DEVO, Blondie, Talking Heads, Klaus Nomi on ’20/20′ segment on New Wave, 1979
At DM we often poke fun at impossibly stiff or clueless news reporting on the music of the past, but sometimes you run across a…
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Making Flippy Floppy: The Talking Heads exercise ‘infomercial’ you never asked for
The title of this post pretty much says it all. Is it corny? Yes. Did it make me laugh? Yes. Do I wish something like…
‘Psycho Chicken’: Plucked-up Talking Heads parody, 1979
The Fools were big in Boston. Their 1979 single “Psycho Chicken,” a goofy take on Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer,” made them local heroes in Beantown…
Houses in Motion: Astonishing ‘new’ 1980 Talking Heads concert surfaces
“The big difference between us and punk groups is that we like KC and the Sunshine Band. You ask Johnny Rotten if he likes KC…
Talking Heads: Max Headroom interviews Sting and David Byrne
Max Headroom, now there was a weird-ass experiment. In hindsight the digital character is the very definition of a “curio.” It takes only a few…
Unreleased Talking Heads track recorded live at CBGB’s show, 1976
Talking Heads, fresh-faced and downright cherubic. When this song was recorded, Talking Heads were still a three-piece band–keyboardist Jerry Harrison had yet to join–and though…
‘Once in a Lifetime’: Talking Heads’ mind-scrambling concert video
In 1984, the same year that Stop Making Sense was released, another meticulously crafted Talking Heads concert movie made its debut as well. I refer…
Talking Head David Byrne’s lost ‘Talking Heads’ video project from 1975
Oh what a time it must have been on Manhattan’s Bond Street in the mid-1970s. Bond Street connects Broadway and the Bowery exactly where CBGB’s…
Talking Heads: Previously unheard version of ‘Psycho Killer’ featuring Arthur Russell on cello
Talking Heads perform a previously unheard version of “Psycho Killer” featuring Arthur Russell on cello. Superb. Previously on Dangerous Minds Pseeco Keeler: Awkward Talking Heads…