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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:41 PM
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Anyone else really into The Talking Heads, The Heads, Tom Tom Club
and all the solowork and projects these great artists have done?

I'm listening to The Heads w. Malin Anneteg "No More Lonely Nights"-our musical experiment The Books Banned covered that one years ago.

Here's a pretty inclusive website all about these folks. I love most all of their work-do you?

http://www.talking-heads.net/
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:45 PM
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1. "Stop Making Sense", Girlfriend Is Better", "Life During Wartime"
"Take Me To The River", "Psychokiller"...
:bounce:
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:47 PM
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2. Look over there
Dry ice factory. Good place to get some thinking done!
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Duncan Grant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:53 PM
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9. I'm checkin' it out. I'm checkin' it out. I got it figured out...
I got it figured out.

Good points. Some bad points. It all works out... :D

Such a classic Talking Heads tune! One of my top 3! :yourock:
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Bossy Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:48 PM
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3. THeads, JHarrison: Casual Gods & Uh-Oh by Byrne
I'd probably have bought everything else too; just ran out of money!:)
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:53 PM
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7. That's where music sharing on the Internet comes into play!
I've never had the pleasure of catching any of them performing, drat!
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:51 PM
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4. Yes. Absolutely. I like Byrne's Luaka Bop label artists too.
My fave TH album is More Songs About Building and Food, and my fave song is The Great Curve.

Last time I watched Stop Making Sense, I turned on my TV's closed-captioning hoping it would have the lyrics and was disappointed there was no closed-captioning at all.

I have a question about the live version of Genius of Love; I can't decipher something.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:54 PM
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11. Check out the hyperlink in my opening post for lyrics then...
:hi:
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:01 PM
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14. It wasn't there, but maybe you know
Edited on Thu Sep-23-04 08:01 PM by catzies
It's the part where Chris is talking to the audience, "The girls can do it too, y'all!"

Before the Kurtis Blow verse, where Tina's dancing, and it begins "Who dat..." do you know how the rest of that goes?
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:03 PM
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15. No-but I can always improvise!
:hi:
:smoke:
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:52 PM
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5. Naked and Remain In Light are two of my personal favorites.
Saw Tom Tom Club open for the Ramones. Fun live group but I missed Byrne's frenetic energy.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:52 PM
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6. I'm into anything produced by Wally Badarou
He's actually the genius behind the Tom Tom Club and some of The Talking Heads' funkier shit.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:53 PM
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8. I've got the David Byrne designed alien espresso cups
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:53 PM
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10. We just watched the video
"Stop Making Sense" last night! I wanted to show it to my son who is getting into older bands lately. It was just as good as I remembered it. He liked it a lot too.
GREAT band!!!! :D
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Duncan Grant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 07:59 PM
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12. Put away that gun. This part is simple. Try to recognize ...
what is in your mind.

I'm a Talking Heads fan but I stopped following their solo work many years ago... :yourock:

We need a Talking Heads poll here in the lounge... (?)
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:01 PM
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13. Why not?
:hi:
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:04 PM
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16. Yeah, big TH freak here... had all the Tom Tom Club albums too
:hi:
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:07 PM
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17. Huge fan
I grew up listening to them because my mom is one of the biggest Talking Heads fan I've ever known. We both went to a David Byrne concert together in DC and had a blast. I've had pretty much every album the Talking Heads have ever come out with. I can't say which one is my absolute favorite; it depends on my mood. Sometimes it is MSABAF, sometimes Life After Wartime, sometimes Little Creatures although that one is skipping a lot so I need to replace it.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:12 PM
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18. Not a huge TH fan
although I LOVE Remain in Light.

I do, however, LOVE Jonathan Richman, whose Modern Lovers Jerry Harrison played keyboards for.

Just wish I could get Jonathan's solo stuff from the Rough Trade label. Double Chocolate Malted, indeed.
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alvis Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:16 PM
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19. True Stories
Anyone else love that movie? When I'm feeling down, I'll put that in the DVD, I just love the celebration of Special-ness.

David Byrne's Luaka-Bop label is really cool, love all the Brazilian stuff, especially off of Rei Momo.

Look into the Eyeball is pretty good too, love Desconocido Soy, got me hooked on Cafe Tacuba.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-23-04 08:23 PM
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20. More Songs...., Fear of Music, Remain in Light....
Edited on Thu Sep-23-04 08:25 PM by deseo
... (the Eno-produced works) are all masterpieces, Speaking in Tongues, True Stories are not bad, and most of the rest is mediocre fluff.

IMHO of course :)

The Eno/Byrne collaboration "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" is also a masterpiece. I never really cared that much for Tom Tom Club, although I did buy their first record, that one hit was fun.
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