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Talking Heads — Love - Building On Fire (live)
Album: Talking Heads: 77
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Released: 1977
Length: 3:35
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When my love
Stands next to your love,
I can't define love
When it's not love.

It's not love.
It's not love.
Which is my face,
Which is a building,
Which is on fire.

When my love
Stands next to your love,
I can't define love
When it's not love.

It's not love.
It's not love.
Which is my face,
Which is a building,
Which is on fire.

I've got two loves
I've got two loves
And they go tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, like little birds
They're my two loves...
Count them one, two loves...
Count them one, two loves.
Which is my face
Which is a building
Which is on fire

It's not love.
It's not love.
Which is my face,
Which is a building,
Which is on fire.
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 Proclivities wrote:

This song (live or studio version) is not on the original vinyl release of this album, it was on later CD versions.  The studio version of this song was released as a single a few months before this album was released.
According to song's wikipedia, the version on the Talking Heads: 77 CD reissue is 3:00 in length and not live (wiki link).  This live version may be the version off The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, which is a live version (wiki link).  It's a great song nonetheless, regardless of which album it is on.


Posted 2 years ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!!  Thanx RP!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 window wrote:

Love the song, love the album even more.  However, I knew from the first notes that this would be too juicy of bait for the TH haters to resist.  They're practically foaming at the mouth, and man is it hilarious!!
Posting angry comments on an Internet message board - there is no better definition of "impotent rage"...




Too funny!! And, too true!!  
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 ChardRemains wrote:

I have this album on VINYL!!!! Usually skip this song.


This song (live or studio version) is not on the original vinyl release of this album, it was on later CD versions.  The studio version of this song was released as a single a few months before this album was released.
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
coolest band on the planet ... uh oh ...  i said that before? it´s true, anyway :-)
Posted 11 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
 peacockangel wrote:
genius
 


Posted 12 years ago by blueridgesurplus    [ Reply ]


No, NO. The PSD button's up THERE, kid. Quick. Because this is some awful stuff.
Posted 12 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]

Sounds good to me.  The only case for me in which the voice is so bad that it really matters much is Neil Young.  That guy cannot sing.


Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 window wrote:
Love the song, love the album even more.  However, I knew from the first notes that this would be too juicy of bait for the TH haters to resist.  They're practically foaming at the mouth, and man is it hilarious!!
Posting angry comments on an Internet message board - there is no better definition of "impotent rage"...
 
too funny. 
Posted 12 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Dreadful.
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
coolest band on this planet. period!
Posted 13 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
The energy of this young band sizzles, even decades later.

YeeHaw!
Posted 13 years ago by krich58    [ Reply ]
There is not one TH song that I like.  Not one.  His voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. 
 I like Dylan, Waits, Neil Young and the like, but not Byrne. Don't know why.
Posted 13 years ago by maxjboxer    [ Reply ]
It's snot love?...ew
Posted 13 years ago by Sleepytyme    [ Reply ]
One of my fav. albums is Talking Heads 77, everything they do is terrific!
Posted 14 years ago by Stranglersfan    [ Reply ]

David Byrne by ~gabrio76
Gabriel Hernan Ramirez  ©2009-2010 ~gabrio76

Lapiz sobre hoja rosé



Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
genius
Posted 14 years ago by peacockangel    [ Reply ]
Love the song, love the album even more.  However, I knew from the first notes that this would be too juicy of bait for the TH haters to resist.  They're practically foaming at the mouth, and man is it hilarious!!
Posting angry comments on an Internet message board - there is no better definition of "impotent rage"...
Posted 14 years ago by window    [ Reply ]
 Dave_Mack wrote:
I really like the Heads, but this isn't good.
 
This was punk in the day.
I like it!

Posted 14 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
HATE HIS (broken) VOICE (most of the time).
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I really like the Heads, but this isn't good.
Posted 14 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 michaeleconomy wrote:
David Byrne again?
 

are you offerring?... yes please, double helping please :)
Posted 14 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
Love the album title!! {#Mrgreen}
Posted 14 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
 rtrudeau wrote:
I just do not get it. The guitar is great ... but the voice is like fingernails on a chalk board.  I've got to mute.
 



Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
{#Fire} thanks rp this is definitly a 10!! sacred {#Fire}
Posted 15 years ago by buzmaggie    [ Reply ]
And that's why TH is an "alternative" band
Posted 15 years ago by maclochness    [ Reply ]
Keep the Byrne coming RP!
Posted 15 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke} Oh my Gawd this is awful

Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Talking Heads wouldn't be Talking Heads without Byrne's voice, would they? I like his voice but to each etc...
Posted 15 years ago by SweTex    [ Reply ]
I can understand why his voice bothers some, but I can't explain why I like it! 

Posted 15 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Discordant genius!
Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Meh....{#Rolleyes}
Posted 15 years ago by d00kie    [ Reply ]
David Byrne shares a common place with other great songwriters like Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.

You kind of have to recognize how great the song writing is, even the performance.  But you can be forgiven for hating the voice.

Posted 15 years ago by w3weasel    [ Reply ]
I just do not get it. The guitar is great ... but the voice is like fingernails on a chalk board.  I've got to mute.
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
 michaeleconomy wrote:
David Byrne again?
 
My sediments (sic) exactly.

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
David Byrne again?
Posted 16 years ago by michaeleconomy    [ Reply ]
Great pick!
Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
what a waste of vinyl . . . silicon?
Posted 16 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
Wow! I've never heard this version before. Thank you RP!! Reminds me why the Talking Heads were so innovative and just plain awesome.
Posted 16 years ago by burdell    [ Reply ]
treatment_bound wrote:
"...And they go Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep like little birds"
... They're my two loves
Posted 17 years ago by Taraincognito    [ Reply ]
"...And they go Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep-Cheep like little birds"
Posted 17 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
Thanks Bill! Don't hear this one too often.
Agreed!
Posted 17 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Wow! Thanks for playing this one Bill ... rare and compelling .... Yep, there IS a fire ... Dave
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
This is a new one for me.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
I have this album on VINYL!!!! Usually skip this song.
Posted 17 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
Talking Heads Rock. DB is a genius. Get over being snobby about his voice and the music.
Posted 17 years ago by ze_stom    [ Reply ]
I am a fan
Posted 17 years ago by GChevy410    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill! Don't hear this one too often.
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite Talking Heads songs.
Posted 17 years ago by milehighYinzer    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
Bill loves Byrnin down the house.
nice little pun action there Poose!
Posted 17 years ago by freeone1    [ Reply ]
I'm a dissenting voice on this one. The few songs of David Byrne's that I like, I really like, but this ain't one of them.
Posted 18 years ago by MylenerHead    [ Reply ]
I.......can't.......do.......this......
Posted 18 years ago by djblitz    [ Reply ]
Good one!
Posted 18 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
Hi Bill! You are a real fan of Talking heads... Me too. Thanks
Posted 18 years ago by joanbcn    [ Reply ]
Pearl Jam does a "rockin'" live cover of this tune.
Posted 18 years ago by bigB_3    [ Reply ]
yeah, anit would be incomplete and incorrect. Seriously, DB and the T-heads were easy to love and quite original.
Posted 18 years ago by woods    [ Reply ]
What would an ecclectic radio station be without David Byrne, I implore?!! It would be anit-ecclectic, methinks.
Posted 18 years ago by MrsAustin    [ Reply ]
I dig DB and the Heads. Please keep playing them often, thanks Bill!
Posted 18 years ago by rachlan    [ Reply ]
Atrail wrote:
What is it with Radio Paradise -snip-
You had to post this on every song of theirs? Nice, jackass.
Posted 18 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
It's just the top 10% of DB's register which I suspect elicits the negative comments. I'm pro TH but do find the tighty-whities strain a bit much, on occasion.
Posted 18 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
I think DB needs a bit more support on this page. So here's my grain of sand. The problem seems to be that a lot of people don't understand that Byrne is using his voice as an instrument, or like an artist uses his brush, to make sweeping stokes and rough squiggles, etc. It's not 'grating' or anything else the don't-get-DB'ers say. Its sound painting.
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
hard to beat!
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ 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'm not a fan of Byrne, and I find myself thinking the same thing. However, I do think that if Bill is playing something I like, I might not notice if he plays that artist every day. If he's playing something I don't like (find grating), it's hard NOT to notice. Does that make sense? That said, I think Bill likes TH and Byrne....
