LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 16, 2019-PSYCHO KILLER ….FA FA FA FA FA FAA FA FA FA… IT WAS FORTY TWO YEARS AGO TODAY FOR THE TALKING HEADS DEBUT ALBUM Talking Heads: 77 . THE ALBUM WAS A CULT CLASSIC ON COLLEGE RADIO STATIONS AND ACTUALLY BROKE THE BILLBOARD TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART HITTING NUMBER 92. IN 2003 “ROLLING STONE” MAGAZINE RANKED THE ALBUM AT #290 ON IT’S LIST OF “THE 500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.” THE SINGLE ‘PSYCHO KILLER’ WAS A HUGE HIT FROM THE RECORD. IT IS WRITTEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SERIAL KILLER. ‘PSYCHO KILLER’ IS INCLUDED IN “THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME’S 500 SONGS THAT SHAPED ROCK AND ROLL” LIST.
HERE’S A LIVE VERSION OF PSYCHO KILLER FROM A 1978 TV APPEARANCE
