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c0nfusedTurtle
everybody talks about joy division but am i the only one getting tomorrow never knows vibes from this one?
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Cassandra-Leo
if you haven't heard it, btw, there’s a fascinating extended version of this on some 5.1 mixes (and, correspondingly, downmixes of the 5.1 mixes) that runs for 7:30. i’m not going to post a link directly, but if you search for “talking heads 5.1 downmix” on google, the first result that comes up should have a link or two that may be of interest. it’s really given me new appreciation for the whole album, but especially this track. the extended ending is so, so good.
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camusunder
This album would be absolutely perfect if it weren't for this song. Still pretty damn good though.
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Player6576
i'm sorry, but i'll have to politely disagree with you on saying it feels out of place, Remain in Light may have groovy, funky instrumentation, but the lyrics of the album itself are filled with paranoia, fear and disenchantment, being The Overload the final statement to that sentiment
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camusunder
I have actually radically come around on it now. The whole album is perfect (recently it's become my all time favorite) and The Overload is a natural and perfect closer ~ thanks for reminding me Player6576
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maldoror1975
That soaring tension, it works so well with other track, less known, 'Nervous Breakdown', by Phantom Band
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hefellaway
I have an impossible time believing the band never heard Joy Division before making this.
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MyMediaMusic
Yes, I heard the "We Will Fall" vibe right away. Very gloomy, dark track. David Byrne is a genius songwriter, and Adrian Belew is a phenomenal guitarist without whom this sound would not be possible.
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Cassandra-Leo
To be fair, Joy Division has more upbeat songs that don't sound anything like this, but Talking Heads nailed the slow, depressive side of their sound absolutely perfectly. It's almost impossible to believe they'd never heard them when they recorded this, but music journalists presumably did do a pretty good job describing what they sounded like.
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foreigner97
Joy Division, fair enough, but I can't help hearing ''We Will Fall'' by The Stooges when I listen to this one.
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MilitaryTwoStep
Far exceeds anything Joy Division ever put down on tape. Just absolutely transcends it. Perfect song.
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SonicDiablo16
"Far exceeds anything Joy Division ever put down on tape" I love this track and all but no way would I ever agree with that.
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jamesusillxd
Yeah, I can't believe they wouldn't have heard Joy Division before making this either, they nail the Manchester sound to a T...
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bradleybee
Joy Division weren't even known in the US by 99.9 % of the population until New Order released True Faith and people started looking into the history of the band. Unknown Pleasures 1st US release was in 1987, 8 years after the UK release. The fact that TH hadn't heard JD is not surprising at all.
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MrDoomBringer
@overbest it slightly sounds like i remember nothing. i like this song. highly doubt they hadn't listened to joy division if they tried to emulate their sound. unknown pleasures was released in 1979 and remain in light in 1980. i like this song
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nicejumping
Pere Ubu did the spooky plodding gothic thing before either of these bands (and a million bands before Pere Ubu), so who cares
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branko_kingdom
I always thought this song was a little out of place compared to the others. Now I know where Joy Division got all their ideas from... ;)
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floydianslip313
QFT from Wikipedia: The final track on the album, "The Overload," was Talking Heads' attempt to emulate the sound of British post-punk band Joy Division. The song was made despite no band member having heard the music of Joy Division; rather, it was based on an idea of what the British quartet might sound like based on descriptions in the music press. The track features "tribal-cum-industrial" beats created primarily by Harrison and Byrne.[28]
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