{"id":1644,"date":"1988-09-07T11:00:52","date_gmt":"1988-09-07T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:41:22","slug":"meeting-across-the-river-rem-and-bruce-springsteen-permanent-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/09\/07\/meeting-across-the-river-rem-and-bruce-springsteen-permanent-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanent Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seeing R.E.M. perform &#8220;Permanent Vacation&#8221; in concert had to be a thrill for the band&#8217;s fans&#8211;it&#8217;s an obscure pre-label rocker that the band hadn&#8217;t played for 20 years, before they unearthed it briefly in 2003.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VJzXCdXXiA4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>So hearing them play it with Bruce Springsteen on the Vote for Change Tour in 2004? That had to be a pretty amazing moment. Watch it below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZfxMHXJZdnU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Permanent Vacation<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> October 8, 2004 (Orlando, FL)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> October 8, 2004 (Orlando, FL)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 April 20, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: Bruce and REM team go old-old-school (in REM years, at least) on &#8220;Permanent Vacation&#8221; at the Orlando Vote for Change show in 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3612,5],"tags":[726,725],"class_list":["post-1644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-permanent-vacation","tag-rem"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/R-3529230-1334026611.jpg?fit=1198%2C1198&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-qw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61075,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/kingdom-of-days-october-8-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":1644,"position":0},"title":"Kingdom of Days: October 8","author":"Ken","date":"October 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce shoots the video for \"Brilliant Disguise,\" Nils drops by David Letterman's show, Jake makes an early E Street Band appearance back in 2009, and Ben Stiller resurrects his Bruce impression on SNL. 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