Members present: William A. Rawls, Ms. Mistoffeles, Swedish Oxers, Consigliere, Plan B, Charlie Face, Cuban Pete
Favorite song: ”Seen Unseen”
Notable: By 6-1 vote, hip-hop music was approved for future AC selections
Discussed: Episode of “Webster” where home burned down; Fela Kuti’s influence; David Byrne’s Maryland roots; band’s constant tension, chiefly between Byrne and Tina Weymouth; Brian Eno’s early use of loops and samples; Byrne’s relevance beyond music and into other art scenes; Album Club’s near universal distaste for jam bands like Phish and DMB (and for some, dislike of funk and world music, too); difference between high-energy Side A and more experimental Side B; Talking Heads as bridge between punk and post-punk; Talking Heads’ commercial success, with hit singles spread out over several albums; Byrne’s visual uniqueness as key element to their success; In early days of MTV; Suzi Quattro as role model for Weymouth; Eno’s intentional focus on sonic verus lyric
Next album, courtesy of Cuban Pete: Learning to Crawl, The Pretenders (1984)
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