Not Completely American After All

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Listening to 70s and 80s music in my misspent youth, my favourite performers were disproportionately British. I mean, nearly all of them.

But there was one group that came into prominence during this time, that I absolutely loved, and that I always believed were very distinctly American.

They were the folks from the Rhode Island School of Design. I thought (and still do think) that they were off-the-charts awesome. None other than - the Talking Heads!

The most distinctly American sound in my largely British playlist, back when playlists were constructed by manually stacking vinyl discs on a primitive electro-mechanical device.

Quite recently, I learned that arguably the head Head, David Byrne, was born in Scotland.

Still love them, I was just surprised to learn this. I always thought they were wholly and completely American.

[Lianachan]

Aye, Dumbarton’s finest. Great band. I think his family moved out of Scotland when he was very young. Still, we’ll claim him as one of ours.

[g-one]

Here's one for the New Years party.

Everyone is trying
to get to the bar
The name of the bar,
the bar is called Heaven
The band in Heaven,
they play my favorite song
They play it once again,
they play it all night long

[Мастер]

Here's one for the New Years party.

Everyone is trying
to get to the bar
The name of the bar,
the bar is called Heaven
The band in Heaven,
they play my favorite song
They play it once again,
they play it all night long

A place where nothing ever happens.