U2 doubt R.E.M. break up permanent !

Started by robbbin, Jan 10 2012 12:34 AM

You cannot reply to this topic

31 replies to this topic

#1 robbbin

Registered User

Members
283 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 12:34 AM

(Edge and Bono) also commented on the fact R.E.M. decided to disband in 2011, with the Edge having his doubts they are done for good.

"That really came out of the blue," the Edge said regarding R.E.M.'s announcements, but adding "I'm still thinking to myself that maybe in a few years time they'll do some stuff together "What's the point in breaking up except to be back together again! I'm being selfish, I suppose, I would love to see them doing some more work together."

#2 thomas08

president of ignoreland

Members
902 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 02:36 AM

nah i dont agree here, they are done for good. they wouldnt announce it unless they were 100% sure. i wouldnt be suprised if they did a few songs as a four piece in athens someday but even that is a long stretch as i just dont think michael's heart is in it anymore. he said he didnt like playing live past 40, well he's 52 now so he definitely wont want to now

#3 Sweet Fanny Addams

7 fancy buffalos and 2 cramp rolls

Members
19,500 posts

LocationLondon, England

Posted 10 January 2012 - 02:59 AM

Fucking Mystic Bono.

#4 welliwonder

Registered User

Members
752 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 06:34 AM

And thats the difference between r.e.m. and U2 and lots of other bands really

U2 would definitely do a farewell tour if they ever had the guts to call it a day ,imagine the grandstanding opportunities ! and the money!!

..... and I'm not surprised in the slightest that they don't understand r.e.m. disbanding. Of course they dont.

#5 bflood

Let Arby's deal with it

Members
1,919 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 06:45 AM

..and here is the prerequisite U2 bashing on Murmurs. Like clockwork. Even after a complementary comment by The Edge.

My Last.fm link

#6 heavensgate2024

Registered User

Members
162 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:08 AM

A lot of people I've spoken to close to the band said they can imagine them reuniting at some stage. I don't really see it personally, but who knows? They don't hate each other, and time can change things.

#7 High_Speed_Train

Berlin, Kyoto or Marseilles

Members
195 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:10 AM

I tried to read the Bono interview. Apparently one has to purchase some sort of subscription to read stuff on u2.com? Maybe the interview is somewhere else, I just stopped searching after u2.com started selling me the subscription. I'm thankful remhq don't charge their readers.

"But now you're here and it's different, how the light shines in your eyes, and every second a century, it's then that I realized, the world as we know it, a high speed train, we'll pick it up and start again"

#8 stipeeyes

I came to disappear

Members
9,581 posts

LocationPhilly

Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:34 AM

Even Eddie Vedder said, they are hanging it up for awhile. Vedder, Bono and the Edge have all spent time with the guys especially Michael. So you know what they must have a good reason to believe they are not done for good, even though they say it now. They said they would never put out a greatest hits, or a live album. Well never say never. I think there were a few others things they did that only a few years before they said they wouldn't.

Look how fast Mike and Peter were on stage together again. I think Michael is maybe going through some kind of phase in his life right now. Hopefully he'll come to really miss what he does best and that is being a front man.

I'm going to listen and to the optimist people of the world.

MS to Me: Where else could antelopes jump off tall buildings and submarines be fueled by melody?

#9 thomas08

president of ignoreland

Members
902 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:40 AM

bflood, on 10 January 2012 - 06:45 AM, said:

..and here is the prerequisite U2 bashing on Murmurs. Like clockwork. Even after a complementary comment by The Edge.

what does it matter? not everyone likes u2...

i know this has nothing to do with R.E.M. but when Westlife announced their split (yess!!) they announced a huge farewell tour, bigger than any of their normal tours, straight after they said they'd split. what a way to play on fans feelings. its not right at all

#10 bflood

Let Arby's deal with it

Members
1,919 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 07:53 AM

thomas08, on 10 January 2012 - 07:40 AM, said:

what does it matter? not everyone likes u2...

i beg to differ. EVERYONE loves U2, Bono said so.

My Last.fm link

#11 MurmursAdministrator

Administrator

Administrators
532 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 08:14 AM

Nothing is permanent until it is.

#12 Reverend Bill Funderburk

Complete feak

Members
278 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 08:51 AM

MurmursAdministrator, on 10 January 2012 - 08:14 AM, said:

Nothing is permanent until it is.

Profound.

R.E.M. Shows Attended:

The Pyramid, Memphis, TN, 11.7.95
Red Rocks Ampitheater, Morrison, CO, 9.13.03
UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA, 9.23.03
City Park, New Orleans, LA, 10.26.08

#13 welliwonder

Registered User

Members
752 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 10:01 AM

Everything is permanent until it isn't, too.

#14 fanfan

Registered User

Members
6,679 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 10:28 AM

What's actually the source of this quotation? The link didn't help.

--------

"Ja das Wichtigste ist dass das Feuer nicht aufh�rt zu brennen,
denn sonst wird es ganz bitterlich kalt.
Ja, die Flammen im Herzen sind durch nichts zu ersetzen."
(Jan Delay)

#15 Driver Nate

Miles Standish Proud

Members
17,770 posts

LocationRaleigh, North Carolina

Posted 10 January 2012 - 11:16 AM

fanfan, on 10 January 2012 - 10:28 AM, said:

What's actually the source of this quotation? The link didn't help.

Try this link which was posted in another thread.

"We were listening to the UNC radio (station) there and they were playing an R.E.M. song. I like R.E.M. fine, but at the end of it, the DJ says, 'Ya that was R.E.M., the sound of the new South'. I looked at my roommate and we said, Gawd, if that's the sound of the new South, I preferred it when it was on the skids. That's how we got the name."
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids

#16 fanfan

Registered User

Members
6,679 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 02:57 PM

Driver Nate, on 10 January 2012 - 11:16 AM, said:

Try this link which was posted in another thread.

Thanks a lot!

Being selfish myself, I hope the Edge is right.

--------

"Ja das Wichtigste ist dass das Feuer nicht aufh�rt zu brennen,
denn sonst wird es ganz bitterlich kalt.
Ja, die Flammen im Herzen sind durch nichts zu ersetzen."
(Jan Delay)

#17 pauloedu

remnews.blogspot.com

Members
482 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 05:57 PM

They are not coming back as REM. Maybe they will play some songs in a small club with a name like bingo hand job or something. Or only play for themselves.

remnews.blogspot.com

#18 robbbin

Registered User

Members
283 posts

Posted 10 January 2012 - 11:08 PM

I think when Stipe gets sick of taking pics of architraves and carpet and realises no one is interested in any of his so called art, that he has just been patronised and indulged because he was a great singer in a great band, he will return to singing because that is the only adult paying job he has ever had.

#19 Pilgrimager

Registered User

Members
313 posts

Posted 11 January 2012 - 09:35 AM

thomas08, on 10 January 2012 - 07:40 AM, said:

I don't really get that. I mean It's hardly a crime against humanity is it? If bands wanna do that and fans wanna pay it then so what? If the fans don't like it they don't have to go. Deal with it!