Talking Heads -- "Burning Down the House"
One of my students (of the type who prides himself on his Pitchfork-inspired musical tastes) once said that the Talking Heads sold out after their first couple of albums. If this song is what constitutes selling out, I don't think I have any need for authenticity. This is oddness, quirkiness, idiosyncracy embodied in sound. The fact that the public happened to buy it is still mystifying to me, but it's circumstantial and not a defining quality of the music itself.
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