Talking Heads- Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) (REACTION//DISCUSSION)

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@markdrechsler5660 3 жыл бұрын

An exceptional album. To me, this opening track is the most “difficult” song. Keep going! There are connections to King Crimson of this era. Adrian Belew plays on it as a guest , just as Robert Fripp appears on the previous Talking Heads album. Eno was involved in both albums. You should also check out the Eno-Byrne album “My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts” from 1981, also a highly influential album.

@Johonnac 3 жыл бұрын

Always loved “Jezebel Spirit”

@donaldb1 3 жыл бұрын

@@Johonnac That's my favourite. It's a really freaky number.

@An_Cat_Dubh 3 жыл бұрын

Moonlight In Glory from My Life in The Bush of Ghosts is truly wonderful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNOJqLKk3JPUe5c.html A really impressive album.

@jameshitt3263 3 жыл бұрын

"Mea Culpa" has always stuck with me. Strange, unsettling, haunting. Also its like bugs crawling all over your skin.

@byHexted 2 жыл бұрын

That’s kind of funny because when I was younger and I first tried to get into this album and band in general this was the first song that I instantly loved

@bobholtzmann 3 жыл бұрын

"It comes together like King Crimson in that knotted form, and the vocals reminded me of Adrian Belew" - I think he identified our mystery guest!

@majorgruber5925 3 жыл бұрын

Yup - in this case, if it sounds like Adrian Belew, it IS Adrian Belew.

@JustJP 3 жыл бұрын

Took me a bit to figure that out lol

@adderon7476 2 жыл бұрын

Yep Adrian sang backups throughout this. He and David have similar singing voices, no need for double tracked voices lol

@kylem.9525 3 жыл бұрын

I've been having a major Talking Heads kick for the past week, and now this? Are you spying on me? But you should definitely do a full reaction to Remain in Light. I find it usually takes a while for it to grow on you , but it's one of the very few albums where I would say every single song is absolutely perfect.

@JustJP 3 жыл бұрын

Oops, so you saw my car parked in front of your home?🔭🤭

@jameshitt3263 3 жыл бұрын

@@JustJP I would agree with Kyle M. This album has a way of really growing on you. The baseline sound of the album is strange and not exactly inviting: jerky, with lots of rhythmic layers that don't just give it up to you easy. But--especially with the ghostly melodies that Byrne drapes over it all--it does start to hypnotize you, and the layers of rhythm that were just kinda weird before start to make sense, and all of sudden you realize you're really diggin' into it hard and don't want it to stop!

@jimbricker4982 3 жыл бұрын

This song is just audio sticker shock: for those who don't know what to expect with this disc, this lead track is literally a stunner. But, as Side A goes on, the tracks get stronger and stronger and then you'll come back to this and this song will all make sense.

@jameshannagan7830 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly watch the concert from Rome with Below playing lead its a great show and I think its much better than Stop Making Sense funky and groovy as hell.

@edmundau-yeung9598 3 жыл бұрын

The Remain in light album was a landmark album using African music as inspirations. Fun facts: Angelique Kidjo a noted Afro pop diva covered the whole Remain in Light album as an homage as well as showcasing the authentic African root of the album.

@Russ_Keith 3 жыл бұрын

And made a damn good show if it too. I'm a big Angelique fan and her covering this album was a no-brainer for me. I was going to comment to that effect but I noticed your comment so no need for me to bother.

@maruad7577 3 жыл бұрын

I thought I heard African influences in the music. Cool.

@kevinm4138 3 жыл бұрын

Her version was hit and miss with me, some tracks I absolutely love , others just ok.

@semchen9 3 жыл бұрын

The Dance Troupe, Pilobulus, performed (Contorted themselves - Berkeley's Zellerbach Theater, 83'-sh) all of "Remain in Light" on Stage. It was Hypnotic and of Apex Catharsis. Jaw- dropping.

@semchen9 3 жыл бұрын

@@maruad7577 Fela Kunti-Inspired

@isakrahmisaevski974 3 жыл бұрын

Remain in Light is a such a good album. You can really hear its influence on KC's Discipline. Personal favorite off it is The Great Curve

@1nelsondj 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite Talking Heads album, just love the complexity, the layers, the angular nature, the aura of it. Byrne may have adopted Eno's trick of selecting random lines for the lyrics. I think of this as an album best heard in the evening.

