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R.E.M - Try Not to Breathe

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The Dulsomer by Peter Stipe

Mike Mills: The genesis of this song was Peter's desire to experiment with different stringed instruments. He adds some steel string acoustic guitar and you get that beautiful quasi-western sound. What you've got there is two of Peter's favorite musical types, surf and spaghetti westerns. You have the good, the bad, the ugly.

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