"Weird as Hell!" What a perfect way to describe David Byrne. He would love that description, and probably said the same think about himself. He's an absolute genius, and still is performing 'as great as he ever was'!
David's "Freak Flag" flew high and proud and never, ever touched the ground. Nothing but love for this great music. Far out of the box and yet so relevant...
David Byrne is nearly 70...and still actively performing. Before COVID, he had a very successful show on Broadway called American Utopia, which featured modern takes on his years of music. Early this year, he performed two AMAZING songs from the show on SNL: www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/david-byrne-american-utopia-broadway-review-901438/amp/
@@Man-vs-MetalYeah, but now that I'm older, and I do find myself in another part of the world from where I started and, due to a series of dubious choices, not at all in a situation I would have ever foreseen, I feel this song in a more visceral way than I did in younger days, when I just intellectually appreciated it.
ANYTHING from their "Stop Making Sense 1984' Concert, probably one of the best live concerts EVER, 'Life During Wartime', 'Once in a lifetime' and 'Psycho Killer', that will get you started !! :) Edit: And "Girlfriend is better".. is awesome..
Side note: His bassist, Tina Weymouth and the Drummer, Chris Franz are married; they did a solo project callled Tom Tom Club and had a huge hit "GENIUS OF LOVE"; I've requested it from you months ago but Jamel did it LOL!! He was blown away. I would love to see your reaction to it!! You will recognize the beat/melody!
When asked why the Talking Heads broke up and wouldn't get back together, Tina Weymouth responded "you can't talk to David, he's autistic or something." When that got back to him he was like "yeah, she's probably right about that." Other great TH songs are Psycho Killer, Take Me To the River, And She Was, Life During Wartime, Girlfriend is Better, Wild Wild Life, etc. If possible, get their live version from the "Stop Making Sense" concert, still considered one of the best live performances ever.
The best of the “art rockers.” You MUST check out the band’s “Wild Wild Life” video from “Stop Making Sense.” It’s so much fun, with all kinds of tributes to music and other icons. It’s a trip, and the groove is just as good as this song. Only Heads could make social commentary and satire about mundane, suburban white-bread life so much fun and bouncy.
Really you should just watch ALL of Stop Making Sense. It’s one of the best concert films of all time. Directed by Jonathan Demme and it captures an amazing band at the height of their powers.
Yup, Talking Heads was one of many unique bands that you can't really put in a category. I still would love to see you watch "One Night in Bangkok" I forgot to warn you though when I sent the link ...the "hook" as you say will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day! Maybe even several days! LOL 😄 again today you really did have me laughing out loud! 😂💝
@GKeeper316 hi thanks, you are correct it is by Murry Head; I know.😊 I'm sorry I try to be brief but sometimes it means I sacrifice clarity lol. I was commenting on Talking Heads first. Then I brought up One Night in Bangkok as the second time I was requesting Mr. Video to watch it. Each of the bands/songs is unique in it's own quirky way. So I guess I related them in my head! 😄💝
Speaking of ..This must be the place... , did you know that David Byrne appeared in a movie by that name starring Sean Penn? In the movie and real life they are close friends. Available free on RUclips movies
Watch the concert "Stop Making Sense". It's brilliant! Talking Heads put out tons of great music. I see some good suggestions in the comments already. David Byrne is the lead singer. Saw him a couple of years ago on the American Utopia tour. So much fun 😊
The documentary called "Stop Making Sense" (by director Jonathan Demme) of Talking Head's live concerts is in many people's opinion the very best live concert movie ever made. You NEED to watch it. Their performance is beyond brilliant!
David Byrne, the lead singer for talking heads actually video taped himself doing his dancing and articulated movements to insure his performance on stage. David's performance was a beautifully calculated show, setting and paving the way for other avenues in modern music. Love your reaction video. I enjoyed your enthusiasm 😀
Three seconds in: "Oh sht, it's weird already" -- I cracked up ETA: Honestly if you personally feel like you would really, sincerely enjoy an artist, follow your instincts and seek out more of their songs to react to (like you did with Queen especially, which is what brought me to your channel). Judging by your reactions lately, I'm thinking Weezer and Tom Petty are resonating with you right now and they are both great rabbit holes to fall into for a while. And then of course you can switch it up with other requests in the meantime, but it's good to get a real sense of a single band's repertoire by doing more than just a couple songs.
