Tina Weymouth was such an under appreciated bass player. Every Talking Heads song she kept the entire song in the pocket - she formed the pocket - she kept the pocket - and the song could go where it needed to go because of that strong foundation.
Yet she was part of a VERY successful band. I think... No, I know, you meant to use the word UNDERAPPRECIATED. Please quit thinking you are "hip" for using a completely over-used word by a 5th grade generation...
@@willasacco9898 David is making solo music. Tina and Chris still have Tom Tom Club. Jerry Harrison is currently on tour with Adrian Belew and former members of Turkuaz performing Talking Heads classics (I’ll be seeing them next week, in fact!)
If I could sum up Talking Heads in one word it would be “quirky”. They’re like the group of misfits who goes to perform on the talent show and everybody thinks they’re gonna suck, but then within a matter of seconds the entire crowd is won over. They’re on the Island of Misfit Bands along with Devo, the B 52s, and a host of other new-wave groups.
The most amazing thing about Tina Weymouth is that she didn't play bass- or any instrument- when she joined the band! The Talking Heads used to rehearse in her huge loft apartment (her partner Chris was the drummer), and they needed a bassist. So she went out and bought a used bass guitar, and taught herself how to play during rehearsals and early gigs. Amazing!
The Commitments also have an incredible version of Take Me To The River. It’s from the movie, The Committments, which y’all should totally do for a film Friday!!!
You still need to do the Talking Heads "Life During Wartime" performance from their concert movie "Stop Making Sense." It is IMHO their best performance.
Thank you SO MUCH for reacting to this song! Amber was spot on when she said this music makes you want to let your freak flag fly. Even at 74 years old, this song unlocked MY core memory so vividly that my freak flag got me up dancing! Thanks again, Amber and Jay! ❤
Will never forget when this song came out in 1978, it was one of those "never heard anything like this before" type of songs and I loved it so much I would just play it over and over and over and never get tired of it. Stills feels just as amazing now as it did back then. Loved your reaction! So cool you did the back to back comparison. Would love to see you do that with other songs on a regular basis.
You nailed it. This was my experience too! I was 15 years old in 1978! I never forgot the first time I heard this. I loved it then and I love it now! Amazing that music like this can lock in memories…
I was in high school when I heard this on the radio. Like you said, never heard anything like it. Bought "More Songs About Buildings and Food" and wore that album out playing it every morning before head off to class (my poor mother - she never complained!).
I said it before and I'll say it again. When you guys are able, please watch the "Stop Making Sense" concert film, considered one of the finest concert films ever. This is one of the songs they do live. If you really want to appreciate their uniqueness, see the film. You will not regret it.
please watch this concert I cannot recommend it highly enough,its just the best and the sound is amazing. would love to see it on your movie channel and watch along.
I'm so blessed to have lived in a time where this was just "good" to me. In retrospect, this was great, but we were so spoiled with great music at that time we had no idea it could end. Great to see kids today validating.
The way music lovers of my era, 70's. 80"s and 90's see The Talking Heads is this...Yes, they're definitely weird BUT they appeal deeply to the weird side we all have in us! So, we embrace their music and all bands like them. Although, The Talking Heads are in a category all of their own! Thank you for this video!
I was 20 years old in 1978 (sigh). As I drove my Toyota Corolla home from work, I heard this song on the radio and my brain chemistry was forever changed. I had never heard anything like it before! David Byrne's voice blew me away. I had to buy the album and was not disappointed...so many great songs on it. I became and remain a huge Talking Heads fan. 😊
My father-in-law is a HUUUGE Talking Heads fan, and so we decided to do the in-law dance at our wedding (me with my husband's dad, my husband with my mom) to Talking Heads version of Take Me To the River! 🥰🕺💃
To be honest, I heard this version before the Al Green one. I've known Al Green for decades, but somehow missed his orignal Take Me to the River. Thanks for listening to both!
Went to a party one time back in the late 80s. The host put on the talking heads CD speaking in tongues and put it on repeat and just let it play. I don't think anybody stopped dancing all night. Burning down the House.
My first exposure to "Take Me to the River" was the great Al Green and I absolutely loved it for years. However, when Talking Heads released their version I instantly fell in love with it and in my estimation the David Byrne and Talking Heads adaptation just took the song to a new level. For me, it is the definitive variation now and quite honestly the only one I can comfortably listen to. Cheers from Ontario, Canada!
One of the best concert movies ever was "Stop Making Sense" by director Jonothan Demme and The Talking Heads. I'm not sure if you've seen it. Demme went on to make a little movie called "The Silence of the Lambs" for which he won the Oscar. The concert movie has an insane amount of energy, it's hard not to get up and dance - or aerobicize even
This band! I saw their film Stop Making Sense by myself in a theater in downtown Chicago, while my boyfriend was at some sort of music business thing. Then made him go with me a week or so later to see it again. 😁 Yes, it's that good.
