Talking Heads 77

klinkt alsof ze nog wel aan het album hadden kunnen werken

nao vo ouca isso

no. Just no? Not a fan. I only finished this because it was in the background, I wouldn't have otherwise. I would listen again but I've just really been put off, no thanks!

Much much better than Remain In Light. It's still shit, but it just goes to show that Brian Eno is a terrorist.

i dont like

Dreary

Bad

Second Talking Heads album. It's been a good while since their last - some 250 albums. At first I thought this was the album which had "Radio Head", but that sadly isn't the case. I'll need to make my holy pilgrimage to that song someday. Anyways, "More Songs About Buildings and Food" hasn't really been on my mind. "The Good Thing" occasionally pops into my head for whatever reason, but other than that the album has been completely memoryholed. Maybe this one will be something better. I'm still curious about what a very early new wave album sounds like, much like I was with their previous album. Yup. This is another Talking Heads album, alright. Just David Byrne Byrning about as usual. Something about this album was mentally exhausting to me despite the short runtime. The instrumentals are dull, uninteresting and way too busy to leave an impression. Can't say I'm into Byrne's vocals, either. The strained, warbling falsetto that avant-garde musicians can't seem to get enough of just sounds like shit. Sorry, music industry, but it's the truth. Overall, these two aspects of the album let me down greatly, which is made even worse by the fact that they don't synergise with one another at all. Regardless, I'm still hopeful about understanding this band. Some of the tracks off Remain in Light are pretty decent. I only have their later albums to get through now, so maybe I'll come around. Book time. A "classic debut album". Many stylistic influences, but that's about it. Wikipedia says that this album only had mild chart success, but was very well-received by critics. Sure, whatever. I cosign this inclusion.

1/5

Grrrrrrrrrr. Lord, I want to give this album a 1. To be frank, it probably isn't a 1. It's unique and fully formed and mostly listenable. I maintain my current position: fuck David Byrne, fuck Talking Heads. You're sooooo geeky and silly and off-kilter. Take your grammy and go back to the fucking Rhode Island School of Design. Of COURSE that's where this band came from. Fave tracks: - Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town - No Compassion - The Book I Read What exactly do people like about Psycho Killer..? Edit: What is life without choosing hills and dying on them? I am fighting a war against the Talking Heads. One bloody star.

1/5

Not my type of music

К блонди туда же, не моё

you know what... it's annoying and I dont get it

I can’t stand these guys

this shit was trash, I mean I guess it has psycho killer and that one isn't so bad but it's still hella boring

I discovered More Songs About Buildings and Food first, indeed I thought it was their first record back in another time, another place 1978. It is still one of my favourite records. And so when I finally got around to 77 it was too late. I've always thought this sounds a bit twee, demo like. You can tell they've not worked out what they want to do, and that's ok too how old would they have been? So for me it suffers with comparison with what came after, unfair I know but it doesn't make for an interesting listen in anyway.

I did not enjoy, too weird.

Hasn't aged well. Bit of a cacophony. Voice is awful.

Absolutely could not do this. I have been listening to alot of music outside of my genre and really pushing through the albums but this one...I absolutely cannot lol I now assume that they are called the Talking heads because they talk through music? Once again, I'm sure for lovers of this genre of music this is a great album, but I must move on. If music makes me angry it is not for me lol

Boy, I don’t remember David Byrne being so aggravating. Ya, it has one of the three Talking Heads songs on it a non-fan could name. The rest of the album makes me want to stab needles into my ears.

nothing spctacular

I got to song 5 of 36! When I realized that this was God torturing me for not believing in him. Tally Hall just does this better. I force myself through half the songs before I decided, "good enough"

1. Town - 1 2. Feeling - 0 3. Decisions - 0 4. Happy - 1 5. Who - 1 6. Compassion - 0 7. Book - 1 8. Worry - 0 9. Week - 0 10. Psycho - 1.5 11. Pulled - 1 12. Fire - 1 13. Say - 1 14. Killer - 1 15. Heart - 0 16. Sugar - 1 THESE GUYS SUCK

Ok. No more Bowie or Talking Heads albums...please!!!

Get in the bin. I just can't. No.

I don’t understand the love of the Talking Heads. I’ve given them several chances but it’s just not for me. David Byrne’s voice just sucks so bad, and it’s exceptionally bad on this album.

It feels like I'm listening to the circus performers while high, but I'm not enjoying the experience, also feels like when someone keeps talking your ear off about casual stuff you don't care about and won't stop. The music feels repetitive, spontaneous but sloppy, and the lyrics/vocals mimic spoken word, but as if adapted from high school poetry. Nope, not for me.

Just not to my taste and I had a hard time connecting to it and enjoying it. Honorable mention to Psycho Killer, no doubt the one song I liked the most.

