MTV Unplugged - Season 2 Episode 5
R.E.M., the band touted by Rolling Stone Magazine as ""America's Best Rock and Roll Band,"" spent several hours in New York's Chelsea Studios on April 10, 1991 to tape a one hour acoustic performance for ""MTV Unplugged."" Original bands members Michael Stipe (vocals), Peter Buck (guitar/keyboards), Mike Mills (bass) and Bill Berry (drums), along with Peter Holsapple (guitar/accordion), perform a memorable acoustic medley of hits past and present. Song selections include ""Fall On Me"" (which Stipe tells the studio audience is his personal favorite), ""The End Of The World As We Know It,"" ""Losing My Religion"" and many more. An excerpt from the MTV Unplugged book... ""'This may well be my favorite song in the R.E.M. catalogue.' With those words from Michael Stipe, the band offered up a heart-wrenching version of 'Fall on Me' that produced one of Unplugged's most transcendent moments. As he delivered the lines 'Buy the sky/and sell the sky/and bleed the sky/and tell the sky/don't fall on me,' St
First Air Date : 1989-11-26
Last Air date : 2023-12-15
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary
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Subtitles :
- Season 2 : Episode 11991-03-03
- Season 2 : Episode 21991-03-24
- Season 2 : Episode 31991-04-03
- Season 2 : Episode 41991-04-10
- Season 2 : Episode 51991-04-24
- Season 2 : Episode 61991-05-01
- Season 2 : Episode 71991-07-03
