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Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-09-28 21:39:29 +0000

Talking Heads Immersion #2 -- "More Songs About Buildings And Food" (1978)

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Record is <a href ="http://www.sendspace.com/file/s25n2g">here.</a>

Released Bastille Day 1978 on Sire Records.

#29, 1978 Billboard Pop Albums
#21, 1978 UK Albums

'Take Me To The River,' #26, 1978 Billboard Singles Chart
Posted by MF DU on 2008-09-29 15:37:34 +0000
Saw the life-size Polaroid photomosiac used to create this album's cover @ Cleveland's Rock'N Roll Hall Of Fame in 2004 - Pretty Impressive. I want to say it was at least 8' X 8'.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-09-29 18:48:13 +0000
Oh my god, that sounds fantastic. I guess someday I have to go to Cleveland...
Posted by tommy on 2008-09-29 19:53:12 +0000
Ditto. It inspired us to do a similar "mural" for our apartment at the time. One-third of what should have been a bay window in our living room had been clumsily closed off sometime in the past. So, we took a bunch of pictures of the other side of the street, and pieced them together on the wall where the third window should have been, so that the view was more-or-less what you would have seen out of the window.

Oh, the album's pretty good. The Big Country is probably my favorite. I love it when a smooth-sounding song is totally mean-spirited. "I wouldn't live there if you paid me."
Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-09-29 20:02:38 +0000
What a great idea (your mural "view").
Posted by mr. mister on 2008-10-09 15:39:15 +0000
now when I do something that is a little complicated at my job I say "watch me work!" in a David Byrne voice. Sometimes I'll throw in the Ru Paul voice but mainly david byrne
Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-10-09 16:19:05 +0000
I <i>demand</i> that VH1 develop a reality television series based around your life.
Posted by mr. mister on 2008-10-09 22:33:04 +0000
that would be a really boring show!
Posted by pamsterdam on 2008-10-10 02:30:20 +0000
I beg to differ. The catchphrases alone would have me hooked:

"We will get wasted and throw hot dogs at Canada fans!"

"WASPS like to go sailing. Keep away from water."

"My garden is in my backyard. There is a virgin Mary statue watching over the plot. Apparently that didn't stop the thieving f--cks."

"When I do something that is a little complicated at my job I say 'watch me work!' in a David Byrne voice. Sometimes I'll throw in the Ru Paul voice but mainly David Byrne."
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