Talking Heads - Remain In Light ALBUM REVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 3 янв 2017
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With Remain In Light, the Talking Heads released one of the funkiest and most essential albums of the 80s.
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TALKING HEADS - REMAIN IN LIGHT / WARNER BROS. / 1980 / NEW WAVE, POST-PUNK, FUNK
Y'all know this is just my opinion, right? 
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TAKE A LOOK AT THESE HANDS
imma chang ur opinin The hands of a government man!
Well I'm a tumbler Born under punches
They're passing in between us
Ok guys that's enough thanks
I'M SO THIN
Review remain in light by talking heads
Same as it ever was
Do i hate mars bars
What’s in a head?
It's been 2 years and he still hasn't done it
he won't, get over it.
The Great Curve is one of the best grooves of all time.
Agreed. It doesn't matter how many times I listen to it, I still get goosebumps throughout the whole thing. Same for Crosseyed and Painless.
Just wish he had talked a little more about Listening Wind, it's my personal favorite along with the two I just mentioned.
World moves on a woman's hips! world moves and it swivels and bops!
I always imagine the males in the group jumping and singing like Maasai.
It is very good, however if you love The Great Curve, you will probably love Afrobeat (the main influence on this track). Fela Kuti's Colonial Mentality is a great start.
Isn't it based on an African tribal myth about how the world rests on a woman's back? The mountains and valleys are the "swivels and bumps" on her hips.
An interesting thing to note is that "The Overload" was meant to be Talking Heads' attempt at making a Joy Division-esque track. The thing is, nobody in the band had heard a JD song before; they went by what they read in magazines. I think they did a bang-up job of it, actually.
Redwire Sound
That is impressive!
That track has always reminded me of Joy Division - in a good way. Maybe Eno was familiar with them
This is such a funny story tbh
Reminds me of the Pablo collective having made life of Pablo without having heard it.
Im a massive JD fan and was waiting for Anthony to bring up the Ian Curtis like vocals and haunting melody.
THIS IS NOT MY BEAUTIFUL MELON
LETTING THE DAYS GO BY,
LET THE MELON HOLD ME DOWN.
LETTING THE DAYS GO BY,
MELONS GROWING UNDERGROUND.
I AM A TUMBLER
I AM A GOVERNMENT MELON
Wicked profile pic. Love that album
@William Magee even though i dont agree that Surf's Up is better than Pet Sounds, it is most certainly a very underrated and overlooked album
@@morrits3969 Sunflower > Surfs up
AND THE HEAT GOES ON, AND THE HEAT GOES ON.
Just like my love ever lasting
WHERE THE HANDS HAS BEEN.
I wish classics week was more often lol
Cory Goodman if I'm not wrong, I'm pretty sure a while back he said there would be two classics weeks a year now. One at the beginning of the year and one halfway through the year.
Idiots I'm not sure which video he said it in, but there's proof since there was two classic weeks in 2016. The one during the summer had like in utero and ziggy stardust among others remember?
I love that they wrote "The Overload" after reading a description of Joy Division's music, without having heard the band.
Eno must have instructed a scenery based on his hearings about JD, but the Heads hadn't know their music.
That’s actually not true.
David Byrne and Brian Eno were reported to have listened to Closer during recording, and made The Overload as an intentional pastiche to I Remember Nothing and Heart and Soul.
But, it’s a damn incredible one at that!
@@curly_wyn That makes more sense. It's too close to those songs to be a coincidence. Thanks for setting the record straight.
Argh, I have had this album stolen at parties three times. THREE TIMES
Prana Khan Probably a testament to how great the album is as a whole. At least that would be my theory.
Tbh, the last kickass party I went to was 15+ years ago. We had a retro-industrial DJ. Good times. In the last great "daze" of the house party, where there was no incentive to appeal to mass music consensus.
Prana Khan issagudalbum.
When you have records missing from parties in 2017 you're way too hipster. Dial it down bro
Michael Wells throw your own parties lol
LETTING THE DAYS GO BY
Let the water mOOOVES ON A WOMAN'S HIPS.
LET THE WATER HOLD ME DOWN
SAME AS IT EVER WAS
And you may find yourself...
