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R.E.M. Call It a Day

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My favorite band of all time is calling it quits. I can't say I'm devastated. They haven't released anything essential since Bill Berry left the band. However, the last couple releases were pretty solid. I can now look forward to countless re-releases, re-masters, unreleased tracks and live material shamelessly milking every last cent they can get out of their fans. They've already gotten a nice head start on this kind of stuff.

All the IRS releases will forever be among my favorite albums ever. Until the first lucrative re-union tour, farewell to the greatest American rock-n-roll band of all time - IMHO.
 
scooter1369;1996558; said:
That was my initial thought as well. REM has been irrelevent since "Losing My Religion"
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Bite your tongue. Accelerate was as good as anything they've done in the past 18-20 years. No joke. Not on par with the IRS years, for sure... Likely a step down from Document and Green... But a way far stronger showing than Monster, Automatic and Out of Time in my IMHO. :wink:

Gotta wonder if Mike still makes people crawl through his window when they crash at his pad. LOL

Sad day, but all in, they had a great run that is highly respectable. I guess it's down to Bob Mould as the last man standing from my formative music years... Well, really not last man standing... But getting close. Gotta still include Social D and Bad Religion in there too I guess.

I will say this, should I ever see a Rick 360 JetGlo with a female silhouette sticker on it go up for sale, I'll take a serious look at buying a significant piece of musical history. (ummm yeah, I'll be checking serial numbers so don't try to eff with me).

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scooter1369;1996558; said:
That was my initial thought as well. REM has been irrelevent since "Losing My Religion"
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"Losing My Religion" was on 1991's "Out of Time". "Automatic for the People" came out in 1992 and sold 3.5 million copies and won 3 Grammy awards. 1994's "Monster" sold over 3 million copies as well. 1996's "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" went platinum and got as high as #2 on the Billboard charts: The last great R.E.M. album, in my opinion.

I won't argue any "relevance" after 1997. R.E.M. was never the same after drummer Bill Berry left. The next 3 releases "Up", "Reveal" and the God-awful "Around the Sun" were all disappointing. 2008's "Accelerate" and 2011's "Collapse into Now" were major improvements that received critical acclaim but by no means set the world on fire.
 
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I'll echo what most other people have said. It's kinda sad, but not a shock and I can't say I'm bummed about not getting any new R.E.M. anytime soon. Their catalog from Chronic Town to Automatic for the People is strong, but the sad truth is that the best R.E.M. album since that time was just made by the Decemberists (with an assist from Peter Buck). As an entity, R.E.M. ran out of gas a while back.
 
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I remember when I was in high school they had an album called Life's Rich Pageant and that was a good album. I never really paid much attention to them after that. They had a few good radio hits that I liked like Stand and It's the End of the World. The college/Indie scene never clicked with me.
 
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