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David Byrne & Brian Eno

OK, here I go again touting about some new music that I've bought lately. I've always been a Talking Head fan and this disc is great. Nice with flowing melodies. Just enough electro tech. to make it interesting. David Bryne is very underrated. That guy uh, oh yea Springsteen wishes he could be this talented. Very seductive and mesmerizing. Seems that a lot of good music comming out lately. Also like the Madeleine Peyroux "bare bones" plus, the best of Bill Frisell Vol. 1| Folk Songs. It seems in the hardest times that music is the best. Or maybe I'm just more open to it.
philefreak
jb8312
247 posts
 
Anyone else notice that a few cuts from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts were used on the soundtrack to "Wall Street", apparently, Stone is a fan!

John
philefreak OP
423 posts
 
Albertporter,I know what you mean. I love Ghost in the Bush and Another Green World. I've learned to let it go when it comes to music. I mean this is real music not just some notes put together. Good melody,lyrics, and someone that can sing like D. Byrne.
D. Byrne and B. Eno really complement each other like P. McCartney/John Lennon, or even D. Fagen/W. Becker.
dreadhead
353 posts
 
My favorite David Byrne album is definitely "The Red & the Black" by Jerry Harrison.
Second is "the Knee Plays".
David has not made a studio album yet that equals any of Talking Heads catalog.
Like so many egocentric rock stars, Lennon, Roger Waters, McCartney, Stummer, Jones, Jagger, Peter Wolf, Richards, their solo outings never seem to have that great chemistry of their respective bands best or even worse output.
Jerry, Tina & Chris obviously are a very important ingredient to David's visions, "Naked" for example is the band at its very best.
I miss Talking Heads and the immaculate sound and vision that only the four of them can truly create.
dreadhead
353 posts
 
I forgot to mention that Eno is as important to the Heads sound and success as George Martin was to the Beatles. Props to Brian Eno's input and production criteria,
martykl
3,578 posts
 
So far, the new one doesn't do it for me - might need some more time with it, though. Talking Heads did some great stuff in their day(The live recordings of Crosseyed and Painless, et al would be the peak for me) but Eno's music always seemed to be just plain amazing. I'm not sure how many records sound as vital as "Taking Tiger Mountain" 30+ years on.

Marty

Favorite Lyric:
"Sweet Regina's gone to China, Newsweek on her knee,
While far below, the curlews call from strangely stunted trees"

IMHO, might have worked better with "curlews crow", but - either way - the guy has a knack for the sound of language.
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