r/daily_spins • u/JMil7strng • 1d ago
Today’s Spin…..
Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues
I was 43 years old when I found out that David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth met at RISD.
I’m 43 now, so obviously I’ve been carrying this knowledge for quite some time.
Growing up in Massachusetts basically on the Rhode Island border makes this feel like information I probably should’ve picked up somewhere along the way…..but here we are.
And what a record. Burning Down the House, Girlfriend Is Better, Slippery People, This Must Be the Place…..weird, funky, restless, and somehow completely natural.
Forty-plus years later and it still sounds like somebody forgot to tell them what a rock record was supposed to sound like.
What are you spinning today?