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Talking Heads — Life During Wartime
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 08:57
 
Life as in now.

Zep
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 06:35
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
This is definitely one of their better works. 8
 
Easy 10.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 19:28
 
 Misterfixit wrote:


Dearest Ann, I hope you have found what you wanted to find.  I know, we talked about everything there was to find in Elko, NV and had a great laugh, but I know that now you are One with the Universe you have your answers.

Love,

Dave
 
 

Thank you for that, she really did have an effect beyond the norm.
T.

jpfueler
(Alvarado, Texas, (A Bit FurtherSouth o' Ft Worth))
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 20:25
 
 lemmoth wrote:
There ain't no Mudd Club, no CBGBs (in 2012), and that's a terrible shame......
 
eyup

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Sep 04, 2012 - 12:41
 
There ain't no Mudd Club, no CBGBs (in 2012), and that's a terrible shame......

rockpommel16
(saarland vs. netherland ;-))
Posted: Sep 04, 2012 - 12:38
 


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 09:09
 
 drsteevo wrote:
 idahoTux wrote:
Tina Weymouth was a vastly under-rated bassist.

The only way she could be "vastly under-rated" is to rate her as the worst person to ever pick up a bass.  Really, if you think she is a great bass player, you really need to listen to more music.  She is extremely average.
 
She was not extremely average on the bass; she often played with a lot of syncopation and back-beat rhythms that "average" rock/pop bass players (i.e.: frustrated guitar players who pluck notes on the same beats as the rhythm guitar strums) are generally incapable of hearing.  We're all entitled to our opinions, though.

TuneAgeWhereWoof
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 08:58
 
Got me dancin'!

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Aug 02, 2012 - 08:55
 
{#Dancingbanana}

krysthal
(Toronto, Canada)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 15:02
 
 Giselle62 wrote:
Probably one of my top fave albums just cuz it has so many good songs on one album.
 
True, 'Fear of Music' has a lot of good songs, however 'Remain in Light' probably has a larger number of great songs. My favourite albums are 'Talking Heads '77' and 'More Songs About Building and Food', but those lean more towards the punk side.  

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 14:58
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Okay.  I know I mentioned this before, but I wrote a short story called "Life in A Rabbit Warren" and it was based on Harlan Ellison's "A Boy And His Dog."  And then I heard this song, and it inspired me to make changes to my story.  Unfortunately, my story was typed on a manual typewriter, and I can't find the original. I'm hoping it's in a box in the garage, because it was really good...

I don't think I could re-create it, so just either watch "A Boy And His Dog" on video or DVD, or buy Mr. Ellison's book of the same name. And read/watch it to this song, keeping in mind the dates when each of these were produced.  The parallels are eerily prophetic.

NO, I am NOT a conspiracy-theorist!  I just really love this song. It sorta makes me want to do that whole "Legend of Billy Jean" thing and load up the back of the Sidekick with clothes, water bottles, and a lot of candy...only I'd head out to the Nevada desert because I'm pretty sure there's a lot of stuff out there that is either radioactive, from another planet, or light-years ahead of its time and awaiting funding so it will net the owners zillions of (non-existent) dollars...

Okay. Maybe I really am a conspiracy-theorist.

 

Dearest Ann, I hope you have found what you wanted to find.  I know, we talked about everything there was to find in Elko, NV and had a great laugh, but I know that now you are One with the Universe you have your answers.

Love,

Dave
 

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jul 01, 2012 - 22:42
 
Probably one of my top fave albums just cuz it has so many good songs on one album.

meinthecorner
(Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries)
Posted: Feb 26, 2012 - 00:09
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Okay.  I know I mentioned this before, but I wrote a short story called "Life in A Rabbit Warren" and it was based on Harlan Ellison's "A Boy And His Dog."  And then I heard this song, and it inspired me to make changes to my story.  Unfortunately, my story was typed on a manual typewriter, and I can't find the original. I'm hoping it's in a box in the garage, because it was really good...

I don't think I could re-create it, so just either watch "A Boy And His Dog" on video or DVD, or buy Mr. Ellison's book of the same name. And read/watch it to this song, keeping in mind the dates when each of these were produced.  The parallels are eerily prophetic.

NO, I am NOT a conspiracy-theorist!  I just really love this song. It sorta makes me want to do that whole "Legend of Billy Jean" thing and load up the back of the Sidekick with clothes, water bottles, and a lot of candy...only I'd head out to the Nevada desert because I'm pretty sure there's a lot of stuff out there that is either radioactive, from another planet, or light-years ahead of its time and awaiting funding so it will net the owners zillions of (non-existent) dollars...

Okay. Maybe I really am a conspiracy-theorist.
 
Cynaera...you okay?

