# Talking Heads vs. Roxy Music

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 5, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-heads-vs-roxy-music/805934 "2018-01-05T18:22:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-heads-vs-roxy-music/805934/41 "2018-01-08T02:34:53Z")

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The missing link between Roxy Music and Talking Heads was probably Split Enz, who were produced by Phil Manzanera on their second album Second Thoughts, and who wore their Roxy influences on their sleeve, even in their later New Wavier stuff: compare [Stuff and Nonsense](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAuwbBPQZnw) with [Nobody Takes Me Seriously.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLnjju8zeVI)

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**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-heads-vs-roxy-music/805934/42 "2018-01-08T02:40:17Z")

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> [@blondebear](#):
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> Roxy Music always seemed to have some…_interesting_ women on their album covers.

IIRC, one on each was always Ferry’s current girlfriend.

ETA: [Guess not](https://st33.wordpress.com/sleeve-pages/the-roxy-music-girls-2/), although Ferry was the photographer. Country Life was censored at one point, but not always since I have the uncensored cover.

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**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-heads-vs-roxy-music/805934/43 "2018-01-08T04:40:09Z")

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Eric Boman was the photographer on Country Life. Or am I misunderstanding you?

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**Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-heads-vs-roxy-music/805934/44 "2018-01-08T17:08:54Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Eric Boman was the photographer on Country Life. Or am I misunderstanding you?

Sorry. I meant Ferry was the designer, as he had been for the previous albums.

As for girlfriends, Amanda Lear was on the _For Your Pleasure_ cover, Jerry Hall on _Siren_, and future wife Lucy Helmore on _Avalon_.

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