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In the course of thesis research I came across this intriguing quote: "As the image of CBGB [local New York club] aesthetics sharpened, the Talking Heads and the Ramones became perfect foils for each other, each defined by the public in opposition to the other, the highbrows from art school versus the lowbrow dropouts from Queens, the quintessential new wavers versus the paradigmatic punks. Many who supported one of the groups tended to show contempt for the other."
~Bernard Gendron, Between Montmarte and the Mudd Club: Popular Music and the Avant Garde, p. 256.
So here's your chance to vote!
The Ramones?
Or Talking Heads?
Given the regular audience here, however, I fear I may have skewed the poll...
I like both, but I'll go with the Ramones.
"Sheena is a punk, punk rocker."
"I wanna be sedated."
Posted by: Evan Donovan at 22.01.07 18:37I like variety. I like the Heads.
Evan, I am not afraid of you and I will blank your blank.
I vote for the Ramones, because I doubt that the Talking Heads have a band as big as U2 that credits them with getting them started.
Posted by: jolly at 23.01.07 22:36"I will blank your blank"? Is that a reference to something that I'm not getting?
Posted by: Evan Donovan at 23.01.07 23:57My vote is for the Heads, and here is why. No Talking Heads, no song "Radiohead." No song "Radiohead," and my favorite band would still be called "On a Friday."
Posted by: funke at 24.01.07 0:40Sorry Evan. The Ramones always tended to draw a pretty rough crowd. For solution to the puzzle see Yo La Tengo's latest.
And Sarah, On a Friday is lame, lame, lame.
Haha. Yes. Thanks for keeping the blog G-rated, Mr. Howard. My grandparents read this (they are the hippest techno-savvy grandparents ever). :)
Posted by: funke at 24.01.07 13:00