That's the wackiest post I've seen from you, and I always read your stuff, and a handfull of others, I have to say. I'm not getting the "Legend of Billy Jean" thing. Guess it's nothing to do with Michael Jackson!
I will however check out Harlan Ellison's "A Boy And His Dog", but, what interests me more right now, is your story, "Life in a Rabbit Warren". Please, I beseech you. You must find it. You see, I am a Rabbit, twice over: Chinese zodiac Rabbit, for one, and I now manage the "Rabbid Rabbits" (the spelling's intentional), a co-ed slo-pitch baseball team here in Toronto that's been a going concern for 26 years, the last 23 of which I have been a part of. It's a source of pride for me, silly as that may be. So, if you ever find that story of yours I would really love to read it, if you would be so kind.

 

meinthecorner
(Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries)
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 23:03
 
 DaveInVA wrote:

Even with  the DB/TH Radio Paradise is still the best station out there. I like an overwhelming majority of the music played here and I have literly bought 100's of CD's and records of stuff I've heard here. I've heard lots of stuff I'd never known existed before here. Sure there are a few other songs/artists that get played here I don't care for BUT they don't get played at the same frequency as DB/TH.  According to a sampling of the daily playlists here DB/TH gets played one each a day fairly consistently. I can find no other artist that gets that treatment. Sometimes they'll play something new often for a while but DB/TH never goes away or dies down. Music to me is a stress buster and I don't like music that pisses me off or makes me sick. Ironically in the 70's when TH was touring to promote their first LP I got stuck doing sound for them in a venue in the Chicago area that I worked at.
 
Clearly, Dave, you don't get Talking Heads/David Byrne, or don't want to. Life is all about our choices. That's fine. Yet I, for instance, would have killed to have the opportunity you had. To each his own, of course. But man, it's no one's responsibility but your own to to deal with what makes you sick. Go away for a while. You know, it's almost becoming epidemic - how often I can enter the comments page here and inevitably find someone, as yourself here, ranting negatives ad nauseam about one artist or another, citing stats galore, as if it means anything to anyone but yourself. Please, my friend, I don't see any positive outcome to this tactic. Sugar, I find, usually works better than salt. Just my opinion... 

creekgirl
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 21:18
 
thank you!  more talking heads please!!!  

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Feb 25, 2012 - 21:16
 
Excellent gif.  We need more inappropriate sized things in every day life.  David Byrne understands this. jesuisperdu: (via bestrooftalkever) David Byrne of The Talking Heads in his infamous huge suit from the film Stop Making Sense.
http://itsguystuff.tumblr.com/page/12

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Dec 24, 2011 - 10:45
 
Why do girls prefer bass?

terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 17:03
 
Way too much David Byrne, here.  Such a shame.  

iTuner
Posted: Oct 23, 2011 - 21:20
 
David Byrne's creativity knows no bounds, but this was an amazing period for him. It was just so good back then.

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 05:26
 
the most fun/enjoyable ominous song EVAH... {#Idea}

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 11:54
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Does anybody even bother to read all the prior comments (and not just mine, but anyone's?)

 
Sometimes, but generally no. A good example is the Dandy Warhols' "Godless." Its parallels to George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord," and by analog The Chiffons' "He's So Fine," started the first or second time it was played on RP, I think in 2003. In fact, that song has enjoyed a well-nourished thread addressing—or trolling about—what consitutes plagiarism vs. homage. Well, fast-forward to today, and you'll see the comment "My Sweet Lord?" and the same issues/thread reintroduced but with different commenters as if it were a novel discovery. Pretty funny.


ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 11:49
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Does anybody even bother to read all the prior comments (and not just mine, but anyone's?)
 
Absolutely, and some of us do go to peopleses' profileses and click the Song Comments link so we can just read what that one person's all about.

casey1024
(Here and Now)
Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 11:47
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Does anybody even bother to read all the prior comments (and not just mine, but anyone's?)

 
Yes.  Read most of 'em.
The desert sounds like a great idea.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 19, 2011 - 19:38
 
 Cynaera wrote:
This is one of those songs that picks you up, takes you on a panoramic journey fraught with danger and wonder, and then dumps you back in your chair wondering what the hell just happened.  And then you look down and realize you have a short-wave radio in your lap and you have no idea how it got there. {#Roflol}
 
Does anybody even bother to read all the prior comments (and not just mine, but anyone's?)


gigikent
Posted: May 19, 2011 - 04:37
 

Shame there's no -10 on the scale to better adjust the average...



Stingray
(Support JULIAN - not NWO)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 10:50
 
 fuh2 wrote:
 version I Stop better live like on Sense prefer Making the.
  

dada Very!

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 10:46
 
Good drumming

Stingray
(Support JULIAN - not NWO)
Posted: May 17, 2011 - 10:45
 
Bill's favourites!

I liked them too - at times!

Nowadays I cannot stand them anymore!
Annoying!

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Apr 17, 2011 - 15:34
 
Okay.  I know I mentioned this before, but I wrote a short story called "Life in A Rabbit Warren" and it was based on Harlan Ellison's "A Boy And His Dog."  And then I heard this song, and it inspired me to make changes to my story.  Unfortunately, my story was typed on a manual typewriter, and I can't find the original. I'm hoping it's in a box in the garage, because it was really good...

