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And as things fell apart 
Nobody paid much attention 

I love how this song takes a dystopian theme and makes it so upbeat and danceable. David Byrne outdid himself with this one. 
Posted 1 week ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 Dinges,_the_Dude wrote:

Please, please, one single day without DB or TH... 



That would truly be a sad day! 
Posted 4 weeks ago by tragic_king    [ Reply ]
 Dinges,_the_Dude wrote:

Please, please, one single day without DB or TH... 




don't play with fire dude! 
Posted 5 months ago by andredise    [ Reply ]
David Byrne Rode His Bike to the Met Gala, Of Course
Posted 11 months ago by awhfman    [ Reply ]
Please, please, one single day without DB or TH... 
Posted 1 year ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
 heiligenwho wrote:

This never fails to make me dance and twirl. My back hurts....




Same here!!      
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
This never fails to make me dance and twirl. My back hurts....
Posted 2 years ago by heiligenwho    [ Reply ]
 knitmills wrote:



The late, great SPY Magazine printed a cartoon by Drew Friedman that posited the two of them meeting as they explored world music...
https://musicandculture.blogsp...


OMG! I remember that cartoon from the 80s. They were watching native people from behind a bush, as I recall! Oh, you linked to it. Doh.
Posted 2 years ago by surfool    [ Reply ]
 pinto wrote:

Unless they've already done so, it just seems that a David Byrne / Paul Simon musical collaboration would be a natural.




The late, great SPY Magazine printed a cartoon by Drew Friedman that posited the two of them meeting as they explored world music...
https://musicandculture.blogsp...
Posted 2 years ago by knitmills    [ Reply ]
“ If this is Paradise, I wish I had a lawn mower ”
Posted 2 years ago by GINRUSH    [ Reply ]
 danmc wrote:
Speaking of regreening urban spaces:
https://www.bbcearth.com/news/...


Great link!
Posted 2 years ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
Speaking of regreening urban spaces:
https://www.bbcearth.com/news/...
Posted 2 years ago by danmc    [ Reply ]
Johnny Marr plays soukous, congolese rumba!!!!
Posted 3 years ago by natius    [ Reply ]
You know what? Let's bump it up to a big fat 10!!
Posted 3 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
 bam23 wrote:

Well, one day this may happen, for a day or so, but I hope not. Why anyone dislikes David Byrne, or this specific song, I cannot understand. Musically it's great and the lyrics are intelligent and humorous. If not more TH, at least as much as at present!


Some folks only like music from"their" era & dislike all else... on principle.
It's a form of closed-mindedness methinks. Me, I appreciate music from all eras & cultures that's well done by talented artists. B&R's choices suit me just fine.
Posted 3 years ago by kenmo    [ Reply ]
 pinto wrote:

Unless they've already done so, it just seems that a David Byrne / Paul Simon musical collaboration would be a natural.




Cool!  That would be very interesting!   
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
Will always remind me of the beautiful life and times I spent with my best friend Big John. Best friend a girl could ever have. RIP buddy. 
Posted 3 years ago by denisecerniglia    [ Reply ]
What a great song. Love the last line... 
Posted 3 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
Unless they've already done so, it just seems that a David Byrne / Paul Simon musical collaboration would be a natural.
Posted 3 years ago by pinto    [ Reply ]
Chair Dancing Time!!   
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 GerdoGerdo wrote:

Great 12-string Rickenbacker sounds from a band not usually doing this.




Thanx for the info!! I didn't know it was a Rickenbacker!!  Excellent sound!!  
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Great 12-string Rickenbacker sounds from a band not usually doing this.
Posted 3 years ago by GerdoGerdo    [ Reply ]
 joejennings wrote:
GODLIKE!!!   



I Agree!!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
GODLIKE!!!   
Posted 4 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Tina Weymouth's birthday today. How fitting.  
Posted 4 years ago by MysteryMan    [ Reply ]
Leonia, New Jersey. On its way...
Posted 4 years ago by firefly6    [ Reply ]
I wish I was living in this future.
Posted 4 years ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
This song sounds to me as if it were inspired by the Paul Theroux novel O-Zone. Great novel. Great song!!
Posted 4 years ago by Lenora    [ Reply ]
Wow! Dystopian sci-fi rock! Love it...
Posted 5 years ago by RazzCat    [ Reply ]
Stop whatcher doin and DANCE!
Posted 5 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
this song must be a response to "My city was gone" by The Pretenders                                          Segue!
Posted 5 years ago by grhorn    [ Reply ]
always loved this album 
th + more melody + polyrhythms
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

Same here, I'm at a 9 on this one, based on my interpretation of the meaning of the song, which seems to be that "the grass ain't always greener on the other side" - Long Live RP!!
 
