R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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3:17 The riff that birthed a billion garage rock songs where other bands used that riff either in the beginning, middle, or end. Thanks R.E.M.
For those here who care, this video shows a kid playing in his house that was torn apart by a tornado digging in the mess of random stuff all over the place making some sense of it and picking up what he might keep. He kept the dog and his skateboard. He's young, soon to be a man and full of hope and he will rebuild his future. This song isn't depressing and isn't about the end of the world. Its about change. The lyrics are a mess of random stuff that Humanity must make sense of, pick up what it might keep and go forward.
Now, that actually makes sense. Thanks for that.
Wow, thank you❤️
and i wouldn't even be interested if he didn't care about his dog
"Its the end of the world and I feel fine"
Never in my life have I needed something so much and never known until i received it hahahaha
This song is strangely comforting at this crazy time we're all living in now.
I want to like but 69 so no
What you said!
This song on loop in my mind...🤣
I totally agree. I was going thru crisis. But now, I feel stupid, and contagious.
I woke up with this song on my head this morning
My cousin Tomy Espinosa would play this at all our family gatherings, and now it's forever entwined with him. Love you, Tony!
I have a feeling that this song will become popular again...
I've been singing it all week for some strange reason. 😆
Just read a comment that said it cracked iTunes Top 100
It does after every world scare
@@unseenufo most world scares don't force people to find entertainment so the jump might be a bit more noticeable
It made number 4 on Billboard's US Hot Rock Songs recently
Coronavirus brought me here....
Plus, I just like the song.
It really represents most of us. Virus, pollution, fires. Yet no protection(mask) or act. Just us walking down the road with music.
Weird how people have stuff in common
me too
@Luis Martinez, comment aged poorly. PANDEMIC AS OF TODAY!!! WOOOOO!
It's a pandemic and much worse than a cold and worse than the flu.
I don’t care what anybody says. This is the official anthem of 2020
Edit - All of the 20s
Not a bad way to go.
Yamahaulin 98 look up the song always look on the bright side
I concur! 😎
Guess it’s time we all had some time alone!
Coronavirus spreading across the world, World War lll on it’s way, and Australia is half burned down. And that’s just the first three months April will be Godzilla or something like that
My dad passed yesterday and this was his favorite song. I miss him so much already.
rip
F
hang in there, I lost mine a year ago, it gets a little easier. All memories, good and bad, end up being good... And you ´ll keep learnin! hughs from a stranger
Keep strong my friend, and remember him every time you listen to this gem.
Sincere condolences on your loss. Losing a parent sucks... Glad you have some cool art to relate to his memory with, though!
crazy to be listening to this song during the literal end of the world
Question : Why something rather than nothing ?
Answer : Because of an uncaused, non contingent, first cause of all contingency...
God
What is the chief end of man ?
Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
Seek Christ Jesus the Redeemer
For secondary and tertiary understanding...
Research...
1.The cosmological argument
2.The contingency argument
3.The teleological argument
4.The ontological argument
5.The moral argument
For life is but a vapor, for you know not the day nor hour that you shall draw your last breath before you jump into eternity.
Choose you this day who you shall serve.
*as we know it
At least this song is making me feel ok about it.
😂😂 man I love your channel!
Kinda...
This song is more relevant now than ever
Ain't that a fact :-/
True.
Always has been bro
And that’s a, fact
Definitely seeing as Irelands going back into full lockdown 😂
This song doesn't sound like it's from 1987, it's so modern. REM's music doesn't seem to age.
good music lasts forever.
And it is a 2003 remaster 😉 but still this is my teenage in a song contracted.
Yep 87 was the best summer of my entire life, me and my best friend stayed at the river all summer ,partying with guys on vacation ❤
well, the 80's were my youth... yet my tastes changed, while pop music (it's true) remained quite the same - if it sounds *modern* to you, it may be because pop music stayed stuck in some ditch, on the side of the road of music - as for me, if i'm allowed to say so, i do not think it sounds modern, at all !
Omg was it really 87? 😳
such a appropriate song for 2024
It all started with an earthquake and airplanes…
@@RasupubegasuOr the US involvement in the war in Ukraine with Russian nuclear threats to the west.
Like the Simpsons,mind programming
You said it!!!😀😀😀
Great song. I know it came out earlier but I really connected to it when it was used in the soundtrack for the Independence Day movie in 96. Adds a foreboding to what's coming. I bought the music for the movie. Don't have it anymore. Sigh!
