I have just posted a review of Paleo’s Fruit Of The Spirit, a flawed album as a whole but one which contains one instant classic in the form of the track Over The Hill And Back Again.
Fortunately, there’s a very cool video to go with it which reminds of Talking Heads when they were at their cleverest by half
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Bite-sized posts about 7″ singles I own – shameless nostalgia from the days of vinyl.
A little bit of CBGB’s in the heart of Birmingham; that’s what it felt like to see the Ramones supported by label-mates Talking Heads at Barbarella’s in May 1977.
With hindsight, this was a unique and historic double bill although at the time both bands had just released their debut albums so no-one really knew what to expect.
The Ramones I knew mainly through the fact that Blitzkrieg Bop was adopted as one of the signature tunes for Punk gigs at this venue alongside a fair smattering of dub reggae. That song was the highlight of their set. Continue reading
A vivid and treasured memory from 1977 is that of walking into Barbarellas club in Birmingham while Talking Heads were midway through ‘Uh-Ho Love Comes To Town’. They were actually the support act to The Ramones which explains why I missed the first part of their set.
I still remember being enthralled by David Byrne who looked nervous and nerdy but curiously charismatic at the same time. The way he sang looked like therapy – a way of releasing his demons in public.
I saw the band less than a year later at the same venue – this time they were headlining (with Dire Straits as support) – and this cemented my unwavering love for the band. Continue reading
“There’s a time and place for everything. A piece of shit in the right place is fertilizer but in your pants it’s an embarassment”
– David Byrne
(Quoted from the Talking Heads biography ‘Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa‘ by David Bowman)
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