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Poll Question: Which one of these albums is your favorite?
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Fear of Music for its spunkiness (and Fripp on one track).
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I like Remain In Light slightly better. Glad Jerry Harrison did the remasters with surround sound mixes. Remain In Light is excellent as a surround sound album.
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Remain is a great LP; then again, so is Fear.  Fear is more dense, more complex both lyrically and musically. 
 
it's a toss up.....Fear by a hair.
I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha KingCrInuYasha wrote:

I haven't hear Fear Of Music, but Remain In Light rules.
BTW, I saw the vid for "The Great Curve" Svetonio posted and every time I hear Adrian Belew play that solo - either studio or live - I always think "Holy Censored, Jimi Hendrix is back!"


Remain is great, but you should definately check out Fear Of Music.
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I like both albums but Remain In Light probably edges it. It was a while before I realised that every song on the album consists of the same few bars repeated over and over again (obviously with different singing over the top).
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I haven't hear Fear Of Music, but Remain In Light rules.

BTW, I saw the vid for "The Great Curve" Svetonio posted and every time I hear Adrian Belew play that solo - either studio or live - I always think "Holy Censored, Jimi Hendrix is back!"
He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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Stop Making Sense is amazing! I remember seeing it on a BIG screen when it opened in theaters and I kept having to be pulled back down into my seat by my friend cuz I kept standing to clap and scream with then end of every song! Headbanger
Definitely one of the greatest concert videos ever made (thank you, Jonathan Demme)!

Remain in Light. Hassell. Belew. Nona. Eno, Byrne, Harrison, Weymouth, and Frantz playing, "Please pass me a guitar, drum or keyboard." Hearing "The Great Curve" changed my life (really!) and "Cross-eyed and Painless" is amazing!
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Originally posted by Sagichim Sagichim wrote:

I never thought of checking out Talking Heads but I came across Remain In Light and I was very very impressed. Fantastic album!
I don't know Fear Of Music...Yet.
 
You might also check out the famous DVD of their stuff ... Stop Making Sense. It has gained over the years a lot of accolades for its filming and work.
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Fans of Remain in Light might be interested in this - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=6998On Halloween 1996, the popular "jam band" Phish played the album from start to finish, augmented by horns, percussionists, and backup singers.  This release is a well recorded document of that event.  I think it's the definitive version of the album. Go ahead and laugh.   Plus, I was in the audience. 


Hey cool, I didn't know that.
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This video is from 1980 but I saw them two times live in summer 1984 - first time in Athens, at an old football stadium and a week after that in Belgrade's Pionir Arena, where was their last gig of that Europen leg of world tour; both shows were simply amazing. They were played Remain In Light almost in its entirety and that is something unforgettable. I saw some of the others well know New Wave acts live and they could not be even compared with TH at stage. 
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Fans of Remain in Light might be interested in this -

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=6998

On Halloween 1996, the popular "jam band" Phish played the album from start to finish, augmented by horns, percussionists, and backup singers.  This release is a well recorded document of that event.  I think it's the definitive version of the album. Go ahead and laugh.   Plus, I was in the audience. 
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Imo Remain In Light is the best (prog-related) New Wave album ever recorded.
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Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

Talking Heads - Live in Rome 1980 - Drugs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOiDdXwdLH8


You know you can insert a hyperlink or imbed a YouTube video? People are more likely to look at it then.
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Me too Wink
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Can't stand what I've heard, even the Belew influenced stuff ( Yoy might find yourself living in a shotgun shack, this is not my house, this is not my beautiful wife....and the days go by.....).
A big NO-GOER for my tastes.
................(oh, how I've tried........)
And I despise that 'Road To Nowhere' drek whenever I hear it........

Oh I love Once In A Lifetime, I'm even gonna play it right now  LOL
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Can't stand what I've heard, even the Belew influenced stuff ( Yoy might find yourself living in a shotgun shack, this is not my house, this is not my beautiful wife....and the days go by.....).
A big NO-GOER for my tastes.
................(oh, how I've tried........)
And I despise that 'Road To Nowhere' drek whenever I hear it........
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Ahhhh man what a choice....RIL I guess but it would not have happened without Fear of Music....no vote today
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Both awesome albums, so are Speaking In Tongues and Little Creatures. Remain In Light i guess is my favorite.
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Remain in Light is much tighter thematically speaking, although the high points of FoM are my favorite moments by the band.   The decision was made easy by the fact that "Heaven" is on FoM, and I absolutely detest that song.  So - Remain in Light it is.

I love that song! Probably my favorite on the album :D
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Fear of Music is my favourite Heads, but all of their first 4 albums are absolutely fantastic
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