Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (Official Video)
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- You're watching the official music video for Talking Heads - "Wild Wild Life" from the album 'True Stories' (1986)
Director: David Byrne
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Song Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
I'm wearing-a fur pajamas
I ride a hot potato
It's tickling my fancy
Speak up, I can't hear you
[Chorus]
Here on this mountaintop, oh-oh-oh
I got some wild, wild life
I got some news to tell you, oh-oh
About some wild, wild life
Here come the doctor in charge, oh-oh-oh
She's got some wild, wild life
Ain't that the way you like it, oh-oh?
Living wild, wild life
[Verse 2]
I'll wrestle with your conscience
You wrestle with your partner
Sitting on a windowsill
But he spends his time behind closed doors
[Chorus]
So check out mister businessman, oh-oh-oh
He bought some wild, wild life
On the way to the stock exchange, oh-oh-oh
He got some wild, wild life
Pick it up when he opens the door, oh-oh-oh
He doing wild, wild life
I know it's the way you like it, oh-oh
Living wild, wild
[Verse 3]
Peace of mind
It's a piece of cake
Thought control
You get on board any time you like
Like sitting on pins and needles
Things fall apart
It's scientific
[Chorus]
Sleeping on the Interstate, oh-oh-oh
Getting wild, wild life
Checking in and checking out, oh-oh-oh
I got 'em, wild, wild life
Spending all of my money and time, oh-oh-oh
On too much wild, wild life
We wanna go and we go where we go, oh-oh-oh
Ah, doing wild, wild life
I know it, that's how we start, oh-oh-oh
Got some wild, wild life
Take a picture here in the daylight, oh-oh
And it's a wild, wild life
You've grown so tall, you've grown so fast, oh-oh-oh
Wild, wild
And I know that's the way you like it, oh-oh
Living wild, wild, wild, wild life
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David Byrne - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Chris Frantz - Drums
Jerry Harrison - Keyboards, Guitar
Tina Weymouth - Bass
The black dude singing with the hat at the end is MY DAD!!!! I was supposed to be in this movie performing that part as a young karate kid character. When it came time to for me to film, I froze and got scared so they asked my dad (who had his own band at the time) to do it instead. Don't believe me? IDGAF!! That's my father and his name is Frank Beaty!!!!
I believe you...thanks for sharing the story...Your dad looks cool with his hat 🤠😎🤙
@@LuigyEstrella 😂😂 thank you!! It's was cool seeing him so young again.....
That's awesome, FM! You must've met David Byrne, what was he like?
@@chiefscheider I don't remember honestly.....I know we met him because it was originally supposed to be me who play that part but I was too scared to do it so my dad filled in and I can remember shaking his hand and that he was a nice guy but that's about it..... We met John Goodman and I can tell you that he was a jerk LMAO he wasn't friendly at all and told racist jokes pretty much the whole time we were there LMAO of course this was at the beginning of his career so I'm sure he's a much different, more grown up person now LOL I remember meeting him because we spent a lot more time with him then we did with David Byrnes. David Byrne if I recall correctly came in and shook everybody's hand and then left pretty much but we spent the entire day around John Goodman.
FM: Sucks about Goodman but still cool that you and your dad were on the set! He had some smooth moves, btw 👍🏻
"Things fall apart. It's scientific."
Great line!
Entropy.
Hello
D Branch. Check in post part science and trip near the beach. And with desk and computer check in . And logs.
Go good calendars and vacation desks and disks and logs.
D. Branch
Mtv is top s
Go Doritos and Hays Chips
And Chips.
Fun and Smiles are best
Last week, I'm driving my car going home, it's the end of a good day, this song came on the radio, I cranked it up, made me smile, made sure a window or two was down so that others can hear, while stopped at a red light, this is just a great song, takes me back....here's the Billy Idol, Prince parodies, etc., 80's references, still great, LOVE John Goodman's performance!
Stop making sense 😉
David Byrne is a genius
I wouldn’t go that far…….
