Talking Heads music catalogue

139 items

Talking Heads were a New York post-punk and new wave band, active from 1974 to 1991. More

Talking Heads were a New York post-punk and new wave band, active from 1974 to 1991.

Although the group itself originated and grew up in New York, the roots of the band members are miles apart. Byrne was born in Dumbarton in Scotland and eventually ends up in Baltimore in the United States via Canada at the age of nine. Originally from California, Weymouth traveled all over the world during her childhood. Frantz comes from a Kentucky military family. The three met in the early 1970s at the "Rhode Island School of Design" and soon decided to start making music together. In 1974 they move to New York to further concentrate on their music. This proved to be not without success and they were allowed to open for "The Ramones" in the pop temple CBGB's the following year and after adding keyboardist-guitarist Jerry Harrison to their line-up they land a recording contract with the record company "Sire" in 1977. ". The name "Talking Heads" refers to talk shows on television, where presenters fill the entire screen while talking.

The work of "Talking Heads" has been very influential. Bands like "Radiohead", "Phish" and the "Red Hot Chili Peppers" confirm "Talking Heads" as their musical source. "U2" used part of "Life during wartime" during "Discotheque". Several songs from "Talking Heads" have been covered by musicians and bands such as "Simply Red", "Living Color" and "Arcade Fire". Movies also occasionally use Talking Heads songs, such as "The Truman Show" with Jim Carrey and "The Family Man" with Nicolas Cage. Since their summer tour in 2008, the Dave Matthews Band has covered a lot, see for example "Burning Down The House".

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139

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Oldest item

Talking Heads '77 (1977)