Video: Arcade Fire - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

Los ganadores al Grammy Arcade Fire, est�n por reeditar el mejor disco del a�o seg�n la Academia de Grabaciones Norteamericana, y como se dice en M�xico, traer�n torta bajo el brazo. Esta nueva edici�n de lujo incluir� el corto dirigido por Spike Jonze, "Scenes From The Suburbs", un documental detr�s de c�maras y dos nuevas canciones. [...]

“It's a real honest kind of love song.” – David Byrne In a B-Sides (Rarities) collection, Arcade Fire covers Talking Heads with “Naive Melody”, originally titled “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)”. Borrowed from Speaking in Tongues , the fifth studio album by Talking Heads, the cover showcases Win Butler’s romantic side as he takes on one of the rare love songs written by Talking Heads front-man, David Byrne. The funky and hypnotic dance song has been covered numerous times, including a version by MGMT. But none capture the same [...]

I was pleasantly surprised to see Kyp Malone and Harsh Toke’s cover of Talking Heads classic “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” make the rounds today as just yesterday I revisited a video of an early MGMT performance of the song at their alma mater, Wesleyan University. Upon further inspection, the band behind the most anticipated album of the year, Arcade Fire, also gave the Speaking in Tongues closing track a shot, back in ‘05. After one viewing of all three live performances, it struck me how they each were [...]

This week we've got arguably the first love song that The Talking Heads ever recorded. This track was originally released on the 1983 album Speaking In Tongues . Click here to view the video of this song from Stop Making Sense. Did you know that the studio recording of this tune had members of the band not playing their primary instruments? It was: Jerry Harrison (bass), Tina Weymouth (guitar), and David Byrne (keyboards). The Contestants: The Arcade Fire : [...]

So far, no videos have surfaced of what was surely a mind-blowing collaborative performance by Bruce Springsteen and Arcade Fire. Hopefully one does, but until then here is a video of Arcade Fire covering the Talking Heads classic "This Must Be the Place."