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Talking Heads — Take Me To The River
Album: More Songs About Buildings and Food
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Released: 1978
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I don't know why I love you like I do
All the changes you put me through
Take my money, my cigarettes
I haven't seen the worst of it yet
And I wanna know, can you tell me?
I'd love to stay

Take me to the river
Drop me in the water
Take me to the river
Dip me in the water, washing me down
Washing me down

I don't know why you treat me so bad
Think of all the things we could have had
Love is a notion that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I would never regret
I wanna know can you tell me
I'd love to stay

Take me to the river
Drop me in the water
Take me to the river
Dip me in the water, washing me down

Washing me
Hold me, squeeze me
Love me, tease me
'Til I can't, 'til I can't
'Til I can't, I can't take no more

Take me to the river
Drop me in the water
Dip me in the water
Drop me to the river
Dip me in the water
Drop me in the river
Push me in the water, washing me down
Washing me down

I don't know why I love you like I do
All the trouble you put me through
Sixteen candles blown on my wall
And am I the biggest fool of them all
I wanna know, can you tell me?
I'd love to stay

Take me to the river
Drop me in the water
Dip me in the water
Drop me to the river
Dip me in the water
Drop me in the river
Drop me in the water, washing me down
Washing me down
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Please, PLEASE, one single day without DB and TH! 
Posted 1 month ago by Dinges,_the_Dude    [ Reply ]
 bill-1956 wrote:
Talking Heads Concert Ad

One of the Top 5 Concerts of my Life

You Lucky Duck!!  
Posted 1 month ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
What did the alcohol say to the stomach?
"Take me to the liver."
Posted 7 months ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 joko63808 wrote:

In 1982 they were invited to the Montreux Jazz Festival to play there. The concert was transmitted and I taped it. It is still one of my favourites and the version of this song is ... how should I say ... spectacular.
Listen to it here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?...




Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted 8 months ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
Goddamn, if this isn't a classic I don't know what is.  I don't like live versions of anything very much, but the "Stop Making Sense" version of this really knocks it out of the park.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
I would have loved to see & hear Bowie playing with this band!
Posted 1 year ago by bobbyaponte    [ Reply ]
Oh that baseline, just carries this despite the tempo which IMHO is a tad slow.
Posted 1 year ago by ReggieDXB    [ Reply ]
 SchrodingersCat wrote:


It isn't.  They're currently 13th.

artists total plays
Radiohead 14,014
R.E.M. 12,729
The Beatles 12,429
U2 12,392
The Shins 11,069
Beck 10,942
The Rolling Stones 10,509
Calexico 10,282
Pearl Jam 10,241
Peter Gabriel 10,200
Pink Floyd 9,934
David Bowie 9,563
Talking Heads 9,380


Not sure where David Byrne ends up on this list, but if you add his solo stuff to Talking Heads plays, I bet they pass the Shins.  Of course if you add John and Paul's non Beatles stuff to Beatles plays -- fugetaboutit.
Posted 1 year ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
 SchrodingersCat wrote:


It isn't.  They're currently 13th.

artists total plays
Radiohead 14,014
R.E.M. 12,729
The Beatles 12,429
U2 12,392
The Shins 11,069
Beck 10,942
The Rolling Stones 10,509
Calexico 10,282
Pearl Jam 10,241
Peter Gabriel 10,200
Pink Floyd 9,934
David Bowie 9,563
Talking Heads 9,380


Thanks for pulling this together. Radiohead so doesn't deserve the top spot. Very surprised that the Beatles are that high: I've often wondered why they didn't get more airtime on RP. 
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 SchrodingersCat wrote:


It isn't.  They're currently 13th.

artists total plays
Radiohead 14,014
R.E.M. 12,729
The Beatles 12,429
U2 12,392
The Shins 11,069
Beck 10,942
The Rolling Stones 10,509
Calexico 10,282
Pearl Jam 10,241
Peter Gabriel 10,200
Pink Floyd 9,934
David Bowie 9,563
Talking Heads 9,380

In this instance, I'll Agree with GHoffMeyer. There is a WHOLE LOT of T.H. here... and this isn't "Rock", either, IMH(umble)O.
Posted 1 year ago by barguybrady    [ Reply ]
2nd best version of this tune.!  3rd was the Temptations!  Of course, Big Al was 1st!!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 poetista wrote:

Somehow the charm of the Talking Heads eludes me entirely. This song just seems like a waste of recording studio time to me. I know, I know, they're gods to some. For me, though, I can't get past the artifice.



