R.E.M Split

[Wolfie]

Seems R.E.M have decided to call it a day with a bit of dignity.

"We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished," the statement continued. "To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening."

They've intermittently produced some classic albums of the 31 years of their existence.

I'd highly recommend "I Feel Fine - the best of the IRS years" which is a very good compilation of their work from 1980 to 1987.

Most are aware of the Warner Brothers output from 88 onwards.

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

[BonnieShels]

http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=140492&page=6

[Wolfie]

http://foot.ie/showthread.php?t=140492&page=6

Yeah - thought R.E.M's demise deserved a thread all of its own.

[Sullivinho]

"To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening."You're welcome lads, cheers for the tunes.

I'd open the aul wallet for a collection of unreleased tracks from their glory years (ala Screaming Trees (http://foot.ie/threads/109600-Recent-Musical-Acquisitions?p=1535599&viewfull=1#post1535599).) Just sayin'.

[nigel-harps1954]

Ah yeah, saw them in 09, one of the best live shows I have ever been to. Simply amazing.

[ken foree]

thirty. one. years. fantastic achievement and good luck to them. will always be more or less a casual fan but i've listened to plenty of their early stuff. intelligent band with an instantly recognizable sound.

[freewheel30]

Liked plenty of their stuff but never really investigated anything beyond the "hits". I think Stipe's persona / lyrics never really resonated with me, and this stopped me from getting a bit more into them.

[BonnieShels]

Bertis Downes going to be on The Green Room on Newstalk from 10pm.

[CraftyToePoke]

I was becoming a really big REM fan around the time of Out Of Time and Automatic, and love Wolves Lower and stuff like that as well as some of the later songs, but I always tended to just listen to what I happen to come across rather than seek out their music and this is squarely down to Stipe, I remember an interview with him around the time of those albums I mentioned, and the guy really put me off the band, he just spouted some awful, self obsessed and endless meandering pompous nonsense, it really really was a load of tripe, it was the first interview I had seen of them and it really put me off them. Dont think I bought another album of theirs after that, except Monster maybe.

[BonnieShels]

Not even Up CTP?

TUt tut tut

[CraftyToePoke]

Not even Up CTP?

TUt tut tut

Not even Up, worth a rattle then? And will we go after those No Disco playlists you reckon?

[BonnieShels]

Dammit. You remembered.

I was thinking about it over the weeks. I reckon I'll sort something soon.

[Sullivinho]

R.E.M. to Release Career-Spanning Hits Set in November. (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r-e-m-to-release-career-spanning-hits-set-in-november-20110923)

[SwanVsDalton]

Murmur is one of the greatest debuts of all time and New Adventures In Hi-Fi by far their most underrated release. Great live show too, I only saw them once just after they released the risible Around The Sun, but they were in full flow.

Fair play, great band. Over the past decade it has been decidedly uncool to like REM. But Nirvana, Pavement, Radiohead and a whole slew of bands owe them an enormous debt.

[Wolfie]

Murmur is one of the greatest debuts of all time.

Rolling Stones Album of the year for 1983? - Murmur.

Guess who finished 2nd? Michael Jackson's "Thriller".

3rd? U2's "War".