THE LEAD SINGER OF R.E.M. PLEASE WELCOME MICHAEL STIPE.
IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.
♪ IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.
♪ >> Stephen: WHEREVER, YOU CAN
SIT ANYWHERE YOU WANT.
>> I WAS GOING SIT ON JAMES' LAP.
>> Stephen: HE LEFT, THAT'S TOO BAD.
>> HI, NICE TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR DOCKING YOUR TUGBOAT AND JOINING US TODAY.
I LOVE THE BEARD, I LOVE THE BEARD LOOK.
DO YOU, YOU AND MEL GIBSON AND DAVID LETTERMAN GET TOGETHER.
COMPARE BEARDS BECAUSE IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL AND DUB I WILL KAL.
>> I GET A LOT OF LIKE HEY, ELF GUY, BILL MURRAY, AROUND THIS
TIME OF THE YEAR.
>> Stephen: OH YEAH?
>> I'M REALLY GOING FOR MORE OF A BEN CUZI OR ZEUS LOOK.
>> Stephen: THAT ISN'T BAD.
IKE AN EAGLE ON A THRONE.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN.
>> GREAT, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
IT HAS BEEN A ROUGH YEAR FOR EVERYONE.
>> Stephen: SURE, YEAH, YEAH, WE HAD YOU ON THE OLD SHOW SIX
TIMES.
>> SIX TIMES AND MATTER OF FACT, YOU WERE SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART
OF THE OLD SHOW.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU THAT THE VERY END OF THE LAST WEEK OF
THE OLD SHOW WE HAD A GARAGE SALE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WE DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY WE WERE HAVING IT.
WE JUST PUT AN AD UP ON CRAIGSLIST, GAVE THE ADDRESS AND
WE SOLD EVERYTHING OFF OF THE SET TO ANY STRANGER WHO WOULD
WALK BY, INCLUDING, WE PUT YOU ON ONE OF THE TABLES, MICHAEL
STIPE ON ONE OF THE TABLES WITH A LITTLE PRICE STICKER ON YOUR
HEAD.
NOW R.E.M. SOLD A HUNDRED MILLION RECORDS.
HOW MUCH DID YOU GO FOR THAT DAY.
>> A DOLLAR AND A DREAM, I THINK I REMEMBER AM LIKE A QUARTER.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
YOU ACTUALLY DIDN'T SELL.
>> YOU I DIDN'T SELL.
>> Stephen: YOU FORGOT, WAS THAT TOO PAINFUL OF A MEMORY.
>> I GOT PUSHED BACK ON TO THE SHELF, I GUESS.
>> Stephen: WHEN IS THE LAST TIME R.E.M. PERFORMED TOGETHER.
>> THE LAST TIME WE PERFORMED WAS IF BERLIN IN 2011, I GUESS.
>> Stephen: OKAY, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING, DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU STILL WANT TO JUMP UP ON STAGE.
>> ALL THE TIME.
>> Stephen: DANCE AROUND AND SING.
>> APPROXIMATE, NOT DANCE BUT-- .
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T WANT TO DANCE?
>> I LIKE TO DANCE.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE FAMOUS FOR YOUR DANCING.
>> YEAH, I KNOW.
>> Stephen: WHY NO DANCING?
>> I DON'T-- I'LL DANCE WITH YOU.
BUT-- (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: LET'S EARN IT.
LET'S EARN IT.
>> YEAH, WHEN I SEE A GREAT-- I SAW PJ HARVEY AND RADIOHEAD.
YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THEM UP THERE AND IT'S LIKE WOW, I KIND OF
WANT TO JUMP UP THERE AGAIN.
BUT I HAD TO SEPARATE FROM MUSIC FOR AWHILE.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T WRITE SONGS OR ANYTHING.
>> I ACTUALLY PRODUCED AND COWROTE AN ALBUM BY THE BAND
FISHER SPOONER WHICH IS COMING OUT NEXT YEAR, THAT WAS A
COMPLETE SURPRISE, I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE DOING IT BUT THEY
ASKED ME TO HELP THEM WITH A COUPLE OF SONGS AND I WOUND UP
COWRITING EVERYTHING.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE ALSO A VISUAL ARTIST.
