Understanding Psycho Killer

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Surrealism has been on my mind a lot lately, and that got me thinking about Talking Heads. They're one of those bands that was always doing something weird just to see if they could, and few songs capture that ethos as well as Psycho Killer. From the driving bassline to the deceptively weird chords to David Byrne's off-kilter vocals, the song keeps you off balance from start to finish, adding more and more bizarre pieces until it finally collapses under its own weight. It's a strange song, but it's also a brilliant one, and its success turned the band into rock legends.
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@12tone 3 жыл бұрын

Some additional thoughts/corrections: 1) Wow, David Byrne's voice sounds real weird when you pitch-shift it, huh? 2) To clarify, when I say the guitar in the outro is based around pitch-bending, I mean it more in the music theory sense of playing around in the space between notes, not necessarily the guitar playing technique. I'm not a guitarist so I don't want to speculate too much but it sounds like he's doing a lot of sliding in there? Again, could be wrong, but also I don't really think it matters much what specific physical thing he's doing, the point I was trying to make was that he was spending a lot of time out of tune.

@jacksonbarker7594 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like he's pretty much exclusively bending to me!

@aquathemage1680 3 жыл бұрын

The bent chord at the end is almost certainly a whammy bar.

@JuliaAllenHesse 3 жыл бұрын

David Byrne's voice just sounds weird, especially when isolated. =)

@Aurora-oe2qp 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds like he is bending a lot, especially towards the later parts of the end. I guess you it could also be a whammy bar, though.

@aquathemage1680 3 жыл бұрын

@@Aurora-oe2qp I mean the high A minor chord he keeps playing at the end specifically. You'd have to use pre bends and that's not viable for a whole chord so I suspected a whammy bar. Everything else could just be normal bends though, or maybe a finger slide.

@yuvalne 3 жыл бұрын

Moving to the right hand for "intentional sloppiness" is brilliant

@jonmackenzie 3 жыл бұрын

i completely missed that. brilliant indeed

@simonjohnston3100 3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile my brain was going "woah, dem nails. Must be a classical guitarist"

@jessedevlin9489 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I came to post this.

@tortis6342 Жыл бұрын

Anyone have a timestamp?

@mihailmilev9909 11 ай бұрын

ohmygod I didn't even notice that (probably cuz I wasn't looking tho, to be fair), that's genius

@danielmarques5469 3 жыл бұрын

"spicy" dominates all music lingo

@rickf6375 3 жыл бұрын

Spiceeeeey

@ronaldbharvey 3 жыл бұрын

@@rickf6375 aye aye aye aye ¡caliente!

@NoThumb 3 жыл бұрын

Up there with Saucy

@esak.6245 3 жыл бұрын

Spicy is everything that doesn't fit in western european music theory

@TheAntiburglar 3 жыл бұрын

Literally came to this video after watching another video about "spicy chords" XD

@rateeightx 3 жыл бұрын

I've Never Noticed Just How Odd David Byrne's Voice Sounds Without The Music.

@RapidVidsProductions 2 жыл бұрын

Why The Fuck Do You Type Like This. How Can Anyone Type Like This Unironically, What The Fuck

@caseyhamm4292 Жыл бұрын

because of the capitalization i have no choice but to read this as the title of a post punk song

@patrickcane6254 Жыл бұрын

same lol

@stopmotionmovie123 Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Especially in the chorus with Ohhhhhh aye aye aye aye aye uuuuaaaaa

@rockin0 3 жыл бұрын

seeing this in my notifications made my day fafafafafafafafa far better

@brifox 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing this in my notifications made me ask myself: "Well... how did I get here?"

@Hagledesperado 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you're all having great fun, but this ain't no party!

@Photologistic 3 жыл бұрын

@@Hagledesperado Hey, it’s not a disco either, it’s not fooling around.

@vampdan 23 күн бұрын

@@brifox, same as it ever was.

@ScopeofScience 3 жыл бұрын

This is my favourite band, and I've always had a hard time describing to friends why I think they are weird but also genius... Next time I'll send them this. THANK YOUUuuuuuUUUUUhahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa

@WaterShowsProd 3 жыл бұрын

I miss the excitement of a new Talking Heads song coming on the radio. I remember watching the concert film Stop Making Sense with my parents when I was in high school and we were all blown away by it. Watching it today it seems even more incredible.