@adderon7476 2 жыл бұрын

This is Eno's album as much as it is David's

@cheesesteak983 Жыл бұрын

@@adderon7476 the one and the same

@edmundau-yeung9598 3 жыл бұрын

Remain in light was certainly one of the greatest albums regardless of genre. Congratulations for finally getting onto it.

@markspooner1224 3 жыл бұрын

Great album, Talking Heads, Adrian Belew, Eno even Robert Palmer, what's not to like? (Not to forget Jon Hassell).

@-davidolivares 3 жыл бұрын

Let’s not. Love the Hassell.

@benoitrenaud519 3 жыл бұрын

One of those rare albums with no track to skip over. A masterpiece for the Heads and for Bryan Eno as producer. Angélique Kidjo has done a cover of the whole album! Worth the detour. I used to wash dishes while listening to that when I was in college... and dance!

@semchen9 3 жыл бұрын

An oft-played College Album for me also, along with PG3, and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. Glorious Reveries.

@foxandscout 3 жыл бұрын

I saw TH many times from very early on in their career. So I’m not sure what it’s like to hear this song separate from much of their canon. But certainly the entire album needs to be listened to/absorbed... Kidjo, who I also have paid attention to from early on (but only saw her live a few times) is wonderful. I love her! I saw her do the Remain in Light interpretation in one of the smaller new performance spaces (I think there are 2) of Carnegie Hall. I was very close to the stage. David Byrne was up high...and came down to sing with her. It obviously wasn’t rehearsed as it took a little time to synchronize vocally. Still it was fun. I took a few videos with my cell phone including the song with Byrne. Not sure if I got a complete song ... Hopefully it got saved to the cloud... I’m not tech savvy. I should look for it. I think each song or snippet I filmed is too long to pass through social media but maybe through email? Or just posting to my FB page? Sorry ... free associating.... anyhow the next summer she performed it outdoors and free. I watched some of it ... it was crowded and people were having a good time. I’m forever grateful being a New Yorker and seeing so much music live since I was 14. Adrien Belew is one of my favorite guitarists and besides seeing him with the Heads and supporting David Bowie, and with King Crimson (still disappointed that they didn’t include him in their reunion long ago; I think he was disappointed too)-I’ve seen him solo several times in small venues over the decades. First at the Bottom Line (where I’ve seen dozens of outstanding shows: was so bummed when they shut down) when he put out his first solo album, and at intimate Joe’s Pub, and most recently at the jazz club in midtown whose name escape me. Iridium maybe? Thanks for indulging my little walk down memory lane (triggered by your comment).

@RustinChole 2 жыл бұрын

Considering how the recording went, it’s amazing that they got such a classic out of those sessions. Timeless. I’ll never forget hearing Born Under Punches for the first time after reading that it was one of Thom Yorke’s favorite albums around when Kid A came out. Still one of my favorite front to back albums.

@markgatica12 3 жыл бұрын

Well, well. You have wandered into another of my top 5 all time albums. I'm a little surprised you didn't like this track more; it had an immediate effect on me. But when I first experienced it in 1980, I heard the entire album. I suspect you don't need repeated listenings to get on board--rather, context. When you play the entire album start to finish, or at least an entire side at a time, it will make more sense to you. I can tell you also that in 1980 there was nothing more fun on the dancefloor than a track off this album, especially side one. Proceed to the next song, but when you are done make sure to play it start to finish. You'll get it. And I guess this will have to suffice for the "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" request.

@HippoYnYGlaw 3 жыл бұрын

Time for Justin to fill the Dancefloor with D Train’s ‘Music’ and other 80s alternative dance anthems.

@semchen9 3 жыл бұрын

Well Accessed. Thank You !

@harripalomaki8796 3 жыл бұрын

Once In A Lifetime is such a monster groove. Stick it on anywhere in the world and people will run to the dance floor.

@hotblackdesiato3022 3 жыл бұрын

WE WANT "MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS" !!

@Johonnac 3 жыл бұрын

@@hotblackdesiato3022 “Jezebel Spirit”!!

