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Talking Heads — Stay Hungry
Album: More Songs About Buildings and Food
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6.6

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Total ratings: 668









Released: 1978
Length: 2:34
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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I think that we can signify our love now
Ooh girl, you can initiate an impulse of love

Stay hungry, stay hungry, stay hungry
Move a muscle, move a muscle, move a muscle
Make a motion, make a motion, make a motion
Pull it tighter, pull it tighter, pull it tighter
Double beatin', double beatin', double beatin'
Double beatin', double beatin', double beatin'
Palpitation, palpitation, palpitation
Stay hungry, stay hungry, stay hungry

Here's that rhythm again
Here's my shoulder blade
Here's the sound I made
Here's the picture I saved
Here I am
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 RodneyAjax wrote:


Here's my shoulder blade

YES!   Heavy chair dancing can do that to you!!  
Posted 3 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 Jannne wrote:
  Have loved this a long time.....  {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}{#Guitarist} ........here's that rhythm again.....


Here's my shoulder blade
Posted 7 months ago by RodneyAjax    [ Reply ]
I think I like the live version of this better.  
Posted 1 year ago by jjbchansen159    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:

There's a lot of 'Robert Fripp and the League of Gentlemen' in here...


Yes.  Fripp's not on this album, but I think he did play on the next one, if memory serves me correctly.
Posted 1 year ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
There's a lot of 'Robert Fripp and the League of Gentlemen' in here...
Posted 1 year ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
101 Comments and ZERO/ZIP/NON have a thumbs up?

That's rather unusual
Posted 1 year ago by RoelantSiekman    [ Reply ]
This is what genius sounds like!  
Posted 7 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
It's SO awful... 1 it a way too much for that.
Posted 7 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
Hard to believe this song came out almost FORTY YEARS ago and it still annoys me just as much as it did then?

And have you, " Byrne is a genious," people ever noticed how much everything he did after Talking Heads sucked? Let's give the rest of the band a little credit, okay?
Posted 7 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
WTF?!
Posted 8 years ago by tambu    [ Reply ]
David Byrne's picture is next to the definition of music genius in the dictionary
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]

It's almost lunch time, and I'm gettin' HUNGRY!!


Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
This song could do a lot to curb obesity in the U.S.

Listen up, fat asses!

{#Hungry}
Posted 9 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
What an extraordinary, landmark album.
Posted 9 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
 Jannne wrote:
      Have loved this a long time.....  {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}{#Guitarist} ........here's that rhythm again.....

 
Me too--this and "Warning Sign" are forever awesome!
Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
      Have loved this a long time.....  {#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananasplit}{#Guitarist} ........here's that rhythm again.....
Posted 9 years ago by Jannne    [ Reply ]
OH MY GOD IT'S TIME MACHINE TIME ON RP AGAIN...It's '78...my buddy Mike C. has this LP in his hands, and he puts it on. The freakiest, trippiest, weirdest sounds start coming out of the speakers. The weed is kicking in. It's just after High School. His mom is not home yet. We smoke yet another joint, and listen to More Songs About Buildings and Food. Take Me To The River was the "hit," but...
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
So monumentally cool to hear this again and remember being 16 in the fall of '78 in my mom's VW bug jamming to it for the first few times...me and Donnie S. had just left an Honor Society meeting and the weed came out and into the tape-deck this one went, and...
—here's that sound again...here's that rhythm again...
YES! now and forever trippy as can be!

 
so Cool coloradojohn (as usual)!!!  makes me wanna search out a roach, or even a can of PBR and start pogo-ing around my work space to this happy trippy sound, good times!
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Love this track!
Posted 9 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]

My God, what is THAT...

1 is too much for this track...


Posted 10 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
 JoepKoperdraat wrote:

SURE!!!!   A 9 is the minimum. STAY HUNGRY

 
9+ I thinks
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 aspicer wrote:

You are in good company! A 9 indeed... {#Yes}

 
SURE!!!!   A 9 is the minimum. STAY HUNGRY
Posted 10 years ago by JoepKoperdraat    [ Reply ]
 cohifi wrote:
I'm thinking it should be a 9.......
 
You are in good company! A 9 indeed... {#Yes}
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]

I'm currently reading David Byrne's "How Music Works"

What a great book... he's.very intellectual and insightful.

Highly recommended!


Posted 10 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
I'm thinking it should be a 9.......
Posted 10 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
..i love it when a song/song title fits the motif of the album name..
Posted 10 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
 rmzajac wrote:
Best cut off the best TH album.

