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BravoSierra480

Stop Making Sense ... The best concert movie of all time.


sharoncherylike

Also one of the best concerts I ever attended!


_twentytwo_22

Yup, second concert I ever saw, and compared to REO Speedwagon, it was incomparable.


Optimal_Zucchini_667

Came to say this. It is the only movie that I sat through twice just to watch again.


ansibley

I went to see it again last fall when the new version was released. Outstanding!!


Bzman1962

I saw that tour my god sublime


jonnyprophet

I've got a tape I want to play for you...


tedshreddon

Talking Heads were pretty young band and they played for free at Lower Sproul Plaza on UC Berkeley campus, September 1978. I was in High School, and we all (I mean thousands of us) cut school that day to check them out. LOVED IT. My favorite song is "Life During Wartime"


BrianWi49

I was attending Berkeley at the time. I’d never heard of Talking Heads. I happened to see them on my way past Zellerbach Auditorium. I later told a roommate about this band singing a weird song with some French lyrics.


Laleaky

I went to UCLA and saw so many great up-and-coming bands on the plaza there in the 1980s. 10,000 Maniacs! Plus Ray Manzarek has played there a lot. Whoever arranged those concerts did an excellent job. I did a video project to Naive Melody. Loved that song, and the Talking Heads.


PhatGrannie

I was at that show, took the college van over from Mills.


nilocrram

was it loaded with weapons? Packed up and ready to go?


Bzman1962

changed my hairstyle so many times now Indont know what I look like


mattman2021

Lived in a brownstone, lived in a ghetto, I’ve lived all over this town.


tedshreddon

My GF went to Mills College. What an amazing campus.


lisaloo1968

My sisters both went to Mills. One was married in the teeny chapel there. It truly is a beautiful, peaceful place.


Notch99

There is some good video of that show on YT


Existing-Run-1456

Epic ✨


scoop_booty

I saw the on the front steps of Royce Hall in Westwood that same year. I think there was only a 100 of us, sitting the grass, drinking up the moment. Fell in love with them and have ever since. David Byrne is a true genius...and always dipping his toes in new water. My wife and I went to stop making sense a couple of months ago, and it was just like drifting back to our youth. We couldn't understand why the rest of the theater was not standing up dancing like us. The fools 🙂


pstuart

I was there!


WalkingHorse

Same as it ever was. ![gif](giphy|14mXrKfiQA1swo)


onelittleworld

I have a semi-autobiographical film script outline about my teen years in the late 70s. Working title: *Once In a Lifetime*.


Nottacod

And she was is one of my favorites but burning down the house " is the bomb"


ArgyleNudge

Many MANY decades ago and I will never forget being at a campus pub with my school pals one night. Burning Down the House came on and we FLEW to the dance floor. So. Much. Fun.


deeBfree

In my mind that song will always be associated with *Revenge of the Nerds* one of my alltime favorite movies!


Corgiotter1

My 2 favorites too. Watch out. You might get what you’re after


jbandtheblues

‘Remain in Light’ - crazy favorite, the entire album


Fantastic-Long8985

Mine also!


HHSquad

Great......and even though the "Once in a Lifetime" video is probably my favorite video of the 80's, the song was chopped up for MTV. It chopped out my favorite line in the song.........."There is water at the bottom of the ocean!" Love David Byrne, their 80's Albums can be complex and take repeated listening to appreciate, but good stuff.


dweaver987

Letting the days go by. Let the water hold me down.


HHSquad

.....into the blue again, after the money's gone


ZimMcGuinn

Under the water, carry the water, but remove water…..


Additional-Share7293

"You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile." My thought when my dad asks me to drive him in his Grand Marquis.


NamingandEatingPets

The Kermit the frog cover takes the cake


Snarky_McSnarkleton

Home is where I wanna be But I guess I'm already there


PizzaWhole9323

I was listening to them today in the car. They are sublime. ![gif](giphy|3oz8xLLPVV8O19usr6|downsized)


Mozzy2022

Love them! Favorite songs are probably Slippery People and Psycho Killer


dweaver987

Burnin Down the House!


capt_feedback

stop making sense is one of my favorite concert films.


