Always loved this song. A lot of fun and very funny!

I recall hearing a Muzak version of this once in a grocery store. I never knew they made Muzak of Talking Heads before! Happily, I've never heard it or any other Talking Heads in a Muzak form since. (Fingers crossed.)

A reminder why I love RP. Thank you again for showing me something I've not heard before.

I never really liked the Talking Heads until I received a bootleg copy of David Byrne's Holloween concert at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ from 1992. The show contains an EXCELLENT version of this song. It's probably the song that really got me to finally appreciate and enjoy David Byrne and the Talking Heads.

nice song. I also love the guster cover
Saludos
P.

Mugro wrote:

True enough, but you don't do something this unique and groundbreaking without the ego in the first place. Art is impossible without the ego, however sublimated it may be. After all, what is art other than the channeling in a productive, if often socially misunderstood, way impulses that otherwise would simply be destructive. Art feeds off of such impulses, it doesn't remove them. Enjoy TH for what they did manage to accomplish. It wasn't a bad run at all.

Smart fun and listenable. Bravo!

Never heard this before, but I can't stop tapping my toes and fingers.

I've always loved this song. I think the lyrics are brilliant! And it's from one of the first CDs I ever owned (I had records before that!).

Mi piace!

Zep wrote:

Jerry Harrison recorded a few albums in the late 80s/early 90s. He has, more recently, produced albums for groups such as Live. Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth continue to make albums as Tom Tom Club. Decent stuff.

You're welcome.

I gave it a 7 because I love The Talking Heads, but, despite it's upbeat tempo, this is probably one of the most depressing songs I can think of .......... The lyrics are the ultimate in irony...

such a beautiful song and goes so well right after Paul Simon's "Born At the Right Time" - nice job, RP!

GolfRomeo wrote:

I could not disagree more about your comment on the song, but I might agree with the comment about the album. In my mind, this was the best song on this album, but overall, the album was weak.

Why is ego the source of so much destruction in art? If these guys didn't have so much ego, they would not have to prove to anyone "where the talent was". Couldn't they realize that they were good together, and that's it? Sad.

GolfRomeo wrote:

Tina Weymouth the bassist? C'mon you gotta be kidding! Her work on the early TH albums was serviceable at best. (See comments under "Heaven".) And the other two? What have they produced or recorded in, oh say, the last twenty years?

Byrne wrote most if not all of the TH songs and most if not all of his own work. To say the talent was with the other three and not Byrne simply ignores the facts, Jack.

GolfRomeo wrote:

I'd say the talent was with talking Heads. They all did interesting things after TH, but none of it was as good as when TH was in their prime.

I was/am a huge Heads fan. This is their weakest song on their weakest album. When Byrne went out on his own, I think he wanted to show everyone where the talent was.... unfortunately, most of it seems to have been with Tina, Jerry, and Chris.

54-40 wrote:

Hannio wrote:

How odd. The older I get, the less I give a rat's ass what the singer thinks or wants, and just sit back and groove to the music.

Hannio wrote:

Excellent!!!!!

Man am I having a s**tty day!

Man, am I ever digging on this song! Thanks for the lift, guys! Love the "7-11" line.

I never liked this song. All of a sudden I'm enjoying it. God help me. I'm going MAD!!!!

I see a combination of PeeWee/ Ferris Beuller dancing to this...individually.
PW links to CANDY BARS AND CCCs.
Ferris to the I DREAM OF GENIE(?) sequence.
All good. An 8.

always fun when a song by a certain artist you like is actually a cover of an artist you like even more, ala guster - TH. also see beck - jack ass and van morrison - its all over now, baby blue

Happy feet!

If only this vision was true! Most excellent.......

Wow! This is like that last song's older, better looking brother...
PW = 3.
TH = 8.

this whole album is just so unbelievably fun....

here we staaaaaaaaaand...
YEAH !! Great song

Brilliant

manray wrote:

Good, can I kick you too?

This is nice.