I was at a party where some drunk bloke was trying to explain this song to me. Other than singing ah ah ah in a typical drunk melody he kept repeating the phrase. "He's got this big fucking suit... like it's really big,... ahhh mann his suit is so big mate you've gotta see it"
DB: "I wanted my head to appear smaller and the easiest way to do that was to make my body bigger, because music is very physical and often the body understands it before the head."
Rebekah Gerstein we live and learn :) I guess I searched for the explanation as well. I had no idea so many people read this comment but now I'm really glad I left it here!
I love the comment section on Talking Heads videos because they'll say "Omg 3:30 literally changed my life" and it's just David Byrne doing the most autistic thing imaginable
This is one of the best concert films ever made. It is so clean. Patient. No quick cuts, no goofy effects, no incorporating fantasy sequences. There are long sequences where there's just a wide shot of the band on stage, or a one shot of David performing. It's almost like being there.
I love there are lingering shots on the other folks in the band as well--mimics what it's like to be in the audience at a concert. Sometimes you just pay attention to the drummer for a while.
Tina Weymouth's driving bass, Worell's key board-synthesizer and above all David's bigsuit theatrical vocals have come together in a once in a lifetime composition that is and will continue to be an eternal favourite. This has a magnetic appeal. Even after 40 years.
Yeah, Bernie Worrell’s fearsome synth blasts exploding out of that Prophet are incredible. And you can see from the footage that he feels every single one of them _physically_-though that could just be the coke… 😉😂
What I loved about the Talking Heads is that their live performances were better than their studio recordings. Very few acts can pull that off. Simply one of the best live performances EVER.
Talking Heads, Umphrey's McGee, Phish, Grateful Dead, Greensky Bluegrass, Widespread Panic, Steely Dan, they all put on a better live show than they put on studio records.
Aaron Beauchamp This remains the greatest live performance I've ever witnessed (and yes, we in the audience knew we were be filmed for a documentary by Jonathan Demme).
A friend and I went to see the movie in Barcelona in 1989, I think, and didn't last five minutes in our seat...it was pure torture! How could you stay seated watching this??? We ran to the last row and spent the whole movie going crazy in the discreet, dark back end of the theatre. I played the DVD my kids when they were 6 or 7 and had the same reaction. They're twenty now & still like it.
Loving me some Tina Weymouth on bass. She drives this song, along with the keyboard and David's vocals and crazy eyes. He looks like he's gonna lose it any moment but "everything's under control."
I always admired him as a songwriter, a conceptualist, a performance artist, and front man...It wasn't until years later that I realized: "This guy is actually a pretty badass singer"...Lotta power...
There is something wonderfully outlsndish and hypnotic about Byrne’s performance. A true work of art. But I guess, he was just having fun when he made it.
Back in the day, Rich Hall of SNL did a hilarious takeoff on David Byrne and the big suit. To the tune of "Once In A Lifetime:" "And you may ask yourself… does this come in my size? And you may ask yourself… can this be taken in a little?"
I've searched for it for several years and haven't found it as an independent video. It was on Season 10, Episode 4 which originally aired November 3, 1984. Michael McKean was the host.
I founda picture but couldnt find a video. I think he was there during the dark 80s period with Charles Rocket and Joe Piscapoe snl.jt.org/imp.php-i=471.html
I watched this concert with my dad when I was a little girl. Now it's on my iPod and I watch it all the time when I'm waiting for the bus, or in a queue at the bank or waiting to see the doctor. Love it!
Well, you were more considerate than I. I used to blast it out of my stereo speakers while studying for exams, to the occasional chagrin of my roommates.
I've been watching the concert on HBO of this one and my favorite song right now. Swamp the words the devil in his bag of Bones. I just love these guys
THIS RIGHT HERE IS A SLAPPER!!!!! I DONT CARE WHAT ANY ONE ELSE SAYS. I WILL PLAY THIS SONG FOREVER , I DONT CARE WHAT MY SON OR NEIGHBORS SAY!!! HOW CAN YOU LISTEN TO THIS AND NOT FEEL SOMETHING IN YOUR SOUL??? YA WANNA DANCE!!!