I think I paid $75 back in 1980 to see this awesome group at the orpheum theater in Boston which is a gorgeous and intimate 1850's venue. I saw this song live with all this amazing choreography! Damn that was 43 years ago! But it's like I just heard it for the first time seeing it through your eyes🎶❣️
This cover is funky. There's no other way to describe it. It makes you want to get up and dance like no one is watching, and many of us have been doing that ever since it was released decades ago. Another great Talking Heads song is "Road to Nowhere," which has one of the best openings of any rock/pop song, ever. I think you would both enjoy it.
I love this song and I love that you were so responsive to your viewers' comments. Singer David Byrne is quite a performer. He starred in American Utopia on Broadway, singing his music, in 2019 and was on Saturday Night Live in 2020. He is into other art forms, including dance, as well.
You should react to their concert film Stop Making Sense for your film night. Such an incredible film and so much fun to watch. David Byrne is next level. One of the best performers I've ever seen.
I haven't heard ''Talking Heads'' for so long, that I forgot how much I loved their music. This had my 72 year old, arthritic, hip replaced, old ass moving like a youngster, sort of. Loved this reaction. Thank you.
My brother had this album and when he wasn't home I use to play it on my mom's console stereo. I loved this song. I tried to put it back exactly where I found it, but he always knew. He was very protective of all his albums and he had lots of them. He would get so mad at me, but I continued to play them when he wasn't home.
It's so satisfying watching you guys getting into this great version! When I first heard it, I was in my early teens sitting in the car waiting for my parents to come out of the store and I was pumped up by the time they came back! My mother passed away 2 weeks ago so listening to this brought that memory back - when she explained who the Talking Heads were. Lotsa luv to you! ❣
Soundtrack to my High School years. That walking tempo is just infectious. That sound you asked about was a Hammond B-3 doubled with the electric guitar. The Hammond player is just tickling the keys. Sometimes barely making a pop or a squeek, but then lays into it full force for the hook at the end of each line. The Hammond and the guitar are played as more rhythmic instruments than melodic instruments. Imagine walking through a High School hallway with this song on my Sony Walkman cassette and my Walkman headphones. Just strolling along at the pace of the song.
I'm gonna say it again too! Check out the movie The Commitments - a compelling story about a some friends in Ireland that start a soul band. Hysterical and an amazing soundtrack that includes Take Me To The River!
Talking Heads are sooooo good, this is one of My favorites. Some wonderful songs from late 70's thru 80's my 3 favorites talking Heads, Dire Straits, Cars
Another thing to consider when listening to older break-through music is that, when successful, its influence is now incorporated into the musical fabric that subsequent artists got to use in their music-creating endeavors. The original stuff (Elvis, Roy Orbison, Beatles, Talking Heads, etc.) still retains some of its break-through aspects even today, but just think about how mind-blowing it was when first released and nobody had heard anything like it to that point. It's hard to truly appreciate how game changing it was at the time. It was. It's still going on today. Those songs are the ones that can be the most difficult to listen to the first time around, but they grow on all of us over time.
Tina works it out on bass! Awesome stuff and the live version in the film Stop Making Sense is terrific! LOVE seeing you guys grooving to this, it's super infectious! The beat seems to just very slightly drag and put tension on groove. So cool!
In 1981 got a new neighbor that had moved from New York( I live in California) who listened to a lot of different music( I was only into rock). He introduced me to Talking Heads. Shortly after that they came out with Burning Down The House. This group puts the unique in unique
To me Al Green's original version will always be the definitive one but this is easily one of the best covers ever. As people have said below, they made it their own, which is what great artists do when covering a song, not just lazily copying the original. Two good examples of this are when Rev Al covered the Bee Gees How Can You Mend A Broken Heart and when the Fugees did Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly and there are many others. I especially love it when one of my cherished songs is redone in a totally different style so that both songs are equally worthy. That is respect to the original artists and is priceless.
It’s fine, they produced a cover for their audience and that is great…however…lol…..there is nobody can convince me that this is in any way better than the Al Green version, even the Syl Johnson version is better. As I say…..it’s fine - a well produced cover, but better than Al’s????
@@RicoBurghFan - Did I specifically mention you? No, I did not….my comment was a general comment to those (and there are some), that think the Talking Heads version is better…..it’s about opinions and if you read what I said - it was making the point that no one can convince me that it is a better version that Al Green’s. No issue from me and I agree with you that it is a good version.