“Gentlemen, it was an honor serving with you’’
Buckle down mate. We got decades left.
🤞
its been a short but fun joureny
Now...who wants a jawbreaker?
Smoke em if ya got em
I'm Surprised this isn't trending. Let's all go out singing!
The Hardly Boys it is trending it’s on iTunes top 20!
The Hardly Boys but it’s a version with names like Donald Trump in it.
Better yet stay in singing
This song is giving me a major clue
Jamie Jacobs You sure the words are changed? Cause the word ‘trumped’ is said here. You might be mistaken.
Every time I think about how this song is from 1987 and not like 1993 it amazes me how R.E.M. nailed a sound that no one else was going to be doing for years.
that's only like 6 years, and considering how much REM influenced the sound of 1993, I totally understand it. Without REM, you have no Hootie and the Blowfish, no Pearl Jam, no any of those bands. REM helped forge the alternative/indie/college rock scene in the US. There were other bands but they helped break it through along with some of the other OGs. Husker Du, Replacements had the sound, Goo Goo Dolls existed but not like this, Soundgarden existed in 87, but mainly you had REM, 10,000 Maniacs, Replacements at the top of the US alt heap around that time period. I'm sure I'm forgetting others, but they were the top dogs. Pixies were not even there yet at 87. The Smiths were busy imploding over in the UK, The Cure were hitting it big in the US, likewise for Depeche Mode with Music for the Masses, Love and Rockets were getting ready to break wide open in the next couple of years. Jane's Addiction was ready to break out as well. People talk about Nirvana breaking it wide open but they ignore that The Cure and INXS and Depeche Mode and REM were having hits before Nirvana. Though Kurt himself would happily remind you about REM. He loved them. Moved next door to Peter Buck and that's where he took his own life.
I bought the cassette tape at a garage sale.
Wow, I was born 1980 but did not hear this until mid 90's. Doesn't sound dated at all. Did not know this song came out in the 80's?. REM dominated college radio when I was a freshman in High School. Now my 16 yr old nephew knows this song. When asked how does he know this song, he says it is an old song😮 Well I guess so? 😅
How about 2023???
@@eboethrasherit’s so funny whenever I hear husker du. Been in Minneapolis my whole life, and I’ve had people say because of my hair it reminded me of some form husker du. Never knew who they’re were until maybe five years ago
One of the best songs ever made. Loved it as a teen in 1987 ❤
We just has a big earthquake in Idaho, and the DJ on 100.3 immediately played this song. Very appropriate.
"That's great it starts with an earthquake"
Yall are only just starting??
They saw an opportunity and they took it!!!
Sean Baskett same here in southern oregon
@@jsrsprite9867 Yeah, we're just gettin' started up here in Idaho! 'Course, when the Yellowstone Caldera finally Does blow, ya'll better run for cover quick!
It the of the world 🌎🌍
This is probably the most satisfying song the first time you sing it perfectly, from beginning to end, without missing a lyric. I remember vividly the first time I did it... I had a sudden urge to look at the empty passenger seat and in the rear view mirror and go “Thank you everybody! Thank you Atlanta!”
i’ve known this whole song for years
Well done sir.Applause for your successful mission,you have earned it.
Hey ferb! I know what we’re goona do today!
No literately, this is what I’m going to start doing
You lucky so and so
Cool story
As a child of the 80s this is an anthem to my generation and a time never to be forgotten.
I second that, and I was a teenager in the 80s.
@@cybercat29 Kids today: bitch please, you only had nuclear crisis
I was a late born Gen Xer’s (1978)
And now. Everything is fucked up. I remember the years before 2020. Everything after, Meh. End of the world now. And we know it. No one feels fine. If you say you feel fine, you are lying.
I am Not fine with AI, amazon, Facebook, twitter, tik tok, Hulu, disney plus, netflix, high tech smart phones, living online, politics. Not fine with all that bullshit. These are changes I hate. And I am not fine with them.
And everyone else. They are pretending to be fine. Just like they always do.
@@qunt100 AND.I.FEEL.FINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
What a timeless song. My son is a skater in 2024 and loves rap and hip-hop, but still gives this song props. I've also met Peter Buck at work several times and he's a very cool guy.
This song is very relevant with the whole world on fire
Yep 👍
Genocide Days 🌏🔥
Dam your not wrong there
Facts....and I still feel fine
California Moment
2019: this couldn’t get any worse
2020: It’s the end of the world as we know it
You jinxed us! czcams.com/video/lS5LMUjwjRQ/video.html
Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered crops? Sounds like they where predicted something.
