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DotC: Bowie or Byrne?

Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,616
edited January 2020 in The Porch
Who do you get more of in the Dance of the Clairvoyants?
I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.

DotC: Bowie or Byrne? 77 votes

David Bowie
20%
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David Byrne
79%
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  • Long RedLong Red Posts: 185
    David Byrne
    I heard Byrne immediately. Maybe I haven't listened to enough Bowie, but never really heard him in DotC.
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,616
    edited January 2020
    David Byrne
    I initially got Bowie when I first heard the song, but now i have Byrne ingrained in my mind.  I keep hearing "Stand back when the spirit comes" over-and-over in my head.
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • mattcozmattcoz Posts: 2,202
    edited January 2020
    David Byrne
    Wait, just the last minute? Maybe more Bowie then, the beginning is definitely Byrne.
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  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,616
    David Byrne
    mattcoz said:
    Wait, just the last minute?
    You know, after I stared at that sentence, I thought the same thing.  I changed it.

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  • PB11041PB11041 Posts: 2,805
    David Bowie
    wait what, you can't edit a poll it completely changes the take.
    His eminence has yet to show. 
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  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,616
    David Byrne
    PB11041 said:
    wait what, you can't edit a poll it completely changes the take.
    How does that change the take?  Are you now saying Byrne if you think of the entire 4.5 min?

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  • halvhalv Posts: 699
    A lot of the focus is on Eddie' voice, but the music is really reminiscent of bands like Hot Hot Heat, The Strokes and Viet Cong. 
  • yanknuckyanknuck Posts: 57
    Well, yes and yes and neither. When you take Remain In Light era TH & Heroes era Bowie & the first 3 Peter Gabriel albums that is what it sounds like to me. The common denominator in those three artists...Robert Fripp and Brian Eno. That was my first impression of DotC.
  • mattcozmattcoz Posts: 2,202
    David Byrne
    halv said:
    A lot of the focus is on Eddie' voice, but the music is really reminiscent of bands like Hot Hot Heat, The Strokes and Viet Cong. 
    The music still reminds me of The Who, namely Eminence Front.
  • erocshiftyerocshifty Posts: 1,170
    David Byrne
    Honestly I get Ed but there is a Talking Heads feel to the song. Seeing what the band's ages are, it's not surprising. They were probably the same age when Talking Heads were putting albums out as I was getting into PJ. And your influences always show up in your writing. 
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  • southernmanfansouthernmanfan Posts: 1,019
    Eddie
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  • 77777777 Posts: 163
    David Byrne
    Talking Heads influences in the song.  Michael Jackson influences in a couple of lines in the vocal delivery(Ed was/is a fan, listen to Rats).  That's just what I hear.
  • rider10rider10 Posts: 41
    Both. Byrne in the verses. Bowie in the chorus.
  • vercemanverceman Posts: 681
    mattcoz said:
    halv said:
    A lot of the focus is on Eddie' voice, but the music is really reminiscent of bands like Hot Hot Heat, The Strokes and Viet Cong. 
    The music still reminds me of The Who, namely Eminence Front.
    Opened this thread to respond the same.
  • ClapperClapper Posts: 208
    David Bowie
    The first song I think of when I hear DOTC is Golden Years by Bowie. 
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  • BH87446BH87446 Posts: 113
    David Bowie
    verceman said:
    mattcoz said:
    halv said:
    A lot of the focus is on Eddie' voice, but the music is really reminiscent of bands like Hot Hot Heat, The Strokes and Viet Cong. 
    The music still reminds me of The Who, namely Eminence Front.
    Opened this thread to respond the same.
    +1 on that. Like, right off the bat.
  • SpartanacusSpartanacus Posts: 828
    I listened to The Talking Heads greatest hits the other day...wasn't impressed.  So I hope people stop comparing DotC to them.
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  • kotton_crownkotton_crown Posts: 214
    Spartanacus said:
    I listened to The Talking Heads greatest hits the other day...wasn't impressed.  So I hope people stop comparing DotC to them.
    Does it affect your enjoyment of the song?
  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,772
    None of the above
  • SK20613SK20613 Posts: 106
    David Byrne
    My Favorite Talking Heads song is Heaven. The lyrics are fantastic.
  • PB11041PB11041 Posts: 2,805
    David Bowie
    cdthomas1981 said:
    PB11041 said:
    wait what, you can't edit a poll it completely changes the take.
    How does that change the take?  Are you now saying Byrne if you think of the entire 4.5 min?

    originally was about the end, the end is very very very VERY Bowie.   The beginning is very much Byrne.  It is a mash up of the two, not the one or the other, but in separate sections
    His eminence has yet to show. 
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  • Glorified KCGlorified KC Posts: 2,616
    David Byrne
    PB11041 said:
    cdthomas1981 said:
    PB11041 said:
    wait what, you can't edit a poll it completely changes the take.
    How does that change the take?  Are you now saying Byrne if you think of the entire 4.5 min?

    originally was about the end, the end is very very very VERY Bowie.   The beginning is very much Byrne.  It is a mash up of the two, not the one or the other, but in separate sections
    Point taken, and my apologies to anyone else who did vote based on my initial wording.

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  • ed243421ed243421 Posts: 7,659
    Spartanacus said:
    I listened to The Talking Heads greatest hits the other day...wasn't impressed.  So I hope people stop comparing DotC to them.
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  • vitovito Chicago Posts: 2,029
    edited January 2020
    David Byrne
    I hear the Who, the Heads and Bowie and it's not surprising as Townshend was a huge Bowie and Eno(went to the same Art school as PT) fan and Eno and Bowie were big Who fans not to mention Eddie's worship of all things Who. All these guys were very innovative and pushed boundaries with each release seeing a shift from the previous one and PJ has achieved this with this bad ass song. As a fan I feel grateful that they can still move me this late in the game cause I had my doubts after the last 2 albums.
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