DotC: Bowie or Byrne?

Glorified KC
Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,818
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 Red
    Long Red NY Posts: 185
    David Byrne
    I heard Byrne immediately. Maybe I haven't listened to enough Bowie, but never really heard him in DotC.
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,818
    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.
  • mattcoz
    mattcoz Chicago Posts: 2,243
    edited January 2020
    David Byrne
    Wait, just the last minute? Maybe more Bowie then, the beginning is definitely Byrne.
    Post edited by mattcoz on
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  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,818
    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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  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    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 KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,818
    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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  • halv
    halv Posts: 716
    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. 
  • yanknuck
    yanknuck Peterborough, ON Posts: 122
    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.
  • mattcoz
    mattcoz Chicago Posts: 2,243
    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.
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  • erocshifty
    erocshifty 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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  • southernmanfan
    southernmanfan Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 1,027
    Eddie
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  • 7777
    7777 Idaho Posts: 166
    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.
  • rider10
    rider10 Posts: 41
    Both. Byrne in the verses. Bowie in the chorus.
  • verceman
    verceman Posts: 701
    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.
  • Clapper
    Clapper Toronto Posts: 209
    David Bowie
    The first song I think of when I hear DOTC is Golden Years by Bowie. 
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  • BH87446
    BH87446 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.
  • Spartanacus
    Spartanacus Oviedo, FL Posts: 941
    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_crown
    kotton_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?
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,375
    None of the above
  • SK20613
    SK20613 Apex, NC Posts: 109
    David Byrne
    My Favorite Talking Heads song is Heaven. The lyrics are fantastic.

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