Sax and Violins

"Sax and Violins" is a song by the rock band Talking Heads. It appears on the soundtrack for the film Until the End of the World. It was also released as a successful airplay single and charted at number one on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart.

The song was later released on the compilations Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads and Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites. It was released again in 2005 as a bonus track on the remastered edition of the Talking Heads' Naked.

"The music was written during the rehearsals and recording that led to the Naked LP," recalled David Byrne in the liner notes of Once in a Lifetime. "I wrote the words later for the opening scene of Wim Wenders' Until the End of the World. The movie is supposed to take place in the year 2000, so I spent a lot of time trying to image music of the near future: post-rock sludge with lyrics sponsored by Coke and Pepsi? Music created by machines with human shouts of agony and betrayal thrown in? Faux Appalachian ballads, the anti-tech wave? The same sounds and licks from the 60s and 70s regurgitated yet again by a new generation of samplers? The Milli Vanilli revival? Rappin' politicos… sell your soul to the beat, y'all? Well, it was daunting… so I figured, hell with it, I'd imagine Talking Heads doing a reunion LP in the year 2000, and them sounding just like they used to."

Talking Heads

David Byrne Chris Frantz Jerry Harrison Tina Weymouth

Studio albums	Talking Heads: 77 More Songs About Buildings and Food Fear of Music Remain in Light Speaking in Tongues Little Creatures True Stories Naked

Live albums	The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads Stop Making Sense

Compilations	Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime The Best of Talking Heads Talking Heads Bonus Rarities and Outtakes

Singles	"Love → Building on Fire" "Psycho Killer" "Take Me to the River" "Life During Wartime" "I Zimbra" "Cities" "Crosseyed and Painless" "Once in a Lifetime" "Houses in Motion" (alternate mix) "Life During Wartime" (live) "Burning Down the House" "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" "Girlfriend Is Better" (live) "Road to Nowhere" "And She Was" "Once in a Lifetime" (live) "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (live) "Wild Wild Life" "Blind" "(Nothing But) Flowers" "Sax and Violins"

Filmography	Stop Making Sense True Stories Storytelling Giant

Related articles	Discography Brian Eno How Music Works My Life in the Bush of Ghosts No Talking, Just Head Sounds from True Stories Tom Tom Club

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Sax and Violins

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