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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ย. 2024
- Live TV Concert Footage
of The Talking Heads
Featuring King Crimson's
Adrien Belew.
01 Psycho Killer.
02 Stay Hungry.
03 Cities.
04 I Zimbra.
05 Drugs.
06 Take Me To The River.
07 Crosseyed And Painless.
08 Life During Wartime.
09 Houses In Motion.
10 Born Under Punches.
*11 The Great Curve
Featuring:
David Byrne
Tina Weymouth
Chris Frantz
Jerry Harrison
Steve Scales
Burnie Worrell
Dolette MacDonald
Buster Jones
Adrien Belew
Wiyh special thx to ' tpatgod2007 ' who uploaded all others tracks from this great show!!
The energy in this is just unrelenting, like a race horse that doesn't know he's already won the race and keeps on going around and around the track in front of an astonished crowd.
Yeah, those energy pills in the late 70s and early 80s were something else.
I was lucky enough to see a lot of Heads shows. No video has ever captured what it was like to be at a Heads show better than this! In NYC, we were astonished and couldn't sit still. This tour was raw energy.
Marching Powder
That's an awesome analogy. It fits with the narrative of the character in this song thinking that they have ascended (Belew's solos represent this) but the government still has their hooks in them.
ha great description... an incredibly, maniacally energized track.
This might be the best song ever composed in rock history. Two bass lines!
Cop shoot Cop
@@jmpsthrufyre That's too funny.I think this and Cop Shoot Cop are the 2 best rock songs ever written .
@@terryblake5076 There's was a band with 2 bass players called cop shoot cop
@@jmpsthrufyre Thought you were referring to his 'the best song ever' line. King Crimson had two bass players back in the 90's as well.
@@terryblake5076 what band plays Cop Shoot Cop?
Belew was like the Hendrix of the 80s. Frickin' Awesome!
Dear Lord - I just posted that same thought on the "Great Curve live in Dortmund" video...
70s and 80s, Belew just dominated the sound. He inspired so many who followed. Think etc.. slovac....rhcp?
He definitely took what Hendrix had done with feedback....and further elevated it.
I seen Jimmy in 69
Who knew about Adrian Belew before 1980s King Crimson?? Well not Me The BEARS were a side project. Then his solo career was/is simply awesome
among music lovers in Italy, this concert had a legendary status. something to compare with. "yeah, it was a good concert, but certainly not like TH in Roma...". I knew a guy older than me (i was 10 in 1980 ) who went to this concert. he spoke of it like he saw Moses coming down the mountain
I have maintained that these guys could be the best rock band ever, whatever that means. As a Civil Rights guy it's also the message of unity that this band brought to the table. Truly uncanny.
And they had fun together which is what it's all about at the end of day.
Very true... This the best example of Energy, Intensity, and unity! I love this band, just wish they still loved each other
Youre not related to that OTHER civil rights guy named king are you?
@@antelope316 Well you know that's all down to David. Shit happens, at least we have what we have.
@@ciaranward3559 He-heh no. You mean the one with all the money and the power? No. christopher-king.blogspot.com/2020/07/kingcast-explains-why-why-blm-must.html
I think Belew should get a Guiness award for craziest sounds without an effect pedal. He is a genius. This is insane ear candy goodness.
Adrian IS King !
I mean I think he's still using an effect unit, it almost reminds me of a PLL harmonizer like whats in the Data Corruptor. Hes probably putting it through a synth.
@@matthewtopfrom what I've seen it's a foxx tone machine and a compressor with the mids up overloading the chorus on his JC-120 and he changes the warbles with the speed/depth knobs, cool stuff
Oh no there's TONS of effects in his signal chain.
adrian belew is awesome because he was in king crimson and played in frank zappas band, having this on your music resume means you can literally play anything.
Bowie too
@@adderon ...and he worked with Laurie Anderson, too!
And Paul Simon's Graceland
Do t forget Bowie
So true; I am happy to have been a part of this
Behind all the mayhem lest we forget is Frantz's total kick-ass power drumming!
He’s so tight
Frantz was the beat and Tina the soul
@@sdanen4 Adrian and Gerry are touring.
@@sdanen4 The most underrated rythym section in the bisso
This fucking performance is unbelievably good. This song is criminally underrated.
Not by myself.. :) This is the pinnacle..
It was rated in flying colors in my circle. And I mean colors
If I could go back in time to be at any gig it would be this one. High-powered tribal funk with insane noise/electronic guitar solos?? Black and white; male and female This Is God.
Me too so well said...i watched this whole concert in a trance cant put into words❤😎😃🙏
Check out Stop Making Sense. One of the greatest concert films ever and all the awesome ingredients you mention.
@@IAmTheHound Oh I have. I somehow persuaded my whole family to see it with me when I was 14 when it came out.
stop making sense was the best concert i ever attended. Gabriel in Spain was second place.
That is the perfect description of this band: tribal funk. The fusion of sound here is so fresh and innovative, just bursting with raw energy and individual creativity. All members of the band soar with a freedom of spirit, becoming a wonder to behold. It struck me that the unique essence of Byrne, with his Asperger's-like qualities, fosters unbridled responses in others, plainly displayed in his band. They are a continuation of his vision, offering a unique and boundless interpretation of life. Remember the line from the Crosseyed and Painless track, "Facts cut a hole in us." It is almost like Byrne transcends reality, revealing something about ourselves that we weren't aware of, but was always there. His ability to recognize those subconscious ideas, describe them in his lyrics, then express them in his music, is astonishing. Perhaps we should consider the notions of other similarly affected people, such as Greta Thunberg, and take them a bit more seriously. Differences can be bazaar, but they can also lead to new ways of doing things. We are often so afraid of change and reluctant to do things a different way. However, as Talking Heads revealed, new ways can be downright glorious!
In an interview, Byrne said that The Great Curve was inspired by Fela Kuti's riffs and rythms.
This is why, the song is good : art that comes from two genius of music
yes! (Y) Fela Kuty's riffs and rythms (Y) (Y)
Byrne took inspiration from many musicians. Anyone does. To say Fela Kuti is the reason for this being a good track is just shortsighted.
And Fela Kuti was inspired by greats before him, as they were inspired by greats before... etc.
Angélique Kidjo does a great cover of this - and includes a nod to Fela's Lady near the end.
Those who’d deny Fela Kuti’s influence just don’t wanna give a black man credit, I swear to fucking god. Byrne himself said it, y’all, fuck off.
This is RIDICULOUS. They start off great and it just becomes more and more and more infectious as it goes on, they could still be playing this in an alternative dimension, it'd be the best thing ever.
That Adrian Belew solo, though.
Tina's on bass, the guitar solo is by Adrian Belew.
+Paul Done Busta Jones is doing the real bass playing here. He's the funk Tina is filling in space.
+audleylibrary That's Italian 'art house' film for you! More interested in filming the woman with the split in her skirt than the person actually putting on a masterful performance.Same as the shots from 20 feet behind the drummer and through the drum kit. Great, just how i always wanted to watch an AMAZING band, from 20 feet behind the drummer. Still a fabulous performance.
+terry blake hey, some of us only ever get to see the show from behind the drum kit! /drummersunite
+terry blake a bit dismissive. I suppose the other two guitarists besides Belew are surplus too? Or... maybe it's an amazing groove that the whole band is contributing to?
Oh my God! I was 19 and I was there. Not more than a mile from my home, in front of Tina Weymouth. Unforgettable moments. What a fucking band ! I am so touched...
Thanks a lot for this post.
Where in Rome this concert was held?
@@tizianalancia7679 At Palazzo dello Sport EUR that was the main sporting indoor venue built for the Olympic Games in Rome 1960, later often used to host the most important concerts of pop rock bands, but with not good acoustics, obviously. Anyway, great times ... And I realized just now that we are responding to a comment of mine from about 14 years ago! 😲😲😲
Sooooooo jealous.
Tina Weymouth is a fucking God on bass. Stalwart, steady, with endurance and taste. She holds it down. I wish more bassist played like here.
So true
Current favorite TH song. There is so much going on and in perfect complimentary harmony. Can't hardly think of a comparable song by another artist. Brilliant and trance inducing.
Bloom by the Radioheads?
how can so many intricate parts interweave w/out turning into a hot mess?
EXACTLY.
Byrne brilliance
Bernie Worrell, Brian Eno, Adrian Belew, Talking Heads
Klasse
Months of practice and years of mastery.
"Talking Heads in Rome 1980" with Adrian Belew it's not just a concert, It's a "milestone"! It is a mystical experience, ten artists in a state of divine inspiration who play as they have never done before and will never do after, and a gigantic and monumental Adrian Belew who finds creative solutions that make the pieces of Remain in Light unique and different from the studio album , he engages in explorations of sounds that will make him cited as the white Jimi Hendrix and gives the band's sound openings, electric landscapes and languid reverberations to the amplifiers that will inspire future generations from Japan to Guns N' Roses! The songs from "Remain in Light" without Adrian Belew will never sound like they did on that tour again.
Holy shit!
This isn't a concert, this is a soccer championship!
Wow, the audience loves it and so do I.
the audience is going fucking crazy - they almost drown out the band at times.
No key changes with everybody completely kicking ass including the audience! Album version on Remain In Light is superb as well.
in fact at this time talking heads were a band from another universe. you can feel this even 30 years later .... intelligence and magic!
Jaw dropping good. I prefer this Rome concert to Stop Making Sense in many ways, and I thought that Stop Making Sense was the coolest thing ever when it came out.
Yes...this is less polished and more out on the edge. I love them both, but this is insane at a level the Stop Making Sense tour (which I saw and loved) wasn't.
@@michaelalex6480 Exactly!
This has got to be one of the most amazing lineups ever assembled onstage, and with some of the most amazing content. I've probably watched this entire show a thousand times and it still blows me away every time.
Look at the audience losing their sh*t. Beautiful.
The rhythmic layering in this is fantastic, as well as the vocal counterpoint. I believe Eno conceived all the 'response' backgrounds against which Byrne wrote the main vocal.
I think what's amazing about this is not only the energy.. but how tightly synchronized.. this is - what - a dozen people? - in perfect sync with some manic energy. Could so easily be mush/chaos. Everyone - wired as they are - knows where they are in the song, and whose part it is...
Come back to this about once a month..... Never gets old.
One of the best solos ever made
I saw them on this tour (Remain in Light) at Radio City in NYC. It was apocalyptic. People in the audience were looking at each other with a look of "Is this actually happening??" Nona Hendrix,Patti LaBelle(I think). Busta Cherry Jones bass, Belew...don't remember everyone...it was a big band. It was like the Martians had landed. And it was LOUD!! The concert got more and more amazing as it went on, the pacing was perfect. They really hooked into the hypnotic African roots of the music.
I was there, and you aren't exaggerating in the least.
Sami Lucky you...
It’s Dolette MacDonald on backing vocals here.
Damn, I've been at some great gigs but this would have been amazing.
I saw them that year in Albany, NY and this number was the best part of the show, which was absolutely phenomenal. Adrian Belew blew everybody away that night. Nona Hendryx was in the lineup too. This ranks as one of the best concerts I ever attended and I saw the Heads, Zappa, King Crimson and Adrian's band The Bears, several times, along with many other acts over the years., This particular Talking Heads concert was about the most memorable ever. They did 3 encores. They actually went out the side of the theater to their limo, crowd was so loud shaking the entire building, they came back inside to do another one.
Tina Weymouth!
Yes!!!
YES!
i agree
Supported by the great Busta Jones!
How in the world can electricity produce so much fucking beauty?
Because it is life expressed through electric means : )
I am a huge fan of Belew's work, and am consistently amazed with his creativity, but let's not over-emphasize his role in this. What makes it work so well and makes it so exciting is that it is very, very much a collective - not a showcase for one player or another. With that said, I wish I'd seen this tour! Unbelievable.
This is another example of something that was under-appreciated artistic works by much of the world at the time + many years later - but will go down as a complete Masterpiece of it's era!
It was appreciated by those who knew.
Um, what's your definition of being "under-appreciated" then? As you can see here, they played in friggin STADIUMS in Europe...
Under appreciated? Everybody bought the record Remain in Light...
I was there, the best concert of my life
me too
The 25 dislikes are flat earthers
True, sadly.
Who ever likes your comment is clearly a globe earther, smh
Flat-earthers should find no fault in the *Great Curve*: all they have to do is go to Antarctica and look at the world's rim; one great curve.
@@AngelEllena flat brainers turning up here;
...ha ha ha! that's hilarious! 😂🤣👍
Always pointed out to my young son when this song played while in the car. Later when he was a bit older I would ask him "What's daddy's favorite song?" And he would say "The Great Curve."
hot damn this lineup was incredible
a crazy, unbelievable amount of talent on that stage.
It makes you really appreciate the time when people were actually trying to push back music's limits. I miss the 80s
I blame Reagan and Thatcher.
@@andrewwilliams9599 real
Arguablly the best version and et best lineup
Wow. You wouldn't think one chord could be so good. Seriously.
I don't know if I enjoy anything more than this
OMFG SO MUCH ENERGY GEEZ I START CRYING IVE NEVER SEEN THIS MUCH POWER AND LIFE MANIFESTING IN MUSIC
Totally agree, one of the greatest songs done live by the Talking Heads. I also have it on "The Name of This Band is the Talking Heads" and it is really excellent. Having different people sing different parts is not done much anymore, pity, as it worked so well.
Belew, Frantz, Byrne, Harrison, Weymouth, the choir, the entire band, the song, make speechless in their perfection.
Busta Jones on second bass, Bernie Worrell on backing vocals, percussion and keyboards, Dolette McDonald on vocals, Steve Scales on percussion.
Adrian Belew. We are not worthy.
Never realized it before but I can hear some King Crimson in this. Top stuff!
That's probably because of Adrian Belew.
The minimalism and polirhythm helps too
Mike Page Belew definitely learned a lot from Talking Heads that he brought to Crim. I think it really helped him hone his vocals. I’ll be seeing KC tomorrow for the first time. No Belew, but that’s a concert for another time!
Vitor Moura Bolzan Moreira wtf about this song is minimalist
@@zacharymorin5696 - KC was *about* to play the Detroit Metro area, & I was *about* to bring my son to see them for the first time, but with this %$&?! coronavirus quarantine going on, *that's* not gonna happen...
Man, music hit different back then...mind blowing. Every players part added perfectly to the whole and I absolutely love how the drummer just held them all together with that simple, solid af beat.
Whenever I watch this video on TH-cam, it's really hard to know watch to watch after.
When they were at their peak, Talking Heads were as good as any band that EVER walked the face of the this Earth. Thanx for the memories guys.
Belew absolutely ripped through the guitar solo, no breaks at all, ripping from start to finish.
two bassists. BOOM
Stereo!
who? I only see Tina.
Dave Anderson ...oh, my.
@@daveanderson718 I love me some Tina also, but Busta Jones is tearin' it up here.
This rhythm section is amazing!
I just shed a tear, I wish I was there so bad :(
Have to agree. If I had a time machine that could take me anyplace, it would be Rome in 80
I was there. All Rome was
This footage is without doubt one of the highlights of you tube...thank you!
Don't forget: All songs on 'Remain in Light" written and composed by David Byrne and Brian Eno.
Hey i might be 10 years top late but Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz and Tina Heyworth composed it too and probably Adrian Belew
@@ciaranward3559 Absolutely
Ciaran Ward Tina Weymouth
@@ciaranward3559 Yeah, I suspect most of the Heads music was group written. I remember Belew saying that he contributed to some of the songwriting on the Tom Tom Club record, but he kinda stiffed out of his credits (and I guess, publishing). Not sure what he would have contributed to Remain In Light, as I kinda had the impression that he went and did some guitar overdubs, so I gather most of the material was already written.
@@Kohntarkosz no clue about the tom tom club but my understanding was Remain In Light was done Miles Davis style big long jams edited down to coherent songs. The song writibg credits was very controversial. Simon Reynolds book rip it up and start again is well worth a read for this
Probably the single best track ever recorded! The energy is staggering. My favourite band of all time.
@kriakutnyi Belew is a god of the whammy bar, no one better.
Not just the whammy, he did neck bends, and worked the strings above the nut and every other trick you could think of.
Twang bar king!
Jeff Beck is a solid contender for whammy bar king, but I just like what Andrew Belew does a lot more.
yes, that alone makes this my favourite version of this song belew has such energy hes the perfect talking heads guitarist
He WAS different than Jeff Beck- nice harmonics
This is the best live music video on TH-cam.
100%. It is utterly stunning.
only thing that compares to this is Byrne's own dancing in life during wartime
Too good for words almost. The rhythm, the swing, the harmonies, THAT mental solo at the end, just fantastic. That's got to be one of the best live performances I've ever seen.
What a piece of the peoples we have on earth cranking out the tunes
I cry every time I watch this, and I have no idea how many times I've watched this.
The greatest art punk/funk band the world has ever seen.
transcendant... incendiary... amazing... The Heads at their peak... what an incredible band....
Probably one of the most underrated tracks on the album. Belew's two mind bending solos are like nothing... nothing... ever put to vinyl. And no click track to keep it boring. The tempo increases as the song progresses. That is REAL music.
Adrian Below played with Zappa, Bowie, Talking Heads and King Crimson and other bands. Absolute OG
Seriously when I heard Adrian Belew everything changed for me. I didn't know you could create such beautiful controlled chaos with the guitar
So good. Belew is legend, just for this one show, this song is genius
Have more fun on a stage then 1st graders have on a playground! The musical chemistry within this band is unlike any other!
Jesus!! Why did I cry watching that!?!? Amazing
esta cancion es uno de los despliegues musicales mas impresionantes que escuché. no puedo creer lo bien que suena en vivo encima, con lo compleja que es. bandón, ojalá poder viajar en el tiempo a verlos tocar esto
No one plays guitar more inventively and joyfully than Adrian Belew.
Rome makes for a crazy audience, listen to them roaring through the whole song! :-D
That Dolette Mac Donald is special. This is better than the studio version! Flipponomenal!
love Dolette Macdonald's smile at 24 seconds. says it all. i wish they would've kept pushing the edges of the groove as they did here. didn't hurt that busta jones, bernie worrell (of p-funk!) dolette, and steve scales funkify it. and adrian takes it into hyperspace! , though i believe they kept bernie, busta, and steve for stop making sense. this is their last collaboration with adrian belew and brian eno, who also retreated from the groove after this. a once in a lifetime synergy!
Adrian ended up playing on solo records by all of them, though. He's on the first Tom Tom Club (that's him playing that weird "steel drum" guitar riff on Genius Of Love), Byrne's Catherine Wheel project, and I forget what the name Jerry Harrison's record was, but apparently Ade's on that too. That was the stuff they did during the gap between Remain In Light and Speaking In Tongues.
This is amazing!
OG in the House. I heard this when it was new. Rock on Talking Heads!
Adrien Belew is a monster
There is a video from the same tour, the same song from the Netherlands, but the energy here is another level. The band feeds and feeds off the audience!
The performance from Dortmund also lacks energy, although picture quality is better (the Dortmund show was videotaped; the one in Rome was shot on film and transferred to video).
Everything everything Im hearing seeing here is mindblowing beautiful cool groovy its too good I love The ❤ Talking 'Heads ' how could u not.! We miss u David Byrne u blow our minds again & again & again.😂😊😂😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂❤
actually....this whole concert is priceless...the talking heads are priceless!!!!
Kenne ich seit 1981.... Cool, gesehen in monteux 81/82
Great !!...so glad they made the movie....1980 what a year
would take out a bank loan to see TH play together again.
Matthew Lacey id sell my liver
I have the impression there's not enough money in the world to make that happen. I know at one point, Jerry, Chris and Tina were recording and touring as "The Heads" (saw them open for The Who in 96), but I'm not sure if any of them want to work with Byrne again, or indeed, I imagine he's been a solo artist so long, I imagine Byrne would have no interest in playing with the other three either.
the energy is incandescent
Best performance ever. In Rome!
The camera man seems to think Tina Weymouth is playing the guitar solo! ;-)
insanely good
so good i cried
Third in maybe the most explosive 1-2-3 punch to begin any album.
One of da greatest bands ever no flash clothes no piro no dancers just musionship #long livedat
13 people are scared shitless
+Todd White Looks like it's up to 14, Todd...
Lee, I had no idea what he was referring to until I read your comment! Hmm.. there's only been 4 additional confused, terrified and lost individuals to leave their mark in the year since you commented. Not too bad really!
talking heads were already four very accomplished musicians; by inviting these amazing people to play with them on the RIL tour they created such a tight team, still unmatched in mainstream music today. imho their best tour
It’s sounds like completely chaotic song being pulled in all kinds of directions( alternative, pop, metal, punk, soul , funk) perfectly!!! Amazing !!!
Bingo!!! 🎉
My favourite guitar solo ever
I came here because I love this song..and hoping that it would be Adrian Belew, playing legendary, amazing solo live....thank you so much.
Possibly one of the greatest songs ever composed/arranged.
Utter genius. Untouchable.