You must must MUST react to their live version of this song from their Stop Making Sense tour. They put yet another spin on this song and it again sounds amazing and different.
dip me in the water wow this just grabs you by the scruff of the neck and takes you really low down down makes want just totally groove out, love it. Kudos to Al Green and Mabon Lewis Hodges and the producer of this song, the sound is so clean and you can get every nuance of the different instruments, class act all round.
SO many Talking Heads songs you'll love and should react to! "Life During Wartime", "Crosseyed and Painless" - do those next!!! Their concert documentary 'Stop Making Sense' is absolutely perfect. More TH!!! 🤘 💙
As much as I love all of the other Talking Heads songs this my favorite. Always get a religious baptism feel from this one, always a Sunday morning pleasure to hear on the radio if they play it.
Nice! One of my favorite Talking Heads songs and covers. Another one I think you will love by them is “Wild Wild Life”. The video is hilarious, too! Jay, if you want to hear a phenomenal bassline there’s a Queen song called “Fight From The Inside”. Very underrated track and one of the best guitar riffs in rock history.
I have loved this song for decades. I watch you guys enjoying 70s songs and I am truly thankful that these songs bring as much happiness to you as they do to me. I remember sitting in the park with my transistor radio and headphones just rockin out!
I guess you've read this a thousand times, but you may want to consider watching the Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense" on your movie reaction channel, which is maybe the best live concert film I've seen. It's one of the liveliest, highest energy and truly musically and artistically accomplished shows I've seen.
Simply the best and highest use of the Talking Heads collective talents. An impressive record catalog had just begun but they never made a better song. The real genius may have been in the courage to cover this song and believe it would work out well.
Love to see you react to the first Talking Heads song I remember hearing, having chills on a rainy day at fifteen, thinking I was listening to predictions!: "Life During Wartime". Totally iconic late 70's, early 80's apocalyptic new wave rock.
Take me to the church of FUNK, Soul, and ROCK N' ROLL!! 👊🤟 Amber and J... you both made my Saturday as I'm catching up on all of your videos!! Absolutely love this band and this song in particular!! David never gets enough credit for his voice, talent, creativity, and flare!! That guy put a HUGE stamp on the 80's and he is still cool!! 😎 Thank you both for hitting this one up!! ❤️ @RobSquadReactions
If you ever react to a concert movie, it needs to be Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense. It's got amazing versions of all their greatest songs including this one.
The Talking Heads made this song their own. It was a classic on its own, but this is a version that simply takes it to a different level. Not better or worse. It is just unique and for this band it is absolutely done in their style. The bass definitely makes this song special. The groove behind it just makes you want to jam with it.
I'm 60... followed these guys my whole adult life. Same deal, really liked them but didn't entirely know why. I watched interviews with David Byrne when he was older... despite appearances and the jumbled sense you get when you hear the music, he was a very intentional thinker and writer. He had a really disciplined perspective that he never seemed to turn off, he understood modernity, mass media and it's sometimes distorted culture instinctively. To illustrate, guests who appeared on Music TV, local music show in Toronto, always did a promo for the local station, a 5 second spot, where they said "You're Watching Music Television in Toronto"... when they asked him to do one he said "You're watching television".. then stared dead panned directly at the camera. I think that's his whole thing in a nutshell.
LIstening to you both analysing songs now is just amazing! All the other musical references you make, all the different sound & characteristics from other bands...it's been so fun to watch your journies! Just think 1-2 yrs ago you didn't know almost any of this. Love it!
The Talking Heads covered this with respect for the original but with their own quirkiness. So they push the right buttons but make you listen alertly due to the differences.
In the 1980s, they were considered alternative rock. The Talking Heads is a collective of great musical artists. Their Remain in Light album is so GOOD! Check out a song called Listening Wind. It's hypnotic AF. My very favorite from them.
Yeah I figured you were going to do this pretty soon! Speaking of which you haven’t done the original and real version of To Love Somebody yet Bee Gee fans are still waiting.
When I saw that y'all had done Al Green's Take Me To The River, just knew that y'all had to do the Heads' version to hear the similarities and the groove that each of them had in their own style. Love you guys.
Y'all need to see their live performances from the 1983 "Stop Making Sense" tour and film. Try "Life During Wartime" from it. And another unexpected cover that will surprise you is Devo's 1977 cover of the Rolling Stones' signature 1965 song "Satisfaction."
Exactly! Theyre the only band that makes me dance, just NOT a dancer, but i dance to them to “get my weird out!!!”, lololol, thats really insightful...ive been listening to them for 20+ years & i never thought about it like that! Haha
One day, you need to find a song that three different artists have performed and react to them on the same day. Three different renditions. That would be cool.
Now you HAVE to watch their their concert film "Stop Making Sense". It is one of THE best concert films around. You start of slow and chill but then builds into a great big production and you get to watch that happen!
