I had the great pleasure to meet David Byrne in person at an art gallery in Chicago where he was showing his photography. Surprisingly there was almost NO ONE there. I got to talk one one one with him for over an hour, and he was the kindest, sweetest, most humble and friendly guy ever. Not even the tiniest smidge of pop star/celebrity ego on him. I will always remember this encounter with great fondness, and think of David as the epitome of what a pop star should be. David, if you happen to read this, thank you.
Thank you, Art, for confirming my hunch. I've always considered him a creative genius and, after hearing him in an interview, I decided that he would be the kind of person that I would want to know personally. He's all about the music and the art and where that takes him. I could be friends with a person like that, for real. NOT a person who is all about being famous. Also the fact that we're both on the autism spectrum and love art and music. I honestly don't understand the whole fascination people have with fame. Maybe that's an autism thing. Anyway, it's very cool that you got to have such a nice conversation with him. I imagine you seized the opportunity to express your gratitude regarding his work, as I know I would have. Thanks again for sharing!
@@Sarah-ht7cs actually, we didn't discuss his music at all! I mean, I figured since this was an art gallery and he was showing his photography, it would be rude and disrespectful of his art to ignore it. Plus I didn't want to go all fanboy on him. So we just talked about his photography ( and he asked about MINE so we talked about that too!) and art in general. Only at the very end of our convos did I say something like " Thank you for all the fantastic music" or some such. So I got to talk to him very person to person, or rather artist to artist, as opposed to fan to rockstar.
Expressing gratitude for someone's work is not the same thing at all as "going all fan boy", as you put it. At any rate, I'm happy that you got to speak with such a fascinating man on a mutual topic of interest. I hope that will be an inspiration to you for years to come.
I had a similar experience with David. After a show in Amsterdam the crowd left and only a few people were having a beer at the bar. I stood there and suddenly someone was standing next to me and introduced himself to me... As if I wouldn't have known him. :)
@Konga 5000 Oh well, it was a hit and that was nice for Tina and Chris. They had to do something while Byrne was off doing his own thing with Eno for an extended time. I give them credit for not sitting on their hands waiting for Byrne to come back and be a Talking Head. But the Talking Heads was the pinnacle for all of them including Byrne. It's sort of a shame he more or less just quit while the others wanted to go on, although it was sometime before he said it was over. Every member of that band was quite relevant and necessary to their success, not just Byrne although he was the front man and he was the main key for their success. I totally acknowledge that without his voice, persona, hard work and songs there was no successful Talking Heads. But most bands come to an end for one reason or another. Sometimes they just get tired of each other, develop other creative interests and have to move on for their own sanity . Someone had to make the first move and it was Byrne who did. Chris and Tina have a nice life apart from the band, but I know they miss it a lot. We still have their music and memories. Best wishes to all of the TH.
@@Fortnitecartenjoyer No it was actually that crazy. They just didn't show the crowd until the last song. Well atleast the set I went too in 1983ish I want to say. Or 1982 don't remember the year. But the crowd was crazy.
I saw them live in the early 80’s. They were absolutely electrifying. The entire audience was on their feet dancing until the last encore!! Hands down the best concert of the many I’ve been to
Record Exec: "Calling them 'Punk' was bad for sales, so I made up the term 'New Wave' to sell more records." Oblivious fan lady: "The Talking Heads are the true meaning of New Wave! They represent the ideals of it!" It's astounding how well marketing works, isn't it?
I used to hate ramen noodles until I played Yakuza and how they are one of my favorite foods providing I get the right brand. I have noticed that I am very susceptible to marketing lol
I respectfully disagree...While Punk and New Wave come on the scene at the same time, Punk was more primal and basic where as New Wave was more sophisticated and dare I say Avant Garde? Just my thoughts …I mean compare early Ramones with Taking Heads and I think you will agree there are animals of a different color! Of course both styles and bands came from CBGB's
@@jackallen6261 agreed, talking heads was never actually 'punk.' they were more like post punk which is more like new wave. folks like to get cynical over marketing labels, but they are often helpful to the uninitiated.
Apollo C. Vermouth yes it was i just wish they cast a little bit wider net about their influences but again this was very very well done in fact amazing
+ Advanced Raymondology Good point, but it's not pretending to be in-depth. Why not source a bunch of stock footage and make a documentary on Jerry Harrison's creative contribution?
Apollo C. Vermouth Why don't I? Or you mean in general? I hope it's the latter, or that's pretty silly. Any criticism of anything, yeah, well you go do it better then. Haha. I'm not a documentary filmmaker, man. And anyway, it's a four member band. I don't think giving Jerry's arrival more than two seconds is asking much. But otherwise, I enjoyed it a lot. Did you have something to do with the production? You seemed to take my comment pretty personally.
Uh, OK.. no need to take it as a challenge. I'm just saying these people slapped together available footage to make a highly entertaining doc, and anyone who thinks there's something missing could do the same.
I do agree that Stop Making Sense is probably the best live show ever filmed. And this band stand proud as important movers and shakers in future musical movements. David Byrne is a visionary, and Tina Weymouth is the Goddess of Bass. The band as a whole were of course just a great unit and any one of the members not being there would have destroyed the sum of all the parts routine. Well done with this instructive and concise documentary, Top Job Squire xxx
"Stop Making Sense is probably the best live show ever filmed" -- sorry, that is an exaggeration. Want one example of something better? How about Woodstock?
@@kvernon1 Woodstock is more of a music festival with a wide variety of artists, like Band Aid. Stop making sense is the best live show when it comes to one band or artist.
Goddess of Bass ? ... I love Tina M8, but let's not exaggerate, she started playing the bass in her early 20's, now if you say Carol Kaye,or Esperanza Spalding along with Meshell Ndegeocello, and of course Gail Ann Dorsey ! I can say right on , Tina is in the top 20. (PS) I have been playing Bass for 29 yrs :)
I mixed music at CBGB's during the week (Small PA) there were at most about 15 to 30 people, 99% of the other bands were horrible (The Cramps, Steve Bators etc) the first time I heard the heads I was blown away this was something totally original at that time, They were light years ahead of the other mindless punk bands, although a bit rough technically their originality just stood out I was so lucky to be there before they got a record career, David I told you you were something special.
