David Byrne Q&A | Stop Making Sense (Full)
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2024
- David Byrne stopped by the Film Society's Walter Reade Theater following a screening of STOP MAKING SENSE as part of our "Sound + Vision" series.
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Still the best live concert video I've ever seen.
Watching his interviews in the 80s then watching recent ones makes me happy. It's not that I don't like the more soft spoken and chill Byrne before but it's nice to see him like this: laughing and answering better than he did before.
like, less obviously autistic?
Why do I enjoy his laugh so much? Pure joy😂
I do too. I think it is because I care for him so much although I've never met him. He's a very dear man. He loves to be loved too, bless him - not that common in a person of genius. I have come to revere the attention he pays to aesthetic excellence. He never pretends that art is a democracy - he rates intelligence and achievement. All best.
I was in the front row in 88 in the Glasgow Barrowlands, the tour was the Rei Momo album. David on stage with a complete horn, Rythim, percussion & synth extravaganza all dressed in white clothes, he was in the SMS spirit.. It was my FIRST concert, I met him outside, he wore a black French berry & long coat, I waked over with my brother as he emerged from the taxi cab, I was in shock to see him.. I said "Are you David Byrne".. He looked bemused.. I was just blown away to meet the man in the BIG SUIT!
I had every record T HEADS ever made, I was 14.. I'll never forget that.. What a day that was! 📺👀🎸☮️🏴
He is 1 of a kind, an art genius who sets it 2 music.
I'm a massive talking heads fan starting in 77, he is a genuine music genius. I grew up in Los Angeles and every week would see one or more concerts everyone you could think of from muddy waters, Led zeppelin Bob Marley and of course the Talking Heads. I was lucky enough to see them live more than 15 times and all 3 days for the movie in Hollywood at the pantages theatre, I also saw them play the same show 3 other times that same year it just got better every time. I told all my friends that they had to go see them live and that they will be blown away. One show I saw them play was the us festival in 1982 thay played with the Ramones flock of seagulls the English beat oingo boingo Talking Heads the B-52,S and the Police in that order and incredible day in music history. My hope is one day they will reunite just the 4 of them like in the beginning. the stop making sence shows were greatest show's EVER!!👍🌎✌
What songs did they play at the pantages that weren’t included? I know there are amateur videos floating around of “the book i read” and a few others that weren’t included in the movie, do you remember if there were any?
@@steelyd2 cities, big.blue Plymouth, building on fire
@@camistrukis8503 cities was included on the vhs and a bonus cut on the dvd. That’s cool about the other two songs though. Wish there was some surviving footage
@@steelyd2 theres a footage, here in youtube
@@steelyd2 ua-cam.com/video/kAWuMv1KM_s/v-deo.html
I love how he says "sunk" as past tense of "synch"
david is byrning down the house!
Damn, why didn’t I think of that?
I love this man, his music has played as a massive backing track to my life. I too am grey now x
I really love whenever he digreses and exlains a little bit. It's extremely interesting and he explains it in a way that's captivating because he's so invested himself.
DB plays such an odd character in the band that it's hard to forget how engaging and wonderful he is one on one as a "non rock star" person.
One of the brilliant and humble artists.
I'm a big Byrne fan.
Judy's in the bedroom, inventing situations.
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations.
Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement thinking about the government.
Van Go Ventures great tune
That shit goes hard
The song that predicts youtube and the internet
David Byrne is Lord.
David Byrne is King.
There is no life without David Byrne.
Well he fucked up Talking Heads sadly :
David Byrne fucks up nothing.
***** I thought the band kicked him out for doing too much acid and acting crazy.
jim jackle
No he started to pull down the band for some reason, under his leadership the mood in the band or something it just started to be toxic after stop making sense tour
***** Yeah I think him and Tina fell out they still seem quite bitter in the 2002 rock n roll hall of fame induction
Saw them on this tour at Hampton Coliseum. It was a half-house show, with the stage in the center of the floor. It will always be in my top five concerts of all time.
Lefty Bass : what are the other 4 concerts of all time ? ☺️
what a kind human
Love the rhythmic flow of the concert especially the improvising and energy *
I watch it every Friday, it's the best. Iron Maiden Rock in Rio is a lot of fun too.
Just watched "Stop Making Sense" on Amazon and was blown away by how great David really was back then, he is a genius..I was a big fan in the 80s and remember his music well..Particularly Wall Street....Too bad they slit up..Music back then was just fantastic, unlike music today is just mostly crap!!
