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Talking Heads — This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Album: Speaking In Tongues
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7.6

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Total ratings: 4136









Released: 1983
Length: 4:51
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Home is where I want to be
Pick me up and turn me round
I feel numb - burn with a weak heart
(So I) guess I must be having fun
The less we say about it the better
Make it up as we go along
Feet on the ground
Head in the sky
It's ok I know nothing's wrong . . nothing

Hi yo I got plenty of time
Hi yo you got light in your eyes
And you're standing here beside me
I love the passing of time
Never for money
Always for love
Cover up + say goodnight . . . say goodnight

Home - is where I want to be
But I guess I'm already there
I come home - -she lifted up her wings
Guess that this must be the place
I can't tell one from another
Did I find you, or you find me?
There was a time Before we were born
If someone asks, this where I'll be . . . where I'll be

Hi yo We drift in and out
Hi yo sing into my mouth
Out of all tose kinds of people
You got a face with a view
I'm just an animal looking for a home
Share the same space for a minute or two
And you love me till my heart stops
Love me till I'm dead
Eyes that light up, eyes look through you
Cover up the blank spots
Hit me on the head Ah ooh
Comments (501)add comment
Please, PLEASE, skip DB and TH a few days!
Posted 2 months ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

58 : 52 in the last 30 days.  

Interesting!
The only name on that list I would choose to hear a little less of would be REM.  I don't dislike them, I just prefer to hear them less frequently.   ~  Peace.  ~
Posted 2 months ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Bloody love it..!!
Posted 3 months ago by GingerandMe    [ Reply ]
Please, please one (1) day without TH or DB....
Posted 3 months ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
I'm finally part of a listener trend!   Yahoo!

Too much Talking Heads. Quirky? Yes. Some catchy hooks? Yes.  Kitschy? Sure. 

 But not much more than that to justify all the air time they get.   
Posted 4 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
I also agree that the Talking Heads and Byrne is a little overplayed...

Posted 5 months ago by cvetten    [ Reply ]
I like the Talking Heads and all, but being that there is so much music out there, and David Byrne's less than soothing voice, once or twice a day is enough.
Posted 6 months ago by MotorSkills    [ Reply ]
 MinMan wrote:

Wasn't this performed with band members playing one another's instruments?



I do wonder who could possibly emulate the Weymouth bass groove!
Posted 11 months ago by RodneyAjax    [ Reply ]
 TOppTonn2 wrote:

One of my few 'godlike' ratings - this song encapsulates so many emotions, memories and wants. 

The "Stop Making Sense" version is beautiful - the power that music has is second to none!



The dance with the lamp to this song was one of the high points of a video that was already extraordinary.
Posted 11 months ago by RodneyAjax    [ Reply ]
 pamking wrote:



Shawn Colvin did a incredible album "Cover Girl" . Her versions of songs by Sting, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan are beautiful. Her rendition of Greg Brown's "Cool Remove", with Mary Chapin Carpenter is amazing. And Shawn's interpretation of "Naive" is soooo comfy.

DennyG



Thank You for the info. I will check it out. Shawn Colvin is great.
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 kayumann wrote:


Well said! This song always stops me in my tracks with a flood of great memories, the lyrics are simply terrific and uplifting, a forever classic....



I Agree!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 mvanderford60 wrote:

This was on rotation at my son's wedding party - I used to play the album when he was a baby —

Can't type, crying now. 



Shawn Colvin did a incredible album "Cover Girl" . Her versions of songs by Sting, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan are beautiful. Her rendition of Greg Brown's "Cool Remove", with Mary Chapin Carpenter is amazing. And Shawn's interpretation of "Naive" is soooo comfy.

DennyG
Posted 1 year ago by pamking    [ Reply ]
 TOppTonn2 wrote:

One of my few 'godlike' ratings - this song encapsulates so many emotions, memories and wants. 

The "Stop Making Sense" version is beautiful - the power that music has is second to none!



Well said! This song always stops me in my tracks with a flood of great memories, the lyrics are simply terrific and uplifting, a forever classic....
Posted 1 year ago by kayumann    [ Reply ]
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Posted 1 year ago by mgmtdigitalhe2    [ Reply ]
One of my few 'godlike' ratings - this song encapsulates so many emotions, memories and wants. 