@-R.Gray- 3 жыл бұрын

The second record of the double live album "The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads" has much of the same material as this album with Adrian Belew on lead guitar.

@-davidolivares 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite live stuff.

@kevtruth 3 жыл бұрын

That is such a killer live set

@markgatica12 3 жыл бұрын

That has my favorite version of Psycho Killer, also.

@shawnburns5680 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite talking heads song. I called in and requested it and got it played on the radio once.

@dennismason3740 Жыл бұрын

The director of Silence of the Lambs also directed a concert film starring the Talking Heads, at their best.

@RandyHall324 3 жыл бұрын

Layered African polyrhythms, an awesome groove, and Adrian Belew's guitar licks make this an amazing tune. There's so much to take in that it may take a few listens to absorb it. This was a big evolutionary step for the band - bought it the day it came out - not what I'd expected, but grew to love it.

@ErikGoosen 3 жыл бұрын

Remain in Light will grow on you. For sure. It’s monumental and one of the most influential albums of the eighties.

@amnril 3 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt.

@timlynch5710 3 жыл бұрын

It took me years to love it. Now I LOVE IT!!!

@Bob.L.Shirley 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! My favorite Heads album by a long shot! Sorry it didn't make a stronger first impression, JP, but give the whole album a listen. Can't wait for you to hit The Great Curve with Belew's work there. Be interesting to see if your opinion changes as you continue thru the remaining tracks. I'm not saying you would like or dislike it more, but you should also expose yourself to Byrne and Eno's collaboration My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts for some interesting beats incorporating found audio from various sources, including an exorcism. Fun!😂

@Pcrimson1 3 жыл бұрын

JP, I hope this grows on you in a good way. My favorite Talking Heads album, at the time, very experimental. There was a lot of cross pollination at the time between Byrne, Fripp, Gabriel, Bowie, Daryll Hall and a few other. If you think of them as flowers, Eno was the bee! In any case, I hope you continue with this album, it's great.

@semchen9 3 жыл бұрын

An Offshoot, as Consequences of his "Oblique Strategies". ;)

@GareksApprentice 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Devo! There was a bit of competition from Eno, Bowie & Fripp to produce their first album but Eno won out (With Bowie helping out here & there).

@manualboyca 3 жыл бұрын

"Crosseyed and Painless" (from this album) is one of my favorite TH songs - well worth a listen!

@harripalomaki8796 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, especially the live version which achieves some kind of astral-ass grooviness.

@matrobnew 3 жыл бұрын

@@harripalomaki8796 "I might end up in the hospital" -- the way he belts all those lyrics in the SMS live version is pretty great (plus the whole house doing "I'm still waiting" to end the song and the show). But anyone who hasn't seen them do these songs on "Live in Rome" needs to check that out too.

@robertjewell9727 3 жыл бұрын

It introduces the album. At the time its sound was highly unique and it remains rather timeless in my opinion. The break is the end of the piece and then the next song arriving. Talking Heads were experimenting with a new tribal musical approach, applying this tribal form with Western lyrical concerns as if the music is the reminder that the government man needs to get outside of himself and feel things differently, which he is beginning to sense, but is having great difficulty breaking out of his situation so for me the song works really well and its repetitive pulse and sonic distinction is a repeating demand on him to get back to the heart of things.

@rayryeridge3313 Жыл бұрын

Tnank og you are not doing videos,they are such an distraction from the music.You have a deep understanding of pop music in all its shapes and forms by the way.credit to you for this and your enhusiasm.Love watching and listening to you.Thanks from the bottom of my heart.

@skibbitybop8294 3 жыл бұрын

A fantastic album, this one was really a grower for me though. I didn't start actually *loving* it until after many listens, but now I have a much greater appreciation for the quirkiness, song flow, and overall the whole tone of the album.

@amnril 3 жыл бұрын

So, you’ve found one of the very best albums from the 80’s and for me TH’s best studio album by a country mile. You are so lucky and there are some seriously iconic tracks on this album

@luciodellaporta7201 3 жыл бұрын

Their best album, Belew on board baby... genius

@bobholtzmann 3 жыл бұрын

I've got this LP in my library, just because I have fond memories of my college friends dancing to this at our house parties. Serious dance music!