Went to see this film at The Cottage Road cinema in Headingley (Leeds, UK) in the 80's. It was a late show (after the pubs closed) and everyone was pretty tanked up before they went in. The show started with 'Psychokiller' and just built and built into a magnificent crescendo. When this track came on, everyone was dancing in the aisles as well as in/on their seats. It's one of the fondest memories of my whole life!
On the one hand I'm sad that I will never get to see them live, on the other hand I love having the ability to watch tons of live footage of them over and over by just clicking a few buttons.
I have a specific teenage memory from 1984-ish of me watching a Talking Heads music video, being enamored with David Byrne’s “wet look”-hair, and then running upstairs to the bathroom mirror and desperately attempting to replicate it. Even forty years later, I’m still in awe of his hair from this era. (Oh, and the music’s pretty damn amazing as well! 😂)
OMG David Byrne! Still to this day you are a master. Techno- Gumby!! I, I, I don't have words!?!? Kudos to you and your amazing ensemble. Aaarrrggg! Hope I can sleep tonight.
I... Who took the money? Who took the money away? I... It's always showtime Here at the edge of the stage I, I, I, wake up and wonder What was the place, what was the name? We wanna wait, but here we go again I... takes over slowly But doesn't last very long I... no need to worry Everything's under control O - U - T but no hard feelings What do you know? Take you away We're being taken for a ride again I got a girlfriend that's better than that She has the smoke in her eyes She's coming up, going right through my heart She's gonna give me surprise I think it's right, Better than this I think you can if you like I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair And nothing is better than that (is it?) Down, down in the basement We hear the sound of machines I, I, I'm driving in circles Come to my senses sometimes Why, why, why, why start it over? Nothing was lost, everything's free I don't care how impossible it seems Somebody calls you but you cannot hear Get closer to be far away Only one look and that's all that it takes Maybe that's all that we need All that it takes, I'll bet it's right All it takes, if it's right I got a girlfriend that's better than that And she goes wherever she likes (there she goes) I got a girlfriend that's better than that Now everyone's getting involved She's moving up going right through my heart We might not ever get caught Going right through (try to stay cool) going through, staying cool I got a girlfriend she's better than that And nothing is better than you I got a girlfriend that's better than this But you don't remember at all As we get older and stop making sense You won't find her waiting long Stop making sense, stop making sense...stop making sense, making sense I got a girlfriend she's better than that And nothing is better than this (Is it?)
Sorta remember this tour. 66 now but at a younger more stoned part of life I found this. Vancouver Canada walking the street came upon the Talking Heads playing at the Commodore Ballroom. The first four rows were on their knees when the band came out. Excellent show.
One of the greatest Rock n Roll concert films ever!!!! Seriously.... right up there with "The TAMI Show" (1964), Monterrey Pop (1967), Woodstock (1969), The Song Remains the Same (1976) and Urgh: A Music War (1980),
Yeah, she has she yeah, she yes OK. How do you feel about the song? I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. What about their concerts? I know what I’ve been looking for. It’s me. It took so many years to figure that out. It’s really never outside herself is it, but I don’t know how anyone can sit still listening to genius. The drummer even sings and plays drums unbelievable.
Possibly the greatest concert ever, definitely my favorite way to wake up in the morning, think I'd marry him in a second... or Tina! GAWD the bass in this...
I am very lucky in that this was the very first big concert I saw! I didn't have enough taste or knowledge at that point to have known how good it would be. I was 13 and my brother 10 or 11 - my mom dropped us off (thanks mom!). We were so young that the concert people took us to the very front of the line! Alas, we were too shy to go right up front, but it was still awesome.
This was a good group to grow up with, I seen them at the first US festival and I was just seventeen I had the best time dancing through their all their songs and I mean everyone was dancing with each other it was just awesome, wow time does fly I just turned 60 and it just seems like it was yesterday, thank you for your time,Jesus loves you all
Just one of my all-time fav tunes and films ever! David Byrne and Talking Heads are still way ahead of what passes for popular and alternative music. The music still holds up and their genius remains undimished. Unlike so many today - Byrne never had to build himself up and drone about his greatness. The proof was in the product - and that is not something that can easily be said about what dominates the charts right now.
