Talking Heads - Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues
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Artist: Talking HeadsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Dual Disc
CD Release Date: 2006-02-14
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
- Burning Down the House
- Making Flippy Floppy
- Girlfriend Is Better
- Slippery People
- I Get Wild/Wild Gravity
- Swamp
- Moon Rocks
- Pull Up the Roots
- This Must Be the Place [Naive Melody]
- Two Note Swivel [Unfinished Outake][*]
- Burning Down the House [Alternate Version]
Free Music Notes for Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues
Free Music Review: This IS The Place To Jam!
Hit: 5 Stars
During the early 80's Talking Heads were one busy bunch of people;Tina and Chris had some success a year and a half earlier with their debut with Tom Tom Club while Jerry Harrison and David Byrne both recorded solo albums. The huge tour for Remain in Light allowed for a band called the "expanded heads" to re-create live versions of the songs Eno and the Heads' fasioned in the studio;these included some very funky musicians such as keyboard/synthesizer players Wally Badarou and the one and only Bernie Worrell,along with the Brothers Johnson's Alex Weir on guitar and the percussionist Steve Scales. On this album it's back to the band themselves producting their own album;Eno is no longer involved with them at this point.And you can hear the difference. Here is where the band utilize their "expanded" touring band of largely funk-experienced musicians and created a winning,more commercially viable version of the rhythmic innovations of the previous album.And in that sense it payed off instantly with the smash "Burning Down The House"-THE ULTIMATE 80's song in the sense that it smashes any boundries of rock-based and funk-based new wave this side of the Minneapolis sound. Basically the Talking Heads have discovered "naked funk" here,as "Making Flippy Floppy","Girlfriend Is Better","I Get Wild/Wild Gravity","Slippery People" and the heavy "Swamp" all lay down extended funk grooves with Alex and Chris every so often trying to replicate Adrien Belew's "zoo guitar" which,along with Bernie's trademark colorful bass synth effects make for some surprising results."Moon Rocks" and "Pull Up The Roots" put more of a reggae spin on things which....well is pretty typical for the time.But this is Talking Heads we're talking about here;their talent lays in their ability to put their own unique trademark to even popular sounds of the day to sound fresh and different. The final song on the orginal album was...another hit of sorts."This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" is one of the erriest funk/reggae tunes out there,with it's dreamy,high pitched synth notes it was the perfect intro to.....the debut episode of Northern Exposure - The Complete Sixth Season,although you won't be able to hear it on the DVD version to to copywrite protection...I think.Either way it's an excellent song from this album.Rounding out this version of one of the finest naked funk recordings of 1983 are the excellent jam "Two Note Swivel",it says it's unfinished but it's sure pretty full sounding to me.The alternate take of "Burning Down The House" has a lot more of the electronics taken out to hear it more "in the process" then anything. This would prove to be the Talking Heads' last foray into funk for a number of years,as they would presue more rock-oriented pop directions in the future.But this would not be the official end.This marked the beginning of the "big suit" period for the band,as this albums tour as documented vividly on Stop Making Sense which kept the whole Talking Head's artistic and commercial expressway running full steam ahead until they made their next album.
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