Glad that you decided to compare versions so soon. It helps keep it relevant and at the top if our minds. For another fun cover comparison I suggest The Rolling Stones' Street Fighting Man, then Rod Stewart's version, both great listening, with different arrangemens...Stewart paying homage to the original near the end of his version. Also, The Beatles did A Little Help From my Friends (lead sung by Ringo!), from their 1967 masterpiece album, Sgt. Pepper. Then the cover done a few years later by Joe Cocker, which will blow you away! Thanks for the fun and God bless you ♡
This takes me back to high school in AZ, it was the anthem of tubing down the river😎 I love David Byrne so much, and the Heads of course.. thanks for doing this one, warmed me up on this cold Chicago evening!❤✌
You must watch the entire Talking Heads film Stop Making Sense of a 1984 live performance. There are many live versions of their version of the Al Green song, many a few years before the film, but this one especially is fire. They are a band worth watching. Here is a link to their filmed performance: ua-cam.com/video/anjT71N4PGM/v-deo.html I saw them perform many times from early on in their career. I was at the NYC leg of the tour (they filmed their CA performance, I believe. What a concert! I only saw them in small venues and usually won’t go to arena shows. But I’ve made a few exceptions . . . this was worth it and so great!!!
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Tina Weymouth was such an under appreciated bass player. Every Talking Heads song she kept the entire song in the pocket - she formed the pocket - she kept the pocket - and the song could go where it needed to go because of that strong foundation.
Being a rhythm-oriented art band, TH needed and had a down from the middle of the earth bass player. Are they, in any form, still around?
Yet she was part of a VERY successful band. I think... No, I know, you meant to use the word UNDERAPPRECIATED. Please quit thinking you are "hip" for using a completely over-used word by a 5th grade generation...
@@willasacco9898 David is making solo music. Tina and Chris still have Tom Tom Club. Jerry Harrison is currently on tour with Adrian Belew and former members of Turkuaz performing Talking Heads classics (I’ll be seeing them next week, in fact!)
Totally! She's amazing
Thinking about the way David treated her gives me angry thoughts. He was jealous of Tom Tom club and he should have been. That was HER band.
Tina Weymouth with that iconic bass intro! Gotta love it. Thanks, kids! ✌🏻💀
she's awesome...love her
If I could sum up Talking Heads in one word it would be “quirky”. They’re like the group of misfits who goes to perform on the talent show and everybody thinks they’re gonna suck, but then within a matter of seconds the entire crowd is won over. They’re on the Island of Misfit Bands along with Devo, the B 52s, and a host of other new-wave groups.
Great description 😊
they may have been quirky but they were smart musicians with a purpose quirky, it never gets old
Is Elvis Costello another?
@@conrad4667 Yes!
How about the original querky group: The Greatful Dead?🙃
The most amazing thing about Tina Weymouth is that she didn't play bass- or any instrument- when she joined the band! The Talking Heads used to rehearse in her huge loft apartment (her partner Chris was the drummer), and they needed a bassist. So she went out and bought a used bass guitar, and taught herself how to play during rehearsals and early gigs. Amazing!
The Commitments also have an incredible version of Take Me To The River. It’s from the movie, The Committments, which y’all should totally do for a film Friday!!!
100%. They would love it. I suggested it to them before too.
@@jamiemacdonald436 great movie !
Definitely need to for movie reaction
Yes. If you listen to their version of this I’m sure it will be on the film channel straight afterwards.
Absolutely see this movie, the music is fantastic!
Love This One!! And You Guys were Really Feeling It, and had so much Fun in This Reaction! I was feeling it Too! :) Thanks Guys!
Have to agree, I luv'd your guys reaction to one of my fav groups, I felt all you both were going through.
Even when they cover a song....they make it their own. So good. 👍🏼
You still need to do the Talking Heads "Life During Wartime" performance from their concert movie "Stop Making Sense." It is IMHO their best performance.
Life during Wartime live performance please!
The "Big Suit".
Been asking for “Life During Wartime” forever.
@@sloebone7399 Me, too! And the one from Stop Making Sense!
This ain't no party.
Thank you SO MUCH for reacting to this song! Amber was spot on when she said this music makes you want to let your freak flag fly. Even at 74 years old, this song unlocked MY core memory so vividly that my freak flag got me up dancing!
Thanks again, Amber and Jay! ❤
Right on, brother!
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Will never forget when this song came out in 1978, it was one of those "never heard anything like this before" type of songs and I loved it so much I would just play it over and over and over and never get tired of it. Stills feels just as amazing now as it did back then. Loved your reaction! So cool you did the back to back comparison. Would love to see you do that with other songs on a regular basis.
