0:00:02 > 0:00:04- What will you miss most about being in R.E.M.?- Performing live.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07I, I, only, that just flew out of my mouth.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10But I think that's what I'll miss the most, is performing.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11- Well.- With these guys.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15Exactly, I mean, you know, I'll be playing somewhere with somebody
0:00:15 > 0:00:17but to be on stage with Michael and Peter, Michael and Peter
0:00:17 > 0:00:21and Bill, which will probably never happen again, that's just...
0:00:21 > 0:00:23- That's sad.- Yeah.- I mean, that's, that's like losing a limb.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28# Two drifters
0:00:28 > 0:00:33# Off to see the world
0:00:33 > 0:00:41# There's such a lot of world to see
0:00:44 > 0:00:49# We're after
0:00:49 > 0:00:53# The same
0:00:53 > 0:00:57# Rainbow's end
0:00:57 > 0:01:02# Waiting round the bend
0:01:02 > 0:01:06# My huckleberry friend
0:01:06 > 0:01:14# Moon River and me. #
0:01:17 > 0:01:19MUSIC: "Pretty Persuasion"
0:01:28 > 0:01:34# Here's what I want
0:01:34 > 0:01:39# Hurry and buy
0:01:39 > 0:01:45# All has been tried
0:01:45 > 0:01:51# Hurry and buy
0:01:51 > 0:01:55# Cannot wear that in this heat
0:01:55 > 0:01:57# You're all wrong
0:01:57 > 0:02:01# Trying to put that on my sleeve
0:02:01 > 0:02:03# You're all wrong, all wrong
0:02:03 > 0:02:06# She's got
0:02:06 > 0:02:09# Pretty persuasion
0:02:09 > 0:02:11# She's got
0:02:11 > 0:02:15# Pretty persuasion
0:02:15 > 0:02:17# God damn
0:02:17 > 0:02:21# Your confusion
0:02:21 > 0:02:23# She's got
0:02:23 > 0:02:25# Pretty persuaaaa...
0:02:27 > 0:02:33# It's what I want
0:02:33 > 0:02:38# Hurry and buy
0:02:38 > 0:02:44# All has been tried
0:02:44 > 0:02:50# Hurry and buy
0:02:50 > 0:02:54# Cannot wear that in this heat
0:02:54 > 0:02:56# You're all wrong
0:02:56 > 0:03:00# Trying to put that on my sleeve
0:03:00 > 0:03:02# You're all wrong, all wrong
0:03:02 > 0:03:05# She's got
0:03:05 > 0:03:08# Pretty persuasion
0:03:08 > 0:03:10# She's got
0:03:10 > 0:03:14# Pretty persuasion
0:03:14 > 0:03:16# God damn
0:03:16 > 0:03:19# Your confusion
0:03:19 > 0:03:22# She's got
0:03:22 > 0:03:26# Pretty persuaaa...
0:03:26 > 0:03:32# In the light I saw
0:03:32 > 0:03:39# Quite a scene there
0:03:52 > 0:03:57# It's what I want
0:03:57 > 0:04:03# Hurry and buy
0:04:03 > 0:04:09# All has been tried
0:04:09 > 0:04:14# Hurry and buy
0:04:14 > 0:04:18# Cannot wear that in this heat
0:04:18 > 0:04:21# You're all wrong
0:04:21 > 0:04:24# Trying to put that on my sleeve
0:04:24 > 0:04:27# You're all wrong, all wrong
0:04:27 > 0:04:29# She's got
0:04:29 > 0:04:32# Pretty persuasion
0:04:32 > 0:04:35# She's got
0:04:35 > 0:04:38# Pretty persuasion
0:04:38 > 0:04:41# God damn
0:04:41 > 0:04:44# Your confusion
0:04:44 > 0:04:46# She's got
0:04:46 > 0:04:51# Pretty persuaaaaa...
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Smart.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58R.E.M. were described by April's Rolling Stone magazine
0:04:58 > 0:05:01as America's hippest band.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Founded in 1980 by four college dropouts in Athens, Georgia,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09R.E.M., as in rapid eye movement, the deepest phase of sleep,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11have come to be worshipped by college students
0:05:11 > 0:05:13and pop intellectuals all over the States.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16The band's mystique comes from the enigmatic lyrics
0:05:16 > 0:05:19and personality of their lead singer Michael Stipe.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21For years, they stayed loyal to the independent I.R.S. label
0:05:21 > 0:05:24with the consequence that they remained relatively unknown
0:05:24 > 0:05:26on this side of the Atlantic.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Now, they've signed up with Warner Brothers in a bid
0:05:28 > 0:05:30for world domination.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Filmed during their recent visit to London, this is Pop Song 89.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50# Hello, I saw you I know you, I knew you
0:05:50 > 0:05:54# I think I can remember your name name
0:06:01 > 0:06:04# Hello, I'm sorry, I lost myself
0:06:04 > 0:06:09# I think I thought you were someone else
0:06:09 > 0:06:13# Should we talk about the weather?