Psycho killer was something different. It touched the heart of the human experience. When it was recorded I think they had no idea. Take me to the river even more so. Very talented musicians.
Ha. I thought so too. I just need him to be geeky and smart. I wouldn't enjoy seeing him on a Harley, or with a bunch of tatoo's either. I'm shallow minded
For those who weren't around then, you just have to trust me when I say that the videos for Little Creature (e.g. "Road to Nowhere") were vastly more impressive than how they appear in this documentary. The visual styling had a major impact on music videos, and they were technological tours de force.
Speaking in Tongues has been my favorite road trip album since it came out. I can drive for hours with it on continuous loop. My family on the other hand.... not so much! Been looping it since it came out!
Spud, I am so happy you like that album. I love that record too (I had it on vinyl LOL!) I saw the Speaking in Tongues show live. I've seen a zillion bands over the years; and loved lots of them. But that show....it is still the best show I ever went to. They played so long. They sounded so tight. We danced so hard.
So Speaking in Tongues wasn't your favorite road trip album before it came out, then? Pfft. Where's your loyalty? How could you do this? Have you no shame, etc?
Ps: Playing-wise most of their songs are not exactly very complicated. But it is one of the last pop bands who brought really great new stuff to music and expanded my horizon. That's an achievement.
Hi everyone, I'm farthouse, the guy who made this video. I can't remember my password, so using my friend's account. Just wanted to answer some questions and comments that keep popping up. 1. The end credits song is the Stop making sense version of 'crosseyed and painless' it's on the movie, and the special edition of the album. 2. I'm getting a lot of angry Scots saying that David is Scottish, which is odd because I never mentioned where any of the band members were born. 'From' does not mean 'born in'. The original band formed in Rhode Island, therefore the band (the artistics) is from Rhode Island (Although they were in New York when they became Talking Heads). Sigh... 3. Yes the sound at 5:56 is the windows start up sound which was created by Brian Eno. I threw it in as a little 'easter egg' as the kids say. 4. 'I Zimbra'. So I featured 2 clips back to back from the documentary 'Talking Heads vs Television'. One is of Chris saying that 'I Zimbra' was influenced by Nigerian pop music, then I showed a clip song 'I Zimbra', which happened to show footage of traditional African dancing. I understand that the way I edited it may be confusing, but yes, I know that the footage has nothing to do with Nigerian pop music. If you watched a few minutes later, you would see that I featured a section of Fela Kuti and his influence on 'Remain in Light. And as for the people saying the African dancing is racist... I just don't know what to tell you. You're welcome to message me and explain why.
I briefly met David Byrne standing in the ticket line with my sister at Lincoln Center to see The Celluloid Closet. I whispered to sis, "I think that's David Byrne behind us!" Sis: "Well then don't bother him!" Me: "Are you David Byrne?" David Byrne: "Well, what if I am?" Sis: "Don't bother the man!" Me: "I just wanted to say 'thanks' for all the great music we've been dancing to over the years!" David Byrne: looks down and away.
One of the few bands that can cause me to laugh out loud. So much energy and always look like they are having a great time. Coolest band ever? I think maybe so.
53 in the fall and still discovering this amazing band. I started in the middle with Little Creatures and am working backward and forward. My band has performed "Heaven" at a coffeehouse show and I loved the head-scratching reaction. Thanks, David!
Once they got rolling, Talking Heads were the perfect MTV era band. They got really big with the advent of the music video. I think that aspect of the band - incredibly visual - worked well in concert but took away from the greatness and rhythmic sophistication of their music. Watching early music videos made your head explode and took minds off of the music. Talking Heads’ influence is still seen and heard today, though I doubt there’s any act that can compete with them, musically. Took me a while to get into what they were really after but they converted me in about 1981, when I saw them in concert for the first time. Holy shit, how great were they?
When I was a kid, I thought "Once in a lifetime" was the worst song and worst video of all time. I came to realize that it is one of the greatest songs, and absolutely the greatest video of all time.
Talking heads second album 'more- -songs about buildings and food' was produced by andy warhol.Britain -'s brian eno worked and produced -not only the heads but also david bo -wie.They were one of the more col -orful rock'n'roll bands of the 80's.
Didn't realize how much of their music I knew. Didn't know how much I didn't know. Dang, they're still brilliant. Did not know the Tom-Tom Club was from two of the members. This could explain why I like them too. So I learned a lot. Fan since 80's college. Their stuff is still just as fresh now as it was back then. We need more Talking Heads!
Just this morning, I turned a 20-year-old college student in Tunisia on to TH. He's going bonzo! He's loving their multi-cultural influences. Sometimes, it's fun being 62. You get to do things like prove to young'uns that 80s music wasn't all tacky-assted disco.
Discovering Talking Heads album cuts was such an amazing experience. One of the most rewarding reintroductions to a band ever. I only them as a top 40 band and in my naive way thought they were just a commercial band. When I began exploring their music, I was blown away by how brilliant their non-singles work is. That evolution from 77 to Remain in Light is such an amazing progression. Remain in Light still sounds ahead of its time and sounds just as fresh today. One of the most perfect albums ever made. Speaking in Tongues took Remain in Light and made it more radio friendly. After that, they kind of lost their edge, but those first 5 records are amazing.
Little known fact, Genius of Love by Tom-Tom Club was written primarily by Adrian Belew(who played on the Remain in Light record and tour), during some jam sessions he did with Chris and Tina in Nassau, Bahamas. Many years later and I believe after a court case or two, he was given writing credit.
They ruled the room and had a great run. Seeing them perform outside at UCLA for free before they got huge was amazing. When a band has a visionary who becomes central to its mystique and morphs its sounds and performances by his imagination and will, it is only a matter of time until the inevitable occurs. We're not just talking about another "New Wave" outfit here.
