I Love The Talking Heads
**musical mood preference: THE TALKING HEADS**
As it says above, I absolutely love the Talking Heads. Especially when I'm hanging out with a few friends and we've had a few drinks, this band really hits the spot, fits the bill, all that jazz. I love the funky element to the music, it's something that's missing in most stuff.
The American public was first introduced to the THs with the song "Sugar (on My Tongue)" in 1975, and they evolved and progressed from there. In the following two decades, the Talking Heads pumped out hit after hit, with each album maintaining its own unique sound, something attributable specifically to that piece of music.
"Sugar" has a catchy bass line and David Byrne's voice sounds pure. The underlying sexual and drug oriented message is interesting to consider. "Is she gonna put the sugar on my tongue? Gonna gimme gimme some." Ah, the blatant disregard for subtleties.
Some of the older Talking Heads songs are really great too. "Don't Worry About the Government", "I Wish You Wouldn't Say That", and "Love --> Building on Fire" are all great tunes, each with their own sound and individuality.
Later in their careers, the THs put out a string of hits including "Psycho Killer", "Take Me To The River", "Slippery People" and "Burning Down The House".
Some of my particular favorites however, are not the hits, but some of the common favorites amongst fans. These are "Girlfriend is Better", "Road to Nowhere", "Life in Wartime (This Ain't No Disco)", "And She Was" and MANY others.
The Talking Heads proved that you could have punk attitude erradiate our of your music without having the punk sound. They made pop-ish music without selling out. They never compromised their musical creativity for market success. The market melded itself to them.
Their songs are not cookie-cutter "verse chorus verse chorus" billboard bullshit either. Just when you think you can predict their tunes, choruses merge into bridges which merge into verses; in and out and back again. A head-spinning, toe-tapping rollercoaster. It just makes me want to do a stupid dance thinking about it.
As it says above, I absolutely love the Talking Heads. Especially when I'm hanging out with a few friends and we've had a few drinks, this band really hits the spot, fits the bill, all that jazz. I love the funky element to the music, it's something that's missing in most stuff.
The American public was first introduced to the THs with the song "Sugar (on My Tongue)" in 1975, and they evolved and progressed from there. In the following two decades, the Talking Heads pumped out hit after hit, with each album maintaining its own unique sound, something attributable specifically to that piece of music.
"Sugar" has a catchy bass line and David Byrne's voice sounds pure. The underlying sexual and drug oriented message is interesting to consider. "Is she gonna put the sugar on my tongue? Gonna gimme gimme some." Ah, the blatant disregard for subtleties.
Some of the older Talking Heads songs are really great too. "Don't Worry About the Government", "I Wish You Wouldn't Say That", and "Love --> Building on Fire" are all great tunes, each with their own sound and individuality.
Later in their careers, the THs put out a string of hits including "Psycho Killer", "Take Me To The River", "Slippery People" and "Burning Down The House".
Some of my particular favorites however, are not the hits, but some of the common favorites amongst fans. These are "Girlfriend is Better", "Road to Nowhere", "Life in Wartime (This Ain't No Disco)", "And She Was" and MANY others.
The Talking Heads proved that you could have punk attitude erradiate our of your music without having the punk sound. They made pop-ish music without selling out. They never compromised their musical creativity for market success. The market melded itself to them.
Their songs are not cookie-cutter "verse chorus verse chorus" billboard bullshit either. Just when you think you can predict their tunes, choruses merge into bridges which merge into verses; in and out and back again. A head-spinning, toe-tapping rollercoaster. It just makes me want to do a stupid dance thinking about it.
posted by Brian at 12:07 a.m.
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