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057: Talking Heads - Fear of Music (1979)

Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast

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David Burns - A Review of Talking Heads

This is absolutely one of my favorites on the album Yeah, I've always liked this one a lot It perfectly conveys through sound Exactly what freaks me out about drugs. One thing about weed is that it's an intensely introverted drug That society mistakes for an extroverted drug like alcohol And that comes across in these lyrics Where Byrne is really wired up Like focused on the electricity flowing through his body While everyone else at the party is acting like a dumbassThat's kind of the experience I get here Otherwise, I love the arrangement It feels really, it feels kind of dub inspired Lots of constructing the groove out of empty spaceYeah, if you don't like pop because it makes you

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