People Like Us. John Goodman in True Stories

[cheymckenzie96]

UGH! Seeing this makes me want to watch the whole movie. Anyone know where I can find it?

[TheNotSid]

@cheymckenzie96 It's on Netflix.

Also, I scored the dvd for 5$.

[ashevillecat]

4 lobotomized people have found this video

[ricopaulson1]

ummm yes please

[drunkpimp3000]

The whole movie is just beautiful like this. A small town utopia of friendly facinating people who all come together to celebrate their differences. What I wouldn't give to live in a place like that.

[transonicbuoy1]

We are clever here. We know. Truly. This post should have 8m hits. But it is reserved for the very clever - and DB meant otherwise.

[PhilErup2000000]

John Goodman is one of the greats!

[piromaniac9999]

good singer

[abetterpepper]

The phone rang just as he said. "people like us...who will answer the telephone". I picked up. There was no one there.

[Willium95]

sometimes i cry when listning to this. :) it diggs strait into your own memories, thats why this song is so powerfull. long may heads be remembered!

[redsfanstu]

John Goodman is a tightly packed over abundance of real and raw talent! Hell Yeah I love how he has his way with this fabulous tune! Thanks for sharing the upload, bookr 98!

[fuckyougeorgebush]

OMFG...John Goodman is Bubbles!

[THBmusic]

When I was much younger I'd take acid and watch this movie..... Gives me goosebumps hearing this song every time now :)

[saskabush2006]

I have great respect for the Heads, but it was a huge miscalculation on Byrne's part not to release all these great film performances on the soundtrack. I've never liked Byrne's version because John Goodman's is the version I want to hear.

[ardee1980]

@saskabush2006

There was a release of the songs from the movie. In effect True Stories was two different albums of the same songs.

[mrbignose888]

@saskabush2006 it wasn't Byrne's fault, but the music company. Byrne also wanted the performances from the movie but they didn't agree and wanted TH to sing it.

[thebleedingjeans]

Meow Meow Meow Meow

[MorbidlyAdorable13]

I like it. I did not know he could sing...

[riffraffselbow]

I love the almost surreal chord changes. Byrne's a genius.

[Bonnyebrynn]

Favorite favorite favorite -- the versions you can buy are just not as good either. I hate the woman harmony on the rarities album and the violin sounds off. It's just all kinds of busy and drowns his voice. And I love David, but this song is John's without a doubt. His deep but sweet bearish voice is golden!

[Timmybear]

@Bonnyebrynn - ooooh, you said 'bearish'. :)

[crlclgrv]

Hysterical... The scene when he's singing to Swoozie Kurtz...

People Like Us... Something Something SOmething...

[longnosevc]

This whole album stopped me dead in my tracks when i first heard it....gonna have to lay my hands on the film....Superb

[Finchler88]

you really need to watch the full movie to feel the full weight of this finale

[jessiepollock1]

A new take on a man in a white suit. Never thought Goodman as sexy but this works for me. Greatly amusing ending.

[KleineHexe274]

Brillant!! Thank You!

[juliabohemian]

She'll get out of her bed for John Goodman.

[VenusGrnys]

@juliabohemian so would I!!!!

[PaulCastle001]

The great JG sings this better than David Byrne on the album. A fave track from a fave movie.

[electrodude9]

@PaulCastle001 I like the album track a lot, Paul. : )

[JebusInVegas]

@electrodude9 To each their own I guess. I prefer the Goodman version. His voice is untrained and simple and suits the content of the song a bit more. An everyday man.

Even David Byrne prefers this version over his own. He has been quoted as saying that not having Goodman's recording on the soundtrack is one the biggest mistakes he ever made.

[EdiblePlanets]

@PaulCastle001 I assume you are joking. I like John's enthusiasm, but to say he has pitch problems would be kind. He's totally off key which I think is probably the intended effect.

[imyourtrash]

John Goodman is Great.

[ponfarr69]

Who would answer the telephone? We don't want freedom. We don't want justice. We just want someone tom love.

[CTALibertyfan]

I love this movie. John Goodman was wonderful as Louis, especially singing this song.

