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flowers for charlie

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« on: 28 Dec 2004, 03:59 »
what is their best album/release?  

i am curious because i think i might buy a CD of theirs for a friend of mine who has a perma-boner for anything with blues guitar in it.

any help would be appreciated.

also, i remember him mentioning he doesn't really like live tracks, but go ahead and post live albums if they're really better than the studio ones.
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« Reply #1 on: 28 Dec 2004, 09:21 »
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what is their best album/release?  

i am curious because i think i might buy a CD of theirs for a friend of mine who has a perma-boner for anything with blues guitar in it.


For examples of good Talking Heads albums I'd suggest:

* Talking Heads 77
* Remain In Light
* More Songs About Buildings And Food

For semi-obscure stuff with great blues guitar in it, if your friend has never heard of Rory Gallagher I'd thoroughly recommend him.  Particularly the two live albums Irish Tour and Live In Europe.
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« Reply #2 on: 28 Dec 2004, 10:23 »
I second Remain in Light.

Also, if it is a gift for your friend, you might even consider The Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" DVD
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LoveandaMolotovCocktail

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« Reply #3 on: 29 Dec 2004, 11:19 »
Stop making Sense
Remain In Light
Fear of Music

are my favorites
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« Reply #4 on: 29 Dec 2004, 19:07 »
Quote from: flowers for charlie
what is their best album/release?  

i am curious because i think i might buy a CD of theirs for a friend of mine who has a perma-boner for anything with blues guitar in it.

any help would be appreciated.

also, i remember him mentioning he doesn't really like live tracks, but go ahead and post live albums if they're really better than the studio ones.


Personally, I'd say that Speaking in Tongues was their strongest album, but that's mostly because it has the highest concentration of my favorite Talking Heads songs on it.

-sam
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« Reply #5 on: 29 Dec 2004, 19:39 »
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the newly extended 'the name of this band is talking heads' double lp


The best part about it is that the CD reissue also comes with the album Sand In The Vaseline, so if you have $40 to spend on your perma-blues-boner friend, it will make his heart beat a little faster to hear them both.
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« Reply #6 on: 30 Dec 2004, 10:06 »
Their top five albums in decreasing order of l33titude:

-Remain in Light
-77
-The Name of This Band...
-More Songs About Buildings and Food
-Fear of Music
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« Reply #7 on: 30 Dec 2004, 12:26 »
Sounds like Remain in Light hits the top spot. *goes to check it out*
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LoveandaMolotovCocktail

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« Reply #8 on: 30 Dec 2004, 14:25 »
I was listening to Remain In Light on my record player today.  It probably is their best release.
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« Reply #9 on: 06 Jan 2005, 13:16 »
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the best album to get is the newly extended 'the name of this band is talking heads' double lp. it's a live album that spans the group's first four albums (which were their finest by far) and has performances from talking heads as a quartet which are super tight. more importantly, it has the first line-up of the extended heads (which is superior to the line-up on 'stop making sense') which featured guitarist extraodinaire adrian belew of frank zappa, david bowie and king crimson fame. his vast palette of sounds adds texture to the 'eno era' material which would be lost on later live documents.


Amen.

The new "The Name..." is excellent.  The stuff on this double-album doesn't always sound like a live album--I'm pretty sure all of the 1977-78 stuff is recorded live in a studio, and all of the tracks have been remastered.

It's definitely well worth getting.  I prefer the earliest Talking Heads material myself (they do a great version of "A Clean Break" on this), but I also enjoy the sounds of the extended line-up, too.  I will concede, however, that after this era, they started to suck.
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« Reply #10 on: 06 Jan 2005, 13:20 »
I'll go with:

Studio release: Remain in Light
Live release: The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
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« Reply #11 on: 07 Jan 2005, 04:49 »
After listening a little to them I have to say that all of them are good but Remain in Light might be slighly better. Pretty good group overall.
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« Reply #12 on: 07 Jan 2005, 22:14 »
i havent realy listened to a whole cd yet, but i totaly rock out on the street corner to phsyco killer.
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« Reply #13 on: 08 Jan 2005, 07:28 »
Ah! I stray away from the boards, and look what topic finally pops up. I quiver with glee.

Now, if you are getting into TH for the first time, I highly suggest one of their live recordings. For now I would say, go with Stop Making Sense (the '99 re-release). It has much of Speaking in Tongues and Remain in Light, which have many of the songs you will hear on the radio.

However, may favorite albums are:

1. Speaking in Tongues
2. TNOTBITH
3. Talking Heads '77
4. Little Creatures.

OH! And I also suggest getting a box set: Once in a Lifetime or Sand in the Vaseline. OIAL has A Clean Break on it and Sax and Violins...two awesome non-albums tracks.

Go forth! And spread the good word of David, Chris, Tina, and Jerry.
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« Reply #14 on: 08 Jan 2005, 08:56 »
I would seriosuly reccomed Galalgher as well, but to class him as semi-obscure? He's a pretty major player
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« Reply #15 on: 14 May 2005, 13:54 »
77, Fear of Music, and More Songs about Buildings and Food. These are the essentials. You can skip ahead to David Byrne's solo carrer from there. If you want a good idea of their live show Stop Making Sense is wonderful.
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« Reply #16 on: 15 May 2005, 15:09 »
I partook in David Byrne's latest pursuit - he had a photography show featuring "The New Sins". It was pretty good.
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« Reply #17 on: 15 May 2005, 15:10 »
I read about that in the National Post but I didn't get to go see it because I live nowhere even remotely close.
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« Reply #18 on: 15 May 2005, 15:18 »
awww. That's too bad. The entire CONTACT photography festival this year was really good. We had to drive, like an entire day to get there, but we had some friends doing their first show, so... yeah.
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« Reply #19 on: 15 May 2005, 18:02 »
That's cool, I hope they did well.

With regards to Talking Heads, I suggest you find their two live albums. The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads is more diverse, but for the sound of one of their complete live shows as Byrne envisioned it, you want Stop Making Sense which is also less expensive, I think.
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« Reply #20 on: 15 May 2005, 18:52 »
The Name of This Band version of Born Under Punches is better than all Stop Making Sense songs put together. That's the one you want!

I've never exactly attributed Talking Heads to blues-guitar. When I think of blues-guitar I think of Hendrix or Micheal Karoli.
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« Reply #21 on: 15 May 2005, 19:17 »
I saw their SNL performance of "Take Me To The River" and if that wasn't blues guitar I'll punch myself in the face.
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« Reply #22 on: 16 May 2005, 10:43 »
Yay! I love this thread!

The Name of this Band definitly beats out Stop Making Sense, but if you aren't as familiar with Talking Heads' music, I'd go with Stop Making Sense.
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« Reply #23 on: 16 May 2005, 11:20 »
My friend has a copy of the "Less Talking, More Heads" (I think that is what it was called) that was just the rest of the band minus Byrne and I was pretty impressed.  From what I can remember.
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« Reply #24 on: 16 May 2005, 13:52 »
No Talking, Just Heads....yeah, it's not a bad little album.
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« Reply #25 on: 16 May 2005, 15:44 »
On The Name of This Band is TH, I Zimbra is awesome,   probably due to the fact that they play it with a ten-person band.  It's also just a great song.
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