Remain In Light, Side 2

I've waffled on this before but it's funny how the non-extended cuts from the vinyl LP of Speaking In Tongues are pretty obscure now too; the CD copies all used the extra long mixes from the original cassette. Some are a minute longer, some almost 2 minutes.

Also weird; you can only get Storytelling Giant as part of that 2003 box set, there's still no other proper vids compilation.

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I got it on vhs in my attic if anyone wants to come over and check it out

On my way

The 5.1 downmix of Houses in Motion >>>

personally i prefer the long mixes but i guess i would...

Listened to this for first time in a long while - historically have played S1 far more but S2 genius really unlocked for me this time - just incredibly sequenced album

Anyway Seen and Not Seen - struck me as having a real Robert Ashley thing going on - like pretty specifically re vocal mannerisms - has Byrne ever copped to a direct influence/tribute here? Like I guess he def woulda been across Ashley’s thing - or was it just more that this “detached anthropological observer of humanity” vibe was common in NYC art scene of the time?

Heads albums have some really strong sides. This one, and side one of Naked come to mind.

Side one of Fear of Music also.

The final track on the album, "The Overload", was Talking Heads' attempt to emulate the sound of the band Joy Division. This effort was made in spite of the fact that no one in the band had actually heard the music of Joy Division. Rather, it was based on an idea of what Joy Division might sound like. [1]

As opposed to the reality of what "I Remember Nothing" sounded like? Yeah, right.