[wilhelmcooning]

You can't get this film in Britain :( I'll be damned if I'm paying fucking import fees. John Goodman's performance is great!

[Troblematic]

I looked all over for this version, and I swear its on itunes now in some random place. I watched this movie as a kid and it really stayed with me. This song and dream operator.

[JWJones1963]

John Goodman has a perfect voice for this countrified vesrion of the song. "True Stories" is one of those quirky movies that cheers me up no matter how bad my day had been.

[JWJones1963]

John Goodman has a perfect voice for this countrified vesrion of the song. "True Stories" is one of those quirky movies that cheers me up no matter how bad my day had been.

[mrbignose888]

His voice matches this song better than Byrne's.

[CitySkin09]

That chick in the bed just got wet from watching him sing on television...

[ryecroft57]

This is a great movie--John Goodman's greatest role, plus featuring the much missed Spalding Gray, Pops Staples and many other actors who really shine in their roles. I wish and hold out hope that they will release a CD with the original cast recordings (I especially love Goodman's People Like Us and Pops Staples' Papa Legba). I did have the 45 and played only the B side. Somehow Byrne singing "growing big as a house" doesn't work. It was Goodman's song all the way.

[gaelicman99a]

Like any Yank just a load of rubbish

[MARINEMEAT]

@gaelicman99a

LIKE "BLUE" YOU MEAN. BRIT WANKER.

[darkfrankhs]

@MARINEMEAT - Don't reply to xenophobia with xenophobia. Poor form

[mwells219]

I think this movie is one of john goodman's best performances.

[JGrind85]

Does anyone know if the 45 includes the growl that John Goodman (Louis the dancing bear) lets out around 22 seconds into this clip? Either way I reckon I will buy it.

[junkie4vids]

The movie is great. Goodman's song performance was one of the highlights of the movie.

[kerouhak]

john goodman rocks! Met his sister in a cab in NY

[pianodan10]

This is great stuff, I love this movie...

Do you think you could maybe upload the dinig room scene? It's my favorite, and I can't seem to find it.

Thank for the clip!

[joelkazoo]

Goodman was born to sing this song. You believe every word when Goodman sings it, compared to Byrne's recording, which, while awesome, has that "I can't help it, I'm David Byrne" sarcastic edge to it. (Am I making any sense?) [And please, *NO* "Stop Making Sense" jokes!]

[PatchesRips]

David Byrne's version isn't good; it's barely phoned in. He sounds like he sang it after a half dozen whiskey sours. The first version of this I ever had was Goodman's 45 B side, and it was one of my faves. When I bought the album and it had David Byrne's crap version on it, I was furious. I felt so ripped off. He should have been big enough to put Goodman's version on the album and take the writing credit.

[BobbyHacker]

@PatchesRips

Byrne actually was furious that the label made him sing this song on the record. It was his intention to have goodman do it, I mean it was written for him.

[PatchesRips]

That's fascinating. It's a shame they insisted on the other version on the album. Yeah, John Goodman's version is just unforgettable. I listened to it walking to high school for years.

[cocozuchanel]

I'm listening to this song over and over again... can't get enough of it. Such a catchy tune ^_^ John go on!!

[1bignonia]

I love this song. John Goodman is great!

[FloydElectricOrder]

"Now Ladies and Gentleman I want you to welcome The Country Bachelors". John Goodman is a genius! Nuff said.

[tatelabianca]

great song. I just remembered the part in the film where John Goodman is practicing this song, and when he comes to a word he can't remember, he says "meow meow meow", etc... anyone remember that hillarious part? good stuff.

[gothdeer]

I love the face he has when he asks the lady what she thought. That was fan-fuckin'-tastic

[tatelabianca]

oh man, that part is priceless! thanx for reminding me! I gotta see that movie again!

[theallseeingoracle]

It's annoying, even the most recently released True Stories album doesn't have the Papa Legba Song or People like us done by the actors.

