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057: Talking Heads - Fear of Music (1979)

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

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Is That Jerry Harrison Doing the Aggressive Guitar Part or David Byrne?

"Mind" is more of him just not quite being able to get settled in, whether in his own head or trying to understand somebody else. "I can't quite grok who I'm the person that I'm trying to communicate with," Byrne says on one song. The album has a somewhat cheery opening theme and then as it goes on, you get to these really, really growling guitars,. especially near the end.

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