‘Wordy Rappinghood’: How Blondie inspired the Tom Tom Club to spin off from Talking Heads
“Words that tell the truth…”
Tom Tom Club
How ‘Born Under Punches’ became Talking Heads most complex piece of music: “A whole new thing”
It didn’t take long for life in the Talking Heads to start being a slog for everyone not named David Byrne. Even for Chris Frantz…
The two rock songs that popularised rap music
Some questionable tracks that have a lot to answer for.
The band David Byrne and Brian Eno thought was too commercial
“‘Well, that’s merely commercial music…”