+Swatkiller546 80s was the bomb
+Swatkiller546 on one hand I agree with you man...music today is mostly crap. On the other hand we are getting old and the world has not suddenly stopped producing good music
Radiohead's not that bad... xd
+Nathan Hassall I know right.
although talking heads broke through, there is tons of imaginative,inspired obscure music from 1969- 1982, and many are catching up with what was going on, because $urface-radio and shallow-tv never played them.. They were not free enough for real artistic expression. only glimpses here and there...anyone who was 17 or older in 1982 remembers the sudden strange closing of all the new wave clubs in usa. that was no coincidence …worse things since then. That brief hyper euphoric era was the perceptive people trying to shine through all the anti-intellect media going on in the late 70s, 80s… and by 1990 it became so dull that many felt total apathy and gave up to the great Nothing.
An incredible LEGEND!
I have enjoyed the movie of this show, many many times, over the years. I come back to it again and again and I think the thing that strikes me most is the energy of it. It builds from nothing to everything and David's performance was transcendental - not to overstate it. But the energy of the staging seemed to have everyone floating about an inch higher off the floor than they normally would. It was so much fun, such great work. Thanks to the Talking Heads and David Byrne for a concert I continue to enjoy, to this day.
That was Awesome! Thank you for sharing with People like us!!
I'm glad to see this.
Yes. I always enjoyed the songs played on the radio. Just thought they were a niche band and odd.
Then saw Stop Making Sense. I’m a damn convert now. Best live show, ever!
Thanks for posting.
It's David. Hello David from back then! I enjoyed your interview.
Love love LOVE David Byrne.
All of you David Byrne fans need to watch Spike Lee’s film of American Utopia. It surpasses the brilliance of Stop Making Sense.
love him
David Byrne always came across as an odd alien observing humanity until the mothership showed up.
He seems much more "normal" now than he did then. I watched a clip of him appearing on a morning news show somewhere recently and, while watching the painfully inane new anchors engage in their painfully superficial conversation, I was shocked to realize that David was actually the most normal one in this group of TV talking heads, gracefully putting up with their bubble headed statements.
So I guess the oddest thing about him is how normal and engaging he is now.
I noticed this difference too. It makes clear that his autistic-like stiffness and oddness back in the 80s was a deliberate persona. So all those interviews were performance art.
Look guys a real artist 👏🇬🇧
That kind of energy spreads. I have Talking Heads listed in my book dedication!
I used to ride around pin my truck playing the soundtrack tape loud as hell. It was a perfect road trip tape
What can be said of/about David Byrne? 3 words; artistic music genius. Here endeth today's lesson.
Wow thank you so much for uploading this. I think he's made it clear that there will not be a reunion in the past, but I'm still hoping he'll have a change of heart/mind. He does Talking Heads songs solo, but it would be really "rad" to see the band together again.
The funny thing is the other band members were so pissed at DB for the way he treated them and the way he announced the bands breakup but, they are the ones wanting to reunite. DB is the Brain and talent. DB is obviously the creative talent that understands music, production, art...... Why would he need to argue with others when he can simply offer musicians a wage to perform what he wants the way he wants and all parties are pleased with the deal?
Sorry but no. The way that they talk about David, being 50% true or not...If i was him would never return to a relationship with people who are not my friends... It would be ridiculous, toxic and insincere
@@jessica5497 Who said they were not friends? The drummer said he said publicly he wanted to reunite and Byrne grinned publicly and did not say no. Then Burn went home, passive aggressively, and sent him an email saying "I told you to never ask me to reunite again" That was on a VH1 documentary. True or not, you or I do not know.
RIP Jonathan Demme
Cool dude.
David is so likeable and modest, but he must be one of the most underrated songwriters. He's the Tim Burton of songwriters.
@Niklaus Steffanmullen k
Heaven is a place
A place where nothing
Nothing ever happens
Perhaps a reflection of David's opinion of the reality he found himself in during his 'peak'. He was in Heaven, however he found it oh so mundane. Some say a state of nirvana., the eternal flat line or the zone.
