Har zuwa yau ba zan iya tunanin cewa ɗayan ƙungiyoyin da suka bayyana a cikin 'yan shekarun nan suna da ikon yiwa ƙarnin 3 alama ba, mai wahalar gaske, har ma fiye da haka lokacin da wanda ya fara zuwa zuciya (Coldplay) ya fito da wani faifan da ba shi da mahimmanci kamar wannan . karshe "Mylo Xyloto" (2011).
REM an yi su da wani manna, masu ɗauke da tutar Amurka a wani yanayi na daban a cikin tamanin, ya fara ne a matsayin kyakkyawan band-punk band wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya sami daidaituwa tsakanin ƙarfi da tausayawa kuma ya ba da jerin albam ɗin da suka shiga cikin mafi yawan masu sauraro, sannan ya fara wani mataki, mafi ɗaukaka, daidai lokacin da kwantiraginsa tare da babban kamfanin rikodin ya isa Warner. Tare da "Green" (1988) ƙungiya ta fara hawan su zuwa wanka da jama'a da za a kammala da su "Daga Lokaci" (1991) da sihiri "Atomatik Ga Mutane" (1992).
Daga baya, ƙungiyar ta yi ƙoƙarin yin rayuwa daga kiɗan su cikin mutunci, da sanin cewa yana da wahala lokacin da aƙalla sun ba da mafi kyawun abin da ke kansu, amma, lokacin da babu wanda ya yi tsammanin wani abu daga gare su, sun isa. "Kwaikwayon Rayuwa" wakar da ba zai manta da ita ba da ya gabatar "Bayyana" (2001) kuma ya sake haɗa wani ƙarni. Rubuce -rubuce masu kyau da muni sun biyo baya, amma koyaushe suna riƙe da mafi kyawun inganci, don sake mamakin zafin zafin da ya gabatar. "Hanzarta" (2008).
Kuma duk wannan ya fito ne daga gaskiyar cewa wannan tattarawa yana tunawa da duk wannan kyakkyawan tarihin shahararrun kiɗan, kamar duwatsu masu ƙima da ba a iya lissaftawa a jere a jere, akwai kusan duk jigogin da yakamata su kasance (Radio Free Europe, Fado min, Wanda nake so, Murmushi na Orange, Rasa Addinina, Mutum a Wata, Kowa Ya Yi Ciwo, Koyi Da Rayuwa ...).
Wasu kundaye masu nauyi mafi girma, wasu rashi sanannu (waɗanda ke fara zuwa hankali shine "Drive" ko "Find The River") amma gaba ɗaya muna magana ne. tabbataccen anthology na ƙungiyar, shaida ga tsararraki masu zuwa don me yasa REM tayi girma fiye da shekaru 3.