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Song: Burning Down the House
Band: Talking Heads
My Notes: this song is rad. but it repeats a lot, which is the only
downside. otherwise its a great song, and its easy to learn, enjoy!
Q= quarter note
E= eigth note
S= sixteenth note
(the type of note is marked above the tab)
E S S E E
g [---------------------]
d [-----5-5------5------]
a [---------------------]
e [--3---------3--------]
E S S E E
g [--------------------]
d [----3-3-----3-------]
a [--------------------]
e [-1-------1----------]
x3
E S S E S S E S
g [-------------------------]
d [----5-5------7-7-----7---]
a [--------------------------]
e [-3--------5-------5------]
x1
E S S E E
g [--------------------]
d [----3-3-----3-------]
a [--------------------]
e [-1-------1----------]
x2
Please Note: Talking Heads usually go into a jam with solos,
so each part is played for however long the soloist decides.
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Marcus Average |
#1 by Marcus at Sep 11, 2006 at 3:42 AM EST |
| Just to add to what's already been said- on the commentary for the Stop Making Sense DVD, David Byrne mentions how the lyrics to this particular song make absolutely no sense at all. The individual couplets alone make sense, but they have nothing to do with the lyrics before or after them. Also, he does mention the P-Funk connection and how he thought the chant would make a catchy chorus, but the rest of the lyrics he kinda laughs at. | |
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Jonathan Wanna Be |
#2 by Jonathan Takish at Oct 7, 2006 at 9:26 PM EST |
| well, the "burning down the house" part may have been otherwise inspired, but the rest of the lyrics have his quirky signature all over them. at any rate your explanation lends an idea how the Heads later got p-funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell in on their sessions and also to appear in "Stop Making Sense"! | |
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khairney Wanna Be |
#3 by khairney drew at Oct 17, 2006 at 2:06 PM EST |
| pure 80s new wave. love this song. | |
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Scott Average |
#4 by Scott Reihlmann at Jan 21, 2007 at 3:53 PM EST |
| this song happened as the result of a Heads jam session and a spark of lyrical imagination from David Byrne. supposedly, the recording we all know and love doesn't deviate far from the original jam demo. what does it mean to me? PARTY. burn the place down. we don't need no water, let the motherfucker burn! | |
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Bobby Rhythm Player |
#5 by Bobby McCorkle at Feb 3, 2007 at 11:05 PM EST |
| it wasn't lyrical imagination on david byrne's part. chris frantz just came back from a parliment funkadelic concert and he was yelling one of the p-funk audience chants during a jam session, which was "burn down the house". byrne liked the phrase and turned it into "burning down the house". | |
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Tony Average |
#6 by Tony at Feb 6, 2007 at 6:52 AM EST |
| nuclear references? nuclear babies? where? you gotta be kiddin' me with this thing. In case any nuclear refrences do exist after all, let me tell you... they're not subtle. They're fucking encrypted! | |
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london calling Average |
#7 by london calling at Feb 16, 2007 at 6:13 AM EST |
| The music video for this featured the Talking Heads playing instruments and then being replaced by kids in some house. Very weird video. | |
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Punk rocks man! Average |
#8 by Punk rocks man! at May 13, 2007 at 10:46 AM EST |
| You know I could've listened to this son a million times and I would have never picked up the subtle nuclear references, Damn. The Talking Heads stiil are sweet though. | |
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Matteo Average |
#9 by Matteo at Aug 29, 2007 at 3:50 AM EST |
| i just heard this song in some movie called "13 going on 30". it was a chick flick but the song was actually used in good taste. some chubby kid dances to it in front of a bunch of his peers. | |
