Ancient Ways Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I was two paged behind and didn't realize others were asking who Fred is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 I was two paged behind and didn't realize others were asking who Fred is. He Known by Fred 'cause he's such a dinosaur that he's commonly associated with the Flintstones. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 This thread is epic. It should be pinned. I mean it's like a little microcosm of what TRF is about. We have the lovers, the haters, the nitpickers, the moaners, the naysayers, the over-enthusiastics, the normal, the abnormal, the smartasses, the pessimists, the optimists, and the rest of the riff-raff. All these people have something in common. The music! I love music and TRF. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfwayToGone Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Yeah, people like my mom love David Byrne. She's 71. The talking heads were an interesting and very quirky band, and they were a key part of the early CBGBs history, but they and their fans seem like an early 80's equivalent of the hipster crowd to me. Doesn't mean they weren't great, but definitely not a monster success until maybe stop making sense came out, and then they and David Byrne quickly faded back to their core audience along with all the aging moms they picked up along the way. I always thought Peter Gabriel was much better in that genre of blending world music with pop and rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted September 11, 2013 Author Share Posted September 11, 2013 This thread is epic. It should be pinned. I mean it's like a little microcosm of what TRF is about. We have the lovers, the haters, the nitpickers, the moaners, the naysayers, the over-enthusiastics, the normal, the abnormal, the smartasses, the pessimists, the optimists, and the rest of the riff-raff. All these people have something in common. The music! I love music and TRF. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdogged Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Yeah, people like my mom love David Byrne. She's 71. The talking heads were an interesting and very quirky band, and they were a key part of the early CBGBs history, but they and their fans seem like an early 80's equivalent of the hipster crowd to me. Doesn't mean they weren't great, but definitely not a monster success until maybe stop making sense came out, and then they and David Byrne quickly faded back to their core audience along with all the aging moms they picked up along the way. I always thought Peter Gabriel was much better in that genre of blending world music with pop and rock.Who is David Byrne? Is that Fred's brother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 This thread is epic. It should be pinned. I mean it's like a little microcosm of what TRF is about. We have the lovers, the haters, the nitpickers, the moaners, the naysayers, the over-enthusiastics, the normal, the abnormal, the smartasses, the pessimists, the optimists, and the rest of the riff-raff. All these people have something in common. The music! I love music and TRF. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCTYV-DP9w Love that scene. Well responded. :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) This thread is epic. It should be pinned. I mean it's like a little microcosm of what TRF is about. We have the lovers, the haters, the nitpickers, the moaners, the naysayers, the over-enthusiastics, the normal, the abnormal, the smartasses, the pessimists, the optimists, and the rest of the riff-raff. All these people have something in common. The music! I love music and TRF. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCTYV-DP9w Love that scene. Well responded. :D maybe now we can go back to talking about the beatles and rush instead of all this david/fred byrne bullshit? Edited September 11, 2013 by rushgoober 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdogged Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 This thread is epic. It should be pinned. I mean it's like a little microcosm of what TRF is about. We have the lovers, the haters, the nitpickers, the moaners, the naysayers, the over-enthusiastics, the normal, the abnormal, the smartasses, the pessimists, the optimists, and the rest of the riff-raff. All these people have something in common. The music! I love music and TRF. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCTYV-DP9w Love that scene. Well responded. :D maybe now we can go back to talking about the beatles and rush instead of all this david/fred byrne bullshit? :rfl: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Yeah, people like my mom love David Byrne. She's 71. The talking heads were an interesting and very quirky band, and they were a key part of the early CBGBs history, but they and their fans seem like an early 80's equivalent of the hipster crowd to me. Doesn't mean they weren't great, but definitely not a monster success until maybe stop making sense came out, and then they and David Byrne quickly faded back to their core audience along with all the aging moms they picked up along the way. I always thought Peter Gabriel was much better in that genre of blending world music with pop and rock. I'm 45. I love Talking Heads. I didn't wear black stone washed jeans and "zany" colored Chuck Taylors in the early to mid 80s, but I consider myself a fan. I like some of Peter Gabriel's more "accessible" stuff, but, personally, I don't think he belongs in the same conversation with Talking Heads. Still love Rush. Still think the Beatles were a better band. I don't want to hijack the thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Yeah, people like my mom love David Byrne. She's 71. The talking heads were an interesting and very quirky band, and they were a key part of the early CBGBs history, but they and their fans seem like an early 80's equivalent of the hipster crowd to me. Doesn't mean they weren't great, but definitely not a monster success until maybe stop making sense came out, and then they and David Byrne quickly faded back to their core audience along with all the aging moms they picked up along the way. I always thought Peter Gabriel was much better in that genre of blending world music with pop and rock. I'm 45. I love Talking Heads. I didn't wear black stone washed jeans and "zany" colored Chuck Taylors in the early to mid 80s, but I consider myself a fan. I like some of Peter Gabriel's more "accessible" stuff, but, personally, I don't think he belongs in the same conversation with Talking Heads. Still love Rush. Still think the Beatles were a better band. I don't want to hijack the thread. I'm 49. I love Talking Heads. All I know is that when Stop Making Sense came out and I was hooked. I loved that movie. I bought the VHS tape, which I still have. That was basically my introduction. I bought Little Creatures when it came out, and loved it. True Stories confused me a little, but I liked side one. They kind of lost me though, before Naked, but I did love (Nothing But) Flowers. My one buddy had Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites on LP. At that time, 8 years or so ago, I had a CD/LP burning set up going so I burned it to two discs. That was really a rediscovery, and an introduction to their older stuff I'd never heard. That is one killer no filler greatest hits extravaganza, full of great music. Even Popsicle. I've listened to that one before, smoking my last cigarette in the car before getting my luggage and boarding the shuttle to the terminal. Oh, and another aside.. Talking Heads is great music to take camping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdogged Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Vagil Byrne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 These kind of threads come "once in a Lifetime"! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 These kind of threads come "once in a Lifetime"! Meh, they're the same as they ever were. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shredder2 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 These kind of threads come "once in a Lifetime"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvM6TxUnCDE Meh, they're the same as they ever were.You psycho killers... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 So is there a Fred explanation or did Coventry just completely not know what the f**k he/she was talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 These kind of threads come "once in a Lifetime"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvM6TxUnCDE Meh, they're the same as they ever were.You psycho killers... Argh! How did we get here? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shredder2 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 These kind of threads come "once in a Lifetime"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvM6TxUnCDE Meh, they're the same as they ever were.You psycho killers... Argh! How did we get here?Via the road to nowhere of course! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdogged Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 (edited) So is there a Fred explanation or did Coventry just completely not know what the f**k he/she was talking about?Coventry just got a little mixed up. Actually, I didn't even catch it. I skimmed through some of the posts and saw the name Fred Byrne come up a couple of times and had no idea who he was. I figured it might be someone from a newer band. Edited September 12, 2013 by snowdogged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowdogged Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Has it finally been decided who is the better band? The Beatles or Talking Heads? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 These kind of threads come "once in a Lifetime"! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvM6TxUnCDE Meh, they're the same as they ever were.You psycho killers... Argh! How did we get here?Via the road to nowhere of course!You may ask yourself, is it Rush or is it Beatles? (teacher's futile attempt to redirect class discussion. It's a habit....) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 So is there a Fred explanation or did Coventry just completely not know what the f**k he/she was talking about? If you'd read the earlier posts, I explained it there, but to make you happy, I think discussing Talking Heads made me think also of the B-52's and thus Fred Schneider and so I spoonerismed (of sorts) the two singers. But please go ahead and believe I don't know what the f**k I'm talking about if it makes you feel better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losingit2k Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 (edited) OK People: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnP5iDKwuwk Edited September 12, 2013 by losingit2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyLeeRoth Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 EMPHATIC 'YES'. Rush helped propel rock to a whole new level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Has it finally been decided who is the better band? The Beatles or Talking Heads? Obviously the Beatles. Talking Heads are great too though. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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