 
This could well be the one!
Posted 10 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
Meh. Was there something to this we're supposed to grab on to? 
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
How funky they were at the time!
Posted 11 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Best cut off the best TH album.
Posted 11 years ago by rmzajac    [ Reply ]
So monumentally cool to hear this again and remember being 16 in the fall of '78 in my mom's VW bug jamming to it for the first few times...me and Donnie S. had just left an Honor Society meeting and the weed came out and into the tape-deck this one went, and...
—here's that sound again...here's that rhythm again...
YES! now and forever trippy as can be!
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
perfected percussion
Posted 11 years ago by victoryluna    [ Reply ]
Yes indeedy, before the days he felt compelled to sing one octave above his natural register.
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Unbelievable tune from a classic and timeless album! BTW you can see the original cover art collage/sculpture at the Rock & Roll hall of fame - its MUCH bigger than I could have imagined and very cool to see in person! It's maybe 10-12 feet tall or more. It used to be in Tina and Chris' loft.
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:
I BEG TO DIFFER! EARLY HEADS ALBUMS RULE!!
 
Yes they do. The first four got me from DC to NY many times over. 
Posted 12 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
 terrapin52 wrote:
Dang.  If they only had a singer.
 
Would have loved to hear Ethel Merman cover this. 

Lasker98's right, though: this was fresh and disturbing in its time.  
Posted 12 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 Deadwing wrote:


It is a little reminiscent of Sara Lee        {#Guitarist}
 
I'm guessing you're not Australian then or did you mean to compare Talking Heads to ice cream?
Posted 12 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
I thank my lucky rock and roll stars that a friend and I turned ourselves onto this wild band right when this came out...the radio played Take Me to the River, but as many folks know by now, that was not even the tip of the freaky ice-berg they were (almost alone) on at the time...I can never forget that while certain things sounded great under the inf of weed — which we were also discovering in a big way at the time — like, say, The Cars, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, the Who, Led Zep, THIS BAND sounded particularly edgy and weird.  And we LIKED IT.  Still do, too...  Thanks for this priceless little Time-Trip!

Posted 12 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Dang.  If they only had a singer.
Posted 12 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
A 7. Plus an extra "1" for the great segue from the Amadou & Mariam song before it.
Posted 12 years ago by AlonzoTheArmless    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Sounds so much like Robert Fripp and League of Gentelmen. Must be Tina's bass.
 

It is a little reminiscent of Sara Lee        {#Guitarist}
Posted 12 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
{#Drummer}

Haven't heard this for a while. Love it!

The groove at the end...
Posted 12 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]

That's it. 1978. This song and this album if is being released today, would be fully present. This only proves, once again, that good music is timeless and does not prescribe. Thanks David.

Posted 12 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Amazing song. Especially considering when it came out.
Posted 12 years ago by lasker98    [ Reply ]
Sounds so much like Robert Fripp and League of Gentelmen. Must be Tina's bass.
Posted 13 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
Mr Creosote says:

 

Dave, this song is pretty "F"-ing good.  I remember seeing them play it live in the fall of '79 at The Guthrie Theater in Mpls., & it was absolutely captivating at that time, with NOTHING else like it.  
To put it in a little better perspective, April Wine, Molly Hatchet & Journey were ruling the world that summer on the airwaves.  GOD it was awful to turn on a radio.

Posted 13 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
 musikalia wrote:

 

AWSOME!!!!!
Posted 13 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

This "funny" visual just never gets old, does it?
Time to give it a rest, there Dave.

 
Oh, let Dave be Dave.  This was a great album!

Posted 13 years ago by plaice3    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
Mr Creosote says:

 
This "funny" visual just never gets old, does it?
Time to give it a rest, there Dave.

Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Mr Creosote says:

Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 timc wrote:
Is twice in an hour too much Byrne?
 
If that actually happened, and I have my doubts, I'd still be hungry for more. {#Hungry}
Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 timc wrote:
Is twice in an hour too much Byrne?
 

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much.  in fact, twice a day is too much
Posted 14 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
 timc wrote:
Is twice in an hour too much Byrne?
 

Yes.
Posted 15 years ago by mirland    [ Reply ]
I prefer the live version of this on The Name of the Band Is... I'm with Deadwing and many others. Talking Heads or David Byrne are just fine any time.
Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
{#Drummer}
Posted 15 years ago by blades    [ Reply ]
My nine month old girl really likes TH.  I mean _a lot_.  LIkes them way more than much of the other stuff I play.  I'm thinking they have a groove that connects to some developmental neural network in a big way.  Probably explains why I like them so much.  Not fully developed yet.  Hoping to be some day.