As an 80s kid Talking Heads has been in my life since I discovered my passion for music, the music is pretty timeless yet always brings me back to my youth
The stop making sense tour is absolutely awesome! Rumor is....... they spent all the money they made from previous shows to pay for the dump truck full of coke they use before they did the show..... lol......they must of ran 10 miles during that awesome performance...... wow!
The talking heads had the most funkiest rythem section in music. There were rythem and blues act's that were not as funky as the talking heads. Incredible. I miss them but they have left us a incredible library of music to listen to. My favorite album is naked.
and I love from "stop making sense" in the interview about the big suit... "because music is very physical and often the body understands it before the head"
I have always loved this band and admired their courage to do what they wanted musically .E very release produced a hit but the real gems were found deeper into the album. David's clever lyrics kept things fresh, never boring
My brother gave me Remain in Light in 1984 for my 18th birthday. My life hasn't been the same since, it was my break from normality, it set a new course for me.
That first picture of David.. wow he looked cute. Never thought of Byrne as a sexy dude, but he definitely had that hot nerd thing going on in the 70s..Really, I adore all the early photos and footage, here. I’ve been a massive fan of Talking Heads for half of my life, and there’s a ton of imagery and clips here that I’ve never seen. 🙏🏼
Holy shit dude. I'm 53 so I was too young to catch the early TH. But I knew every song they ever played. This is phenomenal. I want to see all of these full clips and shows. Jesus Christ on a Bicycle.
16 year old here, can't totally get the influence of Talking Head's music since I'm nowhere near that era but I appreciate the band cause their genre-fusing work sounds so dope
Same age.. same issue. Just starting highschool in 79 and Post Punk and New Wave was a thing by the 80s. but most new wave to me was just cringy Synth-Pop Disco
I never thought of the Talking Heads as a New Wave band. They were always very much THE indie band to me. And I listen very regularly to my Talking Heads vinyls ;o)
A very special band. By coincidence, in the summer of 2018 I happened to go to a performance of a play called "The Secret Life of Humans", by David Byrne, in New York City. The title and the theme seemed so Byrne-ian that I thought that this enormously talented guy must have created a stage play too - it would have been no great surprise, really. But the playbill made no reference to Byrne's musical career. It was a marvelous, wonderful play. Only later was I able to confirm that this David Byrne is a totally different person - but also a great talent. I also didn't realize that the play was loosely based on George "Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London", which I read too long ago to have picked up the resemblance.
I just had to mark the audio commercials of Fear of Music and Remain in Light, because they are just genius: 8:35 Fear of Music commercial 11:33 Remain in Light commercial
When *Fear of Music* came out, I heard that 0:15 radio spot so many times, I almost didn't wanna buy the album, because I was so sick of hearing those two phrases!
Grew up on the band and always thought they were great. Been listening again and my mind is blown how way ahead of their time they were. So many proto future music moments where we are hearing extended sections of tropes from genres that we wouldn’t hear until decades later. And the ability to smoothly fuse genres without sounding like gimmicky posers on display is at peak genius level.
Make no mistake... while the early lean “jittery” Talking Heads would prove to be somewhat difficult to scale up to large venue formats, in a club setting it was absolutely riveting! You’d leave those shoes thinking..WOW!!!
Every good artistic team parts ways with some acrimony. Comes with the territory. THs can rest easy on their laurels. Truly unique, visionary band. Great songs will live forever. They made me want to learn how to dance.
i had an afternoon to burn and was downtown, on the way home "Stop Making Sense" was playing at Crown Center, i didn't make the Talking Heads connection but the title intrigued me once i was watching the film i realized that The Talking Heads was a group whose music i had listened to and i really, REALLY, liked
Clearly, one of my favorite concerts I have ever been to was seeing the Talking Heads on their "Stop Making Sense" tour. Just energetic and fun. Especially when David Byrne came out in his huge suit
Always have absolutely adored these incredibly talented individuals. They were the soundtrack to my early existence, and I'm a better person because of it !! 🗿
The Catherine Wheel by David Byrne is an absolute favourite of mine. I couldn't have gotten through the 80's without them all. Also got to see Stop Making Sense in an art theater last year. I'm ready to back again.
I got to see these guys in 85 or 86 when I lived in Santa Barbara CA. and worked for the County Bowl, they put on a great show. The energy that David had when he would perform was just amazing, running around the stage, quivering and shaking you didn't take your eyes off him...Super entertaining. P.S. That was the best job you could ever ask for, so many great shows. Major thanks to my buddy Bob who got me the job.
I remember seeing them interviewed inside the radio station at the top of the Prudential Center or Hancock Building in Boston back in the 70s. REAL early on. I could see them through the one way glass. I was like 10 years old and I thought..."what the heck kind of name is that for a band?" lol
I can't believe I missed out on this band...I recognize a few songs.....but don't really know the music. They are a huge influence on one of my favorite artists it's so easy to hear in their early work. I'm so mad I missed this, its so up my alley....I don't know how that happened 😑
They are some of the best coming out of the 70`s. I was growing up to the sound of this great band, and i’m feeling very happy that my 16 year old daughter just found out how cool they (still) are…
Adrian Belew was Zappa's guitarist!!! He's so fun to watch jumping up and down in a mustard and ketchup colored outfit in a live 1980 performance of Psycho Killer! Talking Heads --we can all agree how incredibly talented and special this band has been to music--creative, innovative, and wow how it changed creatively with the times, especially when they incorporated African and world music influence! Didn't know Genius of Love was from Tina Weymouth And Chris's Tom Tom Club -since we've all heard that sampled in rap, I had no idea it was theirs orginally--but of course it was, they were so original and amazing! First performance in public was at CBGB opening for Ramones, I love it! ! they had their own fun style that in turn influenced future bands, I love it!