JUST BARELY ENOUGH TO BE LIVING
"There is water at the bottom of the ocean"
You don't say David
Hes such a weird lyricist
Actually sand is supposed to be at the bottom of the ocean wh
But, where IS the bottom of the ocean?
Theres actually running rivers underwater so he's not wrong
taking it a bit too literally, i see
Talking Heads are the funkiest white band ever
The Luchador vulfpeck is an act which is pretty funky that's new school as well
solomon k it's a shame more people don't know about them.Joe Dart is god
one of the best funk bassists ive listened to
flea is my favourite
im not even a fan of em but i would say funkiest popular white band goes to Jamiroquai. Canned Heat is one of the Danciest songs i know.
David Byrne says in his book “How Music Works” He was inspired for the lyrics on Once in a Lifetime by a preacher on the radio that he was listening to when writing them. the “YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF” is directly quoted from the preacher
you made my day!
You forgot to mention Adrian Belew... he's the one responsible for all the crazy guitar magic on this record
Everything he touches turns to gold
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Adrian Belew has to be on of the most underrated guitarist of all time. Sometimes it feel like it's a conspiracy how little recognition he gets. Played with Zappa, Bowie, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, King Crimson, NIN, and that's before getting into his stellar solo discography.
Big Electric Cat, Big Electric Cat, Big Electric Cat
Having just listened to this album it does remind me a lot of '80s King Crimson. Or I guess chronologically it's the other way around. So yeah, Belew being involved makes a lot of sense
This album is just 8 bangers in a row
Definitely, every song is equally amazing. Every. Single. One of them.
can't get over how influencial this album is. Trent Reznor and the guys in Radiohead have both referred to it's aggressive use of loops and samples. The worldbeat influences would predate a lot of what came later including David Byrne's solo work. And the album captured the sound a New Wave that we would see again later in the 80s; you hear it in Devo, the Police, the Eurythmics, just so forward thinking. Best album of the 80s for me.
Talking about Talking Head's influence over Radiohead, besides the fact that their name comes from Radio Head by TH, I've always thought that Go To Sleep's solo is heavily based on Born Under Punches's solo.
Too bad NIN and Radiohead suck balls...also by 79 The Police already had two albums out,so I doubt this album had that much influence over them,if any
@@bernardocarneiro1982 well I know the Police's third album actually incorporate world music and Stewart Copeland is a huge Talking Heads fan so...
@@bernardocarneiro1982 Sure grandpa, let's get you to bed.
fuck these filthy frank memers during classic week, fucking love this album
+Caspian Timothy
oh my fucking god shut the fuck up remain in light is a masterpiece get outta here with your meme shit
billied_2003 I'm not saying it isn't.
Caspian Timothy get outta here with your meme shit
GATSU
Meat fr
Just to clarify, CBGB was not literally a petri-dish.
JakleIsMe yes it was
The toilets were
though the bands that came out of there weren't all big so much for the reason that there was all this talent in one place - so much as the fact that it was easy pickin's for lazy record labels ...
You never went to the bathroom there.
Did you know there is this cool new thing called hyperbole?
Big Suit/10
I maintain Remain In Light is a masterpiece, its easily one of my favorite albums ever. The first time I heard The Great Curve I was like "Holy shit this is incredible! So many layers!"
Nice profile picture my man
This album specifically has been displayed on his shelf countless times. Coincidence? I think not.
:thinking:
hes a music reviewer he into every genre
***** Well no shit
billied_2003 no
In his What is a 10 video, he said that this is one of his favourite album of all time
Damn, Anthony. Those arms were built for huggin'.
Dis vegan got more gains than the guy who actually calls himself Vegan Gains!
I love how Brian Eno is in the background.
This album was musical-life changing for me. I still remember the first time I heard it at a friend of mine's apartment. I just sat there amazed at where this was taking me. And Adrian Belew's work on The Great Curve is some of his best and pretty much my favorite. This was a powerhouse of creativity...from both Eno and Talking Heads. And you can't really appreciate this album without also listening to it's parent "My Life In The Bush of Ghosts" which Eno and Byrne recorded prior to Remain In Light. You can see where the lyric ideas came from as well as how deep they got into African rhythms and world music in general.
