REMHQ has posted a brief piece by Bertis celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the band with links to several articles about them that were posted upon the news of their disbandment back in September of last year.
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Happy R.E.M. Day
Started by Driver Nate, Apr 05 2012 08:00 AM
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 08:00 AM
"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."
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 11:24 AM
My favorite DJ on the station I listen to earlier did a vinyl cut of Radio Free Europe in Honor of when they played their first show 32 years ago. I sure wish it was 2002 and I was saying it was their 22nd anniversary.
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 12:16 PM
I wish this thread's headline would be right! :-(
So nice from Bertis to write a note!
Greetings to everyone who's reading / posting at Murmurs, STILL!
So nice from Bertis to write a note!
Greetings to everyone who's reading / posting at Murmurs, STILL!
"Little sister is REMinding you!"
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 12:43 PM
Once again, thank you R.E.M.
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 12:49 PM
shame they're not still going but gotta be grateful for the amazing quality of music they gave us over the last 31 years!
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 02:48 PM
Happy REM day everybody!
Every day is new again
Every day is yours to win
And that's how heroes are made
Every day is yours to win
And that's how heroes are made
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 03:32 PM
Not wanting to sound like party pooper but didn't REM turn 31 and then disband, so isn't that the point when we stop claiming what age they are turning?
That someone just pulled me up and out of cartoon quicksand.
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 06:52 PM
2headedcow, on 05 April 2012 - 03:32 PM, said:
Not wanting to sound like party pooper but didn't REM turn 31 and then disband, so isn't that the point when we stop claiming what age they are turning?
I hate to be a party pooper too, but R.E.M. has not turned 32. The band no longer exists.
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 07:49 PM
madloop, on 05 April 2012 - 06:52 PM, said:
I hate to be a party pooper too, but R.E.M. has not turned 32. The band no longer exists.
r.e.m. is still exists, but they are not record any new stuff and tour together anymore
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 09:16 PM
fanofrem, on 05 April 2012 - 07:49 PM, said:
r.e.m. is still exists, but they are not record any new stuff and tour together anymore
Sorry to be knit picky!
That someone just pulled me up and out of cartoon quicksand.
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 09:48 PM
I agree Bertis' headline is a bit euphemistic. 
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denn sonst wird es ganz bitterlich kalt.
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"Ja das Wichtigste ist dass das Feuer nicht aufhört zu brennen,
denn sonst wird es ganz bitterlich kalt.
Ja, die Flammen im Herzen sind durch nichts zu ersetzen."
(Jan Delay)
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 10:02 PM
I edited the headline to reflect Bertis' submission at HQ.
"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
- Rick Miller of Southern Culture on the Skids
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 10:58 PM
Happy REM Day to all. I will never forget this band. Happy for all of the music they've offered me.
Still want the Box Set though!
Still want the Box Set though!
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Posted 05 April 2012 - 11:10 PM
Driver Nate, on 05 April 2012 - 10:02 PM, said:
I edited the headline to reflect Bertis' submission at HQ.
Sorry I thought it was Bertis' headline, that's what my memory is like.
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"Ja das Wichtigste ist dass das Feuer nicht aufhört zu brennen,
denn sonst wird es ganz bitterlich kalt.
Ja, die Flammen im Herzen sind durch nichts zu ersetzen."
(Jan Delay)
"Ja das Wichtigste ist dass das Feuer nicht aufhört zu brennen,
denn sonst wird es ganz bitterlich kalt.
Ja, die Flammen im Herzen sind durch nichts zu ersetzen."
(Jan Delay)
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Posted 06 April 2012 - 12:15 AM
its still 32 years since they started 
its like when someone is dead and google do a doodle for them saying happy birthday it still counts
its like when someone is dead and google do a doodle for them saying happy birthday it still counts
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Posted 06 April 2012 - 02:31 AM
Driver Nate, on 05 April 2012 - 10:02 PM, said:
I edited the headline to reflect Bertis' submission at HQ.
Thanks, so my upper post does not count anymore. This one's making me not that "sad" now, so: HAPPY REM-DAY (the sad one will follow in Sept,, right?)!!!
And Happy Easter! (Will go on reading through that Uncut magazine and listen to the records again...) :-)
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Posted 06 April 2012 - 02:53 AM
Mottje t.H., on 06 April 2012 - 02:31 AM, said:
(the sad one will follow in Sept,, right?)!!!
April 5 will be a happy day for everybody here in the future, a very great date.......and the September 21 will be the unhappy and the sad day....for sure they will.
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Posted 06 April 2012 - 03:33 AM
e-botti you are so right. Yes we are all very sad that they disbanded, it will forever be an ache inside.
We have their glorious legacy to listen to forever though! I have Green playing on my ipod dock right now.
But please lets not fall out. They were the best, so lets keep this date as the one we will never forget, a historic date which we mark for the band who have touched our lives for the better, are in our hearts, will always be a part of our lives.
Thank you Michael, Peter, Mike, Bill and Bertis.
We have their glorious legacy to listen to forever though! I have Green playing on my ipod dock right now.
But please lets not fall out. They were the best, so lets keep this date as the one we will never forget, a historic date which we mark for the band who have touched our lives for the better, are in our hearts, will always be a part of our lives.
Thank you Michael, Peter, Mike, Bill and Bertis.
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Posted 06 April 2012 - 04:28 AM
AsktheSky you are right.
All the members of R.E.M. are alive unlike the Beatles. The Beatles music has lived on and will probably live on forever.
R.E.M. still exists. The music is still there and will always be there. I know what they said about re-uniting, blah blah blah.
They said a lot in the old days about how they wouldn't do greatest hits albums, live albums, big charity concerts. Well they did.
That's where the part lies comes in. Or maybe it was simply giving in, or priortities changed.
I haven't forgot what Eddie Vedder said, "They hung it up for awhile". Maybe he's just one of us fans that dream too much.
All the members of R.E.M. are alive unlike the Beatles. The Beatles music has lived on and will probably live on forever.
R.E.M. still exists. The music is still there and will always be there. I know what they said about re-uniting, blah blah blah.
They said a lot in the old days about how they wouldn't do greatest hits albums, live albums, big charity concerts. Well they did.
That's where the part lies comes in. Or maybe it was simply giving in, or priortities changed.
I haven't forgot what Eddie Vedder said, "They hung it up for awhile". Maybe he's just one of us fans that dream too much.
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Posted 06 April 2012 - 05:33 AM
Thank you Peter, Bill, Mike and Michael!!
Happy REM Day!
Happy REM Day!
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