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Talking Heads — I Zimbra
Album: Fear Of Music
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Released: 1979
Length: 3:05
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Gadji beri bimba clandridi
Lauli lonni cadori gadjam
A bim beri glassala glandride
E glassala tuffm i zimbra

Bim blassa galassasa zimbrabim
Blassa glallassasa zimbrabim

A bim beri glassala grandrid
E glassala tuffm i zimbra

Gadji beri bimba glandridi
Lauli lonni cadora gadjam
A bim beri glassasa glandrid
E glassala tuffm i zimbra
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 maclochness wrote:

I love Talking Heads, and these are 3 great consecutive ones.  Consider also Floyd's run in the 70's:
1971 Meddle
1973 Dark Side
1975 Wish You Were Here
1977 Animals
1979 The Wall



I miss the point, really.
Posted 2 months ago by nicknt    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I love it. Jumped over here to give this a 10, but I'd already given it a 10.



Same here!  
Posted 2 months ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
 jjbix37 wrote:

byrne is TEDIOUS


so are your posts.
Posted 3 months ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
byrne is TEDIOUS
Posted 4 months ago by jjbix37    [ Reply ]
 Peace_tode wrote:

Just half a hit for me please.

 




Pardon?
Posted 5 months ago by brendan8154    [ Reply ]
Thanks for providing the lyrics. This is a great tune to do for karaoke. 
Posted 5 months ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
Great stuff! Basada Basunda! 
Posted 8 months ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:

Great Tune!!!   Please play some tunes from JERRY HARRISON'S CASUAL GODS album!!   Thank You!!



I totally Second that motion! Jerry laid down some ripping, trippy stuff on that album, for sure! REV IT UP!
Posted 8 months ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
C'est bon ça. Un petit coup de Zimbra et ça repart. 
Posted 10 months ago by Nopnop62    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

Makes me remember the magical, therapeutic and vital freak-out ritual of the Kecak Dance... When the groove is really strong, every person performing, every participant in the audience, every instrument of the gamelan, every insect, every gecko, every monkey in the jungle is in vibrational ecstasy, and the mysterious night sings as one, chanting "Kechak, kechak, kechak!" and Talking Heads are still my favorite groove-gods!


I totally Agree!!
Posted 11 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Makes me remember the magical, therapeutic and vital freak-out ritual of the Bali Kecak Dance... When the groove is really strong, every person performing, every participant in the audience, every instrument of the gamelan, every insect, every gecko, every monkey in the jungle is in vibrational ecstasy, and the mysterious night sings as one, chanting "Kechak, kechak, kechak!" and Talking Heads are still my favorite groove-gods!
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
tedious byrne
Posted 1 year ago by jjbix37    [ Reply ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted 1 year ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
 SpencerAR wrote:

Trippy and has a great beat, but I get stuck on the lyrics or in this case, the lack of my comprehension of them.




LOL!   GREAT TUNE!  ...I don't understand the lyrics also!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
First song of Talking Heads I heard.... !never forgot it !!!
Posted 1 year ago by ThierryP    [ Reply ]
It was about the time this album came out that Sony Walkmans  also came out. I remember listening to this album on a Walkman. Where'd those 40 some odd years go?
Posted 1 year ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:

Great Tune!!!   Please play some tunes from JERRY HARRISON'S CASUAL GODS album!!   Thank You!!



Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Trippy and has a great beat, but I get stuck on the lyrics or in this case, the lack of my comprehension of them.
Posted 2 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
Unfortunately...the instrumental break with it's glorious congas and bass rhythm sounds incredibly similar to "Copacabana" by Mr. Manilow.
Posted 2 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
A bold, brilliant song to start off the album.  Then the stellar ending of the song which leads into Mind.  Such a fantastic album imo.
Posted 2 years ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
Picked up a recent pressing of this album and love it. New vinyl sounds great when done right.
 
Also, they did this album with Eno, who is famous for his Oblique Strategies cards and introducing random "accidents" in to the process. He would have band members all switch instruments, for example, or take a tape they just recorded and cut it up and splice it back together randomly to see what they got. On this album they would just jam for hours and record it, then listen back to it in the studio and pick out anything that caught their fancy. They would use happy accidents as the basis for songs.
 
I think this approach pushes the conscious mind away and allows things from the sub-conscious to bubble up. Like sleeping on a problem and waking up with the answer.
 
