I have always liked Talking Heads – I listened to all the songs on the radio growing up. I thought many of David Byrne’s lyrics were just weird and indecipherable – meant to be nonsense or for people who were in the “know” though. But in the last 15 years or so, since Mr. Byrne has gone solo I have come to have a deep love of a much larger group of his music. I have a few songs that I can listen to over and over and over again.

My husband is a much bigger fan that I and has just about every David Byrne album and some of the Talking Heads albums. He seriously GETS David Byrne. I swear if they ever met – they would be best friends. Husband has missed meeting him 3 times for various reasons. Our friend who is a sound engineer had a recording session with Mr. Byrne and forgot that my husband LOVES his music. And that’s just one of the 3 examples.

The album he did with Brian Eno, “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today,” is fantastic.

I am seriously in love with his music now – especially the new album.

Please, please, please, go listen. AND listen to it more than once even if you aren’t 100% into it. It took 3 listens for the lyrics to really sink into my head and now I love it.

My personal favorites:

– Home
– Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
– Life is Long
– Strange Overtones

The packaging for the album (in the featured image) is pretty nice as well. It came in a little cardboard box, so take that for what you will. There were some other items tucked in the box as well but I can’t find the list to inventory for you now.

His music is very touching and I really enjoy the sounds and his weird, yet flexible, voice. He’s also very entertaining.