Nyimbo za Talking Heads zili ndi mphamvu zamanjenje. Kusakaniza kwawo kwa nyimbo za dziko la funk, minimalism ndi polyrhythmic kumawonetsa kudabwitsa komanso kukhumudwa kwanthawi yawo.
Chiyambi cha ulendo wa Talking Heads
David Byrne anabadwa pa May 14, 1952 ku Dumbarton, Scotland. Ali ndi zaka 2, banja lake linasamukira ku Canada. Kenako, mu 1960, adakhazikika m'dera la Baltimore, Maryland.
Mu September 1970, pamene anali kuphunzira pa Rhode Island School of Design, anakumana ndi anzake am'tsogolo Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth. Posakhalitsa, anapanga gulu loimba lotchedwa The Artistics.
Mu 1974, anzake atatu a m’kalasi anasamukira ku New York n’kudzilengeza kuti ndi a Talking Heads. Dzina la gululi, malinga ndi wotsogolera, lidalimbikitsidwa ndi malonda a kanema wa sci-fi mu magazini ya TV Guide. Kuyamba kwawo kunali pa June 20, 1975 ku CBGB ku Bowery. Atatuwa adagwiritsa ntchito luso lazojambula zamakono ndi zolemba kuti awononge miyala. Ndiyeno nyimbo zawo zimadzaza ndi mayendedwe ovina.
Mapangidwe a timu
Kupambana kwa anyamatawo kunali kwachangu kwambiri. Adayendera Europe ndi a Ramones ndipo adasaina ndi New York label Sire patatha zaka ziwiri. Mu February 1977 adatulutsa nyimbo zawo zoyamba, "Love" ndi "Building On Fire". Talking Heads idakhala m'modzi mwa oyimira opanga komanso osunthika a New Wave music wave ya 70s.
Byrne, Frantz, Weymouth ndiyeno womaliza maphunziro a Harvard Jerry Harrison adapanga nyimbo zosakanikirana. Anaphatikiza nyimbo za punk, rock, pop ndi zapadziko lonse lapansi kukhala nyimbo zosakhwima komanso zokongola. Pa siteji, pamene ena onse anayesa kulingalira kalembedwe zakutchire ndi zonyansa, iwo anachita mu tingachipeze powerenga suti wovomerezeka.
Mu 1977 album yawo yoyamba "Talking Heads 77" inatulutsidwa, yomwe ili ndi nyimbo zotchuka "Psycho Killer", "Byrnem". Izi zidatsatiridwa ndi Nyimbo Zambiri Zokhudza Zomangamanga ndi Chakudya (1978), zomwe zidawonetsa kuyambika kwa mgwirizano wazaka zinayi ndi Brian Eno. Womalizayo ndi woyeserera yemwe akusewera ndi mawu osinthidwa pakompyuta. Adagawana nawo chidwi chokulirapo cha Talking Heads mu nyimbo zachiarabu komanso zachi Africa.
Chimbalecho chinalinso ndi chivundikiro cha "Al Green Take Me to the River", yomwe inali nyimbo yoyamba ya gululo. Chimbale chotsatira chimatchedwa "Kuopa Nyimbo" (1979), kapangidwe kake kanali kovutirapo komanso kowopsa potengera mawu.
Kutchuka kwa Talking Heads
Chimbale chawo chopambana chinali Remain in Light (1980). Eno ndi Talking Heads adakonzedwa mu studio ndi nyimbo zojambulidwa. Nyimboyi idasinthidwa kwambiri ndi mawu okhala ndi nyimbo zamwambo zochokera ku Nigeria komanso ma toni osokoneza, odzutsa m'ma polyrhythms ovuta.
Malinga ndi magazini ya Rolling Stone, chimbalechi ndi chimodzi mwazofunikira kwambiri m'mbiri yamakampani ojambula. Ndi chisakanizo cha communalism ya nyimbo za ku Africa ndi ukadaulo waku Western. Ichi ndi mbiri ya mumlengalenga yomwe ili yodabwitsa, yamoyo yeniyeni ndipo ili ndi nyimbo zamphamvu. Zimaphatikizanso zamasiku ano, "Once in a Lifetime".
Pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale ichi, Talking Heads adayenda ulendo wapadziko lonse lapansi ndi mzere wokulirapo. Katswiri wa kiyibodi Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic), woyimba gitala Adrian Belew (Zappa/Bowie), woyimba basi Busta Cherry Jones, woyimba nyimbo Steven Scales, ndi oyimba akuda Nona Hendryx ndi Dollette McDonald adawonjezedwa.
Solo moyo wa mamembala
Izi zidatsatiridwa ndi nthawi yomwe mamembala a Talking Heads adazindikira ntchito zawo zokha. Byrne anayamba kuyesa zamagetsi, machitidwe ndi nyimbo padziko lonse lapansi. Analembanso bwino nyimbo za mafilimu ndi zisudzo. Anapatsidwa mphoto chifukwa cha zopereka zake poimba nyimbo ya filimu Bernarda Bertolucciho «The Last Emperor (1987).
Harrison adalembanso chimbale chake «The Red ndi Black". Frantz ndi Weymouth adayamba kugwira ntchito ndi gulu lawo la "Tom Tom Club". Disco yaikulu inagunda "Genius of Love" inatembenuza album yawo yonse kukhala platinamu.
Mu 1983, chimbale chatsopano "Kulankhula m'malilime" chinatulutsidwa. Makope ochepera 50000 adagulitsidwa ndi chivundikiro chopangidwa ndi wojambula wotchuka Robert Rauschenbergem. Kusindikiza kotsatira kunali kale muzopaka "zokha" za Byrne.
Albumyi idakwera mpaka nambala imodzi mwazolemba zonse za TH. Ndipo imodzi "Kuwotcha Panyumba", yomwe idalandira mfundo zambiri, idawulutsidwa pa MTV. Izi zimatsatiridwa ndi ulendo wokhala ndi mndandanda wowonjezereka, kuphatikizapo woyimba gitala Alexe Weira (Abale Johnson). Ikujambulidwa mu kanema wakonsati wotsogozedwa ndi Jonathan Demme Stop Thinking.
Sunset Talking Heads
Chaka chotsatira, Talking Heads adabwereranso kumitundu yawo yamitundu inayi komanso nyimbo zosavuta. Mu 1985 adatulutsa chimbale "Little Creatures" ndipo mu 1988 "Naked", chopangidwa ku Paris ndi Steven Lillywhitem (Simple Minds et al.). Inaphatikizapo ziwonetsero za alendo za oimba a ku Africa ndi Caribbean okhala ku France.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 90, panali mphekesera za kutha kwa Talking Heads. David Byrne adauza Los Angeles Times mu Disembala 1991 kuti gululi likutha. Mu January 1992, mamembala ena atatu a gululo anapereka chikalata chosonyeza kukhumudwa kwawo ndi chilengezo cha Byrne. Ma Albamu anayi omaliza, ojambulidwa pamodzi kenako atsopano, awonjezedwa ku bokosi la retrospective la CD "Favorites".
Talking Heads yasintha kuchoka pa ochita zojambulajambula mpaka kufika omasulira amantha a funk, disco ndi afrobeat mu zolemba zakale za New Wave za m'ma 80s. Kukhoza kwawo kuvina zokopa zambiri kunja kwa nyimbo zopapatiza za punk kunawapangitsa kukhala amodzi mwamagulu abwino kwambiri azaka khumi. Ndipo Frantz ndi Weymouth ndi ena mwa magawo owopsa a nyimbo zamatanthwe amakono.
Kumayambiriro kwa ntchito yawo, Talking Heads inali yodzaza ndi mphamvu zamanjenje, malingaliro obisika komanso minimalism yochepa. Pamene adatulutsa chimbale chawo chomaliza zaka 12 pambuyo pake, gululi lidajambula chilichonse kuchokera ku art funk kupita ku kafukufuku wapadziko lonse wa polyrhythmic mpaka nyimbo zosavuta za gitala.
Pakati pa chimbale chawo choyamba mu 1977 ndi chomaliza mu 1988, adakhala amodzi mwamagulu odziwika kwambiri azaka za m'ma 80s. Anyamatawo adakwanitsanso kupanga nyimbo zingapo za pop. Zina mwa nyimbo zawo zingawoneke ngati zoyesera, zanzeru komanso zanzeru. Koma mulimonsemo, Talking Heads imayimira zabwino zonse za punk.