The "Stop Making Sense" version is beautiful - the power that music has is second to none!
Posted 1 year ago by TOppTonn2    [ Reply ]
 mvanderford60 wrote:

This was on rotation at my son's wedding party - I used to play the album when he was a baby —

Can't type, crying now. 



They all switched instruments on this song.  No one played what they normally play.  I've said before this song makes me smile, makes me cry and all inbetween.  It is one of few songs that are perfectly done.  Just my opinion...
 
Posted 1 year ago by terryweir    [ Reply ]
Mr Byrne está tarado, por eso es un genio.
Posted 1 year ago by HarryHaller    [ Reply ]
Can't get any better than this classic by the Talking Heads!
Posted 2 years ago by CrookedSticks    [ Reply ]
 pfagerlund wrote:

Goddamn I love this song.  Such a happy positive message it stops me in my tracks every time and I have to turn it up and take it in.




Same here!! ...And I bought this album right after it came out, & I am still digging it BIG TIME!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Goddamn I love this song.  Such a happy positive message it stops me in my tracks every time and I have to turn it up and take it in.
Posted 2 years ago by pfagerlund    [ Reply ]
 Tippster wrote:


Whenevwr this comes on I always stop, listen, and groove. 



SAME HERE!!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 Steve_G wrote:

Here I am trying to work and this is playing,  just excellent!



Whenevwr this comes on I always stop, listen, and groove. 
Posted 2 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Wasn't this performed with band members playing one another's instruments?
Posted 2 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
 bialia wrote:

Another one of those Talking Heads songs where every individual element is brilliant. Love this one.




I Agree!! Completely!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 Harry_Tuttle_99 wrote:


Another Talking Heads song where the Whole is Greater than the Sum of it's Parts! Master arrangers!


Also true!
Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
This is the most romantic song of all the times, just beautiful!! i wanna cry
Posted 2 years ago by karlasokolinski    [ Reply ]
 bialia wrote:

Another one of those Talking Heads songs where every individual element is brilliant. Love this one.



Another Talking Heads song where the Whole is Greater than the Sum of it's Parts! Master arrangers!
Posted 2 years ago by Harry_Tuttle_99    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
Another one of those Talking Heads songs where every individual element is brilliant. Love this one.
Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
Here I am trying to work and this is playing,  just excellent!
Posted 2 years ago by Steve_G    [ Reply ]
 ExpatLarry wrote:

Okay, so I put on rp, get my earbuds out, and step out to start watering the garden on a Sunday morning here in the mountains of Michoacan, and this is what comes on. If that don't make me smile, I don't know what will.




Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Sweet 👍
Posted 2 years ago by CCSandman    [ Reply ]
So far ahead of its time that it sounds as wild today as it did when it first blew us all away! The lyrics, the rhythms, the quirky vocals and unbelievably creative arrangements, all GENIUS and worthy of worship... Bravo! Thanks, RP, for helping us all regularly celebrate Talking Heads in the style and manner they so deserve! Oh, how often we pondered the meaning of the positions of the "upended chair" hieroglyphic symbols on the mandala-like cover! And, we wondered, should we be reading them top-down, right to left, ancient kanji-style, or -- ?  Yes, indeed, Enlightened Parties were so much fun when we had such things to hold and grok to our hearts' content, instead of today's ubiquitous "smart" phones... RP is definitely The Place!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 GHoffmeyer wrote:

Ratio of TH play vs Beatles on this station: 100 :: 1 perhaps?  And why is this again?


58 : 52 in the last 30 days.  
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Ratio of TH play vs Beatles on this station: 100 :: 1 perhaps?  And why is this again?
Posted 2 years ago by GHoffmeyer    [ Reply ]
 wolverine wrote:
I'm finding the keyboards very grating.



Everybody has different tastes. I think the keyboards are GREAT!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 inmanart wrote:
 positive vibes



I AGREE!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
GODLIKE!!! ICONIC!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 wolverine wrote:
I'm finding the keyboards very grating.



But fun base lines.  Tina is very underrated IMHO.
Posted 3 years ago by RParadise    [ Reply ]
10
Posted 3 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 Meolla_Reio wrote:
Some tunes you love some you dislike, and then there's Talking Heads... Can't downvote it low enough
 

I am not a big Talking Heads fan. They would not make my top 50, probably not even top 100, but come on -- they have some good tunes.
Posted 4 years ago by MLavender    [ Reply ]
Too bad david bryne is such a dick to his former band mates
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:

Me too!
 
