I've been going to live shows and collecting recordings of them for 25 years now and this show stands as one of my alltime favorites by any band ever. A groove deeper than the abyss and guitar wilder than the gales of a storm at sea. Most art that was cutting edge in its day seems relatively tame decades later, but a masterpiece like this still seems completely fresh to my eyes and ears. Amazing and superb!
a great band! cutting edge even now! Adrian a creative force! Check out his work with King Crimson on the Discipline, Beat and 3 of a Perfect pair era. Theres live stuff too. But the Heads are great! David Byrne!
I now have two favorite bands that I now adore equally... DEVO AND THE TALKING HEADS!!! Once in a lifetime, you've got to ask yourself... are we not men?
One of my top five favourite bands of all times. NO DOUBT. And the footage from this concert is a total trip. To have been born in another decade..... sigh.
Was just looking for a vid to match up with the song on my Ipod. Christ on a crutch! Adrien Belew with the heads in the 80's? Just like on the original release? My face has been rocked off.......
@vinvanveen Sorry, that's Dolette, not Nona. Dolette is very easy to look at, but I remember Nona. Ms. Hendrix had a body that could make a preacher fuck up.
fuck kids who try and relate Radiohead to Talking heads, if anything mention sonic youth. Fuckin hate when kids always bring up radiohead and nirvana and bands like that.
Born in 1972... Momentary had this love for TH.. And now... Again BIG eyeopener... This band is just ROCKING-swinging----> everything in this... I like to dance!! ;)
The chorus in this performance sounds so goddamn epic. The sneering guitar... I totally love this. Too bad I wasn't born earlier. I will always blame the fucking stork for it
I first heard Adrian Belew when he was with David Bowie on the "Stage" live album, and was absolutely stunned by what he could do with an electric guitar. He was a perfect fit for the Heads' expanded line-up as well as with King Crimson later.
Actually Adrian started out as a studio musician as far as my recollection goes. The first time I ever heard of him was with Frank Zappa. Crush all boxes tour 1979. But he did play these leads between 82-84 with David, Tina, Jerry and Chris. I love the Twang bar king. I also saw him with King Crimson. Tony Levin was slapping the bass. Bill Buford and Robert Fripp accompanied with the guitar.
Not at all, mate ! I am a music addict, I simply know my stuff and I do know Adrian Belew since 78, even saw him playing live with King Crimson in 1981. Don't need fookin' Wikipedia to add my own messages...
I remember listening to this crap when I was like 13. I'm not over it now and I will never be over it. David Byrne is my poet. I want to be at this show.
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never turned pop? where have you been, thom yorke recording with Bjork? No suprises? stuff it anyway , this is a talking heads video. More art inclined than an agit pop band, albeit the similarities with gang of four (being robert fripp's backing band and all)
God damn...this is just amazing. Talking Heads live is something that is probably never going to be replicated. The percussion is like a heartbeat. You can just see it flowing through all the musicians. Stunning music.
I agree completely. I saw both of those tours live at Red Rocks in Colorado and THIS band and concert was MUCH better musically than Stop Making Sense. The latter was more caught up with the visuals and Alex Weir is no Adrian Belew. And, in the Remain in Light concert I saw, Nona Hendryx joined Dolette McDonald on back-up vocals. THAT was super-charged.
No doubt! As much as I love Stop Making Sense, in my opinion, the definitive polyrhythmic Talking Heads "live" album is the "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads". I'm talking about the Central Park Show. I emphatically state that you must also listen to "the Great Curve" from "Remain In Light" . I assure you, there are no words to describe awesome power and beauty of the Adrian Belew solo coda . Check it out.
i think i like this concert more than the stop making sense film. it's more raw and feels less synthetic.... i love the sound with adrian belew and 2! bassists...
If anyone out there has 5.1 surround (with full-sized surround speakers, ideally), the dual-disc version of this song is absolutely incredible, and I HIGHLY recommend getting it. Best surround mix I've ever heard (surpasses even the Flaming Lips' surround mixes, and in my books, that's something! :)
it's on the Remain In Light DualDisc - one side is a CD of the original album (plus bonus tracks) and the flip side is a DVD of the album in 5.1 surround. I can't say enough good things about the 5.1 mixes - they add a whole new dimension to the songs, and Houses In Motion is a standout in particular. Hope you can pick it up!
A close COUSIN? Radiohead didn't even start to exist until 4 years after Talking Heads ended. They may have been influenced but I really don't hear it at all. Radiohead is Green Day by comparison to talking heads
Hey man- uncalled for! Don't get me wrong- NOTHING can touch this- just Radiohead is rather beautiful, too, in a very different way- give them another listen. (AND, they never (yet) turned pop, broke up, or the likes, unlike certain others. Dammit, DB! Why?)
@BabyWetsAllNight Uh, Radiohead is a great band, one of my favorites of all time. So is Talking Heads, but comparing the two is a bit silly, because they sound nothing alike. Thom Yorke is obviously a huge TH fan, but I agree with you that there is hardly any TH influence to be heard in their music.
@kucharek01 i agree, both great bands, but even if he didn't influence him, Belew definitely anticipated A LOT of Johnny Greenwood's approach to the guitar, particularly in it's relationship to the arrangement.
i dont know why Remain in light would disagree with me, ive never compared the work of Talking head with the work of Radiohead. Buildings and foods and 77 arent better than Ok Computer, and i think that Fear of Music is better than those two TH albums youve just mentioned. I agree that the Bends is a great album but Ok computer is much better, the best album of the 90s in my opinion. And its rather harsh to call kid a a subpar album...
@BabyWetsAllNight Talking Heads is awesome but Radiohead deserves the same merit. You cannot compare Green Day with Radiohead, it is a terrible insult.
@BabyWetsAllNight oh come on man, i may be young but i have an unimaginable respect for the talking heads while acknowledging that radiohead is genius. Its just a different generation... thats all.
No matter what generation we are speaking of, we must always remember to remain in light...
No one has caught up with this band. Radiohead is named after a TH song, and they get credit for being a close cousin. To this day, this music remains unrivaled.
I was there! One of the most beautiful concerts I've ever seen. I was sixteen, and came from Naples to see the show. By the way, the opening set was performed by the Selecters (a british ska band). But the TH played wonderfully. The whole audience danced all the time, mesmerised by the energy coming from the stage...
Sometime in 75 or 76 my friend saw them at CBGB before they were famous and couldn't stop talking about them. She said they'd be famous one day...she was right! Amazing band, really powerful, unique music.
late entry, obviously...just wanna say that whoever mixed this was/were geniuses! and just think, i still get weird looks when i say t-heads are one of my faves! this is spiritual music!!!
This is the high point of the show for me, everything comes together perfectly and the pacing is incredible. That's Dolette McDonald singing & banging the cowbell, I believe Nona Hendryx did participate in this tour, she's also on Jerry's solo album which he was working on with a portable recorder while on the road. Lynn Mabry & Edna Holt did not appear with the band before the 1983 Stop Making Sense tour. At some point someone should really write a book just about this era of the band.
I did too at one time, but they are indeed very different people both of whom just happened to play the baddest basses ever, have the last name of Jones, and having worked with Brian Eno.
Except it's not Nona Hendrix. It's Lynn Mabry. Nona didn't tour with them, but was on the LP. Too bad. She's incredible. Mabry is a doll, though. I like her.
Lynn Mabry appears on Stop Making Sense live concert, but it's not her in Rome. Byrne introduced the Band on one of the other tracks. Enjoying this one too much to go look.
dude....you don't really 'get' music then. that's too bad. she's a great singer and beautiful to match. also, remember, this is not a mastered studio recording, so, if anything you should be upset with the engineers running the boards who, i'll admit, could have been a little more on point
This is beyond belief. I've probably listened to this video more than 100 times in the last year. It's hynoptic and addictive. So many layers to the music. I've loved the heads for years, but I had no idea they could be this good. Tpat, thanks for posting.
i have a 48 minute concert dvd of the talking heads with this line up from germany 1980 that is great. video quality blows this away. if you have an interest please send me a message via you tube for information on this and many other hard to get cool concert dvd's
This clip is beyond fantasic. It defines the 80´s. I am amazed how early in the decade it was recorded. It´s funky, brainy, knowing, ironic and hypnotic. It is probably my favourite YouTube clip. long live The Talking Heads legacy!!!!
The TH were certainly breaking new ground the entire time they were out there making new music. I saw the original lineup about 6 times in the 70's, but never got to see these lineups where they expanded to include the latin rhythms that Byrne really got into later, and Belew's guitar really changed the sound a lot. Nothing sounded like this then, nothing like it now. It's sad the Tina is voicing the Gorilla's now!, but we all gotta' eat and I hope they are having fun.
