Any Talking Heads heads?

[Sbbruin 21853]

I was a HUGE Talking Heads fan in the 80's.  David Byrne is a musical genius.  But I will acknowledge you either get it or you don't.  Still listen to them often.  My favorite Heads album was this:

It was different than anything I'd ever heard.  And so fucking cool.  The "Stop Making Sense" movie was great.  We got very baked and saw it at a local indie theater.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1I97k6bwtY

I was thinking about this because David Byrne was on Fallon the other night.  Hadn't seen hide nor hair from him in years.

What say surly?

[Horn_Spanker 524]

I get it!  Big fan.

[Tylerocks 2553]

Fan, for sure!

Stop Making Sense is amazing.

And agree that David Byrne is a genius.  His show at White Oak is in my Top 10 of shows seen.

[Horn_Spanker 524]

Snow Dog and I saw them on September 7, 1982 at Fiesta Gardens.  Amazing show.  The stage was basically an oval track that went behind the drummer and David Byrne ran around that track the entire concert.

[marriedup 72]

Had a David Bryne sighting in the wild last year during ACL.  Was biking home friday afternoon during festival, and DB was stopped in the middle of the pedestrian bridge under Mopac - all white suit with cropped pants, leather satchel, fixie bike, - taking pictures of downtown with an old camera. I hit the brakes and thought - wow this is exactly how I'd picture it.  

[BonzoMontreaux 1038]

Got to admit.  Back when they first came out, I was like "WTF??"  They grew on me over the years.   Never get tired of listening to them.

[nolongerU2horn 765]

24 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

I was thinking about this because David Byrne was on Fallon the other night.  Hadn't seen hide nor hair from him in years.

I'm not sure how you could be a big fan and not have heard anything about his last tour. It was universally lauded.

[nolongerU2horn 765]

 

[Sbbruin 21853]

23 minutes ago, nolongerU2horn said:

I'm not sure how you could be a big fan and not have heard anything about his last tour. It was universally lauded.

[Chad Fuck 17682]

8 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Is that why this thread is in Movies & TV, rather than Music?

[tantric superman 4667]

Favorite song in college?

Documentary Now! actually really made me think....post Remain in Light THs was a silly place...

 

 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

One of my top 5 favorite college bands. I still kick my self in the ass for not going to see them on their stop making sense tour instead of spending an all nighter studying for an exam that I can't even remember the subject.

Edited November 22, 2019 by Onboard 2.0

[Sbbruin 21853]

46 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

Is that why this thread is in Movies & TV, rather than Music?

Ha.  Confirmed!  Any mods who can move it?

[BigDHornfan 6548]

I put on the blu ray copy of Stop Making Sense every saturday when I clean the house.  And more often than not, my ass will sit down and watch most of it.     Never gets old to me.

[C-Man 27229]

I am admittedly -- and ashamedly -- late to the Talking Heads party. I realize I've probably only scratched the surface too. Because "Burning Down the House" was my first exposure to Talking Heads, it didn't really grab me in the mid-80's. I was too far into my Cure, Smiths, REM, etc to pay much attention to Talking Heads. Holy crap was I wrong. David Byrne is a genius. My favorite part of Wall Street is the montage with TH's "This Must Be the Place" playing in the background. It works beautifully.

[BigDHornfan 6548]

So damn good.
 

 

[kurioster 66]

Became a fan thanks to Revenge of the Nerds, I celebrate their entire catalog. 

[tantric superman 4667]

In all seriousness, while I did enjoy jumping into the 80s with Remain in Light, Talkingheads debut is still my favorite, and really the only one that to me is I think of putting on the platter now and again of all of their stuff.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town"	2:48
2.	"New Feeling"	3:09
3.	"Tentative Decisions"	3:04
4.	"Happy Day"	3:55
5.	"Who Is It?"	1:41
6.	"No Compassion"	4:47

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Book I Read"		4:06
2.	"Don't Worry About the Government"		3:00
3.	"First Week/Last Week… Carefree"		3:19
4.	"Psycho Killer"	Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth	4:19
5.	"Pulled Up"		4:29

 

It just got to complicated.  The foray into south american stuff was appreciated, I guess, but just depressed me in some ways.

Guess you can't keep the good musicians down. 

[ztejas 43452]

They're great. I need to add some of their vinyl to my collection. 

Lots of mentions of Byrne, Jerry Harrison is also a badass. His '88 solo album Casual Gods has a few great songs, including one of my favorite 80s tracks ever - Man with a gun.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

It all started with Take Me To The River.  It was all peas, and carrots after that.

[Bevo&Pevo 5150]

I may or may not have been feeling rather funny listening to "And She Was".  

[dcbc 14484]

One of my favorite bands!  Good thread!

