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David Byrne and Mavis Staples are two legends who come from vastly different musical traditions, but they've got a long history with each other. And it's a history built around one song: "Slippery People," a twitchy and gospel-influenced jam from the 1983 Talking Heads album Speaking In Tongues. A year after the Talking Heads released…
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Paramore: Watch Paramore give Talking Heads cover its live debut at Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’
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The band played a nine-song opening set in Paris last night (May 9) The post Watch Paramore give Talking Heads cover its live debut at Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ appeared first on NME.
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Paramore: Watch Paramore Perform Their Talking Heads Cover Live For The First Time
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Paramore, who are not breaking up, performed for the first time in six months after a series of show cancelations. They are the opener for the latest leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, which kicked back up in France on Thursday. Paramore are scheduled to open for all of the European dates, which run through the end of August. Tonight the...
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Talking Heads: “We shall return” – Is Chris Frantz teasing a Talking Heads reunion?
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An Instagram post shows a theatre marquee saying “TALKING HEADS”, alongside “Dec 13, 14, 15, 16, 8pm”, and “Tix at all ticketron outlets”The post “We shall return” – Is Chris Frantz teasing a Talking Heads reunion? appeared first on NME.
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Talking Heads: Tribute Album Tracklist Revealed For Today’s 40th Anniversary Of Stop Making Sense
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In January, A24 Music announced a Talking Heads tribute album entitled Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute To Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense. Today, they’re sharing the project’s release date — May 17 — as well as the full tracklist. Plus, Girl In Red’s cover of “Girlfriend Is Better”...
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David Byrne: – “Hard Times” (Paramore Cover)
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The snake is eating its tail. On “Hard Times,” the opening track and lead single from their 2017 album After Laughter, Paramore adopted a plastic neon Afropop/new wave vibe seemingly influenced by Talking Heads. Recently, Hayley Williams and friends covered “Burning Down The House” for the forthcoming comp...
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