[saskabush2006]

Love the movie, love the music, but David Byrne - genius he may be - deserves a sound kick in the ass for never releasing a cast soundtrack album! Pops Staples performance of Papa Legba (you hear it ending at the start of this clip) is one of the greatest performances of 1980s musical cinema. And Goodman's version of People Like Us comes close, too.

[j2867261]

He really deserves that kick...

[dogblessamerica]

There was a soundtrack album, I remember seeing it in a record shop, but eschewed it for the band album. Doh.

[bearhumble]

love the song ，love John～

[BerlinBunker1]

Come on people, let's all jump in a bus, and truck on down to Virgil Texas, and live that Wild Wild Life.

[saturn54321]

fuck it, dude. let's go bowling.

people like us roll.

[Mattbluhalofan]

"They're gonna kill that poor woman!"

[IchigoChamploo]

Before we get there, we need to visit my Papa, Legba.

[bearcagela]

he makes my heart go pitter pad!

[torgo714]

Great song, great movie. I can totalyy relate to this song.

[harrytheb2000]

He looks like people like us!

[simonezel]

Gosto deste filme. Ele me passa sempre uma sensação de alegria.Fico com vontade de estar viajando pelo Texas e conhecendo estas "deliciosas" personagens!

[gringo411]

He kinda looks like a fat Bush. In fact I could see Dubwa singing this to Laura back at the ranch

[ANTInsanePain]

dude he duz look like bush ahahahaha

[bennydreadful]

People like us, John, people like us.

[scottvanska]

He sounds like Neil Diamond.

[fishbone342]

SING IT JOHN!!!!!! SING IT

[curt1030]

I sing this song to myself everyday. I also sing a "remix," adding stuff about my dog Chewy to the lyrics. Honest.

[BigBearHK1234]

Unbelievable.....

John really sang that song? He is good....

[KlausHergenshimer]

JG's song stylings remind me of Leonard Nimoy's version of 'Ruby (don't take your love to town)'. Great stuff!

[malvolio29]

...we don't want freedom, we don't want justice, we don't want justice, we just want someone to love...what good is freedom? god laughs at people like us. so brilliant...

[TorquatoTheCat]

Great tune. Great Goodman. Great film. Feel pretty nostalgic just right now.

[VenusGrnys]

@TorquatoTheCat Agreed!!!!!

[missibucket]

I freakin' love this movie! I wanna give Louis Fyne a hug :)

[imyourtrash]

Awesome! John Goodman rocks!! From an excellent movie too!

[kcmet79]

John is so hunky.

[UnleashthePhury]

I miss the days when John Goodman was just a little pudgy, instead of the sack of flab he has degenerated to... it's going to end badly for him i fear, and we'll be losing a good one.

Love the song, too

[Sollus23]

Excuse me, "sack of flab"?

Shame on you.

[integral]

'I wouldn't go so far as to call the brother fat. He's got a weight problem. What's the honky gonna do, he's mid-western.'

[birdiejoehoaks]

we should have shotguns for this shit

[avth76]

*L* that's true jules....

[werexninja]

Damn.

He remains a consistent panda bear shape.

Where have you been?

[xtallyx1]

John Goodman is a pretty good singer! I think he was a very integral part of the movie "True Stories". It just shows how normal and nice things are in a small town, and how awful things are in a big city(if you live in a big city and can see the difference).

[Push1atency]

This is one of my favorite songs ever! I've been getting into great country music by bands who otherwise don't do country.

E.G.

Ween - I don't want to leave you on the farm ; Chocolate Town

Camper van Beethoven - New Roman Times

If anyone knows of any, please tell!

[Sollus23]

Woah, at first I thought, damn this guy has good taste in music!!

... then I looked at his username and realized it's my brother. :P

This really is an incredible song!

[theallseeingoracle]

I love this song! They don't have it sung by Goodman on the Album, just the Talking Heads. Thank you. He is a pretty good singer.

[wsr216]

If you can find the 7-inch single release (yes, on vinyl) of Wild Wild Life, the Goodman version is on the flip side.

[Leggsy]

we dont want freedom we dont justice we just want someone to love

[bookr98]

John Goodman in True Stories (Song and Movie by David Byrne of Talking Heads)