This is the kind of song which someone could have written at any point in time, an eternal message. Just needed a visionary like talking heads to materialise it. Timeless and stunning
I love the incessant drumming march of this song that stays constant while the rest of the instruments and singer slowly devolve into madness. Incredible song!
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
St. Augustine on time, “This time is longer than that,” or, more precisely, “This is twice as long as that.” I know that I am measuring time. But I am not measuring the future, for it is not yet; and I am not measuring the present because it is extended by no length; and I am not measuring the past because it no longer is. What is it, therefore, that I am measuring? Is it time in its passage, but not time past?”
The video makes it hurt a lot more than just the song, I guess. I think it's the best example of stoicism put into words that I've ever heard. Or seen. It's a celebration of the futility of life.
40+ year old guy here. One of my favorite movies, and that ending has never once failed to break me. So sad watching him say goodbye to his best friend, and as soon as "Well we know where we're goin" kicks in, I'm dead.
Life is just like this song. At first, it just looks interesting and catchy. Then, as time goes by, you start to decipher the meaning of it all. And you feel speechless and lost. But what can you do? You have to go to the end anyway, to get the entire message. I love Talking Heads. I'm a 90s kid, sometimes I wish I experienced those 80s vibes.
Most underrated band when people talk about "greatest bands of the 70s/80s with longevity". Everything they did was perfect. From the hits to the deep cuts. So far ahead of everyone else.
This is one of those rare music review comments I instantly feel on a visceral level even tho I haven't been in the type of circles to say them myself, lol
There is no better explanation of the nature of human experience then this video. Thank you David for being part of me. Pure genius. Much love here for you.
But nowhere is something else, isn't it ! Has always & will always be *That* song which transcends all others for it's simple yet vast understanding of our small existence here on our tiny *Blue Marble*.
I particularly like the sequence of Chris and Tina meeting, dancing, getting married, having a child, watching the child grow up, turning old and grey and still being in love like crazy birds -- because that's EXACTLY how they turned out!
Slowly and steadily, the more songs I listen to, Talking Heads is becoming one of my favourite bands ever. There is a timeless quality not only to their songs but also the lyrics which seem relevant even 30+ years later.
Yes. I agree completely. This song celebrates the randomness of life. No one knows what the hell they're doing. Just run with it. Play the cards you've been dealt. We're all on the road to nowhere. Come take that ride.
Fun fact: This video was directed by Stephen R. Johnson, who also directed the video for Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer. This explains the stop motion at 2:55, which is strikingly similar to some of the animation from Sledgehammer.
A few years ago I suffered from a very traumatic experience, recently a few days ago, I've been finding myself reliving the traumatic experience over and over again, and I decided to put on this song and it made me feel as though everything is going to be alright, and has helped me to move past this trauma, and so I've been listening to this song nonstop and I'm feeling happier. Thank you David Byrne and the rest of the Talking Heads, I don't know what you did with this song, but it's really helped me out.
Beautiful songs do soothe the soul, and can remind us tomorrow morning might not even come, it wasn’t promised. Yet with good music, we can see beyond, on this road to nowhere we all share. Stay strong, sending you prayers, positive vibes, and hope that it really will be alright, for you very soon, for all of us. When feeling low, remember ultimately, it’s about that climb~put on a playlist, and dance while sing your heart out💃Good luck to you.
A song *celebrating* the inevitability of death. Right up there alongside 'Once in a Lifetime' as one of Byrne's better existential statements. Great lyricist.
An existential declaration for sure, but I'd say it conveys a message of the pointlessness of life more than the enevitability of death. I just like the melody
i do love ridiculous rock,for lack of a better term---talking heads,talk-talk,they might be giants and,to a lesser degree,bare naked ladies pure,nonsensical fun
The part at 2:56 is not only my favorite part of the actual song but also the greatest part in the mv. Cannot fathom how much time that gorgeous stop motion took. So much going on, incredible.
Have to agree. And after decades of watching this video, especially the stop motion sequence, I've only just noticed this time that his tie is 'scrolling'... did they change it for each damn frame?!? By the way, since you appreciate this so much, you might like a music video for a song called 'Endless Art' by an Irish band called A House. It's an incredible song, too.
When I was a kid in the 80s, I recorded this song off the local AM radio station, using my parent's mono radio-cassette, onto a blank tape. I listened to it over and over. I loved it.
WHAT A FKN' FANTASTIC TIME THAT WAS !!! All of us were doing that. It was our hobby back then...at least mine. Was sooo much fun! Glad for owning a HI-FI system in my teenage years back then....which i still have, also all those tapes. Here in Germany we had music chartshows, where the songs were fully played, even many extended ones. But always used the fade function anyway.
Sony got filthy rich enabling music piracy. Those Walkmans and recorders and blank tapes galore, and tape-to-tape duplicating machines so you could pass tapes to all your friends. Everybody was doing it. With those profits they bought the privilege to sue pirates in court for putting Beatles on a mix tape. Wagging their fingers because copying music is a crime. What a low down trick.
My Dad died 2 years ago. He really dug Talking Heads. When I listen to this song now, it makes me wonder, worry, contemplate…what lies ahead…is there an after life? Or do the lights just go out? Whatever it is, I’m gonna squeeze every drop out of this life til the muthafuckin wheels fall off. Fuck cancer
I'm from Africa. I feel like crying because I heared this song a couple times on radio and never forgot it. Never knew who sang it. I was my father and brother. They no longer here. Now I'm hearing it with my wife and children... We keep moving on I guess....
Lord this band has given me musical reincarnation in ways I can't explain , I feel cheated that it has been hidden from me for so many years , maybe that occurs with all things mystic , Talking Heads I love you .
I'm now 53 and everytime I hear this song it takes me back to being an early teenager and all the stuff I had going on in my life at that time. Love it.
Great song to last forever. I remember these good old days. Today I'm 63. If someday a new video for this song will be made, I want to act for free in position 1:33. Greetings from Austria.
