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* David Bowie has been a long time fan of [[Talking Heads]]' music, especially in the late 1970s where he would frequently play their songs when he guested on radio shows (most often the | * David Bowie has been a long time fan of [[Talking Heads]]' music, especially in the late 1970s where he would frequently play their songs when he guested on radio shows (most often the songs "Warning Sign" and "The Book I Read") | ||
* In the late 1970s Bowie wrote a letter to his assistant that included a shopping list of records, one of them being a single for "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" | |||
* For his lead single "D.J." on the 1979 album "Lodger" it is rumored that Bowie tried to mimic [[David Byrne]] in his vocal performance. | |||
* Bowie met with [[David Byrne]] in 1980 after one of his stage performances for The Elephant Man, where he gifted Byrne a book of the collected speeches of Fidel Castro.<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/david-byrne-on-the-music-that-made-him/#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20I%20went%20with,Castro%20could%20really%20ramble%20on. https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/david-byrne-on-the-music-that-made-him/#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20I%20went%20with,Castro%20could%20really%20ramble%20on.]</ref> | * Bowie met with [[David Byrne]] in 1980 after one of his stage performances for The Elephant Man, where he gifted Byrne a book of the collected speeches of Fidel Castro.<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/david-byrne-on-the-music-that-made-him/#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20I%20went%20with,Castro%20could%20really%20ramble%20on. https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/david-byrne-on-the-music-that-made-him/#:~:text=In%201980%2C%20I%20went%20with,Castro%20could%20really%20ramble%20on.]</ref> | ||
* [[David Byrne]] inducted Bowie into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1996. | * [[David Byrne]] inducted Bowie into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1996. | ||