R.E.M. announces they're calling it quits

[DemonGeminiX]

By Kurt Schlosser

Fans of the long-running rock band R.E.M. got a bit of a shock Wednesday when the group announced on its website that they were calling it quits.

"To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band, said a statement at remhq (http://remhq.com/index.php). "We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening." R.E.M.

A wise man once said -- 'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it's time to leave,'" Michael Stipe said on the site. "We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we're going to walk away from it. I hope our fans realize this wasn't an easy decision; but all things must end, and we wanted to do it right, to do it our way."

R.E.M. formed in Athens, Ga., in 1980 with singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. The alternative rockers found an audience among college-radio faithful and went on to release 15 albums. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

http://scoop.today.com/_news/2011/09/21/7881235-rem-announces-theyre-calling-it-quits?GT1=43001

[Muddy]

Sweet!

[DemonGeminiX]

Thanks for the memories, guys.

:bye:

[deebakes]

:wank:

[Joebob034]

I always liked this band

[deebakes]

I always liked this band

ghey2:

[Muddy]

Mr Stipes a little too much of a whiny activist for my liking.

[Joebob034]

ghey2:

:beatdown:

[deebakes]

:beatdown:

:wank:

[Goofy]

:cheerlead:

[deebakes]

:dance:

[DemonGeminiX]

Mr Stipes a little too much of a whiny activist for my liking.

:-s

So what? The music they put out in the 80s was fantastic.

[Muddy]

*whiiiiiiiiiiinnnnne*

[DemonGeminiX]

:slap:

:hater:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

You mean they were still around? :-s

[Hal-9000]

I liked one song...Everyone Hurts Sometimes

the rest of their music I heard was a little pretentious and hurt my ears...

I.M.O.

[Hal-9000]

You mean they were still around? :-s

Yeah they snubbed Miley pretty good at an awards show a couple of years back :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I liked one song...Everyone Hurts Sometimes

the rest of their music I heard was a little pretentious and hurt my ears...

I.M.O.

I think they've got some good songs...Everybody Hurts is one of my least favorite though :lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWkMhCLkVOg&ob=av3n

Love this one :tup:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgiCechWNCo&ob=av3n

Like this one :)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwtdhWltSIg

And of course the classic :tup:

[Muddy]

*everrrrryboddddy whinnnnes..... sometimmmmes...sommmmmetimes...*

[Noilly Pratt]

In my wife's music theory classes they were required listening. There's a lot going on in the background, melodies and counter-melodies etc.

My fave - from my bratty college days, I used to like R.E.M and Camper Van Beethoven...come to think of it, my hair back then was just like this kid's.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY

[Hal-9000]

Lance likes REM?


what a surprise :rolleyes:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Lance likes REM?


what a surprise :rolleyes:

Says the guy that admits to liking only one of their songs....their gheyest song :rolleyes:

[Hal-9000]

everyone hurts sometime :(

[Teh One Who Knocks]

everyone hurts sometime :(

:beatdown:

[Hal-9000]

I'm Losing My Religion!!!!! :x

[Teh One Who Knocks]

:rimshot:

[beowulf]

REM calling it quits?...thank fuck for that.....................would U2 and Coldplay please follow suit

[Hal-9000]

REM calling it quits?...thank fuck for that.....................would U2 and Coldplay please follow suit

U2??

If you weren't such a nancy-boy I'd come over there and kick you in the twat! :x

[beowulf]

[-(

U2 are the single most over rated and pompus up their own arses band in history

[Hal-9000]

expose twat please...


*winds up....*

[beowulf]

http://i51.tinypic.com/1zqewll.jpg

[Hal-9000]

perfect :lol:

I was waiting for a Bono pic and you didn't disappoint


beo's back :dance:

[beowulf]

:-k




:nana:

[DemonGeminiX]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PXC574lzHA

[Hal-9000]

:-k




:nana:

hal -expose twat
beo -posts picture of Bono...

you didn't even realize it did you??? :rofl:

[beowulf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0IJiiHZqxA&feature=related


dont know if you colonials will be able to see this :lol:

[Hal-9000]

the net's too slow at work..I'll watch later :thumbsup:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah they snubbed Miley pretty good at an awards show a couple of years back :lol:

You know, I don't think that was REM...I think it was one of the UBER pretentious bands, either Dave Matthews or Coldplay :-k

[Hal-9000]

You know...you may be right.

It was.....RADIOHEAD :lol: yes radiohead

[Teh One Who Knocks]

That's it :tup:

[Hal-9000]

Hey Radiohead...Ms Cyrus wants you guys to stop by her dressing room and say hey, we'll take you there right now


Radiohead - NO.





:lol:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

And what's funny is Miley is probably worth 10 times what Radiohead is

[Hal-9000]

They've had a huge following for years...I'm not sure about that.

They're anti commercial so maybe they don't have much dough

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I couldn't name one song by them

[deebakes]

Ok computer is one of the best albums out there

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Ok computer is one of the best albums out there

:empathy:

[DemonGeminiX]

Ok computer is one of the best albums out there

That's a killer album. That cd and The Bends makes into my cd player at the very least once a week.

[Muddy]

I couldn't name one song by them

Creep

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Creep


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlZydtG3xqI&ob=av2e

[Tank]

You mean they were still around? :-s

i thought they broke up years ago too :-s

[Arkady Renko]

this is going to sound awfully cliché, but I'm still gonna say it: their early albums were their best while stuff like "out of time" or "Up" was above average but nothing special. My personal favourites are "Murmur" and "Monster", unless memory plays tricks on me they were full of outstanding songs, no filler.