It's a great approach as it competely frees the artist to just trust instinct and have no "Fear of Music."
Posted 2 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
Great Tune!!!   Please play some tunes from JERRY HARRISON'S CASUAL GODS album!!   Thank You!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Da da da.
Posted 2 years ago by zenhead    [ Reply ]
 blackieray wrote:

DB is full of himself. Just ask the Tom Tom Club.



Maybe.  But he made great music with them.
Posted 2 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
Go Tina!
Weymouth High School is my alma mater as is Berklee.  Just coincidental.  
Posted 2 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
I always thought the chants sounded like the Ewok celebration song at the end of RotJ.
Posted 2 years ago by clomaka    [ Reply ]
DB is full of himself. Just ask the Tom Tom Club.
Posted 2 years ago by blackieray    [ Reply ]
did this influence "Fashion"?
Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
wonderful TH with Eno and Fripp  collusion!
Posted 3 years ago by More_Cowbell    [ Reply ]
Gotta love the rhythm section of Weymouth and Frantz on this one.  Terrific restrained but potent bass playing.
Posted 3 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
 secretsauce wrote:

... Well ... if the AWB had Brian Eno production, djembe and surdo in the percussion, and a Robert Fripp guitar solo.
 
Less the instrumentation and more the pacing and syncopation. The perfect combination of up front and laid back. I love this stuff!! Long Live RP!!
Posted 3 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 pianocomposer wrote:
This song is dadist nonsense with Robert Fripp on guitar makes this an outstanding piece of art! I can't give it a 10, however, b/c the music just doesn't go that far. 9 will suffice.
 

Yes. For a good explanation of this tune, watch American Utopia. Great film of the stage performance. 
Posted 4 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Funkedelic
Posted 4 years ago by Ingenity    [ Reply ]
Should have been the segue from Fear of Music to Remain In Light.
Posted 4 years ago by JohnnySockhead    [ Reply ]
The release date on the RP page is wrong. This came out in 1979.
As great as it ever was.
Posted 4 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
I traded a half bag of low grade Columbian for this album back in my 1979 college daze. Kept the good stuff for me and my headphones and got lost in this for months. Not my fave track but the whole album is stellar.
Posted 4 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
  This is one of their best! 
Posted 5 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
David Byrne is in a league of his own!
Posted 5 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
.... and when you think that I Zimbra poem was written by Hugo Ball almost 100 years ago... 
Posted 5 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:
 I always enjoyed the Average White Band sound of this track ...  
 
... Well ... if the AWB had Brian Eno production, djembe and surdo in the percussion, and a Robert Fripp guitar solo.
Posted 5 years ago by secretsauce    [ Reply ]
David Byrne is still performing this in his shows. Great videos of his most recent tours can be found on YouTube. 
Posted 5 years ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
Killerrr
Posted 5 years ago by TerrorGovernor    [ Reply ]
 LPCity wrote:

Really?  and the French think Americans have bad taste?

 
Oui  T-Heads ROCKS!
 
Posted 5 years ago by OMGegan    [ Reply ]
justin4kick wrote:
1978: More Songs About Buildings and Food
1979: Fear of Music
1980: Remain in Light

Best three albums in a row by a band. Ever!

(and yes, I have considered LZ I, II and III)

 
1980: Permanent Waves

1981: Moving Pictures

1982: Signals

{#Notworthy} (IMHO)

Posted 5 years ago by Toff    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:

1965: Help!
1965: Rubber Soul
1966: Revolver 
.
or
.
1995: The Bends
1997: OK Computer
2000: Kid A 
 
Beggars' Banquet
Let It Bleed
Sticky Fingers
Exile on Main Street
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Dig it!
Posted 6 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 I Zimbra was created around the time fripp and the alien math scale rhythmic discipline thing went public, before this thing crawled into the belew-levin-bruford-fripp crimson - I Zimbra might be the debut of that thing even...perhaps it needed the hive mind of eno/byrne/belew/fripp to rupture itself up. "Larks tonuges" was close, but outside in.  This thing breathes inside out, like a cool ivory jacket with it's warm blue veins on the outside. Check out the much earlier "Dance of Maya" ( preferably about 3 times faster for cross-examination ) by Mahavishnu Orchestra ( CGTw/levin&masteleto also bow to it beautifly ) - this is wherethe thing first clawed thru the blood-brain barrier, stretched it's scaly head thru our lovely scabs, sniffed about and decided to come back when we were ready... ( oh yes, the lyrics might be in it's alien language which has no earthly interpretation we humans can bear to comprehend (? )  I Zimbra could be the name of this language, or the Thing's name ( "I Zimbra, you Jane" ) or the coming invasion's name...what do you think?boober wrote:

I'll have what he's having.

