So.Central Rain video -- no Rick guitar? (REM)

rkbsound · Post by **rkbsound** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:48 pm

I saw the video for S.Central Rain today for the first time in a while. I always thought that Peter Buck was playing a Rickenbacker. He's clearly playing a Gretsch. But I could swear that in that video he played a Rick. Is my memory that bad? Could they have, for some odd REM reason, made more than one video or made a change?

expomick · Post by **expomick** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:02 pm

Is this the video where Stipe sings "live" while the rest of the band mime to their recorded parts?

rkbsound · Post by **rkbsound** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:33 am

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:12 am

I've only seen one clip of this song, and it's the one you're referring to, and Mills is on a 4001 and Peter's on a Gretsch (a Tennessean?). Funny, as the 12-string is so prominent on this song.

Stipe's performance is wonderful though.

Is Peter using a Rickenbacker in the "Wolves, Lower" video? I've never seen it. I would guess not, he's probably on the black Telecaster Deluxe.

kennyhowes · Post by **kennyhowes** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:17 am

Just watched "Wolves, Lower" - yay for YouTube.com! - and Peter's on the 360 JG.

alexrocks · Post by **alexrocks** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:56 am

I love early REM videos. Every video of theirs, to this day, has at least one good shot of a very bored and uninterested looking Peter Buck. I think he practices this.