REM To Get Back In The Studio This Year

[Genuine_Indian_Guru]

http://ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcomin ... _year.html

I know many of you dig REM so I thought this would be some good news for those who may not of knew this info already!

[maccastheman]

I wish Bill Berry would join them again. They haven't sounded the same since then. I like some of their work since he left, but it would be cool to see what they would sound like with him in the band today.

[james1985]

Around The Sun was ok, not great. But a new REM album is always something to get excited about

[2 of 3]

I really liked the song In The Sun that was on a benefit CD from this year.

[ANGRY]

i know it's just me, but the berry-less discs are just no where near as interesting as the berry-ful ones...maybe it's just the direction they are going in, but i supremely enjoyed every album... just not the last three. i've listened to them quite a bit, yet i cannot remember even one song....off any of them...i'm looking at the set lists right now, and none of the, ring any kind of bell

i'll get exicited only if i hear bill is back (just an omen...a portend, if you will: though, i don't think there is a chance) or, if there is some sort of stipe &/or buck interview where they go off on how they feel a new direction is needed.

though..i am a sucker for the guys and will probably buy it , anyway.
thanks for the info

[maccastheman]

Looks like the original four are getting back together for a performace at their induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. They get together from time to time in Athens already. It would be great if they could get together for some new recordings.

Their IRS anthology is being released soon, too. (With a bonus CD of rarities and a bonus DVD) It's like High School all over for me.

[maccastheman]

i know it's just me, but the berry-less discs are just no where near as interesting as the berry-ful ones...maybe it's just the direction they are going in

I think I've said this somewhere before, but New Adventures is still my favorite album by them. That was, of course, the last album they recorded with Bill Berry. I really liked Up as well. Very interesting ambient direction IMHO. I still think it holds up pretty well, but it's nowhere near as good as New Adventures. Since then they seem to have been on a steady decline. Reveal had a couple of great songs - "Imitation of Life" & "All the Way to Reno." Around the Sun didn't do much for me at all. I think they need something to stimulate them again, and maybe bringing Berry back into the fold would help. (If he's willing to do it)

Right now I'm on an '80s R.E.M. kick. Murmer, Life's Rich Pageant, etc. "Fall on Me" is such a beautiful song.

[EddieV]

I used to like REM but I think they don´t renew themselves.

Monster is a great album, but itis to much the same. Okay they write some great melodies.