First time listening to LOSING MY RELIGION - R.E.M.| REACTION
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You nailed it. Great job as usual my friend. This is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Here's more insight from the band:
The phrase "losing my religion" is an expression from the southern region of the United States that means "losing one's temper or civility" or "feeling frustrated and desperate." Michael Stipe told The New York Times the song was about romantic expression, about "someone who pines for someone else. It's unrequited love."
An Iconic song by a legendary band 🔥
Not really. Michael Stipe apparently wrote this song about a crush he had at the time, dropping hints to the crush but not really knowing if the crush got his hints as he was giving him mixed messages, and hence he was going crazy over this and losing it.
@@yukiefromoz2573 What part of "unrequited love" doesn't work with what you wrote?
@@Kimjongil-pu6rk, Stipe himself has says it's an obsessive love song, so you're right.
the term "losing my religion" is an old southern term for getting mad. "You best be careful or I might lose my religion".
Yep....and since the band is from Georgia, they understand that euphemism
Just an absolute masterpiece of a song. The spectacular video was directed by a brilliant visual artist named Tarsem. The video uses imagery based upon several classic works of art from around the world. Everything about this is just...fire! Thank you so much for this, and for all you do for all of us. ~Be Blessed
Being from GA myself, like REM, this song is hard to explain to someone who isn’t from the US’ South, GA and or not of a certain age....
Michael Stipe was a bff to Kurt & Court, which surprised many of us, Michael was one of the last to speak with Kurt before the suicide, Michael is the godfather to Frances Bean Cobain, chosen by both Kurt & Courtney....
Good insight. The band was still around when I was in college.
Her memory is genious level. Who can even remember that kind of detail in a first viewing?
Thank you Hunni, i appreciate your kind words.
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REM lyrics can be challenging to interpret. Michael Stipe has said this is a song about unrequited love. This is one of my favorite bands. So many great songs for you to check out.
True however whoever decided to do the video went with more a superficial version of the lyrics.
This will always be my favorite for it's genre and time period.
It's respected, but not enough. Brother is speaking DEEEEP.
And the music. That beat, all of it.
Can’t hear this and not think of my ex roommate. Rip Brian
hugs
I hope you have the best memories, Eli. Peace be with you, my friend.
Your analyses are always so good. Here I was in my head using way too many words to explain the meaning of the song, and you just come right out and say first thing, "It's about losing yourself to keep a relationship going." The universality of that theme probably explains why this 1991 song appears to be the best-known song of theirs still. And that impressive video has quite a pedigree, directed by Tarsem Singh with imagery inspired by a Gabriel Garcia Marquez short story, Caravaggio paintings, and dramatic Indian cinema (plus French artists Pierre et Gilles, it seems to me). Michael Stipe himself was an artist and directed all of their earliest (early to mid-eighties) videos and album covers, some very evocative stuff, and this carries on with that artistic trajectory.
Iconic 90's song. GREAT BAND R.E.M.
This and "Everybody Hurts" are two of their best songs.
haha.............not by a long shot.
Find the River is hands down their masterpiece in my opinion.
Lots of references to Old Master paintings in the video. Also Communist Russian art & Hinduism.
Michael's lyrics were usually obscure, but the effect of the poetry of the words & his plaintive, haunting voice made their songs extremely affecting, often on a deep level (hence their name, referring to dream sleep). I was pretty obsessed with them for several years. I still feel them to be a hugely significant band.
I think this is their best song and video. a total masterpiece. I think losing my religion means losing control. there is a great doc on netflix about this song. Michael said for him the lyrics were about his insecurities in relationships. "oh no I said too much..I haven't said enough...
WOW!!!!!!!! I’ve heard this song on the radio since it was first released. I always thought the lyrics were quite cryptic. This has got to be the best and most educational reaction i’ve ever heard. Thank you for what you do! Great job!!!!!!
Thank you Hunni, i appreciate your kind words.
R.E.M. is one of my favourite bands (Queen, Rammstein, Dire Straits) the song "Everybody Hurts" almost always makes me cry
so many deep good songs 😍
The old angel was a reference to "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel García Márquez.
There is also an image of St. Sebastian, martyred by arrows.
Not ONE dislike.
You go baby. Stay honest with us and yourself and we will come to you!
lol.. thanks hunni... likes and dislikes will always come and I'll still be true to myself. African proverb: Do not be swayed by the ovation or lack thereof, integrity recognizes neither.
This is the best, and in my opinion the most accurate analysis have heard about this song. Other reactors don't even seem to get that ultimately it's a relationship song. I just subscribed!
Never bought records of this band. But this song has a deep feeling.