That’s just the cocaine 😂
@@benjaminperez7328 let’s put it this way, he accomplished more with this 4 minute song than you ever will in your life. Is that a better description?
@@grahamcarmichael6567 spot on.
I'll tell you a secret about David Byrne. The guy... he has autism... but he also loves acid.... loves the stuff...
This song made me happy as a young man and now it makes me happy as an old man. Thank you David Byrne for everything you've done.
ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY SIR!!!!!❤️❤️❤️
same
Great song and video. First song I ever called in to the radio station to get played on air.
And what a great movie!
Same here Jeff, God speed
My daughter is 17 and her favorite band is Talking Heads. She loves David Byrne. So proud!
Oh this comment made me proud because I'm an 18-year-old Japanese student who considers TH the best
Aw that's so cool :) I discovered Talking Heads at 16/17, myself. Though that wasn't long ago, it still provided me with music to attach to certain memories in my last year of hs.
Dam right, the world is awesome for 2 minutes
that’s so cool I got into them the same age!
I'm 14 and my favourite is AC/DC, but the Talking Heads are cool too, hence my presence here
I never never never get tired of listening to this song. I miss the 80"s so much...🥲
To all those that are saying this is a music video, it’s actually a clip from David Byrne’s criminally under-seen film True Stories. Watch it.
The fashion show still cracks me up.
Talking Heads shows how much fun you can have if you dare to be weird, and to do it well .
I still think of David Byrne as a sort of college professor type who one day bumped his head and then totally lost his shit.
But...what IF....they dared to be stupid, like Weird Al? :) Love them. Just having fun. Cheers. :)
Pretty awesome still
But that’s just it: David Byrne is not “weird” or trying to be . . . you are witnessing unrestricted genius. There are those who try to harness WEIRD for affect. Salvador Dali, Byrne, Nina Hagen, Timothy Leary, etc. were just doing their thing: they never for one minute thought of themselves as weird.
@@zaidaali4688 -- I don't think we disagree. When I said, "dare to be weird", I could have been saying, "dare to be themselves." Of course, lots of artists today and in history have had annoying affectations (Lord Byron took a goose with him everywhere), but please don't think I was saying Byrne et. al . are not being authentic; quite the opposite.
Brazil, May 2020 - I am 66 years old. This song saved me from dying out of boredom. Thanks Heads!
At least your in Brazil 😎
Brazil, Oct. 2020 eu com 26 anos com toda certeza nao vivi essa epoca mas queria ter vivido ao inves dessa
Oh man, if this song can't get you nothing can.
Sleeping on the interstate
Brasil, oct 2020 eu tenho 42 anos e a minha vida inteira escutei essa música e não me canso de ouvir.
Yes it be saved me from Boring music also it is great
0:29
This is my favorite part, especially when it was in “Open Season”! Great song!
Classic MTV era video
i gotta stop playing this the neighbors are complaining
@@grahamchapple3552
I know! They were the greatest ever!!
Most of the video is from the movie.
back when MTV play songs
yes
There is no band like Talking Heads ,they were unbelievably catchy and memorable ,one of the greatest 80’s bands with fantastic unique videos
I wouldn't say only them, there was Devo as well with their uniqueness, but yeah, Talking Heads are objectively better.
I would love to see a tribute musical to the Talking Heads, think of what Mamma Mia did for ABBA.
@@thebigfletch1885 or the b -52's
I believe.
The 80's could never define them, galactic envoys from Earth, maybe...
It's 2021 and i want to hug anyone who still loves this song...
hugs are free!
I'll give you a social distancing hug (((((0)))))))
Hug!! This song is awesome! I remember when it came out !! Crazy!! Timeless song!!
Meee
I still like this song- now wheres my hug? come on , come on big hug
2023 and yes we all need a Wild Wild Life.
Today I turned 44 yrs young … and I still love dancing and singing to talking heads!❤️ LOVE MY GENERATION!!
I beat you youngin'...50 and digging David Byrne as much as I did in the 6th grade.
Yes,this old lady will leave the world listening to David Byrne.
