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2-109: Try Not to Breathe vs. Pretty Persuasion
Posted: Wed April 13, 2016 10:58 am
by stip
vote
Re: 2-109: Try Not to Breathe vs. Pretty Persuasion
Posted: Wed April 13, 2016 11:12 am
by stip
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
Re: 2-109: Try Not to Breathe vs. Pretty Persuasion
Posted: Wed April 13, 2016 1:24 pm
by Kevin Davis
Yeah, "Pretty Persuasion" rocks, but this one goes to "Breathe" easily -- a marvelous song full of wonderful singing and compelling melodic turns.
Re: 2-109: Try Not to Breathe vs. Pretty Persuasion
Posted: Wed April 13, 2016 1:40 pm
by vedder316
Try Not To Breathe is top 10 REM for me.
Re: 2-109: Try Not to Breathe vs. Pretty Persuasion
Posted: Wed April 13, 2016 1:53 pm
by darth_vedder
Someone needed to give Pretty Persuasion some love, so I figured I was the guy for the job.
Re: 2-109: Try Not to Breathe vs. Pretty Persuasion
Posted: Thu April 14, 2016 2:49 am
by chewm
Kevin Davis wrote:Yeah, "Pretty Persuasion" rocks, but this one goes to "Breathe" easily
This.
Re: 2-109: Try Not to Breathe vs. Pretty Persuasion
Posted: Thu April 14, 2016 6:46 am
by Mike
vedder316 wrote:Try Not To Breathe is top 10 REM for me.
Re: 2-109: Try Not to Breathe vs. Pretty Persuasion
Posted: Fri April 15, 2016 2:37 am
by UglyRedHonda
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.