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Re: even more format changes...



On 11/17/00 8:10 PM, SteveOrdinetz wrote:

>>Talking Heads 7
>
>They seem like an odd core artist.  Only 8 charting songs, one top 10
>(Burning Down The House), one barely made the top 30 (Take Me To The River)
>and nothing else that even cracked the top 50.

Talking Heads was one of the most popular artists on {alternative|modern 
rock} radio in the 80s.  It's irrelevant how many singles they placed on 
a Top 40 chart.  Their sound defined and led music in the 80s, much more 
than someone like Journey, which was just an arena-rock band.

Paul