Yes he was, but the connection here is David Bowie! Bowie hired Adrian Belew for his Lodger album, produced by Brian Eno, Talking Head's producer. After Lodger (79), Belew fronted Robert Fripp's King Krimson on their 1980 album. Robert Fripp had done guitar work for David Bowie on Heroes (78), the album right before Belew's work, produced by...Eno!
Obulu (Thank you) so much for sharing this. LOVE learning about how music connects us and my love for Talking Heads, esp "Once In A Lifetime" to my cultural heritage of FELA (Nigerian) to Brian Eno influences
I had the great pleasure to meet David Byrne in person at an art gallery in Chicago where he was showing his photography. Surprisingly there was almost NO ONE there. I got to talk one one one with him for over an hour, and he was the kindest, sweetest, most humble and friendly guy ever. Not even the tiniest smidge of pop star/celebrity ego on him. I will always remember this encounter with great fondness, and think of David as the epitome of what a pop star should be. David, if you happen to read this, thank you.
That's awesome thanks for sharing
Thank you, Art, for confirming my hunch. I've always considered him a creative genius and, after hearing him in an interview, I decided that he would be the kind of person that I would want to know personally. He's all about the music and the art and where that takes him. I could be friends with a person like that, for real. NOT a person who is all about being famous. Also the fact that we're both on the autism spectrum and love art and music. I honestly don't understand the whole fascination people have with fame. Maybe that's an autism thing. Anyway, it's very cool that you got to have such a nice conversation with him. I imagine you seized the opportunity to express your gratitude regarding his work, as I know I would have. Thanks again for sharing!
@@Sarah-ht7cs actually, we didn't discuss his music at all! I mean, I figured since this was an art gallery and he was showing his photography, it would be rude and disrespectful of his art to ignore it. Plus I didn't want to go all fanboy on him. So we just talked about his photography ( and he asked about MINE so we talked about that too!) and art in general. Only at the very end of our convos did I say something like " Thank you for all the fantastic music" or some such. So I got to talk to him very person to person, or rather artist to artist, as opposed to fan to rockstar.
Expressing gratitude for someone's work is not the same thing at all as "going all fan boy", as you put it. At any rate, I'm happy that you got to speak with such a fascinating man on a mutual topic of interest. I hope that will be an inspiration to you for years to come.
I had a similar experience with David. After a show in Amsterdam the crowd left and only a few people were having a beer at the bar. I stood there and suddenly someone was standing next to me and introduced himself to me... As if I wouldn't have known him. :)
As another person on the Spectrum, David Byrne really makes me feel comfortable with myself.
Took me years to understand that this is possibly WHY David seems so relatable. A kindred spirit, of sorts.
Yeah, me too. I learnt to dance by copying Dave Byrne. I'm not saying I'm on the spectrum, but I could be...
I'm probably on the spectrum honestly
indeed
He self-diagnosed.
"They convinced [Tina Weymouth] to learn the bass guitar". Oh my lord, that is awesome.
Wrong
She owns physco killer
@Konga 5000 Oh well, it was a hit and that was nice for Tina and Chris. They had to do something while Byrne was off doing his own thing with Eno for an extended time. I give them credit for not sitting on their hands waiting for Byrne to come back and be a Talking Head. But the Talking Heads was the pinnacle for all of them including Byrne. It's sort of a shame he more or less just quit while the others wanted to go on, although it was sometime before he said it was over. Every member of that band was quite relevant and necessary to their success, not just Byrne although he was the front man and he was the main key for their success. I totally acknowledge that without his voice, persona, hard work and songs there was no successful Talking Heads. But most bands come to an end for one reason or another. Sometimes they just get tired of each other, develop other creative interests and have to move on for their own sanity . Someone had to make the first move and it was Byrne who did. Chris and Tina have a nice life apart from the band, but I know they miss it a lot. We still have their music and memories. Best wishes to all of the TH.
The Grateful Dead convinced Phil Lesh to ditch trumpet and learn bass. Also a very good move.
Benji Beavers 🌹 💀 🌹 I completely agree!
As someone who almost got crushed to death at the "Stop Making Sense " concert, it was great. I loved their last album as well.
Wait what
Bro made an AstroWorld reference
@@Fortnitecartenjoyer No it was actually that crazy. They just didn't show the crowd until the last song. Well atleast the set I went too in 1983ish I want to say. Or 1982 don't remember the year. But the crowd was crazy.
@@djnicksedits5525 I wish I could’ve been there.
I would’ve also gone crazy if I was at a talking heads concert
What else are concerts for but to feel alive. But are you really alive if you're not fearing for your life a little bit? No. Enter Mosh pits
I saw them live in the early 80’s. They were absolutely electrifying. The entire audience was on their feet dancing until the last encore!! Hands down the best concert of the many I’ve been to
I’m jealous! I wish I could’ve seen them!
Talking Heads is my neighbors favorite band!!...whether they like it or not!!!
Jack Allen lol
Mine three 😄
You sound like a shi tt y neighbor.
I like the way you think. Do you know if the moon is full tonight?
You made me smile!
Record Exec: "Calling them 'Punk' was bad for sales, so I made up the term 'New Wave' to sell more records."
Oblivious fan lady: "The Talking Heads are the true meaning of New Wave! They represent the ideals of it!"
It's astounding how well marketing works, isn't it?
I was thinking that same exact thing when I saw that. Lol
I used to hate ramen noodles until I played Yakuza and how they are one of my favorite foods providing I get the right brand. I have noticed that I am very susceptible to marketing lol
I respectfully disagree...While Punk and New Wave come on the scene at the same time, Punk was more primal and basic where as New Wave was more sophisticated and dare I say Avant Garde? Just my thoughts …I mean compare early Ramones with Taking Heads and I think you will agree there are animals of a different color! Of course both styles and bands came from CBGB's
@@jackallen6261 agreed, talking heads was never actually 'punk.' they were more like post punk which is more like new wave. folks like to get cynical over marketing labels, but they are often helpful to the uninitiated.
@@rillloudmother Yes! I completely agree with you. Post punk is actually a better term for them.