Best interpretation of this song I have ever heard. Thank you! One of my favorite songs of the 90s!
Old man with enormous wings, is a a Marquez short story.
Must hear "Man on the Moon" and "Everybody Hurts"
Yes Everybody hurts is a must
This is my favorite REM song! When it comes on I just want to put on my headset and turn it up .......it’s hypnotic.
Love R.E.M. and this song in particular.
I never thought of the two classical characters as angels. I always interpreted them as Daedalus and Icarus from Greek mythology. And the modern, Soviet looking workers are laboring to try in a mechanical way to accomplish what the ancient Greeks failed to do. But they themselves doomed to failure for not learning the lesson of hubris.
“Losing your religion “ is an old southern USA saying. It can mean losing ones faith, in a person or anything. I think Michael Stipe wrote this as a breakup song, he lost his religion or faith in another person.
one of the most beautiful vids... ever ! wonderful !
In my younger years I took this song to literal about Losing my religion.
Video of the Year at the 1991 MTV music award.
How the hell can this be 30 yrs old?
Faith is not a reliable path to truth..no matter what this song is about.
Brilliant song by a brilliant group !!!!!!!
Your voice and your word , if you have it nothing these will always be your strongest value.
Once upon a time, critics would describe REM lyrics as "elliptical." I never quite knew what that meant until this song came out. (life = bigger > you + you ≠ me). The lyrics turn back inwards on themselves. I've said too much? I haven't said enough.
Yeah, once you "hear" this, you find elliptical lyrics in a lot of REM songs.
This song was a popular hit at a very transformative time in my life, and it holds a lot of personal meaning to me. I've always understood "religion" to mean "the things I believe in," as in "I am losing the things I believe in." Or perhaps, "I am strongly questioning the things I have always held dear, that I thought would always be there for me." And I think this is a crisis every individual goes through at some point in their lives. It might be religion, very literally, or just a system of values and beliefs that have to be cast aside for personal growth. This song is about growing, maturing to the next stage.
Who sits down to write a song about such a thing?! That's why I love REM.
Many people have already commented. 😃 The lead singer, Michael Stipe, has said that the song is about unrequited love. About the humiliation he felt when he expressed his love for someone and they did not return the feelings.
Thanks hunni for your thoughtful interpretation
This was the most beautiful and heartfelt reaction I have seen on CZcams to date. Love you K.S.O. As always. It helps that Losing My Religion is a favorite of mine.
Another great music video by REM is ' Everybody Hurts' .
You did a great job if that's your first time. I loved this song, just from it playing on radio without a video to interpret. And my take was it was about someone not loving us the same as we loved them. I still don't understand all the lyrics, but the melody sticks with me.
With this song R.E.M. changed the sound of the 80's (New Wave/Alternative) and the 90's began. If you liked this song, then you will love "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.
Nightswimming
I know this video almost pushed you over the edge because you have to analyze every minute detail, bless your heart.
I do often watch reaction channels, but I only subscribe to a few of them, yours being one of them, largely because of your way of analyzing a song and the insights you draw from them. Obviously some songs are just fun, not much to analyze, but when it is a deeper piece of music, I really appreciate what you have to say.
Thank you Hunni, i appreciate your kind words.
I'm not sure but I believe that they were all recreations of famous paintings, some religious, some political, and the idea to keep in mind is that this is all a dream.
I'm from the South and it refers to anything you have become disillusioned with.
Thank you for getting it.
Religion=person he loved that he lost. Is what I read back then, but loosing yourself is a great interpretation!!! You are great. I feel like that these days...
Excellent album. #1 single. 😎🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦
phrase “” is an expression from southern region of US that means one's temper or “at wit's end,” as if things were going so bad you could your faith in God. “ your ” over a person could that you're faith in that particular person.
Such a good song! Timeless, beautiful. 90s alternative rock was amazing!
Thank you for setting me straight on this song!
Your ability to dissect and extemporize on the symbols, themes, and meanings of songs is par excellence. Always amazing! 🤩
Thank you Hunni, i appreciate your kind words. Please feel free to share your opinion even if its different from mine.
This depth of probing the mind for connections to meaning must take a lot of mental energy! This is what elevates you above all others.
Wow thank you for explaining what you think this song means. Now it makes sense. It’s great to get someone else’s interpretation.
my fave REM song is tongue. such a good voice
As a teen when I heard this song I taught he was having a difficult time understanding his problems so he was questioning his faith or believe in god or kind of of religion which I taught was a normal thing in life. But I respect how you intrepid this song. It could have been a dream or nightmare as well. It's okay that everyone sees and hears this video how they see it.
