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Grex > Music2 > #208: Talking Heads and David Byrne | |
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krj
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Talking Heads and David Byrne
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Oct 24 23:15 UTC 1999 |
Since some of us saw the reissue of Talking Heads' concert film STOP MAKING
SENSE this past weekend, I thought maybe we could fill an item for a while.
I do sort of wish I'd gone back to the Michigan for the Sunday show, o well.
Instead I just dug out my copy of the original CD, the nine-song edition.
I'll have to get one of the new 16 track versions.
On amazon.com, a reviewer was lamenting that three extra songs from the
original video release -- "Cities," "I Zimbra," and "Big Business" --
are still missing. (I don't recognize that last title...)
Where does the song "What A Day That Was" come from? Is that from "The
Catherine Wheel?" I haven't heard that in ages.
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mcnally
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Oct 25 03:26 UTC 1999 |
yes, it's from "The Catherine Wheel", as is "Big Business"
you should dig up "The Catherine Wheel" and give it another listen.
I think it's a wonderful album -- as good as any of the Talking Heads
albums through "Little Creatures" (except "Remain In Light", which is
unmatchable..) and much better than "True Stories" or the horrible "Naked"
Perhaps we could also discuss the other Talking-Heads-related film,
"True Stories". I'd recommend it to anyone who likes rambling, more-than-
slightly goofy movies.. Swoozie Kurtz' character and the Subgenius-like
revival meeting crack me up every time..
I've always thought it was a shame that they didn't release an album
of the movie versions of the songs (there *was* an album "Songs from
the Movie True Stories" but it was just background music..)
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krj
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Oct 25 04:22 UTC 1999 |
There *was* an album soundtrack with the movie versions of the songs.
It was very short-lived, and I was disillusioned enough with Byrne not to
buy it. Unless my memory is making this all up... I never saw that film.
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mcnally
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response 3 of 46:
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Oct 25 07:02 UTC 1999 |
(you're sure you're not thinking of "Songs from the Movie 'True Stories'",
which, as I mentioned, doesn't have the movie versions of the songs?)
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