Byrne told Record Mirror in 1988 that many of the songs on Naked are “about human beings stripped of their pretensions; stripped of their surface trappings“, which in turn inspired putting a picture of a chimpanzee on the album cover. Naked is the eighth and final studio album by American rock band Talking Heads, released on March 15, 1988, by Sire Records. Following the more straightforward new…
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4th of July, 2025 playlist
image link Words escape me for today, so I will let the music speak for me.
Turntable Talk Round 11 – A Really Big Show – Talking Heads’, “Stop Making Sense” (Concert Movie)
image link Dave’s assignment this time was, “If you could safely go back in time and move about for one day, what one concert or live performance would you choose to go to?” The restriction of narrowing it down to one made it next-to-impossible. I would have loved to see The Beatles at The Cavern…
#TSM 192 — Sojourners
In before times all was a dreaming sleep. Awake, the days came; the forming colors flew from atomic cosmoplasmic brew; first, slithering like a great blue snake, came river, calling down –then laying itself on– brown dust. Oh seeds dance! Babies, lush, green, spring up trying to return to heavenly slumber; then fall — to…
#SLS — “Heaven,” by Talking Heads
Jim Adams is the music-touting host of Song Lyric Sunday. This week, Jim says: This week we have the oxymoron related prompts of Different/Same and hopefully this will fit for everyone. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. If it does…
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #130 — Same as it ever was
Once in a Lifetime made me think of the song by Talking Heads with that for the title. The lyrics in the song examine a person’s life through the choices and their responses to those choices. The song could be a template, where you could customize it with the experiences you’ve had based on your…
Coloring Club Plus — 9/28/19
From wikipedia: Remain in Light is the fourth studio album by American rock band Talking Heads, produced by longtime collaborator Brian Eno and released on October 8, 1980. Following the release of their previous album Fear of Music in 1979, the quartet and Eno sought to dispel notions of the band as a mere vehicle…
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