Might want to read the entire lyrics.
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1996 id4 was true lol.
Honey, I have been thinking that since 2016. It sucks, and I send you love and hugs.
My wife likes you getting jealous 😂 lol
It doesn't seem possible that this masterpiece was released 35 years ago today. Time doesn't just fly when you're having fun, it just flies.
One of the best songs by the best band ever, R.E.M.🤘🏻
It was released 15 years ago
@@PopCatTheWarlord I don't know where you got that idea: it's from their album "Document" which was released in 1987.
One of the best, most iconic songs ever written. PERIOD.
Don't know why, but this song suddenly popped into my head. Guess I wasn't the only one.
Me too!
Nelson Smith same
Chicken little
Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the national anthem of 2020
More like the world anthem
@@sammillward62 Indeed
Well said.
😂😂 good one
@B F over time this is becoming more and more accurate
Always a classic - seems more fitting every year.
This feels like 2020’s theme song
@Some annoying person it may be because of the riots
No, those are 1980s references
Some annoying person it’s not just corona it’s literally every month some new crap has popped up
naw ending song
Best rock &roll songs ever
Time 1:48PM Tues 6/30/20
What a great song this was. Just to add, I’m 70 and R.E.M was easily my favorite band of the 80’s.
Sounds like its 90s
Turing 70 next year. What great music I've discovered along the way. Many musicians not getting the exposure they so well deserved. I'v had a great life.
@@KyleNornIreland this was 1987 matey, on "Document" their 5th studio album. Ahead of their time, perhaps?
@@jamesgornall5731 oh i Believe ya but it defo sounds 90s dosent it
Timeless!
My generation debuted this song. You're welcome.
Gen X!!!
Generation is ppl of all ages who have lived through the same things tho, doofus.
The only image I mentally pic of rem is singer who's a bald skinny fragile looking white man curled up in some corner, over thinking about things like religions, hugging himself.
I was a kid when rem was a thing
Talking about my generation...😊
@R Diaz nobody cares what you think, go away.
Indeed we did
Perfect song for 2024
literally every year ever
It’s happening this year. I know it’s hard to believe but I know it. ✝️🙏🏼
The 2024 anthem
The end of the world has already happen , we haven't realized it yet............
REM should play a concert during Armageddon tbh..
I've always heard this as a comforting song. It's reminding you to stop catastrophizing over the state of the world and pay attention to your own needs, instead of getting hopelessly crushed under the weight of things you have no control over. Part of the mind is having a nervous breakdown while the other keeps insisting on having time alone through the backup vocals, and occasionally chiming in "listen to your heartbeat" or "don't misserve your own needs" through the verses. It's been almost 40 years since this song's been released and the world hasn't ended yet.
Shut up
3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. That’s you bro, by the way they have the red heifer prophesied in Daniel, possibly to be sacrificed this coming Saturday, only 9 have ever been sacrificed this makes 10 and 10 is the number of judgement so you can lie to yourself all you want but Jesus there will be wars rumors of wars earth quakes in divers places right before he comes back signs in the heavens we have major eclipse happening in 2 weeks so if I was you I would get right but you can go ahead and curse me out and blah blah blah, but it’s a clarion call! It’s all happening right now so I would head the call give your heart to Jesus because it’s about to get wild and I have peace in my heart Paul said whether we live or die we are the Lords
It is...just happening slowley
Because the world ending isn't a singular event. It's a slow decline.
It's The Crumbles.
I like this take
I like the inclusion of the words "as we know it". It emphasizes that it's not actually the end of the world, it's just the end of the world that _we_ have grown accustomed to. Aka things are not ending, they're just changing.
That's how I see it at least
I like that!
I think the pandemic is a great example of that.
Such a great way to put it. Thanks for sharing. …and we’ll see you on the other side.
Agreed. I think it has a lot to do with getting older and getting accustomed to that and the new hobbies you get after growing out of old ones.
i know, bright light, feeling pretty psyched, right?
Playing this song as loud as possible with car windows down while driving March 2020
Amberlicious Gay
Lol
Same here but in the McDonalds drive thru. Lotsa Dirty looks and one amused one.
Social distance bro!! 💀💀💀💀
woop woop
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in diverse places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. - Mark 13:8
2020 is giving me non-stop reasons to play this song.
