<![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help) - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help) - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:46:09 EST Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:46:09 EST http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4258186 He was hysterical at Shoot the Messenger. I got to meet him and found him to be not at all douchey. The clip is here: [www.shootthemessengernyc.com]

Stipe comes on about 5 minutes in.

NotThatClever

]]> 33:357016:c4258186 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:46:09 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4245739 @Lucas Jensen: Yeah, it felt weird when I counted in my head.

SuperUnison

]]> 33:357016:c4245739 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:12:40 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4244770 @NickEddy: I kinda liked C&D! For what it was, anyway (a pissed-off-at-the-label comp of throwaways). The Batman soundtrack came just prior to the N.P.G. era, hence the confusion.

tigerpop

]]> 33:357016:c4244770 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:26:21 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4242394 @tigerpop (reply doohickey seems to have amscrayed): Great Tevin Campbell's ghost, no!

That Batman record was the harbinger of "Chaos and Disorder!"

NickEddy

]]> 33:357016:c4242394 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:58:24 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4242014 The new R.E.M. album is the first really special R.E.M. album in quite some time. If you're an R.E.M. fan, you'll be very pleased.

As for Stipey being a douche, he's just an awkward teenage boy trapped in the body of a 47 year old man. Cut him a break.

loudersoft

]]> 33:357016:c4242014 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:47:10 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4241901 @NickEddy: Wait wait wait--are you suggesting that Diamonds and Pearls was sub-par?

tigerpop

]]> 33:357016:c4241901 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:42:52 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4241576 That great new simple song and video have had the great effect of making REM seem relevant. Huzzah! Plus, if all the comments here and elsewhere re: the greatness of the new LP can be believed, we can all have a nice REM summer AND know for certain that time needn't be wasted backtracking over the last 14 years' releases because they were all terrible (and even "Drive" back in 1992 was stupid, their "Batdance"-style harginger of slow slide into total irrelevance).

NickEddy

]]> 33:357016:c4241576 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:31:32 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4240466 @SuperUnison: Wait. That WAS nearly ten years ago. Cripes. I'm getting old.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:357016:c4240466 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:49:59 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4240437 @extracrispy: Sorry to hear that. It could have been the context within which you were meeting him, maybe?

@SuperUnison: I don't see how Up could ever be considered phoning it in. They really tried some new stuff (for better or worse) on that record.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:357016:c4240437 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:49:05 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4239895 Go-kart accident, eh?

That was Keith Richards' excuse, too. Lay off the smack, Michael. Seriously.

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee

]]> 33:357016:c4239895 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:30:10 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4238852 I never though he was a douche, but I do feel like they've been phoning it in for close to ten years now. I'm hoping accelerate is good.

SuperUnison

]]> 33:357016:c4238852 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:55:21 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4238682 @Lucas Jensen: He was a total prick the time I got to meet him a few years ago. I guess I took it pretty hard because he was my teen idol. It would be easier to forgive if they weren't making such awful records.

extracrispy

]]> 33:357016:c4238682 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:50:41 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4237573 @LucasJensen:
I totally agree - he is a sweetheart & a brilliant lyricist. Leave Michael Alone!


musiczagat

]]> 33:357016:c4237573 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:11:28 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4237202 As seemingly the lone Stipe defender here, I will say that he has never been anything but cordial, witty, and kind in my dealings with him. He's a great guy who does a lot of good. How he became a "douche" in public perception is beyond me.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:357016:c4237202 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:59:09 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4236541 Maybe he crashed into his own ego.

(Note to self: Lay off the Michael Stipe=douche jokes until after you hear Accelerate.)

extracrispy

]]> 33:357016:c4236541 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:36:33 EST <![CDATA[Michael Stipe Standing In The Place Where He Lives (With A Little Help)]]> http://idolator.com/357016/michael-stipe-standing-in-the-place-where-he-lives-with-a-little-help#c4235594 He had it easy, it could have been Marc Almond's moped accident.

Ned Raggett

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