You nailed it. This was my experience too! I was 15 years old in 1978! I never forgot the first time I heard this. I loved it then and I love it now! Amazing that music like this can lock in memories…
@@CLRoess oh for sure!! Sometimes all I need is the first 2 or 3 notes of a song and I am immediately right back emersed in those memories.
I was in high school when I heard this on the radio. Like you said, never heard anything like it. Bought "More Songs About Buildings and Food" and wore that album out playing it every morning before head off to class (my poor mother - she never complained!).
I said it before and I'll say it again. When you guys are able, please watch the "Stop Making Sense" concert film, considered one of the finest concert films ever. This is one of the songs they do live. If you really want to appreciate their uniqueness, see the film. You will not regret it.
Totally agree. Before i saw it i wasn't much of a TH fan. Afterward, love them.
It’s incredible
please watch this concert I cannot recommend it highly enough,its just the best and the sound is amazing. would love to see it on your movie channel and watch along.
I couldn't agree with you more, Jaime! It's my favorite concert film🥰
Yes yes yes
I'm so blessed to have lived in a time where this was just "good" to me. In retrospect, this was great, but we were so spoiled with great music at that time we had no idea it could end. Great to see kids today validating.
Great comment. No matter what, it was the best of times. ♥️
I bought Speaking in Tongues when it came out and was like, solid, but not my favorite. Compared to anything now, it's just unbelievable.
I never of it that way but you are absolutely correct.
Yes. Precisely.
well said!
Tina Weymouth is a solid Bassist with exceptional skill
Amazing women bass players
A song written by the great Al Green and a unique version by The Talking Heads. Love that you two get to experience these old songs.
That bass line is 🔥!
Yesss! Tina is awesome!
Al Green really loved this cover.
The version they recorded live on the "Stop Making Sense" concert film is also EPIC. Actually that whole concert is AMAZING.
The way music lovers of my era, 70's. 80"s and 90's see The Talking Heads is this...Yes, they're definitely weird BUT they appeal deeply to the weird side we all have in us! So, we embrace their music and all bands like them. Although, The Talking Heads are in a category all of their own! Thank you for this video!
"WORD"..."FACT".."ON POINT"
I was 20 years old in 1978 (sigh). As I drove my Toyota Corolla home from work, I heard this song on the radio and my brain chemistry was forever changed. I had never heard anything like it before! David Byrne's voice blew me away. I had to buy the album and was not disappointed...so many great songs on it. I became and remain a huge Talking Heads fan. 😊
I want to be born in 1958 now. I could have seen them live.
My father-in-law is a HUUUGE Talking Heads fan, and so we decided to do the in-law dance at our wedding (me with my husband's dad, my husband with my mom) to Talking Heads version of Take Me To the River! 🥰🕺💃
Man that is so awesome l can’t even tell you
That's so sweet. I bet they appreciated that more than you know.
You may find yourself...listening to "Take Me to the River."
You may say to yourself..."This isn't Al Green!"
To be honest, I heard this version before the Al Green one. I've known Al Green for decades, but somehow missed his orignal Take Me to the River. Thanks for listening to both!
Went to a party one time back in the late 80s. The host put on the talking heads CD speaking in tongues and put it on repeat and just let it play. I don't think anybody stopped dancing all night. Burning down the House.
My first exposure to "Take Me to the River" was the great Al Green and I absolutely loved it for years. However, when Talking Heads released their version I instantly fell in love with it and in my estimation the David Byrne and Talking Heads adaptation just took the song to a new level. For me, it is the definitive variation now and quite honestly the only one I can comfortably listen to. Cheers from Ontario, Canada!
One of the best concert movies ever was "Stop Making Sense" by director Jonothan Demme and The Talking Heads. I'm not sure if you've seen it.
Demme went on to make a little movie called "The Silence of the Lambs" for which he won the Oscar.
The concert movie has an insane amount of energy, it's hard not to get up and dance - or aerobicize even
This band! I saw their film Stop Making Sense by myself in a theater in downtown Chicago, while my boyfriend was at some sort of music business thing. Then made him go with me a week or so later to see it again. 😁 Yes, it's that good.
I think I paid $75 back in 1980 to see this awesome group at the orpheum theater in Boston which is a gorgeous and intimate 1850's venue. I saw this song live with all this amazing choreography! Damn that was 43 years ago! But it's like I just heard it for the first time seeing it through your eyes🎶❣️
This cover is funky. There's no other way to describe it. It makes you want to get up and dance like no one is watching, and many of us have been doing that ever since it was released decades ago.
Another great Talking Heads song is "Road to Nowhere," which has one of the best openings of any rock/pop song, ever. I think you would both enjoy it.
Tina Weymouth. Bass player extrodinaire! She keeps the pocket like nobody else.
