The 5 best Talking Heads Tracks
Submitted by grizham1 on Sun, 05/09/2004 - 05:06
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- 1.)No Compassion- Obviously David Byrne had been reading his Ayn Rand when he wrote this wonderful song. The themes of the song revolve around distaste at the petty nature of many people's 'problems' and their inability to take action to remedy these problems. If you haven't read the Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged chances are you won't get why I love this song so very much, you'll probably think its just, ok.
- 2.) Born Under The Punches- "I'm a government man," with those few words the Talking Heads established themselves as the dominant band of the 80's (imo). Remain In The Light is a masterpiece of an album and the first titled track is easily comparable to the likes of Taxman off Revolver or Airbag off Ok Computer.
- 3.) Air- The background female vocales make this song great. Other than that, just give it a listen you'll love it!
- 4.) Once In A Lifetime- Anthem for the economists and psuedo economists of the 80's and beyond.
- 5.) Anything off Remains in The Light or Fear of Music :)
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Hope you'll enjoy the list , I look forward to being part of this site again, cheers.
Josh
Good list. I was wondering if you weren't posting to this site anymore.
I agree with your choice for "Born Under Punches". It's the pinnacle of 'Remain in Light' even if it is the first song (although "The Great Curve-no.3 is quite impressive). 'Remain in Light' is one of the most brilliant album of the 1980's. "Once in a Lifetime" put it on the public map. This song is almost exhausting to listen to. Bryne is always intense and the rhythym of this song and the others off this record stand alone in that first part of the new-wave era.
"No Compassion", from '77' is another of Talking Heads truly smart tracks. That album is not my favorite, but I do love "The Book I Read" and "Psycho Killer".
Anyway, these are 4 great Taking Heads songs that display the ideosynchracies of the band really well. If you don't have 'Speaking in Tounges' from '83, that's another that you would enjoy.