Title: A true rarity: pop music that makes you think
Product review: My vinyl copy of the early Talking Heads album is in storage somewhere, but this album and Talking Heads '77 kept coming back to me, so I got a cd copy. Listening to it makes me a little sad, because it's so amazing. The songs are odd and interesting, they ask the listener to deal with their oddness, to apply Byrne's nonsense to real life. When you do this, say with "Paper," the results can keep you going for a while. "Paper" - is it about lawyers trying and failing to reduce life to 81/2 x 11? Or something more general and philosophical - life as symbols on paper versus real life? Yet these songs aren't dull "art rock." They are weird grooves that stay with you, innovative textures and spiky new wave hooks. "Animals" is hilarious and true: a man confronting the seemingly peaceful and self-contained animals and shouting, "I will not follow animals advice!" This is a work of art and it should be discussed, listened to and remembered.
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