Binghamton University - Colonist / Pegasus Yearbook (Vestal, NY)

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each gifted, but the band's success lies not so much in individual talent as in the layering of that talent. What sets the Talking Heads apart from most of their contemporaries is their uncanny ability to produce an eclectic, yet thoroughly integrated sound. Their instruments work as a unit, then marry lyrics for rich music with African implications. The show, laced with funky visuals including slides of everyone's favorite: suburbia, featured a varied selection of songs. They played their hits, but also their personal favorites from all five albums. In- cluded in the briskly paced program were: The Book I Read, Life During War Time, Once In A Life Time in which Byrne mimics his persona on the MTV video, Zimbia, Houses In Motion, Take Me To The River, Genius Of Love of the Tom Tom Club and the savory encore Crossed Eyed and Painless. Speaking in Tongues is a remarkable effort which makes no artistic sacrifices for the sake of radio airplay. It is project brimming with raw creativity that curiously works as a pop dance album. The LP is experimental in that the tunes were conceived prior to the words so that the lyrics perfectly embellish the rhythm or shape of the music. A product of one of the few intrinsically progressive groups today. Speaking In Tongues takes risk, but is completely palatable. It refelcts the Talking Heads' aesthetic: fresh, avant-garde, and the process of becoming. Both the album and the band have been en- thusiastically received across the U.S., and Wednes- day night's concert here in Binghamton marked no digression. The crowd was moving and mesmorized. Conclusion: People like art and can dance to it too.

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