Sounds like a good description of the nonsense of heaven
Tavy@ Talking Heads were and still sound brilliant!!! There my second favourite band. After Pink Floyd! But Stop Makeing Sense is by far my favourite Talking Heads album! Its maybe the greatest concert i have ever seen. I cant seperate it from a Pink Floyd concert at wembley in 1995 i saw. I really cant!!! But up to Floyds 1995 wembley concert 'Stop Makeing Sense' was by far the greatest concert i had ever seen! I saw it in 1986 or 87, and was just totally blown away by it. Becouse i was only age 11 in 1984 when it first came out and hadnt really heard of them until the summer of 1984 or 85, i heard the live version of 'Slippery People' and said to a friend "who is that singing they or he sounds brilliant! And he said its Talking Heads its good isnt it? A said yes i like that" So about 6 month later in november in 1985 i heard 'Road To Nowhere' and said to a friend who is that? That is brilliant. He said its Talking Heads there good arnt they! After hearing another few of there songs that was it, i whent out and bought there new album that year 'Little Creatures' and played it over and over. Then i just had to buy 'Stop Making Sense' about 2 month later at age 12. And it was never of my turn table on my hifi. I couldnt get enough of that album!!! Then withing 2 to 3 years i had bought all there albums and there was a few i didnt like. It just didnt sound like Talking Heads! There second album 'More Songs About Buildings And Food' is brilliant. Thats my third favourite Talking Heads album after 'Stop makeing Sense' and 'Little Creaures' 'Speaking In Tonques' is a good album! Thats maybe my fourth best !!!!!!!!!!!!!
David Byrne is a genius
same as it ever was ...
David Byrne Making Sense Of STOP!
The key on his wrist. That. Dang. Key.
The key on his wrist is very likely the key to his bike lock. He's a bicycle enthusiast and rides everywhere! Another reason he's such an awesome guy!
I've heard him say somewhere that he doesn't have or drive a car. That's cool, for him to be rich and not have a car. He's a cool cat.
Yes, I recently bought his book Bicycle Diaries, and it's pretty amazing specially if you are a fan
I enjoy live collaborative theatre too/ More into filmmaking
David Byrne, you are the best, and by far SMS is my favorite concert, however ain't like he didn't mention at least any name of the members of Talking Heads, always referring to them as "the band", I know they're not friends anymore, but I guess it would be nice to have at least some of them there.
Also David and the interviewer are wearing the same 2 color clothing He has the white pants and dark top she has the dark pants and the white top lol
Your reply is to the wrong person im sure ?
David Tokio you mean trousers
I also know that she has white pubic hairs, whereas David Byrne´s pubic hair are ginger.
@@jonathanmartin4125 - "Trousers" in the U.K. = "pants" in the U.S. ("trousers" is not unknown but not often used).
21:39 great answer
The man is a genius
It would've been great if Demme was there too!
Mr. Rogers' answer to rock music. This music was not complete without the visual. It wasn't different than the visual. Once you experienced it together there there wasn't one or another. The expression was unique and integrated and didn't need to be explained. In fact, trying to explain it gets in the way of how it comes to life in your own context.
Is the moderator Cynthia Geary from Northern Exposure?
David Byrne and the Talking Heads 😀
i tale you how everybody wash dancing it was yery good so masts fun and joy
there where no chairs pleas do something again it was very special to me
Hendrick Looysen Emmmmmm what?????
DB is an UBER artist ❤️❤️❤️
We need to see more interviews with other members of the band besides him. i absolutely loved david byrne but i think i can see why they broke up.
They exist, but to be perfectly honest, they're not nearly as interesting as David
Does he talk about the lamp? Where is it now?
I saw the Talking Heads the year about two weeks before in San Diego and when he was dancing with the light he missed catching it and it hit the stage and broke. Then i went to the Hollywood shows for the taping of the movie Stop Making Sense all 3 night's and it was a different lamp but he didn't break it.
👍🌎✌
@@jayhutchinson1962 i can’t imagine how david’s face would’ve looked during that
'So David, which came first, the chicken or the egg?'
The interviewer looks an awful lot like Jennifer Jason Leigh. Thought it was her for the first 10mins. David Byrne is a genius, BTW.
Isn't this the talking heads live at the sciencedown gundowns happydown noup complex dream?
Roger Sterling is very talented
Thanks.
real honey!
Why was the tom tom club songs included in the movie...?
Provided cover for him to put on the Big Suit.
this lady wants to devour him (and is doing so with her eyes.)
frooshante To be fair, who doesn't?
frooshante I'm a young straight man and I want to be on him xD
+Ethan Golding actually yes, I'm getting wet thinking about him....and I too am a dude! lol
The world was moving she was right there with it and she was.
22:35
At the feardown mindrape?
Wish when he asked, "does that make sense?" She should have answered, "stop making sense"
"Crazy energy" = cocaine :P
NOT COCAINE, REAL MUSICIANS, JUST CAUSE YOU ARE IN LOVE WIT
DI COCCO LOL
You sir, get an A+ for punning...
Buil Dinit David Bynre has been pretty vocal about his cocaine use, it's not exactly a secret.
