Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
Slightly less obvious one, this. I'm led to believe that Road To Nowhere was a pretty big hit in its day, and I think I can understand why. Any song that manages to make singing about the lack of direction and meaning to our lives sound catchy and upbeat must be decent to some degree. The sole trouble though, is not that the song hasn't aged well...it's more that it's a bit lame now. Why? Because it's from the '80s, pretty much... I'm only slightly joking. I personally don't think it's lame, because obviously I like this song (quite a lot actually); but there's little denying that there's definitely more than a hint of general uncoolness. But what is 'cool'...? And therefore what is 'uncool'? I DON'T KNOW AND DON'T CARE. I'd never be able to rationalise all my choices on this list if I tried, and I suppose in reality I don't even need to. It's my list and I'll do as I damn well please. It's safe to say that so far I'm struggling with justifications. Maybe it's the acapella intro that does it. It seems to me that acapella can only be either brilliant or utterly turd, but nothing in between. To be honest it just looks like I'm clutching at straws to back up my decisions, doesn't it? I reckon I'll have to settle on the main reason being the cheesy video.
Hold on a second...need to collect my thoughts...halt this train-wreck...hmmm...
Yup, I've figured this one out. Talking Heads scrape their way onto my guilty pleasures list more for how much I enjoy the song, rather than the extent to which it is an all-round guilty pleasure. The fact that I treat it as a guilty pleasure to any degree at all qualifies it for selection, but as the level of liking increases, the guiltypleasureness (check your dictionary) is exacerbated. By my reckoning, that grants Road To Nowhere with a low placing in my top 30. Yeah, that'll do. An honourable mention should probably go to Brian May's Driven By You by the way, because it came a very close second for this particular spot. For whatever reason I wanted an '80s gem at #28.
Hold on a second...need to collect my thoughts...halt this train-wreck...hmmm...
Yup, I've figured this one out. Talking Heads scrape their way onto my guilty pleasures list more for how much I enjoy the song, rather than the extent to which it is an all-round guilty pleasure. The fact that I treat it as a guilty pleasure to any degree at all qualifies it for selection, but as the level of liking increases, the guiltypleasureness (check your dictionary) is exacerbated. By my reckoning, that grants Road To Nowhere with a low placing in my top 30. Yeah, that'll do. An honourable mention should probably go to Brian May's Driven By You by the way, because it came a very close second for this particular spot. For whatever reason I wanted an '80s gem at #28.
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