![]() To me, the song feels as timely today as it did when I first spun Little Creatures in 1986. For my unique spin, I added violins, cello, and rhythm viola to the original orchestration. (For example, check out Jars of Clay or the Young at Heart Chorus). When they released their last album about 12 years later, the band. Music video for Talking Heads classic 'Road to Nowhere', presenting members of the band in several daily life routine situations where everything seems to be climbing to nowhere at the same time theres a meaning behind it all. With David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Talking Heads. 4:19: 1.29: View More By Talking Heads Biography Formed: 1974 in New York, NY Genre: Rock Years Active: 70s, 80s, 90s At the start of their career, Talking Heads were all nervous energy, detached emotion, and subdued minimalism. Talking Heads: Road to Nowhere: Directed by David Byrne, Stephen R. Why? Well, consider David Byrne’s summary of the song: “I wanted to write a song that presented a resigned, even joyful look at doom.” Although I intended to take my audience to some dark places, I also wanted to leave them joyful.Ī few notable covers of “Road to Nowhere” exist. Road to Nowhere: Best of Talking Heads (Rema. Since “Array” digs deeply into nuclear wonders, threats, and problems, “Road to Nowhere” seemed a fitting conclusion. I can’t explain why this ten-second montage rings so true to me, but it does.ĭoes the stop-motion animation beginning at 2:55 looks familiar? That’s because it inspired the subsequent video for Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer.” Covering Road to NowhereĪt the 2016 MWROC Festival, I needed a set-closer to follow my new electric viola tone poem, Array of Irrevocable Light. We briefly witness Trinity, the world’s first detonation of an atom bomb (0:59-1:01) Screenshot of the original Trinity atomic test film, briefly excerpted in the Talking Heads videoĪt 1:20, drummer Chris Frantz appears to have become a musical Sisyphus, dragging a heavy accordion up a steep hill.Īnd then we see sparring, rotating men wearing business suits and Mexican luchador masks (1:45). If you watch the video in slow motion, or frame by frame, prepare to catch oddities you may have missed while staring at the jogging Byrne: Meanwhile, other band members perpetually twist, age, and cycle through life’s major events. “Road to Nowhere” remains my favorite for its symbolism and cinematography:īyrne perpetually jogs on an invisible treadmill in the lower right hand corner. Lead singer David Byrne always had artistic concepts and films for Talking Heads’ songs. ![]() In fact, MTV’s heavy rotation of “Road to Nowhere” was probably what prompted me to buy Little Creatures. I enjoyed the entire album, but I particularly liked to play the final track, “Road to Nowhere,” on endless repeat.ĪBOVE: Watch David Wallace & Friends perform Talking Heads’ “Road to Nowhere” at the 2016 MWROC festival. What’s the first CD you ever bought? Back in the 80’s, when those shiny new laser disks appeared in elongated cardboard packages, my first purchase was Talking Heads’ Little Creatures.
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