 
Just half a hit for me please.

 


Posted 6 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
I used to think the album cover was cool because it had a "raised pattern" on it.  I guess that's what passed for cool 39 years ago (to me, anyway).
Posted 6 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 Steely_D wrote:
1971 - Islands
1973 - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
1974 - Starless & Bible Black
1974 - Red
 
Nice!
Posted 6 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
1978: More Songs About Buildings and Food
1979: Fear of Music
1980: Remain in Light

Best three albums in a row by a band. Ever!

(and yes, I have considered LZ I, II and III)

 
1971 - Islands
1973 - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
1974 - Starless & Bible Black
1974 - Red
Posted 6 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

A great trio for sure, but I think you have to consider the Stones 4 consecutive studio albums:
Beggar's Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers & Exile on Main Street.
Bump BB if you want to keep it to 3.

 
I love Talking Heads, and these are 3 great consecutive ones.  Consider also Floyd's run in the 70's:
1971 Meddle
1973 Dark Side
1975 Wish You Were Here
1977 Animals
1979 The Wall
Posted 7 years ago by maclochness    [ Reply ]
C'mon....this is Parliament and  the Funkadelics. Go George and Bootsy. 
Posted 7 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
This is the TH tune that got me to take note and delve into the entire TH catalog.  I always enjoyed the Average White Band sound of this track, nice and brassy, bass heavy with a great rhythm.  9 for the track and the entire album really....great stuff!  Long Live RP!!
Posted 7 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Ah....1979!!! Would be super cool if it came out this Tuesday. 
Posted 7 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
1978: More Songs About Buildings and Food
1979: Fear of Music
1980: Remain in Light

Best three albums in a row by a band. Ever!

(and yes, I have considered LZ I, II and III)

 
1965: Help!
1965: Rubber Soul
1966: Revolver 
.
or
.
1995: The Bends
1997: OK Computer
2000: Kid A 
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
1978: More Songs About Buildings and Food
1979: Fear of Music
1980: Remain in Light

Best three albums in a row by a band. Ever!

(and yes, I have considered LZ I, II and III)
 
A great trio for sure, but I think you have to consider the Stones 4 consecutive studio albums:
Beggar's Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers & Exile on Main Street.
Bump BB if you want to keep it to 3.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
1978: More Songs About Buildings and Food
1979: Fear of Music
1980: Remain in Light

Best three albums in a row by a band. Ever!

(and yes, I have considered LZ I, II and III)
Posted 7 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Fond memories of seeing David Byrne perform this song at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley many years ago, with a fabulous group of three dancers. Just amazing. One of my all-time favorite Talking Heads songs.
Posted 8 years ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
 LowPhreak wrote:
Best record by the Heads if I had to pick just one.

Putting this on the stereo rig back when it was new did freak some people out...thus "Fear of Music" was apt. I've always said it was best discovered with proper use of the dreaded lysergic and ample cold beverages...

 
Agreed.  And psilocybin worked too.  So I've been told.
 
Posted 8 years ago by tockpeas    [ Reply ]
Best record by the Heads if I had to pick just one.

Putting this on the stereo rig back when it was new did freak some people out...thus "Fear of Music" was apt. I've always said it was best discovered with proper use of the dreaded lysergic and ample cold beverages...
Posted 8 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
Yo! Black Hurt danke
Posted 8 years ago by LastGaspMusic    [ Reply ]
 LastGaspMusic wrote:
Reminds me of the church 

 
Good vibe
Posted 8 years ago by LastGaspMusic    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the church 
Posted 8 years ago by LastGaspMusic    [ Reply ]
This particular album was one of my most well-worn pieces of vinyl.
Posted 8 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
Divine pine-fruity smell of crushed Dew cans fermenting in the belly of the Golden Goat...spark is applied...we full-freakin Zimbra, man.
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Being from Smyrna turned out to be a good thing.
   What the hell happaned to seven churches?
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 Axelito wrote:
Let s stop with talking heads Bill?!  It just sucks! :D

 
Really?  and the French think Americans have bad taste?
Posted 8 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
 Axelito wrote:
Let s stop with talking heads Bill?!  It just sucks! :D

 
Lets see average out of 900 + ratings is 7.2 I think you AXELITO, are in the minority, and need to use the PSD button or take off you hoser! {#Drunk}
Posted 8 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
I'll have some more please.
Just rediscovered this piece on the YouTube video and can't stop dancing: David Byrne - Sessions At West 54th (November 15, 1997)



