Why Couldn't a Group Like Aerosmith Have Broken Up Instead of Talking Heads?
But back to Talking Heads, a band that enjoyed a fairly lengthy run of about 15 years and managed to avoid overstaying its welcome. Of course, frontman David Byrne's disinterest in the band served as the primary culprit to the band's demise, but the end result is that the group almost always released challenging, high-quality music from its art punk inception throughout a consistent string of classic '80s albums. For a more in-depth look at the career of one of the most interesting and literate rock bands of the '80s, check out my Talking Heads Profile as well as my list of the Top 10 Talking Heads Songs of the '80s. But dream on if you're expecting any kind of full scale Talking Heads reunion anytime soon, within this particular galaxy and dimension anway.
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Stephen - for the record, I happen to equally like Talking Heads & Aerosmith.
Clearly you don’t appreciate all that Aerosmith has contributed to their genre. If David Byrnes has lost interest, then his passion for it is gone. Evidently, that is not the case for Aerosmith. If they did not truly love what they were doing, I doubt they would keep doing it. Regardless of your opinion of the quality of the product that Aerosmith is putting out these days, my point is that at least they keep doing what they love. And I’m pretty sure that if they weren’t selling CDs and concert tix, it wouldn’t be worth their time. Aerosmith contributed to the music industry (and other industries!) in so many ways, I think it is narrow-minded and insolent of you to wish for their demise. Certainly, Talking Heads have made some fantastic music, but if someone were to randomly ask me on the street who is more accomplished or contributed more or was more diverse, I would have to answer…. AEROSMITH.
I think you would have done more justice to David Byrnes and Talking Heads to simply comment on the end of their career, and offer the informational links you provided.
Solid column, Steve! I appreciate your admission of attention-whoring with the headline you chose.
Legions of Aerosmith’s long-time fans lament the band’s decision to put out the tepid crap the band has been recording since re-emerging in the late 80’s. There’s also folks out there who weren’t long-time fans who lament their decision to put out the fluff they’ve been producing since 1990. However, they’re only one example of a band that fails to recapture or keep the sound and creativity that made them so successful in the first place.
The Talking Heads, meanwhile, never had the chance to see their quality become stale or decline, and therefore it’s easy to see why fans may have been left wanting a little more.
I think we’d all like to go out like that, ya know?
For those not in the know, David Byrne STILL releases music (and very good music at that!) - just not with the Talking Heads. Although the original bandmates would like to at least do a reunion tour, Byrne is not interested. Perhaps it’s ego, as Byrne has remained relatively successful as a solo artist and colaborating with other musicians. However, the rest of the band has not acheived any new musical hights since the bands demise.
On another note, a great example of this is the new wave band A Flock Of Seagulls. The original members disbanded after their 4th album, Dream Come True. Since then, frontman Mike Score has continued to tour and release occasional singles and albums. Unfortunately, the band has lost a major part of what made it special when orginal guitarist, Paul Reynolds, left the band after the third album. WIth many replacement guitarsts the band has not been able to acheive that unique sound that made the band so famous. VH-1’s show Band’s Reunited brought them together again - and they sounded great. But Reynold’s inibility to remain sober caused another tiff and a planned tour was cancelled. A few months later the band was asked to do NBC’s show (I forget the name) where bands from the past get together and perform against other bands. When AFOS took the stage fans were surprised to see replacements for all the members except singer Mike Score. As much as it hurts me to say this - they didn’t do too well. With the original lineup, including Reynolds, they would have had a chance. In my opinion, it may have been wise for Mike Score to have dropped the AFOS name after the fourth album. Mike Score as a solo artist with a new backup band is not AFOS - even if they perform their top 10 hit, “I Ran”.
So, even if a band does not retire, they should at least consider moving on with a different name when members change.
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