Mr. David Byrne is a shining example of how a person in the autism spectrum can overcome their social anxiety and grow beyond it. He's a truly talented and inspiring person.
Murray Head "one night in Bancock"! Would love to see that reaction! Also, Max Headroom Paranomia, and Thomas Dolby "blinded me with science " -Love how genuine your channel is! Keep up the great work!
this dude is Scottish by birth and this Scot loves his quirkiness, his energy and amazing musicality, check out the 'stop making sense' live performance movie
My favourite band of the 80's. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) is a must for anyone interested in the Talking Heads, amazing track. David Byrne is a creative genius, he's not a musician, he's an artist and it shines through in everything he does.
There is plenty of brilliant music being made today. The rise of self-release/soundcloud/youtube means that the barrier to admission of releasing music is narrower than it's ever been, so there's exponentially more shit being released alongside it and drowning it out a bit. I think music back in the day had a steadier margin of quality due to the gatekeeping of the record labels, but today seems to have a few higher highs but admittedly much lower lows.
“Into the blue again, After the money’s gone” It’s a beautiful vibe It’s about living in this F’ke’d Up World! It’s about being in the stream of history It’s about our time on this earth.
OMG you have all the moves down!!! Now you know and be able to DANCE WITH YOUR ANCESTORS whenever this song comes on!!! I’m SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!! WELCOME TO THE TRIBE😘
This is one of my favourite songs of all time. And Talking Heads was one of the first albums I bought with money I earned myself. Your reaction was fantastic. Lol I’m 52, and this is the soundtrack of my life from the 80’s. Still hits hard to this day. That groove is so good.
From the same album as this, "Listening Winds" is particularly beautiful and eerie. From their album "Fear of Music", "Life During Wartime" is great. But I actually like everything I have heard from them, so I will keep my list of suggestions to these two rather than ending up listing every song they did. The singer/dancer in this video is David Byrne. He also deserves props for getting a lot of wonderful music from around the world out on his record label Luaka Bop -- Brazilian music, Afro-Peruvian music, Asian music, funky psychedelic music from West Africa, etc. So not only can he sing and dance strangely, he can else run a record company that helps musicians from around the world to get a broader hearing.
@@karencolley-smidt864 Beat on the brat, beat on the brat, beat on the brat with a baseball bat, oh yeah. The Ramones are great. Also Fear: Let's Have a War.
It was very intentional. Imagine early days of MTV and people are mostly doing dance videos (before people were doing productions with budgets and shit), and David Byrne is like "what if I forced you to watch me being a fucking weirdo" He did similar shit but different on stage. All goofy, all intentionally so.
Hey Mr Video has anyone suggested the band The Cars?? Fire 80s rock. My fave was Candy-O but there are many more popular ones to choose from. You might think and Drive are just 2👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼💪💜
This is one of those videos that used to come on PBS before MTV around 1979. Even earlier was the Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Talking Heads Are Awesome Maybe try to see one of their live concerts where he's doing life during wartime in either 1981 or 82 those ones are pretty fun to watch.
The Talking Heads were so quirky and brilliant. They never tried to fit in to any 'genre' of music. They just were their own thing. (btw....I met David Byrne in the 90's. He could not have been any nicer or cooler, and I didn't even let on that I knew who he was. Such a sweet, nice man!)
OMG! So happy to see you reacting to Talking Heads!! They have many great songs! Thank you for sharing your reactions with us. It puts a smile on my face to see you discovering such gems! You should check out Talking Heads - Take Me To The River or Psycho Killer.
"Take Me to the River." 🎵 Cool, strange sound bk in '78. Lead singer freaky bc of the head twitches and rolling eyes and the girl bass player dressed in white hospital clothes with a strange stare. Cool, slow heavy base line with lots 'o keys too. Just all around DIFFERENT.
TRUE STORIES is a movie you will greatly benefit from. My life will never be the same. Brought to you in part by David Byrne. Effing Brilliant! So glad you are digging Talking Heads!
