Talking Heads- Classic or Dud?

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TBF the bass plays a syncope every second measure in Heaven. So it's kinda funk, right?

Frederik B, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:27 (seven years ago) link

You would be wrong, Tom.

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more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link

Oh right, you haven't even heard it yet.

Wewlay Bewlay (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link

Ha! Okay Tom, you're getting desperate now.

more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link

Well, yeah, I'm not a fan of this band but, of what I've heard, I only really think of them as funk-based in the Remain in Light/Stop Making Sense era. I do like "Road to Nowhere" and "Psycho Killer" a lot btw! xps

No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:34 (seven years ago) link

an outtake from "Mothership Connection" iirc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvua6zPIi7c

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:35 (seven years ago) link

I'm hoping anyone using roaming minutes in Florida as their phone batteries have 3 percent power doesn't find this thread.

the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:36 (seven years ago) link

Apologies to everyone in the world.

Wewlay Bewlay (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link

'Funk' really just means thinking ever so slightly about rhythms, right?

Frederik B, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link

funk is a joint rolled in toilet paper iirc

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link

watch out folks, turri's expounding heads band

plp will eat itself (NickB), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link

ok lol

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link

Haha!!

more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:47 (seven years ago) link

A whole bunch of their last two albums are clearly influenced by Talking Heads,

Well, yeah. But inexplicably people were comparing them to TH c. "Funeral," which is so not TH.

Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link

calm down, nerds.

Shart Dressed Man (kurt schwitterz), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link

Um...TH are definitely funk. As is Gang of Four and the Stones are r'n'b. Everyone knows this. The ridiculous part is claiming Remain In Light is derivative or for people who don't listen to r'n'b genres. Remain In Light is a perfect album for Fela Kuti fans who want to hear that groove taken places.

gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link

Steering away from this madness, it occurred to me that I've never heard any of jerry harrison's solo records. What's good?

plp will eat itself (NickB), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:20 (seven years ago) link

they are not good

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link

The Red and the Black rips off so much of Remain in Light's sound that Byrne could have sued Harrison for plagiarism (if Harrison hadn't been part of creating that sound.) The other ones I can't even remember.

"Celebration" encourages the listener to celebrate good times. (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:33 (seven years ago) link

If everything syncopated is funk, then Talking Heads is definitely sorta kinda a funk band? The really insane thing is that Turrican then says Can isn't a funk band. So The Overload is funk, but this isn't?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp6oPyQnX60

Btw one of the first reviews of Arcade Fire I remember reading called them a funkpunk band. Guess that's halfway to being a TH cover band, then?

Frederik B, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link

Of course Can aren't a funk band.

more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link

Now you're getting the picture.

Wewlay Bewlay (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link

Halleluhwah is funk

gospodin simmel, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:41 (seven years ago) link

Tom, you'd have a point if I hadn't already said the same thing a zillion posts up.

more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:44 (seven years ago) link

The point being that playing funky stuff every so often doesn't make you a funk band.

Wewlay Bewlay (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link

TBF to Tom you never ever do anything but repeat yourself, so it's kinda hard to react to.

Frederik B, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:48 (seven years ago) link

I LOVE TALKING HEADS

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:50 (seven years ago) link

You can't handle the real thing, admit it.

Wewlay Bewlay (Tom D.), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:50 (seven years ago) link

this sort of thinking is A-OK by me:

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/07/46/2d/07462d5c14327ec81075f9ccae163e26--weird-music-hipster-tattoo.jpg

brimstead, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link

Are people honestly concerned that other people might not agree on what genre Talking Heads are? Like if someone is wrong about this (if it's even possible to verify such a thing and I think it isn't) can't you just let them be wrong and smugly but silently enjoy the fact that you're right about everything?

29 facepalms, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link

For the sake of the argument it's more giving to pretend that Turrican knows what 'funk' is and has ever heard a song by Talking Heads, instead of having an actual argument with a somewhat sentient pile of feces that doesn't seem to understand 'of course it is' and 'it speaks for itself' isn't good arguments. I guess that means I'm strawmanning, and for that I guess I'm sorry.

Frederik B, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link

Also, 29 Facepalms is clearly a Turrican sockpuppet, right?

Frederik B, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link

You'd know all about socks, eh Frederik?

more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:58 (seven years ago) link

everyone knows talking heads are PUNK just like blondie and television

Shart Dressed Man (kurt schwitterz), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link

Clearly.

29 facepalms, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link

I wouldn't mind Frederik, 29 facepalms, he's a very stressed, highly-strung guy who reacts badly when he's unable to relax. I'm guessing his DVD/Blu Ray player is broken or he's out of Kleenex or has given himself RSI or something, in which case I'd feel bad about slagging off a man in such obvious pain.

more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link

I've never heard any of jerry harrison's solo records. What's good?

First and only song I heard for a long time was "Man with a Gun" featured on the Something Wild soundtrack. Has that "Fast Car" / "Losing My Religion" video style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNjfVqzJR8g

Eazy, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link

Hey I just came here to talk about the absurdity of treating genres like ontologically essentialist categories, I'll leave the ad hominem shit to others.

29 facepalms, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link

That sounds like mediocre INXS in ballad mode.

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the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link

Also Stop Making Sense is great and I'm currently engaged in learning how to play all of the tracks on it which is why I opened this thread in the first place.

29 facepalms, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:14 (seven years ago) link

fp'd everyone on this thread including myself

it took 2 and a half hours

Karl Malone, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:18 (seven years ago) link

I guess I can't think of anything more horrible to say to a poster than that they remind me of Turrican, so I'm sorry 29 Facepalms, I guess that was over the line. I deserve the fp.

Frederik B, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:21 (seven years ago) link

That's ok, I didn't know enough about either of you to be upset.

29 facepalms, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link

'fp' pronounced as 'fap'

more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link

More Songs About Buildings and Fp

"Celebration" encourages the listener to celebrate good times. (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link

Now, back to the topic...

The point being that playing funky stuff every so often doesn't make you a funk band.

― Wewlay Bewlay (Tom D.), Wednesday, September 13, 2017 5:47 PM (forty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

In Talking Heads' case, this is more than "every so often" ...

more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link

is there something wrong with saying tina weymouth is a funky bass player? i don't get ilx sometimes....

Week of Wonders (Ross), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link

it's just music christ

Week of Wonders (Ross), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 18:34 (seven years ago) link

No, I just thought it was funny that, at the same time, other people were defending Talking Heads by arguing that it's crazy and wrong to call them funk.

No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 19:31 (seven years ago) link


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