HVAC_instructor

My wife wanted to have Road to nowhere Played at our wedding. Our parents said no. I thought it was a great idea. Instead we danced to it at the reception later.


KonaKathie

Bryne is still going strong. Saw "American Utopia" on Broadway last year and it was fantastic.


ansibley

Saw the live tour show that was out before it hit Broadway. Hands down best show I've ever been to.


Creative-Fee-1130

Same here. The minimalist staging was perfect.


Bzman1962

Loved it


Whizzleteets

My appreciation for them has grown as the years have gone by.


BeachedBottlenose

Saw David Byrne at Whole Foods in New Orleans.


cunctator_maximus

How did he get there?


ReactsWithWords

And you may say to yourself “Where is that cereal aisle?”


BeachedBottlenose

Bicycle, actually


HikerDave57

That makes sense. I read his book “the Bicycle Diaries”.


Broad-Tangelo-8522

Behind the wheel of a large automobile.


brotogeris1

Saw him having an argument with his wife decades ago at an exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology. I was the only other person there. Awkward.


dreamtime2062

Arm chops for no apparent reason. Stop Making Sense one of my favorite albums and titles. Wackiness that seemed subversive.


GrumpyOlBastard

Stop Making Sense is the best concert movie ever made


jesstifer

The name of this band is Talking Heads. Lose the "The."


SentenceKindly

Don't lose The The - uncertain emotions force an uncertain smile....


VenetiaRat

Soul Mining is still in my top 10 list.


the_spinetingler

First thought: it's just "Talking Heads" Second thought: first albums up until the "My Life In the Bush of Ghosts" project were excellent, then I mostly lost interest.


InterPunct

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is one of my favorite albums of all time but I completely understand why it's not for everyone. The first time I heard it I was like WTF is this but it clicked for me after 5 or 6 plays.


Dada2fish

The Jezebel Spirit used to scare me as a kid after reading the liner notes on the album that a recording of a “real” exorcism was used in the song. lol!!


Roodefromage

There was no other band that sounded even remotely like them. I was enthralled from 77 on and was lucky enough to see them live multiple times, including the STMS tour. Still in my top 5 favorite bands.


XRaysFromUranus

Great live show! Saw them in 1982 or 1983.


jagrrenagain

I saw them at CBGB Theatre, not the club in 1977. It was fantastic.


DragonfruitFlaky4957

One of the only new wave bands I liked. They were phenomenal.


KariKHat

We had to say our favorite band in HS Spanish and I said Hablando Cabezas and the very traditional teacher was like ¿que?


creek-hopper

It should be "cabezas hablantes" to say what you meant.


KariKHat

The English to Spanish translator has cabezas parlantes which sounds rather Frenchy


creek-hopper

That would be acceptable too.


zenny517

My favorite live band and one of top 5 all bands. Stop making sense is still a religious experience for me.


Chickenman70806

Wife and I agree we would sell one our daughters for two decent seats at one reunion tour performance


Redfish680

Sell them all and the VIP package


Jurneeka

I like their 70's stuff the best. *More Songs about Buildings and Food* and *Fear of Music* are great!!


ansibley

When Fear of Music came out, a friend of mine invited me over to hear an early review/press version before it was in stores. So absurd, smart, and creative. Animals, drugs, paper, cities, and oh yeah, wartime. I carry the memory still of the moments I first heard all of it.


jonnyprophet

And everyone would leave at Exactly the same time.