Yessssss!!! Seen David Byrne, Lead singer of Talking Heads like 2 years ago when his band was touring, played all his classics!! Sooo awesome!!! 🚶🏻🚶🏻🧎🏻🧎🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻🙌😎
I loved when they played this at the end of Hot Tube Time Machine which Mr. Video should watch for an 80's great..not an 80's movie but they time machine back
The woman who sang "Mickey", Toni Basil, choreographed his moves for this video (basically, she taught him how to do the movements the African people in the background film are doing), and added a few other movements to emphasize the disconnection between a man and the life he's living. This song (and video) are basically Existentialism 101. He's a weird guy, but he's also a VERY smart guy to be able to break down a school of philosophy into a 4-minute pop song you can get down to.
"There's something wrong with him, but I love it!" Same. lol😝 Fire reaction, bro. I think you'd love their cover of Al Green's song, "Take me to the river."
Just an echo, Life during war time, Psycho killers, Take me to the river, and Burning down the house. On of the best alt/art rocking groups ever. Thankyou.
I really appreciate the fact that the Talking Heads make songs about all kinds of subjects, not only love and relationships like a lot of musicians do. Talking heads is one of my favorite bands of all time! ❤️
They gained popularity because of their live gigs in small venues in nyc. I find some of their studio stuff to be 'thin' in comparison to 'live' stuff. Any clip from their concert movie "Stop Making Sense" will fill you with joy! Thanks for this !!
Tell you what he needs to see. Life during wartime LIVE. Best live performance of Talking Heads IMO and puts any artist who ain't running around while singing to shame.
'And she was' is a nice song about his neighbor who dropped acid all the time and 'road to nowhere' has a great chant at the beginning, the company said their song was too short so at the last minute they made the chant up in a few minutes and added it, rofl!
Psycho Killer
Burning Down the House
Life During Wartime
Take Me To The River
And She Was
Girlfriend is better -from the talking heads tour. He's gotta see the suit
yes please watch the live (best) versions of these songs from their movie Stop Making Sense 🙏
Big yes on Take Me To The River! For some reason that one has been missed by most of the big reaction channels!
*_Psycho Killer!_* w00t! _Burning Down the House_ was Mr. Vs initiation to David Byrne/Talking Heads.
"Weird as Hell!" What a perfect way to describe David Byrne. He would love that description, and probably said the same think about himself. He's an absolute genius, and still is performing 'as great as he ever was'!
David's "Freak Flag" flew high and proud and never, ever touched the ground. Nothing but love for this great music. Far out of the box and yet so relevant...
.. and if you ever saw the movie "True Stories" -- well, there you have it! lol
His live performances were even weirder but the music timeless. I listen to the Talking Heads to this day!
😄
Yes and yes!
They are such artistic musicians and performers. David Byrne is a genius.
A real creative force.
They were all in art school together. 💞😊
Exactly. Performance art.
@Good Citizen what the heck did I do to offend you so bad?
David Byrne is nearly 70...and still actively performing. Before COVID, he had a very successful show on Broadway called American Utopia, which featured modern takes on his years of music. Early this year, he performed two AMAZING songs from the show on SNL:
www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/david-byrne-american-utopia-broadway-review-901438/amp/
Never be afraid to stand out from the crowd, this guy is epic 🔥.
Yas! ... Glad he did not dim to fit in! 🎶💫💚🦋
Let your Freak Flag Fly!
Yes!!!! He IS Epic !!!
"Something's wrong with him...but I LOVE it!" Well said my friend.
A lot of people have probably said the same thing about Mr. Video
I'm almost certain that his dancing inspired the invention of the wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man
Yeah man! Good eye!
🤣😅 I like the way your mind works!! Good call!! 🤣
Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube-man?!
@@rafetizer these things ruclips.net/video/Zw33u53rF3c/видео.html
Absolutely 🤣😂
"How did I get here?" is a question I ask myself a lot... This song is even more relevant to me now than it used to be.
That's what this song is al about, right?
@@Man-vs-MetalYeah, but now that I'm older, and I do find myself in another part of the world from where I started and, due to a series of dubious choices, not at all in a situation I would have ever foreseen, I feel this song in a more visceral way than I did in younger days, when I just intellectually appreciated it.