0:06:13 > 0:06:16# Hi, hi, hi
0:06:16 > 0:06:19# Should we talk about the government?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23# Hi, hi, hi, hi
0:06:30 > 0:06:33# Hello, I saw you I know you, I knew you
0:06:33 > 0:06:37# I think I can remember your name name
0:06:45 > 0:06:48# Hello, I'm sorry, I lost myself
0:06:48 > 0:06:51# I think I thought you were someone else
0:06:53 > 0:06:57# Should we talk about the weather?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59# Hi, hi, hi
0:06:59 > 0:07:04# Should we talk about the government?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06# Hi, hi, hi, hi
0:07:26 > 0:07:29# Hello, my friend are you visible today?
0:07:29 > 0:07:34# No-one ever knew that it could be so strange, strange
0:07:40 > 0:07:44# Hello, I'm sorry, I lost myself
0:07:44 > 0:07:49# I think I thought you were someone else
0:07:49 > 0:07:52# Should we talk about the weather?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55# Hi, hi, hi
0:07:55 > 0:07:59# Should we talk about the government?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02# Hi, hi, hi, hi
0:08:09 > 0:08:12# Hi, hi, hi-hi
0:08:13 > 0:08:17# Hi, hi, hi-hi, hi-hi
0:08:17 > 0:08:19# Hi, hi, hi-hi
0:08:20 > 0:08:25# Hi, hi, hi-hi, hi-hi, hi-hi
0:08:25 > 0:08:30# Hi-hi, hi-hi, hi-hi ha-ha, ha-ha. #
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Here comes a band who are brilliant live.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36And, at last, they have a big hit. R.E.M., here's Orange Crush.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38CHEERING
0:08:54 > 0:08:57# Follow me, don't follow me
0:08:57 > 0:09:02# I've got my spine I've got my orange crush
0:09:02 > 0:09:05# Collar me, don't colour me
0:09:05 > 0:09:10# I've got my spine I've got my orange crush
0:09:10 > 0:09:13# We are agents of the free
0:09:13 > 0:09:18# I've had my fun and now it's time to serve
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- # Over me, not over me - # Your conscience overseas
0:09:22 > 0:09:25# Coming in fast, over me
0:09:26 > 0:09:34# Oooh oooh oooh ooooh
0:09:34 > 0:09:41# Oooh oooh ooooh oooh
0:09:57 > 0:10:01# Follow me, don't follow me
0:10:01 > 0:10:06# I've got my spine I've got my orange crush
0:10:06 > 0:10:09# Collar me, don't colour me
0:10:09 > 0:10:13# I've got my spine I've got my orange crush
0:10:13 > 0:10:17# We are agents of the free
0:10:17 > 0:10:22# I've had my fun and now it's time to serve
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- # Over me, not over me - # Your conscience overseas
0:10:26 > 0:10:29# Coming in fast, over me
0:10:29 > 0:10:35# Ah oooh oooh
0:10:35 > 0:10:41- # Ah oooooh - # Oooh oooh oooh
0:10:41 > 0:10:45# Wa-ooo-oooh. #
0:10:47 > 0:10:49CHEERING
0:10:52 > 0:10:54MILITARY CHANTS IN BACKGROUND OF MUSIC
0:11:20 > 0:11:23# Follow me, don't follow me
0:11:23 > 0:11:27# I've got my spine I've got my orange crush
0:11:27 > 0:11:29# Collar me, don't colour me. #
0:11:33 > 0:11:36One, two, three, four. One, two.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38MUSIC: "Losing My Religion"
0:11:51 > 0:11:57# Oh, life is bigger
0:11:57 > 0:12:02# It's bigger than you And you are not me
0:12:03 > 0:12:10# The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes
0:12:13 > 0:12:17# Oh, no, I've said too much
0:12:19 > 0:12:21# I set it up
0:12:23 > 0:12:26# That's me in the corner
0:12:27 > 0:12:34# That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion
0:12:35 > 0:12:40# Trying to keep up with you
0:12:40 > 0:12:43# And I don't know if I can do it
0:12:45 > 0:12:50# Oh, no, I've said too much
0:12:51 > 0:12:55# I haven't said enough
0:12:55 > 0:12:58# I thought that I heard you laughing
0:12:59 > 0:13:02# I thought that I heard you sing
0:13:04 > 0:13:10# I think I thought I saw you try
0:13:12 > 0:13:13# Every whisper
0:13:15 > 0:13:18# Every waking hour
0:13:18 > 0:13:24# I'm choosing my confessions
0:13:24 > 0:13:28# Trying to keep an eye on you
0:13:28 > 0:13:33# Like a hurt, lost and blinded fool fool
0:13:34 > 0:13:38# Oh, no, I've said too much
0:13:40 > 0:13:42# I set it up
0:13:44 > 0:13:47# Consider this
0:13:47 > 0:13:49# Consider this
0:13:49 > 0:13:52# The hint of the century
0:13:52 > 0:13:55# Consider this
0:13:55 > 0:13:56# The slip
0:13:58 > 0:14:01# That brought me to my knees failed
