This month in 1977, David Byrne & Co. released their debut album, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด: 77. And one song from the album that was left off, appearing only on CD reissues decades later, was “"Love → Building on Fire"” Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder regularly performed it live. It’s one of my Talking Heads’ fave tracks; I even used it as my ring tone for almost a year : )“Love → Building on Fire” was Talking Heads’ very first commercial release, officially introducing their idiosyncratic, art-school style to the music industry.While never a mainstream chart-topper, the song served as the foundational spark for the band’s career and remains a landmark release of the early new wave ear; music historians frequently cite it as one of the quintessential debut singles of post-punk.“๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐จ๐บ๐ฏ๐บ; ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ท๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ฎ. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ—๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ—๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ,” —Robert Christgau/The Village Voice
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