I think what you call crazy energy is simply David Byrne. He claims to have a form of autism.
@@buildinit6523 good pun but definetely was cocain involved haha
Why cut the questions out?? 😔
I'm thinking it's because this is such a public forum, posting private people and their voices, asking questions, might require some permission you cannot get.. so, out of respect for that they were cut out :)
If that makes sense haha , something along those lines anyway.. copyright perhaps.
Maybe the audience members' questions were too low in volume for most people to make out, so the editor transcribed them so we could all see what was asked?
HE F UK the BAND
Judy’s in the bedroom. Inventing situations.
1st time dad saw this movie it was simulcast on double j radio half way thru his ex punches him in the back cause he woke her up He had head phones on two rooms away. Best ever love the heads. Woof
I saw this film at the Market Theatre at the Pike Place Market in Seattle when it first came out. The audience went wild.
Do you receive social security? If so, will you compose a song about it?
Surface head
On the web
Interview
( Jamin Jonathan Jones )
Look to film
The way it does
To the eye ?
Holding eye
Mad harmony
Fear of light
Seen through
Voices outside
The creator’s head
Stream projector
Hold suspense
Of light
( Jamin Jonathan Jones )
Even earrings
Wear in the
Light
( Jamin Jonathan Jones )
What frontman exceeded Byrne? Mick Jagger, Freddie Mercury?! Name him!
You just did. Freddie was by far the greatest front man. That being said, talking heads was fantastic. The band and eno. Not just David.
@@rman52 Didnt David think he was the goose and TH was his golden egg. When indeed it was the other way around?
@@mrdave777 Not sure what you mean.
@@rman52 No problem. I read how David thought he was the goose that laid a golden egg called Talking Heads. When indeed, the goose was Talking Heads and David was just one of the golden eggs.
Ian Anderson
Anyone know who the interviewer is?
No, sorry.
Is that the girl from The Breakfast Club?
The interviewer should allow him to speak, without interuption.
Isn't this the reality?
Stop making sense David.not saying we're getting older hehehe 🏴
That ditz is a ditz.
It does need to be repeated.....
sacred vs secular - talk amongst yourselves
csilt : 😂 lol caw-fee taw-k
I'm a dancer too
If Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz aren't involved, it's not the same. There's Byrne, and there's TA LKI N GHE ADS ... there is only one and that one is comprised of four. Sorry David.
the film sounds kinda boring but i'm sure it'd be good live
The Talking Heads were sacrificed on the altar of Byrne's ego.
David picking his nose then his teeth with the same fingers?!? Well atleast he has teeth
Is David gay??! I thought he was just a nerd lol!
NO.
He was known to spend time with ladies back in the day. Guess he's just a bachelor type though.
He was married for 17 years, with her for over 20. So no, he's not gay. Not sure what would lead you to that assumption in any case.
@@missa1063 well, gay people have been known to cave to social pressure to present a “normal” family life, but you’re right-there’s no reason to assume that someone who’s not in a heterosexual relationship is gay. It’s not uncommon for people on the autism spectrum to feel more comfortable living alone, especially someone like Byrne who needs to conserve energy for creative endeavors.
He is autistic. That explains his careful mannerisms.
Stop turning him into a gay man. That's his decision.
+Olivelimer He's a genius either way. His sexuality doesn'st even factor in to it for me whatsoever. I doesn't know whether or not he is straight, gay, bi, or whatever and I don't care. That said, he's only been with women publically and he's been married to a woman.
The video editing was terrible hardly any good shots on the percussion when he was doing a major fill meanwhile the camera is floating round somewhere else..especially through burning down the house ..i cant watch it... great music good start with David psycho killer was brilliant but after that the video editing falls apart.
David Tokio "We didn't want the clichés. We didn't want close-ups of people's fingers while they're doing a guitar solo. We wanted the camera to linger, so you could get to know the musicians a little bit."
Im not talking about closeups of fingers im talking about sensible camera operation and editing...It really is bad and musicians are not actors ..we like to watch them play there instruments..If they do attempt to act it is not worth watching just like the brown skinned keyboard player..He looks like he is attempting to fake play the keys while pulling stupid moves and facial expressions..
You clearly need to educate yourself before you start to talk utter nonsense.
David Tokio Whoever filmed the remain in light tour seemed to be able to capture more than JD was able to do. Those 1980 films are spectacular.
Stop making no sense.
He has sold his soul to become famous and now he is old. The time to pay the price is approaching! Good luck you'll need it! Just kidding luck won't help you!