Koko mel lambri olfa micuen. Tongues for timeless.
Posted 4 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 Norwood9 wrote:
Always happy to hear this.
 
Me too!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 positive vibes
Posted 4 years ago by inmanart    [ Reply ]
David Byrne and Howard Devoto(Magazine)  my 2 favourite lyric writers. No Magazine on RP sadly
Posted 4 years ago by murr69st335    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:

I've seen him a couple of times - he's a fantastic performer.
 
Too bad David is such a dick  to his former band mates
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
writes itself. nice
Posted 4 years ago by benfitch523    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
I'm finding the keyboards very grating.
Posted 5 years ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]
Some tunes you love some you dislike, and then there's Talking Heads... Can't downvote it low enough
Posted 5 years ago by Meolla_Reio    [ Reply ]
 poetdancer wrote:

Saw his show last Wednesday in San Francisco, and it was incredible. One of the best shows I've seen in years. Some great video is on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/l8zgIiGfdeg

 

 
I've seen him a couple of times - he's a fantastic performer.
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
 fortheloveofpete wrote:
just saw David Byrne last night in Boston.  The show was one of the best choreographed performance I've seen and the music was outstanding.  He played a lot of Heads stuff.  See it if you can.

 
Saw his show last Wednesday in San Francisco, and it was incredible. One of the best shows I've seen in years. Some great video is on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/l8zgIiGfdeg

 

Posted 6 years ago by poetdancer    [ Reply ]
this is a masterpiece.
Posted 6 years ago by quigui    [ Reply ]
just saw David Byrne last night in Boston.  The show was one of the best choreographed performance I've seen and the music was outstanding.  He played a lot of Heads stuff.  See it if you can.
Posted 6 years ago by fortheloveofpete    [ Reply ]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVoPzA0g3Ac

Awesome stagecraft.
Posted 6 years ago by themusicroob    [ Reply ]
Lovely masterpiece. 10+.
Posted 6 years ago by quigui    [ Reply ]
Love this song, String Cheese does a fun version live. 
Posted 6 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
 ckevin63 wrote:
Still so evocative. Definitely my favorite TH song.

 
So hard to pick just one, but if I could, this might be my favorite too.
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
OOOHHH, cannot wait to hear this live at the Filmore Miami Beach!!
Posted 6 years ago by Gloriastacholy    [ Reply ]
Still so evocative. Definitely my favorite TH song.
Posted 6 years ago by ckevin63    [ Reply ]
This is one of the best songs ever written. 
Posted 6 years ago by joshfm    [ Reply ]
Always happy to hear this.
Posted 6 years ago by Norwood9    [ Reply ]
"Maintain a smooth ride..."
Posted 7 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
"Maintain a smooth ride..."  {#Motor}
Posted 7 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
Their best!
Posted 7 years ago by Gloriastacholy    [ Reply ]
 Glória_Rocha wrote:
Talking Heads the best #Brasil {#Bananajam}

 
Com certeza!
Posted 7 years ago by Pristina    [ Reply ]
Talking Heads the best #Brasil {#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by Glória_Rocha    [ Reply ]
A"10" all day long.
Posted 7 years ago by db8s    [ Reply ]
 joempie wrote:
melody?

 
You might wanna have a word with Stingray (where is the guy anyway). He has the same deficiency, the inability to recognize melody.
Posted 7 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Over the years, this has become well known, but at the time, it was blowing our minds. Growing up with the Heads was a nice blessing
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Wall Street memories every time......one of my favorite TH numbers.
Posted 7 years ago by dsd    [ Reply ]
Clever segue from afel bocoum :)  Keep it up!!
Posted 7 years ago by javelipix    [ Reply ]
 VH1 wrote:


 
Cool dancin'{#Bananasplit}
Posted 7 years ago by basilarnold    [ Reply ]

Posted 7 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 midget wrote:
Why is this allowed to exist?

 
You know, I am asking myself that self same question in regards to your person!
Posted 7 years ago by VH1    [ Reply ]
 midget wrote:
Why is this allowed to exist?

  Tippster wrote:

You sound like one of those joyless Emo people.  Just bop your head and groove, bud.

 

Sage advice, Tippster.


Posted 8 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:
Loved the record shops in Ann Arbor.  Got lots of my money!  Did a lot of buying and selling at the used stores too.
I used to live at Schoolkids Records, Ann Arbor had some great record shops over the years
The pic below is Discount Records at the corner of State & Liberty, I dropped tons of cash there too
 

 

Posted 8 years ago by dtl    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
I bought this album on vinyl from Schoolkids Records in Ann Arbor while I was in grad school. Played the snot out of it.

Elvis Costello and U2 got me through my first year of grad school. This album got me through my second year.

 
Awesome.

Skoolkids got a huge chunk of my disposable income in AA 78-81. 
Posted 8 years ago by dtl    [ Reply ]
Driving in a JEEP with the top down music.
Posted 8 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
 Your post?

midget wrote:
Why is this allowed to exist?

 


Posted 8 years ago by Jota    [ Reply ]
 midget wrote:
Why is this allowed to exist?

 
You sound like one of those joyless Emo people.  Just bop your head and groove, bud.
Posted 8 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
RIP Bernie Worrell
Posted 8 years ago by discdrive    [ Reply ]
 joempie wrote:
melody?

 
You may need a hearing aid. There's at least 3 melodies riffing through this number. 
Posted 8 years ago by bb_matt    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
I bought this album on vinyl from Schoolkids Records in Ann Arbor while I was in grad school. Played the snot out of it.

Elvis Costello and U2 got me through my first year of grad school. This album got me through my second year.

 
I used to live at Schoolkids Records, Ann Arbor had some great record shops over the years
The pic below is Discount Records at the corner of State & Liberty, I dropped tons of cash there too
 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
I bought this album on vinyl from Schoolkids Records in Ann Arbor while I was in grad school. Played the snot out of it.

Elvis Costello and U2 got me through my first year of grad school. This album got me through my second year.
Posted 8 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
melody?
Posted 8 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
Why is this allowed to exist?
Posted 8 years ago by midget    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:

... "aggressive"?  Huh?

 yes, I mean it doesn't match the tone or mood given by the music in the background and because there is such a difference, it appears "aggressive" compared to the melody.
Posted 8 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
At a time of unspeakable emotional upheaval - this is my comfort music,
Posted 8 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
Being heavily influenced by protest rock, thematic rock, prog rock, during a time of cultural and political upheaval, the Heads (and other wave/punk bands of the time) taught me that music didn't always have to heavy and meaningful.  Sometimes it could just be fun. 
Posted 8 years ago by timmywilson    [ Reply ]
 aaronm wrote:
I really like the Postmodern Jukebox cover of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qWJPglDkB0

 
that's fun
Posted 8 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
I'm glad to see papa do things in  Oscar Papa Romeo.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
I really like the Postmodern Jukebox cover of this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qWJPglDkB0
Posted 8 years ago by aaronm    [ Reply ]

gruß an den Schleich , du Hirn

ohne dich keine Heads


Posted 8 years ago by tonispizzeria    [ Reply ]

Must be here somewhere already but oh well.

"I did write one love song, in this movie I sing it to a lamp!" 
Posted 9 years ago by themusicroob    [ Reply ]
Not the place. 
Posted 9 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 OceanBlue wrote:
Ugh. I know this is sacrilege, but I just don't get the Talking Heads. I guess you had to live it to get it. But this is painful and somewhat demented, to be honest... I can't get the image of a sick smiling clown head slowly rotating out of my head. {#Roflol}

 
I've always been a 'Heads fan. Saw them a few times in the early days before they took off. I dunno if you had to live it to get it, but it probably helped.

Some never 'got' the 'Heads. They were a unique band that plowed up real new ground with their first four records.

