Thursday, August 13, 2009

An Early Clue to the New Direction: Special Burning Down the House Edition)

From February of 1977, please enjoy the baby Talking Heads (without Jerry Harrison) and their very first (pre-debut album) single "Love → Building on Fire."





God, wasn't Tina Weymouth just the cutest thing in the world? Like Marianne Faithfull in a trash compactor.

True story: I went to some trendy SoHo loft party once that she attended; the Heads were just getting famous at the time, but she wasn't married to the drummer yet, and she was there unescorted, as they say.

The long and the short of it is that she just sat by herself, looking very lonely, in a big chair the whole night, and not a single one of the myriad hepster guys in attendance had the nerve to go up and talk to her.

Myself included, obviously.

In any case, a coveted PowerPop No-Prize will be awarded the first reader who gleans the clip's relevance to the theme of tomorrow's Weekend Listomania.

15 comments:

Gummo said...

Songs that are actually 2 songs put together?

And BTW, that's still one of my favorite TH songs.

The Kenosha Kid said...

Does it have something to do with the producer, who is the father or uncle of Jon Bon Jovi?

steve simels said...

No and no.

ms. rosa said...

Songs with one of the elements (wind, water being the others) in the title?

steve simels said...

Uh...nooooooooooooo.
:-)

Who Am Us Anyway? said...

Songs claiming in the lyrics or title that something other than little birds go “tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, like little birds”?

Songs featuring horns in the arrangement?

the sandwich life said...

good lord. Marianne Faithfull in a trash compactor. I think I love you.

Well...your blog anyway....

Noam Sane said...

Songs about buildings and food.

Anonymous said...

songs about feelings / emotions /lust

Anonymous said...

cool 3 piece bands

steve simels said...

Noam's close.

That's as big of a hint as I'm gonna give.....

steve simels said...
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steve simels said...

Okay, it's a SPECIFIC building.

Are you happy now?
:-)

Who Am Us Anyway? said...

Songs mentioning the Big House, or prison

steve simels said...

The prison thing is great, and I'm going to steal it.

But no.......
:-)