That's actually a cool song that has only just dropped off the end of my ballot.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:29 (seven years ago) link
I don't feel like I can vote for the Modern Lovers, it feels wrong
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
ok i'm gonna participate in this if only just to (spoiler) v v prominently vote for "what a day that was"
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:33 (seven years ago) link
Modern Lovers seems too much its own thing to be part of Talking Heads' orbit.
I need to relisten to decide where this band sits with me now. There's a lot of good songs that I'm not so interested in hearing anymore, like "Psycho Killer" and "Found a Job", and I doubt that I'll be voting for those.
― jmm, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:37 (seven years ago) link
suggested: "sugar on my tongue"
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:38 (seven years ago) link
yeah that's another great early one
― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:44 (seven years ago) link
I suggest voting for any TH song with the word 'Pull' or 'Pulled' in the title
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:46 (seven years ago) link
for pete's sake let's not forget about "the good thing", which everyone always forgets about. that's right, everyone - every single person on earth, and always - without exception, every single person on earth has forgotten about "the good thing".
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
― Not raving but drooling (con tenderizer)
Raise your hands if Sand in the Vaseline meant a lot to you!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:56 (seven years ago) link
my first talking heads album! and yes yes yes
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
The Catherine Wheel is great, it's the missing link between Remain in Light and Speaking in Tongues
are the songs from it that Talking Heads performed on the Stop Making Sense tour eligible for both they solo & band track polls then?
― ufo, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:01 (seven years ago) link
For those that don't know about them, the 5.1 mixes are absolutely worth checking out
― Isi, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:05 (seven years ago) link
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:56 AM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:59 AM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
*revisits debut*
*finds it difficult to not vote for every song on the debut already*
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:12 (seven years ago) link
haha i think 3 of my top 5 are from 77subject to change of course :)
― nxd, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
― ufo,
The Catherine Wheel is essential if you're a Heads fan imo
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:15 (seven years ago) link
i'm trying to put together a list of side projects/solo albums to listen through. somehow i missed "bonzo goes to washington" all these years. lyrics by the Gipper!
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:15 (seven years ago) link
Lifetime Piling up is a great outtake. So is Sax and Violins.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
How will the poll differentiate between studio and live versions? Cause the Name of This Band version of "Houses in Motion" stomps all over the studio version.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
Do these polls ever differentiate between studio and live versions?
― jmm, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:18 (seven years ago) link
"Sugar in my Tongue," "Sax and Violins," "Lifetime Piling Up," "I Want to Live" would make any list I'd write of essential outtakes.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
looking forward to this one.
was going to say re live versions. the SMS versions of the Speaking In Tongues songs being a different league to their studio mixes etc. but i guess it can't be done.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
― Isi
yes, and if someone would be so kind as to PM me with the 5.1 Downmix version of "Life During Wartime", it was corrupted in my DL and my OCD brain craves it
― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
Way more excited about "Drugs" on Name Of This Band than on FOM― that's not my post, Tuesday, March 14, 2017 1:18 AM (ten hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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― cwkiii, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
I overlooked the debut when I first got into TH cos I was more interested int he mid-period stuff but yeah it's all-killer no-filler that one. As far as songs are concerned, Speaking In Tongues is a fantastic album overshadowed by the fact the live versions are better, but I like the reggae-tinged moments on that one a lot.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
A little disappointed that the solo/side project stuff is a side poll because I really need to know where "Genius of Love" would end up if that stuff was allowed in the main poll.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:28 (seven years ago) link
Anyone else think the first two albums are 100% ruled by their second sides, even if you take the hits out of the mix?
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:32 (seven years ago) link
New Feeling and especially No Compassion are faves off the first one. And shit, 'Warning Sign' and 'Found A Job' both amazing. So no.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
yeah not at all. the second side of 77 is really killer though
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:36 (seven years ago) link
wd agree, but even so
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
No Compassion - I mean, for a 'punk' band's first album, there's an incredible amount going on in that song if you sit down and pay attention to it.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
― cwkiii, Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:28 AM (seventeen minutes ago)
Agreed, I'd like to be able to place solo stuff in the main poll (on a ballot expanded to 30 spots, say).
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:46 (seven years ago) link
I don't have to prove... that I am creative. I DON'T HAVE-to proooove that I am creative
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:10 (seven years ago) link
nearly 35 years down the road, speaking in tongues is still far & away my favorite talking heads album. that it was my entry point undoubtedly has everything to do with that. i recognize that they were taking much bigger artistic risks on fear of music and remain in light, developing their own musical language, but song-for-song, i just can't deny the tongues.
