David Byrne & Brian Eno


OK, here I go again touting about some new music that I've bought lately. I've always been a Talking Head fan and this disc is great. Nice with flowing melodies. Just enough electro tech. to make it interesting. David Bryne is very underrated. That guy uh, oh yea Springsteen wishes he could be this talented. Very seductive and mesmerizing. Seems that a lot of good music comming out lately. Also like the Madeleine Peyroux "bare bones" plus, the best of Bill Frisell Vol. 1| Folk Songs. It seems in the hardest times that music is the best. Or maybe I'm just more open to it.
philefreak

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My favorite David Byrne album is definitely "The Red & the Black" by Jerry Harrison.
Second is "the Knee Plays".
David has not made a studio album yet that equals any of Talking Heads catalog.
Like so many egocentric rock stars, Lennon, Roger Waters, McCartney, Stummer, Jones, Jagger, Peter Wolf, Richards, their solo outings never seem to have that great chemistry of their respective bands best or even worse output.
Jerry, Tina & Chris obviously are a very important ingredient to David's visions, "Naked" for example is the band at its very best.
I miss Talking Heads and the immaculate sound and vision that only the four of them can truly create.
I forgot to mention that Eno is as important to the Heads sound and success as George Martin was to the Beatles. Props to Brian Eno's input and production criteria,
Philefreak, I don't think Peter Wolf left the J Geils Band to pursue a solo career, something fishy happened there and we may never know the truth. An abrupt end to a fantastic band.