Classic debut release
77 seems to be linked to punk rock, but only murderous track
Psycho Killer can sorta fit into that mold, even with that it's closer to a Joy Division tune than the Sex Pistols. The rest is a kinda funky new wave sound. Lyrically the album reads like observations of the modern world, it makes you think the future is now, but even at it's 1977 release, Byrne knew what timeless modern elements to mention so its relevance would last, who couldn't relate to the nonsensical
The Book I Read, which is about just what the title says, he depicts the steps you would take if you were to tell another about the book you read, or
Don't Worry About The Government, about the building he lives in, picking it, the highway that takes him there, then the highway that takes his friends there .... so on and so forth! Those are just examples but I'm sure you get my drift and just outta nowhere does anyone else find that David Byrne looks like he should be a bizarre dentist?