That clown thing...a semi-weird 'Heads fan might ask: why are you so weird? lol  {#Wink}
Posted 9 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
I like repetitive music if the groove is good, but this groove does nothing for me I'm afraid....
Posted 9 years ago by planet_lizard    [ Reply ]
I think all about this song is the perfectly clean mix and the immediately identifiable voice of David, the lack of pretention and the risky way to play detuned instruments that could have made the song be a total failure, but they didn't. TH have that sense of building a memorable groove out of appearently simple chords and without technical tricks. Great song in the midtime of a quiet dancing party.
Posted 9 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
Ugh. I know this is sacrilege, but I just don't get the Talking Heads. I guess you had to live it to get it. But this is painful and somewhat demented, to be honest... I can't get the image of a sick smiling clown head slowly rotating out of my head. {#Roflol}
Posted 9 years ago by OceanBlue    [ Reply ]
I love to {#Motor} with Talking Heads
Posted 9 years ago by cocolores    [ Reply ]
"Naive melody" is a little too self-referential precious.
Posted 9 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 ChrisVIII wrote:
The naive melody in the background carries its name well but the singing is hard to listen too.... it's kind of aggressive in comparison. Overall not more than 4 for this song. 

 
... "aggressive"?  Huh?
Posted 9 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
The naive melody in the background carries its name well but the singing is hard to listen too.... it's kind of aggressive in comparison. Overall not more than 4 for this song. 
Posted 9 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
Is this a best song of the 20th century??
so I can say: monotonously and boring. 
although in the 1980s it seemed to me too sludge.
Posted 9 years ago by ico    [ Reply ]
 KaraokeVox wrote:

i think the generation you were born in may bias you toward one end of the century vs the other end.

i was six yrs old when this song came out and i bet you were in your twenties.  i never heard it on the radio like i did the pretenders or the who...so how can i be anywhere near a position to judge the best songs of the century?
i guess i can count myself lucky for being the few to experience mtv...when it still played videos and had real news.

 
 
I was born in 1990. {#Roflol}
And I didn't wrote „it's the best song of cenutry“.
Posted 9 years ago by MikeszCZ    [ Reply ]
Talikng Heads equal PSD {#Idea}
Posted 9 years ago by alezz_ua    [ Reply ]
Thank you Bill. I needed that.
Posted 9 years ago by catey    [ Reply ]
David is a genius.   But the band members sure deserve credit too !

 
Posted 9 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 tupicetti wrote:
A smile showed up in my face as I listened to this song. It is exactly what I was needing, I am happy!
 
DITTO!
 
Posted 9 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
 allmodcons wrote:

I just can't stand Talking Heads.



 
Need to support you on that one.
Posted 10 years ago by alezz_ua    [ Reply ]
 MikeszCZ wrote:
one of the greatest songs of the 20th century.

 
i think the generation you were born in may bias you toward one end of the century vs the other end.

i was six yrs old when this song came out and i bet you were in your twenties.  i never heard it on the radio like i did the pretenders or the who...so how can i be anywhere near a position to judge the best songs of the century?
i guess i can count myself lucky for being the few to experience mtv...when it still played videos and had real news.

 
Posted 10 years ago by KaraokeVox    [ Reply ]
one of the greatest songs of the 20th century.
Posted 10 years ago by MikeszCZ    [ Reply ]
 NicJohn wrote:
I love RP and listen often.  So no dis.  But sometimes I move over to www.radiodavidbyrne.com to hear something new.  Each month is a different playlist.  I can't always "take it" but other times I hear something new and refreshing.  

 
A while back the theme was Beatles covers, which doesn't sound very interesting but he dug out some amazing tracks from around the world that really made it mesmerizing. The fact that they all began with a song that I was familiar with helped. Of course I'm no "beatles purist" who wails and moans anytime someone does a cover.
Posted 10 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 hallogallo wrote:

Love the Heads!

{#Meditate} 

 
I'd second that in the singular... ;-)
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]

Love the Heads!

{#Meditate} 

 
Posted 10 years ago by hallogallo    [ Reply ]
I love RP and listen often.  So no dis.  But sometimes I move over to www.radiodavidbyrne.com to hear something new.  Each month is a different playlist.  I can't always "take it" but other times I hear something new and refreshing.  
Posted 10 years ago by NicJohn    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:

PLEASE NOT!

Feels like Leonard Cohen and Pink Floyd!

OOOOH NOOOOOOOO - now he started singing!!!!!



 
Oh man! I love Leonard Cohen and Pink Floyd!  ...Although maybe not on the same song.  I don't see it though.  Sorry you don't like it.
Posted 10 years ago by NicJohn    [ Reply ]

PLEASE NOT!

Feels like Leonard Cohen and Pink Floyd!

OOOOH NOOOOOOOO - now he started singing!!!!!


Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]