Earlier this year Michael Stipe turned 51, and his band, REM released its 15 full-length album, collapsing in Now (Warner Bros.). I very much doubt whether there ever a moment in American culture, if young people do not worship and the new favorite. But Stipe, the only independent American culture is certifiable rock legend, so original and unique that no comparison is similar career in the arts, which can actually still in the process of defining what is legend to be found. Of course, Stipe has always elided confusing genres and expectations. Together with his bandmates Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry (who has made the group in 1997, retired), has Stipe an American band with a sound American, who Top Songs has probably one of the most successful in American public built in the last 30 years apparently invented a new kind of music out of nothing: And 'poetic, glib of mania, melancholy, post-apocalyptic hope, lyrics and choruses (if available) to resist sentimental cliche, or maudlin challenge and remain in your head for decades.
As R.E.M. Founded in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 and headed a radical, popular Nickelback Albums youth-choice alternative to mainstream pop, the group was the real thing. Today the most successful pop acts are now for promotions and product placement in her music video singing about rebellion. There is hardly a mention hours of "sold out" because the music industry is more desperate than ever to be sold. But Stipe and his companions soon have promised not to let their music used to sell goods. Instead, she lent her talents to a number of causes over the decades, from local to global environmental policy initiatives. But the real surprise is about the unlikely career as a super-Stipe not obligated to perform the hits from the golden days of his first album. In Collapse Now, with the thrust, but Party Songs sober wants to dance his Top Songs lyrical gift, the audience and crying at the same time, and his experiments with new sounds, is considered one of the most powerful album that made REM described in recent years. Yes, this means that 31 years of existence, REM is to present new music, their best music, go ahead and discover music-making. R.E.M. also Top Songs has a collection of artists and filmmakers together to "art film" that accompany each song offers a rich hard disk for YouTube generation to create. Stipe, of course, always involved in the world of art (and is an artist on his own) and REM staff include Sophie Calle of the film, Sam Taylor-Wood (who shot her boyfriend, actor Aaron Johnson, dancing in the streets of London for the song "üBerlin") and James Franco and Jem Cohen. But perhaps what is surprising is that, although Stipe has been known for 30 years, he could still remain a mystery. This could be the triumph. He is still a man.
As R.E.M. Founded in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 and headed a radical, popular Nickelback Albums youth-choice alternative to mainstream pop, the group was the real thing. Today the most successful pop acts are now for promotions and product placement in her music video singing about rebellion. There is hardly a mention hours of "sold out" because the music industry is more desperate than ever to be sold. But Stipe and his companions soon have promised not to let their music used to sell goods. Instead, she lent her talents to a number of causes over the decades, from local to global environmental policy initiatives. But the real surprise is about the unlikely career as a super-Stipe not obligated to perform the hits from the golden days of his first album. In Collapse Now, with the thrust, but Party Songs sober wants to dance his Top Songs lyrical gift, the audience and crying at the same time, and his experiments with new sounds, is considered one of the most powerful album that made REM described in recent years. Yes, this means that 31 years of existence, REM is to present new music, their best music, go ahead and discover music-making. R.E.M. also Top Songs has a collection of artists and filmmakers together to "art film" that accompany each song offers a rich hard disk for YouTube generation to create. Stipe, of course, always involved in the world of art (and is an artist on his own) and REM staff include Sophie Calle of the film, Sam Taylor-Wood (who shot her boyfriend, actor Aaron Johnson, dancing in the streets of London for the song "üBerlin") and James Franco and Jem Cohen. But perhaps what is surprising is that, although Stipe has been known for 30 years, he could still remain a mystery. This could be the triumph. He is still a man.
