2-109: Try Not to Breathe vs. Pretty Persuasion

Post by **stip** » Wed April 13, 2016 11:12 am

Pretty Persuasion takes all the base elements of Reckoning but fails to do anything really interesting with it. Try Not to Breathe is exceptional. The fact that half of Automatic may be better only speaks to the depth of that album

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Wed April 13, 2016 1:24 pm

Yeah, "Pretty Persuasion" rocks, but this one goes to "Breathe" easily -- a marvelous song full of wonderful singing and compelling melodic turns.

vedder316 · Post by **vedder316** » Wed April 13, 2016 1:40 pm

Try Not To Breathe is top 10 REM for me.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Wed April 13, 2016 1:53 pm

Someone needed to give Pretty Persuasion some love, so I figured I was the guy for the job.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Thu April 14, 2016 2:49 am

Kevin Davis wrote:Yeah, "Pretty Persuasion" rocks, but this one goes to "Breathe" easily

This.

Post by **Mike** » Thu April 14, 2016 6:46 am

vedder316 wrote:Try Not To Breathe is top 10 REM for me.

UglyRedHonda · Post by **UglyRedHonda** » Fri April 15, 2016 2:37 am

I'm a little surprised to see "Pretty Persuasion" not be more popular. That bridge and the return of the intro riff, where it sounds like the song is about to go off the rails, is one of my favorite moments of any R.E.M. song.

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