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In search of my Rock Time 24 – Talking Heads

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In search of my Rock Time 24 – Talking Heads

對於「搖滾樂」，我曾來都不敢說自己”熟悉”，而只能勉強說自己”喜歡”，總有一種自覺：「自己的努力不夠、知識不足」，然而，我卻總是同時「自滿於自己的匱乏，自得其樂」

那一天想起了 Talking Heads ，找到了最近出書的「音速青春」部落格的格主陳德政所寫的一篇文章：

http://pulp.bluecircus.net/archives/008574.html
「如果我們需要一名人物來定義"才子"這個概念，David Byrne或許是不二人選。他的樂隊Talking Heads擁有CBGB的嫡系血統，是八零年代最重要的後龐克/新浪潮樂隊之一，已於2002年被引薦入搖滾名人堂。他也是舞台設計師/編舞師/攝影師/小說家/劇作家；當然，David Byrne最受人稱道的還是他的音樂人與搖滾客身分。
或許在亞洲地區，David Byrne的名號不若Lou Reed與Thurston Moore來得響亮。然而在紐約本地，他的歷史位階早已拍板定案，是廣受樂壇敬重的人物。八零年代初期，David Byrne與環境音樂大師Brian Eno合作的My Life in the Bush of Ghosts（今年才由Nonesuch發行了雙碟紀念版），即被公認為折衷音樂的劃時代經典。他主理的電影配樂也總能抓住稍縱即逝的光影韻味。幾年前替蘇格蘭導演David Mackenzie的電影Young Adam所撰寫的配樂作品Lead Us Not Into Temptation，堪稱該年秋季我最愛不釋手的專輯之一。此外，David Byrne與坂本龍一合作的《末代皇帝》原聲帶，更是跨界合作的永恆範本。」

相較於這一些部落格作家的內容，我又再一次驚覺到「自己的努力不夠、知識不足」：
我其實沒有找過 David Byrne 的個人資訊；
也從未想過搖滾聖地 CBGB 究竟在紐約的哪裡，更不知道其實這間 music club 早已關門大吉……
然而，這些思緒卻是跳脫不出早已命定的迴路；於是，我又開始「自滿於自己的匱乏，自得其樂」

Talking Heads 不也是如此勸戒著我們？ Road to nowhere……

BAND：Talking Heads
SONG：Road To Nowhere
AUBUM：Little Creatures / 1985

well we know where we're goin'
but we don't know where we've been
and we know what we're knowin'
but we can't say what we've seen
and we're not little children
and we know what we want
and the future is certain
give us time to work it out

We're on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride

I'm feelin' okay this mornin'
And you know,
We're on the road to paradise
Here we go, here we go

Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there...take you there

We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere

There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
and it's all right, baby, it's all right

And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby, it's all right

They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby, it's all right

We're on a road to nowhere

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads
Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. Auxiliary musicians also regularly made appearances in concert and on the group's albums.

The New Wave musical style of Talking Heads combined elements of punk rock, avant-garde, pop, funk, world music and art rock. Frontman and songwriter David Byrne contributed whimsical, esoteric lyrics to the band's songs, and emphasized their showmanship through various multimedia projects and performances. Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes Talking Heads as being "one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s, while managing to earn several pop hits."

In 2002, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Four of the band's albums appeared on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and the Channel 4 100 Greatest Albums poll listed one album (Fear of Music) at number seventy-six.

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