Even without a single, Remain in Light was a hit, indicating that Talking Heads were connecting with an audience ready to follow their musical evolution, and the album was so inventive and influential, it was no wonder.
With Remain In Light, Talking Heads took what was being increasingly regarded as a generally cerebral extension of punk and turned it into something far more global in musical and lyrical scope.
The groove of Born Under Punches is just fucking unfair
Edit 04/26/21: This is one of the best things ever.You know that. I know that. So here’s just some specific moments I’ve been in love with recently.
- The strange, freakish imagery that pops into my head when the chorus sings “we move in between”
- David Byrne invented ad libs
the moment when the first chorus joins the “Heat Goes On” refrain is peak music
- David Byrne’s ‘rap’ verse ... read more
Edit: this grew on me
My power is out right now because of a snow storm so I didnt appreciate being taunted on Born Under Punches :(
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
And the heat goes on
Bitch I wish the fuck it would, ya boi has icicles for toes.
a fun happy album filled with such anxiety and paranoia that it feels like the musicians are going to snap at any moment. and they do kinda at the end. at the start of the album david screams AAH! and you're immediately bombarded with about 30 different layers of guitar and bass. the album doesn't slow down with its immensely complex and layered songs until Listening Wind. after that it's just really depressing and almost apocalyptic with The Overload. here's some of my favourite moments from ... read more
Suspenseful and frightening, yet calm and funky.
Never again will I write a review like this one because of how short I kept this with so much to talk about.
1 | Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) 5:48 | 96 |
2 | Crosseyed and Painless 4:47 | 94 |
3 | The Great Curve 6:27 | 95 |
4 | Once In a Lifetime 4:22 | 97 |
5 | Houses In Motion 4:33 | 91 |
6 | Seen and Not Seen 3:24 | 89 |
7 | Listening Wind 4:43 | 91 |
8 | The Overload 6:00 | 88 |
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