0:14:01 > 0:14:08# What if all these fantasies come flailing around
0:14:08 > 0:14:11# Now, I've said
0:14:13 > 0:14:14# Too much
0:14:15 > 0:14:20# I thought that I heard you laughing
0:14:20 > 0:14:22# I thought that I heard you sing
0:14:25 > 0:14:31# I think I thought I saw you try
0:14:42 > 0:14:45# But that was just a dream
0:14:46 > 0:14:48# That was just a dream
0:14:48 > 0:14:51# And that's me in the corner
0:14:53 > 0:14:59# That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion
0:15:00 > 0:15:05# Trying to keep up with you
0:15:05 > 0:15:09# And I don't know if I can do it
0:15:10 > 0:15:16# Oh, no, I've said too much
0:15:16 > 0:15:19# I haven't said enough
0:15:20 > 0:15:23# I thought that I heard you laughing
0:15:24 > 0:15:27# I thought that I heard you sing
0:15:30 > 0:15:35# I think I thought I saw you try
0:15:38 > 0:15:42# That was just a dream
0:15:42 > 0:15:46# Try, cry, fly, try
0:15:46 > 0:15:49# That was just a dream
0:15:49 > 0:15:54# Just a dream, just a dream. #
0:16:16 > 0:16:18We're R.E.M.,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20you're watching The Late Show, that was Losing My Religion,
0:16:20 > 0:16:21our current single.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25This is another song off of Out Of Time called Half A World Away.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28One, two, three. One, two, three.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48# This could be the saddest dusk
0:16:48 > 0:16:50# I've ever seen
0:16:50 > 0:16:53# To turn to a miracle
0:16:55 > 0:16:57# High alive
0:16:58 > 0:17:01# My mind is racing
0:17:04 > 0:17:06# As it always will
0:17:06 > 0:17:09# My hands tire, my heart aches
0:17:09 > 0:17:13# I'm half a world away here
0:17:13 > 0:17:18# My head sworn to go it alone
0:17:18 > 0:17:19# Hold it along
0:17:19 > 0:17:22# Haul it along
0:17:22 > 0:17:24# Hold it
0:17:24 > 0:17:26# Go it alone
0:17:26 > 0:17:28# Hold it along
0:17:28 > 0:17:31# Hold
0:17:31 > 0:17:36# Oh, this lonely deep sit hollow
0:17:36 > 0:17:41# Half a world, half a world away
0:17:41 > 0:17:46# My shoes are gone, my life spent
0:17:48 > 0:17:51# I've had too much to drink
0:17:52 > 0:17:57# I didn't think And I didn't think of you
0:17:58 > 0:18:01# I guess that's all I needed
0:18:02 > 0:18:05# To go it alone
0:18:05 > 0:18:06# And hold it along
0:18:06 > 0:18:08# Haul it along
0:18:08 > 0:18:09# Hold it
0:18:09 > 0:18:12# Go it alone
0:18:12 > 0:18:14# Hold it along
0:18:14 > 0:18:17# Hold
0:18:17 > 0:18:22# Oh, this lonely world is wasted
0:18:22 > 0:18:28Pathetic eyes high alive
0:18:28 > 0:18:32# Blind the tide that's turning the sea
0:18:34 > 0:18:38# The storm it came up strong
0:18:38 > 0:18:44# It shook the trees And blew away our fear
0:18:44 > 0:18:47# I couldn't even hear
0:18:48 > 0:18:50# To go it alone
0:18:50 > 0:18:52# Hold it along
0:18:52 > 0:18:54# Haul it along
0:18:54 > 0:18:56# And hold it
0:18:56 > 0:18:58# Go it alone
0:18:58 > 0:19:00# Hold it along
0:19:00 > 0:19:04# Hold
0:19:04 > 0:19:07# Go it alone
0:19:07 > 0:19:09# Hold it along
0:19:09 > 0:19:10# Haul it along
0:19:10 > 0:19:12# Hold it
0:19:12 > 0:19:16# Blackbirds, backwards forwards and fall
0:19:16 > 0:19:19# And hold
0:19:19 > 0:19:24# Oh, this could be the saddest dusk
0:19:24 > 0:19:26# I've ever seen
0:19:28 > 0:19:30# Turn to a miracle
0:19:32 > 0:19:33# High alive
0:19:35 > 0:19:39# My mind is racing
0:19:40 > 0:19:43# As it always will
0:19:43 > 0:19:47# My hands tire, my heart aches
0:19:47 > 0:19:51# I'm half a world away
0:19:51 > 0:19:57# Go-o-o-oooooo. #
0:20:00 > 0:20:01CHEERING
0:20:01 > 0:20:04# I know you
0:20:04 > 0:20:08# I know you've seen her
0:20:08 > 0:20:11# She's a sad tomato
0:20:12 > 0:20:16# She's three miles of bad road
0:20:18 > 0:20:21# Walking down the street
0:20:23 > 0:20:25# Will I never
0:20:25 > 0:20:27# Meet her?
0:20:27 > 0:20:31# She's a real woman-child
0:20:31 > 0:20:35# Oh, my kiss breath turpentine
0:20:41 > 0:20:43# I am smitten
0:20:45 > 0:20:47# I'm the real thing
0:20:47 > 0:20:49# I'm the real thing
0:20:49 > 0:20:54# Have you seen her come around?
0:20:54 > 0:20:57# My crush with eyeliner
0:20:57 > 0:21:01# I'm in like
0:21:02 > 0:21:05# I'm infatuated
0:21:07 > 0:21:12# It's all too much pressure
0:21:12 > 0:21:16# She's all that I can take
0:21:16 > 0:21:20# What position should I wear?
