Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
Does my Byrne look big in this? Image: agildedplanet.blogspot.co.uk
If for nothing else, Talking Heads’ reputation rests largely on their having been such a noticeably clever band. These are the people who once recorded a song – The Overload , which closes Remain in Light – composed from a mere description of Joy Division’s music, unheard at that time by any of the band. While on the one hand this might seem slightly incredible, given the Manchester band’s meteoric rise during the preceding two years; on the other it does sound like the kind of intellectual exercise Byrne a