david byrne or: Dietcoke and Music (Why I Rule)

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Buttkiller

#1 December 06, 2009, 07:08:34 pm

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david byrne freaking owns

david byrne: "i like wearing sunglasses" -david byrne

he's one of those dudes that gets cooler looking as they get older and looks cool in every single picture (david lynch is the best example of this)

he did talking heads (the best non-glam rock band of the 70s)
http://tinysong.com/9cs8
http://tinysong.com/8OOD

he worked with brian "brian eno owns" eno a lot and made my life in the bush of ghosts, which was the first album to use samples really well
http://tinysong.com/9lyi

he has a monthly radio thing where he plays songs he likes under a specific genre/theme
http://davidbyrne.com/radio/

h e has a journal where he writes stuff that he does or thinks and you can read it online
http://journal.davidbyrne.com/

he turned a building into a bigass instrument

he made this song with dirty projectors!!!!!!
http://tinysong.com/78iE

watch out for that rhino david byrne!!!!

okay so talk about david byrne and talking heads and whatever else he does right here in this thread

Last Edit: December 06, 2009, 10:37:24 pm by grim_kobold_44

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Barack Obama

#2 December 06, 2009, 07:48:18 pm

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yeah david byrne pretty much owns

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JMickle

#3 December 06, 2009, 08:03:23 pm

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i saw a dvd of a gig. stop making sense i think. it was awesome every song they brought another piece of the set on, coz at the start it was just david "i am the best" byrne play acoustic guitar and a tape machine and nothing else but then all the other guys (alot of them) and all the set and stuff came on it was awesome

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crone_lover720

#4 December 06, 2009, 08:08:33 pm

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ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVENT BEEN HERE BEFORE

steel once wrote an article on the talking heads and I feel like everyone here likes them. that probably isn't even true but talking heads was one of the best bands I.M.O so it should be. I don't know what the frick you're talking about "best non-glam rock band of the 70s" tho, seems pretty limiting

a good relatively unknown song by them is Lifetime Piling Up which you can find in that Grooveshark thing buttkiller posted.

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JMickle

#5 December 06, 2009, 08:09:29 pm

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david byrne

www.jmickle.com

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#6 December 06, 2009, 08:53:19 pm

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talking heads rule okay

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Buttkiller

#7 December 06, 2009, 08:54:24 pm

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Quote from: eatmygore on December 06, 2009, 08:08:33 pm

I don't know what the frick you're talking about "best non-glam rock band of the 70s" tho, seems pretty limiting

glam rock is the best genre.

Quote from: JMickle on December 06, 2009, 08:09:29 pm

david byrne

agreed

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bonzi_buddy

#8 December 06, 2009, 09:40:11 pm

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they're a-ok though that might change since i haven't heard real albums from them yet. recommendations? glam's cool but i'm sure there's something else in 70's besides glam rock and talking heads.

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holy shit that's really good!!

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Buttkiller

#9 December 06, 2009, 10:16:37 pm

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Quote from: bonzi_buddy on December 06, 2009, 09:40:11 pm

they're a-ok though that might change since i haven't heard real albums from them yet. recommendations? glam's cool but i'm sure there's something else in 70's besides glam rock and talking heads.

77, more songs about buildings and food, fear of music, and remain in light are their 4 really really good albums. remain in light is just this ridiculous album, get that first if you want to be immediately amazed. 77 through fear of music are all kind of the same format, they just sound like offbeat pop albums until you really understand the interlocking instrument rhythms and dumb shit like that and then they become holy shit amazing.

past remain in light kinda bores me but they have a few really good songs (burning down the house, naive melody, nothing but flowers) but i really don't think i've given it a chance.

they are definitely a band that grows on you.