This is a new upload that David Byrne added in March. Previously, there was an unauthorized upload that had well over a million views. This one is much higher quality. (Thanks, David Byrne)
Give a break. They are a BRILLIANT band. David Byrne is a literally genius who has gifted the world with his own quirky and unusual sense of humor, intelligence, wit, political awareness, concern about the World In General. They are really amazing and David himself is my favorite of course...but I never have had an opportunity to see The Heads or even David Byrne's solo concert live. I would love to see either, but just being with the kind of crowd that would come...in legion...to see The Talking Heads play just one reunion world tour for all the fans, would be a life-altering experience. SO many great bands I love and have never seen live: The Cure, Depeche Mode (MAYBE saw them one time, I have a faint memory), New Order, The Smiths, REM, The B-52's, Sting & Or The Police, The Rolling Stones, (can't afford the damn $500 tickets!), Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doors, Jimi, Janis, Nirvana, only got to see U2 ONCE in concert and the audio was fucked up so Bono sounded like he was sucking helium all night. The Talking Heads...like The Violent Femmes, Sublime, (saw Garbage play with No Doubt once...GREAT show! There would be a million YOUNG people. That's how great this band is. Even teenagers would be there. This music is timeless.
Was literally just gonna type the same comment. A timeless record unparalleled in its comprehension of the path we all must take. This song is a right of passage no one should be without
This brings me back to Nashville in 1985 right around the time I went out for a ride and I never went back. Divorce. I left after 7 years. I was just learning to live. 26 years old and working with the best friends I've ever had, also my bosses. Had a fungi connect in California and the whole next year was a celebration of me being re born. That was 40 fkn years ago.... This song puts me right back on lower Broadway Street and cruising east Tennessee with my woman and a headful. Beautiful state, beautiful people... The beautiful people... Talking Heads will always be my go to music for a good time.
This song really has a positive message [about marriage and staying together] and not many people do that these days. I have liked this song for a long time.
I'm 37 and remember those corny car rides to West Chester PA. I live in NJ and my parents are still with me, but I still get a tear from the memories that haven't died yet. Ahhh wow
Oh, and if you've ever seen Kill Bill, there's a *very familiar* building from the start of this video at the Bride's wedding. The place has been remodeled twice for the movies- once before "Road to Nowhere", and again for Kill Bill. In both cases, they kept most of the work and this video shows the in-between.
I feel like songs like this one, tackling mainly the topic of the passage of time and inevitability of death, usually make me feel way better than most other "happy" or optimistic songs.
Amira F I love this Talking Heads’ video. But, let me tell you about the song and this video. "Road to Nowhere" is a rock song written by David Byrne for Talking Heads’ 6th studio album "Little Creatures" (1985). It also appeared on "The Best of Talking Heads" (2004), "Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites" (1992), the "Once in a Lifetime" (2003) box set and the Brick box set. The song was released as the 2nd single in September 1985 and reached number 25 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 6 in the British, German and South African singles charts. It also made No. 8 on the Dutch Top 40. «I wanted to write a song that presented a resigned, even joyful look at doom,» recalls David Byrne in the liner notes of "Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads" (1992). «At our deaths and at the apocalypse... (always looming, folks). I think it succeeded. The front bit, the white gospel choir, is kind of tacked on, 'cause I don’t think the rest of the song was enough... I mean, it was only two chords. So, out of embarrassment, or shame, I wrote an intro section that had a couple more in it.» The video for the song was directed by David Byrne and Stephen R. Johnson and featured the band and various objects revolving, as if in their own "road to nowhere". It was nominated for "Best Video of the Year" at the MTV Video Music Awards 1986 (lost to Dire Straits for "Money for Nothing"), Best Concept Video (lost to a-ha for "Take On Me"), and Viewer’s Choice (lost to a-ha for "Take On Me"). Some parts were shot in the back yard and pool of actor Stephen Tobolowsky, who was co-writing David Byrne’s film "True Stories" (1986) at the time. Director Stephen R. Johnson reused some of the effects techniques in award-winning videos for Peter Gabriel the following year: "Sledgehammer" and "Big Time". David Byrne - guitar, vocals Chris Frantz - drums Jerry Harrison - keyboards, guitar, backing vocals Tina Weymouth - bass guitar, backing vocals Additional musicians: Andrew Cader - washboard Erin Dickens - backing vocals Diva Gray - backing vocals Gordon Grody - backing vocals Lani Groves - backing vocals Jimmy Macdonell - accordion Lenny Pickett - saxophones Steve Scales - percussion Kurt Yahijian - backing vocals The genres are pop rock and new wave.
Found myself at a point in life, having just gone through two years of financial struggle with a lack of any secure employment in the area and a lot of bad luck - In a relationship that was maybe functional for 2 years before becoming not so much dead but more undead for the other 3. Didn't have a car because of all of that, which further increased the difficulty of keeping up with adulthood. Started applying for jobs in a town that's an hour away because I had nothing to lose and my own city was totally dried up. Ended up somehow getting hired in a very cushy job in education, for which I have no background or qualifications beyond technical skills that are kinda rare for professionals working at a highschool and lower level. The workplace is very flexible and gave me plenty of room to figure out how to be working there from out of town, which involved a 2 hour bus commute both ways. Suddenly, I had smoldering garbage behind me, and a genuinely good salary with ample paid time off and full benefits ahead of me - All the while, the person who I was as a result of my experiences seemed undeserving and clueless of what to actually do with it. It was incredible fortune that dropped in my lap when I was barely trying after years of constant effort had left me emotionally exhausted and in debt. It was at this point that the Talking Heads became the soundtrack to my inner most feelings about life
This song always makes me think about dementia. Such beautiful music, and the beat almost marching on relentlessly. We're not little children. I adore it. Lots of love to whoever reads this, enjoy all the other amazing things Talking Heads have done and take care x
David Byrne's quavering voice at low-pitch and high-pitch ctually highlight the chilling undertones to this song - albeit in a clever, subtle way. What's chilling about the song - in my opinion - is that one can spend a really, really long time going around in circles when trying to achieve their goals and, as a result, pave a "road to nowhere" in their life, being blissfully unaware at the time but having big regrets much later in life and wishing they could "turn back the clock" and start over again. What's even more chilling is the question of whether they would manage to not go around in circles again if they could turn back the clock and start over (e.g. being so obsessed about not repeating the same mistakes again that they actually quite unwittingly make themselves go around in circles all over again!), which could create a recursive cycle of going around in circles (a circle within a circle within another circle etc.)! 😜
02:56 “There’s a city in my mind, come along and take that ride and it’s all right …” The whole video is great but the animated section is really intense. Love it.