I agree at roughly the same age I think we'd one of the last great generations.. imagine all your mistakes recorded for life on the net .. we had an innocent enough upbringing even though we were poorer
@@daizy4086 Im 47 i remember getting the concert Stop Making Sense on VHS back in the day... We didn't even own a VHS at that stage so I had to watch it at my granny's house ...
im 75 and still listen to the heads..........forever............
David Byrne is a genius.
A fuckin men
Absolutely. Should be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame if he's not already there. Big ups Mr. Byrne
@@kennethshaw7582 talking heads made it to the rock and roll hall of fame in 2002
He's also a cheating stealing asshole. See Chris Frantz's book Remain in Love.
@@bonzai623 exactly, he is a genius, but I worship no man, he's an 80's version of Beck.
Such an addictive song. Can play it over and over and never get tired of it. Just brilliant.
I find that not only is it addictive, but actually destructive in the end . . . "Things fall apart, it's scientific."
check out - Once in a lifetime
It is! For some reason, it’s stuck in my head for a few days now.
Fuuuuuuuuk
Nag i weir sub
Love the John Goodman cameo!
It was not just a cameo, he had a significant role in the film.
He was in the movie. This isn't just a music video.
John Goodman Is an extraordinary actor
He co stars in the film
It’s not a cameo, he was the star of the movie
One of those songs that evokes such happy memories of a care-free and fun time of my youth.
It’s about cocaine. Carefree youth? Not quite.
@@dentonconstructionservices8323 Putting aside the fact you appear to have misunderstood my comment, I associate cocaine use with my care-free and fun youth.
Rediscovering Talking Heads. Great band. Can't stop playing this song over and over.
Absolutely right. Fantastic. Love the bass on this.
same here been playing this song over and over for the past three months now
glad im not the only one
So funny, I can't either!!😂😂
5 times on a row on my way to work! Blasting speakers...oh oh ghost patrol officer behind me.
You may find yourself watching an another Talking Heads video.
Dethguy One ...and you may ask yourself....."How did I get here".
via the Road to Nowhere. ;)
Dethguy One yep
Dethguy One I'm heading off to the Road to Nowhere then maybe some Psycho Killer action
Best TH-cam comment ever.
As an 80s kid talking heads was some of the anthems of my generation, love the talking heads 🙂
Thanks for all the great memories mr Byrnes
Still can't believe it that other people like Talking Heads as much as I do lol
Bom rok não pode morre!!
I think I saw Meat Loaf at the microphone
i wrestle with my conscious there in the background is corny carnival organ i wrestle with my partner
Thank You Open Season.😎🐻
If you were an 80's kid you saw this on MTV in 1986.
Jennifer Kubik I was and still know the lyrics by heart as well as "Come on Eileen"etcetc I sure do wonder were the time went.peace and health to you.
Aqui no Brazil curtimos também essa melodia.
Jennifer Kubik, I saw this on MTV in 1986 when I was not a kid. :)
I'd say they're all high.
What if you saw this in the movie True Stories??
Was...was that John Goodman?
Caleb Dziepak yeah that is a very young John Goodman haha
Yes...yes it was.
Thanks Travis, and Chris. That's awesome! He is one of my favorite actors. My dad introduced me to these guys when I was in Middle-School, and this has always been one of my favorites. I'd never seen the music video before though.
Caleb Dziepak I'm certain it was. Just a trivia question somewhere. Definitely before, "Rosanne".
It's from the movie True Stories (which goes right along the Talking Heads album of the same name).
One of the best rock bands of the 80s hands down
Those years were the best time to be alive. Thank you dudes
One of the greatest songs and videos of the 80's.
Talking Heads were very special.
Hear Hear. Especially with all the cameos.