@semchen9 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the 'Trance Room'.

@bobholtzmann 3 жыл бұрын

@@semchen9 My classmates did lots of gyrating to "Born Under Punches", and went wild with "The Great Curve"!

@semchen9 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobholtzmann Bob, I in 80'-81', was a Dancer, and a Professional Dancer (Go-Go Boy) at this Club, at Times, there, on Thursdays, Punk/New Wave Music was being Featured. I was among such Dancers to Music of those Times, "Talking Heads" among the many Minstrels.

@SebGeddy 3 жыл бұрын

I get your little "frustration", JP. As a prog rock fan, I was not easily drawn to TH music, it took me a while but I finally got addicted to it. It's all about rhythm, atmosphere, mood, sense and feelings... No wonder there are no breaks, bridges and musical shifts 😉

@garretteulett8600 3 жыл бұрын

A whole Remain In Light review would be awesome!

@LifelikeFiction 3 жыл бұрын

On facebook you get some crazy questions, like : you’ve been sent to an lonely island and you’re just allowed to take one album with you. Remain In Light would be my choice 😎🤗

@mana3735 3 жыл бұрын

One of my all time favourite albums. Of all time!

@rederickfroders1978 2 жыл бұрын

This album will never leave me, its one o those.

@mauruhkatigaming4807 3 жыл бұрын

Adrian Belew was actually a touring guitarist with Talking Heads around this period, in addition to playing the blippity-bloopity guitar lines on this track. He was even with the Tom Tom Club on their first album. Between this and Robert Fripp playing on "I Zimbra," it makes sense why 80s King Crimson sounded the way it did.

@semchen9 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps listen to Fripp's 81', "League of Gentlemen's" Minor Man, to hear from both of theirs origination Umbilical Fluid.

@daveking9393 3 жыл бұрын

First time for me too. Dragged on with interesting elements was the correct description. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and insights.

@mexicanson 2 жыл бұрын

I own this album on cassette and let me just say this is my favorite song from this album!

@timlynch5710 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone owes everything to Africa. Brilliant choice.

@ijustneedmyself 3 жыл бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@mana3735 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah...it's definitely NOT instant. I bought this in 1983 and it wasn't until 1984 that it hit me!! haha. Seriously...the more familiar you get with it, the greater it sounds. I have a theory that songs and albums that take longer to get into, last with you longer. the ones That are instant, you get bored quicker. Perfect examples are this album and Unknown Pleasures by Joy division.

@bthagan 3 жыл бұрын

I second that theory!

@tallykev6608 3 жыл бұрын

Deep cut and great. Hard to go wrong with the Talking Heads for folks who want a little extra somin somin their music.

@BrainAttackMusic 3 жыл бұрын

It's a great album. Check out The Great Curve. I regularly have this blasting out in 5.1. Awesome. Great choice again, JP!

@altair8598 3 жыл бұрын

I think it was voted best album of 1980 by some of the Music Press. So creative.

@shanna9650 3 жыл бұрын

Remain in Light and Fear of Music are stunning albums. It holds up. Belew toured for a spell and in this time frame also worked with Laurie Anderson. Belew is also a Zappa Alumni.

@matrobnew 3 жыл бұрын

Hah -- the bendy guitar in Laurie's concert movie. But Belew was everywhere at this time, including Bowie Station to Station.

@gaiaeternal5131 3 жыл бұрын

Afternoon, Justin. Dave from London. I Can Remember going to see some fantastic TH and David Byrne shows live. Probably my favourite was on Byrne's Rei Momo tour, with a brilliant Latin band on board. I agree with you about this track in that the groove is better than the song itself but, wow, great KC/Adrian Belew spot! P.S. Eggs benedict is great but I think I prefer scrambled eggs with smoked salmon.

@cat-o-matic 3 жыл бұрын

It was like a walk through the Forest of Rhythms.

@cedricmilford5254 3 жыл бұрын

It will grow on you, trust me. I love this album! I had a cassette (way back) with this album on side A and King Crimson’s Discipline on side B. I wore it out! Lol!

@throwabrick 3 жыл бұрын

There are a couple of live versions of this that are MILES better than the album version. Definitely worth checking out.

