Talking Heads - Building On Fire (1978-05-10).wmv

[bajamaqueen]

...well at least she put it on youtube

[bajamaqueen]

did you know that she is my mom? youtube just put this on the main page...

[toopoable]

Why did this not make its way onto an album proper? Coulda been a hit mebbe?

[shewolf418]

I love this song, can someone tell me what its about?

[Halfwood]

Did a little concert history research. If date is accurate, this clip is from an appearance at My Father's Place -- a small venue in Roslyn NY which has since met its demise. Remember being at this show and Brian Eno was in the crowd, having produced the Heads' second album. Remember Eno letting out a small whoop when his song "Baby's On Fire" came on over the house PA.

[k90751]

One of my fave bands. I'm not old enough to have seen them live, so these vids are really a treasure.

[richiebear1969]

Is this at CBGB?

[mrcooperdale]

<3

[lebiew]

\s noton fire

[tucker0071]

One on my fav heads songs.

[XXclaudiaXforeverXX]

my best friend tyler <3 told me this wus his favorite sonqq so itturns out its mine also now! <3

[bluecrow00]

@XXclaudiaXforeverXX that's gay

[nikito370]

Excellent. Monster geniuses.

[flooberbloob]

thanks for this post..I saw them on the english tour that year and they were beyond brilliant despite a mostly indifferent bored crowd. I think Eno and Byrne reached their zenith with Fear of music / Remain in light / My Life in the bush of ghosts. the new Byrne/Eno collab is awful...

[misfitfilmz]

Yea i to will have to agree with that but i can't complain about anything they done except maybe naked... (most of it anyway)

[ampussy27]

3 Classic albums; fear of music, remain in light, and my life in the bush of ghosts

You try and do it!

Eno is great, and so is Byrne

[drybonesband]

I saw them at My Father's Place and Eno was at the sound board. I asked for his autograph and he declined saying: then I'll have to give it to everyone -- I'm pretty sure most there at the time had no idea who he was. But the band was great then and great later,  too. Thanks for putting this up.

[molbystwin]

I was a huge talking heads fan as a kid, a little bit too young and to english and far away to hear their heyday first hand but.... I was in a bar in Leeds north of england and this track was played in some fancy bar and it sounded just magic! i hadnt heard it for like twenty years!! LOVE IT.

[SpookieLoveCookie]

bands should evolve and change

:)

"as long as it moves you - that IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS IMPORTANT"

roger waters

[nicademus666]

Well, after Stop Making Sense (which I saw live @ The Greek Theater in Berkeley) and then True Stories, I just had enough of Byrne's narcissism. Sure, an artist needs to believe in themselves, but this guy took it waaay too far.

[nicademus666]

They would have done much better without Eno. I love Eno, on his own, but he totally ruined them by pumping up Byrne's ego. Who I cannot stand now. I saw the Talking Heads EVERY single time they played the SF Bay Area from '78 to '84. But once DB started believing his own press, he sucked.

[nicademus666]

Saw them in 1978 and they were great. Too bad Eno got hold of them...

[pirrung123]

Hey eno is great!

[Gudenfast]

Aw, that's harsh . . .

Wouldn't it be terrible if a talented band like TH never developed and showed all they were capable of?

They were great in '75 and they remained great for over a decade IMHO.

[Neville6000]

Love the B&W filming-it makes you feel like you're watching an old documentary from the mid-to-late '60's. Was this deliberate on the filmmaker's part, or did the colors fade? Let me know.

[Chiboy00]

I love this song. Soo good!!!

[tinyboy21]

wow

[mrevanmylo]

Which is on fire.......

[kodifeeder]

This is a great early live version of one of my all-time favorite Talking Heads songs.

[RelentlessBoner]

This is great, thanks for having it up!