REM Split

indiewindy

Finally the "three legged dog" calls it a day, an amazing band in the 1980's and 1990's. They leave us with a number of stunning albums in their back catalogue

http://www.state.ie/33929-news/rem-split

donfers

the last album wasn't bad either although it sounded like a copy of the best tunes of their heyday, maybe they realised the inspiration was gone, at least we're going to get a few days of their songs on tv/radio which is no bad thing and many people will go back and replay some of their older albums and remember how great they were


what was the reason given for split though?

handsomecake

i dont know many who have a bad word to say about them.

love their stuff

G.K.

Devastated.

Now both of my favourite bands (Big Star ebing the other) have split this year.

BornToRun88

I'm saddened. I got into them big this year and was really looking to a time when they would tour:( They should have at least finished with a Farewell Tour.

lordgoat

BornToRun88 wrote: »

I'm saddened. I got into them big this year and was really looking to a time when they would tour:( They should have at least finished with a Farewell Tour.

No they shouldn't they can do whatever they want. Just as they always have.

Saddened by the news but understandable.

johnny_ultimate

A sad day for inoffensive background music

Nah, I joke: they had a good run of it, well past their creative peak. I wish 'em well.

Penfailed

They were brilliant at Slane in '95

BornToRun88

I wonder what they will do with themselves now?

scudzilla

BornToRun88 wrote: »

I wonder what they will do with themselves now?

Bum around for 2/3 years then make millions on a 'Reunion Tour'

BornToRun88

scudzilla wrote: »

Bum around for 2/3 years then make millions on a 'Reunion Tour'

With Bill Berry I hope;)

vicwatson

Dammmmmmmmn

It's on their official website -

http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=1446

Rafa1977

Dont worry, they will be back in a few years doing a tour when millions of dollars are waved in their faces.

greenmachine88

The Great Beyond is a cool song as is Ebow the Letter as are many more of their songs

♥ Losing my religion

Rented Mule

Penfailed wrote: »

They were brilliant at Slane in '95

...yet already past their prime.

paulosham

Go to 17:50 for left of reckoning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRII5bABcys

Dangerous Man

After Up I kind of lost interest but their stuff up until then was excellent. Still, it's a shame they're splitting up but I think in the long run it's probably the best thing; you don't want to end up like the Rolling Stones (if they're serious about their music, that is.)

bullpost

Great band in their day.

Saw them in SFX in '84. Very fresh and different to anything else at the time.

Lost interest largely after Green but caught up with them again for New Adventures......

G.K.

Mills will have a solo career, he's said it himself.

Table Top Joe

My favourite band of all time by far,no one comes close imo,15 albums,most of them great,some good and only a couple weak(yet still containing flashes of genius)


Loved "Collapse Into Now",a fine album to call it a day with

Table Top Joe

1.Automatic For The People
2.Green
3.Murmer
4.Fables Of The Reconstruction
5.Collapse Into Now
6.Reveal
7.Reckoning
8.Lifes Rich Pagent
9.Up
10.Out Of Time
11.Document


The following were disappointments but had some crackin songs all the same(i know a lot of people who regard "New Adventures.."as their favourite and it has my favourite R.E.M song on it,"Electrolite" but i always thought it was a bit patchy )i love about half the songs on each
12.New Adentures In Hi Fi
13.Monster
14.Around The Sun
15.Accelerate

Josey Wales

Rented Mule wrote: »

...yet already past their prime.

Not quite. They still had New Adventures in Hi-Fi to come which in my opinion is not only their greatest album but the best I've ever listened to.

R.E.M. have been my favourite band since I started to listen to and buy music. I'm saddened by the news as I know I will never see them in concert again. I think I've seen them about 13 times but it was great every time. I would have loved a tour for Collapse Into Now.

IamtheWalrus

The band that stopped me listening to East 17 and ignite my love for alternative music. They had ran their course but their back catalogue is up there with the best of all time. Michael Stipe was always a hero of mine.

Saw them live a few times. One of my first live experiences was REM touring UP in Landsdowne Rd. I gace that gig absolutely everything and so did the band. I was so exhausted I nearly vomited outside the stadium.

Sad day but I'm happy to have grown up with REM.

JerryHandbag

Saddened by this & the fact I never saw them live. Their 80s albums are all fantastic, 90s onwards was a bit patchy IMO. Reveal (2001) was a return to form, didnt bother with their last few albums though I felt they had lost their spark, so in that sense maybe the time is right to call it a day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jSn7pOzFsg

Sad Professor

Sad news indeed. Although I find it hard to believe this is the end. As said above, they'll almost certainly be back.

mickeyboymel

Sad day indeed...really thought they might tour next year....glad I caught them live at their peak in Torrevieja Spain 27th May 2005....great memories.....thanks for the soundtrack to my adult life REM

WinstonOno

great band, michael stipe was the voice of a generation, peter buck wrote some of the most memorable rifts of our time. they may have petered out of late, but it shouldnt be forgotten what they contributed to music, they invented indie, they will be missed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDY2tUrSMLc

lordgoat

Table Top Joe wrote: »

1.Automatic For The People
2.Green
3.Murmer
4.Fables Of The Reconstruction
5.Collapse Into Now
6.Reveal
7.Reckoning
8.Lifes Rich Pagent
9.Up
10.Out Of Time
11.Document


The following were disappointments but had some crackin songs all the same(i know a lot of people who regard "New Adventures.."as their favourite and it has my favourite R.E.M song on it,"Electrolite" but i always thought it was a bit patchy )i love about half the songs on each
12.New Adentures In Hi Fi
13.Monster
14.Around The Sun
15.Accelerate

Monster is their best album and New adventures a close second. Christ that list of yours is so arseways! Automatic? poppy crap all imo of course.

orourkeda

whiny crappy people

Skerries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s

IamtheWalrus

WinstonOno wrote: »

great band, michael stipe was the voice of a generation, peter buck wrote some of the most memorable rifts of our time. they may have petered out of late, but it shouldnt be forgotten what they contributed to music, they invented indie, they will be missed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDY2tUrSMLc

Not so sure about this track.. It's a Country Feedback II. The spoken lyrics arwe even spoken the same way Stipe used to perform Country Feedback live. I thought it was lazy of REM and convinced me they had come to the end of the road.