Posted 18 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Time to even things out, to provide counter to the asinine comments below--this is fantastic, urgent artistry.
Posted 18 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
calray wrote:
does anyone else think david byrne sounds like he is retarded sometimes? i like TH alot though
Now I know where Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers got his ideas from. Viva 'Gibbytronix'!
Posted 18 years ago by rexi    [ Reply ]
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!
Posted 18 years ago by Atrail    [ Reply ]
calray wrote:
does anyone else think david byrne sounds like he is retarded sometimes? i like TH alot though
Yep, a great kind of retarded!
Posted 18 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
does anyone else think david byrne sounds like he is retarded sometimes? i like TH alot though
Posted 18 years ago by calray    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by Tazmanicdevil    [ Reply ]
pvcnote wrote:
AGREE!!!!! His music is sucks! He is very boring!
Okay, I can understand if you don't "get" Byrne, I can almost understand if you think he's obnoxious (because you don't get it), but BORING?? I'm hoping that's a bad translation, perhaps...
Posted 19 years ago by effba    [ Reply ]
Early Heads...nothing comes even close to it on a similarity scale. Urgent, Frightening, AWESOME!
Posted 19 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
jagdriver wrote:
Sorry, can't get into David Byrne. Not only that, but this track is especially obnoxious. My feeling is that is what DB does best... be obnoxious.
AGREE!!!!! His music is sucks! He is very boring!
Posted 19 years ago by pvcnote    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
fun back in the day. a bit goofy sounding now.
You must not be listening to the radio these days. If you were, you would have noticed that the majority of alternative music today is highly influenced by these guys. They are as relevent and fresh now as they were "back in the day".
Posted 19 years ago by studio503    [ Reply ]
jagdriver wrote:
...that is what DB does best... be obnoxious...
that from someone whose handle is "jagdriver".
Posted 19 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Oh man is this good. SO glad you're playing it. These guys could always rock, especially live.
Posted 19 years ago by horseplayer    [ Reply ]
This stuff is okay, but, anything from "REMAIN IN LIGHT" is what we should be hearing right now.
Posted 19 years ago by foppy-knight    [ Reply ]
fun back in the day. a bit goofy sounding now.
Posted 19 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
"T O O - N A H S!!!" just kidding, these guys helped me through my final years in high school.
Posted 19 years ago by moomatz    [ Reply ]
jagdriver wrote:
Sorry, can't get into David Byrne.
Just try to get into his music then.
Posted 19 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Sorry, can't get into David Byrne. Not only that, but this track is especially obnoxious. My feeling is that is what DB does best... be obnoxious.
Posted 19 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
MatchMan wrote:
This 2 disc set of live TH material is truely the best of the best of one of the greatest bands ever. I love the fact that the audience on the first disc sounds like about 12 people! Lucky people!
Your comment made me get that set, and I wholeheartedly agree with you!
Posted 20 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
MatchMan wrote:
This 2 disc set of live TH material is truely the best of the best of one of the greatest bands ever. I love the fact that the audience on the first disc sounds like about 12 people! Lucky people!
Agree, I prefer this album as the Stop making sense.
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
redeyespy wrote:
Just bought it. If there was any prior question as to Byrne's and the band's genius, these two discs should put any such doubt to rest. Electrifying. Adrian Belew fans should check out his amazing work on display on the second disc, too.
This 2 disc set of live TH material is truely the best of the best of one of the greatest bands ever. I love the fact that the audience on the first disc sounds like about 12 people! Lucky people!
Posted 20 years ago by MatchMan    [ Reply ]
Just bought it. If there was any prior question as to Byrne's and the band's genius, these two discs should put any such doubt to rest. Electrifying. Adrian Belew fans should check out his amazing work on display on the second disc, too.
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
edisoncarter wrote:
For the longest time this was not available on anything but vinyl and cassette. When did this album come out on CD? I must go purchase ....
Just got released last month. The CD has a lot of extra tracks and good liner notes. Yes. You must go purchase... It may explain a lot that this album and this song in particular had the greatest influence on me of all...
Posted 20 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
For the longest time this was not available on anything but vinyl and cassette. When did this album come out on CD? I must go purchase ....
Posted 20 years ago by edisoncarter    [ Reply ]