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Talking Heads Was A New Wave Band Which Formed In 1975 In New York City New York United States. The Band Originally Consisted Of David Byrne Vocals Guitar Tina Weymouth Bass And Chris Frantz Drums Who Had Met While Attending The Rhode Island School Of Design. The Band Added Jerry Harrison Keyboards & Guitar In April 1977. The Band Released Eight Studio Albums Before Disbanding In 1991. Talking Heads Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2002. Talking Heads First Appeared On The New York Music Scene As A Trio In 1974. At The Time The Band Consisted Only Of Byrne And Frantz And Was Initially Called The Artistics. By 1975 The Band Had Recorded A Demo Album For CBS Records And Landed A Gig Opening For The Ramones At CBGB In June 1975 Which Was The First Time The Band Used The Name Talking Heads. The Band Was Signed To Sire Records In Late 1976 And The Group Released Their First Single "Love → Building On Fire" In February 1977. In March 1977 The Band Added Jerry Harrison Formerly Of Jonathan Richman's Band The Modern Lovers. Their First Album Talking Heads 77 Was Released Soon Afterward And Did Not Contain The Earlier Single Although It Did Include The Underground Singles Psycho Killer And Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town. Despite Being Regulars At New York's Legendary CBGB The Band Only Began To Break Through Further With The Landmark Brian Eno-Produced 1978 Album More Songs About Buildings And Food An Album Which Continued In The Same Vein But With A More Accessible Style Wittier Lyrics And Ultimately Better Songs. It Was A Great Critical Hit With Subject Matter Ranging From Home Movies To The Art World. It Also Included Their Cover Of Take Me To The River. On The Following Year's Fear Of Music The Band Started To Dabble In African Rhythms Notably On I Zimbra And More Straightforward Pop Styles On Life During Wartime And Cities. 1980 Brought The Band's Fourth And Most Innovative Effort Remain In Light. Notable For The Single Once In A Lifetime Which Became An Early MTV Staple Remain In Light Saw The Band Experiment With Ambient Sounds Fugal Structures Polyrhythms And About Everything Under The Sun To Make The Body Groove. Following This The Group Split With Brian Eno Enjoying Greater Commercial Success With 1983's Speaking In Tongues. It Took The Musical Innovations Of Its Predecessor And Refined Them Into Pop Songs Most Notably Burning Down The House Girlfriend Is Better And This Must Be The Place. This Period Was Topped Off With A Live Album From Jonathan Demme's Documentary Stop Making Sense. The Documentary With Its Name Taken From A Line In Girlfriend Is Better Was A Great Success And Took Their Inimitable Style To A Wider Audience. 1985's Little Creatures Was An Even Bigger Hit And Exhibited Another Stylistic Shift For The Band. It Saw The Punk Styles Of '77 Almost Completely Abandoned For Simple Three Or Four Chord Pop Songs. The Album Produced The Singles And She Was And Road To Nowhere. The Following Two Albums True Stories And Naked Were Both Moderate Successes The Former Producing Their Biggest Radio Hits Love For Sale And Wild Wild Life And The Latter Focusing More On Latin Influences With Hits Like Nothing But Flowers. After This A Long Quiet Period Followed With The Band Eventually Officially Announcing Their Break Up In 1991. Since The Split Byrne Continued His Solo Career And Weymoth And Frantz Continued To Record And Tour As Tom Tom Club. Weymouth Harrison And Frantz Reunited For An Album "No Talking Just Head" Recorded Under The Name The Heads In 1996. The Band Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2002. The Band Reunited For A Three Song Performance At The Ceremony. Due To Personality Conflicts Between Byrne And The Other Members Further Reunions Are Unlikely. Www.Talking-Heads.Net
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"Life During Wartime" Is A Song By The American New Wave Band Talking Heads Released As The First Single From Their 1979 Album Fear Of Music. It Peaked At #80 On The US Billboard Pop Singles Chart. The Song Is Also Performed In The 1984 Film Stop Making Sense Which Depicts A Talking Heads Concert. The Performance Featured In The Film Prominently Features Aerobic Exercising And Jogging By David Byrne And Background Singers. The Stop Making Sense Live Version Of The Track Is Featured In The Film's Accompanying Soundtrack Album. Its Official Title As A Single "Life During Wartime This Ain't No Party... This Ain't No Disco... This Ain't No Foolin' Around " Makes It One Of The Longest-Titled Singles. The Song Is Included In The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll. In David Bowman's Book This Must Be The Place The Adventures Of Talking Heads In The Twentieth Century Byrne Is Quoted As Describing The Genesis Of The Song David Wrote Nine Of The Album's Eleven Tracks. Two Numbers Came Out Of Jamming. The First Would Be Called "Life During Wartime." David's Lyrics Describe A Walker Percy-Ish Post-Apocalyptic