I've always thought this song was eerily prescient. 
Posted 5 years ago by milleronic    [ Reply ]
 sfoster66 wrote:
Not sure what happened but this song has managed to creep up on me for years...was nothing for the longest time and now I can't help but to turn it up...perspective maybe...
 
Same here, I'm at a 9 on this one, based on my interpretation of the meaning of the song, which seems to be that "the grass ain't always greener on the other side" - Long Live RP!!
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Johnny Marr contributes the riff here...just saw him in concert last month...not to be missed
Posted 6 years ago by chuck.b.meyers    [ Reply ]
Rating to me stays at 7 not more
Posted 6 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
Not sure what happened but this song has managed to creep up on me for years...was nothing for the longest time and now I can't help but to turn it up...perspective maybe...
Posted 7 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
Turning it up to ELEVEN as I'm twirlin' in the kitchen.
Posted 7 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Mister Byrne is one of the first westerners to master Highlife guitar. Just makes you want to get up and move...!
Posted 7 years ago by Yeoleman    [ Reply ]
I'm not a huge fan of Talking Heads, but I sure like this song....a lot.
Posted 7 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
Great lyrics with a funky beat, what's not to like. Wish DB had played this at Merriweather Post last week.
Posted 7 years ago by bill13    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Roflol}{#Music}
Posted 7 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]

Brilliant song. One of my all time favorites.

The ingenious lyrics are a reason te be cheerful!!

A big contribution to this song is also the guitar of Johnny Marr


Posted 7 years ago by JoepKoperdraat    [ Reply ]
This album marked the end of "Talking Heads" for me. I never saw it as a TH album - really a Byrne album with the bands backing.  This path was not my vibe at all...
Posted 7 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
It's rare I make this general assertion, but Guster's cover is better. {#Surprised} Far more pleasing to the ears than TH warbling vocals.
Posted 8 years ago by darkwingderek    [ Reply ]
My headache has gone, great song. {#Yes}
Posted 8 years ago by miroslav.p118    [ Reply ]
Gets better with age.
Posted 8 years ago by Ropes    [ Reply ]
Because i love the Talking Heads {#Heartkiss}
Posted 8 years ago by Noé    [ Reply ]
It's too bad that I don't like the T-Heads,cause they're played A LOT!
Posted 8 years ago by choiceimage    [ Reply ]
"Don't leave me stranded here - I can't get used to this lifestyle!"  Words to live by.
Posted 8 years ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
Great series of songs!  First, Big Daddy doing "Once In A Lifetime" and now another Talking Heads, but this time the original!!
Posted 8 years ago by lissen    [ Reply ]
While we're in this post apocalypse theme - one of my favorites is "King of the World" by Steely Dan. Fantastic guitar work.

While David Byrne see nothing but flowers, Becker/Fagan see none - "No marigolds in the promised land. There's a hole in the ground where they used to grow".
Posted 8 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Fun little ditty in a diverse post-apocalyptic set this morning. "—And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention" kind of sums it up, doesn't it? The Fukushima Meltdown and its ongoing leakage may prove fatal enough; another earthquake there will spill The End.

 
He said Fuku shima

Posted 8 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
I love how this still reminds me of my first time to Bali, Christmas of '88, driving the winding jungle roads from Kuta all the way up to Lovina with my British mate Mike, with this tape — which we'd just bought for a dollar at the market in DenPasar, jamming all the way.
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 sirrus wrote:
I'm finishing up David's book How Music Works and he provides some fascinating insight into how the lyrics came about for this song (along with the process' for a bunch of TH albums).

It's an eye-opening read and I highly recommend it. I would also recommend purchasing it on Amazon.com using RP's link to help give a bit back here!

 
+1 - I'm just finishing it too - fascinating book.
Posted 9 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
Yes!
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
Finally!  A Talking Heads song that I kind of like!
Posted 9 years ago by tkosh    [ Reply ]
I'm finishing up David's book How Music Works and he provides some fascinating insight into how the lyrics came about for this song (along with the process' for a bunch of TH albums).