Antarehs -
Yep
"Psycho Killer". Give that one a listen, too! It's by the same band. Absolutely timeless.
ANYTHING from their "Stop Making Sense 1984' Concert, probably one of the best live concerts EVER, 'Life During Wartime', 'Once in a lifetime' and 'Psycho Killer', that will get you started !! :) Edit: And "Girlfriend is better".. is awesome..
Yes, something live needs to be seen
Sooooo true
100%.... That live concert is amazing!!!
The Stop Making Sense version of Naïve Melody is seriously one of my all time favorite performances of a song.
Side note: His bassist, Tina Weymouth and the Drummer, Chris Franz are married; they did a solo project callled
Tom Tom Club and had a huge hit "GENIUS OF LOVE"; I've requested it from you months ago but Jamel did it LOL!! He was blown away. I would love to see your reaction to it!! You will recognize the beat/melody!
I love Genius of Love!!
Genuis of love is amazing 👌
Such a fun video too, love the animation.
That is great too! Love Genius of Love.
Omg I forgot about tom Tom club!!!
And She Was is another great Heads tune..all about an acid trip! It's such a fun song. Great reaction!
YES!! Best next one!!
About a girl he knew in Baltimore (my state lol) who would trip balls against a Yoohoo factory lol
David Byrne said it was about an acid trip. Listen to the lyrics, that song is 100% about suicide.
My favorite
When asked why the Talking Heads broke up and wouldn't get back together, Tina Weymouth responded "you can't talk to David, he's autistic or something." When that got back to him he was like "yeah, she's probably right about that."
Other great TH songs are Psycho Killer, Take Me To the River, And She Was, Life During Wartime, Girlfriend is Better, Wild Wild Life, etc. If possible, get their live version from the "Stop Making Sense" concert, still considered one of the best live performances ever.
Damn that’s cold blooded
@@mrsuns10 to be fair, could you creatively spearhead an act like Talking Heads and _not_ be at least a little bit autistic?
David Byrne is a strange one. However, this song is a masterpiece
He is unique and interesting.
The best of the “art rockers.” You MUST check out the band’s “Wild Wild Life” video from “Stop Making Sense.” It’s so much fun, with all kinds of tributes to music and other icons. It’s a trip, and the groove is just as good as this song. Only Heads could make social commentary and satire about mundane, suburban white-bread life so much fun and bouncy.
Anything they do live is a banger.
Yes
Really you should just watch ALL of Stop Making Sense. It’s one of the best concert films of all time. Directed by Jonathan Demme and it captures an amazing band at the height of their powers.
And it has a pretty young John Goodman.
@@timzgraggen98 Yes! Yes! Yes!
Toni Basil who did the song “Hey Mickey” actually choreographed and directed this video. She is one of the founders of breakdancing!
That makes sense.
She was great in Easy Rider as well.
@@joecedars4463 She looked so fine in that film, especially during the graveyard acid trip. Man...
🤤
Love this reaction 😍 Try “psycho killer”, “take me to the river”, “burning down the house”, “life during wartime”. All fantastic songs! 😀
He already did Burning Down the House. That was the one he mentioned at the beginning
Take me to the river is my fav :) so good!
Psycho Killer...best Talking Heads song ever....lol.
You forgot Wild Wild Life
I don’t know anyone that doesn’t like this song!
A few Rappers have sampled this in the 90s.
It’s a Classic!
Yup, Talking Heads was one of many unique bands that you can't really put in a category. I still would love to see you watch "One Night in Bangkok" I forgot to warn you though when I sent the link ...the "hook" as you say will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day! Maybe even several days! LOL 😄 again today you really did have me laughing out loud! 😂💝
I love One Night in Bangkok! Fingers crossed that he does it!
From Chess... Oh hell yeah!
@GKeeper316 hi thanks, you are correct it is by Murry Head; I know.😊 I'm sorry I try to be brief but sometimes it means I sacrifice clarity lol. I was commenting on Talking Heads first. Then I brought up One Night in Bangkok as the second time I was requesting Mr. Video to watch it. Each of the bands/songs is unique in it's own quirky way. So I guess I related them in my head! 😄💝
"And She Was" and "Up All Night" are my favorite Talking Heads songs.