Landscape Where A Revolutionary Hides Out In A Deserted Cemetery Surviving On Peanut Butter. "I Wrote This In My Loft On Seventh And Avenue A " David Later Said "I Was Thinking About Baader-Meinhof. Patty Hearst. Tompkins Square. This A Song About Living In Alphabet City." Record World Called It "a Brilliant Futuristic Treatise On Urban Guerilla Warfare." AllMusic's Bill Janowitz Reviewed The Song Calling Attention To Its Nearness To Funk Saying That It Is A "sort Of Apocalyptic Punk/funk Merge" Comparable To Prince's Later Hit Single "1999". In 2012 The New Yorker Described "Life During Wartime" As "an Apocalyptic Swamp-Funk Transmission In Four-Four Time " Adding "it Is The Band’s Pinnacle And The Song Is Still A Hell Of A Thing To Hear." The Lyrics Are Told From The Point Of View Of Someone Involved In Clandestine Activities In The U.S. The Cities Houston Detroit And Pittsburgh Are Mentioned During Some Sort Of Civil Unrest Or Dystopian Environment.
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Talking Heads Was A New Wave Band Which Formed In 1975 In New York City New York United States. The Band Originally Consisted Of David Byrne Vocals Guitar Tina Weymouth Bass And Chris Frantz Drums Who Had Met While Attending The Rhode Island School Of Design. The Band Added Jerry Harrison Keyboards & Guitar In April 1977. The Band Released Eight Studio Albums Before Disbanding In 1991. Talking Heads Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2002. Talking Heads First Appeared On The New York Music Scene As A Trio In 1974. At The Time The Band Consisted Only Of Byrne And Frantz And Was Initially Called The Artistics. By 1975 The Band Had Recorded A Demo Album For CBS Records And Landed A Gig Opening For The Ramones At CBGB In June 1975 Which Was The First Time The Band Used The Name Talking Heads. The Band Was Signed To Sire Records In Late 1976 And The Group Released Their First Single "Love → Building On Fire" In February 1977. In March 1977 The Band Added Jerry Harrison Formerly Of Jonathan Richman's Band The Modern Lovers. Their First Album Talking Heads 77 Was Released Soon Afterward And Did Not Contain The Earlier Single Although It Did Include The Underground Singles Psycho Killer And Uh-Oh Love Comes To Town. Despite Being Regulars At New York's Legendary CBGB The Band Only Began To Break Through Further With The Landmark Brian Eno-Produced 1978 Album More Songs About Buildings And Food An Album Which Continued In The Same Vein But With A More Accessible Style Wittier Lyrics And Ultimately Better Songs. It Was A Great Critical Hit With Subject Matter Ranging From Home Movies To The Art World. It Also Included Their Cover Of Take Me To The River. On The Following Year's Fear Of Music The Band Started To Dabble In African Rhythms Notably On I Zimbra And More Straightforward Pop Styles On Life During Wartime And Cities. 1980 Brought The Band's Fourth And Most Innovative Effort Remain In Light. Notable For The Single Once In A Lifetime Which Became An Early MTV Staple Remain In Light Saw The Band Experiment With Ambient Sounds Fugal Structures Polyrhythms And About Everything Under The Sun To Make The Body Groove. Following This The Group Split With Brian Eno Enjoying Greater Commercial Success With 1983's Speaking In Tongues. It Took The Musical Innovations Of Its Predecessor And Refined Them Into Pop Songs Most Notably Burning Down The House Girlfriend Is Better And This Must Be The Place. This Period Was Topped Off With A Live Album From Jonathan Demme's Documentary Stop Making Sense. The Documentary With Its Name Taken From A Line In Girlfriend Is Better Was A Great Success And Took Their Inimitable Style To A Wider Audience. 1985's Little Creatures Was An Even Bigger Hit And Exhibited Another Stylistic Shift For The Band. It Saw The Punk Styles Of '77 Almost Completely Abandoned For Simple Three Or Four Chord Pop Songs. The Album Produced The Singles And She Was And Road To Nowhere. The Following Two Albums True Stories And Naked Were Both Moderate Successes The Former Producing Their Biggest Radio Hits Love For Sale And Wild Wild Life And The Latter Focusing More On Latin Influences With Hits Like Nothing But Flowers. After This A Long Quiet Period Followed With The Band Eventually Officially Announcing Their Break Up In 1991. Since The Split Byrne Continued His Solo Career And Weymoth And Frantz Continued To Record And Tour As Tom Tom Club. Weymouth Harrison And Frantz Reunited For An Album "No Talking Just Head" Recorded Under The Name The Heads In 1996. The Band Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2002. The Band Reunited For A Three Song Performance At The Ceremony. Due To Personality Conflicts Between Byrne And The Other Members Further Reunions Are Unlikely. Www.Talking-Heads.Net
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"Life During Wartime" is a song by the American new wave band Talking Heads, released as the first single from their 1979 album Fear of Music. It peaked at #80 on the US Billboard Pop Singles Chart.
