the talking heads are:

The Talking Heads Are:

● David Byrne- Lead Vocals/Guitar

● Chris Frantz- Drums

● Tina Weymouth- Bass

● Jerry Harrison-Keyboard/Guitar

Beginnings of the Talking Heads

• RSID • Artistics• New York- CBGB• Jerry Harrison• Sire Records

Talking Heads: ‘77

• Psycho Killer• First Talking Heads song to become popular• Billboard Top 100 1978

o #92• French lyrics• Simple, driving bass line• Listen

Psycho Killer Listening GuideLyrics

(Verse 1) I can’t seem to face up to the facts/ I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax/ I can’t sleep ‘cause my bed’s on fire/ don’t touch me I’m a real live wire(Chorus X2)Psycho killer qu’est-ce que c’est? …………..(translation: what is it?)Fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better run run run run run run away (wo, oh, oh aye aye yaye)(Verse 2)You start a conversation and don’t even finish it/ you’re talkin’ a lot but you’re not sayin’ anything/ when I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed/ say something once, why say it again?(Chorus X2)

(Verse 3) (Translation-Ce que j’ai fais, ce soir la ..………….What I did that nightCe qu’elle a dit, ce soir la ………….. What she said that nightrealisant mon espoir ……...……… Realizing my hopeje me lance, vers la gloire..OK ………I throw myself towards glory)

We are the vain and we are the blindI hate people when they’re not polite(Chorus X2)

Psycho Killer Listening GuideMusic

•Intro-Simple repeated bassline, bass drum, and guitar•Interacting instruments - Drums, Bass, 2 guitars, Vocals•Everyone playing something different

o Verse/Choruso Repeato Bridge (French vocals)o Verse/Chorus

•Instrumental jam outro

Speaking in Tongues -1983

• “Burning Down the House”• “This Must Be the Place”• Concert film Stop Making Sense

Burning Down the House

• Burning Down the Houseo Only Talking Heads song to reach top teno 9 on Billboard Top 100o Covered by Tom Jones, Dave Matthews Band, The

Used, and Phish• This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)

o 62 on Billboard Top 100o Only Talking heads love songo Sung to a lamp on Stop Making Sense

Separate Projects:

• Chris Frantz/Tina Weymouth: Tom Tom Club• David Bynre: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts with Brian Eno• Jerry Harrison: The Red and the Black

The Break-up

-Success of their other projects

-David Byrne reluctant to do another album

-Just Heads causes legal problems

...After the Talking Heads-David Byrne: books, music, warehouse instrument-Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz: production, Tom Tom Club-Jerry Harrison: Production, solo albums

Inducted into Rock N Roll Hall of Fame in 2002