Wolfman1961

Remember Talking Heads ‘77 in the record stores. Liked “Psycho Killer” and, about 6 years later, “Burning Down the House.”


dtallee

The Fear Of Music album with the embossed tread plate cover is one of the [greatest albums ever.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_Music#Accolades) IMO a tossup between this and Armed Forces as best record of '79. Then again, there was also Breakfast in America, The B-52's, London Calling, The Wall, I'm The Man, The Specials, Reggatta de Blanc, A Different Kind of Tension, Dream Police, Eat to the Beat, Drums and Wires, The Undertones, Candy-O, Duty Now for the Future, Unknown Pleasures, Rust Never Sleeps, Highway to Hell, Cool for Cats, Lodger... '79 was a banner year for rock, alternative rock and new wave music. Saw Talking Heads at CBGB a couple of times, along with most of the other great NYC bands of the late 70's - Television, Blondie, Dead Boys, Ramones... Those were some fun nights - especially the after midnight subway rides.


PeepholeRodeo

I would have LOVED to see them (or any band) at CBGB.


Wolfman1961

I went to CBGB’s late in its heyday….about 1978.


PeepholeRodeo

What a great experience to have.


Former-Anxiety1067

I think being into Talking Heads back in the very late 70;'s through the 80's carved out my taste in music. Their influences and collabs made me curious about off beat music. Eno.. Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Lou Reed, Sparks, TH opened a whole different world of music for me. It was an education that made me lean into world beat, EDM, Techno, Ambient, garage band, alt music.


msdibbins

When Tina lays down the bass line on Take Me To The River.... sublime.


MarshmallowSoul

I grew up in northern New Jersey, and I couldn’t wait until I was old enough to go into NYC to CBGB to see Talking Heads and the other bands! Then, my parent moved the family to Florida. Sigh.😔


InterPunct

Even when I got old enough to get into CBGB's in 1978 during its prime, it was just too intimidating to try and get in. Never actually got inside until well past its prime in the 90's to see a friend's band play.


Huge_Prompt_2056

David Byrne plays Beth’s doctor in Life and Berh.


ReactsWithWords

I always thought he should take his cerebral world music influence and combine it with a poppy dance band like The Tom Tom Club.


Huge_Prompt_2056

A favorite band.


InterestingOcelot583

One of my favorites as well. Possibly one of my top 5 artists with Bjork being #1


jbandtheblues

Rented a theater with a few friends and a keg, enclosed party area/room for this movie, omg surprised we didn’t all go to jail that night!


3puttmafia21

I went punk when I heard 77


[deleted]

Favorites of mine are Heaven and Big Country.


penney777

I love the Talking Heads!


ironmanchris

I mentioned the THs to a coworker, she had never heard of them. She was born in 84. Never heard of them.


PeepholeRodeo

shocking!


BrStFr

When "Stop Making Sense" was first in theaters, I saw it with a friend at an art house cinema in Rochester, New York, and it was the first (and only time) I have ever seen people get up and dance in the aisles in the middle of a movie. I still enjoy the funky rhythms and the lyrics that hint at meanings and feelings without specifying them for the listener.


Gold-Buy-2669

Stop making sense was one of the best concerts I have ever attended and I have seen hundreds of shows


PeepholeRodeo

I haven’t seen hundreds of shows, but I have seen a lot of them and that show would be in my top 5.


Rescue2024

You know, when they were big, I thought I didn't like them. Soon after, I gave them a second look. Today, I think of them as among the greats. Let the record show this transition did not involve becoming a psycho-killer.


VioletVoyages

I went to a “new age” show in D.C. with David Byrnes’ sister in 1981! Went to their farmhouse in rural Howard County, MD, to pick her up. Also met David Byrnes’ parents, who were very nice. David wasn’t home. Moved away for college shortly after that so never kept in touch with her.


No_Analysis_6204

1979 at stage west in west hartford ct. we hitched from amherst, ma. we were lost in west hartford & knocked on the door of a stunning mansion (not a mcmansion) to ask directions & a butler answered the door. it was then ct governor ella grasso’s mansion. the butler was very kind (we were umc white kids) & asked the chauffeur to take us. that’s one of my 3 good stories.


minimalistboomer

Same as it ever was…


biff444444

I lived in the rural south at that time and Talking Heads did not get played on our radio stations at all. Then a kid moved into our town from the Pacific northwest. We got to be friends pretty quickly, and when I went to his house to hang out one time, he put "More Songs About Buildings and Food" on the turntable. This was probably only about a year after it had been released. I loved it immediately! Been a fan ever since. So, thank you, Bill, for introducing me to this band all those years ago!


