Pretty Persuasion

If Reckoning has a signature sound, I think it's the opening eight bars of this tune: bright, jangly guitars, well-defined bass line, and something a bit unusual (in this case a random harmonica blow). The song is loaded with some, uh... intimacy issues. I choose to ignore that and just grin along with the happy tune.

There's one part I've always particularly thought was cool. Just prior to the second chorus, Michael changes up the melody line just a smidge - "wear that on my sleeve" has a couple blue notes and gives the melody a brief minor feel. Doesn't do it the first and third times. I know, not exactly Bach, but it's just sort of cool.