 
Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Deadwing wrote:
I feel bad for you guys that don't get the Heads. It's just sublime in it's strange little way =>
Agreed. I feel the same level of pity for the jazz haters, too. Sometimes, it's learning how to listen.
Posted 15 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Didn't we hear DB 40 minutes ago?
Posted 15 years ago by sfListener    [ Reply ]
Is twice in an hour too much Byrne?
Posted 15 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
From a guy tagged dev1 on Amazon The glue that holds the compositions of More Songs About Buildings And Food together is Tina Weymouth's rhythmic and understated base lines. Without her concrete rhythm chords anchoring the tenuous melodies and dissonant harmonies, More Songs would collapse into an incongruous pile of musical rubble.
Posted 16 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
I was 18 - 21 and hanging out at Max's Kansas City, CBGB's and the Mudd Club in 1977 - 1980. The T Heads music was so fresh and so different than the corporate slop being played on the radio that it indeed had a profound impact on me and many of my brethren and sistren. You couldn't have found groups more different in their approach than the Ramones, the Talking Heads, Patti Smith and Television (and many others less famous). It has always been kind of funny seeing them all grouped together as punk - even as an attitude - never mind the music. Anyway - does the music hold up over time. All I can say is that some does and some doesn't. This would be a song that doesn't.
Posted 16 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
I did not grow up listening to TH, and really did not like them through sophomore year in college. Everything everyone who does not like TH say is what I would have said about them too. For some reason Junior year it just clicked for me. All of the sudden I got it, and now I love'em. I got my sister to watch "Stop Making Sense", and now she is the same way. If you want to like them but don't, maybe you should give them one more listen...and relax.
Posted 16 years ago by GChevy410    [ Reply ]
mongoose01ca wrote:
What is it about David Byrne's voice that makes me feel so fingers-on-chalkboard? Sigh. I don't get why people love this. Hasn't aged well at all.
I BEG TO DIFFER! EARLY HEADS ALBUMS RULE!!
Posted 16 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
What is it about David Byrne's voice that makes me feel so fingers-on-chalkboard? Sigh. I don't get why people love this. Hasn't aged well at all.
Posted 16 years ago by mongoose01ca    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by musikalia    [ Reply ]
auburntigerrich wrote:
I get the impression that 99 out of 100 fans grew up listening to their records as they were released.
Well count me as that 1/100 I definitely didn't grow up listening to Talking Heads but I think David Byrne is an absolute genius!
Posted 16 years ago by electronicshaman    [ Reply ]
I feel bad for you guys that don't get the Heads. It's just sublime in it's strange little way =]
Posted 16 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
Yet again. No thanks, I'm driving. There's a reason that so many folks, like myself, can't stand Talking Heads. Vocals like these are so niche, so retro... it's not something that you can run into and find an appreciation for. I get the impression that 99 out of 100 fans grew up listening to their records as they were released. I just can't find any redeeming traits to the guy, either related to harmony, melody, or anything. Twitch inducing. 2.
Posted 16 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
they must be joking..
Posted 16 years ago by Candela    [ Reply ]
pushkinjim wrote:
This is bullshit! Break the cds!
In fact this is marvelous! My rating is clearly a 10!
Posted 16 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
I am digging his voice, more than the songs, but some of those are really excellent.
Posted 16 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by nevsky    [ Reply ]
pushkinjim wrote:
This is bullshit! Break the cds!
Pharisee.
Posted 16 years ago by victoryluna    [ Reply ]
This is bullshit! Break the cds!
Posted 17 years ago by pushkinjim    [ Reply ]
I must hear talking heads at least 3 times every work day. I don't mind them.... But it seems very disproportionate....
Posted 17 years ago by littleguy    [ Reply ]
Head and Elvis this morning. That's irritating some haters, but I'm pleased and bounding in my seat!
Posted 17 years ago by jdorn1    [ Reply ]
spectacular - this is the sixth 10-star song today!
Posted 17 years ago by marco9962    [ Reply ]
jewmanchu80 wrote:
I am tired of hearing you guys bitching about the Talking Heads... They are one of the greatest American bands of all time. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the beauty that is the Talking Heads... The only thing better than the Talking Heads is David Byrne by himself!!!
Amen Heads RULE!
Posted 17 years ago by bigtwistee    [ Reply ]
QueenLucia wrote:
Ditto. Without the Heads, there would hardly be "eclectic" music. (a little hyperbole, I know, but there it is)
Posted 17 years ago by Wilmshurst    [ Reply ]
i'm always happy to hear the talking heads
Posted 17 years ago by araujokrl    [ Reply ]
jewmanchu80 wrote:
I am tired of hearing you guys bitching about the Talking Heads... They are one of the greatest American bands of all time. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the beauty that is the Talking Heads...
Posted 17 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
I never recognize this one during the intro. Once it hits the first Stay Hungry, then I remember - "Wait, this is one of the few Talking Heads songs I actually like!!!!"
Posted 17 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
3 Ho-Hum
