True Stories - Papa Legba

[2raloo]

Sadly 80s

Of course Pops voice is always SUPERB.

[torgo714]

I love that Pop Staples, a gospel singer, is sing about Papa Legba. He gets it, it's just a role in a movie, not who he is.

Every time I hear this song I think of the scene at the 1:40 mark. great movie

[DeeDeeTV]

Love it!!

[jenhasken]

A brilliant, brilliant, delightful, funny, poignant movie that everyone should see. Thank you David Byrne.

[fleamarket3000]

heard this song for the first time today and it blew my mind

[MoonBoston]

The audio for this video is distorted: the pitch is higher than in the original film. This alteration is not divulged, and constitutes a change to the original piece.

[kriswright]

I wonder if Pops Staples ever caught hell from anybody for singing a voodoo song. I would figure that, in the Christian circles he ran in, a lot of folks would get unnecessarily grumpy about that.

[NFLBITCH]

Fucking retard

[RayvinNyte]

Wow who is that singer? I love the voice and the song, love to hear it without the movie overlay. Ashe

[Webtoury]

@RayvinNyte

The singer is Pops Staples (1915 - 2000), a US Gospel and R&B musician.

[lauraalta]

wicked crazy!

[theallseeingoracle]

This scene is awesome.

[DerKosmonaut1972]

The only scene where DB cracks a smile in the entire film.

[ntrelief5277]

Eleggua / Elegua/Papa Legba: Messenger, Opener of the Way, Trickster, Gatekeeper to the Spirit World Saint Simon Peter San Martin (Caballero)  Saint Anthony (of Padua) El Nino de Atocha Saint Expedite Saint Michael Archangel

[agentxy1]

catholicism made it BETTER!

[rickmissel]

Well I see him as a "Pai-de-Santo" a kind of african prayer,yeha!! have a bunch of cultural stuff undertsood about it,but, try understand someone trying to reach God to give ya some good will,culture,diverse.. to us,but it's still culture! Personaly dislike,but respect

[mdesir23]

Papa legba acts as an communicator between mortals and Loas ( different deities in the religion). he speaks all of the languages of the world, and is almost always invoked before any attempt at communicating with the other loas

[supervirtuouswoman]

Is Papa Legba the devil?

[jackarf1]

He's a spirit, they say he's the one to hold the key to the doors of anything. Thus voodooists will ask for his permission to pass whenever they want to undertake something.

[purplemutantas]

As others have said, papa Legba is the intermidiary between our world and that of the loa. Papa Legba is associated with Saint Peter. You go through Papa Legba if you want to talk to any of the Loa.

[carla31brown]

@supervirtuouswoman no he is not

[ilovechicago21]

@supervirtuouswoman  no

[supervirtuouswoman]

I really really like this song.

[powerkor]

look at all the shit he got off ebay

[bobykool]

voodoo from west africa vodun it is spelled differently in different parts of Africa such Togo and ghana where you'll see vodon, vodoun, voodoo!

the word means "spirits'

coming from West Africa...the haitian vodun is similar to the west african vodun...but due to colonization and the arrival of catholic influences haitian vodun took a detour...but it remains the strongest vodun in the world because of secrecies and things that the world is yet to understand.

[thomasodi]

And before? compare with Egyptian culture and worship...compares to proto-aramean mythology...read about migration into west africa. Voodoo came from east of africa

where humanity begun

Pls read your bible

[Kotashaan]

Stay away from da voodoo.

[fnkdrmmr]

Why?

[Kotashaan]

Just making a World of Warcraft reference, the trolls say that. :)

[thomasodi]

VOODOO came from creole word VO-DOU that is in french

VEAU D'OR meaning GOLDEN CALF. This is remnant of Egypto-Canaan knwoledge

In Voodoo main god name is DAM-BAAL-AH Lord Baal

Connect the dots...One day they will remember who they trully are

and come back to Yahuwah (YHWH-GOD) and the covenant with Yehushuah (Jesus)

Help them remember: youtube

V1 Jewsish rabbis confirms that israel went in Africa

V2 Millions Israelites MIGRATE INTO AFRICA

V5 In Africa we speak the ancient hebrew

[Khalsabychoice]

@thomasodi Actually Voudoo come from a Fon word meaning "spirit".

[lethe56]

Wow... So many things backwards in one comment, I wouldn't know where to start.

[beefy0010]

wow, i always thought this was a widespread panic song.

[midnight8toker]

great great movie

[animal90sFreak5]

cool I really want to see this movie,being a big Byrne and talking heads fan,good stuff.

[uomoimmaginario1979]

about at 1:35, is the actor who makes Christian in Lost (Jack father)?

Another pearl from David & the Heads.... (& Goodman and many others....)