Thank you for being honest and sincere in your emotions and allowing us to share in the emotions with you😘😘😘
Great song! Thanks Miss KSO!
Thanks for this - a beautiful song -- and I love that you took the time and mental energy to try to interpret the video -- Michael Stipe was - and still is - amazing!
BRILLIANT Analysis ... you are the best !
I love R.E.M, and especially this song
One of my favorite music videos ever.
What I remember about this video is that upon its initial release, there was a huge backlash. People interpreted it as anti religion. If I'm not mistaken, the Vatican also weighed in on the controversy.
Michael Stipe claimed the song was being misinterpreted, put the controversy to rest with what he said was the true meaning of the song and the song went on to be a huge hit.
Michael's explanation of the song's meaning wavered a bit over the years to where he now says it's about unrequited love and a stalking love song similar to "every breath you take" by the Police. To me, it doesn't make a lot of sense in the context of the lyrics.
I've always believed this song is about someone losing faith in God but is too afraid to come out and say it. I mean, the lyrics say "consider this the hint of the century" and they made a video filled with religious imagery. Imagery, that is partly based on the story of an angel who fell to earth to the amusement of people who profited off of him, soon felt burdened by him, and is relieved when he leaves. As judge Judy would say, don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining.
Edit: for those who don't know the inspiration for the music video was the South American story "A very old man with enormous wings."
REM was a a defining band
My dad loved this song and used to blast it when I was a kid. I was surprised because he usually prefers R&B and 80s rap, but he related to the song so much. Anyway, I was a kid and thought the reason he liked it is because my grandma used to say "you're losing your religion" to us all the time. 😖
Beautiful explanations of both the video and the lyrics. I've never deciphered all the religious imagery (the man with the arrows through him must be St. Sebastian, and I believe at least one of the others is a Hindu goddess. The last image of the people lamenting over the dead fallen angel makes me think of a Rembrandt painting, though I couldn't name it.) The total effect, though, feels just like how you describe it, something crucially important that has been lost.
Some mentions that losing my religion is a southern term for getting mad, but there is lots of religious scenes too, angel wings, St. Sebastian, doubting Thomas, taking Jesus from the cross, those are tableaux from paintings.
Another great reaction thanku for sharing...Love to see your reaction to Sade--No Ordinary Love ... 💜🇦🇺
Love this song. Also Everybody hurts is amazing
Everbody hurts and Whats the frequency Kenneth are 2 more awesome ones from R.E.M 👌🔥 🔥
I also like "Imitation of Life" and "Man on the Moon".
"The One I Love" is one that it's easy to misinterpret if you don't listen to the lyrics ;)
@@CA5124 Imitation of Life was one of their newer ones - came out when I was already grown up and moved out. The video was interesting - basically just 15 (iirc) seconds of footage played backward and forward in a loop with different zooms to make it look like more than it was.
@@fnjesusfreak I,ll check it out 😊
Thank you very much mam. Times are tough right now, bout to loose my religion altogether...but you made me feel better for a few moments in time. I look forward to watching more of you. Thank you again.
A high water mark for music videos.
love this song
Love this song and the video! This was a Big Hit back in the day!
I’m crazy about this song! And the video..perfection!!!
I love this song. This video is also visually stunning.
I’m a classical realist oil painter, and if this were
stopped at any point at all, it would be a perfect “set up” for an old masters painting.
Brilliant combination of music and visual!👏🏻👏🏻
Excellent reaction. I'd love to see you react to:
Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumors
I was 14yrs old when I bought Depeche Mode 101 and my jaw hit the floor when I heard this song, I had never heard anything like it before and thought whoa! It meant a lot to me and opened my eyes to a whole new world.
Great Album!
@@kittenklub1964 🌹🖤DM POR VIDA🖤🌹It's on my list of albums I can take with me to a deserted island.
Excellent suggestion!
You are spot on.
The openning scene of the video is from Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice.
My jam!!!!!
We all have to interpret this song how we see it. I am not religious so I have no religion to lose! It is just a great song and not get to carried away with what it is meant to mean
Love you, KSO!!!
What a great analysis of the video and song. You are the absolute best! 💯💯💯
You're the best!
What a great reaction !
This is one of my all time favorite songs and videos. The poetry of Stipes lyrics is wonderful, in that it can be interpreted in so many ways. He may have intended it about a person, but the imagery of the video always made it about a more abstract relationship for me. I always hear it as a story about a crisis of faith, like he's speaking to a religious institution and the people who adhere to it that he feels have fallen short for him. It could also be seen as an artists relationship to their craft, and how the spotlight being shined on their art takes away something that made it their own. In any interpretation I love the lyric when he says he thinks he's said to much but then also says he hasn't said enough. That is such a real feeling in a conflict or confrontation, like you've crossed a line but not even gotten started.
