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vb. (present participle of speak in tongues English)
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Speaking in Tongues is the fifth studio album by the band Talking Heads, released in 1983. The album was a commercial breakthrough that produced the band's first (and only) American Top 10 hit, " Burning Down the House", which was accompanied by a promotional video.
The album's tour was documented in Jonathan Demme's film Stop Making Sense, which generated a live album of the same name. (The concert film and live album's title comes from the repeated phrase "Stop making sense!" during the song "Girlfriend Is Better".) In addition, the album crossed over to the dance charts where it peaked at number two for six weeks. It is also the group's highest-charting album on the American Billboard 200.
Speaking in Tongues is an Australian television program broadcast on SBS Television. The first episode was broadcast on 7 November 2005. The series ran for twelve episodes, with the final episode airing on 23 January 2006.
The program is hosted by John Safran and Father Bob Maguire, who discuss current events from a religious perspective, often in a comedic manner. Maguire, a Catholic priest from South Melbourne, originally appeared on the early show John Safran vs God.
Speaking in Tongues was the first Australian television program to be released as a free podcast. The episodes were released for download on the morning following each week's broadcast 1.
The series was directed by John Safran vs God director Craig Melville.
Glossolalia or speaking in tongues is the phenomenon of speaking in unintelligible utterances (often as part of religious practices).
Speaking in Tongues may also refer to:
- Angelic tongues, a term related to the concept of sung praise in Second Temple period Jewish materials
- Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album), 1983
- Speaking in Tongues (David Murray album), 1999
- Speaking in Tongues, album by The Holmes Brothers produced by Joan Osborne, 2001
- Speaking in Tongues (Bizzy Bone album), 2005
- "Speaking in Tongues" (song), a song by Arcade Fire
- Speaking in Tongues (speech), a speech written by Gloria E. Anzaldúa
- Speaking in Tongues (TV series), an Australian television program
- Speaking in Tongues (Hilltop Hoods song), a song by Australian hip hop group, The Hilltop Hoods
- Speaking in Tongues, an Australian play by Andrew Bovell upon which the film Lantana is based
Speaking in Tongues is the fifth solo album by Bizzy Bone released on September 27, 2005. The title is in reference to the incident in which Bizzy Bone went on a spiritual rant during an interview on Houston radio station KPFT FM, speaking in tongues.
Speaking in Tongues is an album by David Murray released on the Justin Time label. Recorded in 1997 and released in 1999 the album features performances by Murray with Fontella Bass, Leopoldo F. Fleming, Stanley Franks, Clarence 'Pookie' Jenkins, Ranzell Merritt, Jimane Nelson, and Hugh Ragin.
"Speaking in Tongues" is the fifth single from indie rock band Arcade Fire's third album, The Suburbs. It did not appear on the original track listing, but showed up on the deluxe edition as a bonus track.
There is a direct reference to T.S Eliot's The Waste Land: "Hypocrite reader, my double, my brother", himself quoting Baudelaire's To the Reader: "— Hypocrite lecteur, — mon semblable, — mon frère!"
The title itself is a reference to the Bible (Acts 2:4 ; 1 Corinthians 14:18) to a phenomenon called glossolalia, which is believed to be a divine language unknown to the speaker. It is also a reference to the 1983 album of the same name by Talking Heads, the former band of guest singer David Byrne.
Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to 3rd World Women Writers is a speech written by Gloria E. Anzaldúa. The speech was drafted in 1979 and was published in Anzaldúa’s feminist anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981). Writing this essay in the format of a letter, Anzaldua urges the reader to “write from the body” and she connects her body to other bodies, creating a community of embodied people. This essay is addressed to women of color as she shows sympathy, encouragement, and words of wisdom towards them. The essay tells the reader that in order to understand the text, the reader must reveal himself in the text. The reader must also allow the text to enter himself if the reader chooses to enter the text.