{"id":127485,"date":"2025-06-02T13:03:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127485"},"modified":"2025-06-02T22:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T03:49:00","slug":"kbs-look-back-at-the-80s-music-scene-talking-heads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127485","title":{"rendered":"KB\u2019s Look Back at the 80s Music Scene: Talking Heads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127485\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=127485\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-127486 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_1391-300x240.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_1391-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_1391-768x614.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_1391.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Picture This:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>New York City, 1975<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>David Byrne (guitar and vocals) and Chris Frantz (drums) formed a band and named it Talking Heads, after they read an article about a studio boss describing a head-and-shoulder shot of a person talking.<\/p>\n<p>Frantz\u2019s girlfriend Tina Weymouth joined them on bass and they were ready for their first gig, opening for The Ramones. Jerry Harrison joined them on keyboards, guitar and backing vocals.<br \/>\nThe debut album \u201cTalking Heads: 77\u201d was released in 1977 and gave them their first hit single \u201cPsycho Killer\u201d. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Brian Eno produced the band\u2019s second album \u201cMore Songs About Buildings and Food\u201d which was released in 1978. Eno\u2019s song \u201cKing\u2019s Lead Hat\u201d is an anagram of the band\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>Their cover of Al Green\u2019s \u201cTake Me to the River\u201d ended up in the Billboard Top 30.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFear of Music\u201d (1979) and \u201cRemain in Light\u201d (1980) were the band\u2019s third and fourth album and again produced by Eno.<\/p>\n<p>The single \u201cOnce in a Lifetime\u201d from \u201cRemain in Light\u201d became a huge success in Europe but not in America.<\/p>\n<p>The band went on a hiatus and didn\u2019t record for three years. Their fifth album \u201cSpeaking in Tongues\u201d was released in 1983 and the song \u201cSlippery People\u201d is one of my all time favorite songs. It became a huge hit in Europe, so did \u201cBurning Down the House\u201d which peaked at No. 9 at the Billboard Chart.<\/p>\n<p>Before the band disbanded in 1991, three more albums were released: \u201cLittle Creatures\u201d (1985), \u201cTrue Stories\u201d (1986) with the hits \u201cAnd She Was\u201d and \u201cRoad to Nowhere\u201d. The final album was \u201cNaked\u201d (1988).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fast Forward to 2025:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Talking Heads were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>David Byrne released solo albums and wrote music for TV, movies and theatre, receiving an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award and a Golden Globe Award. He collaborated with Sean Penn and Frances McDormand in the 2011 movie \u201cThis Must Be the Place\u201d where he played himself and also wrote the original music. I absolutely adore this movie!<\/p>\n<p>Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz formed the Tom Tom Club and the band is still recording and touring. They produced albums for several artists like Happy Mondays and Ziggy Marley.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Harrison produced albums for Violent Femmes, The Fine Young Cannibals and Crash Test Dummies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-126533\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-126533\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"126533\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F127485\" data-token=\"aad802805d30a6a75ea2917a9f1bb412\" data-token-time=\"1778500356\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\"><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-name\" data-field-id=\"1\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\">Name <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><div class=\"wpforms-field-row wpforms-field-medium\"><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-first wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-first wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][first]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">First<\/label><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-last wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][last]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">Last<\/label><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div>\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"4\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" >Comment Name Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][4]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-textarea\" data-field-id=\"3\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\">Comment or Message<\/label><textarea id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][3]\" ><\/textarea><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-126533-field_4-container { position: absolute !important; 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