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Talking Heads — Stay Hungry
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Mar 27, 2013 - 12:03
 
Meh. Was there something to this we're supposed to grab on to? 

Stingray
Posted: Mar 27, 2013 - 12:01
 
How funky they were at the time!

rmzajac
Posted: Oct 21, 2012 - 15:58
 
Best cut off the best TH album.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Oct 21, 2012 - 15:56
 
So monumentally cool to hear this again and remember being 16 in the fall of '78 in my mom's VW bug jamming to it for the first few times...me and Donnie S. had just left an Honor Society meeting and the weed came out and into the tape-deck this one went, and...
—here's that sound again...here's that rhythm again...
YES! now and forever trippy as can be!

victoryluna
(stuck in Zincinnati)
Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 15:29
 
perfected percussion

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: May 16, 2012 - 20:31
 
Yes indeedy, before the days he felt compelled to sing one octave above his natural register.

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 11:31
 
Unbelievable tune from a classic and timeless album! BTW you can see the original cover art collage/sculpture at the Rock & Roll hall of fame - its MUCH bigger than I could have imagined and very cool to see in person! It's maybe 10-12 feet tall or more. It used to be in Tina and Chris' loft.

Zep
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 13:46
 
 treatment_bound wrote:
I BEG TO DIFFER! EARLY HEADS ALBUMS RULE!!
 
Yes they do. The first four got me from DC to NY many times over. 

kcar
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 22:27
 
 terrapin52 wrote:
Dang.  If they only had a singer.
 
Would have loved to hear Ethel Merman cover this. 

Lasker98's right, though: this was fresh and disturbing in its time.  

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 22:27
 
 Deadwing wrote:


It is a little reminiscent of Sara Lee        {#Guitarist}
 
I'm guessing you're not Australian then or did you mean to compare Talking Heads to ice cream?

coloradojohn
(Tokyo till Jan. 29, then it's back to Rocky Mtn Way!)
Posted: Dec 10, 2011 - 03:24
 
I thank my lucky rock and roll stars that a friend and I turned ourselves onto this wild band right when this came out...the radio played Take Me to the River, but as many folks know by now, that was not even the tip of the freaky ice-berg they were (almost alone) on at the time...I can never forget that while certain things sounded great under the inf of weed — which we were also discovering in a big way at the time — like, say, The Cars, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, the Who, Led Zep, THIS BAND sounded particularly edgy and weird.  And we LIKED IT.  Still do, too...  Thanks for this priceless little Time-Trip!


terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 10:47
 
Dang.  If they only had a singer.

AlonzoTheArmless
(metro Detroit)
Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 12:43
 
A 7. Plus an extra "1" for the great segue from the Amadou & Mariam song before it.

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 03:24
 
 Jelani wrote:
Sounds so much like Robert Fripp and League of Gentelmen. Must be Tina's bass.
 

It is a little reminiscent of Sara Lee        {#Guitarist}

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 03:22
 
{#Drummer}

Haven't heard this for a while. Love it!

The groove at the end...

calypsus_1
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 13:17
 

That's it. 1978. This song and this album if is being released today, would be fully present. This only proves, once again, that good music is timeless and does not prescribe. Thanks David.


lasker98
(Canada)
Posted: May 03, 2011 - 13:11
 
Amazing song. Especially considering when it came out.

Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague)
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 11:28
 
Sounds so much like Robert Fripp and League of Gentelmen. Must be Tina's bass.

(former member)
Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 19:01
 
 lemmoth wrote:
From a guy tagged dev1 on Amazon The glue that holds the compositions of More Songs About Buildings And Food together is Tina Weymouth's rhythmic and understated base lines. Without her concrete rhythm chords anchoring the tenuous melodies and dissonant harmonies, More Songs would collapse into an incongruous pile of musical rubble.
 
Maybe. But then there's Brian Eno... Sometimes he has some good ideas, too.
This was such an important record when it came out. Not as ragged as their '77 album, and it resonated with a sense of importance, as well as an intelligent aggression.

Remember that, at this point, commercial radio would not play Talking Heads, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Devo, Pretenders, and many many other classic bands. They were "new wave" in some fashion, and NOT part of what the airwaves included. Hearing something like this was a breath of fresh air in a stale, musty, dark room.

Here's that rhythm again.
Here I am
Here...I...am...


treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Aug 11, 2010 - 13:53
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
Mr Creosote says:

 

Dave, this song is pretty "F"-ing good.  I remember seeing them play it live in the fall of '79 at The Guthrie Theater in Mpls., & it was absolutely captivating at that time, with NOTHING else like it.  
To put it in a little better perspective, April Wine, Molly Hatchet & Journey were ruling the world that summer on the airwaves.  GOD it was awful to turn on a radio.


df1489
(Lake Palestine, Tyler Tx)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 19:43
 
 musikalia wrote:

 

AWSOME!!!!!

plaice3
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 19:43
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

This "funny" visual just never gets old, does it?
Time to give it a rest, there Dave.

 
Oh, let Dave be Dave.  This was a great album!


On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Jan 13, 2010 - 22:15
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
Mr Creosote says:

 
This "funny" visual just never gets old, does it?
Time to give it a rest, there Dave.


DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 09:11
 
Mr Creosote says:


peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 18:25
 
 timc wrote:
Is twice in an hour too much Byrne?
 
If that actually happened, and I have my doubts, I'd still be hungry for more. {#Hungry}

wrangler
(swamps of jersey)
Posted: May 06, 2009 - 06:27
 
 timc wrote:
Is twice in an hour too much Byrne?
 

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much.  in fact, twice a day is too much

mirland
(Denmark)
Posted: Mar 04, 2009 - 04:31
 
 timc wrote:
Is twice in an hour too much Byrne?
 

Yes.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 31, 2009 - 14:46
 
I prefer the live version of this on The Name of the Band Is... I'm with Deadwing and many others. Talking Heads or David Byrne are just fine any time.

blades
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 31, 2009 - 14:44
 
{#Drummer}

Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: Nov 29, 2008 - 09:01
 
My nine month old girl really likes TH.  I mean _a lot_.  LIkes them way more than much of the other stuff I play.  I'm thinking they have a groove that connects to some developmental neural network in a big way.  Probably explains why I like them so much.  Not fully developed yet.  Hoping to be some day.

 

redeyespy
(Clandestined in the bamboo thicket.)
Posted: Jun 24, 2008 - 09:18
 
Deadwing wrote:
I feel bad for you guys that don't get the Heads. It's just sublime in it's strange little way =>


Agreed. I feel the same level of pity for the jazz haters, too. Sometimes, it's learning how to listen.
sfListener
Posted: Apr 22, 2008 - 10:48
 
Didn't we hear DB 40 minutes ago?
timc
(Waterloo, ON (2512 miles/4043 km from Paradise, CA))
Posted: Apr 22, 2008 - 10:47
 
Is twice in an hour too much Byrne?
lemmoth
Posted: Feb 19, 2008 - 11:33
 
From a guy tagged dev1 on Amazon

The glue that holds the compositions of More Songs About Buildings And Food together is Tina Weymouth's rhythmic and understated base lines. Without her concrete rhythm chords anchoring the tenuous melodies and dissonant harmonies, More Songs would collapse into an incongruous pile of musical rubble.
lemmoth
Posted: Feb 19, 2008 - 11:28
 
I was 18 - 21 and hanging out at Max's Kansas City, CBGB's and the Mudd Club in 1977 - 1980.

The T Heads music was so fresh and so different than the corporate slop being played on the radio that it indeed had a profound impact on me and many of my brethren and sistren. You couldn't have found groups more different in their approach than the Ramones, the Talking Heads, Patti Smith and Television (and many others less famous). It has always been kind of funny seeing them all grouped together as punk - even as an attitude - never mind the music.

Anyway - does the music hold up over time. All I can say is that some does and some doesn't. This would be a song that doesn't.
GChevy410
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Feb 19, 2008 - 11:16
 
I did not grow up listening to TH, and really did not like them through sophomore year in college. Everything everyone who does not like TH say is what I would have said about them too. For some reason Junior year it just clicked for me. All of the sudden I got it, and now I love'em. I got my sister to watch "Stop Making Sense", and now she is the same way. If you want to like them but don't, maybe you should give them one more listen...and relax.
treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Feb 19, 2008 - 11:10
 
mongoose01ca wrote:
What is it about David Byrne's voice that makes me feel so fingers-on-chalkboard? Sigh.

I don't get why people love this. Hasn't aged well at all.



I BEG TO DIFFER! EARLY HEADS ALBUMS RULE!!
mongoose01ca
(Terminal City, BC)
Posted: Dec 18, 2007 - 14:01
 
What is it about David Byrne's voice that makes me feel so fingers-on-chalkboard? Sigh.

I don't get why people love this. Hasn't aged well at all.
musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: Dec 18, 2007 - 14:00
 

electronicshaman
(miskatonic)
Posted: Oct 16, 2007 - 19:29
 
auburntigerrich wrote:
I get the impression that 99 out of 100 fans grew up listening to their records as they were released.


Well count me as that 1/100

I definitely didn't grow up listening to Talking Heads but I think David Byrne is an absolute genius!
Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Sep 15, 2007 - 09:08
 
I feel bad for you guys that don't get the Heads. It's just sublime in it's strange little way =>
auburntigerrich
(Mesa, AZ)
Posted: Jul 14, 2007 - 11:12
 
Yet again. No thanks, I'm driving.

There's a reason that so many folks, like myself, can't stand Talking Heads. Vocals like these are so niche, so retro... it's not something that you can run into and find an appreciation for. I get the impression that 99 out of 100 fans grew up listening to their records as they were released.

I just can't find any redeeming traits to the guy, either related to harmony, melody, or anything.

Twitch inducing. 2.

Candela
(Trondheim)
Posted: Jul 14, 2007 - 11:06
 
they must be joking..
prickelpit96
(Hannover, Germany)
Posted: Jun 13, 2007 - 01:24
 
pushkinjim wrote:
This is bullshit! Break the cds!




In fact this is marvelous!
My rating is clearly a 10!
Kerly
(Estonia)
Posted: Jun 13, 2007 - 01:23
 
I am digging his voice, more than the songs, but some of those are really excellent.
nevsky
(Sweden)
Posted: May 12, 2007 - 16:51
 

victoryluna
(Cincinnati)
Posted: May 12, 2007 - 16:51
 
pushkinjim wrote:
This is bullshit! Break the cds!


Pharisee.
pushkinjim
(Sweden, Los Angeles, Vancouver, St. Petersburg)
Posted: Apr 11, 2007 - 04:32
 
This is bullshit! Break the cds!
littleguy
Posted: Feb 23, 2007 - 06:21
 
I must hear talking heads at least 3 times every work day. I don't mind them.... But it seems very disproportionate....
jdorn1
(Land of Milk and Cheese)
Posted: Feb 23, 2007 - 06:19
 
Head and Elvis this morning. That's irritating some haters, but I'm pleased and bounding in my seat!