(Nothing But) Flowers

"(Nothing But) Flowers" is a song by rock band Talking Heads. It appears on the band's final album Naked, released in 1988. It was released as the album's second single. In addition to the band, the song features Kirsty MacColl on backup vocals and Johnny Marr, formerly of The Smiths, on lead guitar. It peaked at number 79 in the UK Singles Chart.

"(Nothing But) Flowers"
Single by Talking Heads
from the album Naked
Released1988
Recorded1987
GenreNew wave, worldbeat
Length5:39 (Album Version)
4:15 (Single Version)
3:28 (Radio Edit)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth
Producer(s)Talking Heads, Steve Lilywhite
Talking Heads singles chronology
"Blind"
(1988)		 "(Nothing But) Flowers"
(1988)		 "Sax and Violins"
(1991)

Music video

The song's music video featured innovative uses of typography by graphic designer Tibor Kalman.[1] The band performs in the video with an expanded lineup featuring Johnny Marr, Kirsty MacColl, Brice Wassy, Yves N'Djock and Abdou M'Boup, all of whom performed on the studio recording of the song. The music video was directed by Sandy McLeod and David Byrne[2]

2010 TED Conference

David Byrne performed a briefer version of the song at the 2010 TED conference accompanied by Thomas Dolby on keyboard and the string quartet ETHEL.[3]

gollark: The counterargument is that nonworker management might be good in terms of profit maximization but bad in other ways.
gollark: It could be argued that workers could just make their own company if they think they'd run it better.
gollark: i.e. are you required to provide people food and whatever, or just not steal it from them etc.
gollark: The difference is probably positive vs negative rights.
gollark: Anarchocapitalistic people would probably agree with that too.

References
  1. Heller, Steven; Fili, Louise (2006). Stylepedia. Chronicle Books. p. 181. ISBN 0-8118-3346-1.
  2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9544264/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
  3. TED 2010, TED.com, David Byrne, Ethel + Thomas Dolby: "(Nothing But) Flowers" with String Quartet., retrieved 1 April 2015
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.