@yuvalne 3 жыл бұрын

How come 60% the KZfaqrs I watch watch each other? (The answer is Tom Scott, isn't it?)

@singerofsongs468 3 жыл бұрын

I love Talking Heads. David Byrne is a crazy, chaotic, genre-smashing, collaborative genius who operates by merging whatever inspiration comes his way from a vast array of cultures and backgrounds. This guy actively appreciates and contributes to the art of performance.

@mrmangoberry8394 3 жыл бұрын

@@yuvalne Definetey Tom Scott. The great bridge of KZfaq.

@zachary4670 3 жыл бұрын

What’s hilarious to me is that this is easily one of Talking Heads’ most straightforward songs. And it’s still super weird. Thank you so much for finally talking about the Talking Heads!! One of my favorite bands and bass players for sure. For more extreme versions of TH’s weirdness, check out the songs Cities (verse progression is D, C#. Both major) and And She Was (two or three key changes before the first chorus).

@michaelbrown5382 3 жыл бұрын

I love Cities. One of my favorite TH tracks.

@Soul-OnFire 3 жыл бұрын

I like the... you have a face with a view song... oh whats it called ;)

@Soul-OnFire 3 жыл бұрын

Or the take me to the river one... i like them all... guilty as charged i love the talking heads 😜

@mxspokes 3 жыл бұрын

@@Soul-OnFire This Must be the Place (Naive Melody) which features the band playing different instruments from their normal arrangement, hence the title

@zachary4670 3 жыл бұрын

There’s two guitars in the mix, playing slightly different rhythms. The interplay between the left guitar and the right guitar is half the fun of this song.

@HowardOwensIII 3 жыл бұрын

I find nothing weird about the song, the band, nor the era. I was 17. I had heard of the Talking Heads but I had never heard them (that probably seem weird now but then radio was limited and to hear new things you had to buy the records and 77 wasn’t available in my local record shops) when I went to see them at SDSU’s Back Door. I was 10 feet away from David Byrne when they started playing Psycho Killer. I was mesmerized. The electricity pulsed through my body. I’ve never forgotten that vision of a tense and nervous David Byrne delivering this song. I’ve never had another concert experience like it. I’ve been a fan since.

@niclaswerther1569 3 жыл бұрын

His singing without the music just sounds like yelling

@beausefdidly8092 3 жыл бұрын

I think the real beauty of this song is how vastly different in its own context vs. in the context of the album

@Armakk 3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Just have to point out as a TH superfan that Byrne's rhythm guitar is the secret weapon of TH and he's probably playing a lot of those chords you attribute to Jerry Harrison (e.g. there are clearly two guitars in the verse). Psycho Killer was written as a trio (their first song, according to Franz) years before JH joined the band. Check out Byrne's solo perf of Psycho Killer that opens STOP MAKING SENSE to see what a tremendous rhythm player he is.

@singerofsongs468 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Talking Heads. David Byrne has a really interesting book called How Music Works that I recommend to literally everyone who might be interested. If you’re looking to analyze more weirdness, I would love to hear your thoughts on The Great Curve or Life During Wartime. Although, IMO, both of these rely heavily on the lyrical content, so it might not quite fit this channel. I’m probably biased though because I come from a choral background with very little music theory lol

@cyclonasaurusrex1525 3 жыл бұрын

Memories Cant Wait. Aural hallucination.

@KrisCadwell 3 жыл бұрын

That book sounds interesting, I ordered a copy. Thanks for mentioning it.

@melm4251 3 жыл бұрын

Second this, that books is brilliant

@troy8420 3 жыл бұрын

The great curve is insane, so many layers

@ImSquiggs 2 жыл бұрын

Oooh, loving the new term I picked up here -- "shuttles". That's something that happens all the time when I end up improving a song -- I'm not good with keys on-the-fly, so when I make a sudden shift to a bridge a lot of the time it ends up just being two chords back and forth because it's easier to make it mesh right with the rest of the song. Apparently I've been shuttling all along!

@JKTCGMV13 3 жыл бұрын

“May very well still be happening” excellent prediction

@NoThumb 3 жыл бұрын

Speak French in a song and it's bound to be a hit.

@VynceMontgomery 3 жыл бұрын

You mean like Billy Joel's "C'était Toi" and Huey Lewis' "Old Antone's"?

