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Psycho SongsLOCATION: Home , Ogden, UtahYEAR: 1997TAGS: youth, subjects of artPUBLISHED: February 25, 2008I don't know the history or background of this song, and I don't particularly want to. I like it as it is, with the hard drumbeats and bits of French. And in my mind, this song is a cool sound mixed with a random, disturbing subject. I first heard this song when I was a young teenager, and was baffled by it. I didn't understand it, but I knew that I liked it. It was one of the first times in my life when I had appreciated the artistic qualities of something while not liking the subject. I don't like psycho killers. And I don't think of them as cool, and deserving a cool-sounding song. But it felt like, with the Talking Heads, they were working with that disparity, and using my surprise and the unpredicable nature of the song to make something that was at once both random and perfectly composed. It was a new way for me to think about music. Later, this song took on more significance after I read "American Psycho" and realized that Patrick Bateman loves the Talking Heads. He seems unaware that they have a song called "Psycho Killer", however. That adds to the utter bizareness and my love for this song. Â
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