TALKING_HEADS burning down the house.mpg

[DrnkSqrrlProductions]

I've never seen a band look like their having more fun and a grand old time on stage in all my life and I LOVED this song when I was a kid in the early 90's

[taylordavis1234567]

STOP MAKING SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best Rock - N - Roll show ever recorded.

[Kenckaplus]

Wow this is so much better than the studio version!

[strikethebaby]

AWESOME!

[largelucky]

underrated & under appreciated group

[mrdawebb]

David Byrne...the God of sight and sound.

[SSBNG]

damn..nice..g



[mynumberonehat]

how was this the first digital recordings by sony? im not being a smart ass im just curious..

[PTRS9K]

Wait a minute, Oh no, I think my house is on FIRE !

[Lylodile]

Best thing I've ever heard.

[TwigDjango]

The guitar is tuned one half-step up. It's really throwing me off, haha.

[resumil]

@TwigDjango This video wasn't encoded properly, check this one instead:

youtube.com/watch?v=3A6ar44Ece­c

[TwigDjango]

@resumil That makes so much sense! Thanks. :D

[acerrite]

@TwigDjango The whole fucking song is!  Thank god, I thought I was only one that noticed!

[kcleonard]

Start watching this at 3:00 :^)

[rickbangkok]

the buzz was intense that night

[Tidicappahacca]

Capolavoro.

[gabysalter]

I don't think David Byrne did cocaine! Who said that?

[haysc95]

@gabysalter

David Byrne said it.

[jamesa4050]

great song and they are alive!

not much i like better'n this.

[kneapoe51]

Awesome tune. Smokes like a broke fucking stove!!

[sixstringCM06]

HOW COULD YOU DISLIKE THIS??

ARE YOU DEAF??

[DembrowDaren]

My vote for "Best song of the 80s!"

[kevo949]

Cool baby's..........

[cbl1948]

Having the time of their lives - and ours!! They haven't made anything close to this for DECADES. Yes, that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

[jmansens9309]

So thats who invented the shuffle

[Macreadiemst3k]

6 people didnt like this video... i think we should find out where they live and burn down their houses

[cbl1948]

@Macreadiemst3k  Damn right!! SIX fucked up people out of 1,149?? Whaaaaatttt? You must be kidding me. Having an opinion is fine and everyone is entitled to theirs. Still, once again - SIX people out of one shy of one thousand, one hundred and forty-nine?? Oh for God's sakes, give me a break! Who do I suspect couldn't even hum their way out of a wet paper bag or play a single note correctly on any fucking instrument? The 1,143 or the 6? Duh.

[curly437]

Boy, OJ nailed it on that guitar.

[curly437]

Gotta love that Prophet 5 (or a 10) synthesizer!!!!!!!

[AyNoobyNoobers]

their stage presence is astounding

[lighttakesthetree]

@AyNoobyNoobers Wonder how it would be to see this live. Oh wait, it is live!! You said it with the "stage presence" observation. Seldom seen a better time of richly talented performers set out with irony and wit to deliver a killer song and make such a total effort to deliver that performance with the best of everything they've got. This performance is the best of everything.

[HunkyTalkenMonkey01]

After seeing this, I think other bands should consider making crack mandatory.

[fukkit59]

love it,miss the 80*s

[dajesusblues]

Bring on the nasty weather

[jeremycorrieu]

6 people have burning down the house

[TripzDPNG]

ALL HAIL BERNIE WORREL!!



[lemnianetruscan]

why was david skinny? it is lost on me!plesed, do tell!

[curiouscharacter1]

Never saw this before. Thanks so much!

[sk80soarus]

The reaction at 0:26 is because the drummer starts a beat too early! This always bugged me.

[XMIR10C]

The only F***cker possibly stranger than David Byrne is Stan Ridgway

[XMIR10C]

YYYYYYEH hhhhhhhAHHHH - SEXY backup

[ianliam100]

sweet and sweltering sounds... lost in the woods and brung to safety ..by a sound that pounds - burnin' down the house.

[Coxon9]

you can tell everyone on stage is having the time of their fucking lives.

good stuff.

[dajesusblues]

@Coxon9 Trust me, they were. And we who were lucky enough to be there had the time of ours too. Not to mention, tickets didn't cost 250 bucks a pop.

[NufffRespect]

Nice live version =)

[tpaladino]

Amazing. Completely amazing. Byrne is a genius. We'll never see anything like this ever again.

[cbl1948]

@tpaladino You're 1,000% right!! Thank you for such a well written and right on the mark opinion/comment.

[BeeGee1004]

Like, times twice

[civlyzed]

6 arson victims watched this...

[tubeyhamster]

What a great recording.

[RPZ501]

I was 16 in 1983.......great days, great music, shit clothes !!

[msstevie1951]

Unique voice love it! Thanks for this post eggzy43!

[drewzillasaurusrex]

This guy is like the Einstein of rock-n-roll.

[TheBeatles78dinos]

I found this song because of "13 going on 30" and now I love it!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D

[bergice1]

So this is what my parents grew up with...

[bristolcityifcation]

@bergice1 your parents had taste my friend !!! this is still as good as what it was in the day !!

[Astraphobia1]

forget jane fonda's workout.....lol

[davidworley16]

best performance 

[falaqdad15]

3:19 LOL jerry

[sanchy787]

Super!!!!!!!Špon!!!!!!!!



[123LexLuthor]

GOD DAMN IM 47 ALREADY. Damn the memories

[robmadore1]

byrnin' down the house

[ryn88220]

everything put on radio today sucks balls compared to this....

[BeeGee1004]

@ryn88220 U bet

[MegaMuffinMonkey]

@ryn88220 unless you listen to this on the radio

[StJouish]

@ryn88220 It's not like football or baseball when there has to be a winner. It's more like steak and apple pie. No comparison is valid. Each is is fine in its own place at the right time. Just enjoy things on their own merit.

[cbl1948]

@ryn88220 How true, how true. Thank God SOME viewers/listeners on this site have some kind of musical taste and intelligence. To say that there is NO difference between the relative skill level and showmanship of every band/solo artist across ALL the different kinds of music is sheer stupidity and not just ignorance! No, wait a minute, it's idiocy.

[jawpain58]

Talking heads were considered so avant-garde back in the day.........now I realize it was just great music. Bring back the 80's I miss it!

[blank557]

Wish more music could be this smart, cool, and just awesome fun!

[baggypantstoo]

God I'm old too , love this stuff

[Rasoglumsteve]

@baggypantstoo

yes, men

[TheSopranomama]

thanks for uploading man...

[johnnymanero1]

Punk meet Funk!

[gvinoduduki]

El fantasticco! :) anu magaria ra ;)

[TheWylde0ne]

1:52, epic synth rift.

[kernelforbin84]

Bernie looks pissed at :25, like the beat came in too early and he was ready to do some serious cosmic keyboard music

[bikolee]

1983... just 1 year before I got married for the second time. Don't worry I'me done. Heads rule. God I'm old!

[blinkonce]

God I wish music was still like this

[starlinguk]

@blinkonce Word!

[mrshoeshineman]

@blinkonce I found myself thinking the same thing. Lets bring it back

[KbcBerlin]

Music is about energy , this kind or many other kinds infinitely variable to the feel of what you are trying to get over. This is for me full power. Great..

[ACDC640]

this is plain epic

[alanders67]

Thank you for posting a QUALITY HI FI video.

[tarkuselp71]

At 1:55, you can hear chris frantz grunt into the mike

[KbcBerlin]

Yes so thin, so so good.. ..

[mrkoolmarky]

simply wikked sounds!!!! :D *thumbs up* :D

[jazzmann16]

i love white people<3

[darkhorse17]

4 people should burn their houses down immediately.

[dducky30]

This was a GREAT concert. Saw this tour at the Mann Music Center in Philly. Only concert I ever saw that the entire crowd was on their feet and dancing the entire time. GET BACK WITH THE BAND DAVID!!!

