i'm ashamed to admit that i found myself uninspired this morning. with one of the widest selections of artists available to me, perhaps i was spoilt for choice. in celebration of the recent big day out announcement, i flirted with the idea of tool, but i wasn't really in a tool kinda mood this morning. so to make up for missing david byrne on 'd', i went with the talking heads.
this is a great album, packed to the brim with hit after hit. if this album doesn't evoke childhood memories then you clearly had a shit childhood, bereft of good music. unlike some 'best ofs' it spans the band's entire back-catalogue from 1977 through to 1988, and does so chronologically which is simple, but i think pretty cool. in fact i don't know why more 'best ofs' don't do it.
the problem is, though, that listening to talking heads because you want a david byrne fix is a bit like listening to the chilis because you want a frusciante fix (see what i did there..) i wanted that esoteric, eclectic thing that david byrne exudes; i wanted a guy who makes buildings sing, and what i got was love being a building on fire. don't get me wrong, talking heads are great. i love them, i love what they do, they just.... didn't quite do it for me this morning.
technically, the black keys are in my ipod under 'b' not 't', but i was frustrated with the restrictions of the experiment, so i listened to them anyway. it was my way of embracing my big day out excitement. and it was so worth it. these guys are most often described as blues, but they are so much more than that as well. they traverse rock, folk and jazz, all with heavily bluesy guitars. they create a huge and detailed sound for two guys, some drums and a guitar. i can't even begin to express how excited i am to see them. very glad i broke the mould and chose to listen to them this morning, they reminded me of the pure, unadulterated joy that good compositions and a guitar can evoke.
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