The song is also performed in the 1984 film Stop Making Sense, which depicts a Talking Heads concert. The performance featured in the film prominently features aerobic exercising and jogging by David Byrne and background singers. The Stop Making Sense live version of the track is featured in the film's accompanying soundtrack album. Its official title as a single, "Life During Wartime (This Ain't No Party... This Ain't No Disco... This Ain't No Foolin' Around)", makes it one of the longest-titled singles.
The song is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
In David Bowman's book This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the Twentieth Century Byrne is quoted as describing the genesis of the song:
David wrote nine of the album's eleven tracks. Two numbers came out of jamming. The first would be called "Life During Wartime." David's lyrics describe a Walker Percy-ish post-apocalyptic landscape where a revolutionary hides out in a deserted cemetery, surviving on peanut butter. "I wrote this in my loft on Seventh and Avenue A," David later said, "I was thinking about Baader-Meinhof. Patty Hearst. Tompkins Square. This a song about living in Alphabet City."
Record World called it "a brilliant futuristic treatise on urban guerilla warfare." AllMusic's Bill Janowitz reviewed the song, calling attention to its nearness to funk, saying that it is a "sort of apocalyptic punk/funk merge" comparable to Prince's later hit single "1999". In 2012, The New Yorker described "Life During Wartime" as, "an apocalyptic swamp-funk transmission in four-four time," adding "it is the band’s pinnacle, and the song is still a hell of a thing to hear."
The lyrics are told from the point of view of someone involved in clandestine activities in the U.S. (the cities Houston, Detroit, and Pittsburgh are mentioned) during some sort of civil unrest or dystopian environment. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Fear Of Music Is The Third Studio Album By American New Wave Band Talking Heads Released On 3 August 1979 On Sire Records. It Was Recorded At Locations In New York City During April And May 1979 And Was Produced By Brian Eno And Talking Heads. The Album Reached Number 21 On The Billboard 200 And Number 33 On The UK Albums Chart. It Spawned The Singles "Life During Wartime" "I Zimbra" And "Cities". Fear Of Music Received Favorable Reviews From Critics. Praise Centered On Its Unconventional Rhythms And Frontman David Byrne's Lyrical Performances. The Album Is Often Considered One Of Talking Heads' Best Releases And Has Been Featured In Several Publications' Lists Of The Best Albums Of All Time. Fear Of Music Was Certified Gold By The Recording Industry Association Of America On September 17 1985 After More Than 500 000 Copies Were Sold In The U.S. Fear Of Music Was Named The Best Album Of 1979 By NME Melody Maker And The Los Angeles Times. The New York Times Included It On Its Unnumbered Shortlist Of The 10 Best Records Issued That Year. Sounds Placed The Album At Number Two On Its "Best Of 1979" Staff List Behind The Specials' Eponymous Release. It Placed Fourth In The 1979 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll Run By The Village Voice Which Aggregates The Votes Of Hundreds Of Prominent Reviewers. In 1985 NME Placed Fear Of Music At Number 68 On Its Writers' List Of The "All Time 100 Albums". In 1987 Rolling Stone Placed It At Number 94 On Its List Of The Best Albums Of The Previous 20 Years. In 1999 It Was Included At Number 33 On The Guardian's List Of The "Top 100 Albums That Don't Appear In All The Other Top 100 Albums Of All Time". In 2004 Pitchfork Featured The Record At Number 31 On Its "Top 100 Albums Of The 1970s" List While In 2005 Channel 4 Ranked It At Number 76 During Its "100 Greatest Albums" Countdown. The Album Was Also Included In The Book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.