Favorite TALKING HEADS tune

[Bossy Monkey]

I actually took nominations for this (and the Steely Dan one). It was in the middle of the night, though, so I'm still largely left to my own devices. They have about 10 times too many good songs for a poll of this size, so don't think I'll be surprised or upset when Other wins.

Left off Life During Wartime 'cause I don't really like it and as usual am drunk with power. Left off Take Me To The River as it's a Rev. Al cover (no, not THAT Rev. Al!).

"Our President's crazy/Did you hear what he said?" Hmm, some things never change.

[PVnRT]

1. Life During Wartime!

Jeez, how could you leave that out????

[Beaker]

5. Exactly!

my fave too.

although naive melody is a great one too.

[ixion]

9. Yep, that's where my vote goes

or anything of 'Remain in Light'

[Norbert]

22. Another one for Life During Wartime

[Cooley Hurd]

2. The Great Curve...

...their best live tune!

[Don Claybrook]

3. Other: Road to Nowhere n/t

[peekaloo]

4. Dang......voted for "And She Was' for the rockin' ending

but I do love the entire 'Remain in Light' album.

'Stay Up Late' always makes me smile.

edit: 'Blind' from 'Naked' is excellent.

[bif]

6. Take me to the River

I think that's the name of the tune.

[Az]

7. Unforgivable absense of Road to Nowhere

How could you forget that one!?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. "Big Country"-from "More Songs About Buildings and Food"

[Richardo]

32. I second "Big Country"

I see the shapes
I remember from maps.
I see the shoreline
I see the whitecaps
Baseball diamond
Nice weather down there!
something something something
And the houses where the kids are.


Thanks for that earworm, RationalRose! :)

[mac56]

10. "Perfect World"

I know - "Little Creatures" is their poppiest album. But it's the one I like best.

[Kolesar]

11. We used to microwave, now we just eat nuts and berries

(Nothing But) Flowers

[CanuckAmok]

16. "I thought we'd start all over, but I guess I was wrong...HEY!..."

n/t

[madrchsod]

12. take me to the river

drop me in the water. "stop making sense" greatest concert video yet...

[DODI]

13. Papa Legba (sp?) off of True Stories

Great Album -- Great movie too.

[kmla]

14. Same as it Ever Was.... Same as it Ever Was....

n/t

[terryg11]

15. BANG ON THE DRUM ALL DAY

is that the right title of the song?

I don't want to work, I want to bng on the drum all day
-is the refrain/chorus

[CanuckAmok]

17. I thought that was Todd Rundgren's song?

n/t

[CanuckAmok]

18. "My God...what have I done?!"

Once in a lifetime is my fave, followed closely by Crosseyed and Painless, the Overload, and City of Dreams.

[Whitacre D_WI]

19. You fools!

Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir la.
Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir la.
Realisant, mon espoir,
Je me lance vers la gloire.
We are vain and we are blind,
I hate people when they're not polite!

Psycho killer, qu'est que c'est,
Far better.
Run run run run, run run run away!

[NightTrain]

20. "Wild, Wild Life"

From David Byrne's sadly underrated 1986 movie, TRUE STORIES.

[catzies]

21. Genius movie I had to rewatch for Spalding Gray's great scene

at the dinner table.

"Linda! Larry! There's no such thing as weekends anymore!"

Aw, Spuddy. I miss ya.

[geniph]

33. Another vote for Wild Wild Life

NightTrain, you and I sure have some overlapping tastes in music!

[BigBigBear]

23. This is the Place

..or Artists Only, or Life During Wartime. The latter because we played this in my old band and I sang it, because I was the only one who could remember the words.

[Westegg]

24. "Love (Goes to) Building On Fire"

But the whole first side of "Remain In Light" is primal/funk/rythmn genius.

What a great, great band. I sometimes see David Byrne walking in my neighborhood. He lives nearby, I guess. I leave him alone. Hell, what am I gonna say? "Hey David! Dude, you rock! You're the best!"
"Uh, thank you..."
"Dude, when ya gonna get the BAND back together?"
"Uh, I have to go now..."

Still, I'd love to see a reunion.

[Kolesar]

25. I met Adrian Belew when he was touring with the Heads

He was coming out of the giftshop of the Oshawa Holiday Inn. We had seen him play solo, so we rushed up to him to say hi. He told us he had joined the Heads to record on Remain in Light. We were too humbled to go talk to the rest of the band at the other end of the lobby.

Way cool.

[Ramsey]

26. Life During Wartime

I also like I Zimbra. But on your list, I'd have to go with Pyscho Killer.

[Pithlet]

27. I had to pick Making Flippy Floppy

because no one had voted for it yet, and it's one song that can get me going in the day when nothing else can.

But it's hard to pick just one song. They are my number 1 all-time favorite band. I got to see David Byrne in DC at Wolftrap, and it was one of the best shows, ever.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. All Of Them

Sorry to be so vague. I am such a big fan, i'm not able to pick one.
The Professor

[MissMillie]

29. Cross-eyed and painless

I love that song!

[rbnyc]

30. Air

Air...Air
Hit me in the face
I run faster
Faster into the air
(I say to myself)
What is happening to my skin?
Where is that protection that I needed?
Air can hurt you too
Air can hurt you too
Some people say not to worry about the air
Some people never had experience with...

Air...Air
It can break your heart
So remember when the weather gets rough
(You'll say to yourself)
What is happening to my skin?
Where is that protection that I needed?
Air can hurt you too
Air can hurt you too
Some people say not to worry about the air
Some people don't know shit about the...
Air...

[tigerbeat]

31. "found a job"

specifically the live version in "stop making sense". originally on "more songs about buildings and food"

number two for me is "crosseyed and painless" or "listening wind"

[BigBen]

34. I've been on a Heads kick lately

Once in a Lifetime, with Psycho Killer and Girlfriend is Better close behind.