#FortnightFridayMusic
April 19 2024
The prompt is Support
Talking Heads, “Burning Down the House” from “Speaking in Tongues” 1983
Lyric:
“No visible means of support and you have not seen nothing yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire”
#TalkingHeads went through many phases, some of which I love passionately, some I don’t care for at all, but they were always interesting. They're in #funk mode on Speaking in Tongues, where we first heard Burning Down the House. The original was perhaps eclipsed by the incendiary live version featured in #JonathanDemme’s 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z2LhwMprLQ
In 1987 #DavidByrne appeared in a short, quirky film in a #PBS anthology series. Recently it occurred to me how this film and BDTH were thematically related, but I laughed it off.Turns out the film, “A Family Tree” was also directed by Demme. Hmm...
Do yourself a favor and watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kJ01xg6DLM