I cannot think of a more creative, original, experimental, talented band than The Talking Heads! They rock!
I so appreciate his sound. Its so playful and rule-breaking. Creative, exciting, smart!
no "the"
It's 'Talking Heads' lol
One of the greatest bands ever.
"Life during Wartime" still holds up.
One of the best songs in music history.
To me it all holds up still (most, anyway) everytime I listen to this Band it still sounds fresh to this day.
Man Tina Weymouth shines like no other on that tune. The whole things would fall to pieces without that heartbeat.
Now this is how to cram a 15-year career into 30 minutes - excellent documentary!
Apollo C. Vermouth yes it was i just wish they cast a little bit wider net about their influences but again this was very very well done in fact amazing
Yeah, and totally treat Jerry like a hired hand. What did his intro get, a sentence?
+ Advanced Raymondology Good point, but it's not pretending to be in-depth. Why not source a bunch of stock footage and make a documentary on Jerry Harrison's creative contribution?
Apollo C. Vermouth Why don't I? Or you mean in general? I hope it's the latter, or that's pretty silly. Any criticism of anything, yeah, well you go do it better then. Haha. I'm not a documentary filmmaker, man. And anyway, it's a four member band. I don't think giving Jerry's arrival more than two seconds is asking much. But otherwise, I enjoyed it a lot.
Did you have something to do with the production? You seemed to take my comment pretty personally.
Uh, OK.. no need to take it as a challenge. I'm just saying these people slapped together available footage to make a highly entertaining doc, and anyone who thinks there's something missing could do the same.
Tina Weymouth is my HERO. The whole reason I picked up a bass guitar was because of her amazing talent and beauty.
David Byrne (and the others) are a reminder that being weird and socially awkward is COOL!
ABSOLUTELY!! 🙌🏼
It's like 60 minutes on Acid
Haha, I know that reference. Classic interview of Byrne interviewing Byrne.
And you never had the makings of a varsity athlete so what of it
@@itsallgoodman4108 Fuck off uncle jun
What do you think happens if you get too far from your house?
generation x were such innovators
No band has ever crystallized their essence as perfectly as Talking Heads did in their Stop Making Sense Concert video.
Maybe the show. I saw it.
This Must Be The Place is one of my favorite songs ever.
Some friends performed it for our wedding. It was magical.
I do agree that Stop Making Sense is probably the best live show ever filmed. And this band stand proud as important movers and shakers in future musical movements. David Byrne is a visionary, and Tina Weymouth is the Goddess of Bass. The band as a whole were of course just a great unit and any one of the members not being there would have destroyed the sum of all the parts routine.
Well done with this instructive and concise documentary, Top Job Squire xxx
David is a musical genius. most dont know he wrote the score for the opening ceremony for L.A. olympics. truly an artist.
"Stop Making Sense is probably the best live show ever filmed" -- sorry, that is an exaggeration.
Want one example of something better? How about Woodstock?
@@kvernon1 imagine getting mad about someone's opinion
@@kvernon1 Woodstock is more of a music festival with a wide variety of artists, like Band Aid. Stop making sense is the best live show when it comes to one band or artist.
Goddess of Bass ? ... I love Tina M8, but let's not exaggerate, she started playing the bass in her early 20's, now if you say Carol Kaye,or Esperanza Spalding along with Meshell Ndegeocello, and of course Gail Ann Dorsey ! I can say right on , Tina is in the top 20. (PS) I have been playing Bass for 29 yrs :)
On the 6 th June 1977 I went to Roundhouse , in London ,to see The Ramones and Talking Heads . Best gig ever.
lucky bastard. although I did see alan vega perform there in 2007
seriously? that's insane
I mixed music at CBGB's during the week (Small PA) there were at most about 15 to 30 people, 99% of the other bands were horrible (The Cramps, Steve Bators etc) the first time I heard the heads I was blown away this was something totally original at that time, They were light years ahead of the other mindless punk bands, although a bit rough technically their originality just stood out I was so lucky to be there before they got a record career, David I told you you were something special.
The cramps were great..
Stiv bators was a sick frontman…
The cramps were great
Television was one of my favorite CBGB bands!
Psycho killer was something different. It touched the heart of the human experience. When it was recorded I think they had no idea. Take me to the river even more so. Very talented musicians.
First time I heard their version of Take me to the River, I went straight out and bought the album (Mors Songs about Buildings and Food I think)
The T Heads 1977 was SO FAR AHEAD of what was played by other bands at the time. True artists.
The 1977 album was actually recorded in 1997 and shipped back via a time machine
Isnt the album just 77, isnt it technically just "77" By the Talking heads
long hair david byrne makes me uncomfortable
Ha. I thought so too. I just need him to be geeky and smart. I wouldn't enjoy seeing him on a Harley, or with a bunch of tatoo's either. I'm shallow minded
@@nickzee7723 what a narrow-minded bigoted piece of shit.
@@nickzee7723 and here I was thinking that he looked like a hippy
Thanks for telling me that my sense of men's style and grooming is homophobic.
LMAO
hobbified You must be part of that tolerant Left we hear so many great things about.
For those who weren't around then, you just have to trust me when I say that the videos for Little Creature (e.g. "Road to Nowhere") were vastly more impressive than how they appear in this documentary. The visual styling had a major impact on music videos, and they were technological tours de force.
Tours de force ;-)
@@stephg8445 Corrected. Thanks. :)
The music video for road to nowhere is still one of my favorite videos ever
They always were, still are, and will always be my favorite band.
That's because you have excellent taste in music. Cheers !
Speaking in Tongues has been my favorite road trip album since it came out. I can drive for hours with it on continuous loop. My family on the other hand.... not so much! Been looping it since it came out!
Spud, I am so happy you like that album. I love that record too (I had it on vinyl LOL!) I saw the Speaking in Tongues show live. I've seen a zillion bands over the years; and loved lots of them. But that show....it is still the best show I ever went to. They played so long. They sounded so tight. We danced so hard.
So Speaking in Tongues wasn't your favorite road trip album before it came out, then?