It's an eye-opening read and I highly recommend it. I would also recommend purchasing it on Amazon.com using RP's link to help give a bit back here!
Posted 9 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
 Chrislee523 wrote:
Simply beautiful segue from Big Daddy's cover of Once In A Lifetime.

 
much needed and appreciated segue.
Posted 9 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Simply beautiful segue from Big Daddy's cover of Once In A Lifetime.
Posted 9 years ago by Chrislee523    [ Reply ]
much better
Posted 9 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Fun little ditty in a diverse post-apocalyptic set this morning. "—And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention" kind of sums it up, doesn't it? The Fukushima Meltdown and its ongoing leakage may prove fatal enough; another earthquake there will spill The End.
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 thediceareloaded wrote:

You do know the meaning of "to me"?
 

 

Around here musical taste is an absolute.


Posted 9 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Muzak for tragic heroes
Ambient: peace aheaad
                                                        
Posted 9 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Nice work, Mr Byrne. I wish your latest efforts would also bring musical pleasure to the masses...?

Maybe you'll also send flowers to Bill and Rebecca to say sorry? 
Posted 9 years ago by SECA_Alan    [ Reply ]
 willmcnaught wrote:

7.4 average hmm maybe glitch is elsewhere {#Lol}

 
You do know the meaning of "to me"?
 
Posted 10 years ago by thediceareloaded    [ Reply ]
 thediceareloaded wrote:
This song to me is a glitch in Bills Matrix.....

 
7.4 average hmm maybe glitch is elsewhere {#Lol}
Posted 10 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
This song to me is a glitch in Bills Matrix.....
Posted 10 years ago by thediceareloaded    [ Reply ]
Magic wand
Naked truth.
Posted 10 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 bendame wrote:

Come on. It's David Byrne.. One of the few meaningfull american artists around.

 joempie wrote:
That's an insult to people like Lou Reed, Elliott smith etc :) Seriously, I hope RP will stop playing so much TH one day. Completely overrepresented here, and one of the few reasons for me to regularly switch to another channel...
 
Neither Lou Reed nor Elliot Smith are "around" anymore, so they're probably not subject to being insulted.
Posted 10 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I just love Fridays !!!!
Posted 10 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
 afrixluvguy wrote:
In the early '90s I played this song over and over, not able to get over how African it sounded! It still does, in a Congolese-rhumba way...

 
I will take your word for it, but I don't have to work that hard to do so! {#Bananajam}

One of my fave late TH songs. If David Byrne works with the right people (see: Brian Eno), he's still capable of great work. 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I just can't stand the sound of his voice {#Silenced}
Posted 10 years ago by Bibaboffel    [ Reply ]
 ljoergen wrote:
Me likey like, very much!
{#Yes} 

 
Still waiting for the monkey's turn at the mike...{#Cheesygrin}
Posted 11 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]
Me likey like, very much!
{#Yes} 
Posted 11 years ago by ljoergen    [ Reply ]
Pure genius. I got it, I got it :)
Posted 11 years ago by a_conway    [ Reply ]
 joempie wrote:

That's an insult to people like Lou Reed, Elliott smith etc :) Seriously, I hope RP will stop playing so much TH one day. Completely overrepresented here, and one of the few reasons for me to regularly switch to another channel...

 
Well, one day this may happen, for a day or so, but I hope not. Why anyone dislikes David Byrne, or this specific song, I cannot understand. Musically it's great and the lyrics are intelligent and humorous. If not more TH, at least as much as at present!
Posted 11 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
 bendame wrote:

Come on. It's David Byrne.. One of the few meaningfull american artists around.
 
That's an insult to people like Lou Reed, Elliott smith etc :) Seriously, I hope RP will stop playing so much TH one day. Completely overrepresented here, and one of the few reasons for me to regularly switch to another channel...
Posted 11 years ago by joempie    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Nice monkey, shame about the singer...

 
Come on. It's David Byrne.. One of the few meaningfull american artists around.
Posted 11 years ago by bendame    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Nice monkey, shame about the singer...

 
Yes. The monkey is probably pondering which printed edition of The Encyclopedia Britannica she is going to improve apon*, now that it is extinct.

* she is an expert in medieval English after all.


Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
this makes more sense than the talking heads version...wait...the album says...talking...heads...
i am asking myself...what is real?? 
Posted 11 years ago by KaraokeVox    [ Reply ]
Nice monkey, shame about the singer...
Posted 11 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
{#Jump}   Nice beat and you can dance to it
Posted 11 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
post-apocalyptic with no mention of zombies
still a good tune 
Posted 11 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
 afrixluvguy wrote:
In the early '90s I played this song over and over, not able to get over how African it sounded! It still does, in a Congolese-rhumba way...