I've been going to live shows and collecting recordings of them for 25 years now and this show stands as one of my alltime favorites by any band ever. A groove deeper than the abyss and guitar wilder than the gales of a storm at sea. Most art that was cutting edge in its day seems relatively tame decades later, but a masterpiece like this still seems completely fresh to my eyes and ears. Amazing and superb!
TheMrCompletely 3 weeks ago
a great band! cutting edge even now! Adrian a creative force! Check out his work with King Crimson on the Discipline, Beat and 3 of a Perfect pair era. Theres live stuff too. But the Heads are great! David Byrne!
sonnyjim917 1 month ago
I now have two favorite bands that I now adore equally... DEVO AND THE TALKING HEADS!!! Once in a lifetime, you've got to ask yourself... are we not men?
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beselbic 2 months ago
This is literally the best thing I have ever seen.
cityraintunes 4 months ago
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cityraintunes 4 months ago
I saw Belew with the bears in Boston twice he did a lot of Jimi, it was great!!!
brokemyfender 4 months ago
One of my top five favourite bands of all times. NO DOUBT. And the footage from this concert is a total trip. To have been born in another decade..... sigh.
hahnsa313 4 months ago
Two different houses surround you, around you!
cadivinhal 5 months ago in playlist Talking Heads - Live in Rome 1980
Their best song! I fucking love the chorus, it cuts right through my spine.
whoah1988 5 months ago 3
WoW!
nitrous22ss 6 months ago
damn this was one great live band, saw this incarnation at a hall in Rhode Island, best show I have EVER seen.
MrDeconblue 6 months ago
Busta Jones, Bernie Worrell-- Funky as you WANNA be!
malbuff 7 months ago
perfect famous song - great
wlpdl24562 7 months ago
Was just looking for a vid to match up with the song on my Ipod. Christ on a crutch! Adrien Belew with the heads in the 80's? Just like on the original release? My face has been rocked off.......
gapedhok 7 months ago
thats too much! i'm in super awe!
polymaxx 7 months ago
Pretty sure that's Nona Hendryx, not Dolette MacDonald.
vinvanveen 10 months ago
@vinvanveen Sorry, that's Dolette, not Nona. Dolette is very easy to look at, but I remember Nona. Ms. Hendrix had a body that could make a preacher fuck up.
doozerace 10 months ago
@doozerace As it turns out, you are right. I guess I got confused because it's Nona Hendryx on the album.
vinvanveen 10 months ago
@vinvanveen An easy mix-up, considering both were amazing vocalists that were in mad demand during that period. Man, I loved em' both.
doozerace 10 months ago
fuck kids who try and relate Radiohead to Talking heads, if anything mention sonic youth. Fuckin hate when kids always bring up radiohead and nirvana and bands like that.
Ksimp9 10 months ago
Awesome!
MrYeugene 11 months ago
Most of the suggestive lyrics of Talking Heads will remain for ever: "Tell us a little bit but not to much"
Marvellous performance!!'
Contextcatcher 11 months ago
'Remain in Light' never seems to date..
Lytton333 1 year ago 2
Born in 1972... Momentary had this love for TH.. And now... Again BIG eyeopener... This band is just ROCKING-swinging----> everything in this... I like to dance!! ;)
jesperlundgreen 1 year ago
The chorus in this performance sounds so goddamn epic. The sneering guitar... I totally love this. Too bad I wasn't born earlier. I will always blame the fucking stork for it
whoah1988 1 year ago
I first heard Adrian Belew when he was with David Bowie on the "Stage" live album, and was absolutely stunned by what he could do with an electric guitar. He was a perfect fit for the Heads' expanded line-up as well as with King Crimson later.
kpyng 1 year ago
art in motion
youoregon1 1 year ago
W O W...I saw this band play & I'm still blown away...better than stop making sense
Raymantico 1 year ago
Scary good
divineprocess 1 year ago
and drums
laserguru 1 year ago
Actually Adrian started out as a studio musician as far as my recollection goes. The first time I ever heard of him was with Frank Zappa. Crush all boxes tour 1979. But he did play these leads between 82-84 with David, Tina, Jerry and Chris. I love the Twang bar king. I also saw him with King Crimson. Tony Levin was slapping the bass. Bill Buford and Robert Fripp accompanied with the guitar.