Pfft. Where's your loyalty? How could you do this? Have you no shame, etc?
LOL I wasn't cool enough to buy the album before I saw the show ;-) Although I had their other records, I just didn't have that one yet.
+Karen Kluttz Karen, you kluttz! I wasn't speaking to you! But hey, now that you're here, what are you doing later?
My 3 favorite David Byrne/Talking Heads travel albums are, Stop Making Sense, Little Creatures and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts.
One of the greatest bands EVER damn I loved these people they had no idea what they set loose but thank God they did. Once in a lifetime yes they are.
Danny Lowe What am I missing? I WANT to love them. I LIKE THEM.
@@mrdave777 There has got to be a way . . .
That girl on bass playing the quick arpeggios had to be convinced to pick up a bass - Big props - you found her calling.
Luv and Peace.
She's had a pretty good musical career after Talking heads. The "Tom Tom Club" was also a pretty creative group.
Tina Weymouth is one of my main inspirations as a bass player. I suggest hearing the TH on a good system with headphones. She shines like no other!
She certainly doesn't shine like, say, Jack Bruce.
Tina was competent. Why overclaim?
offisk dahl
Listen to Chris Squire from Yes.
The very bass player to ever pick up a bass.
There's more to music than technical prowess.
That thumping sound of hers is really great. But as a bass player she's limited.
Ps: Playing-wise most of their songs are not exactly very complicated. But it is one of the last pop bands who brought really great new stuff to music and expanded my horizon. That's an achievement.
Kermit in that suit was priceless
Perfect band, music wouldn't have been the same without them.
I love them, they fucked-up the musical landscape in the best way.
I mean... obviously? Like, it would have been different if it were different.
Not that obvious to a lot of people. A lot of people nowadays don't know who Talking Heads are or how they impacted music
I totally agree. My life would have been different if it wasn't for them I think.
Or they had a profound effect.....just saying from the UK. fledderjohn
This documentary missed out on the understated musical genius of "This Must be the Place (Naive Melody)
Thomas Korn how? It was prominently featured.
18:25 ?
Truly unique. It’s interesting to me how some of the quirkiest people do so well embracing their quirkiness. So creative.
Hi everyone, I'm farthouse, the guy who made this video. I can't remember my password, so using my friend's account.
Just wanted to answer some questions and comments that keep popping up.
1. The end credits song is the Stop making sense version of 'crosseyed and painless' it's on the movie, and the special edition of the album.
2. I'm getting a lot of angry Scots saying that David is Scottish, which is odd because I never mentioned where any of the band members were born. 'From' does not mean 'born in'. The original band formed in Rhode Island, therefore the band (the artistics) is from Rhode Island (Although they were in New York when they became Talking Heads). Sigh...
3. Yes the sound at 5:56 is the windows start up sound which was created by Brian Eno. I threw it in as a little 'easter egg' as the kids say.
4. 'I Zimbra'. So I featured 2 clips back to back from the documentary 'Talking Heads vs Television'. One is of Chris saying that 'I Zimbra' was influenced by Nigerian pop music, then I showed a clip song 'I Zimbra', which happened to show footage of traditional African dancing. I understand that the way I edited it may be confusing, but yes, I know that the footage has nothing to do with Nigerian pop music. If you watched a few minutes later, you would see that I featured a section of Fela Kuti and his influence on 'Remain in Light. And as for the people saying the African dancing is racist... I just don't know what to tell you. You're welcome to message me and explain why.
Thanks for this. Excellent work, fabulous band.
What’s the name of the song briefly heard at 21:19 ?
I can remember as a teenager snorting crank with talking heads blasting. It went perfect with crank lol
Still do
I briefly met David Byrne standing in the ticket line with my sister at Lincoln Center to see The Celluloid Closet.
I whispered to sis, "I think that's David Byrne behind us!"
Sis: "Well then don't bother him!"
Me: "Are you David Byrne?"
David Byrne: "Well, what if I am?"
Sis: "Don't bother the man!"
Me: "I just wanted to say 'thanks' for all the great music we've been dancing to over the years!"
David Byrne: looks down and away.
when was in college i saw the heads at asmall club every weekend for 6 months
One of the few bands that can cause me to laugh out loud. So much energy and always look like they are having a great time. Coolest band ever? I think maybe so.
53 in the fall and still discovering this amazing band. I started in the middle with Little Creatures and am working backward and forward. My band has performed "Heaven" at a coffeehouse show and I loved the head-scratching reaction. Thanks, David!
An old roommate of mine swooned over the chord progression of "Heaven" when he first heard it.
Once they got rolling, Talking Heads were the perfect MTV era band. They got really big with the advent of the music
video. I think that aspect of the band - incredibly visual - worked well in concert but took away from the greatness
and rhythmic sophistication of their music. Watching early music videos made your head explode and took minds off
of the music. Talking Heads’ influence is still seen and heard today, though I doubt there’s any act that can compete
with them, musically. Took me a while to get into what they were really after but they converted me in about 1981, when
I saw them in concert for the first time. Holy shit, how great were they?
When I was a kid, I thought "Once in a lifetime" was the worst song and worst video of all time.
I came to realize that it is one of the greatest songs, and absolutely the greatest video of all time.
One of my favourite bands, awesome lirics and performances! So many great songs...!
If it wasn't for the Talking Heads we'd never have the talking heads.
Talking heads second album 'more-
-songs about buildings and food' was produced by andy warhol.Britain
-'s brian eno worked and produced
-not only the heads but also david bo
-wie.They were one of the more col
-orful rock'n'roll bands of the 80's.
Didn't realize how much of their music I knew. Didn't know how much I didn't know. Dang, they're still brilliant. Did not know the Tom-Tom Club was from two of the members. This could explain why I like them too. So I learned a lot. Fan since 80's college. Their stuff is still just as fresh now as it was back then. We need more Talking Heads!
When I saw them live way back, at the half way interval, Tom Tom Club did a couple of numbers, good times!
