Talking Heads - (Nothing But) Flowers

[petr0id]

Did You paid them to post this? Fcuk tah yobootie

[golfthewlis]

While I like this song very much, this is one of their weakest videos, Granted the lyrics dancing around and being projected is a nice idea, but that stuff had little to do with the song except for the eco-facts. With a bit of budget they could have portrayed the sort of life in a post-apocalyptic/nature reclaiming the earth kind of scenario described so brilliantly in the lyrics. Think David Byrne et al in a 'walking dead' scenario, only without the zombies. OK, maybe a couple of zombies.

[elytangerine80S]

80ssss♥

[RYISCO]

"And as things fell apart / Nobody paid much attention" - Bret Easton Ellis used that as the epigraph at the beginning of 'American Psycho' Genius collides with genius.

[lacejorgedallmaso]

This is the song! Believe.

[jazzzzdude]

Wow, just look at the lineup on this song.

[jazzzzdude]

what a songwriter. awesome!

[deltaframes]

top band

[Lylodile]

Johnny Marr from the smiths on guitar =D

[squarepusher645]

grand times i recall as a youngan with my ol lady.....wish i had a *Lawnmower...

[ronyorellana226]

I think this is a post-apocallyptical song.

[ACPS220364]

Amo essa música!

[abudeable]

Thumbs up if Clerks 2 brought u here...~

[veroniquitatrujillo]

♥♥♥♥ so true! nice memories...

[UnderTheAffluence]

What is the outro music? Is it the same track reversed?

[austinjames666]

Clerks 2 anyone?

[Vlodrak]

I need to return some videotapes

[altv1969]

my favourite Talking Heads track by a country mile love it !! lots of talented guests on there too including the late great Kirsty McColl god bless Kirsty a great talent lost xx

[kansasinnovember]

go out and buy your kids a copy of "REMAIN IN LIGHT" for christmas,they'll thank you when they're older & wiser

[MrOdelay72]

1:53 HEY I have seen this in a radiohead video... but backward.

[NeverAgain1985]

This song has really made my Day :-D

[ronyorellana226]

I wonder why a beautiful and post-apocaliptical song has only 82092 views...

[PermanentLuck]

Clerks 2!

[fattm1989]

It's all about Johnny Marr on this.

[BigKahunaShake]

I'm glad they went back to their jams and free-play of their earlier work for their final album. It's like they came full circle before they finished.

[irishmanufan]

bloody hell i never knew the late great kirsty mc coll sang backing vocals on this song . this has made an already brilliant song so much cooler .

[Danflanw]

@irishmanufan You should check out David Byrne's solo album Rei Momo Kirsty sings backing on that album too, she would have made a great Talking Head, love her attitude in this vid.

[transonicbuoy1]

I had the ten inch of this. Green and lovely.

[Ming64]

There should be more songs about the growing threat of environmentalism and the ceaseless creep of the wilderness encroaching upon our beautiful, fragile urban environments.

[nonsentirti]

pure genius. pure genius. enough said.

[Waluigiman]

So much happened in this music video but so little at the same time.

[PSBelectronica]

Johnny Marr, I love you more and more!

[hocuspocus141]

Talking Heads-brilliant memories!!

[Invisibrah]

I swear, he's the 1984 guy.

[mikeszkoo]

Reminds unforgetable things.

[deltaframes]

Nice collective with Johnny Marr and Kirsty MaColl.

[andrielep]

i think its more like a new age answer to all the hippie bull

[andresanderson306]

it's Johnny Marr on the guitar!

[sarahaslani]

just love this soooong stuck in my head!!! making me go insane i luv it!!

[nade486]

Anyone else got here through Clerks 2?

[Guugleable]

so its like sarcastic right - they like flowers and dont like commercial shit or its judt rteally off the wall and means nothing - just funny

[angali21]

Johnny Marr wows in this videoo!!

[mgragor]

I love this song and would one day like to visit David Byrne's planet.

[maxcrc]

@mgragor It looks like so. One might like them or not, but the Talking Heads are unique. Their music is different from anybody's else. Byrne really seems to have taken inspiration from another world: maybe he has ;-)

[roversfan1991]

very clever song

geniuses

[87akiko]

TALKING HEADS=GODS

DAVID BYRNE=ZEUS

[insignificus]

Great tune great lyrics. Heads forever :-)

[andresanderson306]

it's Johnny Marr on the guitar!

[kuroshashu]

I was the angry young men in my town vented themselves like David Byrne.

[steviesuperstar]

great tune this band greatest ever



[piccolafede]

clerks 2

[djch123]

Only just noticed Johnny Marr on guitar! Like an impossible dream to me in the 80's- Talking Head and Smiths guitar!

Do you know an indie guitarist that sounds like a yeast based spread? No but Johnny Marr might.

My fav joke from Adam and Joe's 6 music show.

[belisariusorb]

@djch123 Yeah, it's very different from the style he normally played. Crap joke by the way

[zeptimius]

@djch123 And the female singer is the late Kirsty MacColl.

[vampirawithin]

where was a shopping mall now its covered by flowers...very funny !!!

[Traveller3000]

You got it, you got it... Directed by Tibor Kalman... Amazing !!

[Traveller3000]

You got it, you got it...

[arosegrowingold]

0:21

Bloody hell- that's Kirsty!

[samadriel]

Kevin Smith should be beheaded.

[wweadx2]

Clerks 2 FTW

[gamer2468]

jay and silent bob ftw

[Tarrant1976]

They've done something to this VideoClip. I'm sure in the original clip when they showed half the singers' faces during the "You got it" line there was text on the opposite vacant part of the screen. Advertising current social issues and things like "20,000 acres of Amazon forest are torn down each day" etc.

[jlpbringzen]

Yeah you're fight. I watched it here about a year ago and it definitely had random facts

[shesacolourscientist]

if you go on myspace and choose to search 'videos' and type 'nothing but flowers' then you should find the first two results are of the music video. if you go on the first one, it includes all of the facts about social issues.

[samadriel]

Yeah, I can't believe they've chopped those out, that's absolutely fucking crooked.

[maryantor]

i <3 this songggggg

[gilbertoaz09]

yves ndjock from the specials??

johnny mar is my master!!

good video!!

thanks

from brazil

[Genericwelshman]

the heads were geniuses. i really miss them

[seamasmanly]

the Talking Heads were, by and large, David Byrne. have you checked out his solo career? he is as brilliant as ever. please do yourself a big favor, and have a listen!

[Danflanw]

@seamasmanly Amen. Rei Momo straight after Naked is a perfect combo.

[MrSkaterich]

if only this actually happened, rather than the complete opposite...

[SuperRod88]

Awesome music. Johnny Marr (The Smiths) plays guitar on this one.

[JulioFontanJr]

Yep! I didn't noticed that before, but I just saw it.

[liquidcool6]

such a great, great song!

[Twatkilled]

classic!

[Ab0nis]

great song.. perfect intro to Clerks II

[bohemian500]

why did they get rid of the facts and figures? Maybe EMI doesn't want to get sued

[trifonivanov]

That's true, at first I didn't noticed. Pretty lame...