AND YOU GOT A COUPLE OF SHOWS GO ON RIGHT NOW.
ONE IN STOCKHOLM, A COUPLE PIECES UP AROUND LOWER NEW YORK.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND YOU'VE GOT THIS PIECE, THE BOOK RIGHT HERE,
SORRY, IS THE BOOK HERE?
WHERE IS IT?
>> WHERE IS IT?
DOWN HERE?
SORRY. BUT THERE IS NOTHING INSIDE.
WHEN YOU HOPE IT UP THERE IS ANOTHER HOLE INSIDE.
>> IT'S AN EMOJI HOLE SO IT IS LIKE AN EMERGENCY ESCAPE HATCH
FOR DIFFICULT TIMES.
LIKE IN THE ROAD RUNNER, YOU KNOW, YOU THROW THE-- .
>> Stephen: AND JUMP IN IT AND GET AWAY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T-- IS THIS FOR YOU?
IS THIS-- DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO GET AWAY FROM THE WORLD?
>> I'M MAKING A LOT OF THEM, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.
AND I MADE THEM HUMAN SIZED SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY KIND OF-- I
MEAN-- .
>> Stephen: I MIGHT HAVE TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT BEFORE I GET
THROUGH THAT HOLE.
SO YOU CAN'T LEAVE THE WORLD MICHAEL STIPE.
YOU HAVE TO STAY.
>> I'M GOING TO STAIRKS I'M GOING TO STICK AROUND.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN'T GO TO CANADA AND YOU.
>> NO, JUST A VACATION.
>> Stephen: WAIT, A VACATION IN THE HOLE OR VACATION IN
CANADA.
>> BUT I LIKE THAT IT'S LIKE THE FLAT THING THAT IS TWO
DIMENSIONAL AND YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT IT AND FEEL LIKE THERE'S
A PLACE TO GO WHEN THINGS GET REALLY ROUGH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
CAN I HAVE THIS?
>> NO, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU SOMETHING ELSE.
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: I CAN'T HAVE IT?
CAN I JUST HOLD IT FOR A SECOND.
>> YES, SIR, YOU CAN HOLD IT.
>> Stephen: MINE.
(LAUGHTER) YOU ALSO, THOUGH YOU GUYS DON'T
PERFORM TOGETHER YOU NOW HAVE THE-- I KNOW I'M HOLDING IT UP
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ON THE FRONT, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
ALBUM, THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF OUT OF TIME, A BEAUTIFUL, ARE
YOU NOT PERFORMING ANY MORE, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU, FOR
THIS TO BE RELEASED RIGHT NOW.
>> WILL IS A WHOLE GENERATION OF PEOPLE THAT MAYBE ASSOCIATE MY
BAND, MY FORMER BAND WITH A FEW SONGS.
>> AND WE WANTED TO REINTRODUCE ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT
RECORDS TO THEM.
AND ALSO TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE THE FIRST TIME, MAYBE THEY
WANT TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
>> Stephen: MAKE A NICE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
>> IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
>> Stephen: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR CHRISTMAS, MICHAEL
STIPE.
>> WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR CHRISTMAS, STEPHEN, ON MONDAY,
DECEMBER 19th, I WOULD LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THE
ELECTORAL VOTERS WHO ARE VOTING FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION, I
WOULD LIKE-- .
>> Stephen: THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MEETS TO CHOOSE THE
PRESIDENT.
>> I WOULD LIKE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTERS TO CAREFULLY
WEIGH THEIR INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS IN DECIDING WHAT A DEMOCRACY
THAT WAS SET UP OVER 200 YEARS AGO IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THE
END OF 2016.
THIS IS CRUCIAL.
AND I DON'T REALLY CARE WHERE THEY BUTTER THEIR BREAD.
BUT I WANT THEM TO BE PATRIOTS.
AND SO LET'S HOPE FOR THE BEST.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: THE 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF R.E.M.'S
OUT OF TIME IS ON SALE NOW.
MICHAEL STIPE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN GAD ELMALEH.