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Talking Heads

Date: 1983
Release: RHINO
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Animals like earthquakes, tornadoes and volcanic activity. Rich people will travel great distances to look at poor people. There is always a party going on somewhere.

from the liner notes

I can remember when I didn’t like the Talking Heads. I first heard their music in college when my favorite bands were U2 and Pink Floyd, and these Talking Head characters were silly and ridiculous. I took my music seriously and U2 was serious music. Thankfully, I had the big “a ha” that allowed me to hear the juicy, swirling genius in the Heads’ silliness. No other band is as accomplished at ridiculousness as the Talking Heads, and there is no better recording of their feverish carnival sounds than Stop Making Sense.

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