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Thom's a shiny, happy person, says Stipe
Posted: 04 Sep '06, 12:53
REM singer Michael Stipe has told journalists to quit portraying his mate Thom Yorke as a sour-faced ol' misery.
Stipe, pictured, has said that Yorke's a very happy person. Check it:
"Thom in person is not as cheerless as the media like to portray him. We have suffered the same thing for years, just because my band's music leans towards the darker emotions. I'm happy to report that Mr Thom Yorke is a very happy and a very well-rounded and very smart person."
We've never doubted it. Nope, not ever - not at any point during The Bends' really upbeat twelve songs, nor when he was wailing about kicking, screaming Gucci little piggies. Not us. We always assumed he was as happy-go-lucky as Dave Grohl.
Note: we love Thom Yorke and would like to tickle him. We feel, though, that tickling Michael Stipe would be wrong. Because he's a bit bald? Maybe, yes...
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My a friend of a friend came drinking with us
the other night. He looked far, far too much like Michael Stipe. It was creepy
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This is weird. Because when I read this in the Times last Friday, it got me to thinking: Doesn't Stipe say exactly the same thing in every interview he's ever done for the last decade or so?
1) I'm gay. It's a private matter.
2) I don't want to talk about when our guitarist kicked off on a plane that one time.
3) [some enviromental/anti-Bush shit]
4) Thom Yorke is awesome. Stop picking on him.Why can't magazines interview people who I give a shit about? They should all be about me. Me me me, all the time.
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would it be better
if michael stipe compared everything to reign in blood?
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A rating system that compared any given album to Reign in Blood would meet with my enthusiastic approval.
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no more 10s
ever again
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why can't journalists ask more interesting questions? seriously, the quality of interviewing of ANYONE in the majority of the press is fucking rank.
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did you do the crossword, like Inspector Morse...?
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Yeah. Turns out the Zebra did it.
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well
i'd hardly blame the man himself given that that's all the bloody journos EVER ask him about...
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Also:
not that anyone appears to care, since Stipey's opinions on Thom Yorke seem to be far more interesting, but R.E.M. are going back into the studio this month. Rock the hell on, eh.
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I care
It had better be better than Around the sun though
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yuhuh
true dat.
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yep,
This is their last chance... If they release another pile of shite, that'll make it three in a row, and I will be upset.
Animal was fucking wicked, why couldn't Around the Sun have been like that?Also, the Times hack was asking some wank questions. What do you expect Stipe to say when all he gets asked about is the same old shite? Reading the interview you'd have noticed that Stipe was obviously pissed off with the mundanity of the questions...
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Saw Radiohead twice last week ...
and Thom was loving it. He was dancing around like a crusty hippy.
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