Just this morning, I turned a 20-year-old college student in Tunisia on to TH. He's going bonzo! He's loving their multi-cultural influences. Sometimes, it's fun being 62. You get to do things like prove to young'uns that 80s music wasn't all tacky-assted disco.
@@haplessasshole9615 Yeah, us old geezers really knew what music was, didn't we :-)
Discovering Talking Heads album cuts was such an amazing experience. One of the most rewarding reintroductions to a band ever. I only them as a top 40 band and in my naive way thought they were just a commercial band. When I began exploring their music, I was blown away by how brilliant their non-singles work is. That evolution from 77 to Remain in Light is such an amazing progression. Remain in Light still sounds ahead of its time and sounds just as fresh today. One of the most perfect albums ever made. Speaking in Tongues took Remain in Light and made it more radio friendly. After that, they kind of lost their edge, but those first 5 records are amazing.
Little known fact, Genius of Love by Tom-Tom Club was written primarily by Adrian Belew(who played on the Remain in Light record and tour), during some jam sessions he did with Chris and Tina in Nassau, Bahamas.
Many years later and I believe after a court case or two, he was given writing credit.
Saw Stop Making Sense at the Greek in Berkeley. Best show I’ve ever seen for sure.
I have been away for awhile and now I am back remembering how awesome the Talking Heads were.
They ruled the room and had a great run. Seeing them perform outside at UCLA for free before they got huge was amazing. When a band has a visionary who becomes central to its mystique and morphs its sounds and performances by his imagination and will, it is only a matter of time until the inevitable occurs. We're not just talking about another "New Wave" outfit here.
Great documentary. Thanks for that. I love the ending - "Does anybody have any questions?" And then he leaves the stage. Left me laughing.
this is one of the most influential videos I have ever seen, I'm late to the party and too young too remember but, damn this band was and is amazing
Syndusias it was amazing to be aware of this music. Unfortunately, I caught it at the end, but I hit reverse, thank goodness.
This video is one of the best summaries I’ve ever seen. Their music is so inspiring.
As an 80s kid Talking Heads has been in my life since I discovered my passion for music, the music is pretty timeless yet always brings me back to my youth
David Byrne often reminds me of what a son of Fred Roger's might look like.
on acid ;)
@@tdw57 You nailed it, but I love the guy as weird as he is
Sheldon from Big Bang
But Chris talks like him
@@wickedhenderson4497 Agreed!!!
Easily one of the most unique and innovative bands of all time.
The stop making sense tour is absolutely awesome! Rumor is....... they spent all the money they made from previous shows to pay for the dump truck full of coke they use before they did the show..... lol......they must of ran 10 miles during that awesome performance...... wow!
God, I so regret never seeing them live.
Fear Of Music, Remain in Light, and 'My life in the bush of ghosts' during the 80s were in my top favorites and still relevant today.
One of the greatest bands ever
Kudos to the girlfriend pushed into playing bass and getting better and better through the years.
The talking heads had the most funkiest rythem section in music.
There were rythem and blues act's that were not as funky as the talking heads.
Incredible.
I miss them but they have left us a incredible library of music to listen to.
My favorite album is naked.
Funky, yes. Funkiest? no.
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Naked is a timeless gem.
Balls
Erm, name one?
david byrne is doing some seriously epic Solo and collaboratory work... go check that out!
and I love from "stop making sense" in the interview about the big suit... "because music is very physical and often the body understands it before the head"
Convinced TINA to learn the bass ....THANK YOU FOR THAT !!! This band became one of the best DUB influenced bands ...Sorry, I LOVE THE TALKING HEADS !
Got to love Talking Heads, such a great groove... intelligent lyrics, Davids voice, and Tina's bass... damn. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I have always loved this band and admired their courage to do what they wanted musically .E very release produced a hit but the real gems were found deeper into the album. David's clever lyrics kept things fresh, never boring
My favorite song from T H, "Once in a lifetime". " There is water at the bottom of the Ocean".
Kurt Harer You may say to yourself that's not new house....... WELL......how did I get here?......
Water flowing underground ... under the rocks and stones ...
"I'd like to show people the movies. In. My. Head."
"I got a movie in my head! You wanna see it?"
"No, but do you have something to eat?"
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Movies In My Head - The 6ths (side project of The Magnetic Fields)
This explains why Tina's base chords are so simplistic, and still brilliant.
My brother gave me Remain in Light in 1984 for my 18th birthday. My life hasn't been the same since, it was my break from normality, it set a new course for me.
That first picture of David.. wow he looked cute. Never thought of Byrne as a sexy dude, but he definitely had that hot nerd thing going on in the 70s..Really, I adore all the early photos and footage, here. I’ve been a massive fan of Talking Heads for half of my life, and there’s a ton of imagery and clips here that I’ve never seen. 🙏🏼
He's super cute. It took me years of loving his music before I figured that out.
I've seen this post on talkingheadsyoutube comments... seeing it in the flesh now
Holy shit dude. I'm 53 so I was too young to catch the early TH. But I knew every song they ever played. This is phenomenal. I want to see all of these full clips and shows. Jesus Christ on a Bicycle.
53 here too...I was lucky to by the cassette of Speaking in Tongues in 1983 and my life was changed...
Same
16 year old here, can't totally get the influence of Talking Head's music since I'm nowhere near that era but I appreciate the band cause their genre-fusing work sounds so dope
Christopher King 53 here, and happy to have been squarely dipped into the Alt-Punk-Pop scene in the early 80s. Age is no excuse! Dude!
Same age.. same issue. Just starting highschool in 79 and Post Punk and New Wave was a thing by the 80s. but most new wave to me was just cringy Synth-Pop Disco
“We’re not a punk band we’re a new waaaave band”
-Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys
I don't know why I expected a deep-dive of documentary interview tropes, but here we are...
