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Certain Songs #2619: Talking Heads – “Love –> Building on Fire (Passaic 11-17-1979)”

May 17, 2023 by Jim Connelly

Album: The Name of This Band is Talking Heads
Year: 1979

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In the early 1980s, there were three CBGB band non-album singles that I had read about but hadn’t actually heard: Patti Smith’s “Piss Factory,” Television’s “Little Johnny Jewel” and Talking Heads’ “Love –> Building on Fire.” Because indie wasn’t really a thing yet, it was a lot harder to find these songs the way I could find non album singles by the Sex Pistols, Clash and Jam, many of which I happily bought at Tower Records.

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