One of the first records I ever bought. Still have the 7 inch single from 1985. Wanted to become a pop video director in my teens largely as a result of this video and Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer. Watch out for the animation of the running man drawn in peanut butter on a slice of bread at 3:20. Pure genius!
Great comment! Yeah, I agree, the are such creative and interesting videos. I also really love the video for "All I Want Is You" By U2...have you ever seen it? The one with the circus act, the midget and the beautiful lady in love with the strong man?
Well, we know where we're goin' But we don't know where we've been And we know what we're knowin' But we can't say what we've seen And we're not little children And we know what we want And the future is certain Give us time to work it out We're on a road to nowhere Come on inside Takin' that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride I'm feelin' okay this mornin' And you know We're on a road to paradise Here we go, here we go We're on a ride to nowhere Come on inside Takin' that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride Maybe you wonder where you are I don't care Here is where time is on our side Take you there, take you there We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere There's a city in my mind Come along and take that ride And it's all right, baby it's all right And it's very far away But it's growing day by day And it's all right, baby it's all right
I never knew who the talking heads were when I was a kid. I loved little monsters and I fell in love with this song. Here I am so many years later. I am so thankful they were associated with that movie. I can't explain how visceral it is when they come on the radio.
LYRICS Well, we know where we're goin' But we don't know where we've been And we know what we're knowin' But we can't say what we've seen And we're not little children And we know what we want And the future is certain Give us time to work it out We're on a road to nowhere Come on inside Takin' that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride I'm feelin' okay this mornin' And you know We're on a road to paradise Here we go, here we go We're on a ride to nowhere Come on inside Takin' that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride Maybe you wonder where you are I don't care Here is where time is on our side Take you there, take you there We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere There's a city in my mind Come along and take that ride And it's all right, baby it's all right And it's very far away But it's growing day by day And it's all right, baby it's all right Would you like to come along? And you could help me sing this song And it's all right, baby it's all right They can tell you what to do But they'll make a fool of you And it's all right, baby it's all right There's a city in my mind Come along and take that ride And it's all right, baby it's all right And it's very far away But it's growing day by day And it's all right, baby it's all right Would you like to come along? You could help me sing this song And it's all right, baby it's all right They can tell you what to do But they'll make a fool of you And it's all right, baby it's all right We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere
I was backstage with the Talking Heads in 1977 with my HS sweetheart at the Punch and Judy Movie Theater of all places!!!!! in Gross Pointe, Michigan. They played 2 shows that night and I was at the 2nd. I was 16 yrs old! I was out of pot too, but had rolling papers! Chris Frantz pulled an OZ out of his pocket, tossed it to me and said "Start Rollin! "🤣 We had an blast too, just chatting/laughing etc. They invited us to come along to Greektown (downtown Detroit) for late night food, but we reluctantly declined. I'm now 62!
David Byrne .... Laurie Anderson....really these people were expressig their genius....it's so wonderful to see. People should be able to express their genius. It's incredibly important.
I get the feeling that Ive been suppressing my fear of the nothing that happens after death whenever I listen to this song and it moves me to tears. I know its growing day by day and maybe part of me has accepted that fact, but sometimes I just need to have another person tell me its alright.
To whom ever may be reading this, we are all on the road to nowhere, we all have bumps to go over, stay strong, we were given this wonderful gift of life to experience the highs and lows that we do, and its truly alright, dont worry, dont be afraid. 🙂
Lyrics Well, we know where we're goin' But we don't know where we've been And we know what we're knowin' But we can't say what we've seen And we're not little children And we know what we want And the future is certain Give us time to work it out We're on a road to nowhere Come on inside Takin' that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride I'm feelin' okay this mornin' And you know We're on a road to paradise Here we go, here we go We're on a ride to nowhere Come on inside Takin' that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride Maybe you wonder where you are I don't care Here is where time is on our side Take you there, take you there We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere There's a city in my mind Come along and take that ride And it's all right, baby it's all right And it's very far away But it's growing day by day And it's all right, baby it's all right Would you like to come along? And you could help me sing this song And it's all right, baby it's all right They can tell you what to do But they'll make a fool of you And it's all right, baby it's all right There's a city in my mind Come along and take that ride And it's all right, baby it's all right And it's very far away But it's growing day by day And it's all right, baby it's all right Would you like to come along? You could help me sing this song And it's all right, baby it's all right They can tell you what to do But they'll make a fool of you And it's all right, baby it's all right We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere
Finished my engineering apprenticeship in '85 and got put on a grotty turning job, but you were allowed a radio in that shop and nowhere else and hearing this song always puts me straight back there in my mind, guess I thought I was on a road to nowhere at the time
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Talking Heads' existential crises songs are timeless. They ALWAYS apply
They sure do😅
Not really, burning down the house, almost but not quite.
Yes we are on a road to nowhere in my country fof the ladt 12 months
The toad to nowhere that are the 2020s
Name all the existential crisis songs of the Talking Heads besides once in a lifetime
This is the kind of song which someone could have written at any point in time, an eternal message. Just needed a visionary like talking heads to materialise it. Timeless and stunning
Hi I recommend a song and video here on youtube called 'Where I Come From' By Robert Nix
@@redskies4530 Talking Heads
39 years later and we still haven’t arrived but what a journey it has been.
It's OK. We know where we're going.
@@lococomrade3488 but where did we just come from?
