The 80’s was a good time to see R.E.M. They were definitely riding the wave of success and were coming out with some great music. In fact, this tour was in support of the album “Green,” which is probably my favorite R.E.M. album
I went to this show with my long-time concert buddy Jim. Neither of us had seen the band before, so we were both pretty psyched. We went to downtown Miami, to the now-gone Miami Arena, and joined the fans.
I don’t have a whole lot to share about this concert, other than I thought the band was excellent. Nothing crazy happened, just had a fun night digging on some cool music.
Here’s the full setlist. (I had forgotten they did three encores.)
Setlist:
- Pop Song 89
- Exhuming McCarthy
- Welcome to the Occupation
- Turn You Inside-Out
- Sitting Still
- Orange Crush
- Fall on Me
- Feeling Gravity’s Pull
- Cuyahoga
- World Leader Pretend
- Begin the Begin
- Pretty Persuasion
- Rotary Ten
- I Believe
- I Remember California
- Get Up
- Auctioneer (Another Engine)
- It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Encore:
- Stand
- Academy Fight Song
- You Are the Everything
Encore 2:
- Finest Worksong
- King of Birds
- Swan Swan H
- Life and How to Live It
Encore 3:
- Harpers
- Summertime
- Crazy
- Perfect Circle
- After Hours
That setlist is a dream
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Right? Only time I saw them in concert, but I feel like I got what I needed. Thanks for stopping by. Cheers!
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Hey I caught them back in 2004…
Here’s my writeup…but man 1989 these guys were flying high with success….Orange Crush
https://superdekes.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/r-e-m-asks-whats-the-frequency-thunder-bay/
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Gonna check it out.
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Hi Jeff, I would have loved that concert as REM is one of my favorite bands. Green is definitely a great album too. Thanks for sharing this one!
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Thanks for stopping by, Barb! Glad you liked the post.
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