P.S. someone should rewrite the lyrics to this song with every single bad event that happened this year.
Same lmao. We got WWIII, Corona, Riots, What's next? That killer shark from Syndey Shark?
@@molot_vepr_3089 I am not saying this as a joke... I am legit concerned about the rest of this year. EVERY month so far in 2020, something bad has happened.
It's a tough year too bad it's going through hell right now good luck everyone remember the devil is at work
AK-107 Russian BR Rifle it feels so long ago that we were on the brink of war but it was only a few months ago
seems like the devil is working overtime this year
This song is just gonna be the anthem of the 20’s at the rate we’re going
The 2020 should be called the disaster 20s or the panic 20s
I fuck the 20's
Know this,America will be back!
@@denisemariani6958 Nah, our people are way too big of cowards. America is done for and it's not coming back. Can't wait for that social credit score! Man, ultra woke life is going to be so sweet
@@huelerhuelin3334 hey ya,it won't be accomplished by humans.Remember Jesus Christ's famous last words?Well they actually were spoken by an angel...
"This same Jesus will be back "In 66 years of good living and hell raising I've spent 33 years getting to know Him.
This can be the opening song for"Coronavirus-The Musical"
tim hollis that’s hilarious
*cOrOnA TiMe*
Andy Dick is the star of the show.
This is probably the climax
Shiny happy people could work probably
I am just here for the positive energy this song provides nowadays
Anyone else have this song stuck in their head this week..?
~Thursday, 3/12/2020~
Yes!!
Pick me!
@@RenshiErmine you have been picked! Your prize? A massive world-wide pandemic! Congratulations!!!
no, not really
Suddenly this song feels very timely
Finally - 2021 The last year of mankind!
@@marekkrakovsky4187 at least of america! lmaooo
Some jerk told me to take my meds!.. snowflake he must be
Who would have thought in the 80s one of my favorite dance songs would be 2020-2021 theme song 🤦♀️🙀
Ain't it the truth
This song is as actual as never before.
Agreed 👍 Just Shared To FacebooK
Sonny PrayeRs 🙏
@@SonnyEverywhere Beste Grüße aus Deutschland. 😘
Wir alle können nur auf Frieden hoffen. Möge Gott alles zum Guten wenden. 🙏
History works in cycles so it's normal that this will be actual again in couple off decades more
It's always the end of the world as you know it.......it's called time
When the world is melting down all around you and you still feel "fine".
Gonna play this on loop while the sky is black, orange, and red
Exactly. In Oakland and woke up this morning to the apocalypse. This song seemed appropriate
@@jennyb5385 He wanted to avoid public panic was all.
That fire that reached the sky, I mean.
Wow wow wow we cant say black ...its racist ... its a dark non coller from now on ..
Jenny B Its raining ash in Sacramento
The News Media: "Its the end of the World"
Me: "but i feel fine"
I want some time alone
hold on lemme cough on you a bit
While sipping a corona
Stay 6 feet away please...
Republicans “it’s the flu”
In middle school our theater teacher had us sing this every period, every day. I guess as a warm up. So he heard this six times a day 💀, as soon as we would sit down we pick up the lyrics on a paper in front of us and he would press play on the docked iPod video.
Edit: Mr. Brenneman if you’re out there, what a fun ritual.
I remember the first time I heard it was about 2007 or 2009 from chicken little.
@@okjeffy6581 me too
That's a good teacher
2024 anthem for real
this song is better for 2020 or 2021
Such an appropriate song for 2023
And 2024!
Have faith but knowing the issues and getting involved to try to stop this is always in order! Don’t panic! Do something that you can do. It’s fun!
Do what u can! Constructive! Help! ;)
Anthem for 2020
2023 was so last year.
Fun fact: Singing this in Wal-Mart down the toilet paper isle makes people angry.
Thank you for a good 😂
If there's no toilet paper in the aisle...is it still a toilet paper aisle? 🤔
@@NTAD 🤣
@@NTAD lol
Work at Walmart. Can confirm. 🤣🤣🤣
The 80s people are here because the COVID-19 has this song stuck in our heads.
Exactly
Yup
I am an 80's person
This isn't a 90s song??
Indeed. Reminiscing about seeing REM in the mid-80s and them playing this song. Those were the days.....
Yep.. let's do this
As I closed out my starbucks, I put a ten hour loop of this song, hung up a "See you on the other side" sign, and hit the lights as the last one out.
Atta girl Cassandra!