Have you ever heard of the resonance effect , or the lack of it when you  and TH are concerned? 
Posted 2 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 dboseman wrote:

This is the song that made me aware of The Talking Heads.  What a great cover.



The Talking Heads gave us a glimpse of their genius with this cover. So much amazing music followed ❤️ 
Posted 2 years ago by victory806    [ Reply ]
 SchrodingersCat wrote:


It isn't.  They're currently 13th.

artists total plays
Radiohead 14,014
R.E.M. 12,729
The Beatles 12,429
U2 12,392
The Shins 11,069
Beck 10,942
The Rolling Stones 10,509
Calexico 10,282
Pearl Jam 10,241
Peter Gabriel 10,200
Pink Floyd 9,934
David Bowie 9,563
Talking Heads 9,380



Thank You for pointing out to the Talking Heads haters that this is NOT the "most played band" on RP!  ...PS: I think they are GREAT!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 Aud wrote:

My #1 Concert was the Big Suit tour!


Posted 2 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
 bill-1956 wrote:
Talking Heads Concert Ad

One of the Top 5 Concerts of my Life

My #1 Concert was the Big Suit tour!
Posted 2 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 GHoffmeyer wrote:

Why is this the most-played band on RP, seemingly by a factor of 10?  I dont understand.



It isn't.  They're currently 13th.

artists total plays
Radiohead 14,014
R.E.M. 12,729
The Beatles 12,429
U2 12,392
The Shins 11,069
Beck 10,942
The Rolling Stones 10,509
Calexico 10,282
Pearl Jam 10,241
Peter Gabriel 10,200
Pink Floyd 9,934
David Bowie 9,563
Talking Heads 9,380
Posted 2 years ago by SchrodingersCat    [ Reply ]
Look up the 1980 show in Rome on YouTube to see the full band at their finest. 
Posted 2 years ago by jimlandwehr2582    [ Reply ]
 GHoffmeyer wrote:

Why is this the most-played band on RP, seemingly by a factor of 10?  I dont understand.




Some things are not to be understood!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
GODLIKE!!! Right after this album came out, friends of mine did sound for them at the Cleveland Agora. My girlfriend & me got to hang out on stage, at the monitor console mix position, stage left. It was an amazing show!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Why is this the most-played band on RP, seemingly by a factor of 10?  I dont understand.
Posted 2 years ago by GHoffmeyer    [ Reply ]

fabulosos
Posted 3 years ago by faa.augusto    [ Reply ]
Tina Weymouth's bass line is so ... menacing.
Posted 3 years ago by KCgalinMD    [ Reply ]
In 1982 they were invited to the Montreux Jazz Festival to play there. The concert was transmitted and I taped it. It is still one of my favourites and the version of this song is ... how should I say ... spectacular.
Listen to it here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Posted 3 years ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
 bill-1956 wrote:
Talking Heads Concert Ad

One of the Top 5 Concerts of my Life
 
Although I didn't see this show, with a quick  fast forward, I did see what WAS and  REMAINS the best live show I've ever see. The Stop Making Sense tour was special,  and as a former DJ I went to a LOT of shows. Plus Demme's film is the best concert film ever (with The Last Waltz not far behind). 
Posted 3 years ago by kevin19803    [ Reply ]
 danthebeachman wrote:
All three versions are excellent.I thought it would be easy to make a choice and rank them....nope!!....couldn't do it!!

