{"id":2561,"date":"2017-12-20T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2024-08-04T15:01:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T22:01:41","slug":"rem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/rem","title":{"rendered":"Episode 125: R.E.M."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Try Not to Breathe&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SongExploder125-REM-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SongExploder125-REM.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/SongExploder125-REM-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_cd70a534-f234-456a-8b2d-323101cd3c90\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/cd70a534-f234-456a-8b2d-323101cd3c90\/SongExploder125_REM_DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.remhq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R.E.M.<\/a> was formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, bassist Mike Mills, guitarist Peter Buck, and drummer Bill Berry. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/grammys\/artists\/rem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">They\u2019ve won three Grammys,<\/a> and have sold over <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_best-selling_music_artists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">85 million records<\/a>. In 1992, the band released their eighth album, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Automatic_for_the_People\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Automatic for the People<\/em><\/a>. In honor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.remhq.com\/products\/automatic-for-the-people-25th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-3-cd-blu-ray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25th anniversary of its release<\/a>, in this episode, Michael Stipe and Mike Mills take apart the song, \u201cTry Not to Breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can get <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/try-not-to-breathe\/1279977196?i=1279977199&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cTry Not to Breathe\u201d on iTunes<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.remhq.com\/products\/automatic-for-the-people-25th-anniversary-deluxe-edition-3-cd-blu-ray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25th Anniversary Edition of <em>Automatic for the People<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/rem-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Appalachian_dulcimer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dulcimer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Litt\">Producer Scott Litt<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Video Killed the Radio Star&#8221; &#8211; The Buggles<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HU7Ga7qTLDU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Tears in Rain&#8221; monologue from <em>Blade Runner<\/em><\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Try Not to Breathe&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 DOWNLOAD MP3 R.E.M. was formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, bassist Mike Mills, guitarist Peter Buck, and drummer Bill Berry. 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