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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Re: On discrete musical categories
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Date: Mon, 21-May-84 09:39:07 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 21 09:39:07 1984
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Keywords: band names, Talking Heads

> I don't know about the Ramones but the name "Talking Heads" is jargon from
> the video broadcast industry.  It refers to news programs (and the like) that
> only show people telling you what is happening rather than showing you.
> So, Talking Heads are something you want to avoid in your program.

More precisely it refers to interview programs (one-on-one) that just show
one head or the other talking.  David Byrne claims he had no knowledge of the
video term when he named the band.
-- 
Never ASSUME, because when you ASSUME, you make an ASS out of U and ME...
					Rich Rosen   pyuxn!rlr