This one's the best.
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
 dew34 wrote:

XRT was a great station-met these heads in 77 when they were in town for a concert @ the Avalon? I think {#Eh}
 

My oldest brother said "Get off that AM crap, Try an FM station an see what music really sounds like" The musical journey continues... I'm still exploring the music and in 2009 RP comes along and  changes everything! Thank You Bill....still here expanding my horizons
Posted 4 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
 dboseman wrote:
This is the song that made me aware of The Talking Heads.  What a great cover.
 

Same here. It was played on an alternative radio station in the NY metro area for several months before it got noticed by the more mainstream stations.
Posted 5 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
All three versions are excellent.I thought it would be easy to make a choice and rank them....nope!!....couldn't do it!!
Posted 5 years ago by danthebeachman    [ Reply ]
Sand in the Vaseline pretty much sums it up for me. Just when things were about to get all nice and lubricated - FriCtiOn!
Posted 6 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
This is the song that made me aware of The Talking Heads.  What a great cover.
Posted 6 years ago by dboseman    [ Reply ]
 nwfirefly wrote:
As always....love it!!!!
But love the Al Green version too!

 
And don't forget the Bryan Ferry version from his album "The Bride Stripped Bare".  Personally I'd rate that version second behind (well behind) the Al Green original.
Posted 7 years ago by Bat    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
is that album cover made of dozens of Polaroids, all scotch-taped together on some big heavy stock backdrop paper found in a dumpster on west 29th, or what !?
 
You missed the part where they photographed that assemblage and printed it at the relevant size (i.e. to fit on a standard record sleeve), I think. Otherwise, a plausible story.
Posted 7 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
Yeap - Christmas of '78
Posted 7 years ago by jmsmy    [ Reply ]
As always....love it!!!!
But love the Al Green version too!
Posted 7 years ago by nwfirefly    [ Reply ]
Then, there's "The Commitments"...
Posted 7 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
 N1CO wrote:
My all-time favorite band, dIRE sTRAITS, made his first tour by opening for Talking Heads in the late 70's.
I still can't understand the link between the two band's musics {#Ask}

 
They were both different and creative from what was being fed on the mainstream radio- foreigner, styx reo Chicago, doobies.aka that dull boring stuff


Posted 8 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 a_genuine_find wrote:

$10.50!

 
I saw them for the Big Suit tour. That was one of my top 5 shows ever.

This album doesn't get old either.


Posted 8 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 bill-1956 wrote:
Talking Heads Concert Ad

One of the Top 5 Concerts of my Life

 
$10.50!
Posted 8 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Talking Heads Concert Ad

One of the Top 5 Concerts of my Life
Posted 8 years ago by bill-1956    [ Reply ]
good music I like this
Posted 9 years ago by wandersmann    [ Reply ]
Great song, but I'm not convinced it's about either buildings or food.
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
One of my top 10 bands for sure...Love them all!!! Right up there with Rush and Metallica and The Doors and Led Zeppelin and New Order and The Chemical Brothers...
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
Teenie Hodges passed away last week, he wrote this with Al, check out the fine documentary about him done just in time before he checked out: https://www.independent.com/news/2014/jan/29/mabon-teenie-hodges-portrait-memphis-soul-origin/ Great version!
Posted 10 years ago by hakuindude    [ Reply ]
is that album cover made of dozens of Polaroids, all scotch-taped together on some big heavy stock backdrop paper found in a dumpster on west 29th, or what !?
Posted 10 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
{#Wave} ..... well this gets a big FAT 9
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Sand in the Vaseline (TM)? Really? Wow! {#Chillpill}
Posted 11 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Mmmm hmmm.  
 
Posted 11 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
 lemmoth wrote:
Loved it massively from the first time I heard it.  Unless you were there - in NYC in the late 70's - hanging out at Max's Kansas City, Hurrah's and the Mudd Club, you have no idea of how strange and different all the "new" music and new bands we were hearing were from what was being played on the radio at the time. 
 
