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[kizmatica]

http://remhq.com/new...ory.php?id=1488

LISTEN TO MIKE AND MICHAEL ON DRIVETIME WITH SIMON MAYO TODAY
MIke and Michael are in the UK doing press and interviews for the band's forthcoming retrospective R.E.M., Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011. Tonight, the pair will be on Simon Mayo's Drivetime program which airs 17:00-19:00 UK time on BBC Radio 2.

Click HERE to listen.

From BBC Radio 2:

In one of their final interviews, rock legends Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of R.E.M. join Simon in conversation. The band recently announced that they are disbanding after nearly 30 years together, and release a career-spanning retrospective, 'Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage, 1982-2011', on November 14th.

[Raw_Deal]

"after nearly 30 years together"?

The BBC should check their facts a little better...

[stipeeyes]

Maybe what they meant was nearly 32 years together.

Well I can't wait to listen.  The interviews I prefer right from the horses mouth.  I guess I got my wish that someone other than Mike would say something.

[Sweden]

stipeeyes, on 02 November 2011 - 07:54 AM, said:

Maybe what they meant was nearly 32 years together.

Well I can't wait to listen.  The interviews I prefer right from the horses mouth.  I guess I got my wish that someone other than Mike would say something.

I think they just looked at the name of the compilation (which in that sense is a bit unfortunate).

Will be interesting to hear. Obviously it would be great if anyone could record it for us who may miss it (webcast notwithsnading).

/D

[thomas08]

R.E.M. are on around 6 it said

[Driver Nate]

Link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...ows/simon-mayo/

[michaels]

Nice interview, everything sounds cool and dandy with them.

[Driver Nate]

For those that missed it, it looks like it'll be archived as a podcast here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk...sts/series/mayo

Also, it would be nice if this thread could be merged with this one so there's not two threads for the exact same topic.

[thomas08]

doesn't really matter since there's not too many people posting tonight anyways. would've been nice to have had a few people online for it

[Pete B]

Good little interview really comes across how happy they are with it all !!

[welliwonder]

I think these were the key comments from the Simon Mayo interview;

'written all over collapse into now ,  including the wave on the cover signalling goodbye , from the first note to the last note on the record , is our disbanding ' - Michael

Will you continue in music ? 'I'm taking an extended break after 31 years , I'm not being mysterious , i really don't know what I want to do'- Michael

Have you done your last show together? ' Yes , its done'- Michael and Mike together without hesitation

'The Berlin Hansa live videos were performed knowing we would never play the Collapse songs live and were the last  live performances we did'- Michael

Your not tempted to do a farewell show? NO!- Michael

'theres no way of wrapping it up with one show, we'd have to do a tour and thats not something we wanted to do' - Mike

' I just didn't want that feeling of this is the last time I'll sing Man On The Moon' in Japan or Supernatural SuperSerious in London or whatever'...........- Michael

'A farewell tour would be a bit mercenary and that's not who we are'- Mike

'We're wholly  at peace with the decision to disband'- Mike


Great interview , Simon Mayo is an excellent broadcaster ( and has great taste in music too!)

[Driver Nate]

For anyone that missed it, the interview is now available online.

[stipeeyes]

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'We're wholly at peace with the decision to disband'- Mike

Good for them.  Like its no big deal.  I wonder if the Staff are at peace by the fact they won't have a job soon?  This is the saddest for the staff and the fans. Mike and Michael sound so insensitive.

[Sweden]

stipeeyes, on 05 November 2011 - 05:04 PM, said:

Good for them.  Like its no big deal.  I wonder if the Staff are at peace by the fact they won't have a job soon?  This is the saddest for the staff and the fans. Mike and Michael sound so insensitive.

C'mon... They have gone on record talking about how the announcement was delayed even after the final decision was made over the summer, to sort of out stuff for their employees etc. The quote then was along the lines of "this is something which will affect a lot of pople, you know. We have employees in our office etc."
What else do you expect them to do? Stay toghether so their office stay kan keep their jobs?
I am confident none of their employees have any concerns with the decision or how they have been treated, much less how Mike or Michael express themselves in interviews. By what right do you then express any concerns for them?

Where does these utterly insane views of the band, their decision to disband, and what is means to be fan of R.E.M. come from? I am completely baffled.

/D

[2headedcow]

stipeeyes, on 05 November 2011 - 05:04 PM, said:

Good for them.  Like its no big deal.  I wonder if the Staff are at peace by the fact they won't have a job soon?  This is the saddest for the
staff and the fans. Mike and Michael sound so insensitive.

Insensitive?  Ultimately, shouldn't their decision to wind up be only about themselves?  I am confident that REM would have treated their staff with fairness and respect.  I have often read how much REM value their staff and crew.

[stipeeyes]

I know they have always treated their staff with respect.   You're right.  I don't know where that came from.

[quiet-cats]

It was nice to see Mike and Michael and I have to say it seemed a bit unusual to see them featuring on Newsnight after the stable door's closed.

On a side note as far as the whole closing the Fan Club debate goes - I can't personally see why they had to close... couldn't they have rejigged as the R.E.M. Appreciation Club.

[Queen of Comedy]

stipeeyes, on 05 November 2011 - 05:04 PM, said:

Good for them.  Like its no big deal.  I wonder if the Staff are at peace by the fact they won't have a job soon?  This is the saddest for the staff and the fans. Mike and Michael sound so insensitive.

Sweden, on 05 November 2011 - 05:39 PM, said:

C'mon... They have gone on record talking about how the announcement was delayed even after the final decision was made over the summer, to sort of out stuff for their employees etc. The quote then was along the lines of "this is something which will affect a lot of pople, you know. We have employees in our office etc."
What else do you expect them to do? Stay toghether so their office stay kan keep their jobs?
I am confident none of their employees have any concerns with the decision or how they have been treated, much less how Mike or Michael express themselves in interviews. By what right do you then express any concerns for them?

Where does these utterly insane views of the band, their decision to disband, and what is means to be fan of R.E.M. come from? I am completely baffled.

/D

I remember an interview from the post-ATS period where Peter said he was conscious that a disbanding would have affected the staff’s jobs. He looked really concerned about that. And he was criticized to put the staff’s jobs beyond art by fans here in murmurs .