I usually prefer the studio versions of most of my collection, but Talking Heads is the only band that I actually prefer the live versions of my favorite songs, including this song and ""Take Me to the River". It's a shame I've never had the opportunity to see them in concert back in the day.
andre p Why is it so hard to believe? The 80s saw a revolution of great songs and great artists, such as this. Think 'Tears for Fears' (my personal favorite), 'Psychedelic Furs,' 'The Church,' 'Depeche Mode,' 'New Order,' Elvis Costello, etc.
What I meant was that the whole concept of the Talking heads was way beyond their time. I grew up in the 80s and I remember how inspiring they were. Well at least to me. Most people did't get it, really.
I'm 59 and back in 1978 at the Providence Performing art Center the Talking Heads were the first band I ever saw in concert. Unfortunately it was the only time i saw them but always enjoyed their music.
The music and the clothes where in a league of their own, it was and still is a massive part of what talking heads were all about! I have magic memories throughout my whole life with talking heads, they are undisputed!
Listen. If all of Talking Heads studio albums were the quality of this concert. They would have been so much popular! Anywho, I love this collection of artists.
Mite possibly be the best first time listen/watch ive ever experienced. Whoever arranged this song wuz in their bag wen they cooked up this one. And David's dance moves hit diff
Don't forget the rest of the band! I can't imagine him coming up with ALL of that creative bass playing, the funky electric guitar riffs, and rhythmic drumming.
There is something deeply spiritually uplifting about this film. Their live performances were indeed better than their studio recordings, in the sense that their live performances are infused with love, emotion and joy in music.
I'm getting me an XXL suit and pants and I am going to slick my hair back and dance to "Girlfriend is Better" for Halloween this year. I'll scare all the kids off and keep the candy for my wife and I 🤣
My favourite song ever, by the best. Remember being in my dad's car when u was little and my dad blasting the song as we bombed it up the the m6 . Thanks Dad for introducing me to Greatness .
im maori from nz my dad introduced me to talking heads at a young age i didnt understand how legendary and how great this song and talking heads really are till your a bit older, 28 and man i must say im so happy that my dad brought me up on this greatest music ever
![Talking Heads - Burning Down the House [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zfr3L0drhS8/mqdefault.jpg)
I was at a party where some drunk bloke was trying to explain this song to me. Other than singing ah ah ah in a typical drunk melody he kept repeating the phrase.
"He's got this big fucking suit... like it's really big,... ahhh mann his suit is so big mate you've gotta see it"
He’s not wrong tho
The suit is amazing!
Yes, custom tailored. Best show ever!
when will we not be takin for a ride? eh babes in toyland?
wham bam thank you mam
DB: "I wanted my head to appear smaller and the easiest way to do that was to make my body bigger, because music is very physical and often the body understands it before the head."
Nedeljko Djukic I fucking love David Byrne.
Omg 30 years and I never new the answer to “why the big suit” - thank you!!!
Rebekah Gerstein we live and learn :)
I guess I searched for the explanation as well.
I had no idea so many people read this comment but now I'm really glad I left it here!
That actually makes sense
on the audio commentary David said the suit didnt make him look like a fat man, but rather a 'wide' man
I hope that suit has been preserved as a cultural relic and is somewhere safe
Likely in his closet.
@@kittystanby4686 yeah he just wears it now and then. Mostly a Christmas and Easter thing at this point.
Funny you mentioned that: ua-cam.com/video/BwuQtdb4guo/v-deo.html
It should be in the Smithsonian!
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The bassline to this is perfect.
Perfect party album.
And in this song Tina Killin bass n the keyboards
Nothing will ever make me smile as hard as David Byrne dancing in an oversized suit
I missed the word smile the first time I read this comment, but still agreed
2023 and its back in theatres!
