Music Friday: "Burning Down the House"

This semester has provided a decidedly negative point of view about people doing what they're supposed to be doing and people's willingness to follow pretty simple directions. 

The stuff I'm asking people to do shouldn't be that difficult. 

They need to get their shit together. 

In light of that mood, I've providing this video mainly because I watched four members of the band talk about the rerelease of Stop Making Sense on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. 

Music Friday: "Burning Down the House"

 Talking Heads is a band that I always enjoyed, but I never bought any of their albums (CDs) when they were together as a band. They had this quirky nature that was inspiring. 

I bought their greatest hits album maybe a year ago, but now I'm contemplating how much I had missed by not going full album on them. If I remember right, over the space of 11 years they produced 8 albums. That's some mighty productivity. 

Last night instead of watching the final presidential debate, I watched David Byrne's American Utopia, which is a quite stunning film produced by Spike Lee. The film and performance is quite stunning. There are parts of it that are downright inspiring. 

Here's a live performance of the show doing this famous song. 

Music Friday: "Once in a Lifetime"

The Talking Heads have always been a band I liked, but I never bought any of their albums ~ even back in my cassette-buying days. 

When I'm driving our Rogue around, songs from the Talking Heads often come on the SiriusXM channels I frequent. 

So this week I finally got one of their albums, a greatest hits album. I know, I'm really going out on a limb, aren't I? 

Here's one of my favorites.