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JODIDOMIZIO 1 year ago
, said the guy that just searched Adrian Belew on Wikipedia.
krileym 9 months ago
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Not at all, mate ! I am a music addict, I simply know my stuff and I do know Adrian Belew since 78, even saw him playing live with King Crimson in 1981. Don't need fookin' Wikipedia to add my own messages...
JODIDOMIZIO 9 months ago
SIMPLY GENIUS!!!!!!
deadhead1620 1 year ago
'psychedafro ultra funk punk' ...how the fuck do you label a sound like this????
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buachailleheid 1 year ago
There is no one comparable
funpau1 1 year ago
I remember listening to this crap when I was like 13. I'm not over it now and I will never be over it. David Byrne is my poet. I want to be at this show.
EventHorizonFotos 1 year ago
wish I was there!!!(but this is also great!!!! thanks for putting it,you make a big fan very happy!!!!
a090006 1 year ago
wish I was there!!!
a090006 1 year ago
wicked!!!
tundradog 1 year ago
90%people are dump,TALKING HEADS 100.000visitors,PIXIES 100.000visitors, LADY GAGA 5MIL
TheOpuzenac 1 year ago
@TheOpuzenac AND.....
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theseeker2k5 1 year ago
LOVE THIS RECORD
durtmagert 1 year ago
Although you endorse 9/11 conspiracy. I love you helplessly for posting this. :D
joveismad 1 year ago
@joveismad - Jove! golly... I love youtube comments. Although you endorse complacency, sloth, ignorance of geopolitics, and a complete and utter lack of even the most miniscule understanding of physics, I love you helplessly for commenting on and listening to the best incarnation of the Talking Heads of all time : D
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krileym 9 months ago
never turned pop? where have you been, thom yorke recording with Bjork? No suprises? stuff it anyway , this is a talking heads video. More art inclined than an agit pop band, albeit the similarities with gang of four (being robert fripp's backing band and all)
ThomasJeromeNewton 1 year ago
You are forgetting Ednah Holt on back up vocals.
painxtreme 2 years ago
BTW, it's AdriAn not AdriEn.
lippyduck 2 years ago
@lippyduck Care?
whoah1988 1 year ago
Great video. Just wish it had that final killer funk-out of the "The Name Of This Band..." version.
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hurthail69 2 years ago
damn this is good footag3. They seeem like they would ahve been amazing live
intothetopcorrupt 2 years ago 2
this is a fantastic version of this song.
DarkDoorFilms 2 years ago 4
amazing!!!!!
yoshino59 2 years ago
I just remind you of the producer of this album. got it?
alpiarts 2 years ago
Smokey:
That, sir, is called inspiration: the ability to seize the day by fucking up.
Israfvel 2 years ago
I LOVE THIS BAND
RKM52925 2 years ago 14
With two bassists and *four* guitarists this could so easily be total nonsense but in fact it's just sublime. I wish I'd seen them live.
SmokeyTheFatCat 2 years ago 4
@SmokeyTheFatCat and don't forget a keyboardist and 2 1/2 *adrian sometimes plays percussion* percussionists haha
boibad12 1 year ago
awesome !!!!!!!!!
zaezen 2 years ago
they should have performed once in a lifetime
nick1137 2 years ago
David Byrne is a musical genius
Mygrassisblue01 2 years ago 4
God damn...this is just amazing. Talking Heads live is something that is probably never going to be replicated. The percussion is like a heartbeat. You can just see it flowing through all the musicians. Stunning music.
Albeleo 2 years ago 4
I have been completely overtaken by Talking Heads' awesomeness so many times now that I officially need a t-shirt.
lizzardpoodle 2 years ago 4
Tight musicianship, can't go wrong with the Talking Heads.
deluxebros 2 years ago 3
Are those seagulls I hear at 5:10? belew is crazy.
davidbyrne77 2 years ago
aw c'mon. david Gilmour was doing that in 1969. However, belew is fucking awesome either way
t00bn00b 2 years ago 2
True. Gilmour is one of the best.
davidbyrne77 2 years ago 2
Not to this extent....Belew invented this style!!
jonasj2006 2 years ago
2:45; Adrian Belew just takes this song over...fucking awesome
chuckybabes 2 years ago
GREAT SONG i LOVED
fyesaotome 2 years ago
radiohead and the talking heads are BOTH incredible! talking heads were just incredible FIRST!
JimmyDiggs87 2 years ago 2
a great gig, but i wouldnt compare it to the album version
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zbouaerg 2 years ago
I knew muy heart, wuz in the right place
klausegeist 2 years ago
chris frantz is so hot! ahh!! <3
drummergirl1025 2 years ago
divide and dissolve
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radiantopaque 2 years ago
most underrated concert band of all time
they just soared in person
hidnusr10 2 years ago
i love these older concerts, but i always can't help but get annoyed by dolette macdonald's voice.
lordzhuge 2 years ago
4:24 are you crazy, all the back up musicians Mr. Byrne picks are truly amazing.
thabizuck 2 years ago
she can sing i'll give her that, but her mic is way too loud
lordzhuge 2 years ago 3
David Byrne had all the levels how he wanted them, I can all but guarantee that.
Tehcarp 2 years ago
this absolutely kills.
why no embed? :(
brandonedge 2 years ago
Genius. And that backup singer is fantastically hot.
Samrohn 2 years ago
I agree completely. I saw both of those tours live at Red Rocks in Colorado and THIS band and concert was MUCH better musically than Stop Making Sense. The latter was more caught up with the visuals and Alex Weir is no Adrian Belew. And, in the Remain in Light concert I saw, Nona Hendryx joined Dolette McDonald on back-up vocals. THAT was super-charged.
Mooseman327 2 years ago 2
No doubt! As much as I love Stop Making Sense, in my opinion, the definitive polyrhythmic Talking Heads "live" album is the "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads". I'm talking about the Central Park Show. I emphatically state that you must also listen to "the Great Curve" from "Remain In Light" . I assure you, there are no words to describe awesome power and beauty of the Adrian Belew solo coda . Check it out.
sashimiman56 2 years ago 2
I saw the Red rocks shows, as well and agree completely.
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zarichw 2 years ago
i think i like this concert more than the stop making sense film. it's more raw and feels less synthetic.... i love the sound with adrian belew and 2! bassists...
quinnpiper 2 years ago 39
Best band ever! I miss that feeling today.
pedemeyer 1 year ago
go ahead
malovepumato 2 years ago
DB and his voice.
iPwnzorz 2 years ago
This is as good as it can get!
jurassic1917 3 years ago
i was at the concert in bologna 3 days before..the best concert i ever seen..really..i was out of my mind for days...
ernestoche4ever 3 years ago
If anyone out there has 5.1 surround (with full-sized surround speakers, ideally), the dual-disc version of this song is absolutely incredible, and I HIGHLY recommend getting it. Best surround mix I've ever heard (surpasses even the Flaming Lips' surround mixes, and in my books, that's something! :)
mikey71 3 years ago 2
Hey Mikey, what's the title of the disk?
FSMORoleHolder 3 years ago
it's on the Remain In Light DualDisc - one side is a CD of the original album (plus bonus tracks) and the flip side is a DVD of the album in 5.1 surround. I can't say enough good things about the 5.1 mixes - they add a whole new dimension to the songs, and Houses In Motion is a standout in particular. Hope you can pick it up!
mikey71 3 years ago
Thanks very much. I have just invested in a decent souround sound so I'll see if I can locate the Dual Disk.
FSMORoleHolder 3 years ago
A close COUSIN? Radiohead didn't even start to exist until 4 years after Talking Heads ended. They may have been influenced but I really don't hear it at all. Radiohead is Green Day by comparison to talking heads
BabyWetsAllNight 3 years ago 22
Hey man- uncalled for! Don't get me wrong- NOTHING can touch this- just Radiohead is rather beautiful, too, in a very different way- give them another listen. (AND, they never (yet) turned pop, broke up, or the likes, unlike certain others. Dammit, DB! Why?)
Ytterix 2 years ago
i know this is a 3 month old comment, but as incredible as they are, radiohead got fucking PREACHY AS SHIT at their live shows.
MattHood 2 years ago
@BabyWetsAllNight Uh, Radiohead is a great band, one of my favorites of all time. So is Talking Heads, but comparing the two is a bit silly, because they sound nothing alike. Thom Yorke is obviously a huge TH fan, but I agree with you that there is hardly any TH influence to be heard in their music.
They both have/had a very unique sound.
kucharek01 1 year ago 12
@kucharek01 disagree tremendously, no point in debating it here
refugeechilla 2 months ago
@kucharek01 i agree, both great bands, but even if he didn't influence him, Belew definitely anticipated A LOT of Johnny Greenwood's approach to the guitar, particularly in it's relationship to the arrangement.
garmonbozia318 1 month ago
@BabyWetsAllNight
Kid A disagrees with you...so do Ok Computer...
DideeKawaii 1 year ago
@DideeKawaii
Ahh but Remain in Light, Talking Heads 77 and More Songs About Buildings and Foods disagrees with you!
P.S Kid A is a subpar Radiohead album imo The Bends is their true masterpiece!!
gideonblackman 1 year ago
@gideonblackman
i dont know why Remain in light would disagree with me, ive never compared the work of Talking head with the work of Radiohead. Buildings and foods and 77 arent better than Ok Computer, and i think that Fear of Music is better than those two TH albums youve just mentioned. I agree that the Bends is a great album but Ok computer is much better, the best album of the 90s in my opinion. And its rather harsh to call kid a a subpar album...
DideeKawaii 1 year ago
@BabyWetsAllNight Talking Heads is awesome but Radiohead deserves the same merit. You cannot compare Green Day with Radiohead, it is a terrible insult.
cmat22 1 year ago 5
@BabyWetsAllNight oh come on man, i may be young but i have an unimaginable respect for the talking heads while acknowledging that radiohead is genius. Its just a different generation... thats all.
No matter what generation we are speaking of, we must always remember to remain in light...
pmschoolsucks 10 months ago
Man these guys were crazy. I just wish I could have gotten a chance to see them live.
theironsuit 3 years ago
No one has caught up with this band. Radiohead is named after a TH song, and they get credit for being a close cousin. To this day, this music remains unrivaled.
reseda69 3 years ago 3
appearantly this was during the bra burning era, hah a.
amandak79 3 years ago 2
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tina weymouth is really lame!
Anyone know if Belew was officially in the band or just a hired gunslinger?
hot4hypatia 3 years ago
Belew was "just" a sideman for the tour (and the record), although he clearly has more presence than most of the official band members. great jam.
mikey71 3 years ago
Tina Weymouth rules!
Romans10Verse9 3 years ago
Tina rules.
reseda69 3 years ago 6
the vocals are *outstanding in this one
minnesotajack 3 years ago
wow
Doom5858 3 years ago
I was there! One of the most beautiful concerts I've ever seen. I was sixteen, and came from Naples to see the show. By the way, the opening set was performed by the Selecters (a british ska band). But the TH played wonderfully. The whole audience danced all the time, mesmerised by the energy coming from the stage...
catelloni 3 years ago 5
I can't seem to hear this enough.
shortminute 3 years ago 2
Timeless artists.
90 years from now, this will still be the shit!
hskrfnatic 3 years ago 7
esto es reggae, aprendan los cafres.
Franterr 3 years ago
this is the best stuff i've ever seen. i've never seen this before, i love youtube.
crap.
spewjackman 3 years ago 4
Sometime in 75 or 76 my friend saw them at CBGB before they were famous and couldn't stop talking about them. She said they'd be famous one day...she was right! Amazing band, really powerful, unique music.
Lehmann108 3 years ago
this concert footage is some of my favorite shit ever! shout out to youtube
feedingmegrapes 3 years ago
did the b-52s open?
jesusiscarl 3 years ago
Can't believe I never saw this before. Absolutely made my day. This is rock history. What I would give to see Byrne & Belew on tour together again.
quakerwildcat 3 years ago
but not TOO much
cracklydubplate 3 years ago
late entry, obviously...just wanna say that whoever mixed this was/were geniuses! and just think, i still get weird looks when i say t-heads are one of my faves! this is spiritual music!!!
kitano0 3 years ago 2
geil !
sirpsycho80 3 years ago
Una delle più belle canzoni dei TALKING 1980 anni di grande musica e di grandi cambiamenti...
cuddy62dj 3 years ago
si ma in peggio
akikkooo 3 years ago
This is the high point of the show for me, everything comes together perfectly and the pacing is incredible. That's Dolette McDonald singing & banging the cowbell, I believe Nona Hendryx did participate in this tour, she's also on Jerry's solo album which he was working on with a portable recorder while on the road. Lynn Mabry & Edna Holt did not appear with the band before the 1983 Stop Making Sense tour. At some point someone should really write a book just about this era of the band.
squonkamatic 3 years ago
I did too at one time, but they are indeed very different people both of whom just happened to play the baddest basses ever, have the last name of Jones, and having worked with Brian Eno.
squonkamatic 3 years ago
Kommentar: Einfach nur der reinste Wahnsinn. Man stelle sich vor, das war vor 28 Jahren !!
fehlofix 3 years ago 2
genau!
