057: Talking Heads - Fear of Music (1979)
Discord and Rhyme: An Album Podcast
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Stop Making Sense - Still Life During Wartime
The song is one of the show stoppers in Stop Making Sense. The live version is way more fun, which is with a blessing and a curse Because you lose some of the menace of this version. I do love how for as famous a song as this is, it features some very specific cultural references When David Byrne mentions this ain't no mud club or CBGBs Yeah, I can't imagine modern songs that are this famous referencing some random club where the artist performed Staple Center CBGB is really important, he says.
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