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Like Bono sang "I stil haven't found what i was looking for"
Stay tuned good people 😂
Still don't know, now more then ever
I love the incessant drumming march of this song that stays constant while the rest of the instruments and singer slowly devolve into madness. Incredible song!
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..
St. Augustine on time,
“This time is longer than that,” or, more precisely, “This is twice as long as that.” I know that I am measuring time. But I am not measuring the future, for it is not yet; and I am not measuring the present because it is extended by no length; and I am not measuring the past because it no longer is. What is it, therefore, that I am measuring? Is it time in its passage, but not time past?”
Genius quote, thanks for sharing.
And this is why I always read the comments. Thanks.
yEs , when I was around 16.OK?:-)
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David Byrne, inspiring the looping GIF since 1985.
Damn ant that the truth
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@Steve Hoyland I think he's talking about the guy running in the box that is looping in the lower right corner....
@Steve Hoyland i think hes talking about the looping "GIFs"
It is a joke, and a tribute. Mr. Byrne was a trendsetter...
This song makes me so happy, and hurts me in a way I couldn't imagine as a kid.
Genius will be always validated by time.
I feel the same
Bless your heart hunny
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The video makes it hurt a lot more than just the song, I guess. I think it's the best example of stoicism put into words that I've ever heard. Or seen. It's a celebration of the futility of life.
The end sequence to "Little Monsters" set to this, running across the world, from bed to bed, will NEVER leave my mind. This song is truly timeless!
40+ year old guy here. One of my favorite movies, and that ending has never once failed to break me. So sad watching him say goodbye to his best friend, and as soon as "Well we know where we're goin" kicks in, I'm dead.
Dude yes. That slow pan up while they're running to the water. Movie blew my mind as a kid.
Little
Monsters was and it’s still a time capsule for me but this song at the end is a melancholy feeling but it a good hurt. Love this timeless song.
That’s where I found this song when I was little. This isn’t even my kinda music, but this shit slaps.
Yooooo I remember that!!! I LOVED little monsters when I was a kid. 😊
The older I get the more this song hits me emotionally.
I cry everytime😅😅
That's because you are on that road, as are we all, lest there be an afterlife.
My old man wanted this played at his funeral..... Bless him he taught me how to laugh
Life is just like this song. At first, it just looks interesting and catchy. Then, as time goes by, you start to decipher the meaning of it all. And you feel speechless and lost. But what can you do? You have to go to the end anyway, to get the entire message. I love Talking Heads. I'm a 90s kid, sometimes I wish I experienced those 80s vibes.
Maybe your road leads to me lol
You are not alone. I'm also a child of the 90's that follows (and yearns) for a past that predates one's self.
Born in 72. The 80s were incredible. The music then saved me. Pure escapism
@@michelinman8592 maybe everybody feels this way. Nostalgic for a time they didn't experience
Capture every second.
Carlos Castaneda.
This song always gives me goosebumps. Byrne has written songs that will become immortal.
They already are
Yes, goosebumps...everytime I hear this. Been listening to it for 37 years.
Same
so they are mortal right now? when will they become immortal?
I’m 22 and this gives me goosebumps
Buried my Dad on 12th May, he chose this song for the family to walk into the service..... fitting I feel ❤
Your dad made a great choice.
❤🙌🙌👍
Hope he had a Good Life Filled with Love....❤
Awesome
Beenalong time since that trail was taken the flo knows @@racebiketuner
Most underrated band when people talk about "greatest bands of the 70s/80s with longevity". Everything they did was perfect. From the hits to the deep cuts. So far ahead of everyone else.
This is one of those rare music review comments I instantly feel on a visceral level even tho I haven't been in the type of circles to say them myself, lol
Not underrated then or now.
@@maryp9466 underrated when people talk about the best bands of the 80s, definitely.
@@spuuuuuz Stop making sense is considered by many to be the best concert film ever made
wish i was "underrated" like that !!!
There is no better explanation of the nature of human experience then this video. Thank you David for being part of me. Pure genius. Much love here for you.
But nowhere is something else, isn't it ! Has always & will always be *That* song which transcends all others for it's simple yet vast understanding of our small existence here on our tiny *Blue Marble*.
I particularly like the sequence of Chris and Tina meeting, dancing, getting married, having a child, watching the child grow up, turning old and grey and still being in love like crazy birds -- because that's EXACTLY how they turned out!
I read Chris Frantz's book last year and it is very sweet how crazy he is still about Tina
@@charliepanayiotou4305 Check them out as a young 20 Something Couple in the mid 70s!
I can't believe they're still together, that is so beautiful.
It's my favorite part of the video.
This answers my question, thanks much!!!
Love you all...
I ja tebe❤
When your existential crisis is having an existential crisis, you know you are listening to a David Byrne song.
LETTING THE DAYS GO BY
don't forget the accordion to spice up your depression
Yip😅
Maybe that was what leaded me here, without knowing
#nowhereland
Slowly and steadily, the more songs I listen to, Talking Heads is becoming one of my favourite bands ever.
There is a timeless quality not only to their songs but also the lyrics which seem relevant even 30+ years later.
Sanchit Varma i have that with the Clash, ELO, Bowie and Talking Heads
Disagree, and your stupid
Correct. They do not age. Their songs remain as fresh today as thirty years ago.
Followers of the UK's brexit debacle will appreciate the contemporary relevance of the song's title
Yes. I agree completely. This song celebrates the randomness of life. No one knows what the hell they're doing. Just run with it. Play the cards you've been dealt. We're all on the road to nowhere. Come take that ride.
Fun fact: This video was directed by Stephen R. Johnson, who also directed the video for Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer. This explains the stop motion at 2:55, which is strikingly similar to some of the animation from Sledgehammer.
So that's why I was feeling nostalgic towards this bit. I used to watch sledgehammer very often when I was 5 years old or something
@NerdyCannon- Do you know which came out first?
Allison Titcomb talking heads video came out first in 1985, then in 1986 peter gabriel’s video..