@Rowenband 3 жыл бұрын

Of course you could be convinced. For me this one of the great albums from rock history. Do the whole album. Only great songs on it, no weak piece. And I'm in love with Tina's bass playing.

@benoitrenaud519 3 жыл бұрын

You will appreciate it more in the context of the whole album. Each track creates a different mood, with a different pace and arrangement. The first three are increasingly fast, then it get slower and slower. Great suite for relaxing, moving and eventually meditating.

@JustJP 3 жыл бұрын

Thats what I'm thinking, just gotta give it some time/whole album

@hotblackdesiato3022 3 жыл бұрын

I request a song-by-song reaction to this seminal album :-) . Thanks for this first step!

@kevtruth 3 жыл бұрын

Belew is a guest musician on the album, so you nailed it. This album requires a few listens and it's not as catchy as their other ones. I truly enjoy it though

@jamesadkisson7510 3 жыл бұрын

I find I listen to Talking Heads for Robert Fripp and Adrian Belew. On this song that tapping, dialing through sounds "solo" is Adrian.

@manualboyca 3 жыл бұрын

I love the "deep cut" Talking Heads songs - always so interesting and experimental!

@davidmontgomery4696 3 жыл бұрын

This a dance track. Played in clubs. Has to be evaluated that way.

@TheCharcoalchicken 2 жыл бұрын

love his reaction as soon as the song starts.. he instantly knows it's going to be great

@jamiegagnon6390 3 жыл бұрын

Talking Heads are just not the same without being able to see the track meet going on on stage...

@floorticket 3 жыл бұрын

You should check out the Brian Eno and David Byrne album "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" (1981), which was recorded before Remain In Light and came out after it, but there are a lot of similarities. "America is Waiting" comes to mind.

@Richard_Jones 3 жыл бұрын

I was torn because it definitely dragged but as it faded out I could feel myself getting into the groove and suddenly wanted a couple of more minutes of it.

@mattjohn4731 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I love this album. Along with Speaking In Tongues, and Fear Of Music. Then of course there's the legendary concert album Stop Making Sense. And the other albums are great too. And all their solo, or duo acts are good. On a side note, Jerry Harrison had already had a great album playing organ for the Modern Lovers

@jayburdification 3 жыл бұрын

Good call on the Discipline similarities. Both albums explore polyrhythms and both feature Adrian Belew. If you want to see Adrian in his Talking Heads glory, there is a video of “The Great Curve” from this same album. I would do the studio version first and then the live vid on KZfaq.

@justink5585 3 жыл бұрын

Not gonna lie, (from my, and my friends experience) no one liked this album on their first listen, but everyone who comes back to it loves it. The album has grown to be one of my favourites. Without a doubt the best Talking Heads studio album (I still prefer their live concert album, and the corresponding concert film however)

@JustJP 3 жыл бұрын

Will definitely try more!

@shanna9650 Жыл бұрын

I loved this from the first listen. Instant love.

@nealeger8154 3 жыл бұрын

This is a good jam-in-the-car song.

@drfoxcourt 3 жыл бұрын

1) Eggs benedict is more that "pretty good." 2) So very glad you are working the Talking Heads music. I enjoy immensely your reviews/reactions and Talking Heads seems to be right in line with the music you enjoy too 3) I see you have The Who's "Tommy" on the review docket. YAY! 4) How about that synth/Belew solo?

@JustJP 3 жыл бұрын

Ty DrFox!

@Hartlor_Tayley 3 жыл бұрын

I think Belew and Eno are on this album. This is probably their most experimental album, influences of Fela Kuti and funkadelic are evident. Much of this album is comprised of these complex jams, some think this is their best album others think it’s their worst. Great reaction and song. Thanks

@theplanetruth 3 жыл бұрын

First!! But that bass!!!

@Hartlor_Tayley 3 жыл бұрын

@Oklancie Laen I think they were so very influenced by Bohannon, it’s even apparent on this experimental album kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9KjY5eau9O5aaM.html

@SebGeddy 3 жыл бұрын

I can't dance but I definitely can move my awkward body to Talking Heads 🕺Massive band!

@JustJP 3 жыл бұрын

Lol! :D

@ptolemyauletesxii8642 3 жыл бұрын

Like so many Talking Heads songs it only really makes any sense if you imagine it sung from the perspective of a sweating, nervous, paranoid, but also naive and well intentioned, weirdo.

