You know the otherworldly breaks in Talking Heads’ “Born Under Punches” and “The Great Curve” (arguably the most visionary guitar recordings of the ’80s, or at least the most unusual…)? That was Adrian Belew. The disjointed six-string shrieks on tracks like “D.J.” and “Red Sails” that David Bowie closed his “Berlin Triology” with on the “Lodger” LP? That too was Belew. The riff from Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love” (sampled umpteen times on hip-hop records)? Belew wrote it. King Crimson’s reinvention on “Discipline”? Yep, Adrian Belew.
The Future Heart 