"Up All Night" is actually called "Stay Up Late". It's hilarious! A great song.
YEESSSS!!!!! Talking Heads is one of the Greatest! So many more! "This Must Be the Place", "Slippery People" All Brilliant!!!!
Check out his video for "Burning Down the House". That's the other one he did. ❤
@@GiveMeThatLetter After I wrote it I said to myself wait... That's the other Talking Heads he did!
Speaking of ..This must be the place... , did you know that David Byrne appeared in a movie by that name starring Sean Penn? In the movie and real life they are close friends.
Available free on RUclips movies
@@HandleTakenlol I didn't know that; I'll have to check it out!
Dude is wonderfully weird! One of the best things to come outta Maryland!
Wonderfully weird is how I would describe myself too!!!!
Art Rock- Still would LOVE to see Devo "whip it" and Adam Ant "Strip" This was one of the weirdest 80s videos ever
This is a video that has always stood out as an icon of the early 80's. Nobody would, or could, do something like this today.
Take me to the river. Such a vibe.
Watch the concert "Stop Making Sense". It's brilliant! Talking Heads put out tons of great music. I see some good suggestions in the comments already. David Byrne is the lead singer. Saw him a couple of years ago on the American Utopia tour. So much fun 😊
'Something is wrong with him, but I like it' Yes, this is the Talking Heads niche right there
Tom Tom Club " genius of love"
Yes! I've requested this a few times, LOL; just did again today:)
Truely underrated song💣💥🇦🇺
The documentary called "Stop Making Sense" (by director Jonathan Demme) of Talking Head's live concerts is in many people's opinion the very best live concert movie ever made.
You NEED to watch it.
Their performance is beyond brilliant!
Q: How do you know a song is good?
A: When you're so distracted, you drop your pot. LOL
"Take me to the River" and "Burning Down the House" are my favorites of theirs.
Dude, I love you! I dont think I could get through 2020 without you all year.... thank you for being YOU!
So agree!
I concur. He's the top reactor.
David Byrne, the lead singer for talking heads actually video taped himself doing his dancing and articulated movements to insure his performance on stage. David's performance was a beautifully calculated show, setting and paving the way for other avenues in modern music. Love your reaction video. I enjoyed your enthusiasm 😀
Psycho Killer, Talking Heads live.Cool beans
"Life During Wartime" live version from the 1984 Stop Making Sense concert. Or anything else from that live concert (out on DVD) :)
More talking heads immediately please!!!
This is why the 80's rocked. So much variety.
"Life during Wartime" from their concert movie "Stop Making Sense".
Remember Toni Basil "Hey Mickey" from the other day? She choreographed this video
I love how Talking Heads brought performance art into their musical performances. Kate Bush does this also. Genius.
My dad told me "the talking heads are a thinking man's band and when you understand their music you are no longer a child"
Three seconds in: "Oh sht, it's weird already" -- I cracked up
ETA: Honestly if you personally feel like you would really, sincerely enjoy an artist, follow your instincts and seek out more of their songs to react to (like you did with Queen especially, which is what brought me to your channel). Judging by your reactions lately, I'm thinking Weezer and Tom Petty are resonating with you right now and they are both great rabbit holes to fall into for a while. And then of course you can switch it up with other requests in the meantime, but it's good to get a real sense of a single band's repertoire by doing more than just a couple songs.
Same cause its true lol catchy songs though.
I believe Etc is applying to be your Mentor.. be your own, like he said.
Talking Heads should guide you towards Roxy Music.. Enjoy
Mr. David Byrne is a shining example of how a person in the autism spectrum can overcome their social anxiety and grow beyond it. He's a truly talented and inspiring person.
Hell yea! Another one of my favorite bands! Check out the official “WILD WILD LIFE” video n see if you recognize the cameos!
Murray Head "one night in Bancock"!
Would love to see that reaction!
Also, Max Headroom Paranomia, and Thomas Dolby "blinded me with science "
-Love how genuine your channel is!
Keep up the great work!
My favorite song by Talking Heads is "This must be the place".