@williamandres1042 3 жыл бұрын

You forgot genius.

@blitztim6416 3 жыл бұрын

I was already sold on Talking Heads. Had seen them twice. Then this came out. Wow. So happy. So great. Like they knew what I needed to hear. Now do The Great Curve and Houses in Motion. Love Adrian Belew on this album. Also pleez do a track off of Byrne and Eno's album My Life In the Bush of Ghosts. Try 'Help Me Somebody'. The songs are all built on samples. This song is samples of a black preacher. Byrne does not sing on this album. It's all samples with added music.

@harripalomaki8796 3 жыл бұрын

The Jezebel Spirit from the Byrne/Eno album is also scary good. I don't think there would have been Remain In Light without My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts.

@a.k.1740 3 жыл бұрын

All the songs on Remain In Light are essentially studio work with quite a bit of tweaking, experimentation and layering of instruments, sometimes with multiple bass or guitar parts held by multiple players at once, so on stage the songs didn't have the same sound or the same rendering. Add to this that the songs are very linear and deliberately play on the repetitive aspect of the many overlapping patterns. either you adhere to the process, or you stay cold, it depends ! This kind of music playing on repetition and trance was very popular in the early 80s with the Post-punk/New Wave movement. Simple Minds at the same time had the same kind of approach but with a totally different aspect. Talking Heads relied more on the Afro-funk world-music aspect while with Simple Minds this resulted in a colder, electronic and European sound. For comparison, you could try doing one of the tracks from Simple Minds' album called Empires and Dance (released a month before Remain In Light). "This Fear of Gods" is a good example of what I just explained.

@jamespaivapaiva4460 3 жыл бұрын

Watch out for Florida Fish& Game officers Justin before you eat eggs Benedict again. Poaching is still illegal there! Advice from a speaking skull-Peace.

@JustJP 3 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@adderon7476 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for not commenting during the song, it's a huge testament to how heavy this jam is. There's a story combining from Fear of Music and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts continuing in this, the third act. The subject of the song's the offspring of the people from Life During Wartime, grown up now and having almost no sense of their humanity left since the government and/or church has taken over all aspects of daily life. The second song is a callback to their parents and throughout the rest of the album the narrative goes back and forth between them until it switches on side 2 to the "government" who envisioned their "body" that changed over time to what they saw the world as it should be in their eyes.

@peteriuliano5846 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, Take A Look At These Hands - Hands Of The Government Man... Speak Hands Speak - Born Under PUnches How Thin? Just Breathe Too Thin Breathe With Me

@m.gideonhoyle409 3 жыл бұрын

This has long been my favorite Heads album.

@ricobonifacio1095 3 жыл бұрын

His autism comes out in his music and that is what makes it unique I think. Talking Heads have done stuff you really havent heard from other bands. I may be wrong but thats what I think.

@rayryeridge3313 Жыл бұрын

i respect your honesty,dont pretend to like something if you dont. I love this album though.Its impressive to think its made in 1980,we must allways take into account at what time things was released to appriciate the effort and innovation involved.But stay honest,because then we know for sure that you really mean it when you truly love a song.

@Alohaadi 3 жыл бұрын

Joni Mitchell + P.Gabriel = My Secret Place 💪👍🙋‍♂️

@reishin6 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite song by them, you'll warm up to it more with a couple more listens for sure. The Great Curve is another fantastic song from the album.

@chrisguevara 3 жыл бұрын

This is a dope live track.

@harripalomaki8796 3 жыл бұрын

Mmm. Eggs Benedict. I wish someone would make them for me EVERY DAY for breakfast. I suppose I could move to a fancy hotel for as long as my funds allow. So, about a week of Eggs Benedict, maybe. As for Remain In Light, when I first heard it as a callow youth, I felt I needed to adjust the motherboard in my brain somewhat - certainly the rhythm circuits. I tended to (and still) get excited about the kind of NEWNESS that is still accessible. Anyone can do supposedly-revolutionary, unlistenable avant-garde, but this was ultimately comprehensible even to a pop mind. Remain In Light is by far my favourite Talking Heads album (and I'm not implying that Fear Of Music and Speaking In Tongues aren't brilliant). There's truly not a dud on it. And the live versions...woooo.

