# The Best Talking Heads Guitar Solos > The 11 best Talking Heads guitar solos, ranked. #1 is The Great Curve (1980), then Crosseyed and Painless and I Zimbra. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Talking Heads were not a soloing band, but their use of texture and guest players like Adrian Belew and Robert Fripp produced some of the strangest and most inventive guitar moments of new wave. Their guitar work favours rhythm and noise over conventional shredding. Informed by: [Wikipedia: Talking Heads discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Heads_discography), [Wikipedia: Remain in Light](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remain_in_Light), [Wikipedia: Fear of Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_Music) 1. [The Great Curve](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-the-great-curve/) — Talking Heads · solo by Adrian Belew · 1980 2. [Crosseyed and Painless](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-crosseyed-and-painless/) — Talking Heads · solo by Adrian Belew · 1980 3. [I Zimbra](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-i-zimbra/) — Talking Heads · solo by Robert Fripp · 1979 4. [Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-born-under-punches-the-heat-goes-on/) — Talking Heads · solo by Adrian Belew · 1980 5. [The Overload](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-the-overload/) — Talking Heads · solo by Adrian Belew · 1980 6. [Listening Wind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-listening-wind/) — Talking Heads · solo by Adrian Belew · 1980 7. [Life During Wartime](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-life-during-wartime/) — Talking Heads · solo by Alex Weir · 1984 8. [Warning Sign](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-warning-sign/) — Talking Heads · solo by David Byrne · 1978 9. [Memories Can't Wait](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-memories-can-t-wait/) — Talking Heads · solo by David Byrne · 1979 10. [(Nothing But) Flowers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-nothing-but-flowers/) — Talking Heads · solo by Johnny Marr · 1988 11. [Burning Down the House](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-burning-down-the-house/) — Talking Heads · solo by Alex Weir · 1984 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)