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Any deeper meaning behind the Talking Heads or absurdity for its own sake?
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:40 PM Author: Amber institution new version Never understood this band. People who like them seem to think absurdity is itself, compelling. Are the lyrics any good? They seem "okay" like I think they're catchy and clever (a little bit).
My grand theory is that they knew they were shitty/mediocre musicians who couldn't play their instruments or write great songs so they had a huddle and decided, "What if we were just really weird and made fun of society and gave all the oddballs a raison d'etre?"
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:41 PM Author: Rambunctious vibrant french chef hospital you're not entirely wrong, but they managed to pull it off and make catchy songs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46812969) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:43 PM Author: Amber institution new version This is fair. But besides Psycho Killer and Once in a Lifetime do they have any other listenable material? Seems like a very thin meme.
"Stop Making Sense" seems like their master achievement because they got to wear goofy outfits that became iconic. |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:42 PM Author: amethyst wonderful church building Can’t give them a single chance because I don’t understand how DB schtick is compelling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46812978) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:48 PM Author: Amber institution new version I agree with this. I don't get it. I think this is music for people who generally like stuff that's "quirky" and they ascribe deeper meaning to it. Musically, it's horrible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813023) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:46 PM Author: zombie-like main people address they were incredible at their peak.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwWW742T0Wc |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:47 PM Author: Amber institution new version Incredible at what? They're music sucks and is boring. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813015) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:50 PM Author: zombie-like main people address mixing funk punk new wave prog and noise with an autistic front man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KQjy02eqOk |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:51 PM Author: Amber institution new version This makes my ears bleed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813051) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:13 PM Author: Hilarious peach skinny woman stage I've watched this full video about once a year since it was posted on yt it has the best versions of crosseyed & painless and born under punches ever |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 8:08 PM Author: Citrine histrionic university (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46814075) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:47 PM Author: boyish chapel telephone They made the best song of all time tbf
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:48 PM Author: Amber institution new version Which one? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813017) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:50 PM Author: boyish chapel telephone This must be the place (naive melody)
https://youtu.be/Fb2q141rMNE?si=1Cf54urpQNN0oZMj |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:51 PM Author: Amber institution new version Massively overrated faggotry plus as many blacks in this video as a modern TV commercial (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813048) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:48 PM Author: crusty bateful dingle berry coldplay fan they used reggaeton and latin/afro influences in a cool new way, i.e., neat rhythms and percussion combined with the punk ethic. also brian eno produced Remain in Light, which helped give birth to modern electronic music Your analsis is harsh but ultimately FAIR |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:49 PM Author: Amber institution new version It's a bunch of random stuff thrown together and in order to be a fan you have to REALLY like their lyrics and the "shtick" of being absurdist otherwise it's a barely tonal jam band. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813032) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 4:54 PM Author: crusty bateful dingle berry coldplay fan no, they did some cool and innovative music (https://youtu.be/w6T_X7MXg40?si=5RNjwUXxNTfJOdCh). sry you don't like it, but it IS musically interesting and WAS innovative at the time. much of their stuff is slop, but they deserve their fanbase (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813066) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:00 PM Author: Amber institution new version This track is only somewhat okay 6/10 but not memorable. Without the weird autistic shouting and strange noises it's a mediocre groove at best.
Again return to my previous argument that you have to really like quirkiness and think absurdity itself is really gripping and important artistically to be into this shit.
To be fair this is the least bad TH song I've yet heard. |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:10 PM Author: crusty bateful dingle berry coldplay fan i mean it's like liking the beatles - shitty band but they were "important." same for TH. they combined latin/afrocuban beats and punk in a way that hasn't really been done before or since. TH is also a significant point for Brian Eno's career and the evolution of ambient/electronic, so that's something it's fine to not like them - i've been over them for years - but they were a cool band that did cool things. i mean name a band that sounds like TH, not sure i can do that. your main point is valid which is that their main appeal and reason they're remembered is being goofballs, but they were and are a cool unique sound |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:18 PM Author: Amber institution new version Yeah The Beatles were amazing go fuck yourself. They weren't just "important" because they were influential or really famous at the time. They invented all of the core concepts of popular music in the post WWII era, and were the greatest pop song writers ever. If you don't like The Beatles there's something wrong with you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813206) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:20 PM Author: crusty bateful dingle berry coldplay fan bahaha oh ok sorry didn't realize you are way under the minimum IQ to "get" TH. not sure why i engaged here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813221) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:23 PM Author: Amber institution new version I like lots of weird stuff too like I've probably listened to more Frank Zappa than any other poaster. But at least his stuff was musical and wasn't some afrobeat psychobabble and his biggest achievement wasn't wearing an inflated suit because other autistic people thought that was really sticking it to society somehow (???). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813239) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:27 PM Author: crusty bateful dingle berry coldplay fan unironically liking the beatles is dispositive. frank zappa is the "weird musician" that plebs always cite. you don't have minimum IQ to get TH. Sorry! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813259) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:36 PM Author: Amber institution new version Lol no one actually listens to Zappa. I've never met a plebe who even knew who he was. And most people who say they like him don't actually listen to him. And most people who do listen to him only know stuff like Apostrophe, Overnite Sensation, or his compilation of songs with dirty words in them. I'm more into his jazz stuff and instrumentals. My favorite record is Weasels which neither you nor anyone you know has ever listened to because it's so out there. I know you don't know anything about Zappa and have never listened to him, and don't know anyone who has so your pointing fingers argument is easily falsifiable.