I thought that this looked simliar
Also: that's Stephen R. Johnson and David Byrne in the Mexican wrestling masks.
Everything about this song is perfect. The accordian, drum beat and bass really make this an uplifting song about infinty. Thank you Talking Heads!
A few years ago I suffered from a very traumatic experience, recently a few days ago, I've been finding myself reliving the traumatic experience over and over again, and I decided to put on this song and it made me feel as though everything is going to be alright, and has helped me to move past this trauma, and so I've been listening to this song nonstop and I'm feeling happier. Thank you David Byrne and the rest of the Talking Heads, I don't know what you did with this song, but it's really helped me out.
I believe in your ability to overcome. you're doing great. I had a similar experience, we'll get through this.
Beautiful songs do soothe the soul, and can remind us tomorrow morning might not even come, it wasn’t promised. Yet with good music, we can see beyond, on this road to nowhere we all share. Stay strong, sending you prayers, positive vibes, and hope that it really will be alright, for you very soon, for all of us. When feeling low, remember ultimately, it’s about that climb~put on a playlist, and dance while sing your heart out💃Good luck to you.
Try listening to music like Across the Universe or
Beware of Darkness .
Music therapy is powerful.
@Kaizo Aleks I hope you are feeling and doing better today.
BN no mom mom on his own job job no
One of the best “Yeah”’s in music history. And bravo to the longevity of this man’s originality in the arts, thanks for sharing David Byrne.
FranktheTank70 amazing that he is still about going to see them in Adelaide this year I was to young before hahaha can't miss these guys
You care... too much
it wasnt all just byrne
David Byrne is a F***ing genius who was so ahead of his time that I believe he time travels. No joke.
YES.
Word
We (the people..) who listen to this and understand (some) of it, are also fro. The "future..."
From the future...
Some souls just shine brighter than others
Es gibt keinen Song, der annähernd mit diesem vergleichbar wäre! Zeitlos und in seiner Einfachheit so wahr und genial!
Da kann ich dir nur zustimmen ❤
Ganz genau ich bin auch bei euch Daumen hoch dafür 👍
David Byrne was nostalgic for the 80's while they were still happening.
S.C. Wood lol true
S.C. Wood Well said. No one out-80sed David Byrne. 😂
The music is quintessentially 80s, and also timeless.
i agree with whatever that means... and im not a follower
We alm were!;)
For you trivia buffs, this was also the "church" used in "True Confessions" and the "Kill Bill" movies.
It's also in the ending of Little Monsters with Fred Savage and Howie Mandel.
@@DexterPoindexter84 And Crossroads with Britney Spears.
@@aaron_actual damn man you bring them goooooood facts
My butthole is the same one I used to take a shit today and yesterday
@@KenMabie Well, if that situation ever changes, be sure to let medical science know.
A song *celebrating* the inevitability of death.
Right up there alongside 'Once in a Lifetime' as one of Byrne's better existential statements.
Great lyricist.
chemistryset1 I'm feeling okay this morning and yea know !!!
and of course, and she was. which is the most enlightened lyrics I've ever heard
@Muttley definitely
An existential declaration for sure, but I'd say it conveys a message of the pointlessness of life more than the enevitability of death. I just like the melody
No not about death!!! About the randomness of life! You can't know the destination, so just enjoy the journey........
Little Monsters, is where I first heard this song 30 years ago, and it's been one of my favorite songs for a long time
Yes same
Same.
This song is a piece of art, meaningful lyrics, an inspiring video clip and a great tune.
meaningful is the word everyone is looking for when looking for this song
4:06
I didn't realize how much I missed creative, intelligent, unique music videos until I saw this. David Byrne always delivers.
Talking heads
He was only the co-writer despite all his extravagant claims.
i do love ridiculous rock,for lack of a better term---talking heads,talk-talk,they might be giants and,to a lesser degree,bare naked ladies pure,nonsensical fun
legend has it he’s still running to this day
Must be real tuckered out there, poor guy.
He'd been doing it continuously since his tumblearound in the Once in a Lifetime video.
He actually rides Bicycles quite a bit. My name is Bicycle Bob and I approved this message and bicycles are the best therapy.
Legend has it that he is still burning that house!
🔥
The part at 2:56 is not only my favorite part of the actual song but also the greatest part in the mv. Cannot fathom how much time that gorgeous stop motion took. So much going on, incredible.
I'm watching this for the first time because the professor of rock mentioned this Talking Heads video in his video about Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer!
Agreed!
My favourite part is 0:46
Have to agree. And after decades of watching this video, especially the stop motion sequence, I've only just noticed this time that his tie is 'scrolling'... did they change it for each damn frame?!? By the way, since you appreciate this so much, you might like a music video for a song called 'Endless Art' by an Irish band called A House. It's an incredible song, too.
@@garygramm6533 holy shit. Just watched checked it out and it's insane. How do people do this
Visionary. Talking Heads music still seems progressive & modern, 35 years later...
Yes. The Talking Heads were making post-punk music before any of the post-punk bands.
This stuff never gets old😍 - just super cool ol'school❤️
Yes. 1000 times yes. Their entire discography holds more water than 99 percent of anything recorded ever. And Thats a big ask.
Was it modern, or post-modern?
When I was a kid in the 80s, I recorded this song off the local AM radio station, using my parent's mono radio-cassette, onto a blank tape. I listened to it over and over. I loved it.
I used to love taping songs off the radio. Free stuff! I think that's the reason why DJs at the time used to talk over the intros / outros though.
WHAT A FKN' FANTASTIC TIME THAT WAS !!!
All of us were doing that. It was our hobby back then...at least mine. Was sooo much fun!
Glad for owning a HI-FI system in my teenage years back then....which i still have, also all those tapes. Here in Germany we had music chartshows, where the songs were fully played, even many extended ones. But always used the fade function anyway.
Sony got filthy rich enabling music piracy. Those Walkmans and recorders and blank tapes galore, and tape-to-tape duplicating machines so you could pass tapes to all your friends. Everybody was doing it. With those profits they bought the privilege to sue pirates in court for putting Beatles on a mix tape. Wagging their fingers because copying music is a crime. What a low down trick.
