As We Cross From Side To Side......we hear the total mass retain.So I'm about two-thirds of the way through Spring Break...and I gotta say I'm a little burned out. I got drunk...ohhhh, two MORE times last week, and I kinda had a nervous breakdown Friday night, cause I thought I was turning into an alcoholic, but...I think I'm fine now. Now that a good fraction of my brain cells are destroyed, I can get back to thinking again. And what better way to do that than with one last New Music Score. By Brian. Next journal WON'T have one. I promise.   #1: "Fear Of Music" by Talking Heads. The idea of inciting a fear of music within a listener is kinda ridiculous...in my opinion anyway. Sure, both David Byrne and Brian Eno are pretty weird, but that alone isn't enough to convince me that they can do that. Keeping in mind that Talking Heads' third release marks the change in direction from CBGB's pub rock to full blown art-punk, it's possible that fans of '77 and More Songs About Buildings And Food can get alienated by this particular record. But how? The first half of the LP contain several tracks that are more than fit for the dance floor. "I Zimbra" hints at the African tribal influence that fully bloomed later with Remain In Light, while "Cities" and "Life During Wartime" stand in as the band's attempts at disco (because during 1979, who wasn't trying their hand at disco?). In the same fashion as David Bowie's Berlin-era releases, Brian Eno made the decision to save the truly weird songs for the other half. Jerry Harrison canoodles with cheesy haunted house keyboards, and Chris Frantz dabbles in the dark arts of unconventional time signatures, but David Byrne tops both of them by pushing his voice to almost unreachable levels of insane. Judging from the rabid yelps and growls on "Animals" to the inebriated sobbing on "Drugs", it is here that he reaches the pinnacle of his career as a vocalist. Upon breaking down this record, I still believe that the title is a bit of a stretch. It's definitely disarming and definitely an unnerving listen, but it's ridiculously good. And I can't think of a reason why I need to fear that. Download: I Zimbra, Animals, Drugs. Besides spending the rest of my time working on schoolwork for ENG 271 (Sigmund Freud is a bitch), and trying to find a job over the summer (money and bureaucracy are also bitches), I've been getting back into gaming. I started over my Call Of Duty: World At War account on the PC for the third time, and I'm doing surprisingly well. Level 30 and a 1.25 K/D ratio? In one day? I can roll with that. After I get bored with that, I might just play Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess over again, because I've never actually beaten it twice. I totally forgot about Pokemon: Ruby since I got out of school, my GBA SP has been sitting in my backpack uncharged for a week and a half. Time to change that. I'm done talking. My fingertips hurt. So...keep the faith, don't believe the hype, give peace a chance and why buy a cow when you can have sex with MANY cows for free? There's something to think about for all you Spring Break people who are just as burned out as I am. Later. - Brian  Yeah, we couldn't really find an anatomy book...but we did find one of those pictures with the cow and the dotted lines all over it! - Donut, Ep. 34 S2. |
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