0:21:21 > 0:21:23# Cop an attitude
0:21:23 > 0:21:25# Faker
0:21:25 > 0:21:28# How can I convince her?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30# Faker
0:21:30 > 0:21:33# That I'm invented too. Yeah
0:21:39 > 0:21:42# I am smitten
0:21:43 > 0:21:45# I'm the real thing
0:21:45 > 0:21:48# I'm the real thing
0:21:48 > 0:21:55# We all invent ourselves And, uh, you know me
0:22:14 > 0:22:18# She's a sad tomato
0:22:18 > 0:22:23# She's three miles of bad road
0:22:24 > 0:22:26# She's her own invention
0:22:26 > 0:22:28# She's her own invention
0:22:28 > 0:22:32# That gets me in the throat
0:22:32 > 0:22:37# What can I make myself be?
0:22:37 > 0:22:42- # Life is strange - # Yeah, life is strange
0:22:42 > 0:22:46# What can I make myself be?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48# Faker
0:22:48 > 0:22:50# To make her mine
0:22:55 > 0:22:58# I am smitten
0:23:00 > 0:23:02# I'll do anything
0:23:02 > 0:23:04# I'll do anything
0:23:05 > 0:23:09# A kiss breath turpentine
0:23:09 > 0:23:12# My crush with eyeliner. #
0:23:12 > 0:23:13CHEERING
0:23:13 > 0:23:15The American group R.E.M. made history
0:23:15 > 0:23:18when they signed their latest multi-million record day,
0:23:18 > 0:23:19deal, even.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22And today sees that deal bare fruit for the first time.
0:23:25 > 0:23:30From humble beginnings in Athens, Georgia, R.E.M, have risen
0:23:30 > 0:23:32to become one of the biggest rock bands in the world.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Just last month,
0:23:34 > 0:23:39Warner Brothers, in the US, re-signed R.E.M.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39to produce another five albums.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42It's a deal worth a staggering £52 million,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45the largest in music business history.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55# Hey, he-ey
0:23:58 > 0:24:00# I ate the lotus
0:24:03 > 0:24:05# Hey, hey, hey, hey
0:24:21 > 0:24:24# I was hell
0:24:24 > 0:24:27# Sarcastic, silver swell
0:24:28 > 0:24:32# That day it rained tough spun
0:24:32 > 0:24:35# Hard won
0:24:35 > 0:24:39# No ocean flower aquarium
0:24:39 > 0:24:42# Bad land
0:24:42 > 0:24:44# Give a hand
0:24:44 > 0:24:47# Honey dip
0:24:47 > 0:24:49# Flim flam, hey, hey
0:24:50 > 0:24:52# Hey, hey
0:24:52 > 0:24:58# That cat can walk like a big, bad man
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- # So happy to show us - # Happy to show us
0:25:03 > 0:25:07- # I ate the lotus - # I ate the lotus
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- # Say, haven't you noticed? - # Haven't you noticed?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13# Huh, huh
0:25:13 > 0:25:15# I ate the lotus
0:25:16 > 0:25:20# Storefront window, I reflect
0:25:21 > 0:25:25# Just last week I was merely heck
0:25:25 > 0:25:27# Tilt the scale
0:25:27 > 0:25:29# I was hell
0:25:29 > 0:25:32# They picked me up
0:25:32 > 0:25:33# And then I fell
0:25:34 > 0:25:39# Who's this stranger? Crowbar spine.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42# Dot, dot, dot and I feel fine
0:25:42 > 0:25:44# Let it rain
0:25:44 > 0:25:46# Rain, ra-aiiiin
0:25:48 > 0:25:52# Bring my happy back again
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- # So happy to show us - # Happy to show us
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- # I ate the lotus - # I ate the lotus
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- # Say, haven't you noticed? - # Haven't you noticed?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- # I ate the lotus - # I ate the lotus
0:26:10 > 0:26:11# Huh, huh, huh
0:26:11 > 0:26:14# I ate the lotus
0:26:32 > 0:26:33# Let it rain
0:26:33 > 0:26:37# Rain, rain
0:26:37 > 0:26:42# Save me from myself again
0:26:42 > 0:26:46# Wash away my ugly sins
0:26:46 > 0:26:51# Opposing thumb and dorsal fin
0:26:51 > 0:26:55# That monkey died for my grin
0:26:55 > 0:26:59# Bring my happy back again Let it rain
0:26:59 > 0:27:04# Rain, rain
0:27:04 > 0:27:07# Bring my happy back again
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- # So happy to show us - # Happy to show us
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- # I ate the lotus - # I ate the lotus
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- # Say haven't you noticed? - # Haven't you noticed?
