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R.E.M. calls it a day

Discussion in 'Sensorium' started by dmc, Sep 21, 2011.

  1. dmc

    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    The band has announced it has split.

    Link

    Now, IMO they haven't made a decent album in a decade, but I did like many of their early works.
     
    dmc, Sep 21, 2011
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  2. Morgoth

    Morgoth La lune ne garde aucune rancune Veteran

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    Terrible. I'm going to listen to every album I have of them and cry in a corner (ok perhaps not that last part :p)
     
    Morgoth, Sep 21, 2011
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  3. Death Rabbit

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    I'm with dmc. I love, LOVE, R.E.M. Fables of the Reconstruction and Green are two of my all-time favorite albums. That said, ever since Bill Berry left the band in the late 90's, they just haven't sounded the same. Which is odd, since he wasn't a songwriter - it was just a bad milestone, I guess. They've been so dormant for so long I'd kind of assumed they'd already broken up.

    Oh well. I have all their albums so I can't say I'll ever really "miss them."
     
    Death Rabbit, Sep 21, 2011
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  4. Gaear

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    I agree they should havd hung it up long ago. I used to be a big fan in the day - Fables and Murmer were great - but later records were at times awful and seemed to be informed primarily by Stipe's rapidly emerging ego and self-conscious writing. ("What?? Everyone loves me?? Okay, I used to just mumble lyrics and vocals, but now I've got something to say! Listen up while I enunciate!") :rolleyes:

    I'm not sure anyone has ever liked being preached at in music. The greats who have some transcendant message don't convey it by singing "Ronald Reagan is an a-hole" or "You must pity the underpriveleged or you are an insensitive boob!"
     
    Gaear, Sep 21, 2011
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  5. Darion

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    Never been much of an fan, even though I liked a few songs of theirs.
    And I agree with the sentiment, that a band should quit in time, and not try to drag-on.
     
    Darion, Sep 21, 2011
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