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The Talking Heads are the biggest musical psyop in history

Dusty Dan

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They had some amazing tracks. The albums can be a bit iffy, but Remain In Light and Little Creatures are both great.

Their live stuff is decent too and I think shows that they were capable of more than just playing their hits.

And any band who lets Adrian Belew do his crazy guitar shit all over their tracks is fine by me



I go deep with the Heads *sniff*
 

The Shah of Iran

aye awrite then
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I was never a massive fan of Talking Heads but I got a book written by David Byrne called How Music Works and I gotta say, whether you like him or not, the cunt thinks about music on a level that very few others do.

One part that I always remember is about how humans always adapted to surroundings whilst evolving with music and sound the same way animals do. In the jungle, gorillas will communicate with each other in low growls because the bass travels better along the surface of the floor, whilst birds chirping is high frequency so it can cut through branches and be heard audibly further away. We have adapted like this too in terms of entertainment. When classical music was all the rage, the most ideal venues were cathedrals and spacious buildings that did the reverb work for you, whilst nowadays people perform in soundproof basements to keep the DBs inside and revel in the vibrations and physical feeling of sound itself.

There's also some decent solo shit out there.

 

Smeckler's Powder

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Their guitarist is called “The Edge”….and he’s the least edgiest musician i’ve ever seen. Also he substitutes talent for pedal gobbly gook. “BUT THE TONE BRO!”

And Bono is a liberal faggot who should fucking kill himself. Fake deep faggot.

Worse, his "charity" is a total scam. The biggest charity in the world, ie, the biggest scam in the world. My buddy and I were wasted at their sphere concert and during all of Bonos monologs we were just talking to eachother and ignoring them and people started giving us shit telling us to be quiet. So then I started in with "I don't give a shit what this scammer mother fucker has to say, just play I Will Follow and shut up" and kept ranting about the Africa thing and several people moved and we almost got in a few fights. Their pre 85 shit has some good stuff though.
 

Voscabulary

you're rendering that scaffolding dangerous
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Unironically you did. The Cure, the Smiths, Joy Division…all these fucking shitty faggot bands that alt zoomer women love makes me want to blow my head off. Why don’t you listen to something good, or at least something that isn’t nappytime music for sad alcoholics?
do not make me create alt accounts for every member of the cure, smiths, and joy division to car crash all of your posts, sue
 

Smeckler's Powder

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This is how I feel about R.E.M. There cannot actually be people who like this shitty fucking band. The singer cannot sing and - even worse, HE’S SINGING ABOUT GARBAGE.

“Andy Kaufman died? TIME TO WRITE A SONG! Dan Rather attacked? TIME TO WRITE A SONG! Holocaust? TIME TO WRITE A SONG!”

All of their songs are about SOME historical or personal event. 0 creativity or anything not based in some fucking reference. And the songs suck. I hate REM. FUCK!

They're like how most bands from the 70s are: early shit is great, the later popular shit is gay
 

Smeckler's Powder

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I was never a massive fan of Talking Heads but I got a book written by David Byrne called How Music Works and I gotta say, whether you like him or not, the cunt thinks about music on a level that very few others do.

Fawk thanks for the reminder that I bought that book for my wife like a decade ago and keep meaning to read it myself
 

TheGhostOfAbeVigoda

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This is how I feel about R.E.M. There cannot actually be people who like this shitty fucking band. The singer cannot sing and - even worse, HE’S SINGING ABOUT GARBAGE.

“Andy Kaufman died? TIME TO WRITE A SONG! Dan Rather attacked? TIME TO WRITE A SONG! Holocaust? TIME TO WRITE A SONG!”

All of their songs are about SOME historical or personal event. 0 creativity or anything not based in some fucking reference. And the songs suck. I hate REM. FUCK!
I hate that singer's exact type of shitty voice. The Tragically Hip are a big deal around here (there's no way you know who they are) and their singer had the same kind of bad voice, but slightly better. People try to tell me it's distinct and cool and it's like, no it just sucks and it's not that distinct because he sounds just like 3 other shitty singers I can think of.
 

TomFromNawlins

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I'm probably the only person alive under 40 who actually likes Bruce Springsteen. Not all of it, but I could name a bunch of songs I like off the top of my head.
There are a bunch of good Springsteen songs, but a lot of people get annoyed with his fake blue collar persona and his annoying superfans. I knew this one guy who said a Springsteen concert was like a religious revival. I had to stop talking to him after that.
 

TomFromNawlins

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They have at least 4-6 great songs.

Off the top of my head: And She Was, This must be the place, burning down the house, once in a lifetime, take me to the river (cover).

I can’t say there’s a full album I love but their concert film is also legitimately worthy of the praise it gets.
You can’t mention the concert film without the Life During Wartime. Look at how weird he moves!!!

Also, would with both of the black chicks.

 
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