Long before I realized it was Neil Young’s birthday and would later become my daughter’s birthday, on November 12, 1979 we went to the Colden Auditorium at Queens College, where I was in my second year at the Student Union building, to see New Wave sensations the Talking Heads. The original four person lineup hit the stage it the half filled auditorium and David Byrne was a little perturbed by the turn out. Byrne said something to the effect that the school should done some advertising in the city and the show would have been sold out instantly. In later tours, the band would flesh out their sound and add players, but for this night we were treated to a night with the original players playing so many great songs from the first three albums.

Fear of Music

Rock on!

GQ