Elmo Keep14/04/2008
R.E.M. Return With 'Accelerate': Review on The Vine
Having loved R.E.M. growing up, they were a close second only to U2. Then Bill Berry left and they kept going and I sort of gave up on the band. If felt weird to me. U2 would never go on if anyone left.
So there was a bet going, that R.E.M. had the great album left in them, and U2 did not. And now I must resign that bet, because it’s true that R.E.M. have won this round, squarely. If U2 do ever make an album this good at this late stage, I’ll be so happy, I’ll be… shiny. Or similar.
Text posted at 04:45