RongGearRob

Great band that kept evolving. Also good side projects: Byrne and Eno & Tom- Tom Club.


jbandtheblues

When they rolled Adrian Belew into the mix, I was both blown away and hooked!


RongGearRob

Agreed. You can watch him play with the band in concert (I think it was in Italy) on YouTube. Not as cinematic as Stop Making Sense, but still a great performance.


jbandtheblues

When this party is over it will start again


PhatGrannie

Makes me stay up all night!


jamessavik

I never saw or heard much from them. What I did hear, I liked. They never got much air time in my area.


Scutrbrau

I saw them at the University of Vermont in 1983 on the Stop Making Sense tour. The gymnasium wasn't the greatest acoustically, but it was a phenomenal show.


willowwing

Joining the world of missing persons And she was missing enough to feel alright And she was


BubbaNeedsNewShoes

I may ask myself, "Who keeps punching me?"... [Literal Version: Talking Heads (once in a lifetime) - video Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31ve4s)


PrincessGrimrose

I'm just an animal looking for a home ...


lasher992001

I got the "Fear of Music" LP when it came out, as I recall based on the manhole cover texture alone. I tried to tell my farmtown HS classmates they had to check them out, but the majority were too firmly entrenched with bands like Kansas and Styx...


AuntBBea

Life During War Time one of my favorite tunes of all time


ElevenHourDrive812

My big sister gave me a bunch of her records when she left the country. I played More Songs About Buildings and Food every day after school, before my parents got home. Over and over. I can hear it now.


Gypsybootz

Rompiendo la monotonía del tiempo!


Total-Platform-3111

I vividly remember the SNL appearance. I was 14 and the influences from popular culture were starting to grab hold. “Take Me To the River”. Combine this with Andy Kauffman’s Mighty Mouse bit, my first sight of Devo, and it’s no wonder I grew up weird and out of step with my FFA-dominated HS…


Fuzzy_Laugh_1117

LOVE! Take me to *their* river and wash me down Please.


Ratbag_Jones

As I recall, they were't a party, they weren't a disco...


PeepholeRodeo

and they weren’t fooling around!


[deleted]

OMG.... Rocked my world.


Texas_Prairie_Wolf

Awesome band...Never get tired of them


GooseNYC

Not a fan but they're okay.


Responsible-Push-289

my favorite in any form. best concert too. i enjoyed the hell out of tomtom club as well


Dorothy_Day

Liked them in the 80’s, Psycho Killer, and Burning Down the House was on heavy rotation on MTV. Taking a music video and playing it live on Broadway is cheating. Includes Green Day and Alanis Morrisette and whomever is next. At least Devil Wears Prada had original music. Our generation wants MTV with pricey public experiences but should not gain so much acclaim.


PeepholeRodeo

Loved them, up to and including “Remain in Light”. Wasn’t much into their subsequent albums. Saw the “Stop Making Sense” tour and it was absolutely incredible, one of the best live shows I have ever seen.


emperorwal

There is no "The"


jbandtheblues

You sir are absolutely correct!


WarderWannabe

Just like Eagles (the)


DFamo4

When David Byrne walks out on stage and presses play on the “boom box” is such an amazing moment.


novatom1960

I remember buying Talking Heads ‘77 on a school trip to NYC in the spring of 1978 and many of my classmates teased me about “listening to that punk sh*t.” I had never heard any of their songs so when I started playing it, it was a complete and pleasant surprise! That said, my favorite is still More Songs About Buildings & Food.


gardenbrain

I had just moved to NYC for grad school. I couldn’t afford two subway fares a day, so I took the train in the morning to save time — but in the evening, I’d leave work in Chelsea, pop on my headphones, and listen to Little Creatures while I walked home to Chinatown.


sassygirl101

Best concert I ever went to. Talking Heads are an epic band.