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- # I ate the lotus - # I ate the lotus
0:27:27 > 0:27:30- # I ate the lotus - # I ate the lotus
0:27:30 > 0:27:32# Huh-huh
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- # I ate the lotus - # I ate the lotus
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- # I ate the lotus - # I ate the lotus. #
0:27:38 > 0:27:40CHEERING
0:27:49 > 0:27:52# Receiving department, 3am
0:27:53 > 0:27:57# Staff cuts have sucked up the overage
0:27:57 > 0:28:00# Directives are posted No call-backs, complaints
0:28:02 > 0:28:05# Everywhere is calm
0:28:05 > 0:28:07# Hong Kong is present
0:28:07 > 0:28:13# Taipei awakes all talk of circadian rhythm
0:28:13 > 0:28:17# I see today with the newsprint fray
0:28:17 > 0:28:21# My night is coloured headache grey
0:28:21 > 0:28:23# Daysleeper
0:28:25 > 0:28:27# Daysleeper
0:28:29 > 0:28:31# Daysleeper
0:28:38 > 0:28:43# The bull and the bear Are marking their territories
0:28:46 > 0:28:52# They're leading the blind With their international glories
0:28:54 > 0:29:02# I'm the screen, the blinding light I'm the screen, I work at night
0:29:02 > 0:29:06# I see today with the newsprint fray
0:29:06 > 0:29:10# My night is coloured headache grey
0:29:10 > 0:29:12# Don't wake me
0:29:12 > 0:29:16# With so much
0:29:20 > 0:29:22# Daysleeper
0:29:29 > 0:29:31# I cried the other night
0:29:33 > 0:29:37# I can't even say why
0:29:37 > 0:29:42# Fluorescent flat, caffeine lights
0:29:42 > 0:29:45# It's furious balancing
0:29:45 > 0:29:49# I'm the screen, the blinding light
0:29:49 > 0:29:53# I'm the screen, I work at night
0:29:53 > 0:29:57# I see today with the newsprint fray
0:29:57 > 0:30:00# My night is coloured headache grey
0:30:00 > 0:30:03# Don't wake me
0:30:03 > 0:30:07# With so much
0:30:09 > 0:30:13# The ocean machine is set to nine
0:30:13 > 0:30:16# I'll squeeze in new heaven and valentine
0:30:16 > 0:30:22# My bed is pulling me gravity Daysleeper
0:30:24 > 0:30:26# Daysleeper
0:30:28 > 0:30:30# Daysleeper
0:30:31 > 0:30:35# Daysleeper
0:30:36 > 0:30:39# Daysleeper. #
0:30:45 > 0:30:47CHEERING
0:30:49 > 0:30:50Thank you
0:30:54 > 0:30:56MUSIC: "Perfect Circle"
0:31:00 > 0:31:02# Put your hair back
0:31:04 > 0:31:06# We get to leave
0:31:08 > 0:31:11# 11 gallows
0:31:12 > 0:31:15# On your sleeve
0:31:16 > 0:31:19# Shallow figure
0:31:21 > 0:31:23# Winner's gain
0:31:25 > 0:31:28# 11 shadows
0:31:28 > 0:31:35# Way out of place
0:31:39 > 0:31:47# Standing too soon Shoulders high in the room
0:31:47 > 0:31:54# Standing too soon Shoulders high in the room
0:31:55 > 0:32:02# Standing too soon Shoulders high in the room
0:32:07 > 0:32:10# Pull your dress on
0:32:10 > 0:32:13# And stay real close
0:32:15 > 0:32:17# Who might leave you?
0:32:19 > 0:32:21# Where I left off
0:32:23 > 0:32:30# A perfect circle of acquaintances and friends
0:32:31 > 0:32:34# Drink another
0:32:35 > 0:32:41# Coin a phrase
0:32:45 > 0:32:52# Standing too soon Shoulders high in the room
0:32:52 > 0:33:00# Standing too soon Shoulders high in the room
0:33:00 > 0:33:08# Standing too soon Shoulders high in the room
0:33:16 > 0:33:18# Try to win
0:33:20 > 0:33:22# It suits your needs
0:33:24 > 0:33:28# Speak out sometimes
0:33:28 > 0:33:33# And try to win
0:33:33 > 0:33:37# Aaaah, ooooh
0:33:38 > 0:33:44# Heaven assumed Shoulders high in the room
0:33:46 > 0:33:53# Heaven assumed Shoulders high in the room
0:33:54 > 0:34:02# Standing too soon Shoulders high in the room
0:34:02 > 0:34:10# Standing too soon Shoulders high in the room
0:34:10 > 0:34:17# Standing too soon Shoulders high in the room
0:34:18 > 0:34:22# Standing too soon
0:34:22 > 0:34:27# Ooooh, ooh
0:34:28 > 0:34:33# Oooooh, ooh. #
0:34:46 > 0:34:47CHEERING
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Welcome to the wonderful world of Later.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52A world full of extraordinary talent.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Let's begin in this corner.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57We welcome R.E.M.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59CHEERING
0:35:00 > 0:35:03MUSIC: "Imitation Of Life"
0:35:15 > 0:35:21# Charades pop skill Water hyacinth
0:35:21 > 0:35:23# Named by a poet
0:35:23 > 0:35:26# Imitation of life
0:35:30 > 0:35:38# Like a coy in a frozen pond Like a goldfish in a bowl
0:35:38 > 0:35:45# I don't want to hear you cry
0:35:45 > 0:35:48# That sugar cane that tasted good
0:35:48 > 0:35:54# That cinnamon, that's Hollywood Come on, come on
0:35:54 > 0:35:59# No-one can see you try
0:36:03 > 0:36:05# You want the greatest thing
0:36:05 > 0:36:09# The greatest thing since bread came sliced
0:36:09 > 0:36:13# You've got it all You've got it sized
0:36:16 > 0:36:24# Like a Friday fashion show teenager cruising in the corner
