Look, I know it's not perfect. "The Facts of Life" is the worst thing they made, I won't deny that. But ONE bad song does not make a whole album bad. The salsa tracks are great, and a lot of the front end can stand up as some of the best stuff they've ever made. Why does this seem to get the most hate from the fanbase, especially when True Stories and Little Creatures are much weaker albums?
>>128227130>years ago, I was an angry young manI cry evertiem
It's the last truly artistic effort by them when the 3 prior were totally soulless outside of maybe 1 good song. After speaking in tongues they really lost the plot. Nothing but flowers and naked are great songs
>>128227324>the 3 priorThat would include Speaking in Tongues. Are you saying Speaking in Tongues was soulless?
Naked [Sire, 1988]Where Paul Simon appropriated African musicians, David Byrne just hires them, for better and worse--this is T. Heads funk heavy on the horns, which aren't fussy or obtrusive because Byrne knew where to get fresh ones. What's African about it from an American perspective is that the words don't matter--it signifies sonically. The big exception is the glorious "(Nothing But) Flowers," a gibe at ecology fetishism that's very reassuring in this context. B+
>>128227404In that context the monkey on the cover is kinda racist tbqh.
>>128227404kys
>>128227416lol I never thought about what was being implied there
>>128227362okay desu i thought there was 1 more off my sparse memory, just the 2 then, speaking in tongues is a decline but it has Naive Melody which is one of their best songs
>>128227130>a lot of the front endThe opening 5 or so are definitely the best off the album, but got to shout out Cool Water - one of their best songs imo. A left turn in terms of atmosphere on the album but it's an awesome closer for the album and the band as a whole.
>>128227130Talking heads is weak in general. Watered down funk-african music
>>128232257>Talking heads is weak in general. Watered down funk-african musicthey're a product of their time in a lot of ways since that was the era when African music was the go-to hipster thing.
>>128227130there are a few solo David Byrne records that are better but it's ok.
Nothing But Flowers is my favorite Talking Heads song
Once in a Lifetime [Sire/Warner Bros./Rhino, 2003]Most pretentious objet de rock ever. Unique 5-x-17-inch design, suitable for storage with spare lumber, assures that the appreciations by Rick Moody, Mary Gaitskill, Maggie Estep, Dick Hebdige, Kyoichi Tsuzuki, and last but not least David Fricke will come loose if you dare read them. Illustrations include lovely water-colory thing of young teenager with severed penis. Fourth disc a DVD. Third disc loaded with True Stories and Naked, which I once thought overrated. I was wrong. They sucked. C