I hope that you have at least a Walkman nowLOL
The drums layered with David’s vocal range really makes this track. So dope.
Yeah it really tied the room, I mean song together .
My Dad died 2 years ago. He really dug Talking Heads. When I listen to this song now, it makes me wonder, worry, contemplate…what lies ahead…is there an after life? Or do the lights just go out? Whatever it is, I’m gonna squeeze every drop out of this life til the muthafuckin wheels fall off.
Fuck cancer
FUCK CANCER !
you are questionig
So say we all.
Agreed!
Follow Jesus and we'll see you in heaven
Music is the closest thing to a time machine we have. Listening to this instantly takes me back to the late 80s ❤
Frfr so true that's exactly how Ifeel about
🎼🎧🎚🎛🎛 a prime example of a true time machine
I'm from Africa. I feel like crying because I heared this song a couple times on radio and never forgot it. Never knew who sang it. I was my father and brother. They no longer here. Now I'm hearing it with my wife and children...
We keep moving on I guess....
What a stunning voice you have, Davd Byrne.
My husband and I walked back down the aisle to this song after we were married. Such an important and beautiful song.
That is awesome!!
Well played..👍👍😂
thats cool
You’re my hero...so freakin awesome.
That's perfect.
Little Monsters introduced me to this song when I was a small child. Loved it since!
Nya, same here!!
Same here Nya! It brings me tears of happiness still at 40 years old. 😊
Same!
I don't remember hearing this song in there... Although its been years since ive watched it.
@@misterbuklau4053 It was at the end of the movie when the kids are running from state to state trying to beat the sun coming up.
This is so confusing yet somehow it all makes perfect sense. Like your brain doesn't understand, but your soul does.
The purity of David is what makes him a genius
such intellectualism
the songs about Alzheimer's disease.
Baby it’s alright, we are on the road to nowhere :)
great statement!
I learned I was autistic age 50 earlier this year. Today I read David Byrne is also on my spectrum. I decided to watch this video. 😍
God bless you, David.You've made so many amazing songs!
Damnmad What god theres at least a 1000.
Which god?
David Bowie
Black box
Really only 2 cords. :) Finally a song i play sucessfully on my guitar :p :)
These guys were so full of brilliance. I miss that in music.
I remember this from Little Monsters I love that movie and this song goes so well with it at the end
Lord this band has given me musical reincarnation in ways I can't explain , I feel cheated that it has been hidden from me for so many years , maybe that occurs with all things mystic , Talking Heads I love you .
Dear friend,d'ont feel like that. Better late than never😉.
@@mylove9827 😊
Just enjoy it. Perhaps you weren't prepared to accept it fully.
I'm now 53 and everytime I hear this song it takes me back to being an early teenager and all the stuff I had going on in my life at that time. Love it.
Feel you brother
Same age, wish we were back in that time. While now is good, we had less stress and freedom
Also born 1971
One of the most creative, talented, thought provoking bands of alltime....ladies & gentlemen,
The Talking Heads!!!
Nobody had the balls to make a song like this like David Byrne.
my favourite song & fantastic music video 💕
Who's still listening this timeless masterpiece in 2024?
Great song to last forever. I remember these good old days. Today I'm 63. If someday a new video for this song will be made, I want to act for free in position 1:33. Greetings from Austria.
Ben 🙋♀️
“Yyyyeeeaaaaaahhhh.”
I ain't 👀 😂😂
Me 😮
Thanksgiving 2018 and I am thankful for the free Talking Heads music on TH-cam!
I still can't understand why Talking Heads doesn't have more views.
This is a new upload that David Byrne added in March. Previously, there was an unauthorized upload that had well over a million views. This one is much higher quality. (Thanks, David Byrne)
Give a break. They are a BRILLIANT band. David Byrne is a literally genius who has gifted the world with his own quirky and unusual sense of humor, intelligence, wit, political awareness, concern about the World In General. They are really amazing and David himself is my favorite of course...but I never have had an opportunity to see The Heads or even David Byrne's solo concert live. I would love to see either, but just being with the kind of crowd that would come...in legion...to see The Talking Heads play just one reunion world tour for all the fans, would be a life-altering experience. SO many great bands I love and have never seen live: The Cure, Depeche Mode (MAYBE saw them one time, I have a faint memory), New Order, The Smiths, REM, The B-52's, Sting & Or The Police, The Rolling Stones, (can't afford the damn $500 tickets!), Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doors, Jimi, Janis, Nirvana, only got to see U2 ONCE in concert and the audio was fucked up so Bono sounded like he was sucking helium all night. The Talking Heads...like The Violent Femmes, Sublime, (saw Garbage play with No Doubt once...GREAT show!
There would be a million YOUNG people. That's how great this band is. Even teenagers would be there. This music is timeless.
Well that's your opinion but they are more than good enough in a lot of peoples eyes.
Spread the word..... I sure will they are Awesome
Was literally just gonna type the same comment. A timeless record unparalleled in its comprehension of the path we all must take. This song is a right of passage no one should be without
This brings me back to Nashville in 1985 right around the time I went out for a ride and I never went back. Divorce. I left after 7 years. I was just learning to live. 26 years old and working with the best friends I've ever had, also my bosses. Had a fungi connect in California and the whole next year was a celebration of me being re born. That was 40 fkn years ago.... This song puts me right back on lower Broadway Street and cruising east Tennessee with my woman and a headful. Beautiful state, beautiful people... The beautiful people... Talking Heads will always be my go to music for a good time.
Keep on living your own special life.... ignore the cybernetics and haters
This song really has a positive message [about marriage and staying together] and not many people do that these days. I have liked this song for a long time.
One of the most creative artists thats ever been, up there with bowie for sure.
Throw Peter Gabriel in!