0:36:25 > 0:36:32# Trying to look like you don't try
0:36:32 > 0:36:36# That sugar cane that tasted good
0:36:36 > 0:36:39# That's cinnamon, that's Hollywood
0:36:39 > 0:36:46# Come on, come on No-one can see you cry
0:37:00 > 0:37:08# No-one can see you cry
0:37:09 > 0:37:12# That sugar cane that tasted good
0:37:12 > 0:37:16# That's freezing rain That's what you could
0:37:16 > 0:37:22# Come on, come on No-one can see you cry
0:37:25 > 0:37:32# This sugar cane, this lemonade This hurricane, I'm not afraid
0:37:32 > 0:37:39# Come on, come on No-one can see me cry
0:37:40 > 0:37:43# This lightening storm This tidal wave
0:37:43 > 0:37:47# This avalanche, I'm not afraid
0:37:47 > 0:37:54# Come on, come on No-one can see me cry
0:37:54 > 0:37:57# That sugar cane that tasted good
0:37:57 > 0:38:01# That's who you are That's what you could
0:38:01 > 0:38:07# Come on, come on No-one can see you try
0:38:07 > 0:38:11# That sugar cane that tasted good
0:38:11 > 0:38:14# That's who you are That's what you could
0:38:14 > 0:38:22# Come on, come on No-one can see you try. #
0:38:26 > 0:38:28CHEERING
0:38:33 > 0:38:36MUSIC: "All The Way To Reno"
0:38:38 > 0:38:39# Humming
0:38:39 > 0:38:42# All the way to Reno
0:38:44 > 0:38:48# You dusted the non-believers
0:38:48 > 0:38:51# And challenged the laws of chance
0:38:54 > 0:38:56# Now, sweet
0:38:56 > 0:38:59# You're so sugar sweet
0:38:59 > 0:39:04# You may as well have had kicked me
0:39:04 > 0:39:08# Listened honestly
0:39:11 > 0:39:18# You know what you are You're gonna be a star
0:39:19 > 0:39:26# You know what you are You're gonna be a star
0:39:27 > 0:39:32# Wing is written on your feet
0:39:34 > 0:39:37# Your Achilles heel
0:39:37 > 0:39:40# Is a tendency
0:39:43 > 0:39:45# To dream
0:39:46 > 0:39:50# But you've known that from the beginning
0:39:50 > 0:39:54# You didn't have to go so far
0:39:54 > 0:39:57# You didn't have to go
0:40:00 > 0:40:07# You know what you are You're gonna be a star
0:40:09 > 0:40:15# You know what you are You're gonna be a star
0:40:17 > 0:40:21# You know who you are
0:40:21 > 0:40:25# You know who you are
0:40:25 > 0:40:32# You know who you are, oh, are
0:40:41 > 0:40:43# Humming
0:40:43 > 0:40:46# All the way to Reno
0:40:48 > 0:40:52# You've written your own directions
0:40:52 > 0:40:54# And whistled the rules of change
0:40:58 > 0:41:05# You know what you are You're gonna be a star
0:41:06 > 0:41:14# You know what you are You're gonna be a star
0:41:14 > 0:41:21# You know what you are You're gonna be a star
0:41:23 > 0:41:31# You know what you are You're gonna be a star
0:41:31 > 0:41:33# Humming
0:41:33 > 0:41:35# All the way to Reno
0:41:37 > 0:41:40# All the way to Reno
0:41:41 > 0:41:44# All the way to Reno
0:41:45 > 0:41:49# You're gonna be a star, you are
0:41:49 > 0:41:53# You're gonna be a star
0:41:53 > 0:41:58# You're gonna be a star, you are
0:41:58 > 0:42:01# You're gonna be a star
0:42:01 > 0:42:06# You're gonna be a star, you are
0:42:06 > 0:42:11# You're gonna be a star. #
0:42:11 > 0:42:13CHEERING
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Music, now, from a band who've established themselves
0:42:16 > 0:42:18as one of the most popular rock groups in the world.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Welcome, please, R.E.M.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:42:30 > 0:42:32MUSIC: "Bad Day"
0:42:34 > 0:42:39# A public service announcement followed me home the other day
0:42:39 > 0:42:44# I paid it never mind, go away
0:42:45 > 0:42:48# Shit so thick you can stir it with a stick-free Teflon
0:42:48 > 0:42:49# Whitewashed presidency
0:42:49 > 0:42:52# We're sick of being jerked around
0:42:52 > 0:42:54# Wear that on your sleeve
0:42:54 > 0:42:59# Broadcast me a joyful noise Unto the times, Lord
0:42:59 > 0:43:00# Count your blessings
0:43:00 > 0:43:06# We're sick of being jerked around We all fall down
0:43:06 > 0:43:11# Have you ever seen the televised St Vitus subcommittee prize
0:43:11 > 0:43:16# Investigation dance Those ants in pants glances
0:43:16 > 0:43:18# Well, look behind the eyes
0:43:18 > 0:43:21# It's a hallowed, hollow anaesthetised
0:43:21 > 0:43:23# Save my own ass, screw these guys
0:43:23 > 0:43:26# Smoke and mirror lock down
0:43:26 > 0:43:30# Broadcast me a joyful noise Unto the times, Lord
0:43:30 > 0:43:31# Count your blessings
0:43:31 > 0:43:37# The papers wouldn't lie I sigh, not one more
0:43:37 > 0:43:42# It's been a bad day Please don't take our picture
0:43:42 > 0:43:47# It's been a bad day, please
0:43:47 > 0:43:52# It's been a bad day Please don't take our picture
0:43:52 > 0:43:57# It's been a bad day, please
0:43:57 > 0:44:00# We're dug in deep The price is steep
0:44:00 > 0:44:02# The auctioneer is such a creep
0:44:02 > 0:44:05# The lights went out The oil ran dry
