Talking Heads - Burning Down The House

Interprète: Talking Heads

Titre: Burning Down The House

Année: 1983

Billboard: #6

Les Talking Heads sont un groupe américain de rock, originaire de New York. Le nom « talking head » désigne en anglais un spécialiste intervenant à la télévision.

Issu de la scène punk de New York et associé plus tard aux mouvements post-punk et new wave, le groupe a existé entre 1974 et 1991 et notamment joué au CBGB aux côtés de groupes tels que les Ramones, Television ou Patti Smith.

Le style musical new wave de Talking Heads combine des éléments de punk, avant-garde, pop, funk, world music et d'art rock. Le chanteur-compositeur David Byrne apporte des paroles ésotériques et fantasques aux chansons du groupe et accentue leur côté spectaculaire par son apport multimédia.

En 2002, le groupe entre au Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Talking Heads were an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne (lead vocals, guitar), Chris Frantz (drums), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Jerry Harrison (keyboards, guitar). Other musicians also regularly made appearances in concert and on the group's albums. The new wave style of Talking Heads combined elements of punk rock, art rock, funk, avant-garde, dance, pop, and world music with the neurotic, whimsical stage persona of frontman and songwriter David Byrne. The band made use of various performance and multimedia projects throughout its career.

Critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine described Talking Heads as being "one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the '80s, while managing to earn several pop hits." In 2002, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Four of the band's albums appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and three of their songs ("Psycho Killer", "Life During Wartime", and "Once in a Lifetime") were included among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Talking Heads were also included at #64 on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", placed among Rolling Stone‍ '​s similar list as well.