Among the things that saved my life during my high school existence was music. I always had my music. It saved my life from depression on many occasions. I still see it as something that brings joy, even when I am at my lowest. It can't be all that bad if I can still get lost in lyrics, or a groove, and a bitchin' bass line.
In the vast wasteland of pop music when I was a kid, there were bright spots. Moments when the wave of cool in the Universe was kind and handed me something other than the radio slush which was the soundtrack of my youth. The crap that I love as a guilty pleasure, One day they came to me as a vision, a dream of sound (am I being too dramatic, I apologize) The Talking Heads.
More than New Wave, Punk, or Pop. The Talking Heads put art and fun back into music, but with a dash of quirk and geek chic. They made it okay to be weird, and that may be what saved me.
If you don't know The Talking Heads, grab a listen to the playlist posted in this blog. Yes I know that there are a lot of repitions. This Must Be The Place (Naive Medley) is on there three seperate time with three different versions. I have included clips from the film True Stories along with the recorded versions by The Talking Heads. I think I covered most of the good stuff, at least the stuff that rates highly with me.
Take some time, get to know the Talking Heads
Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
At the start of their career, Talking Heads were all nervous energy, detached emotion, and subdued minimalism. When they released their last album about 12 years later, the band had recorded everything from art-funk to polyrhythmic worldbeat explorations and simple, melodic guitar pop. Between their first album in 1977 and their last in 1988, Talking Heads became one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s, while managing to earn several pop hits. While some of their music can seem too self-consciously experimental, clever, and intellectual for its own good, at their best Talking Heads represent everything good about art-school punks.
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