Hear the earliest known recordings of Talking Heads from 1975
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New York United: The day Talking Heads and Lou Reed recorded ‘Femme Fatale’ together
Today, the track remains a strange footnote.
Burning Down the House: Talking Heads perform live showcase at Entermedia Theater, 1978
Forty-years-ago, like a gazillion other kids, I was smitten by the sounds of New Wave. The needle had worn out on punk and there was…
Jack Black perfectly (and hilariously) lip syncs Fugazi, Talking Heads, PJ Harvey + many more!
I don’t follow Jack Black on Instagram, but that’s going to change today. bOING bOING’s Rusty Blazenhoff hipped me to his hilarious page where he…
Teen idol Shaun Cassidy goes new wave, covers Bowie and Talking Heads on Todd Rundgren-produced LP
In 1977, after launching his career a year earlier, Shaun Cassidy struck pop music gold with his fluffy cover of the girl group classic, “Da…
32 minutes of Talking Heads playing CBGBs in 1975
In 1975 the art-rock combo known as Talking Heads played its first gigs in New York City. In June they opened for the Ramones at…
‘Storytelling Giant,’ offbeat Talking Heads video compilation from the 1980s
When MTV ran the world in the 1980s and a few years after, it was de rigueur for bands to release VHS video compilations. The…
Talking Heads talk sex and drugs, 1979
In the August 1979 issue of Oui Magazine, there appeared a revealing single-page interview with all four members of Talking Heads conducted by Scott Cohen.…
Fear of Music: Amazing early Talking Heads doc from 1979
A loft in Manhattan, New York, 1979: Talking Heads are working on their latest album Fear of Music. A TV crew from England are present…
Stay warm with Talking Heads, Zappa, Bootsy Collins, Nina Hagen & Peter Sellers throw blankets!
Nina Simone blanket can be found here. I never know what to get people during the holidays. The Holiday season is stressful. I worry that…