As of late, new R.E.M. live videos are coming up the pipeline rapidfire in anticipation of the forthcoming live CD/DVD release. We've mentioned those five new songs unveiled at Dublin's Olympia Theater for a series of "Working Rehearsal" shows, their only gigs this year. These videos, though, are from Dublin in February '05 when the band played the Point Theatre, which a kind Irish reader described to us as "a shitbox that holds 8,000 people." (Thanks, Neilo.) Well, step inside the, uh, "shitbox" and peak this live "I Took Your Name."
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Lots o' lights 'n' edits, camera cuts, face paint, and dapper-dressed sounds. Best moment, though, is when Stipe reaches great heights first with his voice and then his mic stand: He doesn't want to be Iggy Pop, but if that's what it takes ... hey.
Still not sure when to expect studio LP14, but R.E.M. Live's out 10/16 on Warner Brothers.