― Not raving but drooling (contenderizer), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:26 (seven years ago) link
Controversial opinion: I don't like "Genius of Love," I think it is one of the most annoying songs ever made. And even if you disagree with me, and most of you probably do, there is no question it absolutely kills the momentum when integrated into "Stop Making Sense."
I've had almost every one of the TH albums be my favorite at one time or another, but not the first one and not "True Stories."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
i like genius of love but the chris frantz interlude is just too much for me. it's just so fucking stupid that it ruins the rest of the song, which is brilliant.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
i can imagine byrne listening to it at the time it was released, getting a little nervous that his bandmates might have outshined him, but then when it gets to the "james brown! james brown! james brown!" part he realizes that he can never have a serious conversation about music with chris frantz ever again and he immediately feels better
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
otm
― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
I think More Songs was my first TH album. The Tina and the Typing Pool bits in "The Good Thing" are my earliest memory of loving this band.
― jmm, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, March 14, 2017 12:32 PM
then he opened up Billboard and read that Tina and Chris were getting a gold record before he was.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:34 (seven years ago) link
it's a fantastic song! and at least on the radio there's the option of fading it out before frantz completely ruins it.
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:37 (seven years ago) link
it also ruins SMS
specifically, the chris frantz interlude. god damn that is a terrible interlude
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
Wait so just so this is clear: we are not voting for "Name of this Band is version of..." or "Stop Making Sense version of..." or "album version of..." tracks separately, or even specifying which version of the song we're voting for, just voting for the song full stop? Where the ranking is implicitly understood to mean "ranking of my personal favorite recording of this track?"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:39 (seven years ago) link
I believe that would be consistent with past polling practice
― sleeve, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link
aww i love the james brown part of genius of love
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link
Just vote for the songs. Why complicate things?
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), T
he is the Godfather of Soul, y'all!
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:43 (seven years ago) link
voodoo, i want to understand, i want to love, i do
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:43 (seven years ago) link
I don't feel particularly strongly about the Frantz parts. They're just part of the song. They're worse on the live version though.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:44 (seven years ago) link
I'm listening to the first disc now, and while the second disc is indeed amazing, this one just has so much raw energy and enthusiasm. band is tight AF and Byrne is on it like a car bonnet
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Monday, 27 March 2017 08:22 (seven years ago) link
hi Bee OK, did you get my ballot?
― Moodles, Monday, 27 March 2017 13:04 (seven years ago) link
i will be sending out another round of confirmation emails but yeah i got it.
― To Live and Die In L.A. (Bee OK), Monday, 27 March 2017 13:59 (seven years ago) link
i know a lot of you are thinking, poll closes on Sunday, the roll-out starts on Monday. this is not the case as this is not a 100 song roll-out, pplains and i still have some behind the scenes work to do and i still have to go work on Monday and Tuesday of this week.
― To Live and Die In L.A. (Bee OK), Monday, 27 March 2017 14:01 (seven years ago) link
no worries man, thanks for your work here
― sleeve, Monday, 27 March 2017 14:02 (seven years ago) link
thanks, Bee OK!
― Moodles, Monday, 27 March 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link
Thanks Bee OK! And pplains too.
― Frederik B, Monday, 27 March 2017 14:05 (seven years ago) link
So glad pplains is doing the images!
― Karl Malone, Monday, 27 March 2017 14:24 (seven years ago) link
i know a lot of you are thinking, poll closes on Sunday, the roll-out starts on Monday.
nah, there's no reason to rush. take as much time as you need.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Monday, 27 March 2017 16:42 (seven years ago) link
Thanks but we are going to start tomorrow after work. Got a shit load of ballots for this one.
― To Live and Die In L.A. (Bee OK), Monday, 27 March 2017 18:16 (seven years ago) link
i keep obsessively checking this thread even though i know it's not rolling until tomorrow
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 27 March 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link
haven't received a confirmation message. did you send out the latest round, bok?
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Monday, 27 March 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
Yes I got yours, the last few email confirmation will go out tonight.
― To Live and Die In L.A. (Bee OK), Monday, 27 March 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link
VOTING IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 02:53 (seven years ago) link
all ballots have been accounted for, everyone should have received an email confirmation,.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 03:25 (seven years ago) link
i just sent off the results to pplains. i'm sort of blown away right now, these results are absolute incredible. all i can say is that we are in for a treat.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 05:22 (seven years ago) link
sounds awesomecheers for sorting this guys!
― nxd, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 08:20 (seven years ago) link
don't you miss it, don't you miss itsome 'a you people just about missed it
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 17:38 (seven years ago) link
POLL Me Up Up Up Up Up Up Up Up – TALKING HEADS – ILM Artist Poll #82 - (The Results Thread)
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 29 March 2017 01:38 (seven years ago) link