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In 1988, Talking Heads announced that they would be taking a hiatus following the release of their eighth album, ''Music/{{Naked}}''; three years later, they released the song "Sax and Violins" as a single to promote the soundtrack album to the film ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'', on which it was included. In December of 1991, the band officially announced that they had parted ways, the end result of longstanding tensions between David Byrne and the rest of the band; shortly after, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth regrouped under the name Shrunken Heads to continue live performances. In 1996, under the shortened name the Heads, the three recorded ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Talking,_Just_Head No Talking, Just Head]]'', an album on which Byrne was replaced by a new guitarist and a variety of guest singers, including [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]], [[Music/HappyMondays Shaun Ryder]], [[Music/{{INXS}} Michael Hutchence]], [[Music/{{XTC}} Andy Partridge]] and Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde (who sang lead on the accompanying tour). The album was not well received, and its success was hampered by Byrne filing a trademark infringement lawsuit against the band, which delayed its release. The full original lineup has since reunited exactly once, performing three songs for their induction ceremony to the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 2002, as well as making public appearances together to promote Creator/A24's 2023 re-release of ''Film/StopMakingSense''.

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In 1988, Talking Heads announced that they would be taking a hiatus following the release of their eighth album, ''Music/{{Naked}}''; three years later, they released the song "Sax and Violins" as a single to promote the soundtrack album to the film ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'', on which it was included. In December of 1991, the band officially announced that they had parted ways, the end result of longstanding tensions between David Byrne and the rest of the band; shortly after, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth regrouped under the name Shrunken Heads to continue live performances. In 1996, under the shortened name the Heads, the three recorded ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Talking,_Just_Head No Talking, Just Head]]'', an album on which Byrne was replaced by a new guitarist and a variety of guest singers, including [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]], [[Music/HappyMondays Shaun Ryder]], [[Music/{{INXS}} Michael Hutchence]], [[Music/{{XTC}} Andy Partridge]] and Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde (who sang lead on the accompanying tour). The album was not well received, and its success was hampered by Byrne filing a trademark infringement lawsuit against the band, which delayed its release. The full original lineup has since reunited exactly once, performing three songs for their induction ceremony to the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 2002, as well as making public appearances together to promote Creator/A24's Creator/{{A24}}'s 2023 re-release of ''Film/StopMakingSense''.
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In 1988, Talking Heads announced that they would be taking a hiatus following the release of their eighth album, ''Music/{{Naked}}''; three years later, they released the song "Sax and Violins" as a single to promote the soundtrack album to the film ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'', on which it was included. In December of 1991, the band officially announced that they had parted ways, the end result of longstanding tensions between David Byrne and the rest of the band; shortly after, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth regrouped under the name Shrunken Heads to continue live performances. In 1996, under the shortened name the Heads, the three recorded ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Talking,_Just_Head No Talking, Just Head]]'', an album on which Byrne was replaced by a new guitarist and a variety of guest singers, including [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]], [[Music/HappyMondays Shaun Ryder]], [[Music/{{INXS}} Michael Hutchence]], [[Music/{{XTC}} Andy Partridge]] and Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde (who sang lead on the accompanying tour). The album was not well received, and its success was hampered by Byrne filing a trademark infringement lawsuit against the band, which delayed its release. The full original lineup has since reunited exactly once, performing three songs for their induction ceremony to the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 2002.

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In 1988, Talking Heads announced that they would be taking a hiatus following the release of their eighth album, ''Music/{{Naked}}''; three years later, they released the song "Sax and Violins" as a single to promote the soundtrack album to the film ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'', on which it was included. In December of 1991, the band officially announced that they had parted ways, the end result of longstanding tensions between David Byrne and the rest of the band; shortly after, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth regrouped under the name Shrunken Heads to continue live performances. In 1996, under the shortened name the Heads, the three recorded ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Talking,_Just_Head No Talking, Just Head]]'', an album on which Byrne was replaced by a new guitarist and a variety of guest singers, including [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]], [[Music/HappyMondays Shaun Ryder]], [[Music/{{INXS}} Michael Hutchence]], [[Music/{{XTC}} Andy Partridge]] and Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde (who sang lead on the accompanying tour). The album was not well received, and its success was hampered by Byrne filing a trademark infringement lawsuit against the band, which delayed its release. The full original lineup has since reunited exactly once, performing three songs for their induction ceremony to the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 2002.
2002, as well as making public appearances together to promote Creator/A24's 2023 re-release of ''Film/StopMakingSense''.
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In 1988, Talking Heads announced that they would be taking a hiatus following the release of their eighth album, ''Music/{{Naked}}''; three years later, they released the song "Sax and Violins" as a single to promote the soundtrack album to the film ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'', on which it was included. In December of 1991, the band officially announced that they had parted ways, the end result of longstanding tensions between David Byrne and the rest of the band; shortly after, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth regrouped under the name Shrunken Heads to continue live performances. In 1996, under the shortened name the Heads, the three recorded ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Talking,_Just_Head No Talking, Just Head]]'', an album on which Byrne was replaced by a new guitarist and a variety of guest singers, including [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]], [[Music/HappyMondays Shaun Ryder]], [[Music/{{INXS}} Michael Hutchence]], [[Music/{{XTC}} Andy Partridge]] and Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde (who sang lead on the accompanying tour). The album was not well received, and its success was hampered by Byrne filing a trademark infringement lawsuit against the band, which delayed its release. The full original lineup has since reunited exactly once, performing three songs for their induction ceremony to the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 2002.

