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R.E.M. breaks up after 31 years.

dcfaithful

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A sad day for music, and truly the end of an era. They are amongst the greatest in my opinion. Their impact on music is undeniable.

Their debut, Murmur, is still a very significant record.

Am going to miss these guys making new music, and am also going to have a hard time swallowing that I'll never see them live.
 
REM was a constant on the soundtrack of my college years and I loved them from Murmur through Automatic. Monster, I could take or leave, but they could have broken up after Bill Berry's aneurysm and had just as much impact as they've had since, which is none.
 
YB85 said:
REM was a constant on the soundtrack of my college years and I loved them from Murmur through Automatic. Monster, I could take or leave, but they could have broken up after Bill Berry's aneurysm and had just as much impact as they've had since, which is none.
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The albums post 1997 (and maybe a few years before depending on your taste) are certainly hit and miss. Their latest one released earlier this year actually wasn't bad by my standards... but nothing will ever compare to the likes of Murmur, Reckoning, Document, & Life's Rich Pageant.
 
Due to the fact that bands like Metallica, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden are the soundtrack of my youth, I never had any love for R.E.M. Music is art and obviously everybody's taste in art is going to differ but I've always found them to be an extremely boring and overrated band. Plus media outlets like MTV and Rolling Stone constantly cramming R.E.M down everybody's throat only drove me further away.
 
jazzman12 said:
Due to the fact that bands like Metallica, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden are the soundtrack of my youth, I never had any love for R.E.M. Music is art and obviously everybody's taste in art is going to differ but I've always found them to be an extremely boring and overrated band. Plus media outlets like MTV and Rolling Stone constantly cramming R.E.M down everybody's throat only drove me further away.
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Largely this.

I liked about 4 of their songs and found too many of the others to be mostly pretentious crap.
 
jazzman12 said:
Due to the fact that bands like Metallica, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden are the soundtrack of my youth, I never had any love for R.E.M. Music is art and obviously everybody's taste in art is going to differ but I've always found them to be an extremely boring and overrated band. Plus media outlets like MTV and Rolling Stone constantly cramming R.E.M down everybody's throat only drove me further away.
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To each their own for sure. Alice In Chains and Soundgarden are amongst my favorite bands. Generally, I'd take them over R.E.M., but I personally do have a soft spot for R.E.M.

Like you said, music is art, and in art... everyone will and can have a different taste.

Nothing beats some good old 90's rock.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Largely this.

I liked about 4 of their songs and found too many of the others to be mostly pretentious crap.
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For most of their music released mid-90's on I would agree with you.

However I would say every record they released between Reckoning and Monster ranged from very good to classic.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6vCjtaV1k

I could listen to this song every day and never get sick of it.
 
R.E.M. was your old and senile Grandmother - well loved and crucial to the shape of the family, but when it finally came time for her to pass on, everyone felt it was better that way.
 
jazzman12 said:
Due to the fact that bands like Metallica, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden are the soundtrack of my youth, I never had any love for R.E.M. Music is art and obviously everybody's taste in art is going to differ but I've always found them to be an extremely boring and overrated band. Plus media outlets like MTV and Rolling Stone constantly cramming R.E.M down everybody's throat only drove me further away.
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Yes this, if I ever hear "Losing My Religion" I wish I'd lose my hearing, makes me want to kick puppies punch old people, park in handicap parking and other unscrupulous things to my fellow man.
 
jazzman12 said:
Due to the fact that bands like Metallica, Alice In Chains and Soundgarden are the soundtrack of my youth, I never had any love for R.E.M. Music is art and obviously everybody's taste in art is going to differ but I've always found them to be an extremely boring and overrated band. Plus media outlets like MTV and Rolling Stone constantly cramming R.E.M down everybody's throat only drove me further away.
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Same here with the soundtrack part, but there are many REM songs I like, though they tend to be their more popular songs (with the exception of Losing my Religion which I really hated). They aren't a band I could own albums by but I believe I have about 6 or so of their songs on my ipod, and I will admit trying to sing along with It's the End of the World is pure fun for me.

That being said I had no idea they were still together for the past 15 years.
 
Good riddance.

Their liberal weenie music sucked.

Here they wine about kids working at sweatshops and the environment.

Then they fly around in their private jets and hummers while eating caviar.
 
The Thriller said:
Good riddance.

Their liberal weenie music sucked.

Here they wine about kids working at sweatshops and the environment.

Then they fly around in their private jets and hummers while eating caviar.
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Flying hummers? Cool.
 
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