The World Of B-Sides & Rarities, #38

The Arcade Fire - Naive Melody

By now most of you probably know and love The Arcade Fire's take on Talking Heads' classic tune 'Naive Melody (This Must Be The Place)'. For those of you not familiar with the original, it was featured on Talking Heads' Speaking In Tongues LP.

Wikipedia has more info about the song: *According to the Stop Making Sense commentary track, the title "Naive Melody" refers to the music. On the track, the guitar part and the bass part are doing the same thing throughout the whole song. According to David Byrne, many professional musicians would not play a song written in that fashion, and that is what makes the melody naive. Byrne played the lead keyboard solo.*

The Arcade Fire version was the B-side to the 'Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)' single. Take a listen to the track below.

MP3: The Arcade Fire - Naive Melody (Talking Heads cover)