@JustinWillhoit 3 жыл бұрын

A tout le monde

@NoThumb 3 жыл бұрын

Tous Le Meme

@JasperJanssen 3 жыл бұрын

Voulez vous chanter avec moi?

@Soul-OnFire 3 жыл бұрын

Ya’ll can de mort anytime...

@kwarrtzorau7203 3 жыл бұрын

14:59 "The poll to pick the next song goes up next week!" No... no more polls... please

@InventorZahran 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that you need to be a Patron to vote in that poll is basically a poll tax!

@Soul-OnFire 3 жыл бұрын

Ah! ☝️ you are right!

@miguelbass 3 жыл бұрын

One thing that wasn't addressed on the "second part of the bridge" in which "the bass does not talk with the rest of the harmony" , has to do with the bass (instrument) itself and the way Tina plays it. The notes of the A major section are played exactly the same way as the G major ones, at the same frets, except for being played one string up - A major: (D string) F# E D (open) A and on the g major chord (G string) B A G (open D). Always frets 4 2 0(D) 0(A) and 4 2 0(D) 0(A). My guess is that Tina opted for this same "geometry" for the bass line, which actually follows a bit David's vocals (at least on the A major part). Then decided to keep the same pattern up one string. I could exemplify a number of basslines which do this procedure (e..g. Yes - Sound Chaser). It then happened that the A guitar chord ends up inverted, but Tina decided it just sounded cool, irrespective (or precisely because of) some added dissonance. This is perhaps something which is not explained by music theory alone (although it can of course be analysed at the light of the theory) but also requires knowledge of the instrument and the instrumentalist.

@transpadme 3 жыл бұрын

I love hearing byrne's vocals alone, I saw a video on tiktok I think of his vocals in once in a lifetime, and it's just so fun

@iejcwejheiowcnlwekn 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t touch me. I’m a real live wire.

@joe47771 3 жыл бұрын

okie

@swingardium706 3 жыл бұрын

If you guys want to listen to this song on KZfaq, the version used in this video is the one from the channel "RHINO" with a red thumbnail. The most popular result is an alternate version

@TaleshicMatera 3 жыл бұрын

@6:46, "at the end of the chorus we get that same F-ing G again"

@GlaceonStudios 3 жыл бұрын

OK, I love it.

@balloonman8796 3 жыл бұрын

Never clicked faster, Talking Heads rock!

@cyclonasaurusrex1525 3 жыл бұрын

Just listened to 77 last night!

@balloonman8796 3 жыл бұрын

@@cyclonasaurusrex1525 great album

@blueshirt3165 3 жыл бұрын

Wish you could've done a track like Born Under Punches, but love seeing Tina and David get proper recognition

@TorutheRedFox 3 жыл бұрын

Superfreak started playing in my head when I read the title instead thanks, Neil

@jakeholmes9296 3 жыл бұрын

My current favourite band. I saw David Byrne for his American Utopia show and it was the best live performance I have ever been to. So keen for this video. Talking Heads are just incredible.

@squid-boy4178 3 жыл бұрын

Tina is one of my biggest inspirations as a Bassist thank you for this

@robertdavis5976 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the breakdown of this song, thank you! I love the song mostly for the bass, but also the way the vocals and instruments support and unsound state of mind. I've heard many people say they hate the song because of the vocals and the chaos, which tells me that they have no understanding of what TH was trying to communicate. I think it was brilliantly performed, even though I sometime have to go to a quiet place after listening to it a few times in a row...

@henrydavies8564 3 жыл бұрын

Have you considered talking about lovecats by the cure? I'm pretty sure there's something going on between the bassline and the snare drum but I lack the knowledge to explain why it sounds so compelling.

@zachary4670 3 жыл бұрын

The Cure is amazing

@stuffguru 3 жыл бұрын

This is my 1st video i've seen of you. My high school band training and briefly dating of a music theory phd allows me to understand 1% of that but at least follow along. Its amazing to see this type of classical analysis applied to what is essentially (but not wholely) an estatic type of music and yet it's able to perfectly describe wtf is going on in that song. And your presentation was a joy to watch. 🍻

@N0t_Alex 3 жыл бұрын

I lost it at the resolution to C at 7:19 🤣

@dannahbanana11235 2 жыл бұрын

David Byrne is just an absolute weird genius, I love it so much.

