Talking Heads
Everyone’s Getting Involved review – tepid all-star Talking Heads tribute
Cult film company A24’s tie-in merch to the seminal documentary Stop Making Sense sounds either like karaoke or is wildly disconnected from the source material
Claire Biddles
17, May, 2024 @6:10 AM
Paranoia and polyrhythms: Talking Heads’ greatest songs – ranked!
As an all-star version of 1984’s Stop Making Sense is released, we run down the band’s best tracks, from the beautiful Dream Operator to the existential crisis of Once in a Lifetime
Alexis Petridis
11, Apr, 2024 @12:00 PM
‘I used to roundly mock Bryan Adams’: Bill Bailey’s honest playlist
The comedian has come full circle on the Canadian soft rocker, but which sweary song did he miss out on playing at Reading?
As told to Rich Pelley
19, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM
‘Mick Jagger was surprisingly hard-working’: the all-star life of synth whiz Wally Badarou
His reputation for futurist pop got him work with everyone from Grace Jones and Talking Heads to Foreigner – now the French keyboardist is reissuing a soundtrack for a yoga DVD that became a Balearic classic
Jim Butler
20, Nov, 2023 @12:14 PM
The 20 greatest concert films – ranked!
As Taylor Swift’s Eras tour reaches cinemas, with Beyoncé’s Renaissance following soon, we pick the films that best converted the live experience to the screen
Alexis Petridis
12, Oct, 2023 @2:00 PM
Stop Making Sense review – Demme’s Talking Heads doc still burning down the house
The energy of Jonathan Demme’s 1984 film defies categorisation, and David Byrne in the ‘Big Suit’ is the Chuck Berry of new wave art-rock
Peter Bradshaw
22, Sep, 2023 @6:00 AM
Seymour Stein obituary
Music executive and co-founder of Sire Records who launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and the Ramones
Richard Williams
04, Apr, 2023 @5:00 PM
Seymour Stein, music mogul who discovered Madonna, Talking Heads and more, dies aged 80
Influential executive co-founded Sire Records and signed Lou Reed, the Ramones and introduced the Smiths and the Cure to the US
Sian Cain
03, Apr, 2023 @2:14 AM
David Bridie: Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads is the most perfect song of all time
The first single off the US band’s 1980 album Remain in Light inspired a musical awakening in the My Friend the Chocolate Cake singer
David Bridie
05, Feb, 2023 @2:00 PM
Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz look back: ‘When I first asked her to join my band, she refused’
The musicians discuss their military families, surviving a serious car crash, and being partners in life and in music
Harriet Gibsone
04, Feb, 2023 @12:00 PM
The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions
Guardian music
06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM
Mo Ostin, US record exec who signed Jimi Hendrix and the Kinks, dies aged 95
Headhunted by Frank Sinatra, the head of Warner/Reprise oversaw classic releases by the likes of Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac and Prince
Laura Snapes
02, Aug, 2022 @9:12 AM
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