Talking Heads Life During Wartime (HQ)

[kixr4kids1981]

anyone els think this sounds like the doors?

[BellaPhoenyxFyre]

I have read somewhere that Gene Wilder played percussion and conga on this song. Weird but kinda believable. Anyone know how to verify this?

[watsoonial]

@BellaPhoenyxFyre No way to truly confirm this but apparently it is true...he also played the congas in I Zimbra...he was friends with David Byrne

[5drumb]

Fortunately, things are much better today, we have Life During Homelandsecuritytime

[UngratefulLiving420]

@5drumb When I hear this song, I imagine a modern-day Civil War in America. If there was a rebellion, it would probably go down something like this. Sadly alot of the things mentioned in here are being done by the gov't nowadays... "We got computers, we're tappin phone lines.. I know that aint allowed" Sort of like a 1984-style civil war, where the government is keeping tabs on everyone and no one can be trusted

[FlyingDoctor1988]

@UngratefulLiving420 In UK we've got a practical police state, a complete joke of a country now, we've got the most cameras in the world I think, it doesn prevent crime. I just realised now this song isn't just some great musical innovation, it has an apt messege into it.

[UngratefulLiving420]

@FlyingDoctor1988 It's crazy man. And they convince us its for our own safety. Take gun control laws for example. They dont reduce crime, they promote it... criminals can still get guns illegally, so all gun control laws do is put everyone else at a disadvantage. If a criminal knows the person he is about to rob doesnt have a gun, he will be much more likely to rob them. However if everyone was not only allowed but encouraged to carry a firearm, criminals might think twice before robbing someone

[Piriathy]

Is this like a shortened version of the song??? Why are some lines cut out, after the postcard bit and after "get you some sleep" ???

[MrTrty5]

@Piriathy Nope, this is the original.

[10classictv]

this song is part of the movie soundtrack from 'Times Square' with tim curry

[magna4100]

"Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock. We blended in with the crowd." A taste of tomorrow? Great song, great beat, in the meantime.

[Screamingdk]

THIS SONG IS ABOUT SERIOUS REVOLUTIONARIES NOT JUST SOME MINDLESS DANCE SHIT.

[carolbonnet90]

@Screamingdk Take it down a notch, it's really not that serious.

[uncleRory]

@Screamingdk dork

[toobularbells]

@Screamingdk You favorited 'raspberry beret' u fkn clown.Do you think anything you say is ever gonna be taken serious?

Oh,& the ALL CAPS simply proves yer a fkn retard.

shut the fuck up

[MyReflection77]

Man who rocked the world!

[jambogo]

this song is about down on crystal meth

[monk22yrs]

me living around barlfly neighbors in rural slum akin to life durign wartime.

stop fighting an join them....?

me a little wasted on 11 dollar bottle of wine while surfing youtube....

[OccupyBendOregon]

@monk22yrs YES i hear you, come to Bend some day you sound like you would love it

[frrrrrunkis]

What about Houston?  What about Detroit? What about Pittsburgh, PA?

[QuasiTraction]

@frrrrrunkis you ought to know not stand by the window, somebody's seen you up there.

[SuperDgerm]

These days, I think Dave's givin' some good advice, one of my TH favs!!!

[larrydh57]

Great. Period.

[Kimmypage44]

... wonders if my neighbors are tired of hearing his song over/over yet..??? Nah, another two times would be good.... ;p

[bcguy100]

Great song great band :D

[tricksterson]

If I was going into a fight I'd want this playing in the background.

[neageblues31]

This is where it's at.

[silvernail6]

It's being played in London, Libya, Syria and soon coming to a Walmart near YOU

[801liveable]

i wonder if this guy has ever heard of BRYAN FERRY?

[CYRAPHYM]

@801liveable - ya think the twang is the same eh lol...Brian Eno also worked with both, gotta love it!

[aeiownu95]

This song just makes you want to groove out.

[jwjwmarcum]

Talking heads are awesome! check out 1. burning down the house 2. Naive melody 3. Once in a lifetime 4. take me to the river (al green cover) and if you really want to learn more about the t. heads, check out the original song "genius of love"

[MorbidBliss22]

This is my dad's workout anthem.

He's a pretty straight-laced guy (doesn't even own a pair of jeans), but once I walked down to the basement and he was totally rocking it out with a sweatband and everything!

That was the first time I thought my dad was truly badass.

[stratcat3142]

@MorbidBliss22  Double thumbs up !

[DeeDeeTV]

@MorbidBliss22 Love that story! I'm lucky enough to 'talk' with Chris Frantz on Facebook he's a great guy and Jerry Harrison and wife visited my art studio...all nice people! More importantly their music is the blueprint of my girlhood. You can't be considered New Wave or Indy if you don't know about The Talking Heads. Classic artists.

[larrydh57]

@MorbidBliss22 GREAT SONG!



[vnessie1]

Classic!!!!!

[TheTelepathetics]

hahaha i love the fade out its so funny. it makes the song even more hyper because it never really ends

[pumpybeanis]

Probably the funkiest portrayal of the bleak day-to-day realities of living in a warzone.

[stymie86]

All I need is some peanut butter to last a couple of days!!! Then I can dress like a housewife!

[DRpretorius39]

hell to the f`n yes!

[ThePaulaMusic]

Talking heads is officially my new fav. band :D

[LouDobbs250]

this is some spine-bending funkadelic madness!!

[rattattat100]

Funk +Rock=Epic

[natebigshow]

You know music has a good beat, vibe when a 3 1/2 year old dances like a maniac to it like my nephew does whenever I play this song for him

[eichbienyermaw]

@natebigshow lol!!

my son's only 9 weeks and he loves this and psycho killer. he just lie's there smiling, kickin' his legs and shakin' his arms and then stops when its over, haha

[sjlbooks]

@natebigshow

I couldn't agree more....what a great song

[distesomagusta]

@natebigshow My brothers and I did that all the time when we were kids, except for us it was "Psycho Killer" and "Burning Down the House."

[NYChica23]

@natebigshow I agree with your nephew...this song does have a great beat to dance to ♥♥

[MagicCryo]

talking heads is the shit. brian eno is insannnnneeee

[FetaCheese222]

@MagicCryo I don't think Eno had anything to do with the heads pre-Remain In Light.

[wantsomecake328]

@FetaCheese222 No he started producing them on MSABAF.

[GuyWithNoName67]

@FetaCheese222 He'd been producing the group since "More Songs About Buildings and Food", the album that precedes this one, which precedes "Remain the Light"...

[norcalmikey99]

Superfunk!!!