Posted 8 years ago by pamorama    [ Reply ]
I eternally dig how the frantic snatches of imaginative lingos, fractal strumming, & quantum drumming in this take my mind right to Zen!
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 Axelito wrote:
Let s stop with talking heads Bill?!  It just sucks! :D
 
Not gonna happen; Bill knows this song and album are extra cool.
Also you've rated 350+ songs "sucko barfo" and only about 20 as godlike, so you obviously just like to whine.
Posted 8 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Let s stop with talking heads Bill?!  It just sucks! :D
Posted 8 years ago by Axelito    [ Reply ]
 greensnard1 wrote:
I Zimbra was created around the time fripp and the alien math scale rhythmic discipline thing went public, before this thing crawled into the belew-levin-bruford-fripp crimson - I Zimbra might be the debut of that thing even...perhaps it needed the hive mind of eno/byrne/belew/fripp to rupture itself up. "Larks tonuges" was close, but outside in.  This thing breathes inside out, like a cool ivory jacket with it's warm blue veins on the outside. Check out the much earlier "Dance of Maya" ( preferably about 3 times faster for cross-examination ) by Mahavishnu Orchestra ( CGTw/levin&masteleto also bow to it beautifly ) - this is wherethe thing first clawed thru the blood-brain barrier, stretched it's scaly head thru our lovely scabs, sniffed about and decided to come back when we were ready... ( oh yes, the lyrics might be in it's alien language which has no earthly interpretation we humans can bear to comprehend (? )  I Zimbra could be the name of this language, or the Thing's name ( "I Zimbra, you Jane" ) or the coming invasion's name...what do you think?

 
I'll have what he's having.
Posted 8 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 greensnard1 wrote:
I Zimbra was created around the time fripp and the alien math scale rhythmic discipline thing went public, before this thing crawled into the belew-levin-bruford-fripp crimson - I Zimbra might be the debut of that thing even...perhaps it needed the hive mind of eno/byrne/belew/fripp to rupture itself up. "Larks tonuges" was close, but outside in.  This thing breathes inside out, like a cool ivory jacket with it's warm blue veins on the outside. Check out the much earlier "Dance of Maya" ( preferably about 3 times faster for cross-examination ) by Mahavishnu Orchestra ( CGTw/levin&masteleto also bow to it beautifly ) - this is wherethe thing first clawed thru the blood-brain barrier, stretched it's scaly head thru our lovely scabs, sniffed about and decided to come back when we were ready... ( oh yes, the lyrics might be in it's alien language which has no earthly interpretation we humans can bear to comprehend (? )  I Zimbra could be the name of this language, or the Thing's name ( "I Zimbra, you Jane" ) or the coming invasion's name...what do you think?

  Right on, daddy-o. STAY on that exact mixture of drugs you were on when you wrote that. I hope you wrote it down, IT'S PERFECT!


Posted 9 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
Return with me to art school, y'all!
Posted 9 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
{#Whipit} {#Music}
Posted 9 years ago by Babette55    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana} {#Bananasplit} {#Dancingbanana_2} 
Posted 9 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
it is godlike in its ability to boost my silly ass onto the dance-floor
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
This is so damned good!!!
Posted 9 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
For me, fear of headache. Not their finest hour, or Eno's.
 
Posted 9 years ago by 2020sk    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

I think you should post on these boards more often. Provided you don't fall off some table of sanity when you come down from the heights of your...inspiration. 

BTW—did you mention hive mind? 



 
I expect that s/he dropped the mic on the way out.  :-)
Posted 9 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Remain in Light by a mere six years paved the way for Paul Simon's Graceland. IMHO, "I Zimbra" represented one of the earliest representations of pan-African lyric and rhythmic sensibilities in pop music.
Posted 9 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Never, ever get bored of this{#Bananajam}
Posted 10 years ago by Jacquetta    [ Reply ]
 greensnard1 wrote:
I Zimbra was created around the time fripp and the alien math scale rhythmic discipline thing went public, before this thing crawled into the belew-levin-bruford-fripp crimson - I Zimbra might be the debut of that thing even...perhaps it needed the hive mind of eno/byrne/belew/fripp to rupture itself up. "Larks tonuges" was close, but outside in.  This thing breathes inside out, like a cool ivory jacket with it's warm blue veins on the outside. Check out the much earlier "Dance of Maya" ( preferably about 3 times faster for cross-examination ) by Mahavishnu Orchestra ( CGTw/levin&masteleto also bow to it beautifly ) - this is wherethe thing first clawed thru the blood-brain barrier, stretched it's scaly head thru our lovely scabs, sniffed about and decided to come back when we were ready... ( oh yes, the lyrics might be in it's alien language which has no earthly interpretation we humans can bear to comprehend (? )  I Zimbra could be the name of this language, or the Thing's name ( "I Zimbra, you Jane" ) or the coming invasion's name...what do you think?

