“David told me on more than one occasion that he was jealous of Tina and I. (Requests for comment were not returned by Byrne’s representative.) “We had no idea what he was talking about.” Byrne had apparently said he would be going solo, although it didn’t happen for several years. “When it was time for us to be interviewed, this reporter asked, ‘What are you going to do now that David Byrne is leaving the band?’ ” recounted Frantz. On tour in Germany in 1979, Byrne insisted on doing interviews separately from the others. She refused, and Frantz writes how Byrne told a producer, “I’m thinking of kicking Tina out of the band. But while recording demos, Byrne tried to make Weymouth re-audition as bassist. Talking Heads made its debut at the East Village club CBGB in 1975 and soon grew a following. David couldn’t acknowledge where he stopped and other people began.” “Nobody knows these anecdotes,” said Frantz, “because David won’t tell anyone.”įrantz writes about Byrne attributing tunes from the album “Remain in Light” to David Byrne, producer Brian Eno and Talking Heads, without naming his bandmates, and taking sole songwriting credit for the classic song “Life During Wartime,” even though, Frantz writes, it “began as a jam between Tina and me. Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz (far left) says David Byrne (far right) wasn’t fair to him, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. The band formed in 1974 at the Rhode Island School of Design, quickly writing their signature song “Psycho Killer.” Frantz recalled how he and bassist Tina Weymouth, who would become his wife, played key roles in crafting the lyrics, with Weymouth adding the iconic “qu’est-ce que c’est” line. “As far as I know, he never acknowledged that.”Īnd, Frantz writes, things only got worse over time: “It seemed that the more successful Talking Heads became, the more cold and dyspeptic David became.” but there was a vast network ,” said drummer Chris Frantz, whose memoir “Remain in Love: Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Tina” (St. “Talking Heads was a group effort and David was the front person. However, a former bandmate told The Post that Byrne made his colleagues in Talking Heads feel anything but good. Fans raved about the optimism of David Byrne’s feel-good show. Amy Schumer became such a groupie, she saw it six times and made Jennifer Lawrence and Phoebe Waller-Bridge attend with her. Spike Lee signed on to direct the film version. Last year, the Broadway musical “American Utopia” charmed audiences. Talking Heads' David Byrne apologizes for all-male album What fast food chain are you based on your zodiac sign?ĭavid Byrne on new 'American Utopia' fans and if Talking Heads will reuniteįox Business guest slammed for attacking John McCain
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