Talking Heads - [Nothing But] Flowers (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2018
- You're watching the official music video for Talking Heads - "[Nothing But] Flowers" from the album 'Naked' (1988)
Directors: David Byrne and Sandy McLeod
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Song Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Here we stand
Like an Adam and an Eve
Waterfalls
The Garden of Eden
Two fools in love
So beautiful and strong
The birds in the trees
Are smiling upon them
From the age of the dinosaurs
Cars have run on gasoline
Where, where have they gone?
Now, it's nothing but flowers
[Chorus 1]
There was a factory
Now there are mountains and rivers
You got it, you got it
We caught a rattlesnake
Now we got something for dinner
We got it, we got it
There was a shopping mall
Now it's all covered with flowers
You've got it, you've got it
If this is paradise
I wish I had a lawnmower
You've got it, you've got it
[Verse 2]
Years ago
I was an angry young man
And I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With a beautiful highway
This used to be real estate
Now it's only fields and trees
Where, where is the town
Now, it's nothing but flowers
[Bridge 1]
The highways and cars
Were sacrificed for agriculture
I thought that we'd start over
But I guess I was wrong
[Chorus]
Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis
You've got it, you've got it
This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies
You got it, you got it
I miss the honky tonks,
Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens
You got it, you got it
And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention
You got it, you got it
[Chorus]
I dream of cherry pies,
Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies
You got it, you got it
We used to microwave
Now we just eat nuts and berries
You got it, you got it
This was a discount store,
Now it's turned into a cornfield
You've got it, you've got it
Don't leave me stranded here
I can't get used to this lifestyle
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David Byrne - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Chris Frantz - Drums
Jerry Harrison - Keyboards, Guitar
Tina Weymouth - Bass
Every Talking Head song feels like a one hit wonder, I'm always amazed how many incredible hits they have.
30 years ago! amazing masterpiece
They are bloody geniuses. That's what they are.
That's the best description of their music I've ever heard!
@Luke Skyballer Hits are for adolescents.
Nothing NOTHING but flowers and memories!!! All. ALL that Life is....
Conscious surprise and coping reacting somehow hoping...something....then soon enough...it's done flip over never to be redone. One time around.
A collaboration between Talking Heads and Johnny Marr is something I never thought I would see and I love it
Funny I have liked this Talking Heads song best since a college art teacher played it like everyday in class... Never realized about Johnny Marr being on it tho! Love his playing and now it totally makes sense why this song sounds a little more special.
I have loved this song since I bought the album ´Naked´. I never had a clue that the genius, JM, played guitar on the track until I saw this video!
Johnny also plays the 12 string, that jangly sound you hear is all him 🤓
Yesterday, my father died. As a baby at 3 years old this was the first song I ever remember in my whole life. Dad would play "Naked" for us all the time but we babies danced the most to this. I called it the chocolate chip cookie song. All my life we would dance, he would point at me and say you got it, you got it in every day life.
my mother got us tickets to American Utopia, we were born a day apart so it was our bday gift. Last month we met David Byrne and I got to tell him how much we love him. Our last concert of many....how fitting.
Now my father is gone forever, peacefully but suddenly in his sleep. I had to write the inscription on his urn for my grieving mom. I wrote "nothing but flowers"
I love you dad. I will play this every huge moment of my life for you form now on.
Sorry for your loss, Lee... but I must say that your memory and what you shared with your father and family is purely touching. Thanks for sharing.
@@DTC_0 thank you so much its the most special memory of my life...the gift of music
prayers lee
Memories, beautiful memories!
That was beautiful. Sorry for your loss.
One of the most underrated bands. This is my favorite song by them
Mine too. Love everything on Naked.
“And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention.”
Epitaph of the 21st century.
And also an opening quote in Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho. Why I'm here.
@@MGSVxBreakpoint that too. I found that book super disturbing, but really interesting.
I was JUST telling someone the same thing the other day.
I don't know WTF that's supposed to mean. From where I sit, everyone is obsessed about something, everyone is butt-hurt about something, everyone has an opinion-whether they know about the subject or not. Indifference doesn't seem like a real problem.
Amen 😔
Johnny Marr's echo-like guitar during the chorus is mystically astounding. It begins at 1:36 again at 3:20. And again at 3:40 through the end of the song. Truly amazing.