Cassandra Mogavero Like a scene out of a movie! 🤘🏽
The first lines of this song mentions earthquakes and airplanes. In Utah we just had the largest earthquake in 28 years this morning, which caused our airport to close down. Add that to that the existing coronavirus panic, and this song seemed like a good one to start the day with.
It times like this, start the day with songs a bit older . . . czcams.com/video/fXeFq4KlRf8/video.html
Ill see you at the next world emergency.
Yet here we still are
Supposedly even R.E.M. can’t remember the lyrics to this.
This song is so true in 2024.
...and gets truer every year...
Our school played this song on the day we got out of school because of Coronavirus
Lmao that's so funny 😂
Yeah this happened. I was there. I was the teacher.
And everybody stood up and clapped
Schools out forever...Lol
Ew. WTF ...
Are you kidding?
"Remember that time the whole world shutdown?"
Which time?
It's gonna be an interesting story to tell the grandkids that's for sure
(this time)
@@melatrude4269 That is if we survive this
Jane D Tarot If we even have grandkids LOL
Everyone's talking about 2020 but this song fits perfectly for the shit going on rn 💀
Shit just keeps getting worse
It is even worse in 2024.
@Matthew Sparks for real, stop listening to the main stream media news because it’s not really good news. It’s bad news. & guess what news actually stands for?
NORTH. EAST. WEST. SOUTH
@@tbiz8459 yeah... wait how'd you know...?
true
No matter what anyone says, this song will always remind me of Independence Day and the 90s.
Or try Covid 19..20...21 and not forget variants (house special chow mein) moooost deadly!
Miss the 90s lol good times
PROJECT BLUEBEAM INCOMING
One of those 80s songs that sounds like the 90s
Reminds me of Tommy Boy, along with Come on Eileen and that one Spanish song
Did anyone come because they love the fucking song?
i don´t care about any election, i just love this song!!!
No, they all came because a president we don't even know if good or bad was elected.
That small ounce of love for humanity I had is gone. People can no long think for themselves.
both
Haha My local radio station asked for a song when Clinton was elected. I phoned in REM. The DJ asked what song. I replied with "Its the end of the world as we know it", he laughed and played it anyways. First time I ever heard this song politicized, It was therapist then, then GWB, and Barry, and now The Donald. The more things changes, the more they remain the same.
Logan Seagroves does it matter what strangers do on the internet?
What a prophetic song, truly. Earthquakes, birds, snakes, aeroplanes...Signs of the times. R.E.M. = Band of Angels
But Lenny Bruce was not afraid. Nor Gorge Carlin. Oh wait where are those now?
@@frederikhyrup2871 and to be honest, i fell fine
Yeah, it's amazing, because this is the first time in history we've ever had earthquakes, birds, snakes, aeroplanes, it's like amazing man.
@@jasonh.8754 Touche'
@@frederikhyrup2871 I think lenny bruce and george carlin would not be afraid. But both are and would be subject to cancel culture today if they were still alive, which is stupid. Because we have to worry so much about stupid people for some reason. And people who get easily offended. We shouldn't have to. This song was written long before the internet.
Of course you would expect george carlin and lenny bruce to tell those fuckers to go fuck themselves. As I would expect.
Are we nearly there yet?
This song will never age. 100 years from now when we are all gone it will still make sense.
When the actual end comes,I know for one,I won't be so singing a poppy tune about Leonard Bernstein,I'll be getting hammered,tore-up from the floor-up,to something more appropriate,say something in the "Final Command" aisle..
@@smackmunkee349 I told a friend who was a lifer in the Navy if he knew what was coming not to tell me. Let me spend a last hour in a hot bubble bath gnawing on a twinkie in ignorant peace.
the best 90's song that isn't a 90's song.
I lost my friend yesterday in a car crash and we used to sing this song all the time, we would race each other to see who could say it faster. I’ll miss her but I still can’t help but smile as I hear this song, We miss you V.
* Hugs *
❤️❤️❤️❤️
it's the life...she is still with you just sing it louder ! ciao from Milano/Italy
RIP Bro... ❤️
Prayers to your friend breh...
There's a feeling you get when R.E.M.’s iconic, frenetic, and apocalyptic “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” blasts through the speakers-it’s the sort of feeling that straddles the line between anxiety and exhilaration. The song is a wild ride of rapid-fire lyrics, blending historical references, pop culture icons, and a sense of surreal, dreamlike urgency. Even as the world seemingly collapses around us, there's a strange, comforting shrug in Michael Stipe’s delivery: “And I feel fine.”
