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Byrne playing guitar with Talking Heads in May 1978. By January 1975, Talking Heads were practicing and playing together, while still working normal day jobs. They played their first gig in June. [10] [11] In May 1976, Byrne quit his day job, and the three-piece band signed to Sire Records in November of that year. Byrne was the youngest member ...
Radiohead took their name from the 1986 Talking Heads song "Radio Head", [87] and cited Remain in Light as a critical influence on their 2000 album Kid A. [88] Italian filmmaker and director Paolo Sorrentino, receiving the Oscar for his film La Grande Bellezza in 2014, thanked Talking Heads, among others, as his sources of inspiration. [89]
Directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, the music video for "Blind" is unusual among Talking Heads' videography in that it portrays an elaborate narrative over the course of the song. Apparently lampooning the 1988 United States presidential election , the video portrays a group of Americans (among them a literal Bible thumper ) electing a ...
Talking Heads: 77 (1977) The first wave of albums by CBGB bands includes such epochal, ... studio album or music video. The companion album doesn’t feel essential in the same way, at least not ...
The 68-year-old musician has made a statement on social media about his use of blackface in a 1984 video. Talking Heads singer David Byrne says sorry for blackface Skip to main content
After more than 20 rancorous years apart, a rerelease of the Talking Heads classic 1983 concert film "Stop Making Sense" has brought détente, and maybe more.
The music video, directed by Byrne and Toni Basil, has Byrne dancing erratically over footage of religious rituals. "Once in a Lifetime" was certified platinum in the UK in 2023. A live version, taken from the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, charted in 1986 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Talking Heads were an American new wave band who, between 1975 and 1991, recorded 96 songs, 12 of which were not officially released until after their break-up. The group has been described as "one of the most acclaimed bands of the post-punk era" by AllMusic and among the most "adventurous" bands in rock history by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.