@Polarskates 3 жыл бұрын

You have to watch the Rome 1980 live video of this track.....better than the studio version.

@matrobnew 3 жыл бұрын

JP: As pretty much everyone has said, this is their least 'accessible' album but it very often ends up being the favorite for hardcore Talking Heads fans. I suspect that maybe you'd find "Once in a Lifetime" more accessible from this album -- there's a reason why it was their single -- but mostly it's just a matter of adjusting to what they're laying down here. And you still may not like it, musical polytheist though you are. There are a lot of other TH albums that you'd probably take to sooner. Like...any of them? If you want a good opener, you can't go wrong with Burning Down the House from Speaking in Tongues (and then do the Stop Making Sense version). Or do "Nothing But Flowers" from Naked, or "Television Man" (or honestly anything) from Little Creatures. Or "Wild Life" from True Stories....

@InsideBilderberg 3 жыл бұрын

Top 10 album for me.

@andrewcaelliott 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see you exploring this. When I first heard this, I too didn't know what to make of it, but boy does it grow on you. Once in a Lifetime is of course the 'hit' from this album, but The Great Curve is my favourite - I hope you get there. And I would say, don't dig to deep into the lyrics. I don't think there is any sort of narrative there. It's all about mood and creating a general air of unease. David Byrne has done a lot of very interesting stuff. It's not necessarily proggy in the usual sense, but it's intricate, thoughtful, different music. "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" is required listening. Another very interesting Byrne album is "Music for Knee Plays". Performance here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e6lokpeJzdSRoZc.html

@tomgirldouble3249 3 жыл бұрын

Just went on a bit, David Byrnes is another genius like david sylvian, I'm going to give this a full listen👍🏻

@bryanforis1839 3 жыл бұрын

When you hear it’s sounds it was all Brian eno problem productive he was responsible for album and the lead made it happen

@14gilbertst 3 жыл бұрын

Check out the 'Live in Rome' concert from 1980 on youtube. Astounding. "The Great Curve" is blistering.

@matrobnew 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I still think certain moment on Stop Making Sense are fantastic, but the energy of Rome is insane. All of their Fear of Music songs especially are completely unhooked. I Zimbra....

@courtneywallace871 3 жыл бұрын

Belew is amazing on this track! Could be their best album. It’s neat how each song gets progressively slower. (Did I just say neat? Gee that’s keen)! On another note: Mr. Rundgren please!

@mjp3186 3 жыл бұрын

Great choice. From the same album you should listen to The Great Curve

@jameswarner5809 3 жыл бұрын

Also the hypnotic Seen And Not Seen

@amnril 3 жыл бұрын

Also the entire Album

@mjp3186 3 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right. All first four albums were top.

@pedrog2895 3 жыл бұрын

Remain In Light is a great album, I concur, but FEAR of Music and More Songs about Buildings And Food are masterpieces from START to FInish, but hey what about Speaking In Tongues and Little Creatures TWO other masterpieces to discover.....Don't even get me started about Stop Making Sense....Saw them back in 1982 and they were magical....they even played a "new song" that would come out in the future....Burning Down The House....Also check out their first LP '77

@minkhollow 3 жыл бұрын

"Once in a Lifetime" is a must. I think you'd have fun digging into "(Nothing But) Flowers" or "Love for Sale" in terms of lyrical content. "This Must Be the Place" is also gorgeous. Finally: I will die on the hill of 'the studio version of "Take Me to the River" is better than the Stop Making Sense cut.' The slower tempo and more prominent bass line do it many favors.

@matrobnew 3 жыл бұрын

agreed on all counts. First, I'd say "Take Me to the River" is about the only cut that ISN'T improved by the SMS version. Second, Remain in Light is their least accessible album, period. Naked, Little Creatures, Fear of Music, True Stories, 1, 2 -- I mean all of them have more accessible melodies, with only a couple of songs even approaching the polyrhythmic wall of this album. And it's no accident "Once in a Lifetime" was their single from this one. But the polyrhythmic wall is also why this is...their best album. It just takes some getting used to.

@bthagan 3 жыл бұрын

Talking Heads are the ultimate "warm up to it" band - I totally get your first reaction to this being a little lukewarm - It's so dense and somewhat unrelenting that it's almost too much. However I promise you this will worm it's way into your brain and a few listens later it will just click. Do you ever find that the music you don't love immediately, that you gradually warm up to, can often end up being the thing you love the most?! That was my experience of Talking Heads :)

@JustJP 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely could warm up to them! We'll see

@bthagan 3 жыл бұрын

@@JustJP And if you don't, who cares! The world would be a boring place if we all loved the same things!

@suz5862 3 жыл бұрын

After your review of the Beat, I take some solace in your consistency with first listens. Hang in there with both bands. I am confident you will regard Talking Heads at least with the same esteem you have for their contemporaries XTC and Talk Talk

@JustJP 3 жыл бұрын

Haha ty Suz! I'll definitely try more

@suz5862 3 жыл бұрын

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@suz5862 3 жыл бұрын

@@JustJP I adore both XTC and Talk Talk. Your reviews are a joy to me. Bowie ditto! Thank you.

@kathyedleman633 3 жыл бұрын

Try "Crosseyed and Painless" from this album.

@donaldandbecki 3 жыл бұрын

Try eggs benedict with smoked salmon instead of ham. It changes the whole thing and is really good. I like them both ways, just making a suggestion.

@-davidolivares 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the major albums of the time that added African rhythms to rock music. Adrian Belew my mind… with that solo. Yeah, it’s a grower, some of this album lagged behind in favor but gradually came to equal the others. A great album imo. Finish the David Sancious album Transformation (Speed of Love) please. Peace and African rhythms Music

@dampfross7332 Жыл бұрын

Fur mich ist Remain in light das beste talking Heads Album ich liebe die Platte.... Grüße 🙌🙌🙌👌👌👌😉

@maruad7577 3 жыл бұрын

I am happy you enjoyed your Eggs Benedict. The sauce doesn't do it for me. Other than Huevos Racheros, I prefer my eggs without sauce. Leave the yolk runny and it makes it's own sauce. I like this song as a dance song. For me there some elements that make me think of African groups. Those steady relentless rhythms. Manu Dibango's "Soul Makossa" is probably one of the most famous songs from the Africa in this genre.

@delllittle5692 3 жыл бұрын

I just can't listen to one track on this album, I know it's your format. Yes if took me a bit. In fact after I saw them live after the following album, I went back and listened to this from a different perspective. Now it's my favorite album of theirs. But I love many of their albums. This album was the meeting of powerful entities at the right time.

@sylvanm4216 3 жыл бұрын

This album is an all-timer just on the strength of side 1 and "Once in a Lifetime". The last 4 tracks are fine but not up to same insanely high standard. Sometimes with a song like this that is just an extended groove, a first listen can be disappointing because, like you said, you're waiting, expecting a big change-up at some point, and it doesn't come. When you listen again, knowing up front that it's just all about stewing in that rich, meaty, bubbling groove for 6 minutes, I suspect you'll have a better time with it.

@JustJP 3 жыл бұрын

You may be right! We'll see :D

@SebGeddy 3 жыл бұрын

Under heavy Fela Kuti influence

@CthulhuWaitsDreaming 3 жыл бұрын

Remain In Light is a dense work of art. Born Under Punches is not the best track, it's just the beginning. The material really came to life on their subsequent tour. Watch some of the live videos from the 1980-1981 tour on youtube. And listen to the live album The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads. It is their best album.

@ippolit4262 3 жыл бұрын

I get not doing stop making sense the full movie but those versions are all better than their studio version counterparts I'd recommend at least exploring the audio version of it! Especially Crosseyed and Painless and Girlfriend is Better but really everything!!

@mattanderson6457 Жыл бұрын

No hate I promise, but the thing is a masterpiece

@JustJP Жыл бұрын

I've learned, now that I've gone through the album. Just took me a while to "get it"🙃

@mattanderson6457 Жыл бұрын

@@JustJP word. It was actually one of the last tracks I heard from the album cause I listened out of order. So I was already primed for it and it blew me away. Keep up the great content man

@JustJP Жыл бұрын

@@mattanderson6457 for sure! Thanks Matt