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Inspiration and composition. "Burning Down the House" is a new wave, [1] funk, [2] and art rock [3] 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] had just been to see Parliament-Funkadelic in its full glory at Madison Square Garden, and he ...
Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City. [ 2 ] The band was composed of David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Frantz (drums), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Jerry Harrison (keyboards, guitar). Described as "one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s," Talking Heads helped to pioneer new wave music by ...
Composition. "Burn the House Down" is composed in 4. 4 common time and in the key of C major, with a tempo of 92 beats per minute (bpm). During AJR's "How We Made" series and several of their tours, they showcased the step-by-step process of the creation of the song. [8] The song's production began with an "angry and badass" bassline, applying ...
The DVD-A side includes both stereo and 5.1 surround high resolution (96 kHz/24bit) mixes, as well as a Dolby Digital 5.1 version of the album, a new alternate version of "Burning Down the House", and videos for "Burning Down the House" and "This Must Be the Place" (videos are two-channel Dolby Digital only). In Europe it was released as a CD ...
Stop Making Sense includes performances of the early Talking Heads single, "Psycho Killer" (1977), through to their most recent hit at the time, "Burning Down the House" (1983). It also includes songs from the solo career of frontman David Byrne and by Tom Tom Club, the side project of drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth.
List of music videos, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) "Once in a Lifetime" 1981 Toni Basil, David Byrne [51] "Crosseyed and Painless" Toni Basil [51] "Burning Down the House" 1983 David Byrne [51] "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" David Byrne [51] "Slippery People" 1984 Jonathan Demme [52] "Road to Nowhere" 1985
On January 31, Paramore released their full rendition of "Burning Down the House" as the album's lead single. [4] [7] Byrne called their version "amazing", and also released his cover of Paramore's 2017 song "Hard Times" which the band had told him was inspired by the Talking Heads. [8]
Stop Making Sense. Stop Making Sense is a live album by the American rock band Talking Heads, also serving as the soundtrack to the concert 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.