Influences/Imitators?

[folkukulele]

I play in a talking heads tribute band and we will be at Fletchers this Friday (Baltimore MD) This is our 2nd show and it is so much fun! We are called the Psycho Killers. -Mikey

[elbakan]

I play in a talking heads tribute band and we will be at Fletchers this Friday (Baltimore MD) This is our 2nd show and it is so much fun! We are called the Psycho Killers. -Mikey

Dang, i'm working on Friday night--in Virginia.

Post a link to your pages (myspace?) so we can keep up with your gigs.

[folkukulele]

I play in a talking heads tribute band and we will be at Fletchers this Friday (Baltimore MD) This is our 2nd show and it is so much fun! We are called the Psycho Killers. -Mikey

Dang, i'm working on Friday night--in Virginia.

Post a link to your pages (myspace?) so we can keep up with your gigs.

here ya go, hope to see you sometime.

http://www.myspace.com/psychokillersband

[Chris]

I play in a talking heads tribute band and we will be at Fletchers this Friday (Baltimore MD) This is our 2nd show and it is so much fun! We are called the Psycho Killers. -Mikey

Dang, i'm working on Friday night--in Virginia.

Post a link to your pages (myspace?) so we can keep up with your gigs.

here ya go, hope to see you sometime.

http://www.myspace.com/psychokillersband

WOW! You guys sound great! Have a great gig tonight. We played Fletcher's once with Tom Tom Club:-)

Check out the competition http://www.myspace.com/talkinghens

Chris

[mdrmartin]

Check out the competition http://www.myspace.com/talkinghens

That's the funniest thing I've seen in a while, thanks Chris.....

"Stop Laying Eggs" and "Girlifriens Tastes Better" - marvellous!

[mdrmartin]

Girlifriens Tastes Better

WOOPS! sorry about the spelling mistakes - another freezing start to the day in Ireland and my hands are numb.

[Mr.DRC]

mdrmartin wrote

another freezing start to the day in Ireland and my hands are numb.

Been fixing that fence in the lower field for the umpteenth time ? Hardy Man!
G'wan and finish that muck-spreadin,mind...

Don-if you ask me to vote again when I've already given me feckin' Lisbon answer-C.

[mdrmartin]

[quoteBeen fixing that fence in the lower field for the umpteenth time ? Hardy Man! ][/quote]

Jeez Don you must be psychic - just bought a roll of chainlink 10 minutes ago - really!

Psycho Chicken's escaping.......

[Chris]

[quoteBeen fixing that fence in the lower field for the umpteenth time ? Hardy Man! ]

Jeez Don you must be psychic - just bought a roll of chainlink 10 minutes ago - really!

Psycho Chicken's escaping.......

[/quote]

CROSSING THE ROAD TO NOWHERE ! )

[folkukulele]

so our talking heads tribute band had its second show over this past weekend. here are two vids, let us know what you think. we had so much fun!

burning down the house:
http://vimeo.com/2528439

i zimbra > drum > nothing but flowers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQEpI2cXG5U

mikeyb (percussion)
http://www.myspace.com/psychokillersband

[bigideas]

so our talking heads tribute band had its second show over this past weekend. here are two vids, let us know what you think. we had so much fun!

burning down the house:
http://vimeo.com/2528439

i zimbra > drum > nothing but flowers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQEpI2cXG5U

mikeyb (percussion)
http://www.myspace.com/psychokillersband

i thought Burning was pretty good.

what's an example of your typical setlist?

[sebpayne]

Are God Johnson a tribute act or just an artist I have not heard of yet because that was pretty amazing! Those covers were all fantastic and I really enjoyed them, shame no such bands make the rounds in the old UK here!

For my band's first gig (that's a story for another day), we opened with Take Me To The River which was my choice and I just loved playing it! Being the MC for our group, I introduced this as the song the Billy Bass fish used to sing (anyone remember those) which broke the ice with the audience! It's a shame that I forgot to start my laptop recording but it'll be a keeper so I'll get a recording from our next gig. We had a really cool 'break down' section between myself (on the bass) and our keyboardist with some cool organ that really got the crowd going.