I know what you mean - I went to Max's a few times, and CBGB pretty frequently in the late '70s and early '80s - Peppermint Lounge and The Ritz too.
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 poetista wrote:
Somehow the charm of the Talking Heads eludes me entirely. This song just seems like a waste of recording studio time to me. I know, I know, they're gods to some. For me, though, I can't get past the artifice.
 
You know, you could just listen to the wind blowing through the trees if you don't like artifice.  {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
this is ok i guess but i still like foghats version better...lot more lively and fun to listen to
Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
I don't know why you treat me so bad
Think of all the things that we could have had
Love is an ocean,
I can't forget My sweet sixteen
I would never regret
Posted 12 years ago by liamnewell    [ Reply ]
My all-time favorite band, dIRE sTRAITS, made his first tour by opening for Talking Heads in the late 70's.
I still can't understand the link between the two band's musics {#Ask}
Posted 12 years ago by N1CO    [ Reply ]
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Posted 12 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
 df1489 wrote:
The very first Talking Heads song I ever heard, '78 I'm pretty sure...WXRT in Chicago, Great station!

 
XRT was a great station-met these heads in 77 when they were in town for a concert @ the Avalon? I think {#Eh}
Posted 12 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
 pcicatar wrote:
Don't know why I hate this like I do.
 
You don't really need a reason. I feel the same way. It prods along and has the wailing David Byrne. Pretentious rock. We had a good playlist going for awhile and then this one showed up. I suppose it strengthens my liking for anything that is played afterwards. 
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Loved it massively from the first time I heard it.  Unless you were there - in NYC in the late 70's - hanging out at Max's Kansas City, Hurrah's and the Mudd Club, you have no idea of how strange and different all the "new" music and new bands we were hearing were from what was being played on the radio at the time. 
Posted 12 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Don't know why I hate this like I do.
Posted 12 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
 Aud wrote:


1975
 
Don't think so. Their first album was Talking Heads '77, in 1977, and this is from their second album.

Posted 13 years ago by FooledAgain    [ Reply ]
ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-aiahh
this is sooo cool. could it be the word "cool" has been created for songs like this?
Posted 13 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
Somehow the charm of the Talking Heads eludes me entirely. This song just seems like a waste of recording studio time to me. I know, I know, they're gods to some. For me, though, I can't get past the artifice.
Posted 13 years ago by poetista    [ Reply ]
Love it. Love it. LOVE IT!!!! {#Bananasplit}
Posted 13 years ago by RickyBobby    [ Reply ]
iTunes here I come 
 
Posted 13 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
This is so amazingly overplayed on ALL the radio stations we get here in this back-woods town. Why do I still love it??

Nope. No answer. It's Talking Heads. You'd think that a band with that name would scare all the cow-town radio programmers. Apparently, they just don't get it, or they don't care. Good for the listeners. Except that we're still getting "Rock Star" by Nickleback, with the word "drugs" censored. *facepalm* It's a crazy world...
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
One of the rare instances where the original and the cover are terrific.
Posted 13 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
 df1489 wrote:
The very first Talking Heads song I ever heard, '78 I'm pretty sure...WXRT in Chicago, Great station!

 

1975
Posted 13 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]

Jeez!  This is soooooooooo old, but it's holding up well.  (There's something to be said for songs so familiar that you can whistle every note in the guitar solo.)



Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 bachbeet wrote:
I like this version better than Al Green's.
 
Same here - I've heard them both - David does it better . . . imho. . .

Posted 14 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
The very first Talking Heads song I ever heard, '78 I'm pretty sure...WXRT in Chicago, Great station!

Posted 14 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
 catnip wrote:
Cover version? Yes.
 
So then is it a cover of a cover?

Posted 14 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
 bachbeet wrote:
I like this version better than Al Green's.
 
Sacrilege!

The Rev. will always forgive you, however....

Posted 14 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Cover version? Yes.

Adds to the original? Yes, by being spiky, where the original was smooth, by using the Hammond to bring the thing to a close rather than layering it, by using the guitar to add to the spikiness (and I'd love to call it a solo, but it just pings away and adds the madness).