I also like Deerhoof which is a completely unapproachable band. And Pavement if you really want to grill me on hipster bona fides. |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:40 PM Author: crusty bateful dingle berry coldplay fan i love weasels ripped my flesh personal favorite zappa is Hot Rats, followed closely by Grand Wazoo and Waka/Jawaka. huge zappa fan here. jean luc ponty, discovered by zappa, is my personal fave jazz musician too. so don't try pulling rank with me, sirrah |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:44 PM Author: Amber institution new version Fusion is the most underrated era and was obscured by prog which mostly sucks and is unlistenable trash. The difference between Fusion and Prog is that jazz actually took musical knowledge and adding pop and rock themes made it more listenable than Miles Davis who went too far off the reservation. The problem with Fusion is no one liked it and it wasn't popular lol. It's the ultimate musical IQ test whether you like something amazing no one else knows about.
Ponty was a genius and you need a high musical IQ to understand this. |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:48 PM Author: crusty bateful dingle berry coldplay fan CR friend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813373) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:56 PM Author: Amber institution new version What's a top tier Ponty record I should check out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813395) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 6:18 PM Author: crusty bateful dingle berry coldplay fan Aurora, Open Mind, Fables, Civilized Evil, Imaginary Voyage, Enigmatic Ocean are all 180000. There's also King Kong, Ponty playing the music of Zappa. Have not heard a Ponty album i disliked (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813492) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 6:22 PM Author: Amber institution new version Ty. I'm a fan of his electric stuff too. Will check these out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813521) |
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Date: September 19th, 2023 4:31 PM Author: Multi-colored Cruise Ship Messiness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46817996) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 8:13 PM Author: Citrine histrionic university what are some good bands that you like? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46814125) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 9:35 PM Author: crusty bateful dingle berry coldplay fan Cream, Weather Report, and My Bloody Valentine. Don't really listen to bands anymor, just Criss Cross jazz and jazz radio and dnb mixes on YouTube (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46814456) |
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Date: September 19th, 2023 4:27 PM Author: Citrine histrionic university (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46817982) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:14 PM Author: brindle clown what else even sounds remotely like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tCHeY60nn8
they were great at, well, whatever the fuck you would call songs like that and nobody could ever reproduce it. |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:17 PM Author: Sapphire bearded principal's office gaping They were kind of like 3 different bands, you had the early "punk" minimalist Talking Heads of Psycho Killer, then Eno joined and they got commercially big and more musically artistic with Remain In Light and Speaking in Tongues, which also coincided with MTV. Then Eno left, and Byrne took over the band (which pissed off the other members) and they turned into more of a wholesome, cheesier band for kids and their moms with True Stories and Little Creatures. So there was sort of something for everyone. I liked the 2nd iteration of Talking Heads (especially Burning Down the House and the whole Speaking in Tongues album) but didn't really like #1 or #3 that much. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813198) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:20 PM Author: Massive aqua theater State some examples of “good music” OP (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813216) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:26 PM Author: Amber institution new version My favorite band is Radiohead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813256) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:39 PM Author: Sapphire bearded principal's office gaping The band who named themselves after a Talking Heads song. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813324) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:42 PM Author: Amber institution new version Thom has shitty taste I don't like REM either. Have you ever listened to one of his playlists or heard one of his DJ sets? He has absolutely horrendous taste but is a Mozart grade songwriter. All that shit was popular when he was growing up and there was no internet. They had Top of the Pops and shit and then New Wave came out and it was the only thing on. They had to listen to crap like The Jam and Wham! and other garbage. That was just the era. Thom probably did get some of his lyric writing shtick from TH and REM but thankfully not the retarded shrieking. Also he absolutely dunked on them and is thousands of times more famous. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813349) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 6:35 PM Author: zombie-like main people address (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813609) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:45 PM Author: Hairraiser self-centered mad cow disease temple they made some good pop music and somehow conjured up an aura of being deep and thoughtful. but they were just pop music.
nothing they did was as enduring as the song that the other band members did without David Byrne as the Tom Tom Club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECiMhe4E0pI |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 5:47 PM Author: obsidian ape How can you listen to Once in a Lifetime and not ask yourself “How did I get here?” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5408153&forum_id=2#46813362) |
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Date: September 18th, 2023 7:25 PM Author: irradiated friendly grandma Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons Packed up and ready to go Heard of some grave sites out by the highway A place where nobody knows The sound of gunfire off in the distance I'm getting used to it now |