In recent years I've been getting into bands from my youth who I didn't quite appreciate enough or paid attention to the first time around. The band I've been discovering this year is TALKING HEADS. Mainly down to the fact that you can pick up their albums re-released in cinema sound (or whatever you call it) for a bargain on Amazon. I'm on my 5th album now and I have to say that some of their music is classic stuff. Alot of it is average too I might add.
Anyone else like Talking Heads and if so what do you consider to be essential listening? So far I've acquired;
'77
Speaking In Tongues
Remain In Light
Fear Of Music
More Songs About Buildings & Food
Anything else of interest?
How good are TALKING HEADS?
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Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
More underrated than The Stranglers.
Superb band
Superb band
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Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
I'm not big on American bands but Talking Heads have got to be one of the best that's come out of America. Go for "Little Creatures" and "True Stories" next. The track Television Man from Little Creatures is a personal favourite. Fckn superb !!!!
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Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
Early stuff was good, later stuff crap.
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Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
Funny you mention this as I just stuck Fear of Music back on my iPod - I forgot just how good "Air" is.
Jim
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It taught me how to laugh again"
It taught me how to laugh again"
Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
Get the Stop Making Sense DVD.... class band putting on a class show!
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Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
God yeah!
Anyway, as we're here. Highlights for me:-
Pulled Up (just mental).
Crosseyed And Painless
Who Is It? (Was it You?!
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Heaven
Making Flippy Floppy
Air
Mind
The Girls Want To Be With The Girls
Jim
Anyway, as we're here. Highlights for me:-
Pulled Up (just mental).
Crosseyed And Painless
Who Is It? (Was it You?!
)Heaven
Making Flippy Floppy
Air
Mind
The Girls Want To Be With The Girls
Jim
Dom P wrote:Get the Stop Making Sense DVD.... class band putting on a class show!
"I bathed in sun and walked in rain
It taught me how to laugh again"
It taught me how to laugh again"
Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
Buy their (Talkiing Heads) live double album... "The name of this band is talking Heads" recorded in their living room professionally... playing all their early material "Psycho Killer" etc... excellennt...
Burn e 77
Burn e 77
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Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
stop making sense is the best concert ever check out how happy they all are performing together a truly great band that made fantastic music
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Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
Not done much wrong, ever. So to answer your question - VERY
They're one of THE bands I regret never seeing play live - not sure I've even had the chance - right up there with not seeing XTC, the (original) Pistols, Pink Floyd.
They're one of THE bands I regret never seeing play live - not sure I've even had the chance - right up there with not seeing XTC, the (original) Pistols, Pink Floyd.
Think I'll go for a stroll in the trees.
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Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
I did a few gigs I maybe wished I'd done differently - there was a time either The Jam or SLF were playing in Brum , same night as The Exploited - I went to The Exploited . Discharge on the same night as SLF another year - I saw Discharge ( GBH supporting ) .Bobinblack wrote:Not done much wrong, ever. So to answer your question - VERY
They're one of THE bands I regret never seeing play live - not sure I've even had the chance - right up there with not seeing XTC, the (original) Pistols, Pink Floyd.
As for Talking Heads - I don't know much about them one way or another - I know a few of their popular songs and thats about it . When it came to US punk - I got into Dead Kennedy's first . Actually might have been The Ramones I missed for Discharge . D'oh .
All quiet ..........
Re: How good are TALKING HEADS?
Talking of XTC, what's happened to them? Have they called it a day? I really hope not.Bobinblack wrote:Not done much wrong, ever. So to answer your question - VERY
They're one of THE bands I regret never seeing play live - not sure I've even had the chance - right up there with not seeing XTC, the (original) Pistols, Pink Floyd.