0:44:05 > 0:44:07# We blamed it on the other guy
0:44:07 > 0:44:12# Sure, all men are created equal Here's a church, here's a steeple
0:44:12 > 0:44:17# Please stay tuned, we cut to sequel Ashes, ashes, we all fall down
0:44:17 > 0:44:21# Broadcast me a joyful noise Unto the times, Lord
0:44:21 > 0:44:22# Count your blessings
0:44:22 > 0:44:27# Ignore the lower fear Oh, this means war
0:44:27 > 0:44:33# It's been a bad day Please don't take our picture
0:44:33 > 0:44:38# It's been a bad day, please
0:44:38 > 0:44:42# It's been a bad day Please don't take our picture
0:44:42 > 0:44:48# It's been a bad day, please
0:45:00 > 0:45:04# I saw the light, it can't be right
0:45:10 > 0:45:14# Broadcast me a joyful noise Unto the times, Lord
0:45:14 > 0:45:16# Count your blessings
0:45:16 > 0:45:19# We're sick of being jerked around
0:45:19 > 0:45:21# We all fall down
0:45:21 > 0:45:26# It's been a bad day Please don't take our picture
0:45:26 > 0:45:31# It's been a bad day, please
0:45:31 > 0:45:36# It's been a bad day Please don't take our picture
0:45:36 > 0:45:41# It's been a bad day, please
0:45:41 > 0:45:45# It's been a bad day Please don't take our picture
0:45:45 > 0:45:50# It's been a bad day, please
0:45:50 > 0:45:55# It's been a bad day Please don't take our picture
0:45:55 > 0:46:01# It's been a bad day, please
0:46:01 > 0:46:06- # Do-do do do-doo-ooo - # Oh oh ooh
0:46:06 > 0:46:09- # Do-do do-do do-ooo - # Oh oh ooh
0:46:11 > 0:46:15- # Do-do do-do do-ooh - # Oh oh oooh
0:46:15 > 0:46:23- # Do-do do-do do-oooh - # Oh oh ooh. #
0:46:27 > 0:46:28CHEERING
0:46:28 > 0:46:31This record that you have at the moment
0:46:31 > 0:46:34has 15 years of fantastic material?
0:46:34 > 0:46:38In 15 years time, what would you like to be doing then, do you think?
0:46:38 > 0:46:42- 15 years from now?- Yeah.- Er. - Sitting on a beach in the Caribbean.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45- I'll take that. - I'd do that next week.
0:46:46 > 0:46:49- I don't have to wait 15 years for that.- Yeah, OK.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52Good. OK, in a moment, you're going to play Nightswimming.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55- What inspired Nightswimming? - Nightswimming.- Yeah.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58- Where did you go for your nightswimming?- Er, in Georgia.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00- Outside of Athens, Georgia.- Ah.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04People didn't have a real lot of money and there wasn't much to do.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07So, everyone would go out and have drinks and head to the swimming pool.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09That's really what this song is about.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11I'm delighted to give you my piano.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13- I want you to just have that and do it.- Thank you.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23# Nightswimming
0:47:23 > 0:47:26# Deserves a quiet night
0:47:33 > 0:47:40# The photograph on the dashboard Taken years ago
0:47:42 > 0:47:46# Turned around backwards so the windshield shows
0:47:46 > 0:47:54# Every streetlight reveals a picture in reverse
0:47:55 > 0:47:59# Still it's so much clearer
0:48:00 > 0:48:07# I forgot my shirt At the water's edge
0:48:07 > 0:48:11# The moon is low tonight
0:48:24 > 0:48:30# Nightswimming Deserves a quiet night
0:48:32 > 0:48:39# I'm not sure all these people understand
0:48:39 > 0:48:43# It's not like years ago
0:48:44 > 0:48:46# The fear of getting caught
0:48:48 > 0:48:52# Of recklessness and water
0:48:52 > 0:48:57# They cannot see me naked
0:48:57 > 0:49:01# These things, they go away
0:49:02 > 0:49:06# Replaced by every day
0:49:06 > 0:49:13# Nightswimming Remembering that night
0:49:13 > 0:49:17# September's coming soon
0:49:18 > 0:49:22# I'm pining for the moon
0:49:22 > 0:49:29# And what if there were two Side by side in orbit
0:49:29 > 0:49:33# Around the fairest sun?
0:49:34 > 0:49:38# That bright, tight forever drum
0:49:38 > 0:49:40# Could not describe
0:49:40 > 0:49:42# Nightswimming
0:50:09 > 0:50:12# You, I thought I knew you
0:50:14 > 0:50:17# You I cannot judge
0:50:18 > 0:50:21# You, I thought you knew me
0:50:21 > 0:50:25# This one laughing quietly
0:50:26 > 0:50:30# Underneath my breath
0:50:31 > 0:50:34# Nightswimming
0:50:37 > 0:50:40# The photograph reflects
0:50:40 > 0:50:45# Every streetlight a reminder
0:50:45 > 0:50:52# Nightswimming Deserves a quiet night
0:50:57 > 0:51:01# Deserves a quiet night. #
0:51:35 > 0:51:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:51:40 > 0:51:44With me, in the studio, are Michael Stipe and Mike Mills.
