Very true. One of the best American bands ever. It's too bad more people don't listen to them.

Wow, you're the first woman in a long time that I've seen praise this group. It was funny a few months ago, I was with my two brothers and their wives, and somehow the conversation came to Talking Heads. I knew my wife couldn't stand them, and found out my two sisters-in-law shared her opinion. Over the years, my secretaries have all been non-fans, one saying "it's a guy thing".

Gee VOR, you need to go find a college radio station and ask women there about Talking Heads. Lots of us loved them. I thought they were genius and have no idea why women would think "it's a guy thing."

Then again, I also like the Three Stooges - something most women apparently don't like either.

you know the one where Moe slaps the other guys???
I LOVE that one!!

I feel like talking about these guys some more.
I never really got into "Naked" very much.
Anybody like it?

a LOT?

Full disclosure: That secretary used that phrase "guy thing" (or "gal thing") a lot.

And I know there are female fans of TH, but I'm just not running in a circle where they are even tolerated by the Double X crowd.

And yes, the Three Stooges tend to be a "guy thing" too. I liked them a lot when I was young, but haven't watched much lately. I'd trend more to Marx Bros. now.

I don't like it much at all. The reason was that the tracks just weren't that memorable. I pulled up the song list as I was typing this, and couldn't recall what about half of them sounded like. Not so with the earlier records. Now, maybe it's because I didn't give it as many plays, but that was due to my lack of interest with it. Looking back, it reminds me more of Byrne's solo work--rather non-descript.

yeah, not a grabber in the batch for me.
Actually I liked Byrne's "Songs From the Catherine Wheel" better than everything they did after "Speaking in Tongues"

I like "Little Creatures" and "True Stories" but they really seem to be on the other side of a hump.
I think maybe, for me, "Catherine Wheel" was the crest of the hump.

That is, if humps have crests.

I used to like Jerry Harrison's solo album a lot also but I gave it a spin a while back and it didn't really grab me.

It's interesting, growing up I love Little Creatures and True Stories. Good albums, but now that I'm older I realize they are no where near the same league as the first 4 or 5 albums.

Wild Life (the single from True Stories) is still one of my favorite Talking Heads songs.

I liked some of Harrison's THE RED AND THE BLACK, as I recall, but it's been over a decade since I played it. I also picked up both of his Casual Gods records, and found both to be a bit boring (except for "Man With A Gun").

I guess a hump can have a crest, and for me the clear dividing line was STOP MAKING SENSE, the "crest" of the wave. Everything before was innovative, fresh, wonderful. Afterwards, that wasn't the case with all of what we got.

From TRUE STORIES, I loved "Puzzling Evidence". I'd have to go look, but my recollection is that TRUE STORIES gets off to a promising start, and then comes to a dead halt with "Papa Legba" and "Radio Head". I can't remember if the start was "Love For Sale" "Puzzling Evidence" "Hey Now" and "Wild Wild Life" or if that's the way I used to program it, but I know I'd skip most of the rest of that disc.

I love "Puzzling Evidence". The use of the choir is mind blowing.