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I'm wakin' at the crack of dawn
to send a little money home
from here to the moon
is risin' like a discotheque
and now my bags are down and packed for traveling
Lookin' at happiness
keepin' my flavor fresh
nobody knows I guess
how far I'll go, I know
so I'm leavin' at Six O' Clock
meet in a parkin' lot
Harriet Hendershot
sunglasses on, she waits by this
Glass and concrete and stone
It is just a house, not a home.
Skin, that covers me from head to toe
except a couple tiny holes and openings
Where, the city's blowin' in and out
this is what it's all about, delightfully
Everything's possible
when you're an animal
not inconceivable
How things can change, I know
So I'm puttin' on aftershave
nothin' is out of place
gonna be on my way
Try to pretend, it's not only
Glass and concrete and stone
That it's just a house, not a home.
And its glass and concrete and stone
It is just a house, not a home
And my head is fifty feet high
Let my body and soul be my guide
| chelsiaann (Helena, Montucky) | Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 08:46 This song. Head phones. Amazing. I never heard this song until a few months ago on RP. I went home and downloaded it almost immediately then, like a teenager, listened to it on repeat for an hour. Then I told one of my former students about it and it was an instant win with him. Long live David Byrne. A weirdo I like. |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 19:15 As much as I don't like David Byrne, I don't mind this song too terribly much. I wish it were instrumental nonetheless. |
| CTS (Manchester, UK) | Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 04:07 I guess the ratings distrubtion says it all,,, that more people enjoy David Byrne that dislike him...Great plays on RP, and always enjoy learning the names of bands I have not yet discovered, and am happy that RP is there to educate us all... Each day listening to RP is a surprise and a most enjoyable eclectic mix of artists and music styles. Well Done.. |
| jhorton | Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 04:02 Imagine how talented the rest of the Talking Heads must have been, to make this guy sound good? |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago and up) | Posted: May 05, 2012 - 10:02 For the longest time, I thought the line was "Meet in a parking lot, Having a hendershot", and I wondered what that was.  EDIT - oh, wait, I already said that! DELETE DELETE DELETE... |
| richardgold | Posted: Apr 19, 2012 - 06:23 We like, haven't heard the rest of the album. R |
| vhope1 (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 08:33 This song is from one of the worst CDs I've ever bought. Terrible. |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, SC) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 13:55 Horribly horrific, as usual. Switching to classical CD because I don't need my life to be worse than it already is. |
| drivingunit103 (around the 4 western provinces) | Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 07:28 not a fan of this bit... |
| archrrone (Fort Collins, CO) | Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 07:27 Love this album, love this song. |
| Cynaera (In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.) | Posted: Nov 12, 2011 - 14:45 fredriley wrote: I'd love to wake at the crack of dawn, but I doubt that Dawn would like it :o) I'll get me dirty mac... Fred - depends on what you DID after you woke at the crack of dawn. Right there with you, grabbing me coat... |
| terrapin52 (Terrapin Station, SC) | Posted: Nov 12, 2011 - 14:43 Oh. It's David Byrne. Hitting the mute switch. Let me know when the 90-year-old tone-deaf woman stops singing. So funny, the previous post seemed to echo my same sentiments. I hadn't read it first. :P |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 05:54 joeychick wrote: uugggghhhhh, Every single time I listen to RP, David Byrne is always on the airwaves. I used to like him, but there's way too much of him on RP. headphones off for the next 5 mins. Yep. I've not been listening to RP very much these past few months, as there is little that's new to my ears anymore. Time was when I'd be chasing down 80% of everything I heard here... those were the days. Anyway, I'm glad I'm sitting at the computer and happened to glance at what's next so I could quickly mute my sound system. |
| WayUpNorth | Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 04:39 Very nice on this quiet, foggy early morning at work...  |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 04:38 nalle wrote: Beklagar SweTex men inte f-n är detta briljant, bara tråkigt. Hälsningar från moderlandet? Brilliantly boring ?  |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 07:02 I'd love to wake at the crack of dawn, but I doubt that Dawn would like it :o) I'll get me dirty mac... |
| joeychick (San Diego) | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 15:05 uugggghhhhh, Every single time I listen to RP, David Byrne is always on the airwaves. I used to like him, but there's way too much of him on RP. headphones off for the next 5 mins. |
| DD rabbi_phil (beach) | Posted: Apr 05, 2011 - 22:39 Is this good or not so good ? Hmmmmm i think mayyybeeee..... not so good. |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet CAN I GO HOME NOW?) | Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 13:07 RP's forever love affair with David Byrne and Talking Heads..... |
| laozilover (Left of Chicago and up) | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 21:22  For, literally, years now, every time I heard this song, I vaguely wondered what "having a hendershot" meant! "define: hendershot" gave me nothing from Google, so I looked up the lyrics.  "Harriet Hendershot" - it's a name!  |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Sep 28, 2010 - 21:18 Brilliant?  |
| (former member) | Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 21:39 MinMan wrote: On he contrary, I think this is one of his better recent efforts. It is less abrasive and less idiosyncratic. So I gave it a 3. |
| robbeek (the foothills above El Lay....) | Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 21:27 stevebeaver wrote: David Byrne isn't my cup of tea, in fact I gave this a 2. That said there is a place for this here. There is plenty of music that doesn't do it for me. Doesnt mean it has no value or is crap. If somebody listens and enjoys it or gets happy or has a dark day made a bit bright, then the song has fulfilled its purpose. Unless it is Toby Keith. That sh!t has got to go! Yup, what he (she) said. |
| MinMan (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 21:25 On he contrary, I think this is one of his better recent efforts. |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 13:46 photolew wrote: Not my favorite DB song Mine neither. But then, I equally detest all TH/DB tracks. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: May 08, 2010 - 20:55 stevebeaver wrote: . . . Unless it is Toby Keith. That sh!t has got to go!  I guess the tractor-pull crowd has to listen to something! |
| stevebeaver (Washington DC) | Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 11:19 David Byrne isn't my cup of tea, in fact I gave this a 2. That said there is a place for this here. There is plenty of music that doesn't do it for me. Doesnt mean it has no value or is crap. If somebody listens and enjoys it or gets happy or has a dark day made a bit bright, then the song has fulfilled its purpose. Unless it is Toby Keith. That sh!t has got to go! |
| nalle (Malmo, Sweden) | Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 11:17 SweTex wrote: Brilliant as always. Beklagar SweTex men inte f-n är detta briljant, bara tråkigt. Hälsningar från moderlandet? |
| h8rhater | Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 11:14 DaveInVA wrote: Stop your spewing, troll. If you can't handle people not having the same taste in music as you maybe you should leave instead of attacking people here, pal. Ah, Dave... there you are. I was afraid that hovel may have fallen in on you. |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 06:48 h8rhater wrote: Start your barfing, pal. Stop your spewing, troll. If you can't handle people not having the same taste in music as you maybe you should leave instead of attacking people here, pal. |
| h8rhater | Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 06:45 DaveInVA wrote: Oh no, not more of this crap... Start your barfing, pal. |
| SweTex (Swede living in Texas) | Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 11:45 Brilliant as always. |
| photolew | Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 04:52 Not my favorite DB song |
| TheKing2 (Kalpa) | Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 04:50 Was Uakti involed in this track? |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Oct 31, 2009 - 21:02  |
| TheFriendlyCat (BC) | Posted: Oct 15, 2009 - 14:24 Ya know, this really isn't that bad, its more chill then his other stuff. I kinda like it. |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Oct 15, 2009 - 14:23 Oh no, not more of this crap... |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 01:11 jjbix wrote: . . . another dose of puke! I love that Bill continues to ignore the haters. I know it's not the greatest song ever written but why the over-the-top vitriol? |
| ceviche (Lima, Peru) | Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 10:27 This ideal vision is easy for David Byrne to promote because he is rich and well-known, and whatever he does gets a certain amount of recognition because of his excellent reputation for making music. Music is about community. But, the community will be very small if the distribution network does not pay the artists. Byrne may resent the executives at Warner Bros., but they did distribute his music at one point, and they did pay him. Perhaps they should have paid him more. I'm not seeing how the internet is paying for startup bands. Neither does it seem adequate for them to sell their own CDs at shows. Am I missing something? floydoftherocks wrote: From - http://www.davidbyrne.com/radio/archives/2007.php#june_07 There was another piece in the Times today about yet another 20 percent drop in CD sales. (Are they running the same news piece every 4 months?) Jeez guys, the writing's on the wall. How long do the record execs think they'll have those offices and nice parking spaces? (Well, more than half of all record A&R and other execs are gone already, so there should be plenty of parking space). They, the big 4 or 5, should give the catalogues back to the artists or their heirs as a gesture before they close the office doors, as they sure don't know how to sell music anymore. (I have Talking Heads stuff on the shelf that I can't get Warner to release.) The "industry" had a nice 50-year ride, but it's time to move on. Luckily, music remains more or less unaffected — there is a lot of great music out there. A new model will emerge that includes rather than sues its own customers, that realizes that music is not a product in the sense of being a thing — it's closer to fashion, in that for music fans it tells them and their friends who they are, what they feel passionately about and to some extent what makes life fun and interesting. It's about a sense of community — a song ties a whole invisible disparate community together. It's not about selling the (often) shattered plastic case CDs used to come in.  |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: May 26, 2009 - 14:59 tedious self indulgent crap slowhand wrote: wonderful. |
| slowhand (NC) | Posted: May 10, 2009 - 08:24 wonderful. |
| floydoftherocks (Frisco) | Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 10:15 From - http://www.davidbyrne.com/radio/archives/2007.php#june_07 There was another piece in the Times today about yet another 20 percent drop in CD sales. (Are they running the same news piece every 4 months?) Jeez guys, the writing's on the wall. How long do the record execs think they'll have those offices and nice parking spaces? (Well, more than half of all record A&R and other execs are gone already, so there should be plenty of parking space). They, the big 4 or 5, should give the catalogues back to the artists or their heirs as a gesture before they close the office doors, as they sure don't know how to sell music anymore. (I have Talking Heads stuff on the shelf that I can't get Warner to release.) The "industry" had a nice 50-year ride, but it's time to move on. Luckily, music remains more or less unaffected — there is a lot of great music out there. A new model will emerge that includes rather than sues its own customers, that realizes that music is not a product in the sense of being a thing — it's closer to fashion, in that for music fans it tells them and their friends who they are, what they feel passionately about and to some extent what makes life fun and interesting. It's about a sense of community — a song ties a whole invisible disparate community together. It's not about selling the (often) shattered plastic case CDs used to come in. |
| lattalo (Beartooths) | Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 10:13 audiolizard wrote: Beautiful. Every once in awhile David Byrne hits a home run, this is nice. |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Mar 24, 2009 - 10:10 MUTE |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Feb 04, 2009 - 16:33 jjbix wrote: . . . another dose of puke!  |
| HarrO (Just Down the Hill from Paradise) | Posted: Feb 04, 2009 - 16:33 PU |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: Feb 04, 2009 - 16:32 Shesdifferent wrote: Here comes the daily dose of David Byrne . . . another dose of puke! |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 01:06
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| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Dec 03, 2008 - 11:08 Shesdifferent wrote: Here comes the daily dose of David Byrne  mamashannon wrote: David B is a genious and everyone should own Talking Heads and David's albums.  Real talent. |
| kcar | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 23:22 horstman wrote: Still hear a lot of Eno in this. Eno made The Talking Heads great and he makes David Byrne step up from being merely OK. I can't really remember DB doing anything memorable after TH. |
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