― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 30 March 2006 18:05 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 30 March 2006 19:50 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Confounded (Confounded), Thursday, 30 March 2006 21:30 (7 years ago) Permalink
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 30 March 2006 21:32 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Robocock (noodle vague), Thursday, 30 March 2006 21:36 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 31 March 2006 15:38 (7 years ago) Permalink
― a rapper singing about hos and bitches and money (Enrique), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 08:06 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Baaderonixx: the lost ILX years (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 08:55 (6 years ago) Permalink
- punchiness- clarity- detail
the vox seem more prominent, which i'm a bit more dubious about.
― a rapper singing about hos and bitches and money (Enrique), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 08:59 (6 years ago) Permalink
I never get sick of this record, ever. The extreme dance-worthiness of "Cities" keeps whacking me in the face, and the way you can almost hear him gritting his teeth through the last lines.
― Z S, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 00:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
My favorite Talking Heads record
― stephen, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 01:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
such a good record. i'm with enrique on that remastering job too (all those TH remasters sounded good).
the 5.1 mix of 'drugs' on the DVD is pretty bonkers.
i prefer the version of 'heaven' off the live album, it has a lurching drunk bar-band quality to it.
― haitch, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 01:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
I need that remaster.
― sleeve, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 03:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
finally hearing these expanded remasters .... damn, this record sounds great. and the outtakes are fab too. The noise skronk on the alt "life during wartime"! yow. i'd love it if there was like a miles davis-style "Sessions" box set for this record and remain in light, with all the jams.
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 November 2010 18:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
the outtakes from Remain in Light are really interesting
― you can sub out "bipartisan solutions" for "some of my dick" (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 18 November 2010 18:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah i just heard the alt takes this week too
― my sex drew back into itself tight and dry (abanana), Thursday, 18 November 2010 18:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
LA Review of Books has some great content about Fear of Music (in relation to Lethem's new 33 1/3 book)In-depth review: http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=587Podcast w/ Lethem (interviewed by Andy Zax, who produced all the recent Talking Heads reishes): http://lareviewofbooks.org/media.php?media=183&r_article=597I've ordered the book -- looking forward to it!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
did they ever remaster the talking heads catalog?
cuz i have an original vinyl and the old-school crappy looking CD and maaaan it's a different beast on vinyl
― l0u1s j0rdan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
The guitars on the chorus of 'Paper' are some of my all-time favorite guitars.
(Yes, they remastered these shits.)
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, the big box set that came out a few years back had all the albums remastered + bonus tracks/videos (available separately too). the sound is positively amazing.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hmmm... This is a weird one. I don't feel it's overall as strong as More Buildings, although the highs are very high. It contains some of my favourite TH songs: Air, Cities, Animals, Life During Wartime. And some of my least favourites: It's A Kind Of MagicHeaven. Too many mumbly half-songs that kind of meander in a hookless, freeform way - I'm not keen on this style Memories Can Wait, Mind, Paper etc. The latter tunes, were it not for Eno's presence feel like a step back. So it's a real hotchpotch as far as I'm concerned and it doesn't really hang together as well as the other records in their catalogue.
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 15:49 (6 months ago) Permalink
speaking of 'cities', this just came up on random and, er...
― kfb, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 16:12 (6 months ago) Permalink
I don't feel it's overall as strong as More Buildings
Crazy talk imo, but then I don't like More Songs much. Some of the funniest song lyrics ever are on this album.
― Named locally as Tom D (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 16:37 (6 months ago) Permalink