Talking Heads – Little Creatures – 1985 I was standing on the subway platform, reading the Village Voice, in 1985. There was a review of the new Talking Heads album and the writer, I don’t recall who (but it might have been Christgau) wrote about how, for the first time Continue Reading
Listening Post: Talking Heads – Sp eak in gi n To ngu es
Talking Heads – Speaking in Tongues – 1983 It took a couple years (probably for egos to cool) for Talking Heads to give us some new music. The result was their most audience friendly to date. One of the things I love about doing these reviews is that it has Continue Reading
Listening Post: Talking Heads – Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club – 1981 Ah, piffle. It’s pretty well known that Tina Weymouth was becoming more and more frustrated with the control over Talking Heads that David Byrne was wielding. As though he was the genius and they were lucky to be there.So, on the Continue Reading
Listening Post: Talking Heads – David Byrne – The Catherine Wheel
David Byrne – The Catherine Wheel – 1981 Ah, the early 80s. When we would all traipse to BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) to see Philip Glass’s The Photographer. Or go to the movies to witness Koyaanisqatsi. You could see Laurie Anderson perform or bowl at the University Lanes and Continue Reading
Listening Post: Talking Heads – David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
David Byrne & Brian Eno – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts – 1981 (This review is based on the original vinyl pressing and not the expanded reissue.) No overview of Eno or Talking Heads would be complete without taking a look at the work they did together in Continue Reading