Amen!!! Can’t begin to talk about Remain In Light without talking about My Life In The Bush of Ghosts... huge King Crimson and PFunk fan which are also major influences
Review Since I left you Antwon Fantani!
Oh hello there
I just realized your pfp is Neutral Milk Hotel album cover of ITAOTS mixed with Death Grips' Bottomless Pit.
Thanx!
@@zackzallie8735 that blew my mind
brian eno's inspiration for the complex rhythms and layered riffs come from the masterful fela kuti, you should review some of his works
fela kuti's background was insane! there should be a movie about him!
The Great Curve is in my top 5 favorite songs of all time
Gummy baseline! I like that use of adjective! English isn't my first language and I felt like I learned something new today.
'Seen And Not Seen' isn't often mentioned among the Talking Heads's best songs. Absolutely brilliant spoken-word lyrics behind the haunting and beautiful melody tempts me to put it in personal top 5 of TH songs. Heretic thinking, maybe, but I'll burn on a pyre for this.
completely agree, the song only grows on you
I think the lyrics are so incredibly self reflective and relatable
is nobody gonna point out that he called the guitarist terry harrison
and mispronounced tina weymouths' last name
How can he not even mention Adrian Belew...
Good ol' Terry
@@jonasmaxwell2540 Especially after mentioning how much he liked the guitar solo, which I wouldn't be surprised if Belew played it after the track was finished exactly as we hear it. I mean, Eno probably messed with it, but I'm not positive. Belew is a wizard.
Pink Album just dropped. I better hear a review about that soon.
I love your videos man. Great job on that PARTYNEXTDOOR PARODY VIDEO
Marcos Amparo im hear for the same reason
i was about to comment that homie lol
Marcos Amparo MARCOS i fucking love you!!! im @SushiAss on twitter im a big fan for a while
fishi Of course I know who you are man. I also follow you man. Thanks for supporting
I cannot thank my Dad enough for introducing me to Talking Heads. Listening Wind and Once in a Lifetime are and will continue to be some of my favourite songs ever. Thank you Dad.
Rip dad
Parenting done right
On the right, a Brian Eno album. He's the producer of remain in light
Tomy aren't there two brian eno albums?
there is indeed !
yeah, we noticed when he pointed over his shoulder at them.
That album is too brilliant
Taking tiger mountain (by strategy)
This album is so good, even the artwork is ahead of its time.
It fits with the lyrics on Seen and Not Seen, being about transforming your face over time, and the concept of the masks we wear as humans. Brilliant.
You called Jerry "Terry"? ;
PJ I love how he pronounced Tina Weymouth
Whey mouth.
ah yes david byrne terry harrison chris frantz and tina way-mouth
Adrian Belew is the cause of all the guitar freakouts. Not studio stickery, not a crushed tape. That's Belew crushing his guitar. I find it wild that over that incredible groove is a beatless guitar noisescape. Transcendent!!
HANDS OF A GOVERNMENT MAN
legit was listening to this yesterday hoping it would show up in classics week. chance is a funny thing
me too, what the fuck
Are you my clone?
Zemeckis Lebowski I first listened to this yesterday, only hearing a few of their hits.
Zemeckis Lebowski I was listening to it this morning for the first time in a while, and when it showed up on RUclips recommendations, I was so freaked out
I would love to see you make a classic review to any of Bjork's albums
yotr51 vespertine
yotr51 vespertine
Debut
any of them but especially post
I would like to see Homogenic or Vespertine, my personal favorite of her is Vespertine, but I think Homogenic was such a huge milestone for electronic music that it deserves more attention
the flow of the album is progressively slower and darker, the overload fits right in.
can you please review one of pink floyd's old 60s albums because i dont see much said about them and they're all really interesting works?
Will Hissett Music Yeah please do !
Will Hissett Music *pink season
fuck pink season
Will Hissett Music fuck pink floyd
true
I love LCD Soundsystem so fucking much
Ikr, they're dope!