Released in 1987 as the second single from R.E.M.’s fifth studio album, Document, this track immediately set itself apart in the band’s discography and in the broader landscape of 1980s rock music. The song’s frantic pace, nonsensical-yet-symbolic lyrics, and Stipe’s unrelenting vocal delivery create an overwhelming sense of panic-yet, ironically, the chorus offers a paradoxical calm. It was the end of the world, but who cares?
That duality-existential dread mingled with a bizarre sense of acceptance-resonated with a generation living in the shadow of the Cold War, global uncertainty, and cultural disarray. There’s a timelessness to it, especially today, when the world often feels like it’s teetering on the brink of chaos once again.
What makes “It’s The End of the World…” so special? It’s not just its breakneck rhythm or its seemingly nonsensical lyrics. No, it’s the fact that it’s rooted in a surreal dream Michael Stipe had-one of the many dream-inspired songs in R.E.M.’s catalog. In this particular dream, Stipe found himself at a party where every guest’s name started with L.B.-Lenny Bruce, Leonard Bernstein, Lester Bangs, Leonid Brezhnev. A surreal scenario, yet it speaks volumes about the song's broader narrative: history’s heavyweights, cultural revolutionaries, political icons all thrown into a blender of rapid-fire thoughts. The references come thick and fast, blurring the lines between past, present, and future, much like the rapid-fire panic of a world coming undone.
The mention of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds-a broadcast that once sent America into a panic over an imagined alien invasion-feels apt. The same frenetic energy courses through “It’s The End of the World…”, with Stipe’s stream-of-consciousness delivery inducing a kind of controlled hysteria, echoing the shock Welles' show provoked.
Like all great art, R.E.M.’s music transcends borders. In 1994, Italian rock legend Luciano Ligabue reimagined the song with his cover, “A che ora è la fine del mondo?”. His version retains the heart and chaos of the original but injects it with his distinctly Italian rock flair. The fact that Ligabue, one of Italy's most beloved songwriters, saw fit to reinterpret this anthem speaks to its universal appeal. Whether you’re in America, Europe, or anywhere else, the song’s core message-that sense of impending doom countered by an inexplicable calm-hits home.
If the song sounds like it belongs in a movie, that’s because it does-several, in fact. It’s been used in films like Independence Day and Chicken Little, two very different takes on the theme of world-ending disaster. In Independence Day, the song mirrors the mass hysteria as the world faces destruction from an alien invasion, much like Welles’ infamous radio drama. In Chicken Little, it’s a humorous nod to the chaos that erupts when the sky is literally falling.
Whether it’s through blockbuster alien battles or animated adventures, the song’s urgency has become the perfect soundtrack for any on-screen moment where the world’s going haywire-because that’s exactly what it sounds like.
“It’s The End of the World As We Know It” remains a cultural touchstone because it taps into a universal, human feeling: the awareness that the world around us is precarious, full of uncertainty, and prone to spiraling out of control. But through the chaos, R.E.M. offers a glimpse of perspective-we can either lose our heads or lean into it with a resigned, almost rebellious calm. As the song’s chorus repeats, “I feel fine,” you can’t help but feel the defiance in those words, an anthem of resilience in the face of inevitable catastrophe. And maybe, that’s why we keep coming back to this song. It’s a rush of history, culture, and madness, packaged into a blistering four-minute track that leaves you breathless but oddly reassured. So, the next time the world feels like it’s spinning out of control-whether it’s real or imagined-crank up this R.E.M. classic, and, just like Michael Stipe, let yourself feel fine.
The song has placed in the iTunes Top 100 again 😂
Honestly I just embrace this song more then ever, because whatever happens, happens, and its just better to feel fine and enjoy what you have now in this era of time.
My dad started screaming this because of the Corona Virus
IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
Everything is falling apart and crumbling my world is ending and I'm about to lose it all.. can't help but come here and even though it's over and I'm alone I feel fine..
u ok?
2019: This is just someone's home video
2020: this is 2020 in a nutshell
Mike predicted the trump end of the world as we know it - lyrics Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the furies
Breathing down your neck
Team by team, reporters baffled, trump, tethered crop
Look at that low plane, fine then
Wil Vel what?
So true
2021: Am I a joke to you?
i got confused how you were mentioning 2020 from 4 years ago thinking 4 years ago was about 2016, 2020 was 4 years ago now...
This song was 30 years ahead of its time 😂
+Jessica Ribbing: It's from 1987, so try 33 years.
Jessica Ribbing the world’s not ending.
@@antoineriddick817 As we know it!
Try 33 years
Y'all were saying?
This song is considerably timeless, and it's because of its simple, universal thematicism:
We make a mess. We pick up from the mess. We move on.
And that process will repeat on for as long as Humanity lives on.
We will survive as long as we vote for Democrats.They aren't perfect but they aren't insane power grabbing trash.
Even when Jesus comes back to “rule and reign” - the nations reject Him.
Your profile pic of the roman empire is a perfect example of this song; irretrievable.
была версия в 93 где котика убивали
We adapt
R.E.M.
Rapid
Eye
Movement
✔ Have a nice evening. ✝ 🛡
why am i getting "we didn't start the fire'' vibes?
+Niah Jadis Baker hah
"We didn't start the fire" came out 2 years after "It's the End of the World." I don't know how much one influenced the other, but both songs captured the feel of the time. A sad cynicism and fear of impending nuclear holocaust brought about by the Cold War. We were taught the real effects of radiation and nuclear fallout. Movies didn't romanticize nukes (like in Resident Evil, say, where they survive a nuclear blast in a helicopter). And we were all happy and surprised when the Cold War ended without that horror. That's what makes Trump's interest in dusting them off so horrifying. No, it wasn't like living with the .01% threat of a terrorist sneaking into the country, which is less likely than getting struck by lightning. I don't want to go back to living in that constant fear that you push to the back of your mind because you have to function but you feel that everything is doomed.
Plasmo Cat thats one hell of a response, but it was more of a rhetorical question, but thanks for the explanation
~two finger point~ You're welcome ;-)
+Plasmo Cat You sir, are a gent. Thank you
Never a more relevant song in our time.
Most great song IMO never lose their relevancy even over time. Same feelings and emotions people feel just at different times. I love how music can bind people together as it is one thing every human has in common. But to the point, no matter the time, great songs always have a message we can relate to no matter the time of artist. Take The Beatles, so many songs have so much relevance in my life Just was created decades before I was born.
@@papalopaz5111 that song was only relevant up until the time it was released. It's very much dated now and necessarily misses everything that happened after Joel sang it.
@Luis Martinez stfu
It's a sad thing to realize this song gets more relevant with each day that passes... Let's drink and be merry :)
With the Orange King in charge it sure feels that way
@@scottsapino1764 it has nothing to do with him....it'd wouldve been the same with Clinton, Sanders, Paul, etc. They all shill for hidden hand. Wake up my dude. Put down the Democrat vs Republican Koolaid and use your head.
Just because the world has gone to pieces doesn't mean we need to too. There are still good people, and always will be. Our goal is to help those who want it, even if the rest of the world wants to blow themselves up. Also, @Michael Vincent, I wouldn't use such strong language personally, but I agree. The world's, and this nation's specifically, issues go far beyond one person, and we really ought to get past him already and start working on what we *can* make better.
@@innertuber4049 listen my man, the time for sugary coated words are over. Unplugging someone nowadays takes a bitchslap to the brain. I passionate about my fellow Humans. The indoctrination runs deep in a lot of us. Especially anyone screaming "Orange man bad" or.... on the other side saying "Lock her up". Anyway whatever happens take care and just know we dont have a political savior coming. Our only saviors are ourselves and God.
@@justpassingthrough3166 Agreed about the savior part. That's why I said we need to take matters into our own hands to make things better.
The reason I wouldn't use such strong language is because I respect that people believe they are right, and that they share their ideas looking to show other people the truth. I might not agree, but the chances they'll agree with me if I call them stupid are slim. Like I said, I want to help people that need it, but no one will want help from someone that treats then like dirt.
Thank you for standing up for your beliefs, and your kind words. Have a great day!
Much more and more relevant with each passing summer in the northern hemisphere... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🌧🌧🌧🌧🚣♂🚣♀
Great song buried my old man to it a month ago! He loved REM and so do I
Rip to your pops, Dylan
My condolences
My condolences. What a great track to go out on though.
sorry to hear
Seems like the appropriate song for the current moment.
REM
Today's the day, boys! It's been nice knowing ya!
oh wait till you see the 2020s
I will play this song if Harris wins in November
I'll be playing this song all day tomorrow
Juan Lemus fuck yes
I never felt so alive when death is around the corner
Lol!! Good one. 😆👍
Look at words for Peter Gabriel's "That Voice Again". There's a verse describing that sentiment.