Posted 17 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by 67nj    [ Reply ]
I am tired of hearing you guys bitching about the Talking Heads... They are one of the greatest American bands of all time. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the beauty that is the Talking Heads... The only thing better than the Talking Heads is David Byrne by himself!!!
Posted 17 years ago by jewmanchu80    [ Reply ]
This is one of those desert island records for me...great from start to finish.
Posted 17 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
passsion8 wrote:
Right along side ya there , pardner!!
Me too!
Posted 17 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
passsion8 wrote:
Right along side ya there , pardner!!
Have ta agree ... most of TH's stuff hasn't lasted well ... People compare Arcade Fire with them, but AC have passion, while this is cerebral music (too much so)
Posted 17 years ago by tony99    [ Reply ]
whoa...i don't know where bill's getting his vibe today!? this morning's set is obviously so carefully mapped that i don't believe even he can follow it's path. he's all over the board, man. most excellent! sending support for september!
Posted 17 years ago by ahoylola    [ Reply ]
Atrail wrote:
What is it with Radio Paradise and Talking Heads. I have to disconnect every time this band comes on cause it is just painful to listen t; which is way too often cause you play them way too much. This is my only complaint against the station as a long time listener, but it is a big one!
Right along side ya there , pardner!!
Posted 17 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Krispian    [ Reply ]
Atrail wrote:
What is it with Radio Paradise and Talking Heads. I have to disconnect every time this band comes on!
"Don't get upset - it's not a major disaster"
Posted 17 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
coloradojohn wrote:
Artists only DAMN THAT TELEVISION (found a job) Big Country Love it -- More songs about buildings and food, please, Mr. Bill!
I second this comment
Posted 17 years ago by SpaceCase    [ Reply ]
MikeCloud wrote:
If you want to impress play something off My Life in the Bush of Ghosts -- now that would be something to write home about!
But that's not a TH album, although it's very good. You can always upload your faves...
Posted 17 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
Makes me want to pull out the old record...except I don't have it anymore! Girls Want To Be With The Girls is one I'd love to hear again... It was the summer of '78, and David Byrne and Rick Ocasek were freaking us out (and so was the good weed and cheap beer we had)... Ahh, remember a day... oh, and ah -- how about some Floyd?
Posted 17 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Actually RP doesn't play any where near deep enough into the talking heads catalog -- they usually just play the obvious hits, with a few sojourns into Remain in Light. Not that Remain in Light isn't excellent, but the album has what 10 songs on it -- all of them perfect -- and Talking Heads/David Byrne has what 15 albums? Maybe 20, hell maybe 25 If you want to impress play something off My Life in the Bush of Ghosts -- now that would be something to write home about!
Posted 17 years ago by MikeCloud    [ Reply ]
Artists only DAMN THAT TELEVISION (found a job) Big Country Love it -- More songs about buildings and food, please, Mr. Bill!
Posted 17 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
What is it with Radio Paradise and Talking Heads. I have to disconnect every time this band comes on cause it is just painful to listen t; which is way too often cause you play them way too much. This is my only complaint against the station as a long time listener, but it is a big one!
Posted 17 years ago by Atrail    [ Reply ]
lostintokyo wrote:
after faithfully listening to the T-Heads all thru college, I was burned out on them. now hearing them again some twenty years later, I realize how ahead of their time they were. very refreshing!
Kind of similar - they aren't always the first thing on the list of things to listen to nowadays (burned these guys out in college) but songs like this one still sound amazing! Buildings and Fear of Music - As Count Floyd (SCTV) used to say, "Eeew! Scary, scary stuff kiddies." Both scary records, indeed. Great add, Bill!
Posted 17 years ago by veegez    [ Reply ]
after faithfully listening to the T-Heads all thru college, I was burned out on them. now hearing them again some twenty years later, I realize how ahead of their time they were. very refreshing!
Posted 18 years ago by lostintokyo    [ Reply ]
Shaken_Bake wrote:
The cover of this album, a collage by David Hockney, always fascinated the hell out of me. What great art, and what a great album!
The life-size original is at the R&R Hall of Fame. Really cool
Posted 18 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
I went to art school in NYC during this group's heyday, and their odd sound fit the environment of creative exploration & pseudo punk bizareness that was everywhere. It still makes me feel uncomfortable and weird like an awkward propositon from a bisexual looking to try someone different just cuz.
Posted 18 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
nick_valensi wrote:
Talking Heads, always a 10.
Ditto Nick, the TH (or David Byrne solo) can do no wrong in my book.
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
The cover of this album, a collage by David Hockney, always fascinated the hell out of me. What great art, and what a great album!
Posted 18 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
this song is peppy and fun. "initiate an impulse of love." this song's about DOIN' IT!
Posted 18 years ago by karlaanne    [ Reply ]
Talking Heads, always a 10.
Posted 18 years ago by nick_valensi    [ Reply ]