Selezione musicale 59 – Talking Heads Burning down the house
Burning down the house è il brano simbolo, nonchè singolo estratto, di Speaking in Tongues, bellissimo disco del 1983 dei Talking Heads.
Gruppo formatosi nel 1974 intorno a David Byrne, emblema dell’approccio avanguardistico alla musica pop, i Talking Heads hanno sempre avuto una proposta artistica caratterizzata da un’ecletticità spinta verso estrosi eccessi e per i concerti dal vivo dalla grandissima carica emotiva.
La produzione di Brian Eno ha segnato un sodalizio di grande qualità e l’unione artistica tra le personalità più interessanti del periodo.
Watch out, you might get what you’re after
Cool babies, strange but not a stranger
I’m an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
Hold tight, wait ‘till the party’s over
Hold tight, we’re in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
Here’s your ticket, pack your bags, time for jumpin’ overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fightin’ fire with fire
All wet, hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown, dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hundred sixty five degrees
Burning down the house
It was once upon a place, sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work said, “Baby what did you except?”
Gonna burst into flame, go ahead
Burning down the house
My house is out of the ordinary
That’s right, don’t want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house
No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin’ yet
Everything’s stuck together
I don’t know what you expect staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
Burning down the house
Burning down the house
Burning down the house
