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Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some grave sites out by the highway
A place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire off in the distance
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, I lived in the ghetto
I've lived all over this town
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey
I ain't got time for that now
Transmit the message to the receiver
Hope for an answer some day
I got three passports, couple of visas
Don't even know my real name
High on a hillside trucks are loading
Everything's ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nightime
I might not ever get home
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
This ain't no mudd club, or C.B.G.B.
I ain't got time for that now
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey
I ain't got time for that now
Heard about Houston? heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
You oughta know not to stand by the window
Somebody might see you up there
I got some groceries, some peanut butter
To last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones
Ain't got no records to play
Why stay in college? why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time?
Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard
I can't write nothing at all
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
This ain't no fooling around
I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you
I ain't got no time for that now
Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock
We blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines
I know that ain't allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives
Or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle so many times now
Don't know what I look like
You make me shiver, I feel so tender
We make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving
You ought to get you some sleep
Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
They won't help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace
The burning keeps me alive
ugh, byrne garbage burn!
You must be tons of fun at parties!
See it in IMAX if you can.
Also, the restored film gets wider release this month. See it in IMAX if you can. I hope to anyway.
1st July 1982. What a day that was!
That was a pricey ticket for 1982
I Agree!! On Both counts!! I would also like to add: Guiness Stout, IPA, Clams & oysters on the half shell!!
but not anchovies on your pizza
that wouldn't be so bad
The video of the concert is rated one of the best. Good production values for the time.
I need to watch again. Epic! David Byrne wore me out watching his performance.
David Byrne has worn so thin over the years. My ears don't like him the way they used to. What used to sound "hip" and "prevalent" now sounds whiny and stupid.
Sounds like the years have not been kind to your ears, rather than Mr. Byrne's vocals.
Saw them at the Heatwave Festival northeast of Toronto in August, 1980. Great Show, only no show was Dexy's, not allowed through customs!
I was there too, what a great line up
When I hear it "Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
Packed up and ready to go". I'm scared because I understand the relevance of these words. I think Byrne is a genius. 10 for me, this song will forever be in my heart. Greetings from Ukraine.
Add my best of, most Americans are cheering for you.
When I hear it "Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
Packed up and ready to go". I'm scared because I understand the relevance of these words. I think Byrne is a genius. 10 for me, this song will forever be in my heart. Greetings from Ukraine.
When I hear it "Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
Packed up and ready to go". I'm scared because I understand the relevance of these words. I think Byrne is a genius. 10 for me, this song will forever be in my heart. Greetings from Ukraine.
I have no words. May peace find you.
Bernie Worell on keys.
Keven on imaginary drums?
Packed up and ready to go". I'm scared because I understand the relevance of these words. I think Byrne is a genius. 10 for me, this song will forever be in my heart. Greetings from Ukraine.
Like Frank Zappa.
And olives.
I heard the line "we've got computers" and thought at the time, that would have been a a rarity. Read the lyrics and thought, "what the hell?" I never gave a thought to what this was about, it just sounds great.
In David Bowman's book This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the Twentieth Century Byrne is quoted as describing the genesis of the song:
David wrote nine of the album's eleven tracks. Two numbers came out of jamming. The first would be called "Life During Wartime." David's lyrics describe a Walker Percy-ish post-apocalyptic landscape where a revolutionary hides out in a deserted cemetery, surviving on peanut butter. "I wrote this in my loft on Seventh and Avenue A," David later said, "I was thinking about Baader-Meinhof. Patty Hearst. Tompkins Square. This a song about living in Alphabet City."[4]
1st July 1982. What a day that was!
Talking Heads AND the Tom Tom Club... you lucky Bar Steward... must have been a great gig! Wait... +U2, +The Alarm ...?
In David Bowman's book This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the Twentieth Century Byrne is quoted as describing the genesis of the song:
David wrote nine of the album's eleven tracks. Two numbers came out of jamming. The first would be called "Life During Wartime." David's lyrics describe a Walker Percy-ish post-apocalyptic landscape where a revolutionary hides out in a deserted cemetery, surviving on peanut butter. "I wrote this in my loft on Seventh and Avenue A," David later said, "I was thinking about Baader-Meinhof. Patty Hearst. Tompkins Square. This a song about living in Alphabet City."[4]
Love the big suit pic (and the ticket!), too.
1st July 1982. What a day that was!
Wow - lucky you! I regret never having seen them live. Interesting to see special guest U2!
Vector effect.
1st July 1982. What a day that was!
One of the top 5 shows of my life - Wartime or Peace. (1983 btw)
Genius.
"One of?" Really?
I know that ain't allowed
Come on people. I said this a month ago !!!!
I know that ain't allowed
1 9 8 4 !
That show is still on my top 5 list!!! Bought the t-shirt and wore it proudly
Agree. Love their recorded stuff. Saw a tribute band in a pub once, better than the real guys live? Perhaps I got them on a bad night?
good one !
You funny
College memories swirl -
The world is better for david byrne's presence.
maybe they got michael franti live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgdFHU7hraM&feature=share
It's hysterically funny, but also bone-chillingly real. I love this song.
I'm with you.
It amounts to the same thing. If you don't want some action taken, then why post at all?
It's what we do around here.
You're just right, buddy.
Talking Heads is kicked to death on RP... and for those of us who "don't appreciate" them, it gets kinda' repetitive ....
I have a suggestion - You should learn to appreciate them, then your life would be a little sunnier
Talking Heads is kicked to death on RP... and for those of us who "don't appreciate" them, it gets kinda' repetitive ....
I second that sentiment. The house was jumpin' !!
It was the perfect mix of theater and music.
Watch the movie if you've never seen it.
Original: 10. This gets a 7.
I think it's because they push the chorus so hard in the live version. It makes it sound more like a pop song that way. Watch people at concerts. most of them will sing along with the choruses and either blah-blah the verses or not sing along with them at all. But they can remember that part that repeats over and over.
Original: 10. This gets a 7.
I remember thinking I'd upload the version from TNOTBITH but a search said they already have it. Unfortunately the track listing for that album links back to this.
I ran into the same problem with alt. takes of Psycho Killer. Hmm.
Original: 10. This gets a 7.
That is funny, I was in college when Fear came out and it was a party tune to us. Maybe we we were just dark, taut, tense, frightening...
I remember seeing this tour, and it still ranks as one of the best shows I have ever seen.
Original: 10. This gets a 7.
I know these guys were innovative. Tight stuff—absolutely no doubt. Most worthwhile stuff for the RP play list.
But for some funny reason, it just doesn't work for me. I also respect people who cannot stand old favourites of mine: Neil Young, for example, or admittedly bombastic Moody Blues or Yes.
What is it? Context?
Just yesterday, all four band members reunited (imagine this!) at the Toronto International Film Festival for a short Q&A as part of a screening of the newly restored Stop Making Sense movie. Came across this recording of it for anyone interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGq6qIcSaZg
Also, the restored film gets wider release this month. See it in IMAX if you can. I hope to anyway.
Thank You for the info!