# "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" on CD! Finally! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201 "2004-08-17T04:26:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/1 "2004-08-17T04:26:13Z")
[The basic Amazon write-up.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002IQML6/102-0287681-7740945?v=glance) [A superior TH-net write-up.](http://www.talking-heads.net/name.html) Two discs! Sixteen extra tracks! Digitally remastered by Bob Ludwig! This live LP is truly one of the great “why isn’t this on CD yet?” titles from the post-Beatles era. (Why the heck did it take so long?) 😕 That is all… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Seeker\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@The\_Seeker\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Seeker_1)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/2 "2004-08-17T12:51:50Z")
I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. Yes! I can’t wait to hear _Born Under Punches, Heaven, Cities and Animals_. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/3 "2004-08-17T12:56:54Z")
Finally. Now, Obi Wans failure is… I mean now my Talking Heads CD collection will be complete. I’d only ever seen this album once, that was on cassette. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/4 "2004-08-17T13:03:11Z")
Well! Then I guess you’ll all be thrilled to know that back in ‘85 or so, I had backstage passes for the "burnin’ down the house" concert and shook hands with David Byrne. And was invited back to the hotel for a little nekkid swimming with the band. Aaaahhh, youth! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/5 "2004-08-17T14:32:56Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > And was invited back to the hotel for a little nekkid swimming with the band. Aaaahhh, youth! Was Tina hot? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/6 "2004-08-17T14:34:39Z")
Excellent–especially the bonus tracks (have no idea what happened to my tape) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/7 "2004-08-17T16:18:47Z")
It’s about time. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/8 "2004-08-17T16:45:55Z")
Excellent! I have it on vinyl, but with the all the LP’s and the record player languishing in the garage, this will make me very happy :). - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/9 "2004-08-17T20:19:21Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Was Tina hot? On the way home from _Stop Making Sense,_ one friend couldn’t shut up about how he’d like to “back \* her\* vocals.” ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/10 "2004-08-17T20:24:52Z")
I ZIMBRA! I’ll finally be able to give my vinyl copy a well deserved rest. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/11 "2004-08-18T01:26:56Z")
I got my copy this evening at a local indie store, and it was the _last copy in stock_. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/12 "2004-08-18T01:34:05Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Well! Then I guess you’ll all be thrilled to know that back in ‘85 or so, I had backstage passes for the "burnin’ down the house" concert and shook hands with David Byrne. And was invited back to the hotel for a little nekkid swimming with the band. Aaaahhh, youth! Pouf. I heard them live in Central Park in 1980. David borrowed a buck to buy a Sabrett’s frank with kraut, and Tina urinated on my leg. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/13 "2004-08-18T01:45:16Z")
Got mine at a normal old Barnes and Nobles this afternoon thanks to this thread, but it was also the last ( only? ) one on display. Though I kind of doubt the demand will be overwhelming. In all honesty if you want just one Talking Heads concert album, the cleaned up and restored version of _Stop Making Sense_ is probably superior ( I believe a reviewer at Rolling Stone said that the live version of “Heaven” from that album was just about Byrne’s finest moment and I’d have to agree ). Of course you miss out on the Belew guitar noodlings, the neat dueling bass lines between Tina Weymouth and Busta Jones on “Crosseyed and Painless” and the early four-piece stuff ( a good bit of which I listened to today while running errands and on the way to work ). And it does have LOTS of bonus tracks - nearly twice the size of the original. Just totally cool :). - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/14 "2004-08-18T01:53:26Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > the neat dueling bass lines between Tina Weymouth and Busta Jones on “Crosseyed and Painless” Or was that “The Great Curve”? Damn, it’s been ages since I listened to this one. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/15 "2004-08-18T15:04:33Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > Was Tina hot? Alas, we didn’t actually get nekkid with them. My friend worked at the hotel and they had a “No Hangin’ Around” clause in her employment agreement. But it was nice to be asked! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-of-this-band-is-talking-heads-on-cd-finally/260201/16 "2004-08-18T15:06:53Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Pouf. > > I heard them live in Central Park in 1980. > > David borrowed a buck to buy a Sabrett’s frank with kraut, and Tina urinated on my leg. Shoot. You lucky dawg. Was it a pants-pee or a skin-pee? If it was pants, you have all kinds of framing and auction possibilities!