Stunning song but I could never eat a rattlesnake much less catch one
@Gavril Matz in Johnny's book he describes his first session with the Talking Heads. This song in particular. He was nervous, even second guessing himself. In fact, he had to leave the studio and take a walk around the block to clear this head. This is what he came up with upon return. Brilliant.
Did he use a 12-String for this one? Sounds like a 12-String, at least during the chorus (immediately following the "You got it" hook)
Actually it first appears at 1:36 in the first verse, you're quite right :)
That jangly guitar part is THE best part of an otherwise terrific song. I've listened to this tune a million times just for that jangle. Love it! Not a guitarist, but I think Marr's using a 12 string Rickenbacker on this one?
Timeless and haunting song that only gets better with time. Should be the theme song for The 100 TV show.
And it REALLY FITS 2020 to a “T.”
@@garycraig6506 it's helping.
Except nowadays we wouldn't necessarily replace human built up environment with 'agriculture' or 'fields', you would need to fit 'rewilding' into the song instead.
Isn't though, David is just a musical genius
Ive seen your channel before
Beautiful. Still sends shivers up my spine. "...and as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention."
35 r more yrz l8tr and bouncing round my head I danced on sum poor ladz van roof at Glastonbury 2 this tune (all inna gonna gud cause) ov course ENJOY it nevva gets old xxx
my favorite apocalyptic song!
"If this is paradise I wish I had a lawnmower" - you don't get more David Byrne than that.
I always felt that part is a jab at Joni Mitchells song Big Yellow Taxi when she says "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot" as the whole songs a very practical rebuttle of idealist enviormentalism.
@@alexrinaldi3257 On the money
Great contribution- needless to say, year later. Chicago Illinois granny.
Genuinely
@@alexrinaldi3257 but this song still had environmentalist from a sardonic perspective. They reveal a ton of stats at the end about how we’re fucking up the earth
This song was 32 years ahead of its time. Look at abandoned Pizza Huts. They're everywhere!
Now it's covered with daisies...🦋
Now there's more Topper's and other chains that weren't around in '88.
yeah but there's a brand new pizza hut around the corner from here...
Now they are located in strip malls delivery and carry out....you got it-you got it!
Who eats this shxt?
Tina Weymouth and her Bass Guitar is one of the best in the Music Industry. Johnny Marr is Unrivalled. Kirsty MacColl, well what can be said that hasn't already been said.... Simply a Genius
Probably my favorite Talking Heads song of all. Futuristic and sarcastic, isn't it?
Genius.
E x a c t l y !
Just a really good tune also one of my favorites.
if this is paradise, I wish I had a lawn mower
@@cavern25 i quoted this today lol
Love the groove and the futuristic lyrics, Guitars strumming everywhere. Nothing but cherry pies......
I’m 46 years old and 80’s music is my childhood, but a year ago I was at stoplight and the car next to me had their windows rolled up playing this song super loud. The driver was a 20 something year old. I could hear the baseline and the guitar riff. It was cool to see the younger generation appreciating classic stuff
My teenagers are fans!
That is such a great story!!! I grew up in Palo Alto, CA in the 70s and 80s but this song was really hot when I lived in Australia in the late 80s and I've just rediscovered it. Awesome memories.😊
Talking Heads definitely deserved much more recognition, they are brilliant.
All the band members are fantastic on this one. Tina's bass licks will always be stuck in my mind.
One of the most up- beat songs. Makes you feeling good however bad you felt before.
i’ve gone to sleep away camp for the past 6 years. we weren’t allowed devices except for an iPod and i brought my moms. this song was on her iPod and i remember my first or second year of camp i spent countless nights listening to this trying to analyze the lyrics. i was only 7 or 8 at the time and though i may not have fully understood the song, i could’ve spent hours just picturing it. i loved the thought of the world being covered in flowers. i would give anything to relive those warm summer nights tucked into bed, the rest of my bunk mates sleeping around me, not a care in the world, and listening to the most wonderful music.
Love it
I hope you pick up a guitar someday, and I mean that.
What an extremely talented line up ! Superlative players and singers !
And as things fell apart no one paid much attention.......💯 You got it, you got it.