I love this song and I love that you were so responsive to your viewers' comments. Singer David Byrne is quite a performer. He starred in American Utopia on Broadway, singing his music, in 2019 and was on Saturday Night Live in 2020. He is into other art forms, including dance, as well.
When there was a special on TV about David Byrne's Broadway show. Totally awesome 🔥🔥🔥 SNL performance best of the best⚡⚡⚡ love 🗣🎶
Yup. Cool song. I was dancing to the Beatles in 65' in my one piece Jammy's and now I can't stop listening to 46+2 and the Pot. Life has been grande!
This is my favorite Talking Heads hit. Great Remake.
Life During Wartime was fun.
Such a great groove to this version. I never miss hearing any baseline from Talking Heads.
You should react to their concert film Stop Making Sense for your film night. Such an incredible film and so much fun to watch. David Byrne is next level. One of the best performers I've ever seen.
I haven't heard ''Talking Heads'' for so long, that I forgot how much I loved their music. This had my 72 year old, arthritic, hip replaced, old ass moving like a youngster, sort of. Loved this reaction. Thank you.
Hell yeah!
My brother had this album and when he wasn't home I use to play it on my mom's console stereo. I loved this song. I tried to put it back exactly where I found it, but he always knew. He was very protective of all his albums and he had lots of them. He would get so mad at me, but I continued to play them when he wasn't home.
I’ll never forget seeing them do this on SNL back in the day. It was the first time I’d ever seen them, and it blew my mind.
Man rock on, this is mind blowing
It's so satisfying watching you guys getting into this great version! When I first heard it, I was in my early teens sitting in the car waiting for my parents to come out of the store and I was pumped up by the time they came back! My mother passed away 2 weeks ago so listening to this brought that memory back - when she explained who the Talking Heads were. Lotsa luv to you! ❣
Thank you for this great and loving memory!
Al Green Simply Beautiful...great song! LOVE Talking Heads!!
Soundtrack to my High School years. That walking tempo is just infectious.
That sound you asked about was a Hammond B-3 doubled with the electric guitar.
The Hammond player is just tickling the keys. Sometimes barely making a pop or a squeek, but then lays into it full force for the hook at the end of each line. The Hammond and the guitar are played as more rhythmic instruments than melodic instruments.
Imagine walking through a High School hallway with this song on my Sony Walkman cassette and my Walkman headphones. Just strolling along at the pace of the song.
SO glad you reacted to The Talking Heads again, and this is one of their best songs! “SLIPPERY PEOPLE” next, please 😊❤
I'm gonna say it again too! Check out the movie The Commitments - a compelling story about a some friends in Ireland that start a soul band. Hysterical and an amazing soundtrack that includes Take Me To The River!
Talking Heads are sooooo good, this is one of
My favorites. Some wonderful songs from late 70's thru 80's my 3 favorites talking Heads, Dire Straits, Cars
Yes, indeed! Had one on our wall! Take me to the river! Drop me in the water! 😂
Another thing to consider when listening to older break-through music is that, when successful, its influence is now incorporated into the musical fabric that subsequent artists got to use in their music-creating endeavors. The original stuff (Elvis, Roy Orbison, Beatles, Talking Heads, etc.) still retains some of its break-through aspects even today, but just think about how mind-blowing it was when first released and nobody had heard anything like it to that point. It's hard to truly appreciate how game changing it was at the time. It was. It's still going on today. Those songs are the ones that can be the most difficult to listen to the first time around, but they grow on all of us over time.
I remember! Kitty remembers and thanks you both! 😺😺
Tina works it out on bass! Awesome stuff and the live version in the film Stop Making Sense is terrific! LOVE seeing you guys grooving to this, it's super infectious! The beat seems to just very slightly drag and put tension on groove. So cool!
In 1981 got a new neighbor that had moved from New York( I live in California) who listened to a lot of different music( I was only into rock). He introduced me to Talking Heads. Shortly after that they came out with Burning Down The House. This group puts the unique in unique
Another one of their great songs: “We’re on a Road to Nowhere”!
Also covered by Annie Lennox…..and The Commitments…..a movie you should def watch
To me Al Green's original version will always be the definitive one but this is easily one of the best covers ever. As people have said below, they made it their own, which is what great artists do when covering a song, not just lazily copying the original. Two good examples of this are when Rev Al covered the Bee Gees How Can You Mend A Broken Heart and when the Fugees did Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly and there are many others. I especially love it when one of my cherished songs is redone in a totally different style so that both songs are equally worthy. That is respect to the original artists and is priceless.
Amen!!
It’s fine, they produced a cover for their audience and that is great…however…lol…..there is nobody can convince me that this is in any way better than the Al Green version, even the Syl Johnson version is better.
As I say…..it’s fine - a well produced cover, but better than Al’s????
I feel that way about Jose Feliciano's cover of Light My Fire. SO different and SO good.
@@soulgalorememories9921 Uh when did I say it was better than Al's?? I just said it was a really good cover. Big difference there.
@@RicoBurghFan - Did I specifically mention you? No, I did not….my comment was a general comment to those (and there are some), that think the Talking Heads version is better…..it’s about opinions and if you read what I said - it was making the point that no one can convince me that it is a better version that Al Green’s. No issue from me and I agree with you that it is a good version.
Oh, you two are so fun to watch!
Amber got that big ole smile on her face, I love it 💞
I recommend "Stay Up Late", my favorite Talking Heads song, or maybe my second favorite. Take Me To The River is pretty BAD A$$.
You must must MUST react to their live version of this song from their Stop Making Sense tour. They put yet another spin on this song and it again sounds amazing and different.
Yes. Definitely!!!
Yes, Movie, Stop Making Sense!!! 🔥
This was my introduction to Talking Heads on Saturday Night Live in 1979. I was 12 years old and It changed my musical life forever.
So glad you guys enjoyed this! Such a fun song.
dip me in the water wow this just grabs you by the scruff of the neck and takes you really low down down makes want just totally groove out, love it. Kudos to Al Green and Mabon Lewis Hodges and the producer of this song, the sound is so clean and you can get every nuance of the different instruments, class act all round.
SO many Talking Heads songs you'll love and should react to! "Life During Wartime", "Crosseyed and Painless" - do those next!!! Their concert documentary 'Stop Making Sense' is absolutely perfect. More TH!!! 🤘 💙
Aw guys you have to do Life During Wartime from the Stop Making Sense concert. Said this before but you have to see it
As much as I love all of the other Talking Heads songs this my favorite. Always get a religious baptism feel from this one, always a Sunday morning pleasure to hear on the radio if they play it.
You said it!
You can tell Amber is in education when she did the "round of applause" lol. We do that at the school I work at all the time.
Ok all Talking Head fans let’s get them to react to them live!! Especially Life During Wartime from Stop Making Sense!
Nice! One of my favorite Talking Heads songs and covers. Another one I think you will love by them is “Wild Wild Life”. The video is hilarious, too!
Jay, if you want to hear a phenomenal bassline there’s a Queen song called “Fight From The Inside”. Very underrated track and one of the best guitar riffs in rock history.
I have loved this song for decades. I watch you guys enjoying 70s songs and I am truly thankful that these songs bring as much happiness to you as they do to me. I remember sitting in the park with my transistor radio and headphones just rockin out!
When you asked “What is THAT?!?” That was the organ and guitar playing solo simultaneously together 😉
I love talking heads. They are a fun band to listen to. So many good songs.
I guess you've read this a thousand times, but you may want to consider watching the Talking Heads concert film "Stop Making Sense" on your movie reaction channel, which is maybe the best live concert film I've seen. It's one of the liveliest, highest energy and truly musically and artistically accomplished shows I've seen.
Simply the best and highest use of the Talking Heads collective talents. An impressive record catalog had just begun but they never made a better song. The real genius may have been in the courage to cover this song and believe it would work out well.
Love her bassline in life during wartime!
Billy Bass Mouth when the batteries run down is the scariest thing ever.
Love to see you react to the first Talking Heads song I remember hearing, having chills on a rainy day at fifteen, thinking I was listening to predictions!: "Life During Wartime". Totally iconic late 70's, early 80's apocalyptic new wave rock.
Nice. I love when you do the talking Heads. One more. Road to Nowhere..
Take me to the church of FUNK, Soul, and ROCK N' ROLL!! 👊🤟
Amber and J... you both made my Saturday as I'm catching up on all of your videos!! Absolutely love this band and this song in particular!! David never gets enough credit for his voice, talent, creativity, and flare!! That guy put a HUGE stamp on the 80's and he is still cool!! 😎 Thank you both for hitting this one up!! ❤️
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Gotta watch their concert film Stop Making Sense! Love you guys!!
If you ever react to a concert movie, it needs to be Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense. It's got amazing versions of all their greatest songs including this one.
The Talking Heads made this song their own. It was a classic on its own, but this is a version that simply takes it to a different level. Not better or worse. It is just unique and for this band it is absolutely done in their style. The bass definitely makes this song special. The groove behind it just makes you want to jam with it.
Love the Talking Heads! Take Me to the River is my favorite song by them!
I'm 60... followed these guys my whole adult life. Same deal, really liked them but didn't entirely know why. I watched interviews with David Byrne when he was older... despite appearances and the jumbled sense you get when you hear the music, he was a very intentional thinker and writer. He had a really disciplined perspective that he never seemed to turn off, he understood modernity, mass media and it's sometimes distorted culture instinctively. To illustrate, guests who appeared on Music TV, local music show in Toronto, always did a promo for the local station, a 5 second spot, where they said "You're Watching Music Television in Toronto"... when they asked him to do one he said "You're watching television".. then stared dead panned directly at the camera. I think that's his whole thing in a nutshell.
LIstening to you both analysing songs now is just amazing! All the other musical references you make, all the different sound & characteristics from other bands...it's been so fun to watch your journies! Just think 1-2 yrs ago you didn't know almost any of this. Love it!
there's a singing bass in The Sopranos too
Ohhh haven't heard this for Years Absolutely loved this Awesome Al Greene is a great Artist.Thank you.
The Talking Heads covered this with respect for the original but with their own quirkiness. So they push the right buttons but make you listen alertly due to the differences.
In the 1980s, they were considered alternative rock. The Talking Heads is a collective of great musical artists.
Their Remain in Light album is so GOOD!
Check out a song called Listening Wind.
It's hypnotic AF. My very favorite from them.
Yeah I figured you were going to do this pretty soon! Speaking of which you haven’t done the original and real version of To Love Somebody yet Bee Gee fans are still waiting.
You probably know this, but that song was written for Otis Redding. He never got to record it so the Gibb brothers recorded it on their own.
@@Sweetish_Jeff_ yes
In the guitar solo he is running his pick across the stringed pins at the very top of the guitar neck. very unique
I got to see the Talking Heads a couple of times, LIVE! Always as entertaining listening to their music.
When I saw that y'all had done Al Green's Take Me To The River, just knew that y'all had to do the Heads' version to hear the similarities and the groove that each of them had in their own style. Love you guys.
Y'all need to see their live performances from the 1983 "Stop Making Sense" tour and film. Try "Life During Wartime" from it.
And another unexpected cover that will surprise you is Devo's 1977 cover of the Rolling Stones' signature 1965 song "Satisfaction."
I have a Billy the Bass hanging on my garage wall right now, lol.
This is my Talking Heads jam of ALL their songs! Love it!
I'm going to assume you can't show the live version because these guys are so good live.
I so wanted to see the "Stop Making Sense" version.
Agree. The live version is fire and Tina with that kick ass bass line is always fun to watch.
to a Novo Initiate THIS is the one to hear first - there were four covers of that song recorded in '78, and this is the Standard.
@@jollyrodgers7272 I have yet to see a youtube reactor cover more than one version from the same band. so why not show the best version.
I think y'all should do a day each week where you listen to the original of a song & then one (or two) of its covers. Maybe "Remake Wednesday"?
First up would be America by Simon and Garfunkel and the cover by Yes. They did a great sing ever better.
Exactly! Theyre the only band that makes me dance, just NOT a dancer, but i dance to them to “get my weird out!!!”, lololol, thats really insightful...ive been listening to them for 20+ years & i never thought about it like that! Haha
One day, you need to find a song that three different artists have performed and react to them on the same day. Three different renditions. That would be cool.
Love the vocals on both versions, so different but so so good 👍 x
There is just something so special about this version. So funky and satisfying. ❤
Yeah you’re so right I can’t put my finger on it
Now you HAVE to watch their their concert film "Stop Making Sense". It is one of THE best concert films around. You start of slow and chill but then builds into a great big production and you get to watch that happen!
Glad that you decided to compare versions so soon. It helps keep it relevant and at the top if our minds.
For another fun cover comparison I suggest The Rolling Stones' Street Fighting Man, then Rod Stewart's version, both great listening, with different arrangemens...Stewart paying homage to the original near the end of his version.
Also, The Beatles did A Little Help From my Friends (lead sung by Ringo!), from their 1967 masterpiece album, Sgt. Pepper. Then the cover done a few years later by Joe Cocker, which will blow you away!
Thanks for the fun and God bless you ♡
This takes me back to high school in AZ, it was the anthem of tubing down the river😎 I love David Byrne so much, and the Heads of course.. thanks for doing this one, warmed me up on this cold Chicago evening!❤✌
Hell yeah for sure love this too stay warm sister
You must watch the entire Talking Heads film Stop Making Sense of a 1984 live performance. There are many live versions of their version of the Al Green song, many a few years before the film, but this one especially is fire. They are a band worth watching. Here is a link to their filmed performance:
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I saw them perform many times from early on in their career. I was at the NYC leg of the tour (they filmed their CA performance, I believe. What a concert! I only saw them in small venues and usually won’t go to arena shows. But I’ve made a few exceptions . . . this was worth it and so great!!!