REM - Interview Athens, GA 1988 video free download

Judson Cato

'88 oh my these hairstyles...

Mark Kennedy

I love this glimpse of back in the day, both in terms of somewhat early days of R.E.M. and music television. Back before music channels we used to look forward to a weekly show on Toronto television called The New Music. This clip is from that show. That is Denise Donlon interviewing. There was more Lawrence Welk on tv back then than new wave/ alternative bands. 

MrKastaway66

That Michael Stipe is one "happy go lucky" guy.

genius0173

Nice video clip. Great songs loosing my religion the flowers of guatemala The one I love, etc.

Tommy

If they considered R.E.M. a local landmark in 1988, imagine how they felt about the band in 1992!

BillyJoe Choctaw

Oh how does Michael carry all that weight of being in an alternative rock band. Good gawwwd man I can't even listen to them anymore. I try like once a year or five and I just can't handle that pretentious drip he drowns the music with. Yep.

Frankie Denise

3:40 "Do I have any food in my teeth"? HAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAA

John Gault

Why the South lost the war @ 01:11 LOL !

Jermaine Clunis

One thing that I find is that many people who comment on videos like these were an artist/group is profiled, and in some way have some connection to Kurt Cobain, is that people always rehash Kurt's suicide. As far as I know, everyone in this video is alive today. As much as I love Kurt, I can't feel sorry for him that much because he was well aware of the life he was living, and whether or not he killed himself, he was aware of his role as a father, a musical artist, and as an adult. We must focus on life.

TheHooksSF

Poor Kurt.

swampscrapper

I just don't understand the mentality of, "On our new album, we discarded the music that got us here and instead kept the music that sounded like crap because it was different." Green was the beginning of the end for me, its no surprise. You guys weren't exactly the Rolling Stones by 1988, why did you feel you had to get away from a good thing? I would have been fine with a few more Reckonings or even Documents.

Tommy Haynes

Michael is really thoughtful and articulate , they all do a good interview

David Cook

Nice clip.

Jere Bear

Except of course the fact that Thom Yorke is a dick.

Patty Maizels

Bad...just bad. Not good.

perhael

Haha I just read this comment and thought "I can totally get behind that!" And then I looked closer and saw that I wrote it.

chthonic19

If he fucked you back then, he probably DID write "The One I Love" about you, in a way. Listen to the lyrics again; they're not actually about someone being in love with anyone. You were " a simple prop, to occupy his time."

Sonic More Music

Denise Donlon and The New Music

michael jagger

look at his hair

james fields

There was a period from about 86-96 that whenever Stipe was chillin downtown minding his own business, I learned never to aproach him and it was only because of watching other people harassing for autographs, only to get shot down. Really hilarious when your watching from a distance and hearing him scream at some unfourtunate tourist or worst a nosey athenian!It had nothing to do w/him being mean rather when an artists mind is@ a certain level theres not alot of time for disruption, fan or not

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