 

You got it!  You got it!
Posted 11 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
In the early '90s I played this song over and over, not able to get over how African it sounded! It still does, in a Congolese-rhumba way...
Posted 11 years ago by afrixluvguy    [ Reply ]
Awesome African rhythms.
Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
{#Clap}  ....... now we are motoring  {#Yes}
Posted 11 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Sound pressure level in my office is very high right now !
 
hencini wrote:
So. Good.  

Cannot turn it up loud enough.  And this one goes to 11.  

 


Posted 11 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
So. Good. 

So good.  
Posted 12 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
Everything is coming up flowers this afternoon at Radio Paradise -- warms the cockles, thanks  Bill.
Posted 12 years ago by Bohemianbemuser    [ Reply ]
be loooooooooong time,  after the WINTER.......
Posted 12 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
How about some real Poi Dog Pondering too?
Posted 12 years ago by JGM    [ Reply ]
 phlattop wrote:

indeed. where's the like button?
 

I have no idea...  hope you are having a marvelous time right this minute...  we be dancing...  love this song...
 
Posted 12 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

Posted 12 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
So. Good.  

Cannot turn it up loud enough.  And this one goes to 11.  
Posted 12 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
I have to hear it again, I'm leaning towards a literal reading but I don't know much about David Byrne. 
Posted 12 years ago by TomSweetwater    [ Reply ]
 Lazarus wrote:

marvelous...  love it...  we be dancing...
 

 
indeed. where's the like button?
Posted 12 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]

marvelous...  love it...  we be dancing...
 
Posted 12 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Apparently, Johnny Marr was noodling around on the guitar and just "made up" the opening riff. The chord progressions in this song are his (from what I just read).
Posted 12 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
Strange, was just reading an article about this song in today's AV Club website.
Posted 12 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
I can't help but picture the scene from Clerks II using this song. 
Posted 12 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 
Posted 13 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
How very terrible!!!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Byrne is a genius.
 
Posted 13 years ago by msymmes    [ Reply ]
 allmixedup wrote:
{#Nyah}
if one do not like byrne, one should not be listening to this station?  age irrelevant -  true genius!
 

could not agree more!
Posted 13 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

I'm an old fart (well 50-something, but anyone over 30 is old, right?) but I'd rather bang my head repeatedly against a wall than listen to David Byrne - it would be less painful and with luck there'd be the blessed relief of unconsciousness.

 
So, go bang your head Fred. I'm sixty plus and couldn't give a rat's.

Oh yes, I listen to very contemporary music, and, most percussionists couldn't cut it with the player TH got for this song........
Posted 13 years ago by maxmox    [ Reply ]
I've never been a big fan of David Byrne, but this song is the exception in fact I think it's brilliant.
Posted 13 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
{#Ass}{#Curtain}{#Kiss}
Posted 13 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
{#Nyah}
if one do not like byrne, one should not be listening to this station?  age irrelevant -  true genius!
Posted 13 years ago by allmixedup    [ Reply ]
Nice, from Alpha Yaya Diallo into TH... Bill, you wiley old fox {#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
 tamang3 wrote:
I love this song & its cynical spin
 
I know Byrne dreams this as he bikes down Broadway.
cynical dreamer

Posted 14 years ago by mcYammer    [ Reply ]
I love this song & its cynical spin
Posted 14 years ago by tamang3    [ Reply ]
I can take the repeated playings of Porcupine Tree, but Byrne blows! Please give us a year off. Thx!

my sentiment as well 

I'm an old fart (well 50-something, but anyone over 30 is old, right?) but I'd rather bang my head repeatedly against a wall than listen to David Byrne - it would be less painful and with luck there'd be the blessed relief of unconsciousness.
 
 


Posted 14 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
my sentiment as well fredriley wrote:

I'm an old fart (well 50-something, but anyone over 30 is old, right?) but I'd rather bang my head repeatedly against a wall than listen to David Byrne - it would be less painful and with luck there'd be the blessed relief of unconsciousness.

 


Posted 14 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Produced by the Great Steve Lillywhite. Steve, wherever you are, I want a rematch in ping pong. Oh, excuse me, table tennis.
Posted 14 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
VERY fabulous...
Posted 14 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
 AlonzoTheArmless wrote:
I can't believe I gave this nutty song a 9 last time I heard it here.

So I changed it to a 10!!!!
 
Love it! :)
Posted 14 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]