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SUPPORT ME ON PATREON\n\nWATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE\n\nI never really knew much about Talking Heads. They were one of those peripheral bands for me \u2013 floating in and out of my field of vision depending on my mood & taste timing out right with what they were releasing. Lately I\u2019ve been discovering more about them because I\u2019ll be heading out to see David Byrne\u2019s show in NYC soon, and saw an awesome new tune of his on Colbert. It piqued my interest.\n\nByrne & Talking Heads have always been their own thing. Not quite post punk or New Wave or world music or experimental or pop. Pretty much all of those things at once, and more. Not everything they\u2019ve done is my deal, but when a song of theirs hits me it hits hard. (\u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d from this album is a perfect example.) Anyone who\u2019s been following along knows I have a soft spot for music that was produced roughly around 1977/8-1982/4. Tighter than what came before, yet still had crisp open-air ambience, and not as bombastic as what came after. This album is no exception. It\u2019s got a hell of a range, but the tight production values really keep it together, and allow the ambient funky world weirdness to really shine.\n\nFunny thing about Talking Heads. They were always respected. Every album they released is considered good/great. Yet their first FIVE albums really only had ONE successful song each. Their commercial breakthrough didn\u2019t happen until 1983, and their best-selling album was in 1985 \u2013 TEN YEARS after they formed. They were ahead of the curve, or totally off the curve \u2013 probably didn\u2019t give a damn about the curve \u2013 so it makes sense it would take a while for public tastes to catch up. Yet unlike other bands with a similar trajectory, when Talking Heads hit they stuck, and never really went away. Sometimes weird becomes its own hook, and when David Byrne does weird, he makes it sticky.\n\nI don\u2019t do a ton of out-and-out weird \u2013 I like to sprinkle it in everywhere to keep things interesting no matter how many times you listen. TH\u2019s kind of eclecticism is off my center, but it still had its influence, especially in the ability to write about existential shit, produce in quirky ways, and wrap it all up in a yummy hooky beaty burrito. This song has all that:\n\nREC - "Make Me Mic My Mouth\u201d (from the album Syzygy for the Weird)\n\nFavorites are: Side one Track 2, and Side two Tracks 1 & 2.\n\nWhat\u2019s your take on all this? Or what band do you love that had a slow burn kind of career. Discuss dammit!\n\n\n--- \n\nThis episode is sponsored by \n\xb7 Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app\n\nSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/musicisnotagenre/support\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices