Talking Heads - 02.Heaven

[gards2]

always fancied Tina, then she married that geek drummer grrrrr

[waterloo2003]

this could be the anthem of end 70's and 80's..love you Tina Weymouth forever...your funky bass rymed all along my days to grow up..xxx

[geothehitman]

GREAT!

[marsvoltaguy]

beautiful

[geothehitman]

too right

[darcsaster]

oh..just read the initial responses. It's so mean she was off stage. hee hee

[darcsaster]

the harmony from/with the anonymous backing vocals is of course what makes this such a magic tune...I get it why DB had her in the back, his sense of humor. But holy $%^@ she really did justice to his chord changes eh!? Who was/is she?

[Inveridiot]

THE BAR IS CALLED HEAVEN!!!!!

[xrockangelx]

Aagh! Oh my gosh, I had totally forgotten how much I love this song!

[134being]

Heaven is NOW!

[dumpkinson]

be kind to silver and he will respect you

[colinslimline]

Its a toss up between this and songbird(fleetwood mac) as to which song im going to get buried too. Both are beautiful.

[taniajosefa]

how about 'and she was' ?

also talking heads .

great song to get buried to .

[goaholix]

so nice!!

i love the youtube-community!

let peace rule

and heaven is in reach!

love & light,

[Diimpy]

Lol look at the Tina Weymouth's head at 0:11 she suddenly grows a pair of white eyebrows which dissapear almost instantly xD

[SenorSlopez]

WOAH wtf! I saw it too! That's weird.

[piorgus]

It's deep ! "Everyone wants reach heaven". I loved it.

[sixstringfender]

I wonder who was the back up vocal. Just about the best song I have heard in a long time.

[PantsSquad]

I actually went and saw this film at the Library of Congress a couple weeks ago and they actually never show the person doing the backup vocals.

[pinheadsen]

Not the most original Talking Heads song, but Talking Heads is the most original band ever in my view. Name one band that is or were as innovating as them? They sounded like nothing else!

[RedBreenie]

"...heaven is a place where love is...! Fab song!

[artikal]

this tune is sex

[CROMPTON761]

My favourite song

[Sauron338]

Dude, Tina Weymouth is one of my favorite bass players. Right up there next to John Taylor, Flea, and Steve Harris, at least in my mind...

[F22RaptorSquadron]

Don't forget John Entwhistle. Man is a legend.  Tina is great too though :D

[angryadams]

Stop Making Sense is the best live rock gig on tape period. Talking Heads wouldnt be my number 1 favourite band, i do like them a lot though, but this gig is extraordinary.

[kiwiaress]

Yes, This one moves even me! Go David B.

[svennar1]

so !@&# good

[GiveAwayThePlot]

Just covered this song at 4:30 in the morning..ha.

Come check it out, it's one of my all time favorite songs....

[Snarlez]

Yeah great song and so true.

[archiecat989]

It dont get any better than this,,,,,huge respect.

[danyella1993]

i love this song ots soooo good

[bubblerings]

Actually, I like how she mixes it up a bit in this rendition.

If she didn't, it may sound too simple/ 'flat'.

Adds character.

[munsterfloyd]

As for Tina Weymouth, she is a great bass player. She wouldn't be in the band if she wasn't. He's playing accoustic here so she has to simplify her style to suit the song. Otherwise the bass would dominate the song and the song would suffer as a result.

[munsterfloyd]

Saw this concert in the Capitol cinema in Cork, when it first came out. The whole cinema got up and danced in the isles. Amazing concert, fantastic band.

[Inveridiot]

the greatest band EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEver!!!

[pigyob]

I fucking love Talking Heads and this is the perfect concert

[eclecticbgirl]

yes it is, pigyob.

[mackgrout]

Flame away youtube trolls... hahahahahahahahaha! Talking heads are the shit, regardless of whether or not you think the bass player drags, or is playing with the wrong finger -- they are a band, and a great band, I feel it is unfair to judge them individually. Plus, it is hard to play with a singer/strummer and no drums! Maybe she is trying to keep it from rushing

[Shroomseleven]

I disagree with the comment about her bass playing. In this song, she hangs deliberately off the beat by about a sixteenth, it's what gives the whole track it's helpless, eventless flavour, hence the marked look of concetration on her face: whilst she technically leads, she also has to follow Byrne's playing.

[davideirth]

Exactly right, it's called back beat, you play behind the beat to create tension with the song.

[ROCK5LIN]

Better than the album version.

[Shaybot]

Okay, I love the Talking Heads, I love David Byrne, Tina, all the band.

But one thing bugs me.

They're all awesome composers, but Tina is a terrible bass player. She just can't seem to grasp interchanging strings, and she plays her E string and A string with her Thumb (Whereas not a terrible thing) she is terribly sluggish on changes on strings.

And no, I'm not hating, she plays some great stuff, just not well (From fellow bass player PoV)

Flame away Youtube trolls.

[jdodd82]

I don't agree.

(From fellow bass player POV)

[shannpe]

I agree, Tina is to bass guitar what Ringo is to drums!

[SlyVictim]

Byrne did say that all the members of the band were miles apart, musically.

[lonfia]

i dream of heaven!

[TheDancingRaikage]

I love Tina Weymouth :D :D :D :D

[chiamamenestore]

Splendida Lina al basso!

[betashure]

Tebgo una copia en VHS de este concierto STOP MAKING SENSE que compré en un viaje a Madrid hace ya más de una década... Y aún me sigue fascinando e

inspirando.

Jonathan Demme y Talkind Heads, IMPRESCINDIBLE.

[betashure]

Fallos de ortografía por doquier...Imaginaos que escribo casi a las cinco de la mañana.

Imaginaos que el cielo es un lugar donde nunca sucede nada...

[rockaires]

Byrne is one of the few true genius of last century in the music world. Peace.

[classof80extant]

my favourite version, by far

(desert island play list)

anybody know whether Edna or Lynn took the back-up?

[phausser]

What concert is this from?

[CokeMachineGlo]

This is from the STOP MAKING SENSE concert movie. The entire concert is incredible, you should go pick it up on DVD or CD.

[otherjacko]

Lovely.

[beaglehowl]

My favorite Heads song.  I MISS THEM!

[trollfinger]

You hear the new Eno and Byrne album ?

[tinnycringe]

"a place where nothing ever happens."  Dude's a great philosopher.

[egomeme]

Talking Heads defining moment.Brilliant

[crodgee]

It was one of the brides from funkenstein. basically either Dawn Silva and Lynn Mabry. absolutely beautiful voices.

[mookao23]

Oh, ok=)

[mookao23]

Where are the backup vocals coming from? Tina doesn't move her mouth once. I wonder about what else in this movie is just coming from the sound board.

[Svippong]

I'd assume they are singing backstage. That is not an uncommon technique. As far as I know, only the first number is pre-recorded.

[sydneyconfirm]

it's only an 808 drum machine and byrne playing/singing along. *technically* not pre-recorded. ;)

[loplop60]

die eric burdon version ist eindringlicher

[baadpuddytat]

their most sheerly gorgeous song ever. the album version is heartbreaking.  so simple; so magnificent.

[ramblinalways]

k, i meant "later" not "earlier", see kids this is what comes with age. gettin old sucks!

[giantplanet]

Thanks to aliensatemybrain2 for sending .Stop Making Sense 5 stars

[ramblinalways]

does anyone know when/where this was recorded. It looks a lot like the orpheus (sp?) in Boston bout 81 or 82. I saw that concert, but gosh for some reason just don't remember all the details, except of course that it kicked ass and took me a few days to recover. in college at the time. Anyone?

[spuzzum888]

It was shot at the Palladium on Sunset boulevard in LA in 1984

[ramblinalways]

thanks. a little earlier then I remember the concert in Boston, but just awesome. awesome. thanks again.

[loveyoutodeathbut]

There aren't enough stars to rate this video.

[meredumais]

Who's doing the back-up vocal? Clearly not Tina...

[NYisontop]

That would be guitarist/keyboardist and back-up vocalist Jerry Harrison. He remains off camera for this song (his instrument isn't used - just Byrne's guitar and Tina's base). He enters at the end of the next song, "Thank You For Sending Me An Angel".

[lagowski]

Jerry H has a voice like a woman does he?

[adrianaekielska]

i went to this club called heaven cool place

[diane189444]

I think they are great...he is really good.

Thank you

[adrianaekielska]

can anybody send me somehow version of this song from philadelfia?

[zuton100]

heaven

[karanatrv]

Can anybody give me the Q lazzarus version of this song.... this was a part of the philedelphia ost ... but i never found that version... I ll qwe u one for life

[therealthomas]

whatever your orientation is,

this song is awesome

[equifilibricum]

When you find a bar called heaven you'd pretty much have to go in whether you were gay or not.

And if you were a songwriter I don't see how you could not write a song about it.

Are there any bars with a better name than heaven?

[dullath]

haunting, isn't it

[shmooieshmow]

i wish this song to be my funeral song ... along with others. i love talking heads so much. they remind me of my family every time i listen to 'em. we all always sing along to the tunes but, this one's the heart wrencher! cheers and much, much love to eveyone! hugs! :)

-louie louie

[gitsirius]

Just so you know " heaven " is a gay bar. That is what the song is about.

[bckm54]

My band and I played this in the mid-80s (I forget which year) at a benefit concert for an AIDS hospice in a NYC bar. I sang lead vocals and our woman guitarist (we had three guitars, I was rhythm only, and we had two leads, one man and one woman, who swapped off lead roles depending on the song) sang backup. The crowd was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Then they started waving lighters and I almost cried it was so beautiful. What a great song, an all-time classic.

[gmansi]

Fantastic!

[TheDentist27]

this is the song for my funeral

[hemlockgourmand]

Mee too! oh, me too!

[joeltietzer]

this is the most beautiful song. i dont care what it is about but it makes me remember a time in my life and i love that time. i put my emotions into this music and that is why i love it. perfection in imperfection.

[BazzariusDe9]

This wakes me up on Saturdays!

LOVE IT

[SybeSatellyt]

Great performance. Too bad Lynn Mabry wasn't on-stage next to them.

[jts001]

Really great - thanks for posting. This was definitely the highight of SMS for me. Is Tina awesome or what? I would love to see footage of the full electric version of this track.

[kunghasse63]

Pure magic!

[3691grass]

Has this ever been supassed ? I mean this very performance.

[jwf27]

very disappointing only bad song ive heard him sing pick your game up a bit old fella

[oysteranatomy]

i agree. however, the studio version is a little better.

[sefluent]

Yer probably just really into god.

[Blacklamass]

Ah man, fantastic.

[drewlsy]

When does Tina do that voodoo/pogo/80's dance? I think it's later when she does the Tom Tom Club bit w/ her now hubby, Chris Frantz on drums. "we lost our heads when we took cocaine". Muh, hummideh, muh hummedeh...

[Pkmink]

"at EXACTLY the same time"

[bigslimcdub]

I wonder if they overdubbed the female vocals on this because I don't see her singing the part. This song is really relaxing.

[watchstrap1]

one of the backing singers sang backstage lynn mabry i think .had something to do with continuity as they came out later in the show

[trollfinger]

I don't think that's Tina. I can't remember their backing singers names.

[ePhilosopher]

pintilism is a placid point to, up, look. one said there was look, there's a dead bird. they looked up. my favourite soup, must be a soup, with lentils are happenin'

[pumapele]

the name of the bar is called heaven...........heaven is a gay club in london for those who don't know.songs about getting pissed in a gay bar in london,great song btw

[1293hymc]

i think the song's meaning is more complicated than that...he's talking about how unpredictability is good and a perfect world wouldn't be enjoyable

[pumapele]

lmfao,no hes talking about gay club heaven.

[pumapele]

idiot

[1293hymc]

because that's what someone does when they like a club: they write a song about it and say that nothing ever happens there. and that everyone leaves at exactly the same time. you're right, it's totally about the club, nothing more. especially considering how david byrne's lyrics are always simple and straightforward like that. yeah, that makes sense.

[pumapele]

yes,becuase in the uk when this was wrote all clubs kicked everyone out 1 AM.get the dvd and listen to the band commentary where the band stae what this song is about.......a gay club in london called heaven.

[77pinehead]

I'm ready to die. Well, not quite yet.

[tiberiumdemo]

what a perfect version of a perfect song, needsa heroin to be appreciated fully, lol

[fpertack]

häh?

[r0ck1r0ck2]

tina is kindof sucking it on this song.

i guess i can see why byrne would bitch.

and i'm more of a a tina fan than i am of byrne.

[Jigs1girl]

You are a freak! Tina Rocks on this!

[sclops]

The band look so happy together, I wish they would get back together.

[woodboy747]

talking heads should reunite

[fmanuelcruz]

yes, its my favourite talking heads song too.

very much Inspired!! Never tired to listen it.

[fmanuelcruz]

beautiful song, simple but beautiful!!

From the albun "Fear of Music", about 1979 i think!!

[Leanne60]

Awesome. The whole concert is. She sure reminds me of Marianne Faithful. Beautiful song. Thanks for post.

[niceandeasygeorge01]

Watching this video as a young lad made me want to pick up the guitar.

[deneifeltoren]

the perfect song. I saw a cover of it once, then new this is the only way it should be performed. the "Stop making sense" way.

[cuculainn57]

this is my favorite talking heads song...i saw them in Berkeley and it is one of my all time greatest gigs...bravo...

[KingCast65]

That was so beautiful. I've loved and followed this band since I was 14.

That would be since I heard of them, basically, in 1979.

[yegnom59]

Wow I woudnt be playin music if it werent for Talking Heads respect from Hoovers and Sledgehammers the ultimite Talking heads fans

[winnentoe]

f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c-!

[noir068]

i love (and album stop making sense);)

[stefymarty]

the best

[baadpuddytat]

my "favorite song" from "fear of music"--so haunting, chilling and gorgeous.

[encorra]

i do absolute agree, brilliant song!

[deyoungparker]

Anyone know who's singing the beautiful backing vocals? Obviously it's not Tina.

[bellinghamster]

The Brides of Funkenstein were backup singers on that tour.

[pfonyt]

bellinghamster is right!

At this moment Lynn Mabry (a.k.a. The Brides of Funkenstein) is still offstage, but she sing the chorus of this fantastic song from the backstage.

There is another backing vocalist, Ednah Holt, but she doesn't sing on this one.

[FeodorMikhailovitch]

it's kinda funny to have the backing vocals offstage when you think about it. The way they did show was very much what you see is what you get, like in for some purist film makers, only playing music when the musician/music players were being being filmed.

Anyway, I was at one of those concerts in Providence RI (sept 1982). Anybody else still alive?

[FeodorMikhailovitch]

make that 1983.

[Ben5039677]

the first time i heard this song, i had to replay it over and over again i liked it so much

[mmiaxx2002]

ah, heaven is spread upon the earth, and you guys just do not see it. oh, well

-god

[kiwi2u]

please go away

[mabarmabar]

one of my favorite songs...just great!!

[Leanne60]

i have this tape, and this is the best song on it.

[alxm79]

shit hot!

[Apjooz]

What came to my mind was: "Play it one more time, play Paranoid".

[AlexanderChatzakis]

Rispacta to Kkkkklf for posting this video.

I love this song.

[Pandemic16]

Dude they are brilliant! look at my taste music!!1 I include all types of rock even things you cant place in this genre!!!! Love this song!!!! asdfjkbwhjitugjklgjbhoigujhbh

[ponkey71]

mint

[FFGM1973]

Tina:ADN

[ekimshield]

i've been to heaven quite a few times and believe me -- stuff happens!

[phototrip]

i was just watching "stop making sense" dvd!

amazing song

thanks for uploading it :)

[mmiaxx2002]

tina is the glue in this group, look closely

[willwat25]

what does that mean?

[DamNationDiplomat]

Bass is the center of the music. It's a rhythm AND a melody instrument, so it ties the leads and rhythm together. I'm a bassist, so i guess i'm a bit biased, but bass itsself seems like the glue to me.

[barnyardstory]

I agree, plus Tina is kinda hot.

[hanscarter]

I will guarantee you that drummers, guitar players and lead singers will say the same thing about themselves. No one ever talks about the cowbell player!

[ag3nt00sexy661]

im a guitar player and bass is rhythm and melody... its true. drums follow bass guitar follows drums thats the way it is.

[oleshatterbutt]

"Heaven" is a bar in Pittsburg

[mgshave]

Damnit!!!

That's pittsburgH

[Jigs1girl]

I really hope that when I die and go to Heaven, that David Byrne is God! Because I am worshipping him now!

[guziboy]

Thanks!  I have been thinking about this song a lot lately. One of my favorites.

[solutionz99]

Righteous

[tubaraoesoeu]

Beaut

[hanscarter]

iful

[cnocan2007]

Just great.

[KARLITOS61]

My favourite song by TALKING HEADS.

"Heaven" a great classic.

Simply beautiful. To listen always!

[veintemil20]

Impresionante. Gracias, David y gracias Tina.

[mrhjsimpson]

What a song! Always loved it and always will.

[powhatanbud]

It's amazing how simple songs expres the complex.

[chrissyman77]

beutiful song' legendary band.

[jackienew]

saw the talking heads at berkeley's greek theatre and they rocked - simply one of the greatest bands ever. period.

[RUSHofbloodtomyhead]

this song always makes me want to cry...i never do of course, but if i were going to cry, the background music would this song

[354sd]

my name is Ben and i am 7 years old,and I love this song.

My dad plays this all the time.

[354sd]

keep it up mate

[betashure]

Calidad de imagen y sonido inmejorable.