[KbcBerlin]

Stop making sense .. see the movie.. One of my favourites with a big cinema sound system..

[divisorplot]

New oil pipeline across north america burning down the house!

[slipknotftw1000]

this wuld be the funnest concert ever to go to no doubt!

[gards2]

I have deep and sorded lust for Tina

[LomtickofToast]

SO awesome

[BLOODKNOT1]

* x 1000000000000

[retisonic]

CHRIS FRANTZ LAYING IT DOWN PERFECTLY!!!!!

[FoxPico]

I hit "Like" just so I can be the 666th like. Love this version of the song. So much energy!

[busajasweyoo]

i mean this guy was running in place on stage whilst playing guitar.....musical genius.

[moon812011]

stop making sense, one of the best live concerts to buy.

[spankladle25]

David Byrne. Funkiest nerd ever. Gives us all hope.

[azsunkist]

David is one of those consumate performers that does his own thing. He is also a performer that has such high energy that he gives his all to the audience. You see that in this video. He is dancing, singing, playing guaitar & the sweat is running off him & he isn't even phazed!!!!

[ripsaa2003]

David Byrne always reminds me of Mclovin

[MonacoBlast]

And now we know why David Byrne was so skinny.

[Kukjavaal]

@MonacoBlast Excessive amounts of cocaine?

[TheQuakerNoRT]

keep telling folk if you're gonna do it... do it hard.

who gotta match? we're in for nasty weather.

[Theharrytuttle99]

Thank U for a Gr8 Version!!!!

[jimn1978]

@PorroFirst--It's from the video Stop Making Sense.

[PorroFirst]

Goddamn this band was good live.. What is this concert - isn't the Once in a Lifetime up there also from the same one? That one is also great.

[jaywind9]

the talking heads freaken rock its like revenge of the nerdsx1000

[Sceicento]

How good is this?!?!?!?

[marciomamachado]

1:05 FUCKING EPIC CAMERA TECHNOLOGY!! O///

[turbodeluxx]

We got 4 Mitch Miller fans here I guess

[artcuda1]

Why did the hot blonde put on Pants??/ WTF?

[gravyboy3072]

Awesome! I saw them August 12, 1983 at Canada's Wonderland (near Toronto). Anyone know what city this footage is from?

[TheBorg333]

david byrne ........ music gooooood

[awesomegilly]

oh my god, i just looooooove it sooooo much......best music to dance about...huppofans know what i am talking about....

[Steve1827]

HD cameras were a lot bigger in 83 1:05

[SupaKayla]

This song makes me jump from side to side.

[HurricanesSkool]

I love black people

[ptlump]

@HurricanesSkool I do too. Some of the most fun I've had has been letting my hair down with black folks. They are rarely as uptight as white people. By the way, this is the best version of this song I've ever heard.

[nightmarechil46]

I fucking love this song, I had it as my alarm clock song for years, it made getting up so much better.

[MembrainJ]

what a performance, would love to have been in the audience for that one

[mcjmetroid]

wayyyy better than the studio.. which I tend to dislike

[MonacoBlast]

SSSSSSSMMMMMMOKIN!!!!!!!!!!!

[ValerioMansueti]

PURE ENERGY!!!!



[santosh3260]

there's rock, blues, new wave, funk, a bit of salsa..man!, this song is the world!

[hitohiso]

脚下炎上

[07scraven]

this song make me wana burn this mother down

[tecdessus]

SHIT !! I gotta get this dvd !!!

[mikhelandrew]

@tecdessus I just got it last week.. Watched it 5 times so far, lol.

[tecdessus]

@mikhelandrew just ordered one :)

[yottskry12]

@tecdessus They gave it away free with The Times (a newspaper if you're not from the UK) about 5 years ago. I got me a copy :D

[tecdessus]

@yottskry12 Hi and yes, I have seen them on Ebay, but I want the remastered version with extras :)

[BradyOrvin]

Awesome awesome awesome awesome

[coolconfuzer]

fighting fire with FIRE!

