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Feb. 21, 2022  Have you ever had a song stalk you? I had intended on a completely different song for today however, I've had a song stalking me all day so it must mean that is the song I should highlight as my track today. It started this morning. I woke with the song playing in my head. Then, when I started up my Jeep to go into town, there it was again. Changing the station on the radio when that particular one went to commercial just opened up the possibility to hear the song again - and there it was. My husband was listening to youtube as I walked back in the house and there was that song again. So, tomorrow I will write about the song I was going to write about today - before this particular song decided to show up everywhere. What song is it that I'm talking about, you might ask. It is Psycho Killer by the Talking Heads. Psycho Killer is one of those songs that gets stuck in your head when you hear it. Probably why I cannot think of another song except it today..... The Group: The Talking Heads was considered one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the 1980's. The four former art school students - Byrne, Franz, Weymouth, and Harrison - formed the band in 1975 and quickly became involved in the punk scene of NYC. The band played their first gig as Talking Heads opening for the Ramones at CBGB on June 5, 1975.Their music helped to pioneer "new wave" music by integrating elements of punk, art rock, funk, and world music with a clean-cut image. They continued to tour until late 1991 when their lead singer/guitarist, David Byrne, left the group. Their final release was "Sax and Violins", an original song that had appeared earlier in 1991 on the soundtrack to Wim Wenders' "Until the End of the World". The band members, minus their lead singer, Byrne, attempted to get back together two times, changing their name to Shrunken Heads, and then to Heads in 1996. The group reunited in full in 2002 for their final performance during the ceremony to their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is notable that four of their albums were on Rolling Stone's list of "500 Greatest Albums of All Time." Three of their songs ("Psycho Killer", "Life During Wartime", and "Once in a Lifetime") were included among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. Talking Heads were also included in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time." Many artists have said to have been influenced by the Talking Heads, including Eddie Vedder, Primus, Nelly Furtado, Kesha, Trent Reznor, and Radiohead, The Song: Psycho Killer was the Talking Heads' breakthrough single. It first appeared on the Talking Heads 77 album. "Psycho Killer" was the only song from that album to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (it peaked at number 92) and peaked at number 11 on the Dutch singles chart in 1977. The song is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. "Psycho Killer" became what AllMusic calls a "deceptively funky new wave/no wave song" with "an insistent rhythm, and one of the most memorable, driving basslines in rock & roll," (as per Bill Janovitz in "Psycho Killer – Song Review". for AllMusic). The song has been covered by bands like Cage the Elephant and Velvet Revolver. It is interesting to note that the bridge lyrics are in French, as is the prominent chorus line "Qu'est-ce que c'est? (What is this?)" Lyrics ▼ |
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