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Songs About Typing and Vacuuming 1979 - More Songs About Typing and Vacuuming Written by Barbara Charone From: Creem, 10/79 Blame the Australians for putting them at the top of the charts. Hold all of New Zealand responsible for making More Songs About Buildings and Food an unqualified platinum success. Let America take credit for establishing the Talking Heads as a bona fide singles band with "Take Me To The River." Blame the trendy jet set of Paris for a causing a near riot at the ultra chic Palace Theatre tonight. "We broke the ice for a lot of bands," drummer Chris Frantz commented in a Paris hotel room the day after. "We were the first of the new wave bands to make the charts. It meant we had a bigger hit single than even Elvis Costello!" Across the room his wife of two years was packing bulging suitcases for the next day's jaunt to Japan for a ten-day tour. She's Tina Weymouth, bassist with Talking Heads and a certified teen dream for infinite adolescent boys. Right now she looked more like a waif than a rock star, wearing a white T-shirt appropriately decorated with a world map, and tight black pants. "Some kids really like the media concept of us as clones, as if we were gymnasts on parallel bars," she laughed. "We were playing a club in Boston which was sold out. A kid standing at the door when Chris' mother arrived demanded to know why she could get in. "‘But I'm the drummer's mother,' Mom explained. And the kid said, ‘Why shit--they have parents? I thought they were clones.' They like that image even though some of them believe we are human. They find a conflict between the real and the unreal." Chris and Tina, while very much human, have been experiencing similar conflicts largely due to overseas travel, jet lag and continual time changes. After returning to London from a 26-hour Australian flight, they went directly to a Dire Straits gig and jammed on an encore of "Gloria." The next night they were found enjoying the delights of Peter Tosh and band. Seemingly tireless, the dynamic duo bristled over with a musical confidence 1 / 7 1979 - More Songs About Typing and Vacuuming Written by Barbara Charone and enthusiasm. Not only their ever-increasing audience has trouble with their bizarre yet attractive blend of repeated rhythms, disoriented vocals and whirling synthesized effects. Recently an L.A. accountant friend of their manager joined the band for several concerts. He too had difficulty dealing with preconceived images and the music. "Every time we'd play something like ‘Electric Guitar,' he'd run out of the club," Tina giggled. "He told us the problem was he was beginning to understand us. He'd made a list of bands called Wavestock rather than Woodstock. He put innovative bands on one side and bands businessmen promote a new wave on the other side. We were in a category all our own." Although they admit to feeling pressure while making their third album, Fear Of Music, with wizard Eno at the control board, they insist they have always been an album band rather than a singles machine. With the recent success of groups like Police, The Cars, and Cheap Trick, several record company and music business individuals have suggested Talking Heads follow the same path. "Sometimes people from radio stations tell us we should sound more like the Cars," Chris laughed. "These dumb FM radio people say, ‘You guys are great, but you should get smart like the Cars and use Roy Thomas Baker.' At that point we get up and leave." Although Fear Of Music kicks off with an African- influenced disco sound, the band insists disco rhythms were more prominent on More Songs About Buildings and Food albeit subtly disguised. "It would be too easy for us to do something like ‘Do Ya Think I'm Sexy,'" Tina declared. "If the material doesn't sustain our interest, it's no good. We have no choice. It's hard for us because we consistently try to be better." They've succeeded admirably on their third album. 2 / 7 1979 - More Songs About Typing and Vacuuming Written by Barbara Charone Despite continued innovations, all the music is listenable, some even commercially digestible as they incorporate everything from disco to surreal cinema music to hardcore rock'n'roll. Things weren't always that easy. "We started at grass roots level and never set our expectations too high," Tina recalled. "We were quite naive. We used to do interviews and say, ‘We want to be commercial like the Carpenters!' So people thought we'd become that; but we don't delude anybody anymore. When they ask about the new album we tell them, ‘Don't worry, it's less commercial than the others.'" One major instigator in the Talking Heads fight against commercialism is chief songwriter, singer and guitarist David Byrne. Responsible for the majority of Heads classics like "Big Country" and "Psycho Killer," Byrne possesses an unorthodox sense of rhythm which, despite the novelty, remains extremely attractive. "Eno is the only person who understands David's guitar playing," Tina said. "David's sense of rhythm is insane but fantastic. A song will start off a mess but become like a baby kahula bear. It's difficult to turn a really stupid idea into something brilliant. David turns a sketch into a painting. He's great at convincing us that a crazy idea will end up brilliantly." Talking Heads is the only band Eno will produce and they take great pride in this. They're equally thrilled that Bowie counts them among his very select favorites. Yet despite the acclaim, success and foreign glamour, the Talking Heads remain refreshingly pure in their approach to music. Who else would call an album Fear Of Music except perhaps David Bowie? "When we were making this album I remembered this stupid discussion we had about titles for the last album," Tina smirked. "At that time I said, ‘What are we gonna call an album that's just about buildings and food?' And Chris said, ‘You call 3 / 7 1979 - More Songs About Typing and Vacuuming Written by Barbara Charone it more songs about buildings and food.' Jerry suggested Fear Of Music. Everyone laughed hilariously and forgot about it. Although it was a ludicrous title, it seemed to fit this album. "We were under a lot of stress and pressure so Fear Of Music seemed perfect," Tina continued, amused at the irony. "It goes along with fear of everything. It's funny too, because the music business is so hype-oriented. To call an album fear is completely superficial. It's absurd because record companies go to their conventions proclaiming they've sold more records than anybody, despite the recession! I like the title because everyone has a fear of the record industry. It's just like what Thomas Jefferson said about the revolution: You just change power from one pair of hands to another." One pair of hands that have tremendously aided Talking Heads in their never-ending search for the territory which lies beyond the clone zone are those belonging to Brian Eno. He has been instrumental in helping the band shape their slightly complicated sound and paint their many colored musical abstract designs. "What makes Eno a great leader is that he's willing to share everything he knows. Eno thinks our albums are hoovering music, which was suggested by David's manner of moving around in the studio," Tina said, imitating quirky gestures. "David moves around the studio as if he were a janitor cleaning up and vacuuming while whistling an idiotic tune. His second description of our music is ‘music to do your housework by.' "Even though we had confidence in ourselves, Eno knows how to make people do things they would think impossible. He's very disciplined. "On the last album he turned us from complete novices to naturals in the studio. He had all the black bohemian receptionists and typing people in the studio 'cause he had a crush on one. David 4 / 7 1979 - More Songs About Typing and Vacuuming Written by Barbara Charone said we should call the album Tina And The Typing Pool!" Talking Heads have always used less than normally established studio techniques. One song on Fear Of Music features Tina's two sisters, the band alternatively called the Sweet Breaths or the Sweet Breads. They even acquired the services of a female tape operator to back David Byrne on one song. As the band's popularity accelerates, Tina Weymouth finds more and more young men's heads bowed in tribute at the foot of the stage, screaming her name out in tones of romantic euphoria. Husband Chris finds this amusing, while Tina finds it complimentary but slightly ridiculous. "If people thought of me like David Bowie, that would be fantastic," she said, dropping her sophisticated demeanor for that of a pop fan. "However, I don't want to go beyond what I do well, which is play music. I haven't exploited being female 'cause it's better to save those things. "In the French advertisements for bras they say, ‘Hide it subtly 'cause a man doesn't like to discover something on the outside.' It's sexier not to reveal everything, to add a degree of discovery." Sometimes Tina doesn't hide enough. One night after playing in Washington, D.C., she and Chris couldn't get a taxi, so they decided to hitchhike.
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