A joke IMO, as was the movie IMO. Queen without Mercury is a non starter for me. Take a bow Mr. DeaconQueen.
As far as I'm concerned they are nothing more then their own tribute band now.
A joke IMO, as was the movie IMO. Queen without Mercury is a non starter for me. Take a bow Mr. DeaconQueen.
As far as I'm concerned they are nothing more then their own tribute band now.
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Most of the good things about talking heads relate to Tina’s Bass playing. David Byrne has told me that there is water at the bottom of the ocean & that his girlfriend is better though.I waited to calm down before I responded to this one and the earlier posts Each to their own and everybody's opinions and tastes are valid but DB has just come off a box office breaking run on Broadway. He has Academy Award, Grammy, and Golden Globe for the Last Emperor score with Sakamoto and Cong Su. Not withstanding that his diverse career that has led to three concert movies after Stop Making Sense and multiple solo albums, collaborations with various artists including Eno, St Vincent, Fat Boy Slim, Anna Calvi and myriad others. His record company Luaka Bop and the artists they supported, his many books, musical Here Lies Love and various artistic endevours for over 40 years. His lyrics and songs that have become prescient many years later writing about stuff way ahead of his time. To be still relevant and on top of his game at 68 and you think the Tina, Chris and Jerry were all the talent was??
Forgot his True Stories movie! Suggest you have a good read and go and maybe think about re-evaluating your thoughts on his lyrics and abilities.
Will concede he hasn't got the vocal range of Whitney or Pavarotti but I think he avoided a lot of their excesses.
Most of the good things about talking heads relate to Tina’s Bass playing. David Byrne has told me that there is water at the bottom of the ocean & that his girlfriend is better though.
I actually think image is very important to all bands, where would Roxy Music be without it for example?
Despite his other achievements he is not a great lyricist, his general tactic is to state the obvious repeatedly.
I was specifically talking in the context of Talking Heads though but, yes, we don’t have to agree.As I said each to their own I think his lyrics are quiet moving. This must be the place. Life during wartime, Listening Wind. Yes Tina's bass playing added lots to the early Talking Heads records and I love them all but David Byrne was never going to be U2 churning out the same sound for 40yrs. He had the talent in every sense. When you tear Talking Heads apart take away David Byrne and it would never have happened. Yes together in their 'young' prime collectively they were probably better together. But I think if you have seen David Byrne live and digested all he has produced since. Their is no real discussion to be had.
Despite his other achievements he is not a great lyricist, his general tactic is to state the obvious repeatedly.
That is a perfectly justified position, not completely opposed to what I said or meant.That's the point though, I think. Byrne has never set up to be a poet or a confessional songwriter - I would think very few of his songs are directly personal. He describes people and their lives, or places and what happens there. IMO he uses plain language, but invites us look behind it for meaning.
Also these are songs, with the words at the service of the band's typical rhythms. "Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind" just won't fit.
That's the point though, I think. Byrne has never set up to be a poet or a confessional songwriter - I would think very few of his songs are directly personal. He describes people and their lives, or places and what happens there. IMO he uses plain language, but invites us look behind it for meaning.
Also these are songs, with the words at the service of the band's typical rhythms. "Take me disappearing through the smoke rings of my mind" just won't fit.
Portishead. Amazing first album, ground breaking. Second, more of the same but just the stuff that went on the cutting room floor, third yet more. By "3" it was "40 minutes of stuff that wasn't good enough to make it into the second album, let alone the first".Examples?
I waited to calm down before I responded to this one and the earlier posts Each to their own and everybody's opinions and tastes are valid but DB has just come off a box office breaking run on Broadway. He has Academy Award, Grammy, and Golden Globe for the Last Emperor score with Sakamoto and Cong Su. Not withstanding that his diverse career that has led to three concert movies after Stop Making Sense and multiple solo albums, collaborations with various artists including Eno, St Vincent, Fat Boy Slim, Anna Calvi and myriad others. His record company Luaka Bop and the artists they supported, his many books, musical Here Lies Love and various artistic endevours for over 40 years. His lyrics and songs that have become prescient many years later writing about stuff way ahead of his time. To be still relevant and on top of his game at 68 and you think the Tina, Chris and Jerry were all the talent was??
Feck all that I can think of except a lot of dodgy predictable lyricsYes, but apart from that what has he ever really done of note?
R.E.M. after Bill Berry left for health reasons (a brain aneurysm has to be considered good cause for leaving, right?).
Not to say they didn't make some interesting and good music, but nothing IMO that comes close to Murmur, LRP, AFTP, or New Adventures . . .
Are there any that actually got better beyond, say, their third album?
The Pogues after sacking MacGowan completely lost the plot.
They just went on to record one of the best albums ever....Radiohead?