Awesome! Thanks for reviewing this! Even though I wasn't alive at that time it was released, it's one of my dad's favorite records so I kind of grew up with this!
wish i could erase my memory and re-listen to it, such a masterpiece
This is quite possibly my all-time favorite record. I really try not to pick favorites, but like... that's like how I feel without even trying to feel it. I love music, but this album is the only one that takes it to such a level that it's like I am the music. Like this record is me. Not just emotionally, but mentally I feel like the mathematics of my brain's operation are the same as the music on this album. Ive listened to the whole album at least a couple hundred times in the 7 years since I first heard it, and it has always, since day one, felt like it was made for me. It gets better every time. I dont think I could ever get tired of listening to it.
Pet Sounds classic review!
has Melon Head ever spoken on The Smiths? seems he doesnt hold either them or the Cure in the same esteem as Talking Heads or New Order.
He owns a handful of Cure albums and has praised them many times. But you're 100% right about The Smiths, he hasn't said a peep about them.
Chad Quallo
He's given nods to The Smiths in his review for Morrissey's 'World Peace…' album. He says they're great and that 'Meat is Murder', 'The Queen is Dead', and 'Strangeways Here We Come' are great records
Because The Smiths aren't on the same level as Talking Heads or New Order or any other band in their category.
AlexMacIsKING pretty sure Smiths had a bigger fanbase than talking heads. Since th are more experimental
Mikkel Nørlund Ulvsgaard Pretty sure you've never listened to the Talking Heads if you think The Smiths are more experimental. The Smiths are basically Joy Division with worse lyrics.
Jerry Harrison, not Terry Harrison
As much as I'm love with the wonderful groove carrying on from _Fear of Music,_ my favourite is "Listening Wind", an outlier on this album which always makes me really melancholic.
I used to start my radio show out with "Born Under Punches". Remain In Light is a phenomenal album from one of the best bands of all time. Thanks for the review!
iv been waiting forever for this review! Talking Heads is my favorite and the way you tend to bring this album up when talking about albums you love i knew you would review it someday!
One of my all time favorite albums. Great detailed and insightful review.
Its funny because i discovered david byrne and taking heads through a G-Man shitpost
Listening Wind is probably my favorite TH song ever. Although my fav album is More Songs About Buildings and Food, the instrumental beat, the story telling & the relaxation of Listening Wind will take me EVERY time!
I got this album from a used CD shop when I was around 19. All I can remember was that I had heard Once in a Lifetime on some music channel and dug it enough to give the album a go. It had my attention from the first track, all the way to the brilliantly haunting The Overload. I really was blown away by the record, and I've come to admire it so much more as time has gone on. This is one of those seminal, essential albums that truly belongs in every collection.
One of my all time favorites. I have great memories playing this at college parties and having borderline out of body experiences with it, and now as I'm closer to 30 now my favorite time to listen is on road trips. No better way to boost the energy on a long car trip than to jam out to these tracks.
Houses in Motion, The Overload and Once in a Lifetime are my faves on this album. This band was so different from everyone else. One of the standout bands of that time.
of any time, i'd say
Adrien Belew (of King Crimson) was featured on this record as well, he is responsible for the glitchy guitar synth solo on Born Under Punches!
Amazing guitar solo..one of the best ever....
Without a doubt this album is in my top ten of all time. I've listened to this album dozens of times and I still don't get tired of it. Glad to see you're giving it some press, and helping people discover these great tracks!
Low key hoped you were reviewing this for classics week, yessss
Pink Floyd, Talk Talk and/or Tears for Fears PLEASE
talking heads is my favorite band, very happy to see a review of their album :D thank you!
Really love hearing you talking about albums you love :D
thank you for this video! ive been slowly looking into Talking Heads and this gave me an insight of what im getting into and what kind of music i can expect from this album and band
I was just listening to this album on the bus today.
The great curve is an epic song.
This whole album is just massively amazing. The Overload is my favorite song on it.
This review inspired me to listen to the album and now it's one of my favorites. Thanks Fantano.
I grew up with this album and absolutely loved it. So pleased you did too, was so excited to see you'd review it :)
"Terry Herrison"
Bruh.
Review The College Dropout this Classics Week please
No mention of Adrian Belew on guitars for this album. I love how you can tell it's Adrian as well because the guitars on this album sound so similar to his guitar work on King Crimsons Discipline. Absolutely amazing.
I enjoyed some of your descriptions. Well done.
