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Talking Heads — Life During Wartime (Live)
Album: Stop Making Sense
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Released: 1984
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Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
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
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 Jayesea wrote:

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!    
Posted 3 weeks ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 jjbix37 wrote:

ugh, byrne garbage burn!


You must be tons of fun at parties!  
Posted 3 weeks ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
ugh, byrne garbage burn!
Posted 11 months ago by jjbix37    [ Reply ]
This was awesome to see in the new release of the movie. Saw it in IMAX with only 2 other people in the theater... hardly enough to dance with but great sound!
Posted 11 months ago by bhabrown    [ Reply ]
 Jayesea wrote:

  See it in IMAX if you can.  

This remastered film sounds great in the movie theatre.  Best live concert ever filmed.

Posted 1 year ago by youngers    [ Reply ]
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. 
Posted 1 year ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
I like this better than the studio version.  
Posted 1 year ago by skf1062    [ Reply ]
Am thinking the slide show really ought to focus on New York City crime, cops, and slums rather than war.  
Posted 1 year ago by QuantumShaman    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


1st July 1982. What a day that was!


That was a pricey ticket for 1982
Posted 2 years ago by bobbycantrelle    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by bennie482    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:



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
Posted 2 years ago by bmuscutt    [ Reply ]
Wild song, wild movie, and wild memories! A friend and I had fallen in love with this amazing band in and through our High School Daze, and we had a reunion for the occasion of this movie's release. We snuck a bunch of beers and a couple of joints into the theater where it was playing, and wow, we were not disappointed! This, along with PF's Live at Pompeii, are perhaps the two most incredible concert films ever made. Immersive and Immortal!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
imagine not being able to hear this played? not ever again?



that wouldn't be so bad
Posted 2 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 Far wrote:

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.
Posted 2 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:

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.
Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
A couple of new live releases are popping up on Tidal and Qobuz from the late 70's/Early 80's. I've been impressed - great concerts when they were in their emerging prime. Worth checking out.
Posted 2 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 Chongo1959 wrote:

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
Posted 2 years ago by lgonzale803    [ Reply ]
 xcranky_yankee wrote:
 deltaindia wrote:

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.

continuing to pray for you all...kazoo was Ukrainian and we have flown a flag for years. 
 
Add my best of, most Americans are cheering for you.
Posted 2 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
 deltaindia wrote:

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.

continuing to pray for you all...kazoo was Ukrainian and we have flown a flag for years. 





Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 deltaindia wrote:

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.
Posted 2 years ago by Finafek    [ Reply ]
 jjbchansen159 wrote:

Bernie Worell on keys. 



Keven on imaginary drums?
Posted 2 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
Bernie Worell on keys. 
Posted 2 years ago by jjbchansen159    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 2 years ago by deltaindia    [ Reply ]
Talking Heads. An acquired life-long taste. 

Like Frank Zappa.

And olives. 
Posted 2 years ago by KaiT    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:

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]

and people think the last 5 years have been crazy... some things change, some things stay the sane. insanity knows no bounds and never has

Posted 3 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Saw them at the Heatwave Festival northeast of Toronto in August, 1980. Great Show, only no show was Dexy's, not allowed through customs!
Posted 3 years ago by Chongo1959    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


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 ...?
Posted 3 years ago by alouvoss    [ Reply ]
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]

Posted 3 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]

Love the big suit pic (and the ticket!), too.
Posted 3 years ago by danmc    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:


1st July 1982. What a day that was!
 

Wow - lucky you! I regret never having seen them live. Interesting to see special guest U2!
Posted 4 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]

Vector effect.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]


1st July 1982. What a day that was!
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
talking heads chapel hill

One of the top 5 shows of my life - Wartime or Peace. (1983 btw)
Posted 8 years ago by bill-1956    [ Reply ]

Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
The video of the concert is rated one of the best.  Good production values for the time.
Posted 8 years ago by Far    [ Reply ]
See, this is why RP is such a wonderful place to spend your time.  I listen to a set which, to my ears, is a whole line of duds.  Other folks love them, though, so all is sweet.  Then this comes on and my swede starts rocking about again.  Who could ask for more?  Thanks, Mr & Mrs G.  I hope you live forever.
Posted 8 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Should be the theme song for The Walking Dead.
Posted 8 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
an eleven for the background singers and the rythm section
Posted 8 years ago by slandering    [ Reply ]
This reworked live version is a lot of fun.
Posted 9 years ago by olivertwist    [ Reply ]
When he's live, at least it doesn't sound like keening.
Posted 9 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Meh, the studio version is better IMO. I give this a '6'.
Posted 9 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]

Genius.

