David Byrne on Payola

Posted in music on August 4, 2005

"By the mid eighties, when Talking Heads had had some hit singles, the biggest of which was “Burning Down the House”, I got the news. “Burning Down The House” had some serious “indie” promotion money behind it. It got played on some college and other stations without financial prompting, but the jump to “commercial FM”, as I think it is called, was helped by cash and whatever else was used at the time — probably coke and women." [David Byrne]

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David Byrne @ Central Park Summerstage, NYC | Pics
Spazzy Answer Songs | MP3s
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Posted on August 4, 2005 1:45 AM