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No. 947: Talking Heads Before Swine

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Talking Heads Before Swine

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=947

Strip by: Dfroggy20

Goat: What are you listening to?
Rat: Talking Heads. I just got it. It's great.
Goat: Why do you like it so much?
Rat: Because usually when I get an album, I have to program out the bad songs on my iPod. But on this, every song I've heard has been so great that I -
David Byrne on iPod: And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack, and you may find yourself in another part of the world.
Byrne: And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile. And you may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife.
Byrne: And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"
{Rat is nonplussed}
Rat: Same as it ever was.

The author writes:

Saw Mr. Skullhead's "Plexiglass Before Swine" and I loved it, remembering the classic band, Styx, and how their rock and roll songs went. I decided to let Rat listen to Talking Heads. In the 1980s, the band would bring in a new wave of rock.

Original Pearls Before Swine strip: 2010-02-04 (subscription required, but you can also view the original strip here).