Head rush fun love
Im born 1990.. No friends who listen to this.. Thank u dad for showing me so much awesome bands.. Love ya and miss u ❤️🙏adore talking heads
@@deonlymero thank u, he sure was 😊love The Cure, Glenn Miller Orchestra , The Doors, U2, R. E. M., Tracy Chapman, Sade Adu, Terence Trent D'arby, Paul Simon, Metallica, Jethro Tull,Santana, Manu Chao, Roxy Music, lot of rnb and rock, Love Enya, Jose Feliciano, he even make me start listen to 50 cent 😆, im a real eclectic when it comes to music. I listen so much staff that my generation think its something to eat🤣
This song is such a vibe... 80's classic
Wild wild life!!!
David Byrne is a super talented musical artist . this song is great
Growing up in the 80s was the best.
So fucking good. I took my 11 year old daughter snowboarding in Utah 2 years ago and this was our song and always will be special memories. Life moves too fast.
That's awesome!:)
Didn't realise how GREAT this clip is! Rock it! ❤️ Miss the 80s!!!
David Byrne, thank you . You are and always have been a damn genius. You made MTV and video's yours. You owned it from the beginning. Down to the assembly of your band. I can sit here in 2021 and enjoy this just as much as 40 years ago. I salute you .
David Byrne is still amazing.but there was nothing better when the talking heads were still together..i never get tired of listening to them.
It seems like Dave wants nothing to do with the others. He distanced himself during their induction into the R&R Hal of Fame...too bad.
His new album is pretty good
Niether do i n i suppose plenty others
These guys are great!
And while we're living this "Wild Wild Life", "We're On The Road To Nowhere".
carefull it could make you a psycho killer then again life during wartime can be difficult! but the lady dont mind if you take me to the river to get some water cuz someone was burning down the house, and there she was.with slippery people, it was once in a lifetime. but i know my girlfriend is better.she was born under punches, cross eyed and painless.shed often stay up late wondering if this must be the place. i brought her nothing but flowers and told her dont worry about the government. ...... I THANK YOU!
What's wild is that we all still love this song as much as we did back in the 80s.
This song makes me happy. It remounts me back to the 80’s. Good times. Possibly the best of times. ❤
I will be 65 in January and this album saved me in Quarantine also. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!
Jerry Harrison as Prince killed me
i shed a tear
😂 yes...
ahead of their time, even then
Who played Joan Jet and licked his bod?
@@JiveDadson I think he's doing most of the licking LOL!!!
I LOVE that Bass line,Stingray bass.One of the sweetest bass tones ever produced.
Anyone else think of Open Season when this song gets played?
Ngl the only reason I know this somg
Tina's bass line on this song is off the chain!
Who's the other guitarist on this song?
fuck yes!
Jerry Harrison
@@rooseveltmccarter6087
The most normal "Talking Heads.", music video ever.
So many people don’t know about this very underrated group . These guys and girl made absolutely super cool music. Brian Eno put that special edge on it😊
they're not underrated, they were one of the most famous bands back then, David Byrne is a legend, the band is iconic, extremely famous, and known for their eccentric futuristic style for that time
This was our theme song in '86 and loved every gosh darn minute of it! This video sums it all up for the times! Look how happy John Goodman is! Love it love it love it!
John had been doing commercials for a few years before this and bit
parts.
Less than 2 years later, he'd audition for 'Roseanne' and his career took off! 😀
❤
Tina Weymouth's bass carries the song. Damn she's great!
Love Tina!
Best female bassist, period; Juna Serita comes in second place (although the asian is super hot)
I can't contain my 80s child life. Talking Heads were my love even back then
Just a great tune that gets better and better with time. Wow.
Never. Ever. Get sick of this song. Class 👌
This is proof we aren’t in the darkest timeline
Vice Dean is still hanging around. No ponytail yet.
@@redfiveroe1138 he's not going through some stuff
The darkest timeline is the one where Big Bird died in the Challenger explosion.
We absolutely are.
This song is sensational
Jerry’s had too much fun making this video. He’s Prince, the Karate Kid, the Zoot Suit guy. And more!
Open season is why I’m here
Omg, it's true. I didn't remember. Thank's for this beautiful memory :)
Does this sound like song from 1986 , ,,, no way , listen to it in 2021 still sounds absolutely incredible, timeless classic ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Long live the 80’s! Favorite talking heads song. Classic!