This comment made me 😊
agreed
How about Christopher Walken dancing in the Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice video? ;)
It's insane how much better this live recording is than the studio version
for a lot of their dongs actually
That is honestly so true.
The original is purposefully stiff and robotic but this is real funk. I like both, but I prefer this.
That's the sign of phenomenal musicians
I always thought Speaking in Tongues fell a little flat but Stop Making Sense takes all those songs to the next level
4:00 when he puts the mic in the lighting guy's face and he no hesitation sings "stop making sense!" and goes right back to his job. So perfect
Geoffrey Zoref Love that part. It fits perfectly in the whole performance. Simply brilliant.
Geoffrey Zoref : synchronicity 😂
I've seen this performance so many times but somehow never noticed that!
My favorite part!
Geoffrey Zoref but he gives it away that the music was added in later
I love the comment section on Talking Heads videos because they'll say "Omg 3:30 literally changed my life" and it's just David Byrne doing the most autistic thing imaginable
+
😆
stop using autistic as a pejorative. eat me.
I’m autistic and it’s good to see genuine representation for once.
Right?
This is one of the best concert films ever made. It is so clean. Patient. No quick cuts, no goofy effects, no incorporating fantasy sequences. There are long sequences where there's just a wide shot of the band on stage, or a one shot of David performing. It's almost like being there.
I love there are lingering shots on the other folks in the band as well--mimics what it's like to be in the audience at a concert. Sometimes you just pay attention to the drummer for a while.
Jonathon Demme did a brilliant job.
@@AudioTones67 RIP!
It IS the best concert video ever, without a doubt!
It could use a little jazz…haha
Personally think this is the best performance of a song live, ever.
I think Future Islands' performance of Seasons on Letterman tops it. But the margin isn't big.
It's certainly in my Top 5 👍
Bowie and Mick Ronson performing 'Moonage Daydream' at the Hammersmith Odeon is No 1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I'm with you on that one, Mick Ronson's solo was amazing!
@@charliekane135
You would be right. But there is "Life during Wartime", same concert, same performer.
3:30 That's how you approach a girl at a party. No pick-up training needed.
Looks like one of those dancing inflatable tube men at car dealerships
I. LL REMEMBER THAT IF BY SOME MIRICLE I SEE YOU IN A PARTY WITH CLOTHES THAT ARE WELL OVER SIZED FOR ME START MOVIN LIKE MR BYRNE HAHAHAA
I would be into that, shows character 😄
I would do it like 3:17-3:24 😂
the greatest synthesizer tones ever achieved by human hands was achieved during this performance
cmz8706 Bernie Worrell was the black guy on keys. He also played and composed Parliment Funkadelic during the 70’s. RIP funk master!
Although the synthes was good in this song. To me the best was synthes was Head by Prince. 🔊🔊🔊🔊
0:26-0:42 is what made me crave a Prophet-5 for so long. And now I have one!
@@sparkymcplumpthepolydactyl2079 Shit this is all one guy? Insane.
And then he won the Oscar for Oppenheimer
HAHAHAHA
You saw it as well !
More obvious on Life during wartime to me...
Try, for the last emperor.
truly don't get it but I'm interested what the joke means?
@@arjanpelle they're saying David Byrne looks like Cillian Murphy, if you watch the live recording of Life during wartime its ore obvious
Nobody else but Byrne's voice would ever have fitted their music so wonderfully. Imagine 'Once in a Lifetime' being sung by anybody else
the guy from Wall of Voodoo could've made it interesting. Not better, but it's funny to think about.
Idk, Kermit did a pretty good job
Brian Eno does the chorus
Also trump
@@jonazo7188 bore off with the political nonsense
Tina Weymouth's driving bass, Worell's key board-synthesizer and above all David's bigsuit theatrical vocals have come together in a once in a lifetime composition that is and will continue to be an eternal favourite. This has a magnetic appeal. Even after 40 years.
Love the use of the term ‘once in a lifetime’ here, whether it be a pun or not 🤣
Yeah, Bernie Worrell’s fearsome synth blasts exploding out of that Prophet are incredible. And you can see from the footage that he feels every single one of them _physically_-though that could just be the coke… 😉😂
Cillian Murphy has GOT to play DB in a biopic
I honestly second that idea.
