Your Ten Favourite.....Talking Heads songs

Chrille · Post by **Chrille** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 8:31 am

So very, very hard, but here goes. In no particular order:

Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
With Our Love
Found A Job
The Big Country
Memories Can't Wait
Heaven
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Crosseyed And Painless
The Overload
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

So much I didn't want to leave out...

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:10 am

I Zimbra
Don't Worry About The Government
Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town
Stay Hungry
Take Me To The River
Once In A Lifetime
Pulled Up
Drugs
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Road To Nowhere

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:55 am

Found A Job
Heaven
The Great Curve
Pulled Up
Crosseyed And Painless
No Compassion
Air
Artists Only
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
(Nothing But) Flowers

Hmmm, nothing from True Stories or Little Creatures, both which have their moments. Naked is a pretty underrated album IMO.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:31 am

New Feeling
Life During Wartime
Heaven
Love --->Building on Fire
The Big Country
This Must Be The Place
No Compassion
Once In A Lifetime
Blind
Dont Worry About the Government

Mr. Average · Post by **Mr. Average** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:20 pm

Cross-eyed and Painless
Slippery People
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
I Zimbra
Mr. Jones
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes on)
Life During Wartime
Stay Hungry
(Nothing but) Flowers
Psycho Killer (from Stop Making Sense-Live)

alexv · Post by **alexv** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:23 pm

How sad is this: on Friday, at work, we were discussing the closing of CBGBs, and how it was the NYC home of punk etc. and I mentioned that Talking Heads, among others, played there. One of our paralegals (24, smart, and into music) asked me who that was. To her "talking heads" just meant "boring folks who talk a lot on tv". I asked if David Byrne rang a bell, and she that yes, but only because she was trying to download some song recently on ITunes, and it kept getting confused with "this David Byrne guy". Here excuse: "Look, that was like 30 years ago".

This Must Be The Place
Once In A Lifetime
Blind
The Great Curve
Pulled Up
Crosseyed And Painless
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
(Nothing But) Flowers
Take Me To The River
Road To Nowhere

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:47 pm

Very different to my son, 14, who got into the Ramones in a way his pappy never really did a couple of years ago and thus became aware of the whole CBGB scene. I'm always amazed by how he and his peers seem to move seamlessly between being interested in current bands and old timers. He draws no distinctions, which is really refreshing.

Uh Oh Love Comes To Town
The Book I Read
Warning Sign
Found a Job
The Big Country
Cities
Heaven
Air
Life During Wartime
Listening Wind

Virtually impossible, so much to leave out. At least i managed a couple of original choices! The one song of theirs I could never stand was The Overload, funnily enough. Sounded like they'd played Unknown Pleasures and decided to do one of their own, and forgot to include a song. you obviously don't agree, Chrille!

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:23 pm

the obvious for me - not ordered

don't worry about the government
new feeling
once in a lifetime
psycho killer
pulled up
listening wind
a clean break
houses in motion
take me to the river
i zimbra

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:30 pm

I was in New York City a few weeks ago and seeing CBGBs gone was kind of odd. Was a museum piece for sure, but deserved to be after launching the careers of Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Ramones etc

Uh Oh Love Came To Town
Pulled Up
The Girls Want To Be With The Girls
The Good Thing
Drugs
Life During Wartime
Seen And Not Seen
Listening Wind
This Must Be The Place (Niave Melody)
And She Was

I watched the True Stories DVD again recently. Quite amazing that it was ever made. Shows the pull that David Byrne once had. Still quite amusing and a nice compliment to the albums. Along with Stop making Sense. I still remember the ushers trying to stop the audience dancing during a screening of Stop Making Sense. They soon relented & realized that it was impossible to sit still during those songs!

It is almost absurd that The Talking Heads have not talked about in hushed tones in darkened corridors. No dead members? Their innovations have been too easily absorbed? Their career kind of wilted rather than finishing at their peak?
Whatever the case, they are ripe for rediscovery!

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:52 am

Nice 10. And She Was is a cracker. True about their legacy, and you can trace their influence in a lot of current bands. Doing a 10 makes you realise how incredibly high quality most of their output was.

I have the vinyl and this baby:

A frriend commented that I would need to build a new shelf to house it. Three CDs and the 'Storytelling Giant' video comp. Very nice.

Check out the name of the blog that was from:

http://www.singintomymouth.com/blog/arc ... 03_11.html

Would like to see True Stories again. Saw it 3-4 times when it was out, I liked it so much. The bit where DB is driving along with the steering wheel moving around madly.

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:13 pm

Heaven
Once In A Lifetime
Psycho Killer
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
And She Was
Wild Wild Life
(Nothing But) Flowers
Totally Nude
Love For Sale
Radio Head

I've never seen the film, but always thought True Stories was a much underrated album.

Emotional Toothpaste · Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:40 pm

Stay Up Late
Love for Sale
Papa Legba
Puzzlin Evidence
Radio Head
Pulled Up
The Book I Read
Psycho Killer
Swamp
Slippery People

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:26 pm

Spot the True Stories fan!

Masterpiece? · Post by **Masterpiece?** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:58 pm

Crosseyed and Painless
Once in a Lifetime
Houses in Motion
Drugs
Life During Wartime
Road to Nowhere
Psycho Killer
I Zimbra
Found a Job
Heaven

HM: The Great Curve, (Nothing but) Flowers, This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody),
Thank You For Sending Me An Angel, And She Was, everything else

Emotional Toothpaste · Mon Feb 12, 2007 3:30 pm

Yeah, I forgot how good True Stories was -- had to look up the track listing on Amazon, because I haven't listened to it over 20 years -- I wore the tape out in high school! I might just have to go buy it on CD and reaquaint myself with it.

Heads '77 is one of those albums that takes you right back to that certain time/place in your life when you listened to it repeatedly.

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:35 pm

Don't Worry About the Government
Heaven
Cities
Crosseyed And Painless
Once In A Lifetime
I Zimbra
Slippery People
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Road To Nowhere
House In Motion