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SCGRecords 3 years ago
Except it's not Nona Hendrix. It's Lynn Mabry. Nona didn't tour with them, but was on the LP. Too bad. She's incredible. Mabry is a doll, though. I like her.
FCTV 3 years ago
Lynn Mabry appears on Stop Making Sense live concert, but it's not her in Rome. Byrne introduced the Band on one of the other tracks. Enjoying this one too much to go look.
alfradish 3 years ago
Jolette McDonald(?) He introduces her at 0:37 of Track04 I Zimbra.
alfradish 3 years ago
Dolette McDonald.
squonkamatic 3 years ago 4
GOED GEANTWOORD!
Hasjiesman 3 years ago
I could have sworn Nona was with them at Radio City on this tour.....??
prepostero 3 years ago
that's not grace jones
gkorein 3 years ago
that's not grace jones
gkorein 3 years ago
where did you come up with those names? do you know what Grace Jones looks or sounds like? This is an amazing clip though..
TheRecordPlayer 3 years ago
dude....you don't really 'get' music then. that's too bad. she's a great singer and beautiful to match. also, remember, this is not a mastered studio recording, so, if anything you should be upset with the engineers running the boards who, i'll admit, could have been a little more on point
TheRecordPlayer 3 years ago 2
Seriously, any mp3's of this concert? It's completely awesome.
Spyritus 3 years ago 3
@Spyritus Yes, I want them too. This completely blows Stop Making Sense out of the water.
modifiedcontent 3 years ago 2
sorry that it affects your experience that way. i love the dissonance.
rja958 3 years ago 2
I Ask Myself?Where the FUCKis MOJIQUE (Remain In Light).Love David Byrne and Talking Heads ,great sound ,it speaks with my soul.
Hasjiesman 3 years ago
This is beyond belief. I've probably listened to this video more than 100 times in the last year. It's hynoptic and addictive. So many layers to the music. I've loved the heads for years, but I had no idea they could be this good. Tpat, thanks for posting.
sem3p 3 years ago
Buy Stop Making Sense on DVD. Its amazing.
EdWood2006 3 years ago
That's an understatement. It's the greatest live concert DVD I have ever seen.
AbbotTimmo 3 years ago 2
i have a 48 minute concert dvd of the talking heads with this line up from germany 1980 that is great. video quality blows this away. if you have an interest please send me a message via you tube for information on this and many other hard to get cool concert dvd's
btrjr007 3 years ago
What was the name of the backing vocalist please? She's got a fine voice too.
SmokeyTheFatCat 3 years ago
dollette mcdonald nona hendryx also sang on some songs
watchstrap1 3 years ago
This clip is beyond fantasic. It defines the 80´s. I am amazed how early in the decade it was recorded. It´s funky, brainy, knowing, ironic and hypnotic. It is probably my favourite YouTube clip. long live The Talking Heads legacy!!!!
nexuspexus 4 years ago 5
The TH were certainly breaking new ground the entire time they were out there making new music. I saw the original lineup about 6 times in the 70's, but never got to see these lineups where they expanded to include the latin rhythms that Byrne really got into later, and Belew's guitar really changed the sound a lot. Nothing sounded like this then, nothing like it now. It's sad the Tina is voicing the Gorilla's now!, but we all gotta' eat and I hope they are having fun.
paleobass 4 years ago 2
This is stunning stuff. Love it. This sound is timeless so why not bring it back?
God knows today's music is empty - no one would miss it if it was gone.
cant7think7clearly 4 years ago 4
Yeah the Heads should reform and do the Remain in Light tour again. Travel the world with it.
Now that would be an experience you wouldn't forget.
EdWood2006 4 years ago 5
YEAH!!!!Let Me Know When The Time Is There!Adore Byrne and his attitude,great performer!
Hasjiesman 3 years ago
It sounds that way - but Byrne picked up much of the lyric from a Southern Baptist preacher...
hoss1962 4 years ago