Let's say you're a Republican running for president. You're looking for a rousing pop anthem to pump up your troops and underscore your message. There's plenty of music out there, but you have a problem: most of the pop stars, it seems, prefer Democrats. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich were forced this week to stop using songs at their rallies after...
The '80s theme was laid on so thick at an auction and party for the public arts group Creative Time on Thursday night that if a member of the Brat Pack had sauntered by, we wouldn't have blinked. Then David Byrne, the former frontman of the Talking Heads, strode in. His white hair brought us back to the present with a thump: 1981 was 30 years ago....
Some days Charlie Crist is an ally of rock stars, and some days he is their adversary. On Monday, Mr. Crist, the former governor of Florida who, before he left office, helped champion a posthumous pardon for Jim Morrison, the front man of the Doors, confirmed that he had settled a lawsuit with the singer David Byrne after using a Talking Heads song...
Talking Heads var en amerikansk rockgruppe, der blev dannet i 1975 i New York. Gruppen skiltes endegyldigt i 1989. Talking Heads' musik var en blanding af punk, funk og i den sene del af karrieren også verdensmusik.
Gruppen spillede gennem sin levetid rock med påvirkninger mange steder fra. Det gav sig udslag i en musik, der er svær at sætte i bås. Nogle gange lavede de meget indadvendt og intellektuel musik, mens de andre gange kunne lave iørefaldende hits som "Burning Down the House", "And She Was" og "Wild Wild Life". Brian Eno var medproducer på tre af de vigtigste af gruppens plader og har derigennem også haft betydning for gruppens lydudtryk.
Ud over den nyskabende musik var gruppen kendt for David Byrnes specielle stemme samt de særprægede tekster, der også antydes af album-titlerne. Fold ud