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[_electrolite]

Pale Blue Eyes said:

Yeh, but hey, they'll still be great!  I'm only kidding, I'm just being selfish, I just hope they continue a bit longer than a couple of years, but I do understand that they're getting older and have other interests in their lives, it's only because I know how much I'll miss them when they no longer exist as R.E.M.:(

"I'd wrestle you for a spoon inside your sleeping bag" anyday Michael:p

I know what you mean - the impression I got about that was that it may not last too much longer...though what I first thought he said was that he didn't think they'd go on after the next album and I almost burst into tears! Before realising that he didn't actually say that :o oops...

[sewayland]

I was glad Stipe commented on Al Gore's movie and the environment!

[Maddikins]

On top of everything else that everyone said, I'm a little annoyed that JMS had to actually tell the interviewers that he was joking about the world annihilation thing. I mean, was I the only one on the planet that understood and laughed as he said it? He was very dry and straight about it, that's what made it great.

I love his sense of humor.

[dorset_dinos]

Blimey, what a gloomy bunch you lot are!

I thought it was a great interview - I nearly did cartwheels around the living room when he said they were going into the studio next month to start on the new album.

And I laughed myself stupid when the interviewer asked what issue bothered him most at the moment, and he said "Well, aside from global annihilation..." and the interviewer said "Are you really worried about global annihilation?" and Michael said "No, I'm kidding."

As for the future of the band... he just said he can't think further than the next album at the moment, which is perfectly natural for any artist tied up with their current project. And he added that he loves his job - which surely means he has no intention of quitting!

[Maddikins]

dorset_dinos said:

And I laughed myself stupid when the interviewer asked what issue bothered him most at the moment, and he said "Well, aside from global annihilation..." and the interviewer said "Are you really worried about global annihilation?" and Michael said "No, I'm kidding."

That's exactly what I was talking about! At least I wasn't the only one. :)

[stipeeyes]

_electrolite said:

I know what you mean - the impression I got about that was that it may not last too much longer...though what I first thought he said was that he didn't think they'd go on after the next album and I almost burst into tears! Before realising that he didn't actually say that :o oops...

When each album comes out it seems Michael is asked the same questions.  Which are how much longer is the band going to stay together. Or where do you see the band in 5 years?  And for each album he gives the same answer which is they focus on one album at a time.  Michael is a person who's always in the moment.  For Around the Sun Michael said that same thing that he can't think of anything other than the record they are working on.  
These interviewers should realize that Michael doesn't have a crystal ball that shows his future.  :p

[China]

dorset_dinos said:

Blimey, what a gloomy bunch you lot are!

I thought it was a great interview - I nearly did cartwheels around the living room when he said they were going into the studio next month to start on the new album.

And I laughed myself stupid when the interviewer asked what issue bothered him most at the moment, and he said "Well, aside from global annihilation..." and the interviewer said "Are you really worried about global annihilation?" and Michael said "No, I'm kidding."

As for the future of the band... he just said he can't think further than the next album at the moment, which is perfectly natural for any artist tied up with their current project. And he added that he loves his job - which surely means he has no intention of quitting!

Hummm.....this is all very interesting. I did not hear the interview with Michael Stipe, but it sounds to me like you're saying in the interview that Michael said REM were going back into the studio next month (Sept? Oct?) which I find really, really strange because I just spoke with someone this past week (in Los Angeles) "close" to the band and when I asked him point-blank: "What's going on with REM" he said, "Nothing. There's nothing going on clear until the summer of 2007. We wrote a bunch of songs but Michael never got the lyrics finished, so we have no plans for the moment." Hummm.......

[April15]

Does anyone know if he made an interview for Radio One? I asking this since I found some pictures of him leaving that building last Aug 31th.
:confused:

[Anton]

April15 said:

Does anyone know if he made an interview for Radio One? I asking this since I found some pictures of him leaving that building last Aug 31th.
:confused:

Please show us your pictures!?

[fanfan]

China said:

Hummm.....this is all very interesting. I did not hear the interview with Michael Stipe, but it sounds to me like you're saying in the interview that Michael said REM were going back into the studio next month (Sept? Oct?) which I find really, really strange because I just spoke with someone this past week (in Los Angeles) "close" to the band and when I asked him point-blank: "What's going on with REM" he said, "Nothing. There's nothing going on clear until the summer of 2007. We wrote a bunch of songs but Michael never got the lyrics finished, so we have no plans for the moment." Hummm.......

That would be too sad, I hope it's not true. :(

[April15]

Anton said:

Please show us your pictures!?

Sure, here they are.;)

[Anton]

April15 said:

Sure, here they are.;)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! :)