Talking Heads - I Zimbra Lyrics

L'inspiration de François Perusse.

Ooops! The Disque plutôt!

Great album.

BON SANG

funk nationalism

This sounds like a doomer on Zoloft

If nothing else this album wins for all time coolest album cover. I can find it in the dark.

DADA !!!!!

A gummy bass

remember the day I bought this album when I was 15

0.25 speed for gothic funk

I kinda dig it tbh lol

Lyrics anyone?

There were definitely lyrics.

Intense

With the help of Fripp ,Eno, and some hella fine black musicians!

Other members

Adrian Belew – lead guitar, vocals (1980–1981)
Alex Weir – guitar, vocals (1983–1984)
Bernie Worrell – keyboards (1980–1984)
Busta Jones – bass (1980–1981)
Steve Scales – percussion (1980–1984)
Dolette McDonald – vocals, cowbell (1980–1981)
Ednah Holt – vocals (1983–1984)
Lynn Mabry – vocals (1983–1984)
Nona Hendryx – vocals (1980)

What happened to the full album 5.1 upload?

YT got them down, obvisouly...
I think Robin Sharrock had them uploaded somewhere on the internet.

Thnx.Lekker.

from: 1916.. the exuberant German poet, Dadaist Hugo Ball's poem; "Gadji beri bimba".... who said '"to remind the world that there are people of independent minds – beyond war and nationalism – who live for different ideals." :)

Just posted it. Grazzie, amigo!

Great album, 40 years later is still a must listen for everyone.

Happy 40th birthday, Fear of Music!! :)

Released 40 years ago today. (August 3, 1979.)

As mind- expanding as Pink Floyd, and as funky as Parliament/Funkadelic. No one knew what to do with this in 1979.

Sister song to King Crimson's Thela Hun Ginjeet. Sort of. Listen to it and you'll hear what I mean.

@The Piratey Weenie - Disagreeing without explanation as to why?

David Lazarus Great insight, man! I’ve literally been listening to both albums for decades, and am embarrassed to admit that I’ve never made that connection before. Thank you, sir. Bravo! 😎

Belew & Fripp both worked with Talking Heads, and "Discipline" is kind of their own take on african influenced new wave music, so...

Wow...listening to this I realized I've only scratched the surface on Talking Heads. Extraordinary!!

Woah! What’ve you heard so far? This is essential TH listening

@L French Je suis d'accord avec toi. C'est l'album de talking heads qui m'a fait découvrir TH

How funky can a bunch of white college kids get ???

@Gerry Berry A-ha-ha! Good one mate! Cracked me up now! : )))))

best two answers: Talking Heads and Phish

Gerry Berry wtf what do Afro beats and new wave(which is actually French) have to do with Elvis.

@Gerry Berry bruhhhh calm down

Wrong question, when applied to music. Right question, when applied to white boys who intend to rape the economy, hide the booty in overseas accounts, and dare anyone to find it, much less take it away from them.

listen to at 1.25 speed for some additional funk

I mean, come on... This is fucking ridiculously good.

Talking heads really are the GOAT

a band that had tina, jerry and david byrne and played live with bernie worrel and Belew must be the GOAT

Chicken heads, chicken heads...

Lyrics, please! LOL

@Michael Arenson It's not just any gibberish; these lyrics are a modified reading of the poem "Gadji Beri Bimba" by dadaist writer Hugo Ball.

@Michael Arenson I believe this means its "Da Da". Its an artform that used language in the same expressive way.

Gadji beri bimba clandridi
Lauli lonni cadori gadjam
A im beri glassala glandride
E glassala tuffm I Zimbra

Bim blassa galassasa zimbrabim
Blassa gallassasa zimbrabim

A bim beri glassala glandrid
E glassala tuffm I zimbra

Gadji beri bimba glandridi
Lauli lonni cadori gadjam
A bim beri glassala glandrid
E glassala tuffm I Zimbra.

It's a poem by Hugo Ball, German author, poet, and essentially the founder of the Dada movement in 1916.

In 1985, Marie Osmond recited Hugo Ball's 1916 poem "Karawane" on the TV series "Believe it or Not.” Believe it, or not.

Love Crimsoheads!

I love these Robert-Fripp-guitars! :)

@Mark Whelan Adrian Belew in Heartbeat- oh my! https://youtu.be/YH00yLiUrS4

@Zachary Morin This music will never get shallow.

Fripp was massively influenced by TH during his Discipline era King Crimson work

@subg88 You can especially hear that influence on discipline and beat. Not so much anything else.

"Sounds a bit like Thela Hun Gunjeet" was my thought

Tina killin it.

An essential album

Robert James Really good.

And an essential band too.

I would argue that due to its consistent high quality throughout, this is their best album. The theme is strong and there are few weak songs.