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Talking Heads – Psycho Killer
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One of the best-known Talking Heads songs, “Psycho Killer” was the second single from the 1977 album Talking Heads: 77, peaking at #92 on the Billboard Hot 100.
It is the first
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Talking Heads – I Feel It in My Heart
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Ohhh dear / What if everything they say is true? / Ohhh, ohhh dear / Then there won't be anything for me and you / Well / Even if we have to start all over again / What will be the
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Talking Heads – Big Business / I Zimbra (Live) [2023 Remaster]
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[Part I: Big Business] / Think you've had enough / Stop talking, help us get ready / Think you've had enough / Big business, after the shakeup / Think you've had enough / Stop
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Talking Heads – First Week/Last Week... Carefree
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[Verse 1] / Can we run that again / Is that a woman's voice I hear? / I said, "Let's wait and see. I'll see for myself" / That's a phrase I repeat / To myself / Made a reference to
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Talking Heads – I Zimbra [The Name of This Band is Talking Heads]
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Gadji beri bimba clandridi / Lauli lonni cadori gadjam / A bim beri glassala glandride / E glassala tuffm i zimbra / Bim blassa galassasa zimbrabim / Blassa glallassasa zimbrabim
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Talking Heads – Crosseyed and Painless
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The second track off of Talking Heads' 1980 classic addresses the idea of losing identity, and not sure how to regain it back.
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Talking Heads – Don't Worry About the Government
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The modern world has been built and arranged to make humans as comfortable as possible. Byrne here is talking from the point of someone who has become absorbed by this lifestyle
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Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
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[Verse 1] / Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons / Packed up and ready to go / Heard of some gravesites out by the highway / A place where nobody knows / The sound of gunfire
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Talking Heads – Love → Building on Fire
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“Love → Building On Fire” was the first single ever released by the Talking Heads, recorded even before guitarist Jerry Harrison joined the band.
The arrow in the title could be
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Talking Heads – The Book I Read
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Written down, the lyrics of “The Book I Read” could be from any love song. But something about Byrne’s vocal delivery and the band’s slightly ominous sound turn it into a sly
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Talking Heads – (Nothing But) Flowers
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The 5th track off Talking Heads' 1988 album Naked was the second single from the album, released after “Blind”, and it peaked at number 79 on the UK singles chart.
Written by
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Talking Heads – Road to Nowhere
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Road to Nowhere is a rock song written by David Byrne for the 1985 Talking Heads album Little Creatures. It also appeared on Best of Talking Heads, Sand in the Vaseline: Popular
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Talking Heads – The Great Curve
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The song is a noisy yet hypnotic piece with an
ultra-fast driving riff along with afrobeat inspired bongos and harmonizing horns, the chorus has multiple singers creating a complex
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Talking Heads – Pulled Up
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The 11th and final track on Talking Heads eponymous debut album.
Pretty simple narrative about a man going through the ups and downs of life with some help from an unknown source.
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Talking Heads – Houses in Motion
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[Verse 1] / For a long time I felt without style or grace / Wearing shoes with no socks in cold weather / I knew my heart was in the right place / I knew I'd be able to do these
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Talking Heads – New Feeling
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It's not yesterday anymore / I go visiting, I talk loud / I try to make myself clear / In front of a face that's nearer / Than it's ever been before / Not this close before
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Talking Heads – Sugar on My Tongue
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Oh-oh-oh-oh / Oh-oh-oh-oh / She's my neighbor, fill my cup / I'll bet you, baby, she can fill it up / She'll put the sugar on my tongue / Will she gimme, gimme, gimme some? / Is
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Oasis – Don't Look Back in Anger
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“Don’t Look Back in Anger” was released as the fourth single off of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, February 19th 1996. In 2006, it was included in the “Best Of”-compilation
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Master P (Ft. UGK) – Break 'Em Off Somethin'
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[Intro: Master P] / Boy, we about to fill they motherfucking head up with this ghetto dope / Time to break these hoes off somethin' / Got my niggas Bun B., Pimp C, I mean U.G.K
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Suicidal Tendencies – Institutionalized
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The song that launched Venice, California punk legends Suicidal Tendencies onto the national scene, “Institutionalized” was the lead single of their self-titled debut.
The song
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George Michael – Careless Whisper
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Although officially released by Wham!, this was George Michael’s first breakaway single. The song explores the guilt felt by George after he cheats on a partner, and his inability
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New Order – Blue Monday
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The biggest selling 12” of all time was a pivotal moment in dance music. Mixing cold wave sentiment with the disco influence of Sylvester and Donna Summer, the result was a
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Original London Cast of The Phantom of the Opera – The Phantom of the Opera
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The famous title track of the 1986 musical (and later 2004 movie) Phantom of the Opera. This track depicts the titular Phantom luring Christine Daae down to his lair underneath the
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