Years ago I was an angry young man... strikes a chord for sure. Saw David Byrne on tour once awesome show, do it! Heads for life🤘🤘🤘
David Byrne Johnny Marr Tina Weymouth and of course the delightful Kirsty MacColl what a great wonderful ensemble 👏👏👏
One of the finest songs ever made.
The lyrics, the musicians, the musical arrangement.... It's just absolutely sublime....
Just found this song for the first time. I think I have listened to it 25 times now. Then again I listened to Paul Simon Graceland for like a year straight when I was 17. It's all good.
@@TheNutzandBoltz Try Sax and Violins by Talking Heads.... Another brilliant song
Johnny Marr tells a very interesting story about this song. It was his first recording session after The Smiths broke up, and he was really nervous. He did a great job!
Really like the idea of a billboard falling in love with a beautiful highway.
Somehow that line and the memory of seeing "LA Story" a couple years later always conflates the two into an odd scene. If you've seen LA Story, you'll understand.
@@EricaGamet haven't seen it, but I'll make sure to now. X
I've always loved this song but never really sat down and listened. It's so clever and original. I'd like to see a film adaptation.
I find this song so true, especially as I grow older. It's so strange how certain places once existed, but now they are physically gone, as if they were never around in the first place. Then no one ever seems to pay attention or mention those places ever again.
Clerks 2 n the garage with my buddy getting lit every weekend good times.
One of the best talking heads tracks of all, still relevant even more today. the Talking Heads were ahead of their time for sure.
True brilliance. So bloody ahead of its time.
Here we stand
Like an Adam and an Eve
Waterfalls
The Garden of Eden
Two fools in love
So beautiful and strong
The birds in the trees
Are smiling upon them
From the age of the dinosaurs
Cars have run on gasoline
Where, where have they gone?
Now, it's nothing but flowers
There was a factory
Now there are mountains and rivers
You got it, you got it
We caught a rattlesnake
Now we got something for dinner
We got it, we got it
There was a shopping mall
Now it's all covered with flowers
You've got it, you've got it
If this is paradise
I wish I had a lawnmower
You've got it, you've got it
Years ago
I was an angry young man
And I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With a beautiful highway
This used to be real estate
Now it's only fields and trees
Where, where is the town
Now, it's nothing but flowers
The highways and cars
Were sacrificed for agriculture
I thought that we'd start over
But I guess I was wrong
Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis
You've got it, you've got it
This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies
You got it, you got it
I miss the honky tonks,
Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens
You got it, you got it
And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention
You got it, you got it
I dream of cherry pies,
Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies
You got it, you got it
We used to microwave
Now we just eat nuts and berries
You got it, you got it
This was a discount store,
Now it's turned into a cornfield
You've got it, you've got it
Don't leave me stranded here
I can't get used to this lifestyle
Songwriters:. David Byrne/Chris Frantz/Jerry Harrison/Tina Weymouth
Musicians/Singers:
David Byrne
Chris Frantz
Jerry Harrison
Tina Weymouth
Johnny Marr
Kirsty MacColl
Brice Wassy
Yves N'Djock
Abdou M'Boup
Released: 1988
those certainly are the lyrics
This is poetry
Like many of Talking Heads' videos this needs to be watched time and time again to appreciate the artistry and breadth of it. And pausing it at every "you got it, you got it" to read and fully digest the on screen messages/statistics gives it even more depth. After all these years this is still one of my favourite songs by the Heads
Cud not agree more xxx
Lol after all these years you should have a new perspective on all those statistics. The rainforests didn't disappear, and the women in Finland did stop having babies. Their government imported criminals to replace them.
@@customsongmaker Your ineffectual whining is amusing.
Brilliant, simply brilliant
Every country in the world needs to have an annual Talking Heads Day, where everyone has the day off work and does nothing other than dance and sing to Talking Heads songs. It`s probably the closest to world peace we`ll ever have.
Tell that to Russia
❤ Sounds perfect 🥰
Every talking heads song I find is great. Sometimes discovering new music you wished you would have been listening to all along is the best thing. Hearing something for the first time has magic.
Man send more names over plz
They will tour and make tunage again?
No? Imagine my surprise.
This and the Style Council's "All Gone Away" are a good pairing - upbeat songs that mask the anger and sorrow of the death of small towns and the corporate detritus that remains in its wake.
And great to see the late, great Kirsty MacColl in this clip.❤
music videos by talking heads tend to give me a warm fuzzy feeling inside, and this is no exception
"And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention."
Hello Somebody
julsHz hello back at ya. Greetings from Australia
His vocal makes me emotional.
This song as never been more adequate. David Byrne, you a legend m8
So creative. Years ahead of it's time. I often think of this song when they tear a building down. Man, What has happened to popular music ?
That song was "inspired" by Alagados, from a brazilian rock band called Os Paralamas do Sucesso.
Two lyricists control all the the creative interests from the Nordic countries and auto-tune. They the industry only want short gains, not a musical movement that can change the course of creativity/talent of musically inclined parties involved .
Talking Heads
+
Jangly Johnny Marr guitar
=
Amazing
Talking Heads + jangly Johnny Marr guitar + Kirsty McColl = perfect pop song
You got it you got it
I dig how Byrne always jams and performs with black folk and others who possess a great sense of groove. This song, cardinal.
Talking Heads, Johnny Marr & Kirsty McColl 😍 awesome 😍👌
Thanks Talking Heads and David Byrne for such amazing music. 🇧🇷
The lyrics are just genius. Anybody can write a song complaining about consumerism, excessive urbanization and pollution but the brilliant idea here is that the complaining comes from the opposite point of view.
This is my favorite song this summer 🌸🌼
April 2023 and this song is more relevant than ever. Sadly it'll become even more so as time moves forward, and I can't honestly think of a time when it won't be relevant.
My favorite memory from highschool happened when after a long night, this song was played on repeat into the morning, as the sun came up, nothing but flowers for the 33rd time...
These white and black reggae song producing lives MATTER . YOU GOT IT YOU GOT IT !!!!!!!!!
Incredibly underrated song.
That song was "inspired" by Alagados, from a brazilian rock band called Os Paralamas do Sucesso.
This one is from 88, it's impossible
don’t think it’s underrated. anyway super song
Ok, I usually slam folks who use the word underrated but this track IS by all means underrated!!!!!! You have great taste in music my friend! Cheers
Actually this song was huge when it came out. I was in my early twenties, and it was always on the radio and in cassette players everywhere!
Makes me tear up, something about this video specifically is very moving
Have you ever heard The Doublejumps? you'll probably like them if you like Talking Heads
I'll have to check them out! Thanks for the recommendation@@MassiveFish-hp4pm
I just concluded a Contemporary Arts class in Undergrad school. For my last discussion, I decided to connect the works of Bruce Conner to David Byrne. I tried to correlate the two. It was once said that Music Television (MTV) owed Conner 'lots of money' for their influence. Hmmm... i think the same damned thing about David Byrne, MTV owes him some good paycheks too. Man, what an ARTIST he is!
Un Chef d' Oeuvre . Eternel .
Rare *perfection* in audio form.
One of the best songs ever written.
I can listen to this song 100 times in a row, so good.
Love this tune!
absolutely fantastic.
just love this band..since 83-
Johnny Marr being a god as always
Imagine the joy of playing percussion in talking heads.
David Byrne is a treasure ❤
They're so good, David is so right!
probably the most cheerful song about post-apocalyptic living, lol
Lol
Yup
It’s far from cheerful. It’s actually ironic in nature. We may think we want to go back to nature and be all environmental, but we actually depend on modern day tech and conveniences such a Pizza Hut for food instead a rattlesnake, a microwave instead of nuts and berries.
@@BeanisBags Can something not be both ironic and cheerful? How would you describe the music, rhythm, and beat of this song?
Fine by lemon demon as well
Essa música é o máximo!!! Adoooooooooooooooro!!!
David Byrne is an outstanding talent. They dont make em like that any more!
Reading Johnny Marr's autobiography and it led me to this song. I recall when it was a hit, I recall when The Smiths broke up that Johnny Marr was gigging with various bands, but I did not recall that he'd played with Talking Heads or that he was on this song. Makes sense now, with the highlife-y guitar.
Thank goodness Talking Heads are still as cool, if not cooler, than they ever where. Shame it's now virtually impossible to listen to The Smiths, one of my other favourite bands from the 80s (bloody Morrissey).
I don't remember what I was going through as a 16yo when this came out, but despite not understanding the politics of this song, a sense of soft melancholy is forever imprinted in me that is similar to what I feel from the Pretenders' "Don't Get Me Wrong."
Both songs are embedded in my soul.
We all have opinions but “for me” this will always be their masterpiece
I love this, but Lifetime Piling up is my favourite.
You got it, you got it
Nobody does lyrics like David Byrne
Agreed
Has the signature talking heads touches. Like the most trippy art school kinda stuff.
Just beautiful.. I want this song at my funeral...
"Naked" is a underrated album :( i love this album so much
Omg my heart is bursting lol so good!!!
Brazil salutes the Heads!
One of my favorites from them, awesome album too.
As things fell apart, nobody paid much attention. I remember this line over and over during my lifetime. Wish someone had saved me. I know you shouldn’t need anyone but I think maybe if someone had taken me away I would be ok now. Over soon ❤
And this song shows there are so many bigger problems than mine. I know it’s so selfish but to me, my problems feel as big as the world I’m sorry :(
@@meganbella8262 It's not selfish at all, we all have our problems in life, the trick is, trying to remember not to bottle them all up, talk to family, talk to friends, talk to strangers even. Just remember you are not alone.
One of the best bands from the 80's. Amazing repertoire.
Forget the 80s they're probably the greatest American band ever
Actually the 70’s!
Massively under rated TH song.
I know this is all sarcastic and what not but maaan it sounds like heaven to me.
The best Talking Heads song and video.
Yeah, I said it!!
David and Jerry are incredibly beautiful close up.
An absolute masterpiece! Both song and video.
God, this is just such a well-directed music video, excellent use of depth of field and typography, and a perfect complement to this legendary Talking Heads song.
Tina is so beautiful
you're right, it is extremely simple but really holds up - also, Kirsty MacColl and Johnny Marr were hot as hell. RIP Kirsty ..
@@chemistryset1 Fuck thank you,I was looking asking meself is that the guy from the smiths.
@@desperkins5721 no problem; he plays on a few tracks on Talking Heads 'Naked' album iirc ..
apparently a collaboration with the late Tibor Kalman, who helped Talking Heads with their Remain In Light album cover (and who inverted the 'A's in 'Talking Heads' on that cover)
Awwwwwwww
Eternal love
This song speaks to my soul.
A good reminder why this is my favorite band of all time
This is perhaps the most prescient - not to mention cool - song ever recorded. Leave it to the Heads, the only New Wave band with an actual angel on their shoulder.
Makes me think they could well have gone on to do one or two fantastic albums on the 1990s
Talking Heads...un bisturi nella pancia del Rock!!!
This is one of my favorite Talking Heads' songs
Best song ever! Then and now and forever. Talking Heads!!!!!
Johnny Marr. It's all about Johnny Marr on this song.
Guess I didn't see the video till recently, as I didn't realize it was him till he talked about it on SiriusXM. Now it couldn't be more obvious and absolutely makes the song along with Byrne's uncanny ability to predict possible futures based on our greed and laziness (Life During Wartime is about a future where we're society is crumbling amid widespread poverty but technological wealth).
You can tell Johnny Marr's guitar playing any day, and always absolutely brilliant.....
I had no idea until just now. put on the video for the first time and was like, is that johnny marr?? damn no wonder it's so good!
YES!
Still annoying that this is the only Tina Weymouth - Johnny Marr collaboration ever.
I hear this song at work all the time and its incredibly ironic. Its used exactly in the opposite way it was intended playing over stores speakers, almost like the song shiny happy people.
BEST TALKING HEADS SONG OF ALL TIME!!!
Great song but not even close to their best
This whole album is perfect to listen to on the beach.
Talking Heads made a lyric video 20 years before it was a thing. Way ahead of the curve, as always.
way ahead of The Great Curve, one might say! 🙃
Genius. Pure greatness.
Byrne and the rest of the band loved Johnny Marrs guitar sound, as everyone did.
I bought the 45 in 1988, and never saw the video till now, 32 years later! Good to see Johnny Marr whose playing adds so much to the song.
This music is so iconic and ageless