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From: strock@fortune.UUCP (Gregory Strockbine)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Bowie / Talking Heads albums
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Date: Mon, 12-Nov-84 15:53:35 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 12 15:53:35 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 15-Nov-84 00:49:24 EST
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Well, even after his mega-bucks moonlight tour there is still
something I like about Bowie. And on the strength of one song,
"Blue Jeanne", I bought his "Tonight" album. I didn't care for
it. Too over produced, and horns which make me think of Las Vegas
type orchestras. Tina Turner sings on one cut, and a couple of 
songs are reggae type, Iggy Pop had a hand in some of the songs
too. Maybe I just didn't listen to it enough. But can you
believe this, I got my wife to take it back to the store and
they let her exchange it, the only reason she gave was that
she didn't like it!
	So we bought the Talking Heads' album, "Stop Making Sense".
Well, they've really funked out. Its a live album, I know, and
this comparison may not be right, but Psycho Killer and Life During
Wartime sound mellow on the live album, more energetic and desperate
on the studio albums. Also Burne couldn't hit the highs on the
live version of Psycho Killer that he did on the studio album.
Its been 7 years since their 1977 album and all I could think is
gee, they're getting old (not that we all aren't), but somehow
I miss the Talking Heads from the time of their first 2 albums.