He would definitely win a second Oscar!
Or Andrew Scott?
David Byrne has GOT to play Cillian Murphy in a biopic
Or Jim Parsons maybe
Still loving the big suit moves 20+ years on
I wore a big suit quite like this and slicked my hair back for Halloween. Need less to say, no one knew who or what I was.
but did you dance like him? you should've :D :D
20 + 6 years. End of Afghanistan, Biden era, $4.50 gas for future reference.
What I loved about the Talking Heads is that their live performances were better than their studio recordings. Very few acts can pull that off.
Simply one of the best live performances EVER.
Talking Heads, Umphrey's McGee, Phish, Grateful Dead, Greensky Bluegrass, Widespread Panic, Steely Dan, they all put on a better live show than they put on studio records.
true, but omg if you ever had the chance to see Grace Jones ~1990 ... out of this world!
the phish talking heads 10/31 is superb
Aaron Beauchamp This remains the greatest live performance I've ever witnessed (and yes, we in the audience knew we were be filmed for a documentary by Jonathan Demme).
A friend and I went to see the movie in Barcelona in 1989, I think, and didn't last five minutes in our seat...it was pure torture! How could you stay seated watching this??? We ran to the last row and spent the whole movie going crazy in the discreet, dark back end of the theatre. I played the DVD my kids when they were 6 or 7 and had the same reaction. They're twenty now & still like it.
David Byrne's dance moves are both questionable and awesome at the same time.
grenadeserenade I love that comment
Cool
Best Comment
Hey, man, 'questionable' is the best us white guys got.
Inside his head would be a cool place to visit...wouldn't want to live there...😏
Loving me some Tina Weymouth on bass. She drives this song, along with the keyboard and David's vocals and crazy eyes. He looks like he's gonna lose it any moment but "everything's under control."
1:48 The way she switches to the Hofner for a split second before going back at it on the MiniMoog like nobody's business is so fucking cool.
You are making sense....don't do that :)
Tina had pretty crazy eyes herself when she got into it.
Cocaine will do that
She's incredible
Does anyone else suspect this concert was the high point of all human endeavor?
I know it is. When Trump won the presidency in 2016, the very 1st thing I thought of was this. "The incoming idiocracy can't take this away from me!"
Hey. I do not like most TH albums. But this concert? Remarkable, phenomenal, outstanding are the first 3 words to my mind
When aliens come down we can show them this
@@sammavacaistTalking Heads (David Byrne) also sang "Our president's crazy. Did ya' hear what he said?"... "Making Flippy Floppy".
@@sammavacaist COMMIE
I always admired him as a songwriter, a conceptualist, a performance artist, and front man...It wasn't until years later that I realized: "This guy is actually a pretty badass singer"...Lotta power...
There is something wonderfully outlsndish and hypnotic about Byrne’s performance. A true work of art. But I guess, he was just having fun when he made it.
Back in the day, Rich Hall of SNL did a hilarious takeoff on David Byrne and the big suit. To the tune of "Once In A Lifetime:" "And you may ask yourself… does this come in my size? And you may ask yourself… can this be taken in a little?"
LWOPP I'm going to try to dig that up -thanks!
Deja Voodoo any luck with the search??
K Harris Not yet
I've searched for it for several years and haven't found it as an independent video. It was on Season 10, Episode 4 which originally aired November 3, 1984. Michael McKean was the host.
I founda picture but couldnt find a video. I think he was there during the dark 80s period with Charles Rocket and Joe Piscapoe
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The percussion on this track is outstanding, love it!
Watching this in IMAX was amazing ,when he puts the microphone to the camera it's like breaking all the walls .
Best suit ever worn. Nothing is better than this suit I have seen on this Live version of a Talking Heads song. Love it 100%
I watched this concert with my dad when I was a little girl. Now it's on my iPod and I watch it all the time when I'm waiting for the bus, or in a queue at the bank or waiting to see the doctor. Love it!