@indubiousComrade 3 жыл бұрын

raw david byrne vocals are fucking hilarious. the man is a gem

@SirGordonJ Жыл бұрын

Great analysis of the music. I always took the Psycho Killer lyrical theme to be a metaphor for explosive tension. Such as insomnia where it isn't clear if the lack of sleep is making you frustrated or the thing that caused it - a feedback loop. Your description of the music really fits that feeling well.

@vaclavmichalekmusic 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up listening to Talking Heads and I can't forget, much later, that glorious moment in the series Heroes when the psycho killer Sylar's driving somewhere with a kidnapped boy and then casually turns on the radio and they're playing "Psycho Killer" :D :D :D priceless!

@Armakk 3 жыл бұрын

Another great analysis. Your section on Weymouth's bassline is eerily similar to your section on Deacon's bass line in "Under Pressure."

@Jo_Collins 3 жыл бұрын

Had to thumbs up for the 6/4 = n64 controller connection.

@MF_UNDERTOW 2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what you’re talking about 95% of the time but I still find your videos fascinating, especially when you cover music I love.

@alicec1533 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! That feeling of stretching up to escape to the relative major is so evocative! I love that analysis

@daveandrew589 3 жыл бұрын

This is what you get when you write a song based entirely on feel rather than music theory. Early Talking Heads were more RISD design students than musicians. Tina Weymouth in particular was not formally schooled in the bass. I would be very curious to know how many iterations this song went through before it was captured in the studio. I'm going to guess a lot. Supposedly Byrne had a version of this before the TH were even formed. While he may have learned a good amount of theory as time went on, he probably didn't have much then. They probably just futzed around until it sounded sufficiently disjointed for the theme. This doesn't take away from its ultimate quality.

@rubrshrk Жыл бұрын

Tina said that Sid Vicious was the one who told her how to play bass without cutting her hand open. That's kind of metal in many ways.

@Aurora-oe2qp 3 жыл бұрын

4:34 Lou Reed did this quite of a lot too, which I think is especially apparent in Sweet Jane, where even the lyrics themselves are very conversational and unconventional. The lines are of quite uneven length, there's a lot of small words just randomly thrown in, and he addresses a guy named Jim.

@TheBoboMaker 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I was listening to Psycho Killer yesterday all the while thinking this would be a good one for you to look at. Imagine my surprise when this video showed up on my feed.

@tonygairomusic911 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos, man. I really do. So intelligent, informative and original. Great analysis. And fun!

@jamesspinner7764 Жыл бұрын

"the song is a canvas throw some paint at it" That is a .. Perfect description of this song.

@liquidsolids9415 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool. This is a great example of simplicity in songwriting. Sometimes the simplest songs are the best. Thanks!

@banjoemily3852 3 жыл бұрын

Where do you get your stems? That isolated vocal is really cool

@DougSalad 3 жыл бұрын

Look around google for RockBand and Guitar Hero Multitracks.

@SamuelKristopher 3 жыл бұрын

There's also pretty decent AI deep learning programs these days which can dissect the parts of songs pretty convincingly. There's paid software which is probably better, but there's a link to one that can separate vocals from the music - I use it to make karaoke songs sometimes. It's not perfect, doesn't work for every kind of song, but still pretty useful: vocalremover.org/

@DougSalad 3 жыл бұрын

@@SamuelKristopher I use Spleeter, personally.

@snazztacular 3 жыл бұрын

I usually get stems from remixpacks.ru. it's a tad bit sketchy but it's how I get high quality stuff for mashups

@Kylora2112 3 жыл бұрын

If the song has been featured in Guitar Hero (3 or later, plus Metallica or Van Halen) or any Rock Band song (including any of the DLC content for either game), there will be stems for all instruments (unless it's the rare cover version, or Paint It Black which doesn't have isolated tracks).

@moonbeast1312 3 жыл бұрын

Psycho Killer is sneaking in through your backdoor

@garcemac 3 жыл бұрын

Talking Heads weren't really THAT weird when you consider that Frank Zappa was releasing hit records in the same era. Its more likely that people were open to different styles of music.

@OrgaNik_Music Жыл бұрын

Weird as in weird for pop music, I'm guessing.

@MarcABurns 3 жыл бұрын

Top 5 songs that put the snare on all 4 beats. Go!