Last Edit: December 06, 2009, 10:21:36 pm by Buttkiller

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crone_lover720

#10 December 06, 2009, 10:30:48 pm

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what glam rock do you ""think"" is better than talking heads. also I don't think it necessarily takes effort to get what makes their songs good. personally I think it's pretty obvious and I doubt I would like them if you had to really root for it and also they don't need to grow on you to be likeable

anyway let's hunt for a good once in a lifetime video

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bonzi_buddy

#11 December 06, 2009, 10:33:11 pm

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thanks buttkiller. you are a good guy!

topic takeover though:
Dietcoke and Music: How I Rule.

joey (may i call you joey?), i think you listen to either the fall or fall of troy. which one!? i understood that this is essentially #1 dietcoke band. why do you like it, what's so good about them. gimme recommendations from them. also consider giving other good band recommendations! i need to understand what gets dietcoke's music approval, we can't continue like this pal. i'm afraid the day my album is published you'll roll in your grave.

Last Edit: December 07, 2009, 09:05:10 pm by bonzi_buddy

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#12 December 06, 2009, 10:34:40 pm

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dietcoke's favorite band is fall of troy.

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Buttkiller

#13 December 06, 2009, 10:36:47 pm

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Quote from: eatmygore on December 06, 2009, 10:30:48 pm

what glam rock do you ""think"" is better than talking heads. also I don't think it necessarily takes effort to get what makes their songs good. personally I think it's pretty obvious and I doubt I would like them if you had to really root for it and also they don't need to grow on you to be likeable

anyway let's hunt for a good once in a lifetime video

the glam rock thing is kind of a joke because glam rock is kind of a joke but do i like t.rex and david bowie a lot. not trying to start a confrontation here ha. ha.

i appreciated what the talking heads sounded like when i first heard them yeah but only because the dude that recommended them to me was like LOOK OUT FOR THE HYPNOTIC INTERLOCKING GUITAR PATTERNS AND STIFF YET DANCEABLE RHYTHMS but they definitely did not really make that much of an impact on me for a while. i can't believe how bad that sentence is holy shit

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#14 December 06, 2009, 10:42:37 pm

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I'm not being too serious and sometimes I forget it sounds confrontational. also I see what you mean I just thought it sounded a little too similar to what people were saying about that new Them Crooked Vultures action movie garbage

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bonzi_buddy

#15 December 06, 2009, 10:44:42 pm

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Quote from: eatmygore on December 06, 2009, 10:34:40 pm

dietcoke's favorite band is fall of troy.

it could be fall out boy as well, i think he has mentioned that. the names are really similiar! we may never get to know...

enough about david byrne! it's to-to-to-to-to-topic takeover. i'm the boss of this topic.

Quote from: eatmygore on December 06, 2009, 10:42:37 pm

I'm not being too serious and sometimes I forget it sounds confrontational. also I see what you mean I just thought it sounded a little too similar to what people were saying about that new Them Crooked Vultures action movie garbage

also i didn't want to necropost in there but ahhaha that topic. TCV's album is really boring, elephants blow.

Last Edit: December 06, 2009, 10:48:45 pm by bonzi_buddy

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bort

#16 December 07, 2009, 12:57:54 am

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dietcoke showed me this 'the fall' video a long time ago

i haven't listened to anything else by them since but this song is really awesome

Last Edit: December 07, 2009, 01:00:22 am by bort

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#17 December 07, 2009, 01:10:32 am

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Quote from: bonzi_buddy on December 06, 2009, 10:44:42 pm

it could be fall out boy as well, i think he has mentioned that. the names are really similiar! we may never get to know...

enough about david byrne! it's to-to-to-to-to-topic takeover. i'm the boss of this topic.
also i didn't want to necropost in there but ahhaha that topic. TCV's album is really boring, elephants blow.

all i have to do is point out that you like to play the harp and i can prove anything that you say is dumb

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#18 December 07, 2009, 01:13:16 am

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"My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" was really awesome when I listened to it, and I knew a guy named Byrne was involved, but I had no idea he was in the Talking Heads!

keep posting...

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#19 December 07, 2009, 01:14:19 am

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its funy cause your'e all like im ramci look at me go at the harp

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#20 December 07, 2009, 02:27:51 am

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every song off of more songs about buildings and food rules

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