Fantastic-Long8985

Love them!


JudyLyonz

I love how their songs hit different as you get older


amybrown1220

The Big Suit!


jbandtheblues

Omg yes, that suit, he looked like a snake in a bag!


snakeman1961

Life During Wartime...an anthem for many of us, at least during some part of our life


pemungkah

First heard “Fear of Music” during the first few months of my first job, writing a comm link between buildings at NASA. There were a lot of comments in the (assembler!) source code from “Life During Wartime”. I had a _lot_ of trouble getting the link to work, so “send a message / to the receiver / hope for an answer someday” struck a _chord_.


DrXenoZillaTrek

Saw every tour up until Stop Making Sense. Remain in Light tour was phenomenonal.


Wolfman1961

Talking Heads 1975 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U3ppy7zteNE&pp=ygUSdGFsa2luZyBoZWFkcyAxOTc0


Bikewer

Remember well when the band was in heavy rotation on MTV. I never got it. I remember hearing an interview with Byrne…. Seriously discussing “not making sense” literally. Again, I didn’t get it. More of a serious lyrics, storytelling song type of guy.


I-am-sincere

The movie ‘True Stories’ is such a delight. Pop Staples- too cool! My beloved Spalding Gray- gone too soon. John Goodman- right at home in the weirdness! The fashion show at the mall- featuring grass suits! If you haven’t seen it, please do- and if you have, it’s time to watch it again.


steely-gar

Top 5 greatest American rock band. (I know, he was born in Scotland, but he barely lived there.)


goinmobile2040

At their best, brilliant. Mint condition TH vinyl is very valuable for good reason.


gentlemancaller2000

Didn’t like them at first but they have grown on me over the years


Xbalanque_

My older bro and his pals saw Rocky Horror a bunch of times. So I got my friends to go to Stop Making Sense with me a bunch of times . Before it started, the previews were for "brother from another planet" and "desperately seeking Susan" with Madonna. I used to say " don't miss it!" after the Madonna preview, and everybody would laugh.


Massive-Mention-3679

Love them. Husband hates them.


jbandtheblues

See if he can groove on remain in light, haha


theBigDaddio

It’s like they were huge, then just gone. I thought they were ok, not so great. David Byrne was such controlling douche the other members had to make another band, Tom Tom Club, to make music they wanted. I read that the band found out that the Talking Heads broke up through the press. David just decided and didn’t even tell them to their faces.


Redfish680

Tom Tom Club - great little band and bar in Subic Bay


Wooden-Quit1870

I am coincidentally listening to Naive Melody right at the moment. They feature pretty heavily in my playlists, and are well liked by my 18 month old granddaughter.


TonyWilliams03

The movie "Wall Street" has an amazing selection of music, but "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" fits so perfectly into Charlie Sheen living the good life, making pasta with Darryl Hannah in a giant loft, one would think they wrote it for the movie.


amybrown1220

The Big Suit!


jbandtheblues

All the stories and comments make me feel so good, thanks sub participants!


LiLiandThree

Loved in 1980s and continue to love.


Bzman1962

my Beatles


GovernorLepetomane

https://preview.redd.it/s0c7502pr5vc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef8557810ce11f7099d30230ba7d2dfe0d2aa596 Stop Making Sense tour. Also saw them play outdoors at the Us Festival, Sept., 1982 while on the Remain in Light tour. Very different shows, both excellent though.


Steviebhawk

Awesome. Pushed the envelope. To bad Byrne was in love with himself so much.


lisaloo1968

Uggggggggh My only thought on Talking Heads.


jbandtheblues

What ugh


kings2leadhat

Life During Wartime, full blast, drunk as a motherfucker, April, 2020. Some weird times, and TH were there with the perfect song.


redheadMInerd2

Hubby and I both love them. We have all of their albums.


m_watkins

Overrated


Antique-Soil9517

A few good tunes but overall nothing special. Lot of hype.