Best cover version ever? It's up for grabs, but this is definitely in the running.

And the Best Of album title deserves a prize for just being so perverse... 

Posted 14 years ago by catnip    [ Reply ]
Great version. Wonderful, despite being sung by DB.
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
I like this version better than Al Green's.
Posted 14 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
cool & so good for the ears!
Posted 14 years ago by bobcat1963    [ Reply ]
 Shesdifferent wrote:
How many times can I bang my head against the wall over hearing this a million times...urrggghhhh
 
Obviously not enough, as you're still conscious and can type.

Keep banging, I like it.


Posted 14 years ago by FrankRizzo    [ Reply ]
I can't imagine it took a whole lot of tries to finish this track, but I like it a lot anyway.
Posted 14 years ago by Lrobby99    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
Oh no, not again {#Puke}
 
Yep Dave... TH AGAIN.   Suck it up!

Posted 14 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
AMEN!

rporter wrote:


This is actually a cover of an Al Green gospel song. I would argue it is one of the greatest cover songs ever.




Posted 14 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
 jjfflyboy wrote:
Righteous RP.  A Talking Heads song played by the Talking Heads.  Excellent.
 

This is actually a cover of an Al Green gospel song.  I would argue it is one of the greatest cover songs ever.  

Posted 15 years ago by rporter    [ Reply ]
Oh no, not again {#Puke}
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
How many times can I bang my head against the wall over hearing this a million times...urrggghhhh
Posted 15 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
 jjfflyboy wrote:
Righteous RP.  A Talking Heads song played by the Talking Heads.  Excellent.
 
(except that it's an Al Green song)

Posted 15 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Righteous RP.  A Talking Heads song played by the Talking Heads.  Excellent.
Posted 15 years ago by jjfflyboy    [ Reply ]
Still a 10 in my book.
Posted 15 years ago by dkwalika    [ Reply ]
pannaramma wrote:
All I can see is the singing fish on the wall.
  
rtrudeau wrote:
Admit it! The singing fish WAS funny. For a while.
 
And now we're talking about singing fish. We need to be taken to the river and thrown in so we can sing with the fishes. {#Eek}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 pannaramma wrote:
All I can see is the singing fish on the wall.
 
Admit it! The singing fish WAS funny. For a while.

Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
 pannaramma wrote:
All I can see is the singing fish on the wall.
 


Posted 15 years ago by MrGreg    [ Reply ]
 pannaramma wrote:
All I can see is the singing fish on the wall.
 
Me too!! Loved that series...

Posted 15 years ago by cambraca    [ Reply ]
Brilliant.
Anthemic.
Godlike.
Posted 15 years ago by Welly    [ Reply ]
I like Talking Heads...the band. I'm curious as to why the album showing is not the original but rather a Greatest Hits?
Posted 15 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]
Not a big fan of Talking Heads, save for the Remain in Light album... and this piece.
Posted 16 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
For the longest time, I didn't know this was the Talking Heads. It just makes it all the more wonderful. I love the funk! {#Music}
Posted 16 years ago by smilestoomuch    [ Reply ]
DB just performed this song here in Memphis with Teenie Hodges (who wrote the tune and played on most of Rev. Al Green's recordings.)  DB appreciates the local flavors of music and collaborates with those artists.
So come on down to the river and visit the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.
Posted 16 years ago by cstetler    [ Reply ]
 CyberCoyote wrote:

No doubt...Talking Heads
 

really? I kinda like The Commitments version better than this...
Posted 16 years ago by roseap    [ Reply ]
Still does a very good live show I hear.
Posted 16 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
This sure brings me back to those "Decade" parties
Posted 16 years ago by cybrbug    [ Reply ]
stradaduro wrote:
... badly dated fluffpop -- what's next, Rock Lobster?
You have something against Rock Lobster?
Posted 16 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
David B has a sound you either love or hate. Fortunatly, I have a great appreciation for all the great music DB has laid on us over the last 35+ years. David is an extremely talented person in a genre that not all folks can appreciate, but you should appreciate that his music is tight and intact. So he gets a 9er from the "old man on the hill."
Posted 16 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
aliasnwonderland wrote:
Hey listeners, Which cover do you like best: Annie Lennox, The Commitments, or Talking Heads?
No doubt...Talking Heads
Posted 16 years ago by CyberCoyote    [ Reply ]
Yes, please. Take him to the river and chuck him in the water.
Posted 16 years ago by PeterRigg    [ Reply ]
the guy david b forces his horrible voice on us! yuck. . . . michaeleconomy wrote:
I totally agree, either its talking heads or David Byrne's solo stuff :P
Posted 17 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
All I can see is the singing fish on the wall.
Posted 17 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
aliasnwonderland wrote:
This song is an amazing cover. I love it! Hey listeners, Which cover do you like best: Annie Lennox, The Commitments, or Talking Heads? I vote all three.
I gotta go with this one...ah, the memories!
Posted 17 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
I luv Al Greene's original, and Annie Lennox's later cover, but this also has a really good dangerous feel to it It's also a TH song that mostly doesn't make me feel like I'm at the circus...in a bad way
Posted 17 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
This song is an amazing cover. I love it! Hey listeners, Which cover do you like best: Annie Lennox, The Commitments, or Talking Heads? I vote all three.
Posted 17 years ago by aliasnwonderland    [ Reply ]
Shimmer wrote:
The live version from Stop Making Sense crushes this one like a grape.
I am going to have to respectfully disagree. I prefer the groove of this version.
Posted 17 years ago by TimeWaster    [ Reply ]
The live version from Stop Making Sense crushes this one like a grape.
Posted 17 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
The tempo needs kicking up... I don't think this song should be as languorous as it is. Love the original, and the Princeton Wildcats' a capella version.
Posted 17 years ago by ampersand    [ Reply ]
WonderLizard wrote:
I put this up there with The Beatles' cover of "Please, Mr. Postman" or the Stones' "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"--sometimes pretty white boys get it right...
_totally_ agree
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
I put this up there with The Beatles' cover of "Please, Mr. Postman" or the Stones' "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"--sometimes pretty white boys get it right...
Posted 17 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
fretman wrote:
Sounds like an Al Greene tune...
It originally was...
Posted 17 years ago by K-BILLY    [ Reply ]
Now we're rockin'!!!
Posted 17 years ago by LizDeines    [ Reply ]
Sounds like an Al Greene tune...
Posted 17 years ago by fretman    [ Reply ]
FerretRob wrote:
Well sorry to hear Vancouver was such a boring place in the '80s. Oh, and "fluffpop" would be the American Idol soundtrack you keep requesting Bill to play...
I'm from Vancouver and I love the Heads! Don't paint us all with the same brush, pleez. Not exactly sure how the Talking Heads constiture "Fluffpop"?
Posted 17 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Nearly perfect cover of Al Green's classic. Sure, it's not Al's original, and it doesn't try to be. It's Eno and the Heads reconfiguring the original's midtempo (andante) funk into a stately, even ghostly adagio that doesn't resemble the original in groove or mood at all. Brilliant job.
Posted 17 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
ndanger666 wrote:
This is okay but not nearly as good as the original from Al Greene.
I agree. I always liked this one too, but not nearly as good as Rev. Green's.
Posted 17 years ago by ruthless    [ Reply ]
I find it strange this one only has 64 votes currently...was it just added recently?
Posted 17 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
Atrail wrote:
What is it with Radio Paradise and Talking Heads. I have to disconnect every time this band comes on cause it is just painful to listen t; which is way too often cause you play them way too much. This is my only complaint against the station as a long time listener, but it is a big one!
I totally agree, either its talking heads or David Byrne's solo stuff :P
Posted 17 years ago by michaeleconomy    [ Reply ]
Will have to look up Al Green's original version and upload it...it's a litte more upbeat...
Posted 17 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]