The instrumentals sound like those songs characters in sitcoms come up with when they claim they play in a band but are clearly terrible. It's not just the voice, the entire thing sounds sedated. Maybe that was the general mood back then? Nah, someone should have been sober enough to stop this stuff.

too much cacophony

All I can think about when listening to these guys is Fred Armisten and Bill Hader's knock of in Documentary Now. What I didn't expect is that the the real band sounds even sillier than the mockumentary band. Really not my thing--I can't get over the goofy vocals. Not to mention the lyrics are stupid and nonsensical half the time, even on a rock level. And I don't love the music backing tracks, so it's not even like it's just the singer. As others have mentioned, Psycho Killer is the high point here. But not something I'd want to listen to more than once every half decade. 1/5

Forgettable album. I learned where the song Psycho Killer came from.

Not my kind of music.

One star for Psycho Killer, and even that song is a little overrated. All these tracks are either forgettable or skippable.

Musikalisch wie so typische Bayern 1 Songs und die Texte sind sooooo grottig. Erinnern mich an den Song von Patrick Star, was lyrische Komplexität angeht

I really hate talking heads a lot. I almost feel bad about it. It's completely irrational. I can understand that, musically, it's not bad. I just hate the way it sounds so much.

Not it lil bro.

I don’t like his voice. Nothing strikes me as interesting or catchy about the instrumentation. The lyrics might have some value but they’re not speaking to me. Just not my thing at all.

Packt mich überhaupt nicht!

unfortunately, it’s a no for me

Crap. Terrible way to start this experience.

Not really a fan of this music. I know one song on the album and even that I don't really like.

Pretentious and mannered.

Didn’t like it, found the songs monotonous. I liked Psycho Killer but the rest felt like filler tracks lacking any song structure or interest. Not an album I’ll ever return to, except maybe the track Psycho Killer.

Didn't like this one. Boring. Next!

Like marmite...you love them or hate it. I'm definitely the latter....Its shit.

Not for me. 1/5

It’s not my genre.

Really hate this one. It's messy and discordant in a bad way. I really love Talking Heads' few classic tunes, but most of this is garbage - god I sound old. David Byrne's voice is interesting but too weird for anything more than a couple of unique tracks.

Not for me.

Grim.

Psycho Killer!

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Nope

Nope!!!

Masterclass in writing the worst lyrics imaginable

It was weird

This was annoying

I’ve always found David Byrne’s voice/style annoying and Talking Heads music uninspiring. This has clarified matters, what a dull album.

nie mój styl, angielskie "nie umiem spiewac wiec bede wyl jakbym spiewal na karaoke"

Really didnt care for thought it was annoying

*1.5 stars* Not bad, but quite boring and for some reason, somewhat childish too? If I had to pick a favourite, I'd choose No Compassion or Psycho Killer, but even then, I don't really see myself listening to these songs again.

Was ok until they started singing

Oh dear...no!

Kann ich nicht so viel mit anfangen.

Only 1 good song

no new feelings

Thought it would love this, ending up struggling massively. The first half of this album feels ‘lazy’ for lack of a better word.

No thanks

Not my sound at all.

Nothing stood out at all

I don’t vibe to it.

He's enormously pleased with his own shtick.

Meh. nope.

Not my thing. The first album I turned off halfway.

Probably an unfair rating, but this is my least favorite band of all time. In college, when I would stay over at my girlfriends, a group of guys across would come home after a late night driving. They would proceed out onto their balcony and turn on their huge speakers and blast psycho killer. They did this every weekend. I hate that song.

not a fan of 80s brit pop

Wish I could understand its supposed greatness, but I find it annoying and uninspired.

I find the rhythms pretty outdated and kitschy. I guess I just don't understand the presumed genius here. It was a real slog for me and I didn't finish it.

This whole album irritated the shit out of me... Not even Psycho Killer (which I'm not a massive fan of) could save it.

Not my type

Singer's voice is annoying, songs are lame and dorky. People are calling this funky? This is as funky as Weezer is heavy metal. FOH.

Good - timeless loved the guitar

Nicht so meins…

Nothing about this band and especially this album appeals to me. Weird dance breaks with the sax, the fa-fa-fa chorus, nonsensical lyrics. Am I supposed to find it entertaining? clever? pleasant to listen to? It's none of those things. Best track: Psycho Killer, I guess. Says more about the rest of the album than anything else

1/10 didn’t like

Just wasn’t my taste

I did not enjoy it.

1001 songs and they're all 70-80's bollocks, clearly a very specific persons late teens and 20's, not my jam at all.

It was eh

Si ya los Talking Heads me gustan poco, este disco de la banda sin pulir me resulta Infumable.

Meh

Not for me at all