Official Talking Heads Appreciation Thread

[Zimmerman]

Any Talking Heads or David Byrne fans on NS?

In my opinion he is one of the most talented and unique musicians of all time.

From "77" to "Fear of Music," "Remain in Light," and "Speaking in Tongues," Talking Heads released some damn good albums with so many great songs.

My favorite is "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)." I'm just so weak for this song. Other greats include "Life During Wartime," "Take Me To The River," and "Psycho Killer." There are so many more though, and they are all so different. "Heaven" and "Cities" are some interesting songs for example.

A great taste of Talking Heads' music and what they are can be found in their 1984 Concert Movie, "Stop Making Sense:"

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So NS, what makes you like Talking Heads? What are your favorite songs? Albums? Is David Byrne not the fucking man?

 

[Aidan-G]

And the days go by, water flowing under

 

[HitTheJim]

 

[TheButterHashira]

Added a couple of their hits to their collection today. I need to find the deep cuts now.

 

[Turner.]

yup

 

[Broommasta]

burning down the house, once in a lifetime, and psycho killer live in me

 

[Lucas]

Did you know Jews are from space?

 

[clive_bixby]

All about the Tom Tom club

 

[theabortionator]

Saw him at bonnaroo. Had to split between that set, beastie boys last set ever, and being really spun. Still got a good chunk of each.

 

[CliffyByro]

fun fact: the Heads are Patrick Bateman's favourite band.

Favourite song:

 

[Hoppy]

YES! Good call Zimmerman. One of my top three favourite bands. (UNKLE is also in there)

Nothing but flowers

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And this must be the place the psychemagik naive edit (prolly the same as op's)

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[theabortionator]

Also finally got to see phish cover psycho killer. Was hoping they'd go 3 for 3 on talking heads at spac.

 

[Zimmerman]

I actually preferred Cities to Psycho.

 

[DERS.]

great song

 

[theabortionator]

I've seen cities 6 times though. That was my first time hearing psycho killer. That's why I was so pumped.

 

[Zimmerman]

Understood. It was my first Phish weekend, so I was incredibly happy to hear some Heads songs.

Also, what the FUCK is that This Must be the Place remix up there?! EEEEWWW

 

[ALaw]

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[Zimmerman]

Got head with Stop Making Sense in the background last night. Finished just as Once in a Lifetime ended. Good night I must say.

/claim

 

[jokorvalde]

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This is golden

 

[Troy.]

I approve of this wonderful, wonderful thread.

 

[_Jeffrey_]

i love the talking heads. classic rock is the best!

 

[Zimmerman]

Since when are the Talking Heads considered classic rock?

 

[CliffyByro]

hahaha this

 

[iRapeKittens]

Best concert video of all time.

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[yelsel]

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[BootySpunk.]

I have nothing to contribute except The Talking Heads are the shit.

 

[MFM]

This is a thread I appreciate very much.

 

[rockyhockey11187]

my only question is how much LSD do you have to be on to wear a suit that large

 

[Zimmerman]

Ahh the zoot suit. Classic.

 

[Zimmerman]

Damn! Thanks for this! Don't know why I'd never heard that before.

 

[E__]

I appreciate.

 

[Zimmerman]

I just watched your icon for a solid minute.

 

[84891jnf92048]

I love the Talking Heads. They were one of those bands I was raised on; my mom claims they are her favorite band, and that she listened to them all the time in high school. But they were also one of the bands that when I started to try to create my own taste in music seperate from that of my folks that I forgot about and neglected for a long time. Fortunately a lot of that music came back to me in the past couple years and the Talking Heads have come to be some of my favorite music.

 

[Zimmerman]

Same went for me, Talking heads was tied with the Alman Bros for my dad's favorite band.

 

[king.tubby]

what a good thread. talking heads rule. david byrne just released a new album getting some good reviews

 

[Zimmerman]

Link me that shit?

 

[CliffyByro]

David Byrne / St Vincent "WHO" from martin de thurah on Vimeo.

good tune and a pretty cool video, he still has it!

 

[Zimmerman]

Holy dope! Just showed it to my dad and he went nuts. So damn cool.

 

[Zimmerman]

Slippery People is my new favorite. The Stop Making Sense version gives me chills every time.