Mine too. Feeling a little down, play this loud, watch crazy video. Feeling good.
I ,sadly was late to the party as a fan of The Talking Heads.
Unique and deeply talented.
Too bad there good
I thought the same thing about The Beatles, but then I discovered that 1983 was full of good music.
Ever since I've heard this in Open Season, I've always wanted to find the original. And now, today, I have found it.
Congratulations!
Que paso master?
Sounds like a good day
Just learned how to do Google searches, aye?
It's from the film True Stories.
Talking Heads were so strange, so very strange. I love them.
Saw David Byrne recently....fabulous.
Can i have a show of hands if you're still listening to this in 2019
I nearly saw him at glastonebury late 90s but had 2 make do with listning n dancing on sum1z van roof (sory 4 the dents) in a field wudda mist it otherwise
Of course
I was in a band called Rick Berlin- The Movie. Rick was signed to Epic in the seventies with Orchestra Luna, They often played CBGB's, where the Talking Heads opened for them. Later they had Karla DeVito, whom Jim Steinman stole for Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell. Anyway, Rick said that David Byrne did a lot of acid, and "boy , was he weird". I always think of that, because they were all weird then. It's on TH-cam. We were more commercial but less successful, oh well, I wasin the Karla DeVito spot, it was crazy fun, Rick still does gigs in Boston. We were on Mtv at least, witha song called People Live, witha Baptist choir. Im in the white dress. Easier to find under Steven Paul Perry, Good old 80's!!
My mom was almost an extra in this movie. They filmed the fashion show in Dallas' northpark mall. Her place of work at the time was visible in the background but she was sick and couldn't attend.
But I love talking heads and true stories
Timeless!!
Not sure if this was mentioned, but Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz played the Ozzy Osbourne character, the Hank Williams-style country-and-western singer and the sports fan with WILD WILD LIFE on his baseball cap. Tina Weyworth (Talking Heads bassist) played a society lady (not sure which one), the lady who rips off her wig to reveal a bald head, and the woman dancing with the Prince cosplayer.
That's cool to KNOW!! I was not aware that Chris & Tina played all those characters! The costumes & characters come & go so fast, it's kinda hard to see it. Thanks for the info!! Peace!!
Thanks for what I've been wondering. The Eighties were so awesome -- totally. But went by too fast!
I'm 59 and this is one of my favorites, my 16 yr old daughter and her friends are now listening to this, along with AC/DC and Queen. There is hope ....
Teach your children well! :)
i just showed my 21y/o daughter.....working on it @62 :-)
Don’t let your daughter get this covid jab
@@kayadoobie9277 why's that I didnt plan on her getting it
My 19 year old son loves the Talking Heads, the Sex Pistols, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, all the good music.
One of the most underrated singer songwriter of my time.
He’s a genius
love this song
Que falta faz uma banda pop dessas hoje em dia !!! Grande Talking Heads!!!!!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Talking Heads were so strange, so very strange. I love them.
Hands down the best Talking Heads song/video...love all the cameos!
Making something sound simple and commercial, but smart at the same time is not easy. This is the best example.
I want some Wild Wild Life
2 words.
Open. Season!
I'm wearing
Fur pijamas
I ride a
Hot potata
It's tickling my fancy
Speak up I cant hear you
Here on this moutain-top
Oh oh
I got some wild wild life
I got some news to tell ya
Oh oh
About some wild wild life
Here comes the doctor in charge
Oh oh
She's got some wild wild life
Aint that the way you like it?
Oh oh
Livin wild wild life
I wrestle
With your conscience
You wrestle
With your partner
Sittin on a window sill but he
Spends his time behind closed doors
Check out Mr. Businessman
Oh oh
He bought some wild wild life
On the way to the stock exchange
Oh oh
He got some wild wild life
Break it up when he opens the door
Oh oh
He's doin wild wild life
I know that's the way you like it
Oh oh
Livin wild wild life
Peace of mind
It's a piece of cake
Thought control
You get on board anytime you like
Like sittin on pins and needles
Things fall apart, it's scientific
Sleepin on the interstate
Oh oh
Gettin wild wild life
Checkin in checkin out
Oh oh
I got some wild wild life
Spendin all of my money and time
Oh oh
Done too much wild wild life
We wanna go where we go where we go
Oh oh
I doin wild wild
I know it that's how we start
Oh oh
Got some wild wild life
Take a picture here in the daylight
Oh oh
And it's a wild wild life
You've grown so tall, you've grown so fast
Oh oh
Wild wild
I know that's the way you like it
Oh oh
Livin wild wild wild wild, life
Gracias desde España 🍀🙌
Thank you
I can't believe back in the 80's I couldn't stand this band, now I'm 60 years old and I can't get enough!
OH UH OH!!!! GETTING WILD WILD LIFE!!!!
You cant not , NOT move, when this song is playing, Just awesome beat and Brilliant song all round ,
IS THAT JOHN GOODMAN in that ORANGE SUIT before he was a STAR?
This is the picture that *made* him a star!
Yep. Go watch True Stories. A lot of this video is from that movie.
Yeah and meat loaf is there too
When this movie came out, it got mixed reviews, but they all Praised John Goodman
Yes, indeed. Is the opening chick, a young Rickie Lake??
I miss music like this. New music doesn't compare to timeless gems like this. Talking Heads forever:)
It's so true, I feel like everything really drastically changed for the worse after the millennium and I think everyone having cellphones played a massive part in that. So many great memories sigh...
@@jungjeru3348there’s still great music being made though
@@flashiereagle2213 absolutely there is!!
I love you John Goodman!
Bought the 45 when it came out. Fantastic.
opening of Open the Season
THATS THE MOVIE
YES!
Talking Heads + John Goodman = perfection
This song came out when I was a kid. Every time I and my sister watched the video on MTV, we would get to laughing. Good times!!!
David Byrne what a genius.
This makes the top 50 videos all-time .... no doubt. It was immensely popular at the time.
Byrne. An absolute genius x 100. This is a #1 Classic. Too bad MTV no longer really exists.
Summer of 1986, good song.
I think David Byrne has nothing but contempt for business men. He is such a genius!
This song is one insane stream of consciousness.........and if you're a karaoke singer, it's a great one to start with, because it's a great way to test your voice's capability for the night.
I dare anybody to try a listen to just one talking heads song and stop!
It can’t be done 😮
Nothing like them before or since. Thanks David Byrne AND the rest of the band!
When I lived on a mountain top with wildlife adjacent to the Los Padres National Forest, this was my anthem. Fox, Mountain Lion, deer, humming birds, skunk, turkeys, squirrels, etc. Never a dull day on my deck.
One of the best MTV videos
Love how David Byrne is always like sweating like he’s on copious amounts of psychedelic drugs, it’s hilarious
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@@carmelalapadula7002 what the fuck?
I love this baseline
He probably is bro. Have u seen the life during wartime video
I thought I was the only one who noticed the sweaty theme lol. I just figured he wanted us to know he's working hard or some shit. A fit dude.
I started listening to Talking Heads today, and I’m falling through their rabbit hole.
I should’ve listened to them sooner. Their videos are somehow nostalgic and timeless at the same time.
1:47 This man's dance moves actually fit with the band lol
Just the best song ever
Good taste❤😂😎👍
This song just makes me happy lol.
This was their last hit and absolutely their best song. When you have Sam Kinison, John Goodman, Prince, Billy Idol, and David Byrne on lead vocals, how can it not be?
I always thought that was Sam Kinison too, but on IMDB they said it is actually Meatloaf.
Steve Buschemi is in the audience too
At 1:39 that's Robert Paulson, before eating to many doughnuts or maybe that's Meat Loaf
Big Mike Not he’s not
No he’s not
One of the best bands ever!
Man, I couldn't stand them back when they came out because they were so weird and different. They were dorks. But they're the coolest damn dorks in the business.
excelente !!!!!!!!!!viva los 80
The heads are simply brilliant.