The Talking Heads

[UberBeaver]

So I bought an Talking Heads album the other day, the one with Once in a Lifetime. Honestly, I found it awful. Did I just pick a bad album, or do I just need to listen to it again (not sure I can)? Do they have stuff that's better that I should check out?

I was expecting them to sound more like Television with that 70s NYC Sound, but....nope. It was like bad Velvet Underground or something.

 

[XHendrix24]

You didn't like Remain In Light?!?!??

I....I don't know what to say.

 

[UberBeaver]

I dunno, I just wasn't feeling it. It sounded like noise for the sake of noise. I'll give it another listen, but I was just wondering if I started in the wrong place.

 

[If you shout...]

Yes, you picked Remain in Light...and it is far and away their best studio LP. Everything up to and including Speaking in Tongues is marvelous, and both Little Creatures and True Stories have rock-solid and surprisingly earnest pop songs.

Naked, on the other hand, is something with which most U2 fans should be familiar--a Steve Lillywhite-produced clusterfuck.

 

[Canadiens1131]

Can't get into it either. There's a lot of shit happening in every song, and I've never been a fan of the vocals.

The Television-y Talking Heads record would be their debut - '77, which is much more palatable.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i absolutely love remain in light, i think it's their best lp. so i'm not sure what to suggest if you don't like it. maybe you'd like their first album?

 

[UberBeaver]

Can't get into it either. There's a lot of shit happening in every song, and I've never been a fan of the vocals.

The Television-y Talking Heads record would be their debut - '77, which is much more palatable.

Cool, I'll check it out, thanks.

 

[Lancemc]

Remain in Light is far and away their best LP and one of my all time favorite albums. Talking Heads are a bit of an acquired taste though for sure.

 

[Angela Harlem]

Start with the Once In A Lifetime (Greatest Hits) album. It's a great intro to TH as it has (I reckon) the better versions of a couple of songs. Or, get yourself a copy of the Stop Making Sense DVD and really treat yourself to one of the best tightarse budget concerts you will ever clap eyeballs on. It will also educate you on what the deal with them is. It's not all music with them, it's not even art. They're just brilliant.

 

[u2popmofo]

I just saw this for the first time and had to share......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbya4kxC6E

 

[If you shout...]

I just saw this for the first time and had to share......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbya4kxC6E

That's a classic, right there. I remember accidentally seeing that, when it first aired. Hilariously great. Almost as good as Kermit's reaction to 2girls1cup, I'd say.

Sorry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOn1htjSZic

Talking Heads forever! Anybody heard Byrne's new live album? I haven't, for some reason...

 

[corianderstem]

Last time I went out for karaoke, some guy got up and sang Life During Wartime.

I was happy as a clam and congratulated him on his awesome taste.

Then I got up and sang Xanadu.

 

[u2popmofo]

That's a classic, right there. I remember accidentally seeing that, when it first aired. Hilariously great. Almost as good as Kermit's reaction to 2girls1cup, I'd say.

Sorry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOn1htjSZic

Haha, that is so terrible. Hopefully you've seen this as well...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU
Hurt

 

[kellyahern]

Last time I went out for karaoke, some guy got up and sang Life During Wartime.

I was happy as a clam and congratulated him on his awesome taste.

Then I got up and sang Xanadu.

Then I would have gotten up and congratulated you .

A place, where nobody dared to go . . .

Re: Talking Heads - "Girlfriend is Better" and "Slippery People" from Stop Making Sense are both awesome

 

[corianderstem]

A place, where nobody dared to go . . .

My people!

Stop Making Sense is the only Talking Heads album I own at the moment. I'm okay with that, because it's so awesome.

 

[Bono's shades]

Talking Heads are a bit of an acquired taste though for sure.

I don't know about that. I pretty much fell in love with them the first time I heard them. I can't even think of a song of theirs I don't like (I suppose that may be because I never listened to Naked - I think I was scared off it since I heard it sucked.)

 

[XHendrix24]

I don't know about that. I pretty much fell in love with them the first time I heard them. I can't even think of a song of theirs I don't like (I suppose that may be because I never listened to Naked - I think I was scared off it since I heard it sucked.)

To be fair, Naked is at least better than True Stories if you've had to suffer through that one yet. It's got some redeeming moments - "Cool Water" is one of my favorite Talking Heads songs period. "Blind," "Totally Nude," and "Nothing But Flowers" aren't bad, either. Still far from my favorite Heads record, but it's not without its redeeming qualities.

 

[Angela Harlem]

I got a whole bunch of respect for "blind" when I learned how he wrote it/recorded it.