This album is one of my top ten.
Thank you for reviewing this classic gem
REVIEW DISCOVERY BY DAFT PUNK
I bought this album on vinyl this afternoon haha good to see me and Anthony good taste in music
I can still remember the first time I heard 'Once in a Lifetime' really happy with your classics week so far.
A classic indeed. My favorite album by them. Love Born Under Punches. It seems to me though, that I Zimbra would fit nicely on this album.
this is the band's peak, but I find "Fear of Music" just as good. Actually many of the ideas that are fleshed out on this one are also found on the previous album, which I think shamefully doesn't get enough attention.
As long as you're talking under-appreciated Heads music, I think Naked should get some more love.
But I agree, FoM is an awesome Heads LP!
@@cwall9962 i agree - naked was far more flawed than their earlier works but had some great tracks
Speaking in tongues was pretty great too
_Fear of Music_ is staggeringly good; I make it one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
The Talking Heads 1980 Rome concert (featuring Adrian Belew playing the Strat that according to legend was once set on fire by Jimi Hendrix then restored by Frank Zappa) is all available on RUclips. I highly recommend watching. I think that even though it's not as theatric, musically it's even better than Stop Making Sense, as is the album that the material is drawn from.
Thank you Fantano!!! Im glad that somebody discussed Seen And Not Seen (one of my all time tracks of ANY band).
Cool review. But what about Gang of Four - Entertainment? I think it deserves some love.
ooo I see that Brian eno back there hope too see him on a classic soon
weird this that I have only just bought on vinyl and started listening to talking heads remain in light a couple of days ago and then I come to you to look for your review and here it is! I must say I absolutely adore this album and it has come at a time when I desperately needed something new! strange considering I remember watching the vid of once in a lifetime on top of the pops when I was 5 and it s one of my fave tunes of all time! I will now start working my way thru the other stuff! David Byrne seems like a lovely fella as well as a major talent! honest man I love this album to bits
love ur reviews man!
It's on my top 10 all time list. I never get tired of it.
My second favorite album by them. Speaking in Tongues still wins the award for me.
tarquinnff3 same mane
tarquinnff3 same, although mine would be Fear of Music
tarquinnff3 Remain in Light, then Fear of Music for me are two of my favorite 25 albums. Speaking in Tongues is actually my second least favorite Heads album (True Stories being the least if that even counts) but I still like that one as well. Hope to own all the Talking heads albums, got two already
MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD OR GTFO
What is #1?
It took me years to like this but once it got under my skin, I loved it! I'm surprised you never mentioned Byrne and Eno's My Life In a Bush of Ghosts. Which is a precursor to this album.
I just heard the whole album beginning to and I have to say it is definitely a classic thank you so much , the pacing eerie vibes , dark tones and lovely melodies too damn good
Fingers crossed for a classic review of My War
Pure 10 ...hits on B side , and three afro- funk -world - hot -rock crossovers on a side A .
Brian Eno production . Masterpiece - 4 place for best album of 80' by Rolling Stone magazine .
I adore Seen and Not Seen. I love the way it ends. So open ended and it leaves you with a sense of dread almost, for this character Byrne is speaking about
Great review. BTW, the solo you referred to is, I think, Brian Eno playing synthesizer.
The Great Curve is one of the best songs ever made
Massive agree.
Adrian Belew made this album a classic
David Byrne said the "and the heat goes on" lyric is from a newspaper headline about a heatwave in NYC
Was he even born when this came out? Love this album, it's one of my favorite albums of all time. I remember going up I-5 on my '73 BMW R75/5 with a cassette walkman, and "Born Under Punches" playing. Would have been around 1985, and I'd already worn out earlier copies of this album. Great road music.
Please do a Frank Zappa review!
He already did
I actually bought this CD the other day, what a coincidence.
This record seems to follow under the early schools of 20th century classical composition using many small ideas and twisted themes to compose its mass. There is something very interesting about how they worked these elements so seemingly into the music with a powerful affect. Strange that my dad would get me into this band awhile ago. I use to just think they were kind of goofy at first listen but now I've come to appreciate the compositions and their structure. Great record indeed!
You definitely got to review In Rainbows! Your Radiohead reviews are great