Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Persistent earworm alert LIV

Since yesterday, a Talking Heads song, "Blind," has run through my mind.  Once the recurring horn riff enters my mind, it doesn't leave right away.  Throw in David Byrne's unconventional songwriting and vocals on top of that--Who else would improvise a lyric such as, "Got a face of stone and a ghostwritten biography," and make it sound natural?--and you've got a tune that just might push the memory of something more pressing aside.  Listeners will have to decide for themselves whether the tune's ominous cold ending is worth temporarily forgetting their social security numbers or where they put their keys.