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Al Green
Albert Leornes Greene (born April 13, 1946), better known as Al Green, is an American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s, including " Take Me to the River", "Tired of Being Alone", " I'm Still in Love with You", "Love and Happiness", and his signature song, " Let's Stay Together". After an incident in which his girlfriend died by suicide, Green became an ordained pastor and turned to gospel music. He later returned to secular music. Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995. He was referred to on the museum's site as being "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music". He has also been referred to as "The Last of the Great Soul Singers". Green is the winner of 11 Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also received the BMI Icon award and is a Kennedy Center Honors recipient. He was included in the ''Rolling Stone'' list of the 100 G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Wild Life
"Wild Wild Life" is a song by American rock band Talking Heads, released as the lead single from their seventh studio album '' True Stories''. It was the band's third and last top 40 hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Reception '' Cash Box'' called it "quirky and typically fun." '' Billboard'' said that the Talking Heads "put a minimal post-new wave accompaniment to a bouncy singalong tune." Music video The video for the song won "Best Group Video" at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1987. Taken from the film '' True Stories'', with some additional content, it includes band member Jerry Harrison parodying Billy Idol, Kid Creole, Ralph Macchio's character Karate Kid, and Prince. "My favorite T. Heads video, the most fun to make," Harrison recalled in the liner notes of '' Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads''. "I always wondered what Prince thought of it." The rest of the band also appears in various costumes. The video is set in a 1960s ambienced cabaret bar, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road To Nowhere
"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 Favorites'', the ''Once in a Lifetime'' box set and the ''Brick'' box set. The song was released as a single in 1985 and reached on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and on the British, German and South African singles charts. It also made on the Dutch Top 40. Production "I wanted to write a song that presented a resigned, even joyful look at doom," recalls David Byrne in the liner notes of '' Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads''. "At our deaths and at the apocalypse... (always looming, folks). I think it succeeded. The front bit, the white gospel choir, is kind of tacked on, 'cause I didn't think the rest of the song was enough... I mean, it was only two chords. So, out of embarrassment, or shame, I wrote an intro section that had a couple more in it." Receptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Creatures
''Little Creatures'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band Talking Heads, released on June 10, 1985, by Sire Records. The album examines themes of Americana and incorporates elements of country music, with many songs featuring steel guitar. It was voted as the best album of the year in ''The Village Voice'' Pazz & Jop critics poll, and is the band's best-selling studio album, with over two million copies sold in the United States. The cover art was created by outsider artist Howard Finster, and was selected as album cover of the year by ''Rolling Stone''. Track listing Personnel Talking Heads *David Byrne – guitar, vocals *Chris Frantz – drums *Jerry Harrison – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals *Tina Weymouth – bass guitar, backing vocals Additional musicians *Ellen Bernfeld – backing vocals on "Perfect World" and "Walk It Down" *Andrew Cader – washboard on "Road to Nowhere" *Erin Dickens – backing vocals on "Television Man" and "Road to Nowhere" * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And She Was
"And She Was" is a song by the American band Talking Heads, from their 1985 album ''Little Creatures''. The song was written by David Byrne, who also provides the lead vocals. The song is musically notable for its unusual use of modulation. The overall key of the song is E major, however the bridge to the chorus is in F major. The second bridge back to the verse is in the key of G major (Chords B minor to G major, "She was glad about it...") It reached on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and on the British singles chart. The accompanying music video was directed by avant-garde filmmaker Jim Blashfield, who cites the style of Terry Gilliam as one of his major influences. Background "I used to know a blissed-out hippie-chick in Baltimore," recalled Byrne in the liner notes of '' Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads''. "She once told me that she used to do acid (the drug, not music) and lay down on the field by the Yoo-hoo chocolate soda factory. Flying out of her body, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life During Wartime (song)
"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. Origin 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: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stop Making Sense (album)
''Stop Making Sense'' is a live album by American rock band Talking Heads, the soundtrack to the film of the same name. It was released in September 1984 and features nine tracks from the film, albeit with treatment and editing. The album spent over two years on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. It was their first album to be distributed by EMI outside North America. Limited pressings of the original LP version featured a full-colour picture book wrapped around the album jacket; standard versions had many of the pictures (printed in black and white) and captions on the album's inner sleeve. The CD release of the album includes the full-colour book, but it rearranges the layout to conform to the dimensions of a square CD booklet (compared to the vertically-oriented rectangular shape of the LP book). In 1999, a 16-track re-release—with content and sound closely matching those of the film—coincided with the 15th anniversary of the concert filming. The album was ranked number 345 on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
"This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" is a song by new wave band Talking Heads. The closing track of its fifth studio album ''Speaking in Tongues'', it was released in November 1983 as the second and final studio single from the album; a live version would be released as a single in 1986. The lyrics were written by frontman David Byrne, and the music was written by Byrne and the other members of the band, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. Byrne intended the song to be a love song without the clichés of the genre. The parenthesized title refers to the simple ("naïve") construction of the song, which is framed on a sparse ostinato that lasts for the song's duration. This simplicity marked a departure for Talking Heads, which was known for its complex African-inspired polyrhythms and funk. Background ''Speaking in Tongues'', Talking Heads' fifth album, was released on June 1, 1983 by Sire Records. It was produced by the band themselves after the group had parted w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burning Down The House
"Burning Down the House" is a song by New wave music, new wave band Talking Heads, released in July 1983 as the first single from their fifth studio album ''Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album), Speaking in Tongues''. Inspiration and composition "Burning Down the House" is a New wave music, new wave and funk song. "This song started from a jam," says bassist Tina Weymouth in the liner notes of ''Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads''. "Chris Frantz, Chris [Frantz] had just been to see Parliament-Funkadelic in its full glory at Madison Square Garden, and he was really hyped. During the jam, he kept yelling 'Burn down the house!' which was a P-Funk audience chant, and David Byrne, David [Byrne] dug the line, changing it to the finished version, 'Burning down the house'." (Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic joined Talking Heads' live incarnation.) The initial lyrics were considerably different, however. In an interview on NPR's ''All Things Considered'' aired on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remain In Light
''Remain in Light'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Talking Heads, released on October 8, 1980 by Sire Records. It was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia during July and August 1980. It was the last Talking Heads album Brian Eno produced. After the release of ''Fear of Music'' in 1979, Talking Heads and Eno sought to dispel notions of the band as a mere vehicle for frontman and songwriter David Byrne. Drawing influence from Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, they experimented with African polyrhythms, funk, and electronics, recording instrumental tracks as a series of looping grooves. The sessions incorporated a variety of side musicians, including guitarist Adrian Belew, singer Nona Hendryx, and trumpet player Jon Hassell. Byrne struggled with writer's block, but adopted a scattered, stream-of-consciousness lyrical style inspired by early rap and academic literature on Africa. The artwork was conceived by bassist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
