Seymour Stein: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2005

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/seymour-stein/bio/

Stein helped found Sire Records in 1966. Stein signed a number of important acts over the years including:

The Ramones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nlX7P0nhaI

The Talking Heads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM

The Pretenders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YARxccf0Uno

Madonna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSaC-YbSDpo

He renamed punk music “new wave” to avoid the negative connotations. His wife was murdered in 2007 and Stein has not remarried. He remains president at Sire to this day.

The Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life (1986)

The video came from the film True Stories and featured John Goodman. The song receieved major MTV play and won the group  the award for Best Group Video. Interestingly, David Byrne did not play the song live until 2013.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NXkM8PsPXs&noredirect=1

The Talking Heads: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2001

Rock Hall Bio: http://rockhall.com/inductees/talking-heads/bio/

David Byrne and Chris Frantz formed the band, “The Artists” in 1974, but it fell apart within a year. The pair moved with Frantz’s girlfriend Tina Weymouth to New York and shared a loft. Weymouth learned bass and the trio formed the Talking Heads. The group developed a following, signed a record contract, and broke in 1977.

This song broke around the time of Son of Sam.

Psycho Killer (1977): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zFsy9VIdM

Take Me To the River (1978): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM

Fear of Music took a darker turn.

Based on Byrne’s experiences in New York…

Life During Wartime (1979): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzORu1dqEE0

One in a Lifetime (1981): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNU

Burning Down the House (1983): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM

And She Was (1985): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSVTdAtNYE

Road to Nowhere (1985): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWtCittJyr0

Wild Wild Life (1986): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NXkM8PsPXs

Nothing But Flowers (1988): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOEIRI5HSuQ

Lifetime Piling Up (1992):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ3XE84bw6k

By 1992, Byrne was ready to move on and the band broke up. There have been hard feelings.

825. Take Me To The River by The Talking Heads (1979)

The Talking Heads covered Al Green's classic in 1979. It is included in their concert film Stop Making Sense. The song is about harmonizing religious conviction with material life.

The Talking Heads:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjT71N4PGM

Al Green:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGD8aQ2GKr0&feature=related

878. And She Was by The Talking Heads (1985)

David Byrne claims "And She Was" is about a girl he knew that was into LSD. Apparently, the girl used to take the hallucinogen in a field next to a Yoo-Hoo drink factory. It definitely explains the lyrics!





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSVTdAtNYE