new box set 6 DVD set of REM TV due out I had to put this on ……well just because I love REM and this song,filmed in Oct 2008 at the centuries old Olympic stadium in Athens Greece MTV and VH1 broadcast it live across Europe, It was the last show REM played in Europe.
REM – ” Covers “
Posted: October 1, 2014 in MUSICTags: Alternative Rock, Dead Letter Office, Micheal Stipe, Peter Buck, REM
REM have always put a few covers in their set and its interesting to see some of them recently appearing on their webpages, from Beat Happenings “Indian Summer” to Aerosmith’s “Toys In The Attic” certain songs make sense like Mission Of Burma “Academy Fight Song” and the jangly guitars of Television “See No Evil” .
On the autumn tour of 1987 the band became fond of playing the ex Foreigner singer Lou Gramm song “Midnight Blue” also contained in the song are lines of the Psychedelic Furs “Heartbreak Beat” lots of jangly guitars and Micheal’s great vocals. Blue Oyster Cult “Don’t Fear The Reaper” a tune they played in 1983 then again in 1995 on the Monster tour with the familiar chords from Peter Buck,the same venue the band played Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk” . Fan club member used to get a 7″ single along with other goodies one such was Jay and the Americans “Only In America” with a most surprising B-side of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” sombre and stripped down with just reed organ and acoustic guitars.Fan club members also got the track “Sex Bomb” by the San Francisco punk band Flipper raucous and abstract sound. Another strange punk cover was the “Where’s Captain Kirk” by the band Spizzenergi.
The band have always had a country flavour and covers like “Wichita Linesman, Galveston and the cover of Charlie Rich hit “Behind Closed Doors” which the band performed on a 1985 appearance on the German Concert Series “Rockpalast” on the end of “We Walk”. In 1983 the band did an all covers set at Halloween the band ripped through a collection of songs and influences like T.Rex, The Byrds and of course The Velvet Underground,Micheal is a fan of 60’s pop and a rare cover of Donovan’s “Atlantis” covered in the Halloween set in 1995. REM are huge Iggy and the Stooges fans covering “I Wanna Be Your Dog” but with the David Bowie produced and co written album “The Idiot” they picked off “Funtime”
CRAZY originally by “Pylon” released on “Dead Letter Office”
JESUS CHRIST originally by “Big Star” issued as a fan club only single released in 2002
GHOST RIDER originally “Suicide” on the B-Side of the “Orange Crush”
STRANGE Originally by “Wire” on “Document”
DARK GLOBE originally by “Syd Barrett” on the single “Everybody Hurts”
INDIAN SUMMER originally by “Beat Happenings” from the single “Hollow Man” in 2008
WALL OF DEATH originally by “Richard Thompson” on “E-Bow The letter” single in 1996
FIRST WE TAKE MANHATTEN originally by “Leonard Cohen” from the single “Drive”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1brqRtDjRI
SUPERMAN originally by “Clique” from “Lifes Rich Pageant” in 1996
PALE BLUE EYES originally by “Velvet Underground” from “Dead Letter Office” from 1987
REM – ” Monster ” Released Today 20 Years Ago
Posted: September 28, 2014 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Alt Rock, Indie, Monster, REM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FNfB6WfwM4
REM released its ninth album “Monster” on this day exactly 20 years ago which featured the singles “Whats The Frequency Kenneth”, “Bang and Blame” ,”Strange Currencies”, Crush With Eyeliner” and “Tongue” One of the band rockiest albums with the Alt-Rock guitar sound and with not so much of Peter Buck’s traditional jangly guitar sound but a more distorted style with influences to the Bowie and T.Rex Glam rock sound. Released to good reviews and significant mainstream success and a series of great singles , the band were definately a foundation for the way we think of indie music, influencing artists that would be big in the 1990’s. With one of their best songs included the heartbreaking “Let Me In” . the guitarless with the girl type vocals of “Tongue” and one of their best all time ever singles “Kenneth”
REM – ” Adventures In Hi-Fi ” Released September 9th 1996
Posted: September 10, 2014 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSICTags: Adventures In Hi-Fi, Alternative Rock, Bill Berry, E Bow the Letter, REM
The 10th album from REM titled “Adventures In Hi-Fi released this day in 1996 featuring the singles “E-Bow the letter” with added backing vocals from Patti Smith, “Bittersweet Me”, “How The West Was Won” and “Where it Got Us” and “Electrolite” all the singles released had multiple added live songs or worthy outtakes and some great covers.The album was recorded after coming off the road in support of the previous album “Monster” with a lot of the recording process with tracks being recorded live on the road resulting in several songs being about travel and motion. It was also drummer Bill Berry’s last album with the band and the last of the Scott Litt produced, considered to be among their better latter day albums it also featured one of their best songs “Leave”.
REM – ” Losing My Religion ” live Trafalgar Square London 2001
Posted: August 10, 2014 in MUSICTags: Losing my Religion, Micheal Stipe, REM, South African Freedom Day
REM at South African Freedom Day April 29th 2001, in Trafalgar Square in Central London, an amazing performance by Micheal Stipe and the band Micheal looks so animated and exhilarated to be there at such an important event.
The Fat Angel Sings 