 
I think you should post on these boards more often. Provided you don't fall off some table of sanity when you come down from the heights of your...inspiration. 

BTW--did you mention hive mind? 




Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
The Heads at their least commercial, and arguably their best.
This frantic, hyperschizoid little number certainly holds up.
Like a caffeine buzz without the coffee.

May I recommend this bonus track from the Stop Making Sense film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYFqdrOMqk4
Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 Michaeljs28 wrote:
It rocked then, it rocks now.
 
ABSOLUTELY!
Posted 10 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Fripp playing guitar?  That would explain... sounds like King Crimson sentiment.
Posted 10 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
It rocked then, it rocks now.
Posted 10 years ago by Michaeljs28    [ Reply ]
 jbunniii wrote:
Nice segue from "The Dead 60s." Most Talking Heads songs sound very stale to me these days, but this one still holds up OK.

 

I agree on both counts...
Posted 10 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
 wlpendley wrote:
All the dogs and cats in our house are dancing to this!  (Whether they like dancing or not...)

 
are you sure they aren't seizing?
Posted 11 years ago by NeuroGeek    [ Reply ]
Casually listening to song and immediately heard weird guitar and thought, "Hello there Post David Bowie-stint young Adrian Belew!"
Posted 11 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
Yup.   Brilliant.
Posted 11 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
Brilliant, Nuf said!
Posted 11 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Yeah, well, Bill loves Byrnin' down the house...

 terrapin52 wrote:
After RP, I never want to hear Talking Heads again as long as I live.
 


Posted 11 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
FOM one of my top 10 favorite albums, baby!
Posted 12 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
All the dogs and cats in our house are dancing to this!  (Whether they like dancing or not...)
Posted 12 years ago by wlpendley    [ Reply ]
Nice segue from "The Dead 60s." Most Talking Heads songs sound very stale to me these days, but this one still holds up OK.
Posted 12 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
I have this on vinyl, a staple from my days at art college. Thinking back, the last time I heard it was in 1991, just before the removal man broke the lid and stylus on my deck. That's why it's still in the movers' box. Time to finally go get a new one me thinks {#Drummer}
Posted 12 years ago by perryandcaro    [ Reply ]
 greensnard1 wrote:
I Zimbra was created around the time fripp and the alien math scale rhythmic discipline thing went public, before this thing crawled into the belew-levin-bruford-fripp crimson - I Zimbra might be the debut of that thing even...perhaps it needed the hive mind of eno/byrne/belew/fripp to rupture itself up. "Larks tonuges" was close, but outside in.  This thing breathes inside out, like a cool ivory jacket with it's warm blue veins on the outside. Check out the much earlier "Dance of Maya" ( preferably about 3 times faster for cross-examination ) by Mahavishnu Orchestra ( CGTw/levin&masteleto also bow to it beautifly ) - this is wherethe thing first clawed thru the blood-brain barrier, stretched it's scaly head thru our lovely scabs, sniffed about and decided to come back when we were ready... ( oh yes, the lyrics might be in it's alien language which has no earthly interpretation we humans can bear to comprehend (? )  I Zimbra could be the name of this language, or the Thing's name ( "I Zimbra, you Jane" ) or the coming invasion's name...what do you think?
 

What do I think?  I think that your comments herein should be enshrined, marveled at and generally enjoyed as pure poetry.
Posted 12 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
When this came out, it almost seemed TOO FAR OUT, even for Talking Heads...but we knew these guys were like, Casual Gods, right? so, thankfully, we kept playing it until WE GOT THE BLESSED GROOVE THAT SLITHERS AND SQUIRMS SO MIGHTILY WITHIN; DIG IT!
Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Jonathan Lethem has written an entire book about this album: https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Heads-Fear-Music-33/dp/1441121005
Posted 12 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I'm pretty sure it was Robert Fripp playing that guitar on this track, so maybe it doesn't matter.
 

definitive FRIPPERTRONICS there...
Posted 12 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
 2cats wrote:


HUH?  WTF
Apparently greensnard1's only vist to RP was for this song, on that date.  We call that a plug.

Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 More_Cowbell wrote:
This album was a staple in our college dorm!
 
In our dorm, it was required listening. 

(I mean, you had to listen to it whether you wanted to or not) 
Posted 12 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
After RP, I never want to hear Talking Heads again as long as I live.
Posted 12 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
Okay......since no thing is listening..... I'll try and contribute more
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 manda wrote:
who came firast this as the source of the fretless guitar lick in the background or did King crimson lift this lick from here?
 
I'm pretty sure it was Robert Fripp playing that guitar on this track, so maybe it doesn't matter.


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 greensnard1 wrote:
I Zimbra was created around the time fripp and the alien math scale rhythmic discipline thing went public, before this thing crawled into the belew-levin-bruford-fripp crimson - I Zimbra might be the debut of that thing even...perhaps it needed the hive mind of eno/byrne/belew/fripp to rupture itself up. "Larks tonuges" was close, but outside in.  This thing breathes inside out, like a cool ivory jacket with it's warm blue veins on the outside. Check out the much earlier "Dance of Maya" ( preferably about 3 times faster for cross-examination ) by Mahavishnu Orchestra ( CGTw/levin&masteleto also bow to it beautifly ) - this is wherethe thing first clawed thru the blood-brain barrier, stretched it's scaly head thru our lovely scabs, sniffed about and decided to come back when we were ready... ( oh yes, the lyrics might be in it's alien language which has no earthly interpretation we humans can bear to comprehend (? )  I Zimbra could be the name of this language, or the Thing's name ( "I Zimbra, you Jane" ) or the coming invasion's name...what do you think?
 
Word up, well said my man.
Posted 13 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
This is so cool!!
I be dancin' !!!!

You with me Romeo? 
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Awesome mix today!!  That's what I love about Radioparadise  {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 13 years ago by pomalley    [ Reply ]
 merobreno wrote:

For any night. Any place, any time. Just plain fun...Whatever the technicals.

 
I just read that as "Just plain fun. . . Whatever the testicles."

I thought I would share that.  
Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Unmistakeably Robert Fripp in there.
Posted 13 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
 greensnard1 wrote:
I Zimbra was created around the time fripp and the alien math scale rhythmic discipline thing went public, before this thing crawled into the belew-levin-bruford-fripp crimson - I Zimbra might be the debut of that thing even...perhaps it needed the hive mind of eno/byrne/belew/fripp to rupture itself up. "Larks tonuges" was close, but outside in.  This thing breathes inside out, like a cool ivory jacket with it's warm blue veins on the outside. Check out the much earlier "Dance of Maya" ( preferably about 3 times faster for cross-examination ) by Mahavishnu Orchestra ( CGTw/levin&masteleto also bow to it beautifly ) - this is where the thing first clawed thru the blood-brain barrier, stretched it's scaly head thru our lovely scabs, sniffed about and decided to come back when we were ready... ( oh yes, the lyrics might be in it's alien language which has no earthly interpretation we humans can bear to comprehend (? )  I Zimbra could be the name of this language, or the Thing's name ( "I Zimbra, you Jane" ) or the coming invasion's name...what do you think?
 

HUH?  WTF
Posted 13 years ago by 2cats    [ Reply ]

For any night. Any place, any time. Just plain fun...Whatever the technicals.


Posted 13 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
who came firast this as the source of the fretless guitar lick in the background or did King crimson lift this lick from here?
Posted 13 years ago by manda    [ Reply ]
definetively not for sunday night
Posted 13 years ago by juanos    [ Reply ]
 maryte wrote:

Eno.
 
in the credits for when i was a boy jane siberry thanks eno's knee. really. just making sure you knew that.
Posted 13 years ago by greensnard1    [ Reply ]
 skindy wrote:

Wow! Pass that doobie over... I wanna get that 3D feeling too!

P.S. Still can't stand this song.  {#Puke}
 
strange - i thought of that cover the other night for no reason ( after years of not thinking about it ) ...what's going on??
ok, when can i have the 3 piece suit, all socks, all underwear, all toilet paper, toilet seat,all dinnerwear, all appliances, all furniture and house interior / exterior with that pattern sticking out of them? also please give me car with it inside and out, driveway, black bumpy glass windows. and tattoo. thanks. now we listen only I Zimbra all day all night please. i go away now whew
Posted 13 years ago by greensnard1    [ Reply ]
 HazzeSwede wrote:
Just for your annoyance !         (#8)
                               {#Bananasplit}
 
thank you
Posted 13 years ago by greensnard1    [ Reply ]