Well, I'm sorry that Django Laic is offended to the point of "obscenity" by the critical writing in my book regarding the solo work of the "other" Talking Heads. I suppose that's why the recordings of Tom Tom Club (apart from the transcendently silly "Genius of Love") and Jerry Harrison have remained so very popular over the past thirty or forty years. My point was that, unlike, say George Harrison, the other three Heads, who had never considered themselves to be singers or songwriters, seemed to learn so little about songwriting from their ten years of intensive collaboration with David Byrne.
As for Mr. Laic's assertion that my book is filled with nothing but negative opinions of other musical artists, it appears that he has somehow missed the many good things I write about bands and artists like the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, the Velvet Underground, the Kinks, James Brown, Ray Charles, Booker T & The MGs, Otis Redding, Roxy Music, Randy Newman, Captain Beefheart, Dr. John, Fela Kuti, Sunny Ade, the B-52s, , Parliament Funkadelic, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Brian Eno, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix, Sly and Robbie, the Modern Lovers, the Police, the Meters, Bruce Springsteen, and Sly Stone, to name a few. It's true that I'm pretty dismissive of the New York Dolls, the Stooges, the Ramones, Blondie and the countless mediocre bands that performed at CBGBs under the meaningless rubric (in the US, that is) of "punk." I had no time for that then, and no time for that now. Nor, I might point out, did the members of Talking Heads––until Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth unaccountably decided to ally themselves with the scene at CBGBs during final years of Tom Tom Club.
With my apologies for Google translation:
Pa, žao mi je što je Django Laic uvrijeđen do točke "opscenosti" kritičkim pisanjem u mojoj knjizi o solo radu "drugih" Talking Heads. Pretpostavljam da je to razlog zašto su snimke Tom Tom Cluba (osim transcendentalno glupe "Genius of Love") i Jerryja Harrisona ostale tako popularne tijekom proteklih trideset ili četrdeset godina. Moja je poanta bila da su, za razliku od, recimo, Georgea Harrisona, ostala trojica Heads, koji se nikada nisu smatrali pjevačima ili tekstopiscima, izgleda tako malo naučili o pisanju pjesama iz svojih deset godina intenzivne suradnje s Davidom Byrneom.
Što se tiče tvrdnje g. Laica da je moja knjiga ispunjena isključivo negativnim mišljenjima o drugim glazbenicima, čini se da je nekako propustio mnoge dobre stvari koje bi mogao reći o bendovima i umjetnicima poput Beatlesa, Stonesa, Whoa, Velvet Undergrounda, Roxy Musica, Randyja Newmana, Fele Kutija, Sunny Adea, B-52s, Captaina Beefhearta, Dr. Johna, Jamesa Browna, Parliament Funkadelica, Raya Charlesa, Milesa Davisa, Dukea Ellingtona, Briana Ena, Boba Dylana, Elvisa Costella, Ala Greena, Stevieja Wondera, Paula Simona, Jimija Hendrixa, Raya Daviesa, Slyja i Robbieja, Modern Loversa, Policea, Metersa, Booker T & The MGs, Otisa Reddinga, Brucea Springsteena i Sly Stonea, da spomenemo samo neke. Istina je da prilično podcjenjujem New York Dollse, Stoogese, Ramones, Blondie i bezbrojne bendove koji su nastupali u CBGB-ima pod besmislenom rubrikom (u SAD-u, dakle) "punk". Nisam imao vremena za to tada, a nemam ga ni sada. Niti, moram istaknuti, članovi Talking Headsa nisu imali vremena - sve dok Chris Frantz i Tina Weymouth nisu neobjašnjivo odlučili udružiti se sa scenom u CBGB-ima tijekom posljednjih godina Tom Tom Cluba.
As for Mr. Laic's assertion that my book is filled with nothing but negative opinions of other musical artists, it appears that he has somehow missed the many good things I write about bands and artists like the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, the Velvet Underground, the Kinks, James Brown, Ray Charles, Booker T & The MGs, Otis Redding, Roxy Music, Randy Newman, Captain Beefheart, Dr. John, Fela Kuti, Sunny Ade, the B-52s, , Parliament Funkadelic, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Brian Eno, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Jimi Hendrix, Sly and Robbie, the Modern Lovers, the Police, the Meters, Bruce Springsteen, and Sly Stone, to name a few. It's true that I'm pretty dismissive of the New York Dolls, the Stooges, the Ramones, Blondie and the countless mediocre bands that performed at CBGBs under the meaningless rubric (in the US, that is) of "punk." I had no time for that then, and no time for that now. Nor, I might point out, did the members of Talking Heads––until Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth unaccountably decided to ally themselves with the scene at CBGBs during final years of Tom Tom Club.
With my apologies for Google translation:
Pa, žao mi je što je Django Laic uvrijeđen do točke "opscenosti" kritičkim pisanjem u mojoj knjizi o solo radu "drugih" Talking Heads. Pretpostavljam da je to razlog zašto su snimke Tom Tom Cluba (osim transcendentalno glupe "Genius of Love") i Jerryja Harrisona ostale tako popularne tijekom proteklih trideset ili četrdeset godina. Moja je poanta bila da su, za razliku od, recimo, Georgea Harrisona, ostala trojica Heads, koji se nikada nisu smatrali pjevačima ili tekstopiscima, izgleda tako malo naučili o pisanju pjesama iz svojih deset godina intenzivne suradnje s Davidom Byrneom.
Što se tiče tvrdnje g. Laica da je moja knjiga ispunjena isključivo negativnim mišljenjima o drugim glazbenicima, čini se da je nekako propustio mnoge dobre stvari koje bi mogao reći o bendovima i umjetnicima poput Beatlesa, Stonesa, Whoa, Velvet Undergrounda, Roxy Musica, Randyja Newmana, Fele Kutija, Sunny Adea, B-52s, Captaina Beefhearta, Dr. Johna, Jamesa Browna, Parliament Funkadelica, Raya Charlesa, Milesa Davisa, Dukea Ellingtona, Briana Ena, Boba Dylana, Elvisa Costella, Ala Greena, Stevieja Wondera, Paula Simona, Jimija Hendrixa, Raya Daviesa, Slyja i Robbieja, Modern Loversa, Policea, Metersa, Booker T & The MGs, Otisa Reddinga, Brucea Springsteena i Sly Stonea, da spomenemo samo neke. Istina je da prilično podcjenjujem New York Dollse, Stoogese, Ramones, Blondie i bezbrojne bendove koji su nastupali u CBGB-ima pod besmislenom rubrikom (u SAD-u, dakle) "punk". Nisam imao vremena za to tada, a nemam ga ni sada. Niti, moram istaknuti, članovi Talking Headsa nisu imali vremena - sve dok Chris Frantz i Tina Weymouth nisu neobjašnjivo odlučili udružiti se sa scenom u CBGB-ima tijekom posljednjih godina Tom Tom Cluba.