From my point of view, as a music journalist and manager of the student radio station at my university, I'd say Vampire Weekend are very Heads-influenced, defiantly latter day Naked material but the subtle funkiness is there, as well as obscure lyrics (punctuation, really?)

Is this my first post, I can't remember! If so, hello to everyone

[bigideas]

From my point of view, as a music journalist and manager of the student radio station at my university, I'd say Vampire Weekend are very Heads-influenced, defiantly latter day Naked material but the subtle funkiness is there, as well as obscure lyrics (punctuation, really?)

I used a Christmas gift card to buy Vampire Weekend since I hadn't been blown away by anything I heard, but I've heard about them all year long.

I'm pleasantly surprised.

Will this album have the staying power of Talking Heads album - I seriously doubt it.

If they continue to release more strong albums, maybe so, otherwise they could have a Strokes/Clap Your Hands/Arctic Monkeys type career arc.

[sebpayne]

From my point of view, as a music journalist and manager of the student radio station at my university, I'd say Vampire Weekend are very Heads-influenced, defiantly latter day Naked material but the subtle funkiness is there, as well as obscure lyrics (punctuation, really?)

I used a Christmas gift card to buy Vampire Weekend since I hadn't been blown away by anything I heard, but I've heard about them all year long.

I'm pleasantly surprised.

Will this album have the staying power of Talking Heads album - I seriously doubt it.

If they continue to release more strong albums, maybe so, otherwise they could have a Strokes/Clap Your Hands/Arctic Monkeys type career arc.

Glad you liked them, songs like M79 show they aren't just one trick ponies but they defiantly have their 'own sound' throughout the album. The Arctic Monkeys (a very different case to TH obviously) haven't reached the top of their arc yet so I wouldn't be too sure about that. I think their second album will show more of how high they are can go. For someone of my generation, it's good to see that there is some decent music still being made out there.

[bigideas]

For someone of my generation, it's good to see that there is some decent music still being made out there.

How old are you and how old do you think I am?

[iRene]

Another cover band! Houses in Motion.

http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/artic ... icle=25078
and http://www.myspace.com/himwi

[Louisfyne]

Here are some more "tribute" performances from various bands to download:

Hot Buttered Rum Live at The Oriental Theater on 2008-12-30
http://www.archive.org/details/hbr2008-12-30.flac16

The Motet Live at Boulder Theater on 2008-12-27
http://www.archive.org/details/Motet2008-12-27

The Motet Live at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on 2008-10-31
http://www.archive.org/details/Motet2008-10-31

ALCHEMY Live at The Brass Lantern on 2006-03-17
http://www.archive.org/details/alchemy2006-03-17.flac16

Euforquestra Live at Third Base on 2006-10-25
http://www.archive.org/details/euforquestr2006-10-25.flac

and on this show there is Jerry Harrison to join and play keyboard on one track:
Of A Revolution Live at The Warfield on 2005-03-05
http://www.archive.org/details/oar2005-03-05.at831.flac16

also if you search the archive.org for TH, you´ll find a lot of bands playing at least one TH song during their shows....

Hope you´ll enjoy listening to some of the tunes....

[Louisfyne]

You can watch the entire "SMS" Tribute concert performance from Euforquestra on youTube!!!

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=LotCproductions&view=videos

"Tina" looks amazing, also "Ednah" and "Lynn" are wonderful....

[sebpayne]

For someone of my generation, it's good to see that there is some decent music still being made out there.

How old are you and how old do you think I am?

I've no idea how old you are but I can say that I am 19 years of age. In reference to my previous post, I've now got a video of my band performing Take Me To The River at a recent Battle of the Bands contest. It was the second time we've ever played live, and the first time with this drummer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWR-1iy4OFY

We came third and were delighted

[Cole]

Dude,that was great!You know what kept you out of first?Hot,female back-up singers.Really,that was fun to watch.Good luck and if you ever release anything post and let us know.