Talking Heads- Classic or Dud?

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Sounds like turricans describing a crisis of imagination

Not sure it’s worth bothering here

Eris (Ross), Tuesday, 3 April 2018 20:21 (six years ago) link

I can imagine Talking Heads fans stroking their chins to Devo or Brian Eno, but can't imagine them getting down to... well, anything. Even Talking Heads themselves

dude when TH were the biggest band ever and SMS was in theaters and my mom took my sister and I to see it, the whole ass theater was getting down in the isles!

kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 20:22 (six years ago) link

Everything is possible with imagination

Karl Malone, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link

I'm not denying that Talking Heads were funk fans - obviously they were! Their audience was not a funk audience, though.

Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 3 April 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link

are you calling my mom not a funk fan?

kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link

but yah you're forgetting that TH fans aren't just NYC cool people. Burning Down The House was on tv and radio 24/7. TH fans are Madonna fans, MJ fans, Prince fans.

kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link

I'm not denying that Talking Heads were funk fans - obviously they were! Their audience was not a funk audience, though.

Caught b/w a rock and a hard place as I decide whether to toss out my art rock or my funk albums. This new dogmatism is killing me.

doug watson, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link

I'm not denying that Talking Heads were funk fans

Not just Talking Heads...

https://cdn-s3.si.com/s3fs-public/golf/2015/04/22/FunkClinton.jpg

Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 April 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link

Sorry, who are you again?

― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, April 3, 2018 3:46 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I guess your thing is stinking up multiple threads with your negativity and played out devil’s advocate trolling. Didn’t realize you were so ubiquitous.

afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 3 April 2018 21:54 (six years ago) link

the funniest thing lately is when he admits he never talks about music with people in real life. like dude, you should try that, it could really help u!

map, Wednesday, 4 April 2018 04:12 (six years ago) link

I don't get what's so difficult to understand about that - not when I have a zillion other things to talk about.

As for the poster above, I enjoyed his or her memorable and insightful posts on the same three or four bands so much I had to check their posting history to remind myself just where and when we'd interacted on here.

Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 06:33 (six years ago) link

well this is all very good but how are people who like Talking Heads supposed to chat about their favourite band now?

loud horn beeping jazzsplaining arse (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 April 2018 07:48 (six years ago) link

I still experience the 5.1 mix of fear of music like I've been abducted by aliens and I'm in a dream state listening to the best reimagination of a very good album into a... well a fucking perfect album. Like a beautiful usgs topo map scan of canyonlands, it makes me wanna cry a little.

Hunt3r, Saturday, 7 April 2018 04:04 (six years ago) link

i just listened to the remain in light 5.1 downmix this week, holy shit

NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Saturday, 7 April 2018 04:10 (six years ago) link

ughhhhhh this band is o fucking good

NBA YoungBoy named Rocky Raccoon (m bison), Saturday, 7 April 2018 04:11 (six years ago) link

RIL in 5.1 was first one I did, and while it amazed, it sorta didn't change my perception of how good RIL is. It was an improvement bud not a revolution to me, even with its several revelations.

FOM just ~changed everything~. "This is a crime...against the state..." HOLY SHIT a song I didn't care about before is the best shit ever.

Hunt3r, Saturday, 7 April 2018 04:26 (six years ago) link

If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is- a 5.1 mix.

Hunt3r, Saturday, 7 April 2018 04:40 (six years ago) link

FOM is def bigger and fuller in 5.1 but there are straight up entire instruments revealed on RiL.

21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 7 April 2018 05:17 (six years ago) link

Byrne was on Desert Island Discs last week. Sounding so much more relaxed and confident than back in the day. Great interview with lots of details about growing up Scottish and great tunes too.

everything, Saturday, 7 April 2018 05:27 (six years ago) link

Damn I would love to hear that 5.1 mix of fom. The first record I heard of theirs and my favourite talking heads record

Droni Mitchell (Ross), Saturday, 7 April 2018 05:41 (six years ago) link

Here's the link http://www.sharoma.com/eclectic_ril.htm

He seems to take a lot more liberties with FOM than with RIL, especially "Electric Guitar". Is there a reason that one is so different than the original mix? It seems like there is a lot of material in that track that just isn't in the original at all.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 7 April 2018 07:57 (six years ago) link

electric guitar has added percussion that totally changes the vibe - seems tacked on, also some extra synth parts

Droni Mitchell (Ross), Saturday, 7 April 2018 08:01 (six years ago) link

the additional percussion changes the tempo

Droni Mitchell (Ross), Saturday, 7 April 2018 08:01 (six years ago) link

But why was all of that added? Most of the other tracks just seem to enhanced without a bunch of new things added.

