I don't really know who Talking Heads are (were?) but I like Miley Cyrus. Suspect I may be more of the target market for this, I'll give it a listen later!
What? Are you 12 ?? 😂
I'm a fan of Mileys various cover versions and yet to hear a bad one. This keeps up that trend.
That is truly awful.
The live version is breathtaking. Still can't beat Once in a lifetime though. Please pray tell she hasn't killed that yet?
I've heard worse. Not my favourite but ....
Talking Heads made some great songs, and some godawful ones as well, with not much in the middle
She has some fantastic songs and will go down as a underated performer. I'm no huge fan but you have to give her that, 20 year pop back catalogue is some achievement.
Talking Heads are one of the most hugely revered bands that I just don't get, so I don't mind it.
It's not as good as Achey Breaky Heart though, I'll give you that,
She's got a decent set of pipes on her (when singing the right song)
I don’t really know who Talking Heads are (were?) but I like Miley Cyrus
Oh shit, I think I might be old now.
2/10
I am happy for people to like (and enjoy) dull shit like that though.
Vive la difference
Her cover of Zombie didn’t offend my ears.
I got into Talking Heads a bit late in the mid 80s, had to catch up on the old stuff by the time Naked came out and they split. Saw Byrne touring his Rei Momo album shortly after, and it became an instant favourite. Have replaced old vinyl with CDs.
So the chances of me clicking the link are less than zero. Is nothing sacred? Is there no perception of artistic merit these days?? I can take about 10 mins of music radio before Alexa is sworn at.
I like neither the original nor the cover. Do I win a special prize?
...I think that I'm with IHN, just don't get Talking Heads at all.
While I’m a bit indifferent about Talking Heads and find Miley’s okay rather than groundbreaking, that really isn’t great. Sounds more like Lady Gaga doing a cover to be honest.
It's alright. I don't think TH would be expecting either anything groundbreaking or a slavish copy of the original, so I doubt they'd be offended.
Talking Heads made some great songs, and some godawful ones as well, with not much in the middle
Care to explain re the godawful ones; enquiring minds want to know.
I saw the ‘Heads play Swindon Oasis, with Dire Straits as support, on the ‘77 tour. Been a huge fan ever since, along with Byrne’s solo material, particularly ‘My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts’ with Brian Eno, and also Tom Tom Club.
Saw Byrne on his tour with St Vincent at The Roundhouse, one of the most extraordinary live performances I’ve ever seen.
quite good if you like a mashup
I'm with debz on this one. Milleys version is equivalent to a ten ton bag of shite and ten seconds was more than enough to realise it wasnt for me.The original I only stopped listening to because a rsndom accidental finger gesture refreshed the page.
What? Are you 12 ??
What? Did you stop listening to new music in the nineties??
She's a talented singer and writer. That TH cover is a bit generic but TH themselves were, shall we say, patchy.
What? Did you stop listening to new music in the nineties??
Read me like a book, some people! 😂
She’s a talented singer and writer. That TH cover is a bit generic but TH themselves were, shall we say, patchy
A very wise response to a thread about a cover of one song 🤪
Well the original wasn’t one of the good songs, this is a very different take on it.
Some of the other artists on this compilation might do something more interesting though.
Not a fan of covers, but yeah some are cool. Lorde’s is good and whoever does Girlfriend Is Better does a good job. Miley might be a selling point for some people though. You know those young, modern types who know a great singer when they hear one (buried in layers of sludgy production crud)
I have a lot of time for Miley, she rocks out, has some vocal power, exudes confidence and doesn't seem to have been too damaged by a life in the limelight🤷♂️
I like the Blondie cover she did but I'm not linking to it as it's too risque for STW old giffers, I also like her jamming Jolene.
I'm not a talking heads fan or a Miley Cyrus fan but think that cover is shite! I think most of her stuff is shite* and I do like the original, so maybe that sways it for me.
*Not saying she's a bad singer or owt, just don't like what she makes generally.
I was appalled when I found out that The Linda Lindas had covered a Talking Heads song, I'm a massive fan and I knew it would be awful.
Even they couldn't make Talking Heads bearable.
based on the op I don’t like either of the songs fwiw
seem to have been too damaged by a life in the limelight🤷♂️
She’s had her fair share of drugs and sexual performance / based actions controversy, I started to dislike here when she got all “twerky”, she seemed to be heading all Pete Doherty but I think luckily has recovered from that, and since/despite that has a lot of accolades
I also like her jamming Jolene.
Her Godmother is Dolly Parton don’t you know.
Another cover for us to ponder;
Hmmmm ... Well, that was interesting.
Miley is pretty talented IMHO, but that sounded way too over-produced for my liking. It's not as if Miley couldn't carry it on her own without having force fed it into an autotune machine that surely isn't needed.
Anyway, here's Kesha totally ruining one of my favourite songs from the 1980s.
Massive Talking Heads fan, have listened to a few tracks off the newly released " tribute album.......all pretty awful but Paramore's version of"Burning down the house " is pretty damn good.
Feel sorry for all you folks that don't get their music but , then again, you probably like stuff I don't get .
I think I might be old now.
You're getting mixed up, that was Tiffany.
@PJM1974 I see your Kei$ha objection on a Miley Cyrus thread, and complete the triangle with the excellent Todd Barrage covering Kei$ha. With a Miley Cyrus ref. [AFI noises]
Miley is talented and has a great voice, I'm always open to a good reinterpretation of a song, but I hate that version of Psycho Killer.
Paramore’s version of”Burning down the house ” is pretty damn good.
Meh, Nina Persson did it better. IMO.
Her cover of Zombie didn’t offend my ears.
It could hardly be worse than the original.
Prefer the Kermit cover to Miley's.
Quite like Miley when she's doing rock.
Milleys version is equivalent to a ten ton bag of shite and ten seconds was more than enough to realise it wasnt for me.
It sounds autotuned to **** and back. I'm with you on this. Whether she's talented or no, it's dreadful.
The Nothing Else Matters interpretation was listenable, but you shouldn't be sung off the stage by the backing vocals (which James himself once described as "yelling in key").
You know,
Having watched a couple of videos linked from here, I think I just don't like her voice. Which is maybe a "me" issue. I'm an absolute sucker for a female rock vocalist but she sounds like someone went to Poundland looking for Tammy Wynette.
My favourite version of Road to Nowhere, after Talking Heads, is Nouvelle Vague/Sandra Dee. Really beautiful version.
42 seconds before it had to stop. 🤮
Haven't listened to Riley's psycho killer yet, but The National's cover of Heaven off the same album popped up on my feed a couple of days ago, and is dire, had to ⏭️ quickly.
https://tidal.com/album/358107368?u
Compilation album not getting much love...
Old White(?) Male annoyed that Cover Version is "not quite like the original" shocker.
You can say what you like about MC but she certainly has range both vocally and stylistically.
Nope, that ain't it Bill - covers have to be in the artists own style. Just not shit.
Just watched RNP's suggested Blondie cover, and it's not bad, suits her style better.
Am puzzled why she's wearing some kind of Timetrial skin suit tho
