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Talking Heads & Tom Tom Club Drummer Chris Frantz

Sound Opinions

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E Zimbra From Talking Heads Unsound Opinions

The band's third studio album, fear of music was a clarion call for zimbra. The lead off track is based on the nonsense words of a german born dada poet named hugo ball who died in 19 27. David byrne was increasingly fascinated with the idea of words serving more of a percussive function rather than a sense of function.

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