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 7 April 2018 08:11 (six years ago) link

from what I gather it was done as a way to give "clarity" to the mix - liberties is the key word as mentioned above

Droni Mitchell (Ross), Saturday, 7 April 2018 08:47 (six years ago) link

The arcade console missile command video game sounds popping up in _Cities_, along with Byrne's relaxed,funny vocal style, will never not bring me total amusement and joy. Incredible.

Hunt3r, Sunday, 8 April 2018 03:27 (six years ago) link

one month passes...

So apparently Angélique Kidjo is releasing a full-album cover version of Remain In Light next month, and the video for "Once In A Lifetime" is kinda cheesy but also nuts in a good way...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z84rtbVbIEQ

grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 12 May 2018 00:40 (six years ago) link

She's touring it at the moment (I found out a few days after she played here).

chilis=lyrics...hypocrits (sic), Saturday, 12 May 2018 01:09 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8jgFGmqvU

omg im in love with this

21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 12 May 2018 02:43 (six years ago) link

Damn^

Blood roses (Ross), Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:22 (six years ago) link

So necessary

Blood roses (Ross), Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:26 (six years ago) link

Very nice

Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 12 May 2018 05:44 (six years ago) link

Wow, love the Born Under Punches. Less said about her Once in a Lifetime the better.

that's not my post, Saturday, 12 May 2018 06:20 (six years ago) link

Yeah, agree. That's really good. I'm really curious to hear her version of "Houses in Motion," kinda not too optimistic about "Listening Wind," which really won't benefit from a big voice.

grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 12 May 2018 10:58 (six years ago) link

I always liked this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPxpgvCAdeM

Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link

Wow, love the Born Under Punches. Less said about her Once in a Lifetime the better.

― that's not my post, Saturday, May 12, 2018 1:20 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

u r hi af. her version fuckin slaps.

21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:34 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRxxt53yFBs

21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:35 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcGUXNRV-NI

21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:36 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKRqWZXrbY

21st savagery fox (m bison), Saturday, 12 May 2018 13:38 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Xi2AdpEDU

sure?

add surface noise (Ross), Friday, 25 May 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link

i saw this latest tour, it was quite good

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link

that video misses how great the lighting design was, definitely see this in a theater hall if you can

global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 18:16 (six years ago) link

Seeing him Friday, seen him before but still looking forward to it.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link

Great documentary about the London scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwCCfWiYk2s

grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link

Yo global tell me more about the tour

Ross, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 22:21 (six years ago) link

i will be seeing his tour too

dyl, Thursday, 31 May 2018 01:57 (six years ago) link

it was staged like a field show/halftime marching band show, tightly choreographed, extremely minimal staging- no amps, no gear. at least 4 percussionists, byrne said it was like the most ambitious thing he'd done since SMS although that could have been hyperbole. expect 7-8 talking heads classics but no variation from night to night. personally i thought the lighting was one of the most impressive parts. i dunno, just a pro knocking it out of the park basically. people smoked weed near us and upset my mom, who i took for mother's day haha

global tetrahedron, Thursday, 31 May 2018 02:54 (six years ago) link

Thanks global and you sound like a nice person

Ross, Thursday, 31 May 2018 03:12 (six years ago) link

I saw him maybe... nine years ago? and that show was incredibly choreographed, as many dancers as musicians, moving amongst them, sitting the musicians in office chairs & wheeling them round as they played etc

we used to get our kicks reading surfing MAGAzines (sic), Thursday, 31 May 2018 07:05 (six years ago) link


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