I don't think I could re-create it, so just either watch "A Boy And His Dog" on video or DVD, or buy Mr. Ellison's book of the same name. And read/watch it to this song, keeping in mind the dates when each of these were produced.  The parallels are eerily prophetic.

NO, I am NOT a conspiracy-theorist!  I just really love this song. It sorta makes me want to do that whole "Legend of Billy Jean" thing and load up the back of the Sidekick with clothes, water bottles, and a lot of candy...only I'd head out to the Nevada desert because I'm pretty sure there's a lot of stuff out there that is either radioactive, from another planet, or light-years ahead of its time and awaiting funding so it will net the owners zillions of (non-existent) dollars...

Okay. Maybe I really am a conspiracy-theorist.


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 04:15
 
This is definitely one of their better works. 8

drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 04:08
 
Who remembers the bumps on the original LP cover? This album is memorable in all sorts of ways

fingerpin
(oHIo)
Posted: Nov 11, 2010 - 06:30
 
8. The live version gets a 9. {#Music}  

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Aug 07, 2010 - 18:55
 
This is one of those songs that picks you up, takes you on a panoramic journey fraught with danger and wonder, and then dumps you back in your chair wondering what the hell just happened.  And then you look down and realize you have a short-wave radio in your lap and you have no idea how it got there. {#Roflol}

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Aug 07, 2010 - 18:31
 
What a good time to put my Klipsches to the test. {#Clap}

Zep
(The big country)
Posted: May 04, 2010 - 08:15
 
 idahoTux wrote:
Tina Weymouth was a vastly under-rated bassist.
 
See the comment by ScottFromWyoming on this page. (Nov. 2002)


Ntropy
(Cleveland, OH)
Posted: May 04, 2010 - 08:13
 

dancing at work is frowned upon. 10++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++



idahoTux
Posted: May 04, 2010 - 08:12
 
Tina Weymouth was a vastly under-rated bassist.

petrfas
Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 01:21
 
this music is definately not middling. And with the nonesuch act of DB will always get loves and hates. Bless Paradise for diversity


mcYammer
(Beervana)
Posted: Jan 29, 2010 - 13:58
 
getting ready to read all the whiners' monowhines about this capital F freak.

Namely, message being: state your piece, shut up, turn it off, move on, give us a break

dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Jan 29, 2010 - 13:57
 
I can not believe how Talking Heads holds up.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jan 29, 2010 - 13:57
 
Fantastic song.  A true classic.

kurtster
(Area code 216)
Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 18:07
 
Love it

DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 08:03
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

With an average rating of 8, there'd be a lot of happy prisoners! Sorry to hear you feel like you're in hell; perhaps it's time to change the station.

 
Even with  the DB/TH Radio Paradise is still the best station out there. I like an overwhelming majority of the music played here and I have literly bought 100's of CD's and records of stuff I've heard here. I've heard lots of stuff I'd never known existed before here. Sure there are a few other songs/artists that get played here I don't care for BUT they don't get played at the same frequency as DB/TH.  According to a sampling of the daily playlists here DB/TH gets played one each a day fairly consistently. I can find no other artist that gets that treatment. Sometimes they'll play something new often for a while but DB/TH never goes away or dies down. Music to me is a stress buster and I don't like music that pisses me off or makes me sick. Ironically in the 70's when TH was touring to promote their first LP I got stuck doing sound for them in a venue in the Chicago area that I worked at.


fuh2
(salmon land)
Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 17:25
 
 version I Stop better live like on Sense prefer Making the.

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Sep 25, 2009 - 20:06
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
Oh yuck, more torture courtesy of David Bryne. Just a small taste of what being in Hell must sound like :) Not the way I wanted to start my morning. The CIA should just play this to prisoners instead of waterboarding them. They'd talk in a matter of minutes. Oh wait, Pelosi won't let them do it because its to inhuman.
 
With an average rating of 8, there'd be a lot of happy prisoners! Sorry to hear you feel like you're in hell; perhaps it's time to change the station.


iscoot4peace
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 10:54
 
This is such a timeless cover design too!  The original LP had embossed raised "metal plate" rideges on it as I recall.  It felt excellent in your hand. 

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 06:55
 
Excellent! This ain't no disco, and Bill's not fooling around! {#Cool}

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 06:41
 
I can stand David Byrne no longer.  I have had my fill and can take no more.

DaveInVA
(VA)
Posted: Aug 25, 2009 - 06:40
 
Oh yuck, more torture courtesy of David Bryne. Just a small taste of what being in Hell must sound like :) Not the way I wanted to start my morning. The CIA should just play this to prisoners instead of waterboarding them. They'd talk in a matter of minutes. Oh wait, Pelosi won't let them do it because its to inhuman.


musikalia
(Somewhere (over the rainbow))
Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 07:32
 
This song wasn't on RP until just last month? {#Eek}