1987: That’s a fun song
2020: Well shit
2021: OH FUK
Well, yeah, in '87 the great Reagan was president, and Senile Joe wasn't senile yet (just dumb) and only in the Senate.
*2021 has entered the chat*
Jan. 19, 2021 and we need a funeral for the free world as it knew it😭😭😭
2024: I'll have you know, that when reading news I only pooped myself 3 times.
I know people have said this before about other songs, but this is the true theme of the decade. Something about the world ending really fits with the last 3 years and I just hope 2023 will be better, which I somehow doubt.
Keep your head up and keep doing your best, man.
All we can do
God is with some
OHIO TRAIN DERAILMENT
Nothing seems real
@Wyatt Carleton let's not forget that NASA released a warning for a black hole hurtling through outer space😅😅
Add my name to the "The coronavirus brought me here" list...and I feel fiiiiinnnne......
Bread, Wine and Song me. It hasn’t affected me yet.
Yep. Just got told that work was cancelled for an extra week after trying to buy toilet paper for my mother (managed to get paper towels instead.) Somehow this song pretty much sums up how I feel about this all. I haven't been able to stop grinning like a maniac at the absurdity of the entire situation.
@@wordforger
😂😂 all the religious freaks are going crazy !
Greetings from Pierce County, WA. Lucky to have been able to be swabbed yesterday, results pending.
I'll come back here in 2055 to see if this is still relevant. lol
This seems like a good time to listen to this song.
My time coming back between events keeps getting shorter.
Who else is reading the comments about the Coronavirus and being like “it actually gets a lot worse”
I can't breathe!
Oh how naive I was 3 days ago. Welcome to June 4th.
@@lexingtonbrython1897
😂😂
@@pauljordan6615
Midway Day. Hmmm........
Turn off your tv and it goes away. Dont buy into the world stage and youll be alright💚
best wedding song ever!
Lolololo
Had a very sick baby in 1987 along with a toddler just beginning to walk, no money, short on food, no sleep, no car, furniture that a funeral home threw out, hardwood floors land-mined with toys, 100 degrees and no A/C, bus exhaust blowing into my window every twenty minutes, and a Nestea caffeine buzz to keep going.
This song and video kept us from going mental.
@Big Smoke things aren't even close to being as bad as it was in ww2 and the great depression times. We are doing just fine.
@@zeek3580 global warming
How are you now?
@Areya Walker tell that to Greenland, Antartica, and other melting ice caps
@@NotAHero123_7 Relax. It's not happening like they're telling you in official channels. They thrive on your panic and fear.
Fun fact this came out two years before my birthday. Years later this aged wonderfully.
I think I’m losing my mind.
RIP David Bowie, Prince, Britannia, and now America.
America... you're FIRED!
Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!
Spring 2020: It's The End Of The World As We Know It
Spring 2022: Hold my beer
"Hold my nukes and satellite phones"
“Hold my crop shortages and solar flares”
“Hold my food riots and hyperinflation”
"Hold My Waffle"
"Hold my forest fires and extreme heat killing people"
This song will always be relevant from now until the actual end of the world.
Every time we have a crisis, I am here. This time its August 2024 *takes puff of cigarette*
This song actually gives me a feeling of confidence that better times are coming
agreed
Honestly, listening to it makes me think that good times will come, but that the bad times always return. The book burning line specifically hits right now and makes me sad.
world wide collapse is unfolding rip to the old world,the old life
@@blakebortles6098 Certainly the collapse of Western Civilisation.
It does for me as well. Better times are ahead, so long as mankind isn't in it
who's here because there's nothing left on the store shelves
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Me and trying to avoid all the panicked people because the media has got so many overreacting in more afraid of how people have acted more than the virus itself
When it sinks 😯. Ppl r not playing w/ their toilet paper.
Somewhere in this universe: 😹😻😼😽😸😺...
No offence but it's shelves not Shelf's
My local store had sliced bread just now!! I haven't seen sliced bread in a week! Not that I need, want, or bought any... and it's probably all gone now.... but there was sliced bread!!
@@oshi8ooP What a lovely beginning for a Frank Zappa song.
Loool everyone remember 2012....
I loved 2012
Is it save to come out?
asskirk LOL
+asskirk NO!
That was the best day of school ever! Everyone just ran about screaming and destroying stuff as we all thought the world was gonna end! 😂