 
Posted 9 years ago by hallogallo    [ Reply ]
 musikluvr wrote:
One of the bright spots of the '80's {#Bananasplit}

 
"One of?"  Really?
Posted 9 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 msymmes wrote:
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines

I know that ain't allowed

{#Dancingbanana_2} 

 

Come on people.  I said this a month ago !!!!
Posted 10 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines

I know that ain't allowed

{#Dancingbanana_2} 
Posted 10 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
Paradigm shift!
1 9 8 4 !
Posted 10 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}{#Drummer}{#Bananapiano}{#Drummer}  O U T S T A N D I N G
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
One of the bright spots of the '80's {#Bananasplit}
Posted 10 years ago by musikluvr    [ Reply ]
....no words
{#Bananapiano}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananajam} 
Posted 11 years ago by 10th_rock    [ Reply ]
My favorite album of 1985 BAR NONE!!! 10
Posted 11 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
TEN !
 
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 BigIslandBlues wrote:
Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver in the early 1980's. Dave in the big suit. It was a memorable concert.
 
That show is still on my top 5 list!!!  Bought the t-shirt and wore it proudly
Posted 11 years ago by Jacquetta    [ Reply ]
Love it...I got some peanut butter.
Posted 11 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
The heads are tearing it up on this one, laughing at the negative feedbacks ......{#Sunny}
Posted 11 years ago by atthetone    [ Reply ]
 rosedraws wrote:
I love the Talking Heads — except Live. 
 
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? 
Posted 12 years ago by Papasmeg    [ Reply ]
 CamLwalk wrote:
Going to see Start Making Sense...a TH tribute band
 
{#Clap}  good one ! 

You funny
Posted 12 years ago by rollo_tomasi    [ Reply ]
One of their best - definitely and 8 or 9.  "Burning Down the House" is the only one better.
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
Going to see Start Making Sense...a TH tribute band on Friday May 18th at Jillian's in Albany.  Seen them a couple of times before, they're amazing!
Posted 12 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
I love the Talking Heads — except Live. 
Posted 12 years ago by rosedraws    [ Reply ]
Quirky and cerebral - the heads kickin down in their prime. Never tire of these guys. STILL sounds fresh.
College memories swirl -
The world is better for david byrne's presence.
Posted 12 years ago by planet3one9    [ Reply ]
i wonder if the kids on 'occupy wall street' are listening to TH
maybe they got michael franti live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgdFHU7hraM&feature=share
Posted 13 years ago by coy    [ Reply ]
I started out hating Talking Heads because I found it hysterical and too much, now years later I like it, it just kept growing, and the thing is that a friend of mine told me that I would eventually start liking it, funny :)
Posted 13 years ago by madebytim    [ Reply ]
I don't understand the revisionist history by former TH "fans"..  this stuff ROCKS!!! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 13 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver in the early 1980's. Dave in the big suit. It was a memorable concert.
Posted 13 years ago by BigIslandBlues    [ Reply ]
Rent "A Boy and His Dog" on DVD. Written by Harlan Ellison. Don Johnson in his first "major" role. Eve Arden before she became one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Jason Robards, sinister as ever.  And a very prophetic view of what would happen if WWWhatever happened and someone dropped the bomb.

It's hysterically funny, but also bone-chillingly real.  I love this song.
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
 run4more wrote:
A great concert does not always translate into a great recording. Just saying I prefer the original....and it's probably not a favorite of mine in either context.

 

I'm with you.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
A great concert does not always translate into a great recording. Just saying I prefer the original....and it's probably not a favorite of mine in either context.

