10 favorite songs by Talking Heads

What are your 10 favorite songs by Talking Heads?


These are mine for now

A Clean Break
Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
New Feeling
Mind
I'm Not In Love
Warning Sign
Houses In Motion
Seen And Not Seen
Making Flippy Floppy
I Get Wild (Wild Gravity)

 

1. The Great Curve
2. Take Me to the River
3. Psycho Killer
4. Once in a Lifetime
5. Drugs
6. No Compassion
7. Crosseyed & Painless
8. The Big Country
9. Life During Wartime
10. This Must Be the Place

The following are also 5 star songs:

Houses in Motion
The Girls Want to Be With the Girls
The Book I Read
Paper
Pulled Up
Warning Sign
And She Was
Don't Worry About the Government
Mind
Found a Job
Memories Can't Wait
I Zimbra
Stay Hungry
The Good Thing
Swamp
City of Dreams

 

1. Crosseyed and Painless
2. Life During Wartime
3. Burning Down the House
4. (Nothing But) Flowers
5. This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
6. The Great Curve
7. Found a Job
8. Heaven
9. Take Me To the River
10. Girlfriend Is Better

 

The Book I Read
Found a Job
Love -> Building on Fire
The Big Country
Pulled Up
Burning Down The House
This Must Be The Place
I Wish You Wouldn't Say That
(Nothing But)Flowers
Cities

 

How many songs are on "Speaking In Tongues"?

 

Cool Water,
(Nothing But) Flowers,
Television Man,
Burning Down The House,
The Great Curve,
Houses In Motion,
Memories Can't Wait,
Warning Sign,
Artists Only,
No Compassion.

But if you ask me tomorrow I'd probably list a different ten!

 

Crosseyed And Painless
Once In A Lifetime
Blind
The Great Curve
(Nothing But) Flowers
Mr. Jones
Warning Sign
I Zimbra
Burning Down The House
Papa Legba

Subject to change due to mood and time of day.

 

No can do....too many

 

Life During Wartime
The Big Country
Listening Wind
Heaven
Burning Down The House
I Zimbra
Pycho Killer
Once In A Lifetime
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Girlfriend Is Better

 

To make this easier I'll take two favourites from 5 albums:

The Girls Want To Be With The Girls
I'm Not In Love
I Zimbra
Cities
Crosseyed & Painless
Once In A Lifetime
Moon Rocks
Pull Up The Roots
Blind
Nothing (But Flowers)

 

Pycho Killer
Life During Wartime
I Zimbra
Once In A Lifetime
Girlfriend Is Better
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
Cities
Born Under Punches
Moon Rock
Blind

 

I can't think of 10 songs, but Psycho Killer would be #1. I really like most everything on True Stories as well. To contrast, what would not be on my list is Once In A Lifetime or anything off that Remain In Light album.

 

My top 10, at the moment:

1. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
2. Life During Wartime
3. Slippery People
4. Heaven
5. Mind
6. Once In A Lifetime
7. The Lady Don't Mind
8. Gangster Of Love
9. I Zimbra
10. Burning Down The House

 

The Big Country
Burning Down the House
Don't Worry About the Government
Found a Job
The Lady Don't Mind
Love -> Building on Fire
Love for Sale
Once in a Lifetime
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town (Alternate Version)

 

Heaven
Take Me To The River
Once In A Lifetime
Drugs
Electric Guitar
Life During Wartime
Girlfriend Is Better
Burning Down The House
Road To Nowhere
Warning Sign

 

1.The Great Curve (firm)

(nine others, not so firm)
The Good Thing
Memories Can't Wait
Drugs
Mind
Warning Sign
Don't Worry About The Government
Once In A Lifetime
Girlfriend Is Better
I Zimbra

 

Psycho Killer
Heaven
Don't Worry About The Government
Once In A Lifetime
And She Was
Road To Nowhere
Girlfriend Is Better
Life During Wartime
Burning Down The House
Swamp

 

AWwwwwwww, you're crazy!

 

I like quite a bit of their stuff. I don't really have a list a favorites but the one that does stand out for me is Life During Wartime.

 

And She Was
Girlfriend is Better
I Zimbra
Psycho Killer
Mr. Jones
Take Me To The River
Lifetime Piling Up
Radio Head
Blind
Creatures of Love

 

A Clean Break (Let's Work)
Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town
Book I Read
Big Country
I'm Not in Love
New Feeling
Air
Road to Nowhere
Burnin' Down the House
Memories Can't Wait

 

In no particular order (well sort of chronological)

Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
Warning Sign
I Zimbra / Mind
Air
Once In A Lifetime
Houses In Motion
Burning Down The House
Making Flippy Floppy
Girlfriend Is Better

 

Maybe, but trying to listen to RIL was just about the longest hour of my life ...like I had died and gone to funk-rock fusion hell.

 

And She Was
Once in a Lifetime
A Clean Break
Love -> Building on Fire
(Nothing But) Flowers
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Life During Wartime
Psycho Killer
Road to Nowhere
Creatures of Love

 

Love Comes to Town
Psycho Killer
Heaven
The Great Curve
Once In a Life Time
Burning Down The House
Girlfriend is Better
This Must Be the Place
The Lady Don't Mind
The Road to Nowhere