 

[Nolacycling 893]

I enjoy Tom Tom Club,also

[Nolacycling 893]

I went to The Armadillo World Headquarters for a Talking Heads show. Had no idea who the opening band was... B 52's!

[BottleRocket 646]

I saw him play at The Backyard (original one) in the 90’s. I bought a long sleeve mechanic’s shirt with his record label sewn into the pocket. I think it said ‘LukaPop Records.” Some lucky shopper at Goodwill ended up with it. Still makes me sad I got rid of it.

He played a few nights in Marfa a couple of years ago.

[BottleRocket 646]

Well... thanks to this thread I’m buying back a fond memory...

[qwertyu1234 496]

I saw David Byrne/Annie Clarke live on the love this giant tour and it's was absolutely electric when they played burning down the house, also i remember a lot of people dancing even though it was a venue with no standing room only area /csb

[UTCzech III 2907]

On 11/22/2019 at 10:38 AM, Sbbruin said:

I was a HUGE Talking Heads fan in the 80's.  David Byrne is a musical genius.  But I will acknowledge you either get it or you don't.  Still listen to them often.  My favorite Heads album was this:

It was different than anything I'd ever heard.  And so fucking cool.  The "Stop Making Sense" movie was great.  We got very baked and saw it at a local indie theater.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1I97k6bwtY

I was thinking about this because David Byrne was on Fallon the other night.  Hadn't seen hide nor hair from him in years.

What say surly?

You'll enjoy this then...

Jerry Harrison, Adrian Belew planning "Remain in Light" tour

[Queen Bitch 1692]

I've tried so hard and I just can't get into them. 

This Must Be the Place fucks pretty hard though.

[Prepuce of Doom 21074]

David Byrne is on Seth Meyers tonight. 

So it's a good thing that this thread is in TV & Movies. 

Edited January 7, 2020 by Prepuce of Doom

[Continental Op 3934]

And while we're in Movies & TV, Byrne shows up in the John Mulaney kids show thing on Netflix.  

[Zone Read 299]

Several critics have said that Stop Making Sense is the greatest concert film of all time.  Can't argue with that.

[Ths71 472]

In all seriousness, while I did enjoy jumping into the 80s with Remain in Light, Talkingheads debut is still my favorite, and really the only one that to me is I think of putting on the platter now and again of all of their stuff.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town"	2:48
2.	"New Feeling"	3:09
3.	"Tentative Decisions"	3:04
4.	"Happy Day"	3:55
5.	"Who Is It?"	1:41
6.	"No Compassion"	4:47

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Book I Read"		4:06
2.	"Don't Worry About the Government"		3:00
3.	"First Week/Last Week… Carefree"		3:19
4.	"Psycho Killer"	Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth	4:19
5.	"Pulled Up"		4:29

 
It just got to complicated.  The foray into south american stuff was appreciated, I guess, but just depressed me in some ways.
Guess you can't keep the good musicians down. 

Byrne did the Latin stuff early in his solo career. He did Rei Momo and also released some compilations of Latin artists on his Luka Bop label.
I saw his Rei Momo tour at The Fair Park Bandshell in ‘90. It was great. An orchestra of top notch Latin musicians. Early summer and you could see lightning in the distance from a big thunderstorm behind the stage.


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[number6 12]

 

Stop Making Sense with Bernie Worrell on keyboards .... 

 

[Steamboat1874 4066]

On 11/22/2019 at 5:05 PM, ztejas said:

They're great. I need to add some of their vinyl to my collection. 

Lots of mentions of Byrne, Jerry Harrison is also a badass. His '88 solo album Casual Gods has a few great songs, including one of my favorite 80s tracks ever - Man with a gun.

This !

 

Man With A Gun is as good or better than anything the TH did.

 

[52-80 19159]

On 11/22/2019 at 7:40 PM, C-Man said:

My favorite part of Wall Street is the montage with TH's "This Must Be the Place" playing in the background. It works beautifully.

cheesy post time, but this was our wedding song

[Ths71 472]

I enjoy Tom Tom Club,also

Saw them at the Fair Park Bandshell in ‘90. Escape from New York tour.
Ramones, Blondie and Tom Tom Club.
They played their stuff, some of Harrison’s solo stuff and some TH stuff. Genius of Love is one of the coolest songs ever.


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[Ths71 472]

One of my top 5 favorite college bands. I still kick my self in the ass for not going to see them on their stop making sense tour instead of spending an all nighter studying for an exam that I can't even remember the subject.

It was pretty special. After the show my wife was convinced Byrne was an alien sent to earth to teach us about music.




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[High Plains Drifter 11049]

On 11/22/2019 at 10:54 AM, Horn_Spanker said:

Snow Dog and I saw them on September 7, 1982 at Fiesta Gardens.  Amazing show.  The stage was basically an oval track that went behind the drummer and David Byrne ran around that track the entire concert.

 

I was at that show.