MB Classics: Talking Heads - Remain in Light

**Janszoon** · 02-12-2018, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Oriphiel

Why not? Heat can sizzle slowly just as surely as it can fry in an instant.

This album is dripping with energy, every kind of energy. The only limit is your ability to sense the full spectrum of it.

Why not? Because it's not a high energy album. It has kind of a chilly feel to it to me, both in the production and in the songwriting. Fear of Music is like that too, but it's a superior album. It's not a bad thing—I like a lot of cold albums—it just is what it is.

Oriphiel · 02-12-2018, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Why not? Because it's not a high energy album. It has kind of a chilly feel to it to me, both in the production and in the songwriting. Fear of Music is like that too, but it's a superior album. It's not a bad thing—I like a lot of cold albums—it just is what it is.

Everything a snowman touches feels cold.

On songwriting, Byrne's admitted style was to just throw random crap in to fit a sexy beat. And the funky beats on Remain in Light are way more sexy. Try to fit sexiness more into your life, and you'll soon see what I mean. Be a sexy snowman, dripping with cold energy.

Plus, the production on both albums is equally meh compared to their live presence.

Anteater · 02-18-2018, 07:17 PM

Not unassailable but really good. Was torn between 7 and 8. 'Seen And Not Seen' and 'Houses In Motion' are my two favorites: Byrne is at his best as a vocalist the more off-the-rails he goes with the production. The biggest praise I could give Remain In Light, however, is that without it the superior Discipline by King Crimson probably wouldn't exist.

**Frownland** · 02-12-2018, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Why not? Because it's not a high energy album. It has kind of a chilly feel to it to me, both in the production and in the songwriting. Fear of Music is like that too, but it's a superior album. It's not a bad thing—I like a lot of cold albums—it just is what it is.

They're basically asleep amiright

**Janszoon** · 02-12-2018, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

They're basically asleep amiright

Asleep? No. Low key? Yes.

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