After the group landed a recording contract in 1977, Byrne made Weymouth audition for the band again. He did finally agree however, the friction in the band over the bass chair has been well-documented. That suggestion did not meet with great approval from the one who would have to do the teaching, DAvid Byrne. When their efforts failed, it became logical, at least to Tina, that she should pick up the bass. They searched for a bassist, hanging around CBGB and the Mudd Club at night, talking to musicians. There was some mention of starting a band.Дavid and Chris were soon spending more time jamming than painting. When she and Frantz graduated from the school, Tina suggested that the three of them move to New York. During that time she co-wrote what would later be a Talking Heads song, вЂњPsycho KillerвЂќ with Byrne and Frantz. Weymouth met David Byrne and Chris Frantz and the Rhode Island School Of Design, and began supporting their band, the Artistics. вЂњIt makes a big difference in what you know you can do in life if experience has taught you that you can live anywhere,вЂќ she says. In The Name Of This Book Is Talking Heads, by Krista Reese, Tina Weymouth is referred to as вЂњan itinerant Navy brat.вЂќ Her mother is French, and Tina has lived in France as well as in various parts of the States. ItвЂ™s nice when somebody - maybe an architect - can get an idea for a song, do an independent record, have it be a smash, and have an enormous influence on people that have been doing music for years.вЂќ I think thatвЂ™s the best thing new wave has done for recorded music in general.

ItвЂ™s nice if itвЂ™s well performed, but it doesnвЂ™t have to be. вЂњYou donвЂ™t have to be a virtuoso at all,вЂќ says drummer Chris Frantz, who is also Tina WeymouthвЂ™s husband.

Talking Heads were not the most highly trained musicians when they were first getting things rolling. In the earlier days, the band was known for is piercing, raw, two-guitars/bass/drums sound. Today the band includes ten members, layering dense washes of sound and rhythmic pulses - the playing is tight and economical. The latest Talking Heads records, Speaking In Tongues and Remain In Light, have a much different sound than early efforts such as Talking Heads вЂ™77 and More Songs About Buildings & Food. I still think weвЂ™re better live than on record.вЂќ

Enough people have seen us live over the past years and that itвЂ™s built up slowly. вЂњI think itвЂ™s just a very large cult audience. вЂњI donвЂ™t see it as a mass success,вЂќ the 33-year-old bassist recently told The Rocket. Still, Weymouth sees Talking Heads as a cult band. ItвЂ™s undeniable that they are now creating вЂњpopular musicвЂќ after their Speaking In Tongues finished as one of 1983вЂ™s top LPs and the single вЂњBurning Down The HouseвЂќ flamed high on pop and dance charts. Talking Heads - an enigma, although one of the more delightful ones in popular music. In nine yearsвЂ™ time, Martina Michelle Weymouth, has infused fresh and imaginative bass lines into the radical, sophisticated new wave style of Talking Heads, and now colors the music of Tom Tom Club as well. So Tina Weymouth, the groupвЂ™s closest friend, who had never played bass before, decided to learn the instrument and join the band. The Talking Heads scoured New YorkвЂ™s underground in 1975 looking for a bassist, without luck.

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