Talking Heads

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:30 pm

I strongly encourage you to give Brian Eno another chance, matrixman. Before & After Science is a poor introduction as it's a pretty mediocre album. Most critics consider Eno one of the all time greats and I definitely agree. If you're interested in a better introduction to him my recommendations are:

Another Green World: which combines his great ear for instrumentals before he developed ambient theory, and a handful of vocal tracks. It's a visionary album, and in my estimation a real work of art.

Discreet Music: in my opinion more neoclassical than ambient, but nevertheless considered his first truly ambient album. I'm not sure what ambient stuff you've heard but this isn't like, say, Music for Airports which sort of fits the description you gave. This is much fuller stuff.

Here Come the Warm Jets: his first album with the infamous song "Baby's on Fire". Fun but dark and sophisticated pop.

Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics: his collaboration with Jon Hassell, the avant-garde trumpet player/composer. Very interesting music, and hard to describe. It pushes the world-music elements that Eno experimented with Talking Heads to much further extremes.

Anyway, I have loads of Eno's stuff if you ever want recommendations. Give an album or two of the above a chance and I think you might have a higher estimation of his solo stuff.

Post by **matrixman** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:49 am

Thanks for the suggested recordings, LM! I will keep them in mind.

I'm not sure what ambient stuff you've heard but this isn't like, say, Music for Airports which sort of fits the description you gave.

Music for Airports, eh? These days, I guess it would be musical accompaniment to scenes of arriving immigrants collapsing as they're being tasered by police. (Sorry, I couldn't resist an editorial moment.)

But anyway, I think the Eno ambient music CD I heard was titled Thursday Afternoon. This was way back in the late 80's so I don't remember the music at all, except that it was boring. I didn't hate the music, it just had no use for me.

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:41 pm

Yeah, I have mixed feelings about ambient music too, depending on the composition -- but for the most part I think it's pretty awesome. Another Green World and Here Come the Warm Jets are both masterpieces.

But back to Talking Heads....

Post by **Endymion9** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:12 am

When I was in the Marines, in 1979, I had a friend from the Boston area. I talked a lot about liking Boston and The Cars and he told me, the people in the Boston area actually rate both those bands behind a third band, I had never heard of. Talking Heads. I was skeptical.

He turned me onto them playing their cassettes as we rode around in my car. I'm still more of a Ric Ocasek/Cars fan, but definitely enjoy the Heads.

And on a completely OT and different note, one of the strangest concert promotions I ever saw occured in Atlanta in 1977. Boston's first album was dominating the air waves and on radio they started promoting a concert where they would mention the secondary bands and then say they were limited by contract from mentioning the headliner, but let's just say it is a band from Boston, if you know what I mean. No one had heard of Talking Heads or the Cars (that I knew) at that time, so everyone assumed it was Boston. Apparently it was quite a rowdy crowd and I felt sorry for The Cars when they made their appearance on stage. Of course in hindsight I personally would have loved to see The Cars, but with that set up, it was impossible for them to put on a good concert. The booing kept disrupting the concert and many demanded their money back.
Sorry, for that interruption, we now return you to your regularly scheduled program <grin>.

Post by **matrixman** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:17 am

I never saw Talking Heads live in concert. My admiration for them came solely from hearing their studio albums.

Post by **Usivius** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:40 pm

I smell home cooking!
It's only the river. It's only the river...

Post by **SleeplessOne** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:16 pm

Look over there ! A dry ice factory - a good place to get some thinking done !

Post by **Usivius** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:59 pm

nice one.

Post by **AjK** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:14 pm

The number of Talking Heads albums I own doesn't do justice to how much I like them. In addition to the songs mentioned above, I would add that I really like Lifetime Piling Up and The Lady Don't Mind. Well crafted, simple and easy to enjoy.

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:16 pm

"Once In A Lifetime" is one of my favorite Talking Heads songs.

ONCE IN A LIFETIME
(written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, Brian Eno)

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself
Well...How did I get here?

Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
After the money's gone
Once in a lifetime
Water flowing underground

And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife

Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
After the money's gone
Once in a lifetime
Water flowing underground

Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...

Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Under the water, carry the water at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean

Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
Into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones
There is water underground

Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
After the money's gone
Once in a lifetime
Water flowing underground

And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go to?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
And you may say to yourself yourself
My God!...What have I done?!

Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
Into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones
There is water underground

Letting the days go by
Let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by
Water flowing underground
Into the blue again
After the money's gone
Once in a lifetime
Water flowing underground

Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Look where my hand was
Time isn't holding up
Time is an asterisk
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Same as it ever was...
Yeah, the twister comes
Here comes the twister
Same as it ever was...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU

Post by **sgt.null** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:22 am

some faves...

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWtCittJyr0]Road to Nowhere

Nothing But Flowers

remember when bands did videos for mtv?

Post by **Cord Hurn** » Tue Nov 08, 2016 7:53 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWP07YgUWig

[Talking Heads: Wild, Wild Life]

Kevin's Watch

Kevin's Watch

Talking Heads

Talking Heads