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Talking Heads — Burning Down The House
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DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: May 07, 2013 - 11:22
 


hencini
Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 07:42
 
Tom Jones and the Cardigans do a wonderful cover of this song.  
Bargamon
(North Carolina)
Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 11:07
 

One of their best! 

This band had so much left in its tank. 

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 14:19
 
This is not my beautiful home!

ziakut
(Unmoon)
Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 14:06
 
Playin' with matches here. Hey David Byrne...come over here...c'mon...open your mouth. Wait you already did! {#Fire}


ThePoose
Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 10:56
 
Bill loves Byrnin' down the house.
siloco
(Tampa, FLA)
Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 09:29
 
I was shocked to discover that the Talking Heads final tour was actually their 1983 one.

I could have sworn that they last toured in 86' or 88'. You know, as support for Amnesty Int. or something.

Too bad.
azdcryan
(Sunny Arizona)
Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 09:28
 
amazing song...phrasing, drumming heavy...great.

what a freaking shame that I cringe everytime I hear it for the 12,000,000,000th time. not your fault RP, the damage is done.

deeper cuts please?
kerr
(Up a bit)
Posted: Dec 06, 2006 - 09:27
 
At least an 8.
oscar_driver
(South Florida)
Posted: Jan 26, 2006 - 09:42
 
ButterFingers wrote:
If I hear this song one more time on Radioparadise, I'm gonna do the unthinkable and switch to another webcast


Did you move?? LOL

Oscar
algrif
Posted: Jan 26, 2006 - 09:40
 
mafe wrote:
Heh this song makes me shake it in my little cubicle at work.


There's gotta be a better way of saying that
princeofpeoria
(Everywhere ...)
Posted: Jan 26, 2006 - 09:39
 
I LOVE THIS SONG! LOVE THIS LP!!! Nicely played!!! Thanks Bill!!

oscar_driver
(South Florida)
Posted: Jan 26, 2006 - 09:38
 
Thank GOD i was very small when ths song was overplayed ... that gives me the pleasure of enjoyinment!!
I love this song!

Oscar
mafe
(La Crosse, WI)
Posted: Jan 26, 2006 - 09:38
 
Heh this song makes me shake it in my little cubicle at work.

kazuma
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Nov 14, 2005 - 14:36
 
ladybinnath wrote:
I hated this the first time I ever heard it. Time and excessive airplay (what *do* people see in this?) have done nothing to improve my opinion. If you must play Talking Heads, please stick with early albums like Fear of Music or Remain in Light. This makes me want to smoke crack.

I actually enjoyed this track the first few thousand times, but I'm well over it now. Maybe play the live version from Stop Making Sense instead?

I completely agree that TH material gets pretty dodgy beginning with the very uneven Speaking in Tongues, and it's a rapidly accelerating downhill trip from that point into the insufferable black hole that is Byrne's post-TH career. However, Fear of Music, Remain in Light, and especially the very fantasmagorical Name of This Band is Talking Heads (esp that thunderous expanded lineup) are all loaded with great stuff.
dionysius
(Austin, Texas...the REAL Memphis)
Posted: Nov 14, 2005 - 13:45
 
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Some crazy percussion and superfunk keyboards that makes me happy. Can't speak for anyone else tho.


Beat me to it though, Scott. Stop speaking for me!
ScottFromWyoming
(Powell, Wyo.)
Posted: Oct 30, 2005 - 22:43
 
stradaduro wrote:
Can't see what people like about this...
Some crazy percussion and superfunk keyboards that makes me happy. Can't speak for anyone else tho.
Mangoman
(Portland Metro Oregon)
Posted: Sep 16, 2005 - 21:07
 
radioparadise wrote:
this is just another take on the classic party song, just like "louie louie" or "shout" from animal house. sure it's cheesy, but it IS 80's syth-pop. you just have to enjoy it for what it is...


= Shout. = Louie, Louie.
= Talking Heads.
velsd
(MORTSEL)
Posted: May 15, 2003 - 03:51
 
it does recycle very quickly... :???:Edited By velsd at 3:51 am on 5/15/2003
ButterFingers
(Ithaca, NY)
Posted: Mar 04, 2003 - 19:26
 
If I hear this song one more time on Radioparadise, I'm gonna do the unthinkable and switch to another webcast
radioparadise
(Secret Hideaway (USA))
Posted: Feb 12, 2003 - 08:26
 
this is just another take on the classic party song, just like "louie louie" or "shout" from animal house. sure it's cheesy, but it IS 80's syth-pop. you just have to enjoy it for what it is...
radioparadise
(Secret Hideaway (USA))
Posted: Feb 12, 2003 - 08:14
 
one of the top three 80's songs...
ladybinnath
(Buffalo, NY)
Posted: Dec 23, 2002 - 07:14
 
I hated this the first time I ever heard it. Time and excessive airplay (what *do* people see in this?) have done nothing to improve my opinion. If you must play Talking Heads, please stick with early albums like Fear of Music or Remain in Light. This makes me want to smoke crack.
chris
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: Dec 02, 2002 - 21:35
 
No need to hear this here - we have Clear Channel for that.
MM
(San Diego, CA)
Posted: Oct 02, 2002 - 14:05
 
Great band with a vast library of material to choose from.. so please give this one a rest! Already overplayed to death on commercial radio.
Heathen
(Medicine Hat)
Posted: Oct 02, 2002 - 14:02
 
ARGH!!!

Please refrain from playing this crap anymore.

I can hear this on my local FM station and I hate that station...
noladq
(Waldheim, LA)
Posted: Sep 17, 2002 - 12:33
 
This is an excellent song to ride my horse to. He loves it!
Spalted
(Littlerock (L.A.), CA)
Posted: Sep 17, 2002 - 12:32
 
Originally Posted by ChanceM3:


Yep


Nope
llazare
(Ann Arbor, MI)
Posted: Aug 22, 2002 - 15:34
 
Love the Talking Heads (especially "Remain In Light"), but this song's never done anything for me. To me it's just a radio-ready single that lacks the drive and intellegence that their best works contain.
stradaduro
(Vancouver)
Posted: Aug 17, 2002 - 20:01
 
Can't see what people like about this...
gatesofthenorth
(Fairbanks, AK)
Posted: Aug 12, 2002 - 10:41
 
Good classic song...
ChanceM3
(Piedmont, CA)
Posted: Jun 27, 2002 - 15:49
 
Originally Posted by seawolf:
tired of this...overplayed.


Yep
leucocephalis
(Columbia River Basin -N. America)
Posted: May 22, 2002 - 17:03
 
Originally Posted by gypsy222:


Bonnie's version is the only version of this song that I like.

What about Tom Jones cover of the Cardigans cover of this song?
srey
(The PRC, MA)
Posted: Mar 06, 2002 - 09:46
 
brings back a lot of fun memories
ze_stom
(Denver, CO)
Posted: Feb 18, 2002 - 16:51
 
The talking heads rule.
gypsy222
(Minneapolis, MN)
Posted: Feb 13, 2002 - 13:21
 
Originally Posted by RParadise:
Bonnie Raitt does a cover of this song on her live CD, Road Tested, that really does burn the house down. It contains some of the hottest slide guitar work I've ever heard. Those who have engaged in the running debate about covers of famous originals should give it a listen. It's a powerful argument.


Bonnie's version is the only version of this song that I like.
RParadise
(New York, NY)
Posted: Feb 08, 2002 - 06:37
 
Bonnie Raitt does a cover of this song on her live CD, Road Tested, that really does burn the house down. It contains some of the hottest slide guitar work I've ever heard. Those who have engaged in the running debate about covers of famous originals should give it a listen. It's a powerful argument.
rmurray248
(EAST Paradise, MA)
Posted: Jan 28, 2002 - 21:01
 
This IS a good tune, but it's been overplayed and - I can't believe I'm saying this - it's beginning to sound a little dated.
Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Jan 02, 2002 - 21:40
 
Man, this brings me right back to 1983. I can't believe it's been nearly 20 years. Yikes.
seawolf
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Dec 28, 2001 - 15:53
 
tired of this...overplayed.