Posted 13 years ago by run4more    [ Reply ]
Hate TH... Talking Heads and Tokio Hotel... and Tonia Harding... :)
Posted 13 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
{#Hearteyes}{#Good-vibes}
Posted 13 years ago by blades    [ Reply ]
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. 
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 reason06 wrote:


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.
Posted 14 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
{#Puke}{#Puke}
 
You're just right, buddy.

Posted 14 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}{#Puke}
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
I went to the Hollywood show when this was recorded from!!!  The Pantages Theatre I think, security tried to keep us from dancing in the aisles...TRIED{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by MaryM    [ Reply ]
 Fooboy wrote:

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 {#Sunny}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 jjbix wrote:
no, no, no not again!
 
Talking Heads is kicked to death on RP... and for those of us who "don't appreciate" them, it gets kinda' repetitive ....

Posted 15 years ago by Fooboy    [ Reply ]
no, no, no not again!
Posted 15 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
I  member seein um on MTV ......ago...same as it ever was!!!{#Bananasplit}  water flowing underground....once in a lifetime./.....{#Heartkiss} keeeppp itt  coomminnngg!!!
Posted 16 years ago by cattail321    [ Reply ]
 oufason wrote:
I remember seeing this tour, and it still ranks as one of the best shows I have ever seen.
 

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.
Posted 16 years ago by trainer454    [ Reply ]
 dionysius wrote:
The original studio version on Fear Of Music was dark, taut, tense, frightening, funny. Funky, but not a party tune. The live Stop Making Sense version, though, is trying too hard to be Parliament/Funkadelic, celebratory, get-down partytime. This song doesn't work like that. Give me the original, ten times over.

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.


Posted 16 years ago by Hairfarmer    [ Reply ]
dionysius wrote:
The original studio version on Fear Of Music was dark, taut, tense, frightening, funny. Funky, but not a party tune. The live Stop Making Sense version, though, is trying too hard to be Parliament/Funkadelic, celebratory, get-down partytime. This song doesn't work like that. Give me the original, ten times 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.

Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 dionysius wrote:
The original studio version on Fear Of Music was dark, taut, tense, frightening, funny. Funky, but not a party tune. The live Stop Making Sense version, though, is trying too hard to be Parliament/Funkadelic, celebratory, get-down partytime. This song doesn't work like that. Give me the original, ten times over.

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.

Posted 16 years ago by oufason    [ Reply ]
The original studio version on Fear Of Music was dark, taut, tense, frightening, funny. Funky, but not a party tune. The live Stop Making Sense version, though, is trying too hard to be Parliament/Funkadelic, celebratory, get-down partytime. This song doesn't work like that. Give me the original, ten times over.

Original: 10. This gets a 7.

Posted 16 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]

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?


