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"Heaven" is a song by the American new wave band Talking Heads from their 1979 album ''Fear of Music''. The song has been called "the calm after their unusual ominous storm" by AllMusic〔("Heaven - Talking Heads" ), Allmusic.com.〕 as well as something "psychologists would certainly have a field day with" by journalist Ian Gittins.〔 (Link )〕 Dave Bell, writing for quarterly UK magazine ''Ceasefire'', argued that the song "epitomises "pop as Samuel Beckett might write it: tedious, beautiful and desperate".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Deserter’s Songs: A Place Where Nothing Ever Happens )〕 == Cover versions == *k.d. lang recorded a version of this song with The Siss Boom Bang for their 2011 album ''Sing It Loud''. *The song was covered by Q Lazzarus and used in the soundtrack of the Jonathan Demme film. ''Philadelphia''. Demme previously directed the Talking Heads' concert film Stop Making Sense, also featuring this song. *The song was covered by Icehouse frontman Iva Davies. *The song was covered by Widespread Panic on their album Space Wrangler and often played during live shows.〔Everyday Companion. (Heaven Played List )〕 *The song is covered live by White Lies. *Voxtrot does a cover of this song. *The song appears on Simply Red's 1985 debut album ''Picture Book''. *Greg Keelor covered this song on his first solo album, Gone. *The band Duels covered this song as a 'Little Monster'. *In 2004, Eric Burdon played a jazzy version of the song for his album ''My Secret Life''. It was also featured on his live album ''Athens Traffic Live'' (2005). *In 2008, the band Bell X1 covered the song at a session with Paste magazine. *On the soundtrack to the 2009 film ''My Sister's Keeper'', Jimmy Scott plays a stripped down version of the song. It is also the title track to his 1996 album, "Heaven". *German musician Joachim Witt released a cover version with German lyrics called "Der Weg in die Ferne (Heaven)" on his album ''Silberblick'' in 1980. * German indie rock band Kolossale Jugend (:de:Kolossale Jugend) covered it on their debut album ''Heile Heile Boches'' in 1989. *A solo version of the song was released in 2009 by Paul Dempsey, lead singer and guitarist from Something for Kate. *The song is played at the conclusion of the ''30 for 30'' film ''June 17, 1994''. *The song provides the title for ''Heaven Is a Place'', the second season finale of the TV series ''Halt and Catch Fire''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heaven (Talking Heads song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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