![]() ![]() We’d listen to the tapes, isolate the best bits, then learn how to play them over and over again. Most of the tracks on Remain In Light were based around jams. In the Uncut interview, David Byrne says: Eno and the band – inspired by the methodology of Krautrockers Can and Miles Davis’ producer, Teo Macero – then set about ripping that jam session apart, recreating the groove, stripping out certain instruments and superimposing numerous other melodic and rhythmic ideas upon that basic template. It started as a Fela Kuti-style jam, one that you’ll find as a bonus track on the 2006 reissue entitled Right Start. Uncut Magazine has additional background: ![]() Eno felt (correctly) that it was the most exciting music that anyone was making at the time, and he suggested that Talking Heads aim for a similar vibe by recording group jams in the studio and then shaping them into songs afterwards. In this NPR segment about the songwriting process, Brian Eno says that the first time he met with Talking Heads, he played them a Fela Kuti record. The version from David Byrne’s American Utopia is pretty delightful too. The choreography, lighting, cinematography and editing are so dazzling that it’s easy to lose sight of what a stupendous musical performance it is you kind of have to listen to it without the visuals for it to register on that level. Here’s the even more outrageous live version from Stop Making Sense. Here’s a red-hot live version from The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads: Here is what might possibly be my single favorite song in the world: ![]()
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