Posted 16 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Hannio wrote:
Indeed I do use the mute button whenever I hear David Byrne's music. That doesn't mean I won't hate it the next time I hear it. One thing I don't do is demand that it be dropped from the playlist, like some people.
It amounts to the same thing. If you don't want some action taken, then why post at all?
Posted 16 years ago by reason06    [ Reply ]
reason06 wrote:
How can you hate someone that you have the power to listen to or not, just use your mute, volume button or walk away. Dont waste you energy.
Indeed I do use the mute button whenever I hear David Byrne's music. That doesn't mean I won't hate it the next time I hear it. One thing I don't do is demand that it be dropped from the playlist, like some people.
Posted 16 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by RcF    [ Reply ]
Fun version of a classic Talking Heads song. Works for me....
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
Hannio wrote:
I have come to hate David Byrne.
How can you hate someone that you have the power to listen to or not, just use your mute, volume button or walk away. Dont waste you energy.
Posted 16 years ago by reason06    [ Reply ]
Uncle_Fenester wrote:
But he always says such nice things about you.
I highly doubt that based on my last conversation with him.
Posted 16 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
The lyrics of this song tell a really cool, weird story... 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
Posted 16 years ago by ninja_band    [ Reply ]
Alpine wrote:
Logged on here just to give this a ONE.
You might want to temper your ratings a bit, giving a 1 to 20% of what you rate does not communicate as much about the music as about you...
Posted 16 years ago by kaz    [ Reply ]
Logged on here just to give this a ONE.
Posted 16 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
Hannio wrote:
I have come to hate David Byrne.
i know what you mean, but True Stories is still one of my favorite movies
Posted 16 years ago by lophrequa    [ Reply ]
Saw the Stop Making Sense concert movie at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor a couple of times while in college - great memories!!
Posted 16 years ago by Up_In_Mich    [ Reply ]
I want a big suit.
Posted 16 years ago by cirruss    [ Reply ]
stinky wrote:
way overplayed, indeed! Sorry to say it, but things are in need of little freshening at RP. Quite a few of these sequences of songs have been around for quite a while.
Sorry to say it, but some listeners at RP are in need of little refreshing their taste.
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Good band, good song.
Posted 16 years ago by ekeyte    [ Reply ]
RP, DB, TH
Posted 16 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
stinky wrote:
way overplayed, indeed! Sorry to say it, but things are in need of little freshening at RP. Quite a few of these sequences of songs have been around for quite a while.
Ok, some artists/songs are in heavy rotation on RP, but as long as I'm discovering something new nearly every day I can't see the point to ask for refreshing the set.
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
way overplayed, indeed! Sorry to say it, but things are in need of little freshening at RP. Quite a few of these sequences of songs have been around for quite a while.
Posted 16 years ago by stinky    [ Reply ]
When I was hanging out at the Mudd Club and CBGBs I also got to see the Heads on New Year's Eve 1978/9. Great show and great time for the birth of a new musical sensibility. The bands were all very different, both those that had long careers, T Heads, Patti Smith, Ramones, Television, Blondie and those that slipped into obscurity Richard Hell and the Voidoids, the Fast, the Heartbreakers (not Tom Petty), the Dead Boys.
Posted 16 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Always like it when the emoticons are in time with the music...
Posted 16 years ago by TheLoneIguana    [ Reply ]
The best Talking Heads song ever.
Posted 17 years ago by tapirzoid    [ Reply ]
stinky wrote:
way overplayed.
Agreed. If I ever hear this again, it will be too soon.
Posted 17 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
betterdaze wrote:
Always happy to hear the Talking Heads!
Ditto
Posted 17 years ago by wally42    [ Reply ]
Hannio wrote:
I have come to hate David Byrne.
But he always says such nice things about you.
Posted 17 years ago by Uncle_Fenester    [ Reply ]
Deadwing wrote:
I absolutely love the Talking Heads but I can see how some people would flat out just not get them. They have always been very unconventional and have never given half a shit what people thought of them
Very Good Point! All you talking heads detractors. No one cares. Shut it! The originality and unconventional spirit of the David Byrne and the Talking Heads trumps all your negative crap.
Posted 17 years ago by wally42    [ Reply ]
Always happy to hear the Talking Heads!
Posted 17 years ago by betterdaze    [ Reply ]
I have come to hate David Byrne.
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
jjbix wrote:
2 much byrne on Radio Talking Heads!! he's good but his voice & songs get monotonous . . . . (and this version of the song is especially irritatingly long and annoying!)
Bill loves Byrnin' down the house.
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I absolutely love the Talking Heads but I can see how some people would flat out just not get them. They have always been very unconventional and have never given half a shit what people thought of them
Posted 17 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
way overplayed.
Posted 17 years ago by stinky    [ Reply ]
As a big T Heads fan - even I must admit - RP plays too much of them and D. Byrne
Posted 17 years ago by rocco1207    [ Reply ]
2 much byrne on Radio Talking Heads!! he's good but his voice & songs get monotonous . . . . (and this version of the song is especially irritatingly long and annoying!)
Posted 17 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
A classic!!!
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
People... people - can't we just get along? It's just music. Talking Heads was never intended to be taken so seriously. In contrast, Arvo Part's Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten is serious.
Posted 17 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
Flying_Donut wrote:
Somebody posted that "Gimme Shelter" by the Stones would be the song as the credits rolled for the September 11 movie. I disagree. This song would be better.
Amother Talking Heads song would work better for 9-11: Psycho Killer
Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Alpine wrote:
I'm with you. I think I'll give it a one on my way to the mute button.
Good idea! I'll do the same.
Posted 17 years ago by renlat    [ Reply ]
I am officially sick of this song, in all forms.
Posted 17 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]