The bassline is a loophole in my head lol
this dude is Scottish by birth and this Scot loves his quirkiness, his energy and amazing musicality, check out the 'stop making sense' live performance movie
Psycho Killer, Wild Wild Life, and Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads
My favourite band of the 80's. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) is a must for anyone interested in the Talking Heads, amazing track. David Byrne is a creative genius, he's not a musician, he's an artist and it shines through in everything he does.
seriously one of the best! so glad you’re getting to them🙂
Kanye West: I'm a creative genius
David Byrne: hold my beer
Now we need "Road to nowhere" by Talking Heads
I knew as soon as the music hit you would be into it
You need to react to some ELO. Electric light orchestra Either Sweet talking woman or Turn to stone. Awesome band and songs. Livin thing.
Mr. Blue Sky!
Also “Fire on High”
Same as it ever was. David is the genius of The Talking Heads.
It just seems like music was better than today's music.
Love your avatar Aku Rick.
There is plenty of brilliant music being made today. The rise of self-release/soundcloud/youtube means that the barrier to admission of releasing music is narrower than it's ever been, so there's exponentially more shit being released alongside it and drowning it out a bit. I think music back in the day had a steadier margin of quality due to the gatekeeping of the record labels, but today seems to have a few higher highs but admittedly much lower lows.
Seems?
@@rainbowesque1 I suppose you are correct. I'm 45 years old so I guess I'm stuck in my ways.
Amen!
“Into the blue again,
After the money’s gone”
It’s a beautiful vibe
It’s about living in this F’ke’d Up World!
It’s about being in the stream of history
It’s about our time on this earth.
Yeeeeep they are among the greatest.
oh snap! he was throwing in tribal dances from all over the world!
OMG you have all the moves down!!!
Now you know and be able to DANCE WITH YOUR ANCESTORS whenever this song comes on!!!
I’m SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!
WELCOME TO THE TRIBE😘
This is one of my favourite songs of all time. And Talking Heads was one of the first albums I bought with money I earned myself. Your reaction was fantastic. Lol I’m 52, and this is the soundtrack of my life from the 80’s. Still hits hard to this day. That groove is so good.
Nothing wrong with him.
He says he has Aspergers.
I love him.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
Same as it ever was.
So much Talking Heads to do. They are in a class on to themselves.
From the same album as this, "Listening Winds" is particularly beautiful and eerie. From their album "Fear of Music", "Life During Wartime" is great. But I actually like everything I have heard from them, so I will keep my list of suggestions to these two rather than ending up listing every song they did. The singer/dancer in this video is David Byrne. He also deserves props for getting a lot of wonderful music from around the world out on his record label Luaka Bop -- Brazilian music, Afro-Peruvian music, Asian music, funky psychedelic music from West Africa, etc. So not only can he sing and dance strangely, he can else run a record company that helps musicians from around the world to get a broader hearing.
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
The world needs your reaction to this somg
And ' I Want To Be Sedated ' by the Ramones!
@@karencolley-smidt864 Beat on the brat, beat on the brat, beat on the brat with a baseball bat, oh yeah.
The Ramones are great.
Also Fear: Let's Have a War.
”Same as it ever was” one of the greatest statements still standing today. Iconic. Talking Heads, one of a kind.
For some reason young David Byrne reminds me of young Elvis Costello, even though they're not that similar
I know exactly what you mean. It doesn't make sense but it's totally a thing.
Incredible how a man with no sense of dancing rhythm can be so captivating to watch
It was very intentional. Imagine early days of MTV and people are mostly doing dance videos (before people were doing productions with budgets and shit), and David Byrne is like "what if I forced you to watch me being a fucking weirdo" He did similar shit but different on stage. All goofy, all intentionally so.
Hey Mr Video has anyone suggested the band The Cars?? Fire 80s rock. My fave was Candy-O but there are many more popular ones to choose from. You might think and Drive are just 2👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼💪💜
Who doesn't love the quirky Talking Heads?! LOL. My childhood ('80s).
I’ve never seen this video myself but I’ve heard this song many times. Ah that made me crack up too 😆🏃🏃🏃
This is one of those videos that used to come on PBS before MTV around 1979. Even earlier was the Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
Talking Heads Are Awesome
Maybe try to see one of their live concerts where he's doing life during wartime in either 1981 or 82 those ones are pretty fun to watch.
