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The Talking Heads line-up that toured for the Remain in Light album made its debut at the festival. Their set began with the four original members plus Adrian Belew , and as the performance progressed, additional musicians and vocalists joined, including Nona Hendryx , Busta Jones, Steve Scales, Dolette McDonald, and Bernie Worrell .
The band played their first gig as Talking Heads—opening for the Ramones at the CBGB club—on June 5, 1975. [2] According to Weymouth, the name Talking Heads came from an issue of TV Guide, which "explained the term used by TV studios to describe a head-and-shoulder shot of a person talking as 'all content, no action'. It fit."
Talking Heads and Brian Eno subsequently hired Belew to add guitar solos to several tracks on their 1980 album Remain in Light. He then joined an expanded nine-piece Talking Heads live band which toured in 1980 and 1981. These concerts were documented on the second disc of the band's 1982 live double album The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads.
"Crosseyed and Painless" is widely regarded as one of the Talking Heads' best songs. In 2023, American Songwriter ranked the song number ten on their list of the 10 greatest Talking Heads songs, [ 4 ] and in 2024, Paste ranked the song number seven on their list of the 30 greatest Talking Heads songs.
Talking Heads' David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison will assemble publicly next month for the first time since 2002. Talking Heads Reuniting For ‘Stop Making Sense ...
The discography of American new wave band Talking Heads consists of eight studio albums, two live albums, eight compilation albums, one remix album, four video albums, 31 singles, and 15 music videos.
Two years before Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads released a more conventional double LP live album, culled from years of recordings capturing their rapid evolution from 1977 to 1980.
Talking Heads Eddie and the Hot Rods November 23, 1977 Detroit: ... January 6, 1980 Port Chester: United States: 21 North Dance Club Europe [87] [88] January 16, 1980