The big suit is back in full effect! I used to blast this & Life During Wartime at full volume on my earphones while taking my college exams.
cheers
Well, you were more considerate than I. I used to blast it out of my stereo speakers while studying for exams, to the occasional chagrin of my roommates.
okrajoe 🤣🤣🤣
okrajoe me to!!
What a great showman. A creative genius. Love the big suit, dance and the band.
I've been watching the concert on HBO of this one and my favorite song right now. Swamp the words the devil in his bag of Bones. I just love these guys
4:06 He cracks a grin for the briefest of instants.
I've never noticed that lol
I saw that too. Hilarious
Byrne is just brilliant. Always worked with such amazingly talented people and it always was quality.
"I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair and nothing is better than that"
Is it?
Love this album , one of the greats
THIS RIGHT HERE IS A SLAPPER!!!!! I DONT CARE WHAT ANY ONE ELSE SAYS. I WILL PLAY THIS SONG FOREVER , I DONT CARE WHAT MY SON OR NEIGHBORS SAY!!! HOW CAN YOU LISTEN TO THIS AND NOT FEEL SOMETHING IN YOUR SOUL??? YA WANNA DANCE!!!
I forget how much his music helped me enjoy life more. Just a great performance.
Went to see this film at The Cottage Road cinema in Headingley (Leeds, UK) in the 80's. It was a late show (after the pubs closed) and everyone was pretty tanked up before they went in.
The show started with 'Psychokiller' and just built and built into a magnificent crescendo.
When this track came on, everyone was dancing in the aisles as well as in/on their seats. It's one of the fondest memories of my whole life!
On the one hand I'm sad that I will never get to see them live, on the other hand I love having the ability to watch tons of live footage of them over and over by just clicking a few buttons.
0:30 Gman crawling out of the shadows to put me into stasis like
Haha
What a song, what a band, what a sound, what a performance.
Phenomenal, the sound of my youth. 🖤💙🖤
How refreshing, and wonderful to see this level of originality within a soul.
Thank you my late father for introducing me to good music. RIP David 💕
Who's still listening 2019? luv these guys!
Sheri : ✋ raises hand
Sheri: another one over here...
Me to Nov 18.
@@laurits8218 me to
Sheri They are literally the best
I have a specific teenage memory from 1984-ish of me watching a Talking Heads music video, being enamored with David Byrne’s “wet look”-hair, and then running upstairs to the bathroom mirror and desperately attempting to replicate it. Even forty years later, I’m still in awe of his hair from this era. (Oh, and the music’s pretty damn amazing as well! 😂)
RIP Jonathan Demme. Thank you for this movie!
I cannot watch this without wishing I was wearing a suit like that, and making moves like that....The Big Suit!
If you have a suit that big, it can do the dancing for you
4:01 “Dave this is the third night in a row you’ve made me do this I’m not gonna say it agai- STOPMAKINGSENSE.”
OMG David Byrne! Still to this day you are a master. Techno- Gumby!! I, I, I don't have words!?!? Kudos to you and your amazing ensemble. Aaarrrggg! Hope I can sleep tonight.
the best blend of pop and art ever achieved in music
I saw them twice during this tour. Best shows ever!
I... Who took the money?
Who took the money away?
I... It's always showtime
Here at the edge of the stage
I, I, I, wake up and wonder
What was the place, what was the name?
We wanna wait, but here we go again
I... takes over slowly
But doesn't last very long
I... no need to worry
Everything's under control
O - U - T but no hard feelings
What do you know? Take you away
We're being taken for a ride again
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the smoke in her eyes
She's coming up, going right through my heart
She's gonna give me surprise
I think it's right, Better than this
I think you can if you like
I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair
And nothing is better than that (is it?)
Down, down in the basement
We hear the sound of machines
I, I, I'm driving in circles
Come to my senses sometimes
Why, why, why, why start it over?