[XMIR10C]

Hot pussy tonight in my coffee - No sugar tonight in my tea.

[74TT4]

Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees

Burning down the house

... Yes !.

[Ojaidman]

lol 0:47

[warren3427]

That is Rock and Roll!!

[de1hagar]

Better then al the crap what you hear these days

[MonacoBlast]

When this first came out I wanted to burn down my parents house.



[mecca104]

Troll will be trolling. Thank you Portcityperson of teaching every one of these people what is a troll.

BTW Talking Heads kick ass!!!!

[portcityperson]

@mecca104 You are very welcome!  Now they know, and knowing is half the battle...

[nealho]

Bernie Worrell?

[DAVEYBOND007]

Portcityasshole. Fucking ass wipe grow up you retard??

[portcityperson]

@DAVEYBOND007 Another Bieber fan.. Wow, i didnt expect so many to agree with me! Thanks man.. have a good night! And dont worry, his new album is dropping before christmas.. later dude!

[portcityperson]

@DAVEYBOND007 One more point, my fellow Belieber. Yes, Talking Heads were decent in their day, and this song was done really well live...BUT, and this is a big but, probably like yours, they are all synth and pre-recorded. He is probably lip syncing too! They are also a couple of the most pretentious morons in the industry. At least with Bieber, you know there will be no backing tracks or lip sync, just pure unadulterated talent. But you already knew that, did you not?

[andmaketherain]

@portcityperson When is Beiber going to do a cover version of "Burning Down the House"? Just askin...

[portcityperson]

@andmaketherain Great question. Justin Bieber actually recorded "Burning down the house" in July, and it sounds better then the original, but he decided to leave it off of his upcoming album because he feared it would hurt his credibility among the legions of Bieber fans. He also did not want the public to think that he wrote such a terrible song. Hopefully it will appear as a rare bootleg copy in the near future. One can only hope!

[warren3427]

@portcityperson You can only be some Canadiean retard to make such a putrid statement or a 10 yr old girl By the way change your diapers moron

[HawksxRequiem]

@warren3427 Canadians have some of the best education in the world. But, a retard is a retard no matter the race, so drop the "Canadiean," in front of retard, l3rn 2 speel, and grow the fuck up.

=)

Oh, and have a good night.

[portcityperson]

@DAVEYBOND007 So you agree. Finally, someone who knows talent(JB) when they see it. And no I am not american, but I am glad that americans help make true talent like Bieber possible. For that I say God Bless America! Thanks for being on my side dude :)

[coolconfuzer]

fresh.

[Nexusucks1423]

how did music go from this to JUSTIN BIEBER AND REBBECCA BLACK

[yourskull]

STONED AT 0:49

[MrFabotech]

pasados de corneta buenisimos aparte este live esta exelente!!

[MacBubbles]

BEST ROCK N ROLL EVER!

[69HallowsEve]

BEST......VERSION......EVER!!!­

[filsgreen]

Is there a video that has got more energy than this? Hands up everyone who was drumming out on the computer table or trying to dance and play guitar like Dave.

[iwyrith]

if someone didn't know it's from 'stop making sense'

[ShootinItPodcast]

I'm not a music guy at all, but this live show is amazing. I wish I could have been there.

[LiamMacSull]

This is best. Perfect blend of funk and rock.

[twistedtory]

remember this fondly, although watching it now, am reminded how pervasive drug use was back then...

[missyyo]

Thumbs up if you want to burn down EVERY HOUSE

[388fal]

MEAN! love it!lol

[superhep44]

.................I was sixteen then, I owned the vinyl, it was so scratched, finally you heard more scratches than music, but I loved it. today I am fortythree and I would still like to burn down the house, fucking great!!!

[Shankopottomus]

@superhep44 I've got it and it still works. :D

[bid84]

what a band!

[macman237]

MUCH prefer the ORIGINAL 1984 version to this BET version....

[necroleopard]

@macman237 You prefer the ORIGINAL 1984 version to this version from 1983?