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In 1988, Talking Heads announced that they would be taking a hiatus following the release of their eighth album, ''Music/{{Naked}}''; three years later, they released the song "Sax and Violins" as a single to promote the soundtrack album to the film ''Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld'', on which it was included. In December of 1991, the band officially announced that they had parted ways, the end result of longstanding tensions between David Byrne and the rest of the band; shortly after, Frantz, Harrison, and Weymouth regrouped under the name Shrunken Heads to continue live performances. In 1996, under the shortened name the Heads, the three recorded ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Talking,_Just_Head No Talking, Just Head]]'', an album on which Byrne was replaced by a new guitarist and a variety of guest singers, including [[Music/{{Blondie}} [[Music/{{Blondie|Band}} Debbie Harry]], [[Music/HappyMondays Shaun Ryder]], [[Music/{{INXS}} Michael Hutchence]], [[Music/{{XTC}} Andy Partridge]] and Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde (who sang lead on the accompanying tour). The album was not well received, and its success was hampered by Byrne filing a trademark infringement lawsuit against the band, which delayed its release. The full original lineup has since reunited exactly once, performing three songs for their induction ceremony to the UsefulNotes/RockAndRollHallOfFame in 2002.



* TheEighties: While they formed and released three albums in the '70s, their '80s work was their most successful and well-known, to the point where their de-facto dissolution is generally agreed to have occurred just after ''Naked'' released in 1988 (despite the fact that it wasn't announced until 1991, by which point they had already put out one last single and polished up a few other outtakes for 1992's ''Sand in the Vaseline'').

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* TheEighties: The80s: While they formed and released three albums in the '70s, their '80s work was their most successful and well-known, to the point where their de-facto dissolution is generally agreed to have occurred just after ''Naked'' released in 1988 (despite the fact that it wasn't announced until 1991, by which point they had already put out one last single and polished up a few other outtakes for 1992's ''Sand in the Vaseline'').
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: The general state of David Byrne's relationship with his bandmates, particularly Tina Weymouth. He's on speaking terms with Jerry Harrison and "email terms" with Chris Frantz, but with Weymouth things appear to remain fairly antagonistic.

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* WeUsedToBeFriends: The general state of David Byrne's relationship with his bandmates, particularly Tina Weymouth. He's on speaking terms with Jerry Harrison and "email terms" with Chris Frantz, but with Weymouth things appear appeared to remain fairly antagonistic.antagonistic until the band reunited in 2023 to promote the theatrical rerelease of ''Film/StopMakingSense''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:'''L-to-R:'''[[Music/TomTomClub Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth]], [[Music/TheModernLovers Jerry Harrison]], Music/DavidByrne]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: Left to right: [[Music/TomTomClub Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth]], [[Music/TheModernLovers Jerry Harrison]], and Music/DavidByrne.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: Left to right: [[Music/TomTomClub [[caption-width-right:350:'''L-to-R:'''[[Music/TomTomClub Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth]], [[Music/TheModernLovers Jerry Harrison]], and Music/DavidByrne.]]Music/DavidByrne]]



Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground''
-->--'''"Once in a Lifetime"'''

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Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground''
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-->-- "Once
in a Lifetime"'''
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The musical style of Talking Heads [[GenreMashup combined elements of post-punk, new wave, punk rock, avant-garde, pop, funk, afrobeat and art rock]]. Essentially, they're post-punk's SpiritualAntithesis to the likes of Music/JoyDivision and Music/{{The Cure|Band}}. Frontman and songwriter David Byrne contributed whimsical, esoteric lyrics to the band's songs, and emphasized their showmanship through various multimedia projects and performances. The band worked with famous RecordProducer Music/BrianEno on all their albums between 1978–80, whose influence steered them towards their SignatureStyle dominated by incredibly dense, hypnotic funk grooves over which Byrne would improvise his vocals. They parted ways with Eno after their masterpiece ''Music/RemainInLight'' and continued with a LighterAndSofter sound for the rest of their career, to increasing dissatisfaction from fans and critics. In 1986, they made a movie called ''Film/TrueStories,'' starring FaceOfTheBand David Byrne as the narrator and accompanying [[Music/TrueStories a concurrent studio album]] consisting of the band performing the songs from the movie (ironically, the film itself falls under the ''trope'' TalkingHeads).

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The musical style of Talking Heads [[GenreMashup combined elements of post-punk, new wave, punk rock, avant-garde, pop, funk, afrobeat and art rock]]. Essentially, they're post-punk's SpiritualAntithesis to the likes of Music/JoyDivision and Music/{{The Cure|Band}}. Frontman and songwriter David Byrne contributed whimsical, esoteric lyrics to the band's songs, and emphasized their showmanship through various multimedia projects and performances. The band worked with famous RecordProducer Music/BrianEno on all their albums between 1978–80, whose influence steered them towards their SignatureStyle dominated by incredibly dense, hypnotic funk grooves over which Byrne would improvise his vocals. They parted ways with Eno after their masterpiece ''Music/RemainInLight'' and continued with a LighterAndSofter sound for the rest of their career, to increasing dissatisfaction from fans and critics. In 1986, they made a movie called ''Film/TrueStories,'' starring FaceOfTheBand David Byrne as the narrator and accompanying [[Music/TrueStories a concurrent studio album]] consisting of the band performing the songs from the movie (ironically, the film itself falls under the ''trope'' TalkingHeads).
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* IntercourseWithYou: "Creatures of Love", albeit less for the sake of pleasure and more for the purpose of conception.

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* IntercourseWithYou: "Creatures of Love", albeit less for the sake of pleasure and more for the purpose of conception. "Sugar on My Tongue" and "Popsicle" are straight examples.

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