On Thursday May 14th, multi-hyphenate David Byrne turns 57 years old. In addition to being the founding member and main songwriter of Talking Heads, Byrne is a visual artist, a sometime actor, and an author. Plus, he rocks an oversized suit like no one else!
Because I'm a listomaniac, here are my top 5 Talking Heads tunes:1. Nothing But Flowers
2. Life During Wartime (This Ain't No Party... This Ain't No Disco... This Ain't No Foolin' Around)
3. Once In A Lifetime
4. Girlfriend Is Better
5. Psycho Killer
What are your favorite songs by Talking Heads/David Byrne?
And She Was was always my favorite Heads tune.
ReplyDeleteMine too, And She Was, for sure!! And he does rock an oversized suit! :)
ReplyDeleteI love And She Was and Psycho Killer!
ReplyDelete"Slippery People" and "Burning Down the House"--hands down! (And 57?! Gosh, time flies! LOL)
ReplyDeleteMistress of the D and Jessica: It was weird. That day at work, I was listening to the 80s station through LAUNCHcast/Yahoo Music. I stepped away from my cube briefly and when I returned and put my headphones on, "And She Was" started. It was perfect! It was good to hear it again after such a long time.
ReplyDeleteThe Chick Who Rocks the House, But Doesn't Burn It Down: One of my favorite cassettes that I had was the soundtrack to their concert film "Stop Making Sense". That was my introduction to "Psycho Killer".
PPR Scribe: I had forgotten how awesome "Slippery People" is! That was one of my fave songs on the "Stop Making Sense" soundtrack. I need to get that on CD.