Michael Stipe Got Back Into Making Music After Being Inspired By Extinction Rebellion

[@benjaminj.kreger-creative8001]

I’ve always enjoyed R.E.M. but never realized what a soft spoken gentle soul Stipe is. Might just pull out those old albums and give them a new listen.

[@homunculusSZN]

Hope you got a chance to do that! I always go back to Murmur (but not Rockville).

[@omarbaca3435]

1:45 His ‘Thank you’ when he hears “Happy Birthday” is so sweet and genuine

[@ElonsDiamondMine]

The way Michael shakes Stephen's hand and clasps with BOTH of his hands. Not gonna lie.. I teared up just at his generosity of spirit. A beautiful, beautiful being he is.

[@NewMessage]

Glad he's back at it... we need folk like him more than ever.

[@paddleduck5328]

Yes!

[@PublicEnemyMinusOne]

I bet every time he walks into a room, it suddenly gets brighter and warmer.

[@thesmileyeffect]

He's actually very chill and doesn't make waves. I mer him at a party in Athens years ago, and he was very chill.

[@jeanettemac6214]

He sort of glows. Has a beautiful aura.

[@horheygrey]

@@jeanettemac6214 I think the glow and the happiness is relatively newly found. He doesn't seem as cranky and engimatic as in the "olden days." He strikes me as someone that has truly found a level of zen that he didn't have before like the whole world was lifted off his shoulders.

[@juliemcneill8087]

Absolutely. I used to follow REM like the Grateful Dead. The energy buzzing in the crowd before they came on was tangible, and Michael just was a light, good vibrations just radiated from him. Miss them so much, but totally respect that they will never play together again.💜

[@NoUploadJustComment]

Pyramid Song is one of the most gorgeous songs of the 2000s. To hear Michael Stipe cover it would be absolutely fantastic.

[@luckyyuri]

Great man, makes the world a little more bearable

[@therealfaintinggoat]

Thom and Michael..... please make beautiful music together!

[@simplyramona8678]

I was touched by the comment about people who are slightly out of step with most of the world and how the performing arts provide a home for such creative folk.

[@andreiaaparecidadesouza3043]

We love your voice too Michel ❤️ You are one of my all time heroes, R.E.M. music literally saved me.

[@Hal_T]

I knew I liked his music, but I never realized I would like _him_ as much as I now do.

[@LisaLisa001]

What an incredibly genuine man.

[@njits789]

I just realized Michael Stipe is one of the few artists I really want to say 'Thank you'. Thank you for the music, the comfort, the joy and the happy memories.

[@claygilchrist632]

I met Michael Stipe at the Atlanta airport a couple of years ago and thanked him for you. ☺️

[@njits789]

@@claygilchrist632 Beautiful!

[@internationalmarineelectro2916]

How incredibly inspiring : "because I love my voice"

[@galjorbismarck7324]

Very uplifting interview,to a really humble human being👍

[@GABRIEL_CRAFT]

So good to see you Michael. Enjoyed your Tumblr and thank you for backing Bernie in 2016.

[@maryrosekent8223]

I ❤️ that he announced that he loves his own voice!

[@dawnpalmby5100]

Extinction Rebellion demands 1. Government and media to tell the truth of the climate/existential crisis 2. Act accordingly, stop all fossil fuel research and extraction, focus on clean energy projects 3. Create a citizen's assembly to oversee and work with the government's of the world

[@kerryn6714]

Seems like they're a modern day version of Midnight Oil. Great ideals & platform but is their music any good?

[@ElonsDiamondMine]

Michael Stipe fills my heart. Every time. Fills my heart.

[@MrVikingsandra]

I like your voice too Michael!

[@deathbeforedecaf7755]

REM is one of my favorites. Radiohead too. Glad Michael is making music. Miss him so much!

[@aujourd8]

Once in a while I go on an REM music spree, as if my body and mind suddenly needed to hear so badly songs like Everybody Hurts, Drive, Losing My Religion, etc. It’s a lifelong addiction.

[@sdfkjgh]

aujourd8: What about Nightswimming? Or It's the End of the World as We Know it?

[@twitterverse]

Still regularly listen to them - hoping my kids pick them up a bit. My daughter will sing along w/ So Central Rain - "I'M SOORRY!"

[@aujourd8]

@@sdfkjgh of course yess! so many of them

[@Sickentist]

Same here. Been in an REM phase for a bit now with songs like Nightswimming, Find the River, the great beyond and Strange Currencies.

[@ThelemicMagick]

Michael & Thom needs to happen! :)

[@paddleduck5328]

I hope he sings at president Sanders’ inaugural celebration 🎉

[@alestipe]

Adorable Michael...

[@raisa_cherry35]

Stipe still holding up the 90s look well omg 😱😍💞💞💞

[@bellaBdaughterofYAHAWAH7]

Now this interview was great-- as always! I've loved Michael's style, personality, etc. since I was a teenager...…….and of course his beautiful and unique vocals and songwriting. The coolest man, hands down! R.E.M.'s music still means so much to me :) . Congrats to Michael on his new solo releases!

[@babycakes2077]

Ulook GREAT, Mike 🤘🏽

[@adavalle]

Very nice interview Stephen. Well done.

[@ThePetalumadeadhead]

I got to see REM in Nashville... He did Moon River... AMAZING!

[@bigneon_glitter]

Michael Stipe is 60? I'm not ok with that.

[@colacurciolaw7745]

Swallow hard and learn to be, my friend. It has its rewards.