Well, it's really quite simple, Mr Leo:
Slippery People
And She Was
Psycho Killer
The Talking Heads were so quirky and brilliant. They never tried to fit in to any 'genre' of music. They just were their own thing. (btw....I met David Byrne in the 90's. He could not have been any nicer or cooler, and I didn't even let on that I knew who he was. Such a sweet, nice man!)
OMG! So happy to see you reacting to Talking Heads!! They have many great songs! Thank you for sharing your reactions with us. It puts a smile on my face to see you discovering such gems! You should check out Talking Heads - Take Me To The River or Psycho Killer.
"Take Me to the River." 🎵
Cool, strange sound bk in '78. Lead singer freaky bc of the head twitches and rolling eyes and the girl bass player dressed in white hospital clothes with a strange stare. Cool, slow heavy base line with lots 'o keys too. Just all around DIFFERENT.
I'm not a fan of 80s weird singing but I love their choruses. David Byrne is all about artistic expression even if its weird and awkward.
TRUE STORIES is a movie you will greatly benefit from. My life will never be the same. Brought to you in part by David Byrne. Effing Brilliant!
So glad you are digging Talking Heads!
First ;)
Try Faith No More - Epic
Yessssss!!! Seen David Byrne, Lead singer of Talking Heads like 2 years ago when his band was touring, played all his classics!! Sooo awesome!!! 🚶🏻🚶🏻🧎🏻🧎🏻🏃🏻🏃🏻🙌😎
Naive melody(this must be the place)!!!!
Stop Making Sense is one of the Best live show recording of the 80’s. Anything from that is a jewel 💎!
I loved when they played this at the end of Hot Tube Time Machine which Mr. Video should watch for an 80's great..not an 80's movie but they time machine back
The Talking Heads together, disbanded, solo endeavours.... all brilliant and amazing - recorded and live.
Love him. My best friend saw him live, and said it was the most amazing experience!
The woman who sang "Mickey", Toni Basil, choreographed his moves for this video (basically, she taught him how to do the movements the African people in the background film are doing), and added a few other movements to emphasize the disconnection between a man and the life he's living. This song (and video) are basically Existentialism 101. He's a weird guy, but he's also a VERY smart guy to be able to break down a school of philosophy into a 4-minute pop song you can get down to.
'Road to Nowhere' as well as 'And She Was' are 2 favorites.
"There's something wrong with him, but I love it!" Same. lol😝 Fire reaction, bro. I think you'd love their cover of Al Green's song, "Take me to the river."
Just an echo, Life during war time, Psycho killers, Take me to the river, and Burning down the house. On of the best alt/art rocking groups ever. Thankyou.
I really appreciate the fact that the Talking Heads make songs about all kinds of subjects, not only love and relationships like a lot of musicians do. Talking heads is one of my favorite bands of all time! ❤️
Talking Heads live November 1978 at UCLA. Just turned 17yrs old and loved my freedom.
Talking Heads were way ahead of their time. In a way, so are you my friend. Anybody unafraid to be themselves automatically gets my love...💚
They gained popularity because of their live gigs in small venues in nyc. I find some of their studio stuff to be 'thin' in comparison to 'live' stuff. Any clip from their concert movie "Stop Making Sense" will fill you with joy! Thanks for this !!
Psycho Killer, Burning Down the House, And She Was, and Road to Nowhere are just a few great Talking Heads tunes.
Tell you what he needs to see. Life during wartime LIVE. Best live performance of Talking Heads IMO and puts any artist who ain't running around while singing to shame.
I saw them live. They were incredible. It started out with David Byrne by himself with a guitar and a tape player. Coolest thing ever.
And She Was, is for me, the track that was the moment Talking Heads came of age. Beautiful work and typically Byrne.
'And she was' is a nice song about his neighbor who dropped acid all the time and 'road to nowhere' has a great chant at the beginning, the company said their song was too short so at the last minute they made the chant up in a few minutes and added it, rofl!
I think you'll love: Violent Femmes - 'Add it up' [try the lyric video]
Byrne is definitely a unique character. Also a musical genius.