Let's not think of what they've done recently, musically. That's now the past. It's a time to remember what they did bring us:
(Chronic Town)
Murmur
Reckoning
Fables of the Reconstruction

Kind of a classic trilogy with a nice preface.
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the thing I like most about dinosaur-bands finally admitting impotence is:: the way it brings everyone together on the Internet.

the sweet aftertaste of doom really makes me tingle and I know it does you too.

I can tell by the way your toes curl.

standing too soon

shoulders high in the room

Up is a fantastic album, really really good.

and i liked Accelerator and Colapse alot too

enough with this bullshit that REM havent release a good record in years, Accelerate was fantastic and a better record than some bands will ever make.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRVxOmu87MA

hm i really like all their records. there is not one record i dont love.they are one of the most important band in my life and i saw them life 3 times and it was wonderfull.

but this split up makes no sense.
what they are doing now for the rest of their lives?

god, I hope this doesn't mean Bon Jovi is next. I really like those guys. such powerful music...and you can dance to it!!!

Bono Jovi would be the most powerful Irish-American supergroup EVER if they could just lay off the smack for a day or two.

does anyone else look at Bon Jovi and think "hmmm....I'd fuck that"?

no?

me neither.

just asking.

About time. At least the decided to take that route as opposed to wasting fans time with crappy albums. < Just one of many ways of looking at it.

Was never that serious of a fan. Occasionally listen to Monster.

part of me feels a little sad that one of my favorite bands will no longer be around making music. However, as said numerous times I don't think they have released anything that special in a long time anyways. I already have Green, Automatic for the People, Monster, Murmur (yeah I'll admit, this was the inspiration for my username even though I disconcertingly mispelled it), Document, Lifes Rich Pageant if I want to hear something fantastic by them. Those are all important albums to me personally. It didn't shock me.

i don´t get the point.
all their albums were so fucking good.
show me one r.e.m record which isnt brilliant!

their last one collapse into now i mean how can somebody not at least like it ?

accelerate also hade his highpoints

whats with up ? a masterpiece reveal ? allso good

new adventures next masterpiece
monster really good

automatic ? allso good

out of time allso good

and the old stuff allso rocks

so you have to be a very stupid republican purist if you dont like r.e.m fuck you !

so really, it looks like I just didnt buy the last 2 albums. I never really think of REM as a band I'm all that into. But looking at iTunes, haha. I really have gotten myself a lot of REM over the years. For the record, I think DOCUMENT is my favorite.

you exchanged few words, but those that you did included "I'd fuck Bon Jovi"???

imagine the odds of that.

hey, on a lighter note, I heard R.E.a.M. broke up!!

yo, I hear dis guy fingerholed Kirk kobane 1 tiem!

that one girl tell him 2 n he did!!!

rite in his pooper

While it's always disappointing to hear that a band I grew up with has split up, I have to agree that they passed their peak a LONG time ago. That's not to say they haven't done ANYTHING good since the early 90s (I really liked Bad Day and The Great Beyond)...but I think that any influential/innovative band passes a point at which younger, more exuberant bands sound so much like them that they lose what made them stand out in the first place.

complete bullshit sorry