@augustgreig9420 3 жыл бұрын

I remember walking into a random bar to use the phone and a guy working the bar was skipping through tracks and I heard like 1/2 second of this song, and immediately recognized it. And I don't like the Talking Heads, never listened to them. Guess it proves that simple bass line is memorable, eh.

@renedokbua8883 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear your take on David Bowie's Heroes - particularly the awesome bass track

@jeremiahsaxton8967 3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I needed today

@jonathanwingmusic 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are always great, but this one in particular feels like an entire music theory college education in 15 minutes based on a single song. I learned so much!

@jrpipik 3 жыл бұрын

This may have been mentioned before (I haven't read all the comments), but Byrne almost definitely played the guitar on "Psycho Killer." He and Weymouth wrote the song, and if you've ever seen STOP MAKING SENSE, you know he could handle the part. According to the engineer, most of the first album was recorded by Byrne, Weymouth, and Frantz as a trio before Harrison even joined the band.

@zachary4670 3 жыл бұрын

The SMS performance has a much simpler guitar part, but David can definitely hold his own. When I listen to the song, it sounds to me like 2 different guitar performances, so I’ve always though David played the left guitar and Jerry played the right, or vice versa.

@jrpipik 3 жыл бұрын

@@zachary4670 The engineer mentioned Byrne playing a Gibson and a Strat. For the version on the B side of the single he overdubbed acoustic, too. And Byrne played all the crazy lead bits at the end, too. Even if Harrison did add some guitar, this video gives the impression that Harrison was the guitar player and Byrne was the singer, which is not how that band worked. At this point, at least, Byrne was playing guitar on everything, even if Harrison played on some as well.

@jameslester9819 3 жыл бұрын

Great job analyzing this song!

@yaboi-km2qn 3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your very modern attitude towards music theory. cheers

@diamondflaw 3 жыл бұрын

This was an excellent watch.

@jodaso 3 жыл бұрын

All the music theory is so awesome! Great tune choice too

@Trevoke 3 жыл бұрын

"Because I tried" - now that's the kind of content I'm here for. :D

@SirWussiePants 2 жыл бұрын

I think of the frantic bass line at the end as a quickly beating heart as the psycho killer reaches his target. It is then all chaos then nothing. The attack is done. Silence.

@Wind-nj5xz 3 жыл бұрын

12:05 GAG

@justink5585 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite songs from one of my top 5 musical artists

@devinstrayhorn980 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, that's my form and analysis teacher you shouted out there! Great moves

@typhoidtyphoon 3 жыл бұрын

I like these videos. They're entertaining and interesting. With this one I feel really out of my depth though, which I guess is fitting enough :).

@embracethemystery 3 жыл бұрын

"the song's a canvas. splatter some paint on it" Yes. "Don't think too much" Yes. stop making sense. Yes.

@av.punk.801 3 жыл бұрын

"AH YAYAYAYA wOOw" ISOLATED IS SO FUNNY

@lawrencecalablaster568 3 жыл бұрын

I only just first heard this song playing in a local bookshop, & it is definitely weird & good.

@drewharrison6433 2 жыл бұрын

The line "The song is a canvas. Splatter some paint on it." immediately brought to mind many Violent Femmes solos.

@paulperkins1615 3 жыл бұрын

The description of the chaos and pitch-bending guitar freak-out section reminded me of a couple of other guitar players who have made this kind of thing work occasionally: Neil Young and Tom Verlaine. Actually anybody could play something like it, the trick is to make it seem like there is a point to it.

@cheshirecreeper3743 3 жыл бұрын

Please talk about Oingo Boingo or They Might Be Giants or Barenaked Ladies Songs

@SC-wk2mt 3 жыл бұрын

seconding Oingo Boingo!

@shaman9 3 жыл бұрын

Today's mood: [Life] is a canvas... spatter some paint on it

@AmandaKaymusic 3 жыл бұрын

I heartily agree. Spicy, splattered, colourful creations can bring life to a moment.

@beastzerkerjet 3 жыл бұрын

so in that second part of the bridge, where you found it challenging to find an analysis that fit... is that an example of where more classical music theory simply does not fit rock music and other stuff that has come since?

@rawkinj6609 2 жыл бұрын

Love that song! It's the meat and patatoes, no fluff, blunt is the word i think you used! David Byrne is brilliant!