Nothing was lost, everything's free
I don't care how impossible it seems
Somebody calls you but you cannot hear
Get closer to be far away
Only one look and that's all that it takes
Maybe that's all that we need
All that it takes, I'll bet it's right
All it takes, if it's right
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
And she goes wherever she likes (there she goes)
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
Now everyone's getting involved
She's moving up going right through my heart
We might not ever get caught
Going right through (try to stay cool) going through, staying cool
I got a girlfriend she's better than that
And nothing is better than you
I got a girlfriend that's better than this
But you don't remember at all
As we get older and stop making sense
You won't find her waiting long
Stop making sense, stop making sense...stop making sense, making sense
I got a girlfriend she's better than that
And nothing is better than this
(Is it?)
That is a Big Suit.
Ace Rumble or just a small head.
Reminds me of the old Zoot Suit from the 1940's.
for you
For you
Ace Rumble it was supposed to make David’s head look smaller. And it did!
This has to be one of the greatest and most original live gigs ever. Fantastic music and uniquely entertaining.
Talking Heads 'Psycho Killer' 1978 on 'The Old Grey Whistle Test'.
It's wonderful
I've seen the talking heads 3 times. So freakin bad ass. Mad love for David Byrne
There's no 'the' just fyi
Sorta remember this tour.
66 now but at a younger more stoned part of life I found this.
Vancouver Canada walking the street came upon the Talking Heads playing at the Commodore Ballroom.
The first four rows were on their knees when the band came out.
Excellent show.
One of the greatest Rock n Roll concert films ever!!!!
Seriously.... right up there with "The TAMI Show" (1964), Monterrey Pop (1967), Woodstock (1969), The Song Remains the Same (1976) and Urgh: A Music War (1980),
one of the best live performances I`ve ever seen!!!
I love how he holds the microphone to the camera! 🤣Byrne- genuinely quirky. Love it.
I'm so glad I was young when bands like Talking Heads and The B52's were in their prime. Happy, happy days
Yes,-yes, yes yes yes
Yeah, she has she yeah, she yes OK. How do you feel about the song? I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. What about their concerts? I know what I’ve been looking for. It’s me. It took so many years to figure that out. It’s really never outside herself is it, but I don’t know how anyone can sit still listening to genius. The drummer even sings and plays drums unbelievable.
I listen to this once a day to remind myself the world used to be a wonderful place.
💯
The world can still be a wonderful place if you believe it is
There's no country for old men
@@stellviahohenheim eh?
Possibly the greatest concert ever, definitely my favorite way to wake up in the morning, think I'd marry him in a second... or Tina! GAWD the bass in this...
I am very lucky in that this was the very first big concert I saw! I didn't have enough taste or knowledge at that point to have known how good it would be.
I was 13 and my brother 10 or 11 - my mom dropped us off (thanks mom!). We were so young that the concert people took us to the very front of the line! Alas, we were too shy to go right up front, but it was still awesome.
We really had the COOLEST Music🎤 Talking Heads Rocked our World🎸..Grateful for these Amazing Talents 🌟
The greatest live performace EVER!!!
This was a good group to grow up with, I seen them at the first US festival and I was just seventeen I had the best time dancing through their all their songs and I mean everyone was dancing with each other it was just awesome, wow time does fly I just turned 60 and it just seems like it was yesterday, thank you for your time,Jesus loves you all
THAT suit and THOSE moves. HAWT DAIMMM.
Love this dude. Musical genius he is!!!
Dude is killin' it with the cowbell at 4:38 (whole song, really).
I've got a fever for that cowbell!
Steve Scales, incredible percussionist!
Always room for more cowbell!
This is one of the greatest concert movies ever.I saw it twice in the theater.
Just one of my all-time fav tunes and films ever! David Byrne and Talking Heads are still way ahead of what passes for popular and alternative music. The music still holds up and their genius remains undimished. Unlike so many today - Byrne never had to build himself up and drone about his greatness. The proof was in the product - and that is not something that can easily be said about what dominates the charts right now.
"13 years ago" is it talking heads still your favourite band or do you have another favourite now?
The way this concert documentary was shot is amazing & completely stands out from any other one, I've seen.
I usually prefer the studio versions of most of my collection, but Talking Heads is the only band that I actually prefer the live versions of my favorite songs, including this song and ""Take Me to the River". It's a shame I've never had the opportunity to see them in concert back in the day.
