"Sax and Violins" is a song by the

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and their final release. It appears on the soundtrack for the 1991 film ''

Until the End of the World ''Until the End of the World'' (german: Bis ans Ende der Welt; french: Jusqu'au bout du monde) is a 1991 science fiction adventure drama film directed by German filmmaker Wim Wenders. Set at the turn of the millennium in the shadow of a world ...

''. It was also released as a successful airplay single and charted at number one on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. The title is a play on the phrase "sex and violence". The song was later released on the compilations '' Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads'' and '' Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites.'' It was released again in 2005 as a bonus track on the remastered edition of the Talking Heads' ''

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''. "The music was written during the rehearsals and recording that led to the ''Naked'' LP," recalled David Byrne in the

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of ''Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads''. "I wrote the words later for the opening scene of Wim Wenders' ''Until the End of the World''. The movie is supposed to take place in the year 2000, so I spent a lot of time trying to imagine music of the near future: post-rock sludge with lyrics sponsored by Coke and Pepsi? Music created by machines with human shouts of agony and betrayal thrown in? Faux Appalachian ballads, the anti-tech wave? The same sounds and licks from the 60s and 70s regurgitated yet again by a new generation of samplers? The Milli Vanilli revival? Rappin' politicos… sell your soul to the beat, y'all? Well, it was daunting… so I figured, hell with it, I'd imagine Talking Heads doing a reunion LP in the year 2000, and them sounding just like they used to."

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{{Talking Heads 1991 singles Talking Heads songs Songs written by David Byrne Warner Records singles 1991 songs

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