I never thought of the Talking Heads as a New Wave band. They were always very much THE indie band to me. And I listen very regularly to my Talking Heads vinyls ;o)
A very special band. By coincidence, in the summer of 2018 I happened to go to a performance of a play called "The Secret Life of Humans", by David Byrne, in New York City. The title and the theme seemed so Byrne-ian that I thought that this enormously talented guy must have created a stage play too - it would have been no great surprise, really. But the playbill made no reference to Byrne's musical career. It was a marvelous, wonderful play. Only later was I able to confirm that this David Byrne is a totally different person - but also a great talent. I also didn't realize that the play was loosely based on George "Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London", which I read too long ago to have picked up the resemblance.
I just had to mark the audio commercials of Fear of Music and Remain in Light, because they are just genius:
8:35 Fear of Music commercial
11:33 Remain in Light commercial
When *Fear of Music* came out, I heard that 0:15 radio spot so many times, I almost didn't wanna buy the album, because I was so sick of hearing those two phrases!
Was my favourite music during the early 80s. Always the go to for baseball parties. Querky yet powerful.
Grew up on the band and always thought they were great. Been listening again and my mind is blown how way ahead of their time they were. So many proto future music moments where we are hearing extended sections of tropes from genres that we wouldn’t hear until decades later. And the ability to smoothly fuse genres without sounding like gimmicky posers on display is at peak genius level.
That last sentence is 1000% spot-on and ultimately why we're still talking about them to this day
Make no mistake... while the early lean “jittery” Talking Heads would prove to be somewhat difficult to scale up to large venue formats, in a club setting it was absolutely riveting! You’d leave those shoes thinking..WOW!!!
The explanation for the big suit was as priceless as the suit itself.
Played the crap out these albums back in college. Still listening. Just saw Byrne's American Utopia in NYC. Fantastic.
Every good artistic team parts ways with some acrimony. Comes with the territory. THs can rest easy on their laurels. Truly unique, visionary band. Great songs will live forever. They made me want to learn how to dance.
The Talkings Heads were one of the first Alternative Rock bands, back when people just lumped them in under the Punk Rock genre.
"new wave music"
I love the kids singing hey now that’s so sweet
a nice documentary ...
i had an afternoon to burn and was downtown,
on the way home "Stop Making Sense" was playing at Crown Center,
i didn't make the Talking Heads connection but the title intrigued me
once i was watching the film i realized that
The Talking Heads was a group whose music i had listened to
and i really, REALLY, liked
Clearly, one of my favorite concerts I have ever been to was seeing the Talking Heads on their "Stop Making Sense" tour. Just energetic and fun. Especially when David Byrne came out in his huge suit
At 1:15 David Byrne looks like Tommy Wiseau
Naked is one of my most beloved albums.
Always have absolutely adored these incredibly talented individuals.
They were the soundtrack to my early existence, and I'm a better person because of it !! 🗿
All these years later & Remain in Light still blows me away
The Catherine Wheel by David Byrne is an absolute favourite of mine. I couldn't have gotten through the 80's without them all. Also got to see Stop Making Sense in an art theater last year. I'm ready to back again.
You're telling me Johnny Marr played for The Smiths, Talking Heads, _and_ Modest Mouse? That's one hell of a resume!
I got to see these guys in 85 or 86 when I lived in Santa Barbara CA. and worked for the County Bowl, they put on a great show. The energy that David had when he would perform was just amazing, running around the stage, quivering and shaking you didn't take your eyes off him...Super entertaining.
P.S. That was the best job you could ever ask for, so many great shows. Major thanks to my buddy Bob who got me the job.
The breakup doesn't matter to me. It never happened, the way I remember it. I still adore them individually and as a whole.
I remember seeing them interviewed inside the radio station at the top of the Prudential Center or Hancock Building in Boston back in the 70s. REAL early on. I could see them through the one way glass. I was like 10 years old and I thought..."what the heck kind of name is that for a band?" lol
I can't believe I missed out on this band...I recognize a few songs.....but don't really know the music. They are a huge influence on one of my favorite artists it's so easy to hear in their early work. I'm so mad I missed this, its so up my alley....I don't know how that happened 😑
What is that favorite artist?
@Maurice Moss is it not? weird al yankovic 😁 one of the most under appreciated artist of my generation!
SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC! I miss the old days, when music was real and pure.
Love this band, and Jerry Harrison's solo work too !
solarmanhawaii that first JH album is incredible!!!!
What a great video... I absolutely LOVE TH's early music. Edgy and catchy... Remain in Light is the best by far... but 77 is great as well.
They are some of the best coming out of the 70`s. I was growing up to the sound of this great band, and i’m feeling very happy that my 16 year old daughter just found out how cool they (still) are…
Found a Job is probably my favorite. It's so hypnotic and that last 45 seconds is perfect.
This is fantastic! I always felt that you could learn a lot about how a band can grow from just their first four records...
Adrian Belew was Zappa's guitarist!!! He's so fun to watch jumping up and down in a mustard and ketchup colored outfit in a live 1980 performance of Psycho Killer! Talking Heads --we can all agree how incredibly talented and special this band has been to music--creative, innovative, and wow how it changed creatively with the times, especially when they incorporated African and world music influence! Didn't know Genius of Love was from Tina Weymouth And Chris's Tom Tom Club -since we've all heard that sampled in rap, I had no idea it was theirs orginally--but of course it was, they were so original and amazing!
First performance in public was at CBGB opening for Ramones, I love it! ! they had their own fun style that in turn influenced future bands, I love it!
Yes he was, but the connection here is David Bowie! Bowie hired Adrian Belew for his Lodger album, produced by Brian Eno, Talking Head's producer. After Lodger (79), Belew fronted Robert Fripp's King Krimson on their 1980 album. Robert Fripp had done guitar work for David Bowie on Heroes (78), the album right before Belew's work, produced by...Eno!
Obulu (Thank you) so much for sharing this. LOVE learning about how music connects us and my love for Talking Heads, esp "Once In A Lifetime" to my cultural heritage of FELA (Nigerian) to Brian Eno influences
Such a great documentry
Thanks a lot for putting it up on TH-cam 👏