Yes...to all of that...
I saw this concert tour in the early 80s. It was spectacular.
I saw them in Pittsburgh and I can immediately flash back to one of the best concerts in my life. Thank you TH
Hrd to believe that this is back in the 80a. amazing! and timeless!
andre p Why is it so hard to believe? The 80s saw a revolution of great songs and great artists, such as this. Think 'Tears for Fears' (my personal favorite), 'Psychedelic Furs,' 'The Church,' 'Depeche Mode,' 'New Order,' Elvis Costello, etc.
What I meant was that the whole concept of the Talking heads was way beyond their time. I grew up in the 80s and I remember how inspiring they were. Well at least to me. Most people did't get it, really.
andre p talking heads were better than most of the music people of their time
I'm 59 and back in 1978 at the Providence Performing art Center the Talking Heads were the first band I ever saw in concert. Unfortunately it was the only time i saw them but always enjoyed their music.
Love the way he finds the vocal girl at 4:30 and starts to interacting by dancing with her, just fun...
Was already old when this happened to arrive.
My 1940 suits where suddenly relevant again.
Thanks for keeping all this crazy great music alive
Possibly the best live band no drama just good music with a bit of entertainment thrown in which adds to the performance
..... a little bit of drama, though haha
No drama lol. David Byrne was (is) a huge asshole.
The music and the clothes where in a league of their own, it was and still is a massive part of what talking heads were all about! I have magic memories throughout my whole life with talking heads, they are undisputed!
Listen. If all of Talking Heads studio albums were the quality of this concert. They would have been so much popular! Anywho, I love this collection of artists.
Mite possibly be the best first time listen/watch ive ever experienced. Whoever arranged this song wuz in their bag wen they cooked up this one. And David's dance moves hit diff
It's almost a cliche to call David Byrne a genius. But as a music conceptual maker, he's up there with Paul McCartney and Roger Waters.
Don't forget the rest of the band! I can't imagine him coming up with ALL of that creative bass playing, the funky electric guitar riffs, and rhythmic drumming.
Fantastic musicians all of them but Byrne was the pivotal figure
paul whoooo??????????
Oh fuck off with that.
byrne and mcartney are incomparable. byrne is on a completely different level
had the stop making sense album back in 1988, love it as much today as i did as a 17 year old back then, awesome group
There is something deeply spiritually uplifting about this film. Their live performances were indeed better than their studio recordings, in the sense that their live performances are infused with love, emotion and joy in music.
woot woot!...how good is the audio for this track!! simply amazing, its damn near 25 years old..getcha self a pair of sennheiser earphones & enjoy....
The perfect version of this track.
I'm getting me an XXL suit and pants and I am going to slick my hair back and dance to "Girlfriend is Better" for Halloween this year.
I'll scare all the kids off and keep the candy for my wife and I 🤣
My favourite song ever, by the best. Remember being in my dad's car when u was little and my dad blasting the song as we bombed it up the the m6 . Thanks Dad for introducing me to Greatness .
One of the best tracks, and videos of all time...
My dad had a VHS of this that I watched nonstop when I was in my earlier teens and 4:01 always cracked me up.
A musical Prophet, it took me 30 years to catch up after hearing them on MTV as a kid!
How good is the drums then into the bass at the start. Imagine being there?! So lucky!
Simply the greatest, most original concert film ever. There are no challengers.
Is it just me or is the "Big Suit" WAY smaller than I remember? I think I must make it bigger in my mind ever time I think about it.
Water ran under the bridge and it shrunk in the wash
im maori from nz my dad introduced me to talking heads at a young age i didnt understand how legendary and how great this song and talking heads really are till your a bit older, 28 and man i must say im so happy that my dad brought me up on this greatest music ever
Chur bruddahs
....one of the greatest songs ever written....
I saw this tour in 1983, they were fantastic.
"I got a girlfriend that's better than that... and nothing's better than this." such awesome lyrics.
2019 and you still kick it ,nothing but respect 4 u .