Rock Clip of the Week - R.E.M (live in '85) Pretty Persuasion

This is a special, late Friday edition of the 'How Far Away Musically Can I Get From A Certain Singer" version of Rock Clip of the Week.

And the answer is....none more far. As far as possible.

Here's my Rock Clip of the Week, R.E.M. doing a live version of 'Pretty Persuasion' 25 years ago to the week....
Now *THIS* is Pop. :-) R.E.M. was doing everything it could to knock down the thrillerboy.

R.E.M.'s 'Reckoning' Reissue came out earlier this week, with a bonus live disc of a show I was at on July 7, 1984 in Chicago. A magical night, one I've written about before here. Cuz right after REM and Dream Syndicate at Aragon Ballroom, everyone went over to The Replacements and Del Fuegos show at the Cubby Bear. What a night.