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Artist:Talking Heads [ more ]
Song:Burning Down The House
Album:Stop Making Sense [ info ]
Released:1984
Last Played:Jun 18, 2013 - 01:24
Avg. Rating:7.8  (Total Ratings: 1646)
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1 votes: 45 (2.7%)2 votes: 39 (2.4%)3 votes: 32 (1.9%)4 votes: 33 (2%)5 votes: 53 (3.2%)6 votes: 55 (3.3%)7 votes: 181 (11%)8 votes: 532 (32%)9 votes: 447 (27%)10 votes: 229 (14%)
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Bleyfusz
Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 12:38 

INSTANTLY MUTE
orthomd
(scottsdale, arizona)
Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 09:38 

 throwback wrote:
{#Puke}

Never have been able to listen to these guys....much to '80s for me....
 

sounds like you should have been spending the 80's in some english composition classes
plaice3
(Massachusetts)
Posted: Aug 06, 2009 - 09:37 

Nice to hear this for the first time in years.  I've been listening to the Tom Jones/Cardigan's version lately, which also is excellent — what a voice that Tom has!
throwback
(Bailey, CO)
Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 11:12 

{#Puke}

Never have been able to listen to these guys....much to '80s for me....


peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jul 11, 2009 - 16:22 

 cochlear wrote:
No, no, no.  You're thinking of the Pointer Sisters.
 
{#Eek}...{#Lol}
cochlear
(Kauai, Hawaii)
Posted: Jul 05, 2009 - 19:36 

 peter_james_bond wrote:
FIRE!!!
 
No, no, no.  You're thinking of the Pointer Sisters.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jul 05, 2009 - 17:24 

FIRE!!!
cochlear
(Kauai, Hawaii)
Posted: Jul 05, 2009 - 17:20 

 jjbix wrote:
  i am tired of the artiste!  time to visit the urinal . . .


 
Play it again, Bill.  Play it again and again.

jjbix
(san diego)
Posted: Jun 26, 2009 - 16:25 

 hippiechick wrote:
GOD! I am sick of this song!
   i am tired of the artiste!  time to visit the urinal . . .


mhodak
Posted: Jun 03, 2009 - 22:13 

Overplayed. Sadly, most of TH tunes on RP are the ones that got overplayed on commercial radio. I would like to hear some of the less known ones.

cochlear
(Kauai, Hawaii)
Posted: May 25, 2009 - 21:15 

 lattalo wrote:
Love the drums on this!
 
Those are drums?  I thought I was hallucinating again.  I get these flashbacks whenever I hear TH.  And now, for free!  Thanks, Bill.  {#Clap}

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 05:06 

This song and strong cup of green tea is helping me inch may way up to the convalescent class this morning

lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 16:11 

 ronniegirl wrote:


I, um, actually, um, prefer the Tom Jones version.  Really.
 
Your from Jersey, you can't help it!

lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 16:09 

Love the drums on this!
aquadonia
(Green Bay, WI)
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 16:09 

I'm sure I've said before way back when, but I much prefer this version than the original. The tempo change really makes it, I think.

{#Dancingbanana_2}

Bakaretsu
(South Burlington. VT)
Posted: Apr 01, 2009 - 16:07 

For the love of God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No more overplayed TH or DB!!!! I mean really........ some new blood please...........
peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Mar 23, 2009 - 16:35 

Hurray to the DJ! This song sends most people, myself included, into a state of feverish ecstasy! {#Tongue-out}
macmat
Posted: Feb 23, 2009 - 11:09 

 lemmoth wrote:

this song will be played at my wedding.

 

Brilliant idea! Maybe not at the wedding, but for sure it will be played at my wedding party  {#High-five}

posworld
(Michigan)
Posted: Feb 23, 2009 - 11:04 

Love this version, in my opinion better than the original.
MattB099
(Essex, England)
Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 03:20 

Tom Jones, you're kidding right? {#Foot-in-mouth}

Tom Jones has murdered the song in every cover he has done.

HarrO
(Just Down the Hill from Paradise)
Posted: Feb 03, 2009 - 23:08 

 ronniegirl wrote:


I, um, actually, um, prefer the Tom Jones version.  Really.
 
Great Cover. Tom Jones and The Cardigans. BTW, this is the best version I've heard to date.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 13:33 

 Jungle_Jim wrote:
Am I alone, or is it just me that thinks this sounds like plastic-white-boy-funk?
 
If you were around when this popped, you may not have thought that, but I get your point.

The heads weird funk may not be everyones taste - but this song will be played at my wedding.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 13:33 

{#Yell}BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE!!!!{#Eyes}
ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 13:32 

 dgavenda wrote:
Best version I have heard......
 

I, um, actually, um, prefer the Tom Jones version.  Really.
DaMoGan
(Body on the east coast, Mind in the west coast.)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 13:32 


Like the keyboard solo... {#Bananapiano}
rollo_tomasi
(32° 49' N 116° 58' W)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 13:31 

mute...

Dancing_banana
(Philadelphia, PA)
Posted: Jan 28, 2009 - 13:30 

{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Gila_Bob
(Mouth of Clear Creek Canyon)
Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 21:42 

Couldn't Bee Better.........................
Urban Renewal at its Finest

Big Bob{#Drummer}{#Bananajam}{#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano}{#Guitarist}{#Bananapiano}{#Yell}{#Drummer}
Jungle_Jim
Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 21:42 

Am I alone, or is it just me that thinks this sounds like plastic-white-boy-funk?
hippiechick
(Heaven, a place where nothing ever happens)
Posted: Jan 19, 2009 - 10:04 

GOD! I am sick of this song!
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