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Can't stop - I might end up in the hospital
I'm changing my shape - I feel like an accident
They're back! - to explain their experience
Isn't it weird
Looks too obscure to me
Wasteing away
And that was their policy
I'm ready to leave
I push the fact in front of me
Facts lost - facts are never what they seem to be
Nothing there! No information left of any kind
Lifting my head
Looking for danger signs
There was a line
There was a formula
Sharp as a knife
Facts cut a hole in us
There was a line
There was a formula
Sharp as a knife
Facts cut a hole in us
I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
The feeling returns
Whenever we close our eyes
Lifting my head
Looking around inside
The island of doubt
It's like the taste of medicine
Working by hindsight
Got the message from the oxygen
Making a list
Find the cost of opportunity
Doing it right
Facts are useless in emergencies
The feeling returns
Whenever we close our eyes
Lifting my head
Looking around inside
Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things
Facts don't stain the furniture
Facts go out and slam the door
Facts are written all over your face
Facts continue to change their shape
I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
I'm still waiting...I'm still waiting...
My starting position is always "I don't like covers".
I LOVE this. This sounds like what the song should have sounded like.
Also, really like her voice.
Not sure what's up with the hate for it.
As someone who hasn't heard the Talking Heads song this was a banger. There wasn't a point where I thought that it was a cover, all I thought was - Ha Fela Kuti influence here I guess.
bit of Shirley Bassey in her voice.
That's a good thing.
Absolutely! I thought it was Shirley at the start. Anybody who sounds like Shirley has a great voice IMO.
That's a good thing.
Hm. First listen.
I can't decide if I like this...
or if I love this.
Second listen.
Moving rapidly toward "love this."
Hm. First listen.
I can't decide if I like this...
or if I love this.
Rating undecided. But, Shirley Bassie’s voice or what?
That is exactly what I thought when I heard the first few lines! Spanking bass, as well. I like Tina Weymouth, but this takes it to another level.
amy whinehouse
Meh. Doesn't really do anything the original didn't.
Yea it's exactly the same. WTF?
What we are hearing in this song is the Afrobeat / Fela Kuti influence on Talking Heads turned back on itself!
Meta-Talking-Heads-Afro-Beat
People are commenting on the merits of this cover. Yes, technically it is a cover. It was definitely written by Talking Heads. However, I found the interview with her on NPR when this album was release to be very enlightening (
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/04/616145303/ang-lique-kidjo-connects-the-talking-heads-with-her-african-roots
)
Some excerpts:
"
And when I arrived in Paris, I was determined to catch up with the music I didn't have. I became a music junkie. I went to a party with some friends of mine and somebody started playing the song of the Talking Heads called "Once in a Lifetime" and everybody was standing and dancing weird, and me, I was grooving. And I told them, "This is African music," and they go, "Hell no, this is rock and roll. You Africans are not sophisticated enough to do this kind of music."
.....
I always say, when you are inspired by a music, and you acknowledge that source of inspiration, it is cultural expansion....
The Talking Heads, when they released this album, in the press release they acknowledge the fact they were listening to Fela when they did this album. They were reading the book [African Rhythms and African Sensibility] of [John Miller] Chernoff, and they tell people, "You want to understand our album? Listen to Fela and read the book."
---
So yes it is a cover - of music that was directly influenced by the music that she grew up with and makes. It was a great interview.
Thanks for this.
I LOVE this. This sounds like what the song should have sounded like.
Also, really like her voice.
Not sure what's up with the hate for it.
People are commenting on the merits of this cover. Yes, technically it is a cover. It was definitely written by Talking Heads. However, I found the interview with her on NPR when this album was release to be very enlightening (
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/04/616145303/ang-lique-kidjo-connects-the-talking-heads-with-her-african-roots
)
Some excerpts:
"
And when I arrived in Paris, I was determined to catch up with the music I didn't have. I became a music junkie. I went to a party with some friends of mine and somebody started playing the song of the Talking Heads called "Once in a Lifetime" and everybody was standing and dancing weird, and me, I was grooving. And I told them, "This is African music," and they go, "Hell no, this is rock and roll. You Africans are not sophisticated enough to do this kind of music."
.....
I always say, when you are inspired by a music, and you acknowledge that source of inspiration, it is cultural expansion....
The Talking Heads, when they released this album, in the press release they acknowledge the fact they were listening to Fela when they did this album. They were reading the book [African Rhythms and African Sensibility] of [John Miller] Chernoff, and they tell people, "You want to understand our album? Listen to Fela and read the book."
---
So yes it is a cover - of music that was directly influenced by the music that she grew up with and makes. It was a great interview.
Paris, France. I am not surprised.
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/04/616145303/ang-lique-kidjo-connects-the-talking-heads-with-her-african-roots
)
Some excerpts:
"
And when I arrived in Paris, I was determined to catch up with the music I didn't have. I became a music junkie. I went to a party with some friends of mine and somebody started playing the song of the Talking Heads called "Once in a Lifetime" and everybody was standing and dancing weird, and me, I was grooving. And I told them, "This is African music," and they go, "Hell no, this is rock and roll. You Africans are not sophisticated enough to do this kind of music."
.....
I always say, when you are inspired by a music, and you acknowledge that source of inspiration, it is cultural expansion....
The Talking Heads, when they released this album, in the press release they acknowledge the fact they were listening to Fela when they did this album. They were reading the book [African Rhythms and African Sensibility] of [John Miller] Chernoff, and they tell people, "You want to understand our album? Listen to Fela and read the book."
---
So yes it is a cover - of music that was directly influenced by the music that she grew up with and makes. It was a great interview.
"More points for having a better voice than David Byrne" was the only nice thing my ninth grade chorus teacher had to say about me on my final report card. She still flunked me that year.
Indeed, she did.
i would love to hear that!
So we're looking at an infinite loop? Very mind expanding...
Indeed, she did.
Yep! Here's a piece from NPR on the album. I'm super-excited to hear "Once in a Lifetime"!
Looks that way:
http://www.kidjo.com/remain-in-light
Haven't bought an album in a long time, but this might be a good time to start! Awesome cover. Wonder what the rest of the album is like?
Indeed, she did.