Tyler is definitely the guy to compile TH rarities and post it on his blog. Please and thank you! ;-)
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 17 January 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
ha! this thing pulls together some bits n bobs: https://www.amazon.com/Bonus-Rarities-Outtakes-Talking-Heads/dp/B00122REJU
― tylerw, Friday, 17 January 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
I’d always thought of them as a band that did t leave much on the cutting room floor bc other van that houses in motion remix they were pretty stingy with their b-sides. But there’s a surprising amount of alternate versions and outtakes that have come out over the last 10 years from all the various reissues, the box set, greatest hits and etc. Not many of them are very revelatory imo, not many fully-realized unreleased songs, but a lot of fun listening just the same.
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Saturday, 18 January 2020 03:04 (four years ago) link
^typos, posting from the bar, etc etc
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Saturday, 18 January 2020 03:09 (four years ago) link
That Arthur Russell mix is an interesting historical artifact but it is p bad tbqh
― uncrut gems (crüt), Saturday, 18 January 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
yeah, it's kinda neat but it sounds more like an overdub than a remix
― But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂 (Karl Malone), Saturday, 18 January 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
I've waffled on this before but it's funny how the non-extended cuts from the vinyl LP of Speaking In Tongues are pretty obscure now too; the CD copies all used the extra long mixes from the original cassette. Some are a minute longer, some almost 2 minutes.
Also weird; you can only get Storytelling Giant as part of that 2003 box set, there's still no other proper vids compilation.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51gCb0C1zmL._SX355_.jpg
― piscesx, Saturday, 18 January 2020 17:59 (four years ago) link
I got it on vhs in my attic if anyone wants to come over and check it out
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Sunday, 19 January 2020 01:22 (four years ago) link
On my way
― We Jam von Economo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 January 2020 01:25 (four years ago) link
The 5.1 downmix of Houses in Motion >>>
― that's not my post, Sunday, 19 January 2020 01:57 (four years ago) link
personally i prefer the long mixes but i guess i would...
― revenge of the jawn (rushomancy), Sunday, 19 January 2020 05:36 (four years ago) link
Listened to this for first time in a long while - historically have played S1 far more but S2 genius really unlocked for me this time - just incredibly sequenced album
Anyway Seen and Not Seen - struck me as having a real Robert Ashley thing going on - like pretty specifically re vocal mannerisms - has Byrne ever copped to a direct influence/tribute here? Like I guess he def woulda been across Ashley’s thing - or was it just more that this “detached anthropological observer of humanity” vibe was common in NYC art scene of the time?
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Thursday, 16 March 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
Heads albums have some really strong sides. This one, and side one of Naked come to mind.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 16 March 2023 21:44 (one year ago) link
Side one of Fear of Music also.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 16 March 2023 21:45 (one year ago) link
The final track on the album, "The Overload", was Talking Heads' attempt to emulate the sound of the band Joy Division. This effort was made in spite of the fact that no one in the band had actually heard the music of Joy Division. Rather, it was based on an idea of what Joy Division might sound like. [1]
As opposed to the reality of what "I Remember Nothing" sounded like? Yeah, right.
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 March 2023 22:28 (one year ago) link