You got it. Luv u
His use of words in this song remind me of John Lennon. Beautiful use of language to describe pain and remorse in a relationships. Love the mandolin too. It's a great instrument to add emotion above a guitar.
I love your interpretation of this, and there is so much to unpack in both the song and the video! The video itself was conceived by the director and really had no ties to the lyrics, but visually it worked out. I don't think the old angel was deliberately killed, though, I think he died because the humans couldn't figure out how to get him back to heaven (while being humiliated, yes). And those workers making wings out of iron created something beautiful but it couldn't help the angel either.
If you look closely the fallen angel has a wound in his side indicating his identity is probably Jesus. I have always taken it to be imagery relating to people losing their faith but also regretting that loss of faith as those scenes show them at first being reverential then dismissive and mocking and finally distraught. I think if you look at the imagery the pagan/non Judeo-Christian gods represented fair little better and seem fairly forlorn in their last shot and the gods of industry (the metal sculpture) ultimately don't seem to do anything at all and look to be empty despite all the effort to create them. Not sure exactly what the Director was going for as on one hand at seems to somewhat mock religious figures but on the other also mocks those without faith.
@@alphaomega7191 Good points! I agree. Like I said there is definitely a lot going on with the imagery! Gods of industry, I like that, that's what I had in the back of my mind but couldn't articulate. And yes, the old angel does seem to be a representation of Jesus, as I remember in an unedited original version of the video that the "doubting Thomas" (the bearded man who snatches his wig off and laughs) actually puts his finger in the wound. Also similar to the mocking of Jesus before he was crucified.
KSO I love your reactions as they are thoughtful and get right to the heart. Thank you;
The falling angel.
To my knowledge, "losing my religion" is a southern slang phrase that kinda means you're losing your shit, losing your cool, letting things get to you to the point of frustration.
This song is amazing
I love it 🥰
great song, good reaction. This is the song that spawned the joke "I got my picture taken with REM the other day. That's me in the corner..."
Ahh, here's one for your movie list, 'Wings of Desire'. Fantastic!
Bruno Ganz, he's like the Humphrey Bogart of German Cinema. You will love this, I promise.
Everything you say just makes me like you more. What a lovely person you are.
Been listening to this song for thirty years, and its only in the past ten years, after being in a bad marriage that I can read between the lines of this song and get the meaning. You nailed it after hearing it only once. Bravo. You nailed it. When you're in a relationship, a certain amount of self-sacrifice and compromise is essential. But if you find that in order to make the other person happy that you have to give up everything that makes you who you are, then you are not with the right person. Especially if you find yourself walking on eggshells all he time and overanalyzing everything that you said and did in order to excuse the other person's cruelty, aka, "Let me see what I did to deserve the bad behavior so I can avoid making them mad". Its not necessarily about you; its about them. Don't sacrifice who God made you to try and keep the peace with a rageaholic.
The images in the video remind me of the artwork of Maxfield Parish
hmm
interestingly, i remember when this song first came out, eventually making its video debut close in release date.. i appreciate the idea of "losing your faith in a relationship" per se, but sometimes, when people hone in on the subject of a relationship "to someone", i often pull back to an "overview perspective" and ask back: "perhaps it can also be parallel or in tandem to not only specifically a relationship with a specific person/partner/etc but also perhaps a personal questioning of their initial relationship to their religion..." thank you for your review!
The video also symbolizes religion vs science. We have the wings of Icarus from the bible story and then the modern welders at the end creating metal wings of their own.
A parallel between religion being challenged by reason and then replaced by making an angel from steel.
The Parallel is loss of religion and loss of reason in front of confusion within oneself.
He has lost love, or never had his love requited.
The angels, etc. are believed to exist, but do not, and the making of a set of wings for mankind to wear in the place of religion is all left behind in the personal struggle for love between people.
How I see it.
Losing my religion is not all about faith it's losing faith in life in general and the world around you . Do to whatever experiences you are going through in life
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You are impressive. Spot on analysis. You must have been in analysis for years! (Lol). xo
Nice!
This is not about being IN a relationship, but wanting to be in one. Afraid to reveal your true self. When the milk is spilt, there is no going back. When you confess being gay, you loose the image of being an angel. This is coming out to someone you have a crush upon. Repressed sexuality. You feel in the spot light when you have 'selected your confession'. If rejected it can be devastating. All relationships are not boy/girl. At the end, I don't think they killed the angel but were trying to put the wings back on. The angel lost it wings and fell to earth, just as the character in the song does!