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my god what have we done

skipping flippy floppy makes flappy happy

loooool

skipping to* flippy floppy makes flappy happy. one of my top 5 talking heads songs

'Making flippy floppy' is the sexiest euphemism in the English language (controversial opinion).

I only skip "Burning..." because I tend not to listen to singles when playing albums.

^real controp

but not on ilm I feel

i can see that being the case

ilm has its own quirks~

Todd Edwards' remix of "burning down the house" is awesome

Burning Down the House is one of the lesser TH singles. I always manage to mash up into Our House when I think of it.

woah same

Just gonna come out and say it i love burning down the house

And I’ve partied hard to it

Our House is vastly superior.

I’ve rocked out to our house but it arouses in me calmer feels

the million of google results and mistagged mp3s from people thinking talking heads performed our house is really something

whoa, that's weird. Sometimes when I am drinking (like now) I accidentally think it's The Specials but never Talking Heads.

that’d be a step beyond

I’ve rocked out to our house but it arouses in me calmer feels

― F# A# (∞)

uh oh

I have great empathy for people who deserve it

― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 6 May 2018 22:49 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I doubt that. Fuck you a thousand times you stain

I mean, people with mental health problems can be selfish and cruel - I know I can be. But I don’t think it’s fair to claim that is the state of depression, or of all people who suffer from it. It’s a common feeling among people who have lost someone to suicide, though, and an understandable one; but it’s not an accurate description of the suicidal state of mind.

the stop making sense versh of 'burning down the house' is rad, the recorded version feels a bit thin by comparison

Also, Burning Down the House is great, fools.

The use of space and synths in the studio version's outro still sounds radical.

the stop making sense versh of 'burning down the house' is rad, the recorded version feels a bit thin by comparison

― Mahogany Loggins (bizarro gazzara), Monday, May 7, 2018 6:56 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There's probably an argument to be made that all Stop Making Sense versions are superior to their originals. Except, er, 'Genius of Love'. Maybe try and rein in those 'JAMES BROWWWWWN!'s if you could, please, Chris.

burning down the house is their best song by far.

yeah by the time they get to it in Stop Making Sense there has been a continuously build up and it's like they kicked the show into overdrive. i love the weirdo synth solo from that show so much.

one of the all time best song titles ever too

pleasure of love is better than genius of love. #controversy

My controversial opinion is that I’ve never seen stop making sense

i saw it on acid. in 1984. i don't think i've seen it since.

I have great empathy for people who deserve it

― F# A# (∞)

Soon we'll have power, every soldier will rest
And we'll spread out our kindness
To all who our love now deserve

Everyone should see Stop Making Sense at least once. Even non-Talking Heads fans. With an audience, if possible.

'Pleasure of Love' > 'Genius of Love' = not that controversial imo.

we went and saw tom tom club in early 90s at chestnut cabaret in philly and it was so so so sad. very sad.

I enjoy Talking Heads a lot but gigs not v much and superior live versions nein danke so

I mean no, to be fair, it's not even that I don't like those things, it's just the thought of them usually fills me with an empty surge of world weariness

Maybe selective sterilization isn't the worst idea.

One generation of ILXers is enough – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

x-post to self OK, I know it is fascist and am not really advocating for it BUT I saw a story about a woman who left her kids in the car because they didn't want to get out and two hours later they were dead because it was 100+ in the car. She went inside and got high and took a nap while they baked to death. She claimed she thought the three year old would be able to let them out. As someone who isn't a parent but desperately wants kid(s) this shit makes me livid.

Everyone should see Stop Making Sense at least once. Even non-Talking Heads fans. With an audience, if possible.

'Pleasure of Love' > 'Genius of Love' = not that controversial imo.

I like SMS but it's a produced, blocked and presumably practised piece of theatre just as much or more than it is a great live show caught on tape

that's what makes it so cool.

yes but it also removes the dissonance from not liking the band so much but liking SMS

Yeah, was gonna say, wanko, I think you just perfectly summed up the appeal and I don't think it pretends to be anything else. It's a concert specifically constructed as a filmic experience.

But yeah, we should probably be discussing these uncontroversial takes in a different thread.

everyone i've heard use the term 'terf bangs' had terf bangs in 2012

lol @ 'terf bangs,' fuckin every art school girl i know had them 4 years ago. it's not just terfs at all. that's like "all racists wear glasses"

everyone i've heard use the term 'terf bangs' had terf bangs in 2012

― flopson, Monday, May 7, 2018 11:02 AM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lmao otm

yeah but it's 2018 now

terf bangs is inaccurate, it's a super common haircut