Lorde releases ‘Take Me To The River’ for ‘Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense’
nme.comLorde has released a cover of ‘Take Me to the River’, as part of a new Talking Heads tribute album. Check out the song below.The track will be part of ‘Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense’, a project that was first announced in December by A24 Music.The record will feature 16 artists sharing their own covers of Talking Heads classics, including Lorde’s version of ‘Take Me to the River’, which Talking Heads themselves covered in 1978, from the 1974 original by Al Green.Listen to the song here:Lorde has written about her first memory of seeing Talking Heads perform, when her mum showed her a video of them playing on Top of the Pops.“In the video I see a band from another time performing on a TV show,” she said. “The lead singer wears a suit, has high cheekbones and slicked-back dark hair.
To his left a blonde girl plays bass. They stand in pools of light. The dark haired man is singing a song about wanting someone, not being sure why.
He is a preacher, a controlled fire, a wild animal. He’s moving like I’ve never seen anyone move, and his eyes are rolling back in his head.
He knows how it feels to kiss with tongue.”“I feel a portal open between me and the screen. Humour, lust, rhythm and ritual course through me.
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