0:51:44 > 0:51:45Why have you decided to get involved
0:51:45 > 0:51:48in this particular presidential election?
0:51:48 > 0:51:50I mean, you know, you've been around for a bit
0:51:50 > 0:51:53and you've seen presidential elections come and go.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56This one has really got you going.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58Well, you know, we've been around since Nixon
0:51:58 > 0:52:01and that was a scary one.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05And, er, nothing less than the fate and future of the United States
0:52:05 > 0:52:09of America is at stake here and we feel it very keenly.
0:52:09 > 0:52:13And we just, we don't feel any way that we could sit aside
0:52:13 > 0:52:14and not say something about this.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17# It's quiet now
0:52:17 > 0:52:22# And what it brings is everything
0:52:25 > 0:52:27# Comes calling back
0:52:27 > 0:52:30# A brilliant night
0:52:30 > 0:52:32# I'm still awake
0:52:35 > 0:52:41# I've looked ahead I'm sure I saw you there
0:52:45 > 0:52:50# You don't need me to tell you now
0:52:50 > 0:52:54# That nothing can compare
0:52:56 > 0:52:59# You might have laughed if I told you
0:53:01 > 0:53:04# You might have hidden the frown
0:53:06 > 0:53:09# You might have succeeded in changing me
0:53:09 > 0:53:11# It's pulling me apart
0:53:11 > 0:53:16- # I might have been turned around - # Changed
0:53:16 > 0:53:21# It's easier to leave than to be left behind
0:53:21 > 0:53:25# Leaving was never my proud
0:53:27 > 0:53:32- # Leaving New York, never easy - # It's pulling me apart
0:53:32 > 0:53:35# I saw the light fading out
0:53:43 > 0:53:47# You find it in your heart It's pulling me apart
0:53:48 > 0:53:51# You find it in your heart
0:53:52 > 0:53:57# I told you forever I'd love you forever
0:53:57 > 0:54:02# I told you, I love you I love you forever
0:54:02 > 0:54:08# I told you forever I'd love you forever
0:54:08 > 0:54:12# I told you, I love you I love you forever
0:54:13 > 0:54:17# You never, you never You told me forever
0:54:17 > 0:54:22# It's pulling me apart
0:54:24 > 0:54:29# You might have succeeded in changing me
0:54:29 > 0:54:31# I might have been turned around
0:54:34 > 0:54:38# It's easier to leave than to be left behind
0:54:38 > 0:54:43# Leaving was never my proud
0:54:43 > 0:54:49- # Leaving New York, never easy - # It's pulling me apart
0:54:49 > 0:54:53# I saw the light fading out
0:54:53 > 0:54:54# Changed. #
0:55:01 > 0:55:03CHEERING
0:55:07 > 0:55:09Thank you.
0:55:09 > 0:55:10To be onstage with Michael and Peter and Bill,
0:55:10 > 0:55:13which will probably never happen again.
0:55:13 > 0:55:14That's just... That's sad.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18- I mean, that's like, it's like losing a limb.- Yeah.- And, um, and...
0:55:18 > 0:55:21But at the same time, you know, it's,
0:55:21 > 0:55:22it's the choice you have to make.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25I just went to the bathroom, here, between questions,
0:55:25 > 0:55:29and was singing the chorus to Hallelujah in the bathroom
0:55:29 > 0:55:30cos it's beautiful acoustics.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32And all I could hear was his vocal above mine.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36Which, of course, wasn't there, except in my head.
0:55:36 > 0:55:37I will really miss that.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40MUSIC: "The One I Love"
0:55:51 > 0:55:56# This one goes out to the one I love
0:55:58 > 0:56:04# This one goes out to the one I've left behind
0:56:05 > 0:56:08# A simple prop
0:56:08 > 0:56:12# To occupy my time
0:56:12 > 0:56:16# This one goes out to the one I love
0:56:18 > 0:56:25- # Fire - # She's coming down on her own now
0:56:25 > 0:56:31- # Fire - Coming down on her own
0:56:31 > 0:56:36# This one goes out to the one I love
0:56:38 > 0:56:44# This one goes out to the one I've left behind
0:56:46 > 0:56:48# A simple prop
0:56:48 > 0:56:52# To occupy my time
0:56:52 > 0:56:56# This one goes out to the one I love
0:56:58 > 0:57:05- # Fire - She's coming down on her own now
0:57:05 > 0:57:12- # Fire - Coming down on her own
0:57:25 > 0:57:29# This one goes out to the one I love
0:57:31 > 0:57:38# This one goes to the one I've left behind
0:57:39 > 0:57:41# Another prop
0:57:41 > 0:57:45# Has occupied my time
0:57:45 > 0:57:49# This one goes out to the one I love
0:57:52 > 0:57:57- # Fire - Coming down on her own now
0:57:58 > 0:58:04- # Fire - Coming down on her own
0:58:04 > 0:58:11- # Fire - She's coming down on her own now
0:58:11 > 0:58:18- # Fire - Coming down on her own. #
0:58:27 > 0:58:31CHEERING AND APPLAUSE