“I really like the end of And She Was with that distorted guitar. Ithought it sounded like Neil Diamond’s Cherry, Cherry”: Jerry Harrison on the outtakes and off-brand inspirations behind Talking Heads’ Little Creatures

Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads in 1985, pictured with a grey blazer, red T-shirt, sitting in front of a bank of keyboards and a Telecaster .

Among all of Talking Heads’ other talents – from fearless musical invention to killer fashion sense – the New York band had impeccable timing. A decade earlier, in the mid-Seventies, the lineup had formed in time to lead the New Wave scene from the sticky stage of CBGB to the global charts.

Now, in June 1985, David Byrne (vocals/guitar), Jerry Harrison (guitar/keys), Tina Weymouth (bass) and Chris Frantz (drums) would release the most commercial album of their career just as music became a visual commodity, vying for the eyeballs of America’s youth.