[brainseltzer]

uomoimmaginario1979: If I'm not mistaken, that's Spalding Gray.

[djinchiki]

I really wish this version was on the soundtrack. I must have seen the film 4 or 5 times before buying the soundtrack and realizing that talking heads performed all the tracks again. I've heard the "pops staples vocal version" but its not nearly as good as this one direct from the film. this almost brings me to tears ;o; love it.

oh yeah, the film version of "radio head" is also brilliant.

[TheSpirea]

this version is now available on itunes - as part of a rerelease.

I was pretty happy to find that

[djinchiki]

Unfortunately, the vocal track from the film wasn't used in the "Pops Staples Vocal Version" from the rerelease. That version also includes some effects and edits that take away from the charm of the film version... ah well...

[TheSpirea]

well, it's the same track but yes the edit is a little less charming...but still much better than buying the album for the song and getting the david byrne version, like I did. Of course, it doesn't have the dialogue which is distracting and out of context in an audio form, so I'm still happy about it

[cienigma]

otimo este filme.......

[modspell]

HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!! Esp in German!!

[modelleg]

Pop Staples

[beatityatube]

magnet for money, magnet for love, yeh gimme that pleeeeeeaze

[icon057]

papa legba, come and open the gate....

[joelkazoo]

I've always wondered: Is that Steve Buscemi at 1:32? Thanks in advance to anyone who can answer that!

[satweavers]

It is not Steve Buschemi. That actor was a high school student. If you get a hold of the True Stories book, there is a photo of all four actors and the dummies on page 163.

[Chesterton7]

One of my favorite film clips.

Thanks for posting this weird version.

[sc0ttkclark]

one of my two favorite songs from this movie. i heard this song on my ipod a week or so ago and loved it. i then by chance ended up watching true stories on netflix and realized this was in it, great to see it visualized!

[chrisdogger]

this shit is horrible and kyle what u be listenin too

[Lyktwz]

A new evidence that David Byrne is a genius...

[Lyktwz]

I love this song.

[bobmillerbygod]

in the niiiiieeeeght, in the niiiiieeeeght, come and riide ya horse!

[Theakker3]

In the night, in the night, in the niiiieeeeeght!

[bookr98]

Neat! I have more songs on Youtube from the movie, True Stories. Thank you for uploading the clip.

[saskabush2006]

The non-English dubbing during the dialogue cut-ins actually works a lot better in the context of the song!

[Lyktwz]

Muuuuuuuuuy raro esto. David Byrne es un genio, que duda cabe...

[scottvanska]

Forget Marilyn Manson, Deicide and Mercyful Fate - this is REAL black magic/occult music! This guy is a voodoo priest. I bet he could turn you into a zombie.

[ObeyThyGOD]

Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 -- December 19, 2000) was a Mississippi-born Gospel and R&B musician. In 1986, Roebuck played the role of Mr. Tucker, a voodoo witch doctor, in the Talking Heads film True Stories.

[Prophint]

@scottvanska

dude, i like manson :( this is great though, and you cant beat the classics.

[thailow117]

I#m going to have legba's veve tattoed soon. i'm looking forward to it.

[JohnA40]

just got "om mani padme hung" (Tibetan) just down; its great showing everyone... u get to tell thema bout yr beliefs :)

[Tompa92]

THE BEST MOVIE EVER! Byrne and Goodman is raising this film to the stars!

[rootguy77]

OMG!!! Always loved the WSP version...this is great too. True stories was written and directed by Byrne right?

[Webtoury]

That's correct.

[poneil69]

see more movies

[Bravephrend]

True Stories was the weirdest movie I have ever seen but this one song was worth watching the damn thing for! I love this song by The Talking Heads and the Widespread Panic cover but this is by far the best version of it!

[Bravephrend]

Pops Staples is so cool! I am obsessed with this song!

[sara771966]

I have this as the ringtone on my phone, surprisingly not a lot of people get thru to me!!

[malvolio29]

...we are your children, come and ride your horse...

[sara771966]

Pop staples a gospel singer, as a voodoo witch doctor is just brilliant, both in his performance and just the very concept, possibly i prefer his version to the talking heads themselves...only just tho!!

[malvolio29]

...agreed! just brilliant!...

[obcityann]

I was thinking the same thing about the concept here. One can probably imagine a lot of folks from Pops Staples' background not being too keen on a role like this (making the Staples Singers cooler and even more talented!).

[dichro83]

such a brilliant movie

[Logan5v]

This song is real cool. Like the tune and the singer. Its funny after all these years I still know the first two lines of this song.

[crawlingbrain]

This is the best thing I HAVE EVER SEEN!

[theallseeingoracle]

This song is awesome.

[bitemyballz]

I love the way the stage glows. Like a jewel.