What strikes me as a minor revolutionary act in the year 1975 is wearing your hair short enough to show your ears. That and collared shirts. Nobody outside the military had short hair in America in the mid 1970's. And everybody at concerts wore t-shirts. These guys were deliberately uncool, which is really cool.
Yep. I cut my Frampton-length hair in '78 right after seeing the Dead Boys; lost track of how many people said "You look like you escaped from a mental hospital!" Couldn't get straight-leg jeans anywhere either, had to alter flares/bellbottoms. In late '70s-early '80s Detroit boot-cut Levis and short hair were enough to make people slow down their Camaros to gape at you/want to kick your ass
Well to be fair, his nervousness here is completely genuine; it was the band’s first time ever performing publicly, and the band were in their early mid 20’s at that time, and they had only rehearsed for a month or so. Wouldn’t you be nervous if that happened to you?
I guarantee if I had been in the audience I'd have scratched my head thinking "who the F are these clowns?" They were like no other band at that time. No offense to them by this comment. Talking Heads are my all time favorite band for over 40 years!
I love how they were an unknown support act and there's about fifteen people clapping at the end because the crowds hadn't arrived for the Ramones yet. TH were ten years ahead of their time here. Kudos!
It's not that often you get to see video footage of a band like this from their earliest days, when they were just another band in New York... polite applause, mistakes and all. Awesome.
I could see myself there that night after the show, drinking with my friends, “Yeah, they’re okay, but I don’t think they’re going anywhere.” Then I bought Talking Heads ‘77. Oops, my favorite album.
I wish I was live around 70's then I can relate to this. Just finished listening Talking Heads 77 for like 10 times repeatance and wish I had their original copies cause they blew me away.
Totally agree. The hardest thing for a musician to keep is rawness.. and yet rawness is rock'n'roll itself. What I say now? Stop trying to be perfect! You're just neutering yourself. If you want perfection go the symphony then. Go to the opera.
@@louisskulnik7390 ehhhh idk about that. DSOTM and WYWH have some very very complex mixing and editing that gives it such a magic and experience. If you we’re talking about the Syd Barrett era id agree with you a bit more but I think 1971-1976 they were 100% a studio-strength band. Not saying they were great live; they were fuckn incredible, but imo the studio only helped their vision. Unlike if The Beatles did shows in 67-69, it wouldn’t sound nearly as good
@@louisskulnik7390 Nowadays I am not sure anymore, if producers should generally not much more keep their hands out. In '73 / '74 Pink Floyd played DSOTM much bluesier and more rock-coloured life, as compared to the brushed up and polished version which appeared on the album. I personally prefer the bluesier, rock, and jazzy-er renditions. Us And Them for example is gorgeous at Wembley, stronger rhythm, jazzy saxx and the back- and forth singing in between Mr. Gilmour and the singer ladies - brilliant!
Talk about a freaking legendary place. In the span of about 1 year you had Blondie, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, The Ramones, Patti Smith.... and thats all before 1976. Then those acts got huge. Mustve been a hell of a scene. Totally different sounding bands, Talking Heads (like college dork rock but awesome), Blondie with that very poppy proto punk, and The Ramones just blowing the roof off with what we consider now the modern punk sound...... Probably the best music scene ever.
Such an amazing band dynamic with the Talking Heads. Anti social lead singer/player (basically a genius). Self-taught bass player who ends up blazing her own unique styles. And a drummer perfectly suited to support those two. And Jerry, who was able to work with all of them! Listen to David's 'How music works' audiobook and Chris's audiobook and it gives a good view of the starting point of the group. I just find it interesting to research how groups evolved and started. So many groups start up...not many make a mark in music, takes perseverance, talent, luck and just the right combo of people. Then sad when it falls apart. But so many bands end up with complicated histories, band member changes and heartache. Have to learn to enjoy things when it's good and accept change.
The CBGBs movie did such a great job portraying that whole thing!! The sound is more real seeing it exactly the way I imagine a fledgling band with a new sound, should be. Raw. And still finding their sound. And in black and white. Cause, who had the money for color back then? Fucking love it!
Next time you hear a garage band that doesn't quite have it all together yet - they might be the next TH. There was still a little magic in that clip. Lovely to watch that.
I saw T Heads about a year later, at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI. I thought they were terrible, particularly the bass player. By the next time I saw them a few months later, they were an exciting and sublime experience. Saw them many times after, every chance I had.
This is amazing... 1975 - any guess as to how many Quaaludes David has taken to calm his little nerves before this performance? Love this bit of history that's taken 39 YEARS to get to me. Thank you PRI!
The Talking Heads and the bands that came out of CBGB saved music in the late seventies and eighties from the cooperate crap and the glam rock of the 70's. Three chords played poorly on crappy equipment in a dirty $#!thole bar in the Bowery. Now that's rock and roll. God, I miss those times.
I love this band. saw them at the fox theatre in Atlanta 1982. I wish I had a dollar for every time ive played remain in light! tina was 8 mos, pregnant when I saw them. its one of my favorite shows still. and ive seen everybody. from ABB to zappa.
It's cute to see how stage killers in their genesis were so nervous on stage in 1975. Tina Weymouth was all over the place on her bass parts. And this for a such a well rehearsed band like the Heads. But the CBGB crowd could be a feisty one if they didn't like you. Screw up and you get a beer shower and eternal shame as you weren't to play in any other clubs in NY with this kinda sound. Even though all that, and mind you, this is one of my favorite versions of Psycho Killer. Hearing where it come's from it's great. The version from 1977 is great but this is better.
Saw them in college in Buffalo, N.Y. Their LD had one of the first computerized lighting consoles. I stood behind him and was so blown away that he could control the lights with a computer. The whole experience was amazing. I might add that I saw them for like $5.00 So many great acts did the college circuit in those days. Great times!
I wasn't there at that particular gig but I lived in the neighborhood from 1978 through 1989 and caught many acts at CBGB. What a place and what a blast the whole area was then not like now -- full of shiny towers and NYU dorms! Shame!
in august of 81 ,I was in drug rehab in N.J. . My roommate for about a week was a member of the Talking Heads , out of respect im not going to say who it was . I was a kid {15} to young to realize how big of a deal it was . every nite in the room he would play , I look back now at how lucky I was .
Hmm. Now which ones play guitar? Yeah, guitar. Obviously it ain't drums or piano, not in 1981. Therefore guitar. Not bass so it wasn't Tina. So it was...
Nah it was Chris who wound up in rehab. Tina says so here: www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-chris-frantz-tina-weymouth-8533427.html%3famp
That was worth watching, glad I clicked that. I saw the band not long after this and was mesmerