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Talking Heads — City Of Dreams
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joempie
(Switzerland)
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 05:16
 
If there's any band overrepresented on RP, it must be Talking Heads.

piñata
(ibagué)
Posted: Feb 07, 2013 - 20:24
 
I can see your expression when you hear the talking heads... 

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 12:20
 
 George_Tirebiter wrote:
Love this album - my kids grew up on it.  {#Bounce}
 

Lucky kids.

bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Sep 03, 2012 - 19:43
 
I confess to not understanding why so many listeners dislike this artist and specifically this song. It touches on a subject, or subjects, that  rarely get discussed, let alone sung about. Oh well, if you don't like, you don't. Oddly, it touches me emotionally and intellectually.

gigikent
Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 07:19
 
allright, crappy songs hour it is then, i rest my headphones...

BBOGDA
(Oswego)
Posted: Dec 25, 2011 - 10:41
 
LOVE THIS SONG!

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 10:50
 
 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote:
Ugh, this is bad. I love the Talking Heads, but not this song. 
 
What they said

calypsus_1
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 22:26
 

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newwavegurly
Posted: Jul 28, 2011 - 06:41
 
This song seems rather melancholy to me.

Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: May 18, 2011 - 10:56
 
Ugh, this is bad. I love the Talking Heads, but not this song. 

gjones
Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 10:14
 
city of dreams?  Nope its a night mare!

George_Tirebiter
(Phoenix)
Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 10:10
 
Love this album - my kids grew up on it.  {#Bounce}

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Jan 12, 2011 - 19:03
 
David is a god.  Not as good as the stuff from 1977 and near but his voice jumps out at you 30+ years later.



floydoftherocks
(Frisco)
Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 07:50
 
 horstman wrote:
This album came out in 1986, it was the seventh album by the talking heads. There is no way that they had become this polished in 77. That's when the first album came out and it was raw and unrefined. This is ultra pasteurized. And I'm not being complementary.

Still an okay song, though.
 
i agree.. i have most heads albums but not this one. i'd expect this tune to be on the corporate album (little creatures)..


kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Nov 10, 2010 - 16:42
 
Now I know why Talking Heads' music irritates me most of the time:  David Byrne has the young, male equivalent to the quavering voice of the old lady who always sang in the congregation when you were a kid and were forced to go to church!

horstman
(Syracuse, New York)
Posted: Oct 17, 2010 - 14:28
 
This album came out in 1986, it was the seventh album by the talking heads. There is no way that they had become this polished in 77. That's when the first album came out and it was raw and unrefined. This is ultra pasteurized. And I'm not being complementary.

Still an okay song, though.

listen_n_sf
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 21:44
 
 Jelani wrote:
I generally like Talking Heads, but I do not like this. At all.
 
Funny, the opposite for me.

peter_james_bond
(The Burg)
Posted: May 11, 2010 - 07:12
 
For many of us, those dreams are starting to crumble. Still, this is a cool song. {#Music}


Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: May 11, 2010 - 07:07
 
I generally like Talking Heads, but I do not like this. At all.

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: May 11, 2010 - 07:06
 
Oh, no, not again.

peacockangel
(Phoenix)
Posted: May 03, 2010 - 14:37
 
one of my very favorite TH ~ thanks Bill

FrankMc
Posted: Feb 05, 2010 - 10:54
 
Music isn't music without TH/DB. Amazing how little middle ground there is on that subject on RP. It's almost like red state/blue state. Assuming DB would be blue (he gets around by bicycle for instance), I will just say, "Blue Rules." He's a genius and that was a great band. The movie True Stories is really funny, too—the fashion show at the mall has to be seen.

 joanbcn wrote:
For those you dont like TH / DB ...
This is Radio Paradise and Radio Paradise is not Radio Paradise without Talking Heads or David Byrne

{#Nyah}
 



wildrudi
(NW Germany, Oldenburg)
Posted: Feb 05, 2010 - 10:51
 
sehr gutes Stück......{#Music}

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Feb 05, 2010 - 10:48
 
Certainly I love this song....but DB's "Dirty Old Town" would *really* bring Moe's super-lite "New York City" (just played) down to earth.


jagdriver
(Just a tad south of Paradise)
Posted: Dec 04, 2009 - 15:30
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}
 



DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Nov 03, 2009 - 06:28
 
{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 04:29
 
 lmic wrote:
9 -> 10
 
3 -> 2. Fine lyrics, seriously dull delivery {#Sleep}

Netto
(Himki, Russia.)
Posted: Aug 24, 2009 - 12:56
 
 lmic wrote:
9 -> 10
 



+1

jonahboo
(in a corner)
Posted: Aug 24, 2009 - 12:55
 
 Hannio wrote:


How many times you going to say that?
 
——say it again

Brooky
(Upstate NY, where at all nothing makes sense)
Posted: Aug 24, 2009 - 12:54
 
Good one online radio dude.

joanbcn
(barcelona)
Posted: Jul 31, 2009 - 15:33
 
For those you dont like TH / DB ...
This is Radio Paradise and Radio Paradise is not Radio Paradise without Talking Heads or David Byrne

{#Nyah}

lmic
(Narrow Minded Couch Potato)
Posted: Jul 31, 2009 - 15:30
 
9 -> 10

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Jul 31, 2009 - 15:29
 
...sounds a lot like brian eno!..

Droidac
(4066 kms east of Paradise)
Posted: Mar 19, 2009 - 05:48
 
Most TH / DB songs get a one from me. This one wasn't as bad - it gets a 2.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Mar 19, 2009 - 05:47
 
 ThePoose wrote:


But Bill loves Byrnin' down the house.
 

How many times you going to say that?

bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Nov 12, 2008 - 20:18
 
I must agree with earlier comments to ignore the detractors. At this point one must be really jaded to not appreciate this unique musician.

froggy
(North Pole, Ak)
Posted: Aug 10, 2008 - 00:32
 
Painful...it exists as an anthem to my memory of what we might have been. It's all just a city of dreams.

ThePoose
Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 10:11
 
bmeador wrote:
That's enough, David Byrne.


But Bill loves Byrnin' down the house.
ThePoose
Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 10:11
 
EssexTex wrote:
Do you think "Sand in the vaseline" is a parody of "Sticky when wet"...."sticky fingers" etc?..


It's from the old joke poem:

From the bedroom came a scream:
who put sand in the vaseline?
Ericac
(Lakeville, MN)
Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 10:03
 
A very interesting sound from the Talking Heads. Different side of the group. I'll need to hear it a few more times before adjusting my rating.
Pyro
Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 10:01
 
reason06 wrote:


Really? I think this is one of their worst, sound wise.


I love it, too. Understand, I usually find Byrne irritating, but this is lovely.
reason06
(Kansas City MO)
Posted: Jul 09, 2008 - 10:00
 
LaurieinTucson wrote:
My favorite talking heads song. Beautiful.


Really? I think this is one of their worst, sound wise.
sunny_day
(East Coast)
Posted: May 07, 2008 - 11:24
 
EssexTex wrote:
Do you think "Sand in the vaseline" is a parody of "Sticky when wet"...."sticky fingers" etc?..

LaurieinTucson
(Tucson,AZ)
Posted: May 07, 2008 - 11:24
 
My favorite talking heads song. Beautiful.
Pyro
Posted: May 07, 2008 - 11:22
 
dmax wrote:
This is so not the Talking Heads the I adored. It misses the pathos of "Big Country" while trying to be in the same neighborhood. Gave it a 1.


Interesting. I'm exactly the opposite. Not a big TH fan, but this song is quite lovely! Takes all kinds....
ch83575
Posted: May 07, 2008 - 11:21
 
EssexTex wrote:
Do you think "Sand in the vaseline" is a parody of "Sticky when wet"...."sticky fingers" etc?..


no... it just really sucks
jjbix
(san diego)
Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 14:13
 
InTexas wrote:
Another fine Talking Heads song.


Another retread from byrned out . . .
EssexTex
(In a thong on I 35)
Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 10:47
 
Do you think "Sand in the vaseline" is a parody of "Sticky when wet"...."sticky fingers" etc?..
InTexas
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Mar 05, 2008 - 10:44
 
Another fine Talking Heads song.
Zep
(Land of 1000 dunces)
Posted: Feb 07, 2008 - 07:49
 
dmax wrote:
This is so not the Talking Heads the I adored. It misses the pathos of "Big Country" while trying to be in the same neighborhood. Gave it a 1.


While I agree with the premise - this is not your father's Talking Heads - I do think it comes close to evoking Bryne's earlier imagery of hope amidst alienation. I'll clock it at 6.