Stipe and Coldplay MP3’s from ACL

by uwmryan on 19. Dec, 2005 in All, Concerts, MP3s, News

Last week I wrote about Michael Stipe joining Coldplay for the televised version of Austin City Limits. The show aired this past Saturday, and not only did they collaborate on “Nightswimming,” but also on Joseph Arthur’s “In The Sun.” The former features Stipe on all vocals, but is begun with the proclamation, “This is the best song ever written,” by Chris Martin. I’ve posted the MP3’s below, enjoy!

Coldplay and Michael Stipe – In The Sun (Joseph Arthur cover)
Coldplay and Michael Stipe – Nightswimming (R.E.M)

UPDATE (1/14/06) – You can get all the tracks from this performance on Muzzle of Bees, click here.

27 Responses to “Stipe and Coldplay MP3’s from ACL”

  1. Dodge 19. Dec, 2005 at 12:56 pm #

    I recorded this but haven’t watched it yet…any good? I love Stipe.

  2. Ryan 19. Dec, 2005 at 12:58 pm #

    I’ve only seen the video for Nightswimming, but have the whole thing converted to audio.

  3. Matt 19. Dec, 2005 at 12:59 pm #

    Thaaaaanks!

  4. Chad 19. Dec, 2005 at 1:20 pm #

    I am SO glad you posted these…I watched it on Saturday night and thought it was great, and was hoping someone would put it up this week. Especially “Nightswimming”, which is probably one of my favorite five songs of all time.

    Woo-hoo! THANK YOU.

  5. solace 19. Dec, 2005 at 3:49 pm #

    holy shit

    thanks for that Joseph Arthur cover.

    i can’t imagine them doing it too much justice, but intrigued all the same.

  6. solace 19. Dec, 2005 at 3:54 pm #

    btw, Peter Gabriel (who sort of “discovered” Joseph somewhat, and signed him to his label) covered ‘In The Sun’ as well on the ‘Diana, Princess of Wales Tribute’, pretty interesting take on it.

  7. heather 19. Dec, 2005 at 9:15 pm #

    THANK YOU! Nightswimming is also in my top 5 songs probably ever (like Chad, props!) – This is amazing. Thanks for posting it! I may have to cross-post it on my blog (with effusive thanks to you).

  8. Peter 21. Dec, 2005 at 7:52 pm #

    I set the DVR to record it on PBS HD and it was not on at 9pm ET. What time did most of you see it?

  9. Angela 22. Dec, 2005 at 12:53 am #

    Thanks for the MP3’s! It was on at 8, Peter, but there will be repeats – check the PBS site.

  10. John 22. Dec, 2005 at 10:08 pm #

    Both songs are gorgeous. Thank you!

  11. Dingo The Squirrel 23. Dec, 2005 at 1:12 pm #

    2 Sweet songs….

    WHEW!!!!!!

  12. Patrizio 23. Dec, 2005 at 6:45 pm #

    GREAT! WONDERFUL!

  13. Jon Alan Bird 24. Dec, 2005 at 9:42 am #

    I seen the it last night. It was very cool. I think we will see Stipe doing a lot more solo projects.

  14. Patrick Dillon 29. Dec, 2005 at 3:15 am #

    The Joseph Arthur cover did it more than justice!

  15. S Verhage 01. Jan, 2006 at 10:45 pm #

    I too was impressed with the show and esp. “Nightswimming”. Infinite thanks for sharing.

  16. Adam 07. Jan, 2006 at 11:03 am #

    Thank you so much…I have been listening to Joseph Arthur’s version of In the Sun ever since I saw Michael Stipe and Chris Martin’s performance. It is a great song, and his acoustic version is very good too, but the Austin City Limit’s Performance was unbelievable and I am so glad to have it on mp3 now. I have watched it on my DVR like 20 times.

  17. STEPHANIE PERKINS 07. Jan, 2006 at 3:41 pm #

    GOD, THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE SONG!
    THANK YOU SO MUCH MICHAEL AND CHRIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  18. Kelli McPherson 08. Jan, 2006 at 1:35 am #

    Two of my favorite voices ever. I have been a Michael Stipe since 1981 when I was 11. So nice to see the link between the past, the present, and the future. Thanks for posting these.

  19. Karla 09. Jan, 2006 at 4:56 pm #

    I’ve never heard of Joseph Arthur until I saw Stipe and Coldplay performing “In The Sun” on ACL. I love that song!It’s one of those infectious tunes that I cannot get out of my head. I’m definitely going to check in to more material by Joseph Arthur.

  20. Nj 13. Jan, 2006 at 1:10 pm #

    omg!! i love “in the sun”…coldplay was incredible!!

  21. Steph 14. Jan, 2006 at 11:15 am #

    Caught the Austin City Limits show late last night with Coldplay and Stipe and loved these 2 songs..they were amazing. Thanks so much for the songs, they’re fantastic.

  22. Simon 16. Jan, 2006 at 1:43 am #

    Man, you rock. I saw the show right after I got back from a trip to China; I’d been looking for the audio from that and just ran across it. Thanks for the songs. Props.

  23. Keith Ambrose 18. Jan, 2006 at 8:11 pm #

    Juast amazing, glad I found these. Thanks again
    Keith

  24. Kirsten 19. Jan, 2006 at 3:55 pm #

    I’ve been looking for these songs everywhere, thank you so much for having them

  25. Laura 21. Jan, 2006 at 12:13 pm #

    WoW. I LOVE COLDPLAY…but Coldplay and Michael Stipe and Joseph Arthur all in one… WOW. Amazing. Thanks, these mp3s made my life.

  26. Raj 10. Feb, 2006 at 3:11 pm #

    Phenominal, This song is beyond good, the great thing is its so simple but just sung from a great singer. BEAUTIFUL SONG!!

  27. Ryan 20. Feb, 2006 at 1:23 pm #

    Hey, thanks for the tracks, but I couldn’t get the In the SUn link to download…Is it dead? thanks!

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