R.E.M. calling it quits

[Louise]

http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=1446

Bummer...

[Sally, la reina]

YES!

[Jim]

Yes it's a bummer, or yes you are glad they are calling it quits?

[Louise]

I was wondering the same :-)

[janine]

I'm not bothered.

[Félix]

Same here. It's not a bad day.

[Cynthia]

It was time.

[~Geektastic~]

Meh. Not that I don't like REM, but I wasn't even aware they were still together, so I can't exactly have a very strong opinion one way or the other.

[Sarah]

I haven't really liked an album of theirs since Monster, but I appreciate their contribution before that. I'm just a little confused about why they are making such a definitive statement. Why not say 'we're taking a break to pursue other projects?'

[Tom]

Sarah Pi wrote: "I haven't really liked an album of theirs since Monster, but I appreciate their contribution before that. I'm just a little confused about why they are making such a definitive statement. Why not s..."

If they did that, they wouldn't get as much attention.

[Lobstergirl, el principe]

I'm having trouble caring.

[Sally, la reina]

I'm SO EFFING GLAD they are calling it quits. Now to work on erasing their catalogue from history.

[Ruby]

I don't understand it. Sure, people liked REM. But they're not the sort of band I expected to have many really die-hard fans. They always kinda seemed like background music to me.

Of course my BF is now all maudlin and playing nothing but REM. You think you know someone...

[[deleted user]]

I was one of those die-hard fans. The band was the soundtrack to my life, in my early 20s.

Oddly enough, I started revisiting R.E.M. a few weeks ago, and forgot how much I loved them. Their breakup didn't leave me saddened, but it gave me the ability to appreciate what they did musically.