Talking Heads reunited for a question and answer session at the Toronto International Film Fest. The band recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of their film, ‘Stop Making Sense.’ This recent event has brought the band together, making it their first public appearance all together in over 20 years.

The frontman, David Byrne, reflected on the band’s reunion in The New York Times. He said:

“Divorces are never easy. We get along OK. It’s all very cordial and whatever. It’s not like we’re all best friends. But everybody’s very happy to see this film coming back out.”

Byrne then expressed his joy for the band’s reunion:

“We’re all united in the fact that we really love what we did here. So that kind of helps us talk to one another and get along.”

 A month before the frontman’s latest words, he stated that he regrets the way the band broke up.

According to the band’s drummer, Chris Frantz, he tried a few times to get the band back together, but it didn’t work out due to Byrne’s harsh response. Frantz explained the situation with the following:

“I did try it a couple of times, and the last time was about 20 years ago, and after that, David just said, ‘I never want you to ask me that question again. I’m not going to address that matter.’ It’s a shame and it is what it is.”

Although the frontman said the mentioned words last year, he most recently made it clear that it was so good to be back with his bandmates.

Below, you can see the Q&A from the latest event.

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In a recent interview with Yahoo Entertainment, interviewer Lyndsey Parker asked David Byrne what he thought about Fred Armisen’s impression of his dance moves in the mockumentary series ‘Documentary Now!’ To answer, the singer said:

“I think they did a pretty brilliant job. I was in a club once, a small club here in New York, actually to see a different act. And, [Laughs], Fred got up. He was like the opening act. He got up and did an imitation of me and didn’t know that I was in the audience. [Laughs] And it was great.”

He also recalled what happened after Armisen noticed him:

“He was really good. And he came over immediately afterwards and goes, ‘Oh, I had no idea you were– I had no idea you were here. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry. I hope it didn’t bother you. I hope it didn’t–‘ and I thought, no, no, no, no, it was brilliant! Yeah.”

The ‘Final Transmission’ episode from the series’ second season paid tribute to Talking Heads‘ 1984 concert film ‘Stop Making Sense,’ which will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a re-release this year.

Now that A24 bought its rights, the restored version of the film will hit the screens again around the world on September 11. The same day, former Talking Heads members will reunite at the Toronto International Film Festival for a Q&A about it.

In addition, Rhino Entertainment is set to release a deluxe version of ‘Stop Making Sense’ soundtrack on August 18. This new edition will feature all the tracks from the 1984 movie, including two unreleased songs, ‘Cities’ and ‘Big Business/I Zimbra.’

You can watch David Byrne’s recent interview and the new trailer for the ‘Stop Making Sense’ re-release in the videos below.

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Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne recently showed up on ‘Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend’ and talked about the final reunion of the band in the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2002. David described their time onstage as:

“It was fun, but it was tense. I remember there were some musical mistakes that drove me around the band. So I thought ‘Oh Geez, really, now? Here?'”

Byrne also mentioned that the feeling you get out of being a band member gradually evolves:

“I love collaborating with people but being in a band- I have to say it’s really wonderful, you’re like a family, you’re like a little team, a little army, all those kinds of things, but then after a while, it gets all the kind of negative stuff in the family is there, as well as the positive stuff.”

In 1992, the band’s drummer Chris Frantz talked about the band’s disbandment and vocalised his disappointment in David:

“You could say that Tina and I saw the handwriting on the wall a long time ago. That was one reason we were motivated to do the Tom Tom Club. But we were shocked to find out about [Byrne’s departure] via the Los Angeles Times. As far as we’re concerned, the band never really broke up. David just decided to leave.”

In a 2020 interview, David touched on the forceful nature of reunions:

“There’s a period where music really is essential to you kind of defining who you are and what your place is in the world, and you can never let go of that moment. But then again, you could never could never recreate and replace that moment either. There’s plenty of reunion tours and things like that and it’s become an exercise in nostalgia. You can never recreate that moment when people hear things like that for the first time.”

You can watch the excerpt from the episode below.

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One of Talking Heads‘ biggest hits was David Bryne‘s second attempt at songwriting. Despite having doubts about making it in the music scene, the singer shared on 60 Minutes that two names played a part in making the song that changed his life; he said:

“I had no hopes of being a musician. I thought, [that] those people have proper training. They can play way better than I can; I’ll never catch up.”

Those two names were Alice Cooper and Randy Newman, and Bryne wanted to combine the two; he added:

“I think I tried to write one when I was in high school, and it was really bad. ‘Psycho Killer’ was a second attempt. It was inspired by Alice Cooper and Randy Newman. And I thought, ‘What if those two got together and wrote a song about a serial killer?'”

However, it turns out the initial inspiration for ‘Psycho Killer’ came from Cooper’s frightening stage shows. As David made progress with the song, he later imagined Cooper singing a Newman-style balled, and that was how the song came to be.

Bryne even explained his thought process of making the rack in the liner notes for the compilation album ‘Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads’ where he wrote:

“When I started writing this (I got help later), I imagined Alice Cooper doing a Randy Newman-type ballad.”

You can watch David Byrne’s 60 Minutes interview here and listen to ‘Psycho Killer’ below.

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