[@iavh7868]

He seemed psyched.

[@TinaReutin]

Michael Stipe is very simpatico and so is Stephen Colbert.

[@pleappleappleap]

I love this man.

[@modulator7861]

Love this guy...

[@souljahroch2519]

R.E.M. was an enormous band, & Michael Stipe is an ENORMOUS human being. Be more like Mike...

[@toobasaurus23]

Love R.E.M. seen them twice live. Make more music please!

[@martinkreps9946]

I totally want to see Michael Stipe covering Pyramid Song. I bet that would be fantastic.

[@Ed-zv8ot]

Good man Michael I like what I hear! I've ordered your new book and I look forward to getting that single - anything to help the cause.

[@peanutismint]

I would die happy if Thom and Michael collaborated.

[@bink6778]

Stipe is a good dude. I miss R.E.M because it literally was my childhood but I’m so glad he’s making music again. Really wish we could see the video lol

[@dolleee]

Omg omg yessss ! God I missed his music, and I love ur voice too🤩

[@jageo48]

*XR* and other mass movements like it, are civilization's true saviour.

[@vandayshataylor777]

He said my favorite Radiohead song omg 😱.

[@njits789]

Mine too!

[@curanderoverde]

Michael Stipe being 60 is insane

[@zizinnnn]

Love him and REM. Leave (alt version) and Let me In are masterpieces

[@damianbowyer6258]

Gr8 Songwriter is Michael.

[@potatomatop9326]

Oh life is bigger...

[@karmastudiodesigns]

it's bigger than you and you are not me...

[@LyricalDJ]

..it's bigger than you and you are not me..

[@potatomatop9326]

That sugar cane that tasted good...

[@karmastudiodesigns]

That cinnamon, that's Hollywood

[@karmastudiodesigns]

You wanted the greatest thing, the greatest thing since bread came sliced.

[@ncooty]

Michael Stipe is 60?! That is not possible.

[@PhillieCheezeKC]

What is Thom Yorke’s favorite REM song? He said it so fast.

[@radnowonward]

South Central Rain-- great track.

[@martinkreps9946]

Oh my god, I'm getting so old! Michael Stipe is *not* 60! No way!

[@tabbysmithfield3794]

Stipe used to be friends with another one of my favs, Matthew Sweet.

[@nataliar5614]

What a dude 💕

[@karmastudiodesigns]

The time to rise has been engaged..

[@ChevalNektosha]

he needs to make this happen

[@rh1507]

I indeed miss the REM days.

[@martinkreps9946]

(sigh) Me too. They are an absolutely incredible band.

[@rh1507]

@@martinkreps9946 Without a doubt.

[@hayberdasher8625]

Every time I see him I want him to bust out with "Hello how are you I know you I knew you..."

[@fvkijay]

Thought he covered Lucky but I guess that was just him joining Radiohead for the song.

[@amarghumraable]

I can just imagine him glueing himself to the freeway haha

[@alexasmith6473]

Michael is what is called an empath. Yes. & PLEASE do pyramid song! one of my favorite too! (& most of amnesiac... lots of ok computer, too).

[@a.g.6834]

First of all Happy Birthday to you

[@Kaisersozze]

He looks good. Wonder what he's doing.

[@trueblackknight8409]

Cool

[@schmittelt]

I'm 55. If I can be as joyful in five years (for me, I was born in 69) then I have won.

[@conorlynch2879]

Weirdly, my heart skipped a beat when he said “New Orleans, beat of my heart.” Probably something about never getting to hear Collapse Into Now live.

[@e2m514]

Is that Michael Stipe on the spotlight?

[@newbeeah]

XR! ✊🏻

[@andrewr311]

Pyramid song is my favourite

[@ChevalNektosha]

I didn't know that a REM cover was probable now its all i want to hear

[@schtum1]

Goddamn he looks fucking fantastic

[@JaQuicker]

Colbert totally missed that potential Cuyahoga joke

[@bellaBdaughterofYAHAWAH7]

:)

[@jonyu3597]

Made me wanna sing pyramid song

[@northcountrybhoy]

It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)

[@oldwight]

So when are Extinction Rebellion going to start talking about world over population?

[@ElectroTherapyFTSoul]

Maybe I've always seen the wrong interviews, but Stipe looked unusually perky this time. Of course I'd rather he express himself how he feels comfortable, but this smiley Stipe was a nice change.

[@akkamiau]

#extinctionrebellion

[@SARGENTO007A]

What! You are 60! You don't look like 60.

[@pikedylan2488]

He looks normal again :-p

[@nativetexanful]

He's aging very well.

[@solidsnack352]

Jesus Christ! Patrick Stewart and Jason Statham had a baby.

[@bepowerification]

good to see he's not a crazy taliban anymore...

[@einat1622]

1:24 "...and I love my voice ..." I don't trust people who love their own voice .

[@claudeghendrih762]

einat1622 And I distrust people devoid of a sense of humor

[@einat1622]

@@claudeghendrih762 Well, too bad you have problems with reality perception.

[@claudeghendrih762]

@@einat1622 So thou sayeth , who's so endeared with his own perceptions now ?

[@einat1622]

@@claudeghendrih762 Clearly - you are. over assuming thing about a person you never even met once.

[@claudeghendrih762]

@@einat1622 And have you ? Even if you did you do come across as a sad envious character who's judgment I'd find hard to trust .

[@raisa_cherry35]

Stipe still holding up the 90s look well omg 😱😍💞💞💞