David Byrne Admits He 'Regrets' How He Handled Talking Heads Breakup, Says He Was a Tyrant

This is bassist Tina Weymouth's father. Went on to be a Vice Admiral and lived to 102.

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Navy Cross
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS
DURING World War II
Service: Navy
Battalion: Bombing Squadron 16 (VB-16)
Division: U.S.S. Lexington (CV-16)
GENERAL ORDERS:

Commander Fast Carrier Task Force Pacific: Serial 0362 (July 8, 1944)
CITATION:

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander Ralph Weymouth (NSN: 0-81252), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in operations against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a carrier-based Navy Dive Bomber and Commanding Officer of Bombing Squadron SIXTEEN (VB-16), attached to the U.S.S. LEXINGTON (CV-16), in action against the enemy fleet in the vicinity of the East Philippine Sea on 20 June 1944. Lieutenant Commander Weymouth led a large strike group of planes from Air Group SIXTEEN in an attack on Japanese carrier forces which were beyond the safe range limits of his planes. His flight of dive bombers scored seven direct hits on a large carrier not previously damaged and two direct hits on another. The torpedo bombers scored nine direct bomb hits on the carrier not previously damaged. He personally made a direct hit on the undamaged carrier. His attack resulted in the sinking of one carrier and the burning and probable sinking of another. The flight was under continuous aerial attack (even in the dives) for 25 minutes resulting in three planes being shot down by enemy aircraft while his flight shot down four enemy planes. The return flight was made at night with the additional hazard of a night carrier landing, low fuel and several damaged planes. His courage and disregard for his own safety were at all times in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

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Good for Byrne. Talking Heads is one of my top ten favorite bands.

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Byrne is a ludicrously talented prick. Love their music, but I've always read and heard how awful he was to not just his bandmates, but crews for shows and things like that.

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

And you may ask yourself, "How do I work this?"
And you may ask yourself, "Where is that large automobile?"
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful house"
And you may tell yourself, "This is not my beautiful wife"

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground


If some artsy guy wrote some far out song lyrics from the OT consensus thinking, they would probably be quite similar.

Such a great band

Took me till I was almost 50 to really appreciate their music. They rock!

I remember listening to Tina and Chris talk about how vicious Byrne got at the end. They reunited and played the rock and roll hall of fame and he allegedly would barely talk to them. It reminds me of when the Pixies broke up and Frank Black just sent a fax to everyone.

But eventually Frank ran out of money and now the Pixies tour damn near year round.

Talking Heads were so damn amazing. I think if they could bury the hatchet a little bit, we could finally get back to some magic with those guys.