Tag: Talking Heads

  • Scratching in the Dirt: Peter Gabriel’s Scratch My Back

    Scratching in the Dirt: Peter Gabriel’s Scratch My Back

    As a Peter Gabriel fan for over two decades, it’s difficult to admit that I find myself struggling to appreciate his first new album in many years. There have always been three core things to love about Gabriel’s work: his literate songwriting, meticulous soundscapes, and emotionally expressive voice. Behind the creepily organic album art, Scratch…

  • David Byrne, Live at Radio City Music Hall, February 28, 2009

    David Byrne, Live at Radio City Music Hall, February 28, 2009

    David Byrne and Brian Eno, both long favorites of this blog, collaborated extensively between 1978-1980. Many of these classic albums have passed into the musical canon, most especially Talking Heads’ Remain in Light (1980) and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981). There are lingering rumors of interpersonal friction, certainly within the four Talking…