| Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Guys this is a love song, a love song. No, not every line is sugar sweet and sappy perfection, but That doesn't mean it's not earnest. For those in doubt: "In the "Self Interview" on the DVD of the concert film Stop Making Sense, Byrne states that it is a love song, a topic he tends to avoid because it is "kinda big." He also said of the song: That's a love song made up almost completely of non sequiturs, phrases that may have a strong emotional resonance but don't have any narrative qualities. It's a real honest kind of love song. I don't think I've ever done a real love song before. Mine always had a sort of reservation, or a twist. I tried to write one that wasn't corny, that didn't sound stupid or lame the way many do. I think I succeeded; I was pretty happy with that. According to the Stop Making Sense commentary track, the title "Naive Melody" refers to the music. On the track, the guitar part and the bass part are doing the same thing throughout the whole song. According to David Byrne, many professional musicians would not play a song written in that fashion, and that is what makes the melody naive. Byrne played the lead keyboard solo." (Also for those who don't know, David Byrne is the lead singer for the talking heads and wrote the song) |
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| Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[pezdel:23944] @[Dirty_Chavez:23945] your analysis is really thoughtful, but as fans of the song you should know David Byrne has actually publicly stated that this is the only earnest love song he has ever written, which I think makes it all the more powerful, and yes perfect for a wedding @[mike569026:23946] At at least for the writer, it is indeed a real love song, not a tragedy about feeling out of place. Also, in the liner notes it is explained that the "Naive Melody" part of the title refers to the way the music for the song was composed and written, not the meaning of the song. |
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