Best Talking Heads song

Dunman33

What’s your favourite song by this great band?

Mine is Road to Nowhere.

BOSTIK

Difficult to choose one track from their impressive catalogue, but I'll go with this one from the excellent True Stories album. A really lovely song.

Novicaine15

Naive melody (this must be the place)

bullpost

I have a grá for this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvua6zPIi7c

vriesmays

Has there ever been a band more highly rated in their day yet forgotten now.

storker

My initiation into Talking Heads was via the Stop Making Sense movie, and I find it hard to like some of the earlier, more minimalist studio versions. It's a tough field to choose from but I think this:

Ask me on another day, though, and I might well give a different answer. Possibly this...

Zaph

vriesmays wrote: »

Has there ever been a band more highly rated in their day yet forgotten now.

To be fair, even in their day, no matter how highly rated they were, they weren't exactly mainstream. Of their contemporaries from the mid-70s New York scene, Blondie probably became the highest profile band. The likes of Talking Heads, The Ramones, Television, etc. all had their followings and a lot of them had some degree of chart success. But they were never huge in the same way that Blondie were, so it's not too surprising that they're not as widely remembered as they should be. The kids don't know what they're missing.

vriesmays

Always thought Tom Tom Club had a bigger impact musically. A lot of rap acts over the years have been influenced by them.

begbysback

Have a soft spot for This must be the place

refusetolose

wild wild life

Zeek12

Novicaine15 wrote: »

Naive melody (this must be the place)

I particularly love this live version

Rothko

vriesmays wrote: »

Has there ever been a band more highly rated in their day yet forgotten now.

I don't think that they're forgotten at all.

smacl

vriesmays wrote: »

Has there ever been a band more highly rated in their day yet forgotten now.

If you'd seen David Byrne playing the O2 last year you mightn't think this. Incredible performance and one of the most highly critically acclaimed concerts in recent years. Personal favourite? Too many to choose from but one I really like at from a long list;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2twY8YQYDBE

Zaph

That David Byrne show in the Point was the most incredible gig I've ever been to.

UrbanSprawl

Never found their radio hits to be all that good certainly never considered buying any of their albums but renewed appreciation in recent times..
Incredible energy live