MB Classics: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
 

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i hate to be that guy but i still don't "get" the album. it's alright so i gave it a 6, but i just can't seem to understand what the fuss is about that makes everyone love it so much. i've tried, it's just not for me.

It's a good album, but not as good as Fear of Music. It's always a bit of a letdown for me when the big hit song is also by far the best song on the album.

It's an amazing and unassailable album.
I prefer the live albums because they are more energetic.
Therefore just a 9/10.
My usual go-to recordings are The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads and the Rome Concert 1980 bootleg.
You should try those, OQB.

I'm waiting for you guys to realize that I'm not Blank, and this album isn't on the list.

Till then...

Remain in Light is pure energy. It is heat in aural form. Those who can't get down with the delicious and frantic psycho funk are clearly assailable in their musical tastes. 10/10

Also, Grindy is right, their live show in Rome is a masterpiece of artistry. For those who haven't seen it, go watch it on youtube.

I have to say, "pure energy" and "heat" are not things associate with albums as low key as Remain in Light.

The release date is important.

This album was an early gold standard for 1980’s pop music. It’s also a post-modern melding of many different styles. 10/10 from me.

Ori, nice work hijacking the thread idea.

Why not? Heat can sizzle slowly just as surely as it can fry in an instant.

This album is dripping with energy, every kind of energy. The only limit is your ability to sense the full spectrum of it.

Why not? Because it's not a high energy album. It has kind of a chilly feel to it to me, both in the production and in the songwriting. Fear of Music is like that too, but it's a superior album. It's not a bad thing—I like a lot of cold albums—it just is what it is.

Everything a snowman touches feels cold.

On songwriting, Byrne's admitted style was to just throw random crap in to fit a sexy beat. And the funky beats on Remain in Light are way more sexy. Try to fit sexiness more into your life, and you'll soon see what I mean. Be a sexy snowman, dripping with cold energy.

Plus, the production on both albums is equally meh compared to their live presence.

They're basically asleep amiright

Asleep? No. Low key? Yes.

You have fun with that.

Will do.

Nah, the keys are definitely high. Remain in coldness, Snowman.

Not my favorite TH album but very close. It gets a 9 for having a slightly lacking 2nd half. 1st half is easily a 10. It's an album that does so much in the background. Almost like listening to a Talk Talk album. Great headphones record.

That's not one of my albums. You're getting mixed up, Exo.

High key?

Isn't Kiiii always high?

I get where Janzs is coming from for about half of the record, but it also has a lot of tracks with percussion that's too busy for me to think of it as low key. It's plainly too exciting.

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Philly, I believe.

It's good don't get me wrong, others have mentioned, there are tons of exciting background elements but it does drag a bit in the second half and Fear of Music is so much better. I do understand why it's the more 'important' record and for the significance factor I'll bump it up from a 7 to an 8

Cooler cover art?

Ftfy

extra point for all the Target© t-shirt sales that is

Leave Qwertyy alone. Being a Talking Head's fan aint a ****ing club, where you're cool if you like them and you aint if you don't. That is some ****ing hipster **** right there and don't do it to Talking Heads who are one of of my favorite bands.

PS. STFU

Think I have to agree with everyone else about how the album kind of tapers off after the midpoint, but still, Born Under Punches and Once in a Lifetime are enough to bring me back to this album again and again.

Fun fact, my first exposure to Talking Heads was a cover of Once in a Lifetime on the Muppet Show performed by Kermit the Frog.

Even Kermit's version stuck with me for 20 years after when I finally returned to it via Talking Heads. Great ****in' song, Kermit or not.



You're welcome.

The point is your fanboyitis flairs up and you start trippin balls like Chula on Ledsergic Acid Diezeppelinmide. Can't you just chill and let Ol' Qwerty voice an opinion without you judging him?

There's definitely a fair bit of that going around - not just in this thread. Don't like what I like? You must be retarded and/or have terrible tastes. It's so hard to live on a planet where everyone doesn't think like me.

I love the second half of this album. Houses in Motion and Seen and Unseen are aural sex. I actually like them more than Once in a Lifetime. Listening Wind is more relevent and impactful today then it was back then. And the Overload is a crushing end to the flames, though the heat goes on after the album is done.

And each song is dripping and burning with energy.

Well, one thing I agree with you about is that side two is the better side. Of the four best songs on the album ("Born Under Punches", "Once In a Lifetime", "Listening Wind", "The Overload"), three are on the flip side.

You do have pretty terrible taste though, people are just kind enough to point that out to you.

Or it's about how some members understand how not to be a self-important knob.

You don't consider yourself to be important?

I'm not the center of the universe, no.

That's not what I asked.

it’s hard to care about your judgement when you essentially only listen to punk music

branch out a bit and maybe someone will care

The other 50% is "metal sux" or casual racism by way of hating hip hop.

What's the other 50%?

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