@lucianodebenedictis6014 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched a lot of these videos, but I'm finally convinced to comment on one thing: do we need to always make use of relative modulation? Sometimes it feels like the right thing to do, because there's a mood shift or focus on different chords, but can't we also treat VI VII i and IV V I as different resolution patterns in the same key? Once we get behind the idea that resolution has to end on the tonic, it's really the simplest answer because it doesn't require a new tool. About the bass line you asked around for, maybe it's not much from the theory perspective because it doesn't try to explain much, but adding the 6th on bass lines, and scalar bass lines with 6 and 4 are very common in all rock and roll. Again it boils down to what's intentional and what isn't

@evropej 3 жыл бұрын

Love your channel, thank you for sharing these music related videos for us music newbies! I would love for you to tackle the following song lol G-money no limit Especially the lyrics 😝 Thanks

@dingusispingus5987 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t notice what you were doing with your papers until about a minute and a half in, I was pretty just listening.

@mcwulf25 3 жыл бұрын

Explains a lot. I mean, knowing it can't be explained is an explanation. It's meant to be disorientating. And it succeeds!

@standarsh8056 9 ай бұрын

thank you so much, all the tabs and chord charts online have it written as an a minor, but it just sounded off to me. But yeah A7 fits perfect

@calvingoodall4939 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing you draw The Prince from Katamari Damacy makes me want to see you analize a song from that game. Please? It would sure be super weird.

@dyscotopia Жыл бұрын

This is wild. Because of its very stripped back feel, wiry sound, I'd always figured this was a relatively simple song... How wrong I was. There doesn't need to be bohemian rhapsody levels of layers for really interesting and complex musical ideas

@ulfsvensson9710 3 жыл бұрын

Tina is one of my favorite bass players!

@stormwatcher1299 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear you cover Eight Miles High by the Byrds if you haven't already. That's another dissonant tune with psychedelia thrown in.

@jakobeucker9275 3 жыл бұрын

Love the Dalí in the thumbnail

@reppepper 3 жыл бұрын

Live vid from the Whistle Test tv show is instructive.

@dgrn101 3 жыл бұрын

MOM: "Here's your alphabet soup son." 10 YEAR OLD 12tone: "Awww mom, I want music note soup." I have been a drummer almost 30 years and I can't even read sheet music. I play by feel of the rhythm and groove and my time signatures are deadly precise. My 'style' of playing has had me in almost every genre of music and I'd describe it as heavy metal / jazz. Think Gar Samuelson meets Neil Peart meets Phil Collins and anything in between. That being said, I have no idea what you're talking about in regards to the actual song structure note by note. But the way you tell it definitely makes crystal clear sense. So if you've made it this far into this comment I want to thank you for your videos and I'm now subscribed and sharing your channel with everyone I can 👍

@olivermanley24 3 жыл бұрын

I love this tune

@Skaos87 3 жыл бұрын

Comment before watching: But thank you for this episode

@anthonyholroyd5359 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, you can really tell David Byrne is from Dumbarton when you listen to his voice isolated 😅😅

@mcwulf25 3 жыл бұрын

Would love you to do Tom Waits' Misery's the River of the World. Another dystopian experience.

@emmavoid 3 жыл бұрын

This gets me wondering- have you ever considered going over any of Neil Cicierega's Mouth albums? (Mouth Sounds, Mouth Moods, Mouth Dreams, etc) They're all remixes of songs and pop culture sound effects, and I'd love to hear your take on some of them!

@Crunchles 3 жыл бұрын

I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire. Don't touch me 'cause my bed's on fire. Psycho killer, bed's on fire. Fafafafa fafafafafa fa

@danwillreview 2 жыл бұрын

Is this due to the fact that Neil blended Psycho Killer and Super Freak by Rick James?

@reidanderson9901 10 ай бұрын

More talking heads pleeeease!

@bertrach 3 жыл бұрын

12:09 So you think Mr Byrne was trying to tell us that "Gods Gag Gods"? Wow, deep...

@jackie6763 3 жыл бұрын

bro i thought it was cyco killer by skull cult at first and was so excited cuz theyre such a small band

@jaydencrews7128 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do Roland Fauntes song Happy life? Its really underrated and I need a channel like this to explain to me why it makes me feel the way it does.