@@druidaman ah leave him out. he's alright but comparing him to Bowie is a tad much. In my opinion
oliver nanasy well it is his opinion buddy
@@olivernanasy4025 Precisely, that´s your opinion and I respect it a lot. But not mine, for me PG is a giant too. Have a nice one!
@@druidaman the talking heads got worse. Their last two albums were crap compared to their earliest stuff.
I forget how many amazing songs this band did. So talented and such unique music. Still sounds amazing in 2024 as when it first came out.
Innit once in a lifetime x genius of love x whispering wind, burning down the house, and this is a masterpiece x
2:56 This shot is massively impressive and I'm shocked no one has mentioned it, stop motion while having him look like he's singing? Incredible!
100% deserved the song's climax
I'm 37 and remember those corny car rides to West Chester PA. I live in NJ and my parents are still with me, but I still get a tear from the memories that haven't died yet. Ahhh wow
Oh, and if you've ever seen Kill Bill, there's a *very familiar* building from the start of this video at the Bride's wedding. The place has been remodeled twice for the movies- once before "Road to Nowhere", and again for Kill Bill. In both cases, they kept most of the work and this video shows the in-between.
That's so cool!
I feel like songs like this one, tackling mainly the topic of the passage of time and inevitability of death, usually make me feel way better than most other "happy" or optimistic songs.
you ain't alone
Can't stop the march of time...
Or the casualties of war.
I mean in its own strange way it is a happy song. Enjoy the ride because its going to happen "And it's all right, baby it's all right"
@@KarlSturmgewher ...yet!
My favorite song off my favorite Talking Heads album!
So many years searching for this tune 😍
Brilliant song then, and stood the test of time. Thank you David Byrne for a phenomenal concert on the American Utopia tour.
i adore the Talking Heads and David Byrne. Love that 80s existentialism
Probably my favorite Talking Heads video of all time..
soo many great,true stories is my favorite, love,cool,belonging.
That's saying a lot. They've got some great ones.
Amira F I love this Talking Heads’ video. But, let me tell you about the song and this video. "Road to Nowhere" is a rock song written by David Byrne for Talking Heads’ 6th studio album "Little Creatures" (1985). It also appeared on "The Best of Talking Heads" (2004), "Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites" (1992), the "Once in a Lifetime" (2003) box set and the Brick box set. The song was released as the 2nd single in September 1985 and reached number 25 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 6 in the British, German and South African singles charts. It also made No. 8 on the Dutch Top 40.
«I wanted to write a song that presented a resigned, even joyful look at doom,» recalls David Byrne in the liner notes of "Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads" (1992). «At our deaths and at the apocalypse... (always looming, folks). I think it succeeded. The front bit, the white gospel choir, is kind of tacked on, 'cause I don’t think the rest of the song was enough... I mean, it was only two chords. So, out of embarrassment, or shame, I wrote an intro section that had a couple more in it.»
The video for the song was directed by David Byrne and Stephen R. Johnson and featured the band and various objects revolving, as if in their own "road to nowhere". It was nominated for "Best Video of the Year" at the MTV Video Music Awards 1986 (lost to Dire Straits for "Money for Nothing"), Best Concept Video (lost to a-ha for "Take On Me"), and Viewer’s Choice (lost to a-ha for "Take On Me"). Some parts were shot in the back yard and pool of actor Stephen Tobolowsky, who was co-writing David Byrne’s film "True Stories" (1986) at the time. Director Stephen R. Johnson reused some of the effects techniques in award-winning videos for Peter Gabriel the following year: "Sledgehammer" and "Big Time".
David Byrne - guitar, vocals
Chris Frantz - drums
Jerry Harrison - keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
Tina Weymouth - bass guitar, backing vocals
Additional musicians:
Andrew Cader - washboard
Erin Dickens - backing vocals
Diva Gray - backing vocals
Gordon Grody - backing vocals
Lani Groves - backing vocals
Jimmy Macdonell - accordion
Lenny Pickett - saxophones
Steve Scales - percussion
Kurt Yahijian - backing vocals
The genres are pop rock and new wave.
Found myself at a point in life, having just gone through two years of financial struggle with a lack of any secure employment in the area and a lot of bad luck - In a relationship that was maybe functional for 2 years before becoming not so much dead but more undead for the other 3. Didn't have a car because of all of that, which further increased the difficulty of keeping up with adulthood. Started applying for jobs in a town that's an hour away because I had nothing to lose and my own city was totally dried up. Ended up somehow getting hired in a very cushy job in education, for which I have no background or qualifications beyond technical skills that are kinda rare for professionals working at a highschool and lower level. The workplace is very flexible and gave me plenty of room to figure out how to be working there from out of town, which involved a 2 hour bus commute both ways. Suddenly, I had smoldering garbage behind me, and a genuinely good salary with ample paid time off and full benefits ahead of me - All the while, the person who I was as a result of my experiences seemed undeserving and clueless of what to actually do with it. It was incredible fortune that dropped in my lap when I was barely trying after years of constant effort had left me emotionally exhausted and in debt.
It was at this point that the Talking Heads became the soundtrack to my inner most feelings about life
Hey i see you dude and keep it up. (^_^).
This song always makes me think about dementia. Such beautiful music, and the beat almost marching on relentlessly. We're not little children. I adore it. Lots of love to whoever reads this, enjoy all the other amazing things Talking Heads have done and take care x
Sorry I've just forgotten what you have just said now where is that road ?
Love this song! Takes me back to Little Monsters!!!! California??? How the hell’d they get there!!!
This is my favorite Talking Heads song. To remember the eighties when I was in college makes it all the more piquant of their songs today.
This group doesn’t have a category of genre. They just blow yo fucking mind with some eccentric masterpieces.
Have you heard The Doublejumps? you might like them if you like Talking Heads
Of all their brilliant music videos, this one is my favourite.
One of the greatest songs of all times. Always remings me on my youth.
This is easily one of my favorite songs from the band. The Talking Heads rule.
David Byrne's quavering voice at low-pitch and high-pitch ctually highlight the chilling undertones to this song - albeit in a clever, subtle way. What's chilling about the song - in my opinion - is that one can spend a really, really long time going around in circles when trying to achieve their goals and, as a result, pave a "road to nowhere" in their life, being blissfully unaware at the time but having big regrets much later in life and wishing they could "turn back the clock" and start over again. What's even more chilling is the question of whether they would manage to not go around in circles again if they could turn back the clock and start over (e.g. being so obsessed about not repeating the same mistakes again that they actually quite unwittingly make themselves go around in circles all over again!), which could create a recursive cycle of going around in circles (a circle within a circle within another circle etc.)! 😜
I think the low pitched, raspy voice (e.g. at 2:53 ) is of drummer Chris Frantz.
2:50 2:50
02:56 “There’s a city in my mind, come along and take that ride and it’s all right …”
The whole video is great but the animated section is really intense. Love it.
Thank you David and the TH. Im a young músician and you guys are such an inspiration. Hopefully I will catch David this next month in cdmx.
One of the first records I ever bought. Still have the 7 inch single from 1985. Wanted to become a pop video director in my teens largely as a result of this video and Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer. Watch out for the animation of the running man drawn in peanut butter on a slice of bread at 3:20. Pure genius!
Great comment! Yeah, I agree, the are such creative and interesting videos. I also really love the video for "All I Want Is You" By U2...have you ever seen it? The one with the circus act, the midget and the beautiful lady in love with the strong man?
almost as genius as spotting it.
Doesnt surprise me Byrne was first to the stop motion
just the best xxxxxxx you make me happy when i listen to you, my diep depression disappear and a i am happy thanks xxxxxxxxxxx
One of my favorite songs of all time by one of the most underrated bands ever!!I have this song in my head singing in the most awkward moments !!
My grandpa said he listened to this song all the time in college. I love retro things like this. Music today doesnt compare!
Hm. You're very young, then. My grandpa was born in 1919. He was 61 in 1980. I don't think he even knew this band.
Well, we know where we're goin'
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowin'
But we can't say what we've seen
And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out
We're on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
I'm feelin' okay this mornin'
And you know
We're on a road to paradise
Here we go, here we go
We're on a ride to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there, take you there
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's all right, baby it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby it's all right
B
Crackmandan thank you
Thank you.
Thank you. I'm learning English. Ukraine
Finalmente, encontrei-o.
Deep, yet universally accessible...
When I was 20 I LOVED that song, when I'm 50 I UNDERSTAND it.
I never knew who the talking heads were when I was a kid. I loved little monsters and I fell in love with this song. Here I am so many years later. I am so thankful they were associated with that movie. I can't explain how visceral it is when they come on the radio.
LYRICS
Well, we know where we're goin'
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowin'
But we can't say what we've seen
And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out
We're on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
I'm feelin' okay this mornin'
And you know
We're on a road to paradise
Here we go, here we go
We're on a ride to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there, take you there
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's all right, baby it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby it's all right
Would you like to come along?
And you could help me sing this song
And it's all right, baby it's all right
They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby it's all right
There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's all right, baby it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby it's all right
Would you like to come along?
You could help me sing this song
And it's all right, baby it's all right
They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby it's all right
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
The couple dancing with each other, bloody wonderful
Restarting the video 60000 times in a row because of it's amazing beginning
Franzi B that intro kills me
I was backstage with the Talking Heads in 1977 with my HS sweetheart at the Punch and Judy Movie Theater of all places!!!!! in Gross Pointe, Michigan. They played 2 shows that night and I was at the 2nd. I was 16 yrs old! I was out of pot too, but had rolling papers! Chris Frantz pulled an OZ out of his pocket, tossed it to me and said "Start Rollin! "🤣 We had an blast too, just chatting/laughing etc. They invited us to come along to Greektown (downtown Detroit) for late night food, but we reluctantly declined. I'm now 62!
FYI: My then girlfriend IS STILL FRIENDS WITH TINA and stay in touch after all these years!!!!! Incredible
What a time eh! keep rockin
David Byrne .... Laurie Anderson....really these people were expressig their genius....it's so wonderful to see. People should be able to express their genius. It's incredibly important.
I get the feeling that Ive been suppressing my fear of the nothing that happens after death whenever I listen to this song and it moves me to tears. I know its growing day by day and maybe part of me has accepted that fact, but sometimes I just need to have another person tell me its alright.
Don't know until it is too late to tell anyone, enjoy the time here!
there's a city in my mind. and this song will live there forever
A reference to the writings of St. Augustine.
To whom ever may be reading this, we are all on the road to nowhere, we all have bumps to go over, stay strong, we were given this wonderful gift of life to experience the highs and lows that we do, and its truly alright, dont worry, dont be afraid. 🙂
Talking Heads age like wine.
Allen Bennet 😯
David Byrne is genius.
Lyrics
Well, we know where we're goin'
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowin'
But we can't say what we've seen
And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out
We're on a road to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
I'm feelin' okay this mornin'
And you know
We're on a road to paradise
Here we go, here we go
We're on a ride to nowhere
Come on inside
Takin' that ride to nowhere
We'll take that ride
Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there, take you there
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's all right, baby it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby it's all right
Would you like to come along?
And you could help me sing this song
And it's all right, baby it's all right
They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby it's all right
There's a city in my mind
Come along and take that ride
And it's all right, baby it's all right
And it's very far away
But it's growing day by day
And it's all right, baby it's all right
Would you like to come along?
You could help me sing this song
And it's all right, baby it's all right
They can tell you what to do
But they'll make a fool of you
And it's all right, baby it's all right
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
We're on a road to nowhere
I loved that song back then as a child. Still an awesome piece today. I am recently re-discovering the band.
Songs that bring tears to my eyes
Finished my engineering apprenticeship in '85 and got put on a grotty turning job, but you were allowed a radio in that shop and nowhere else and hearing this song always puts me straight back there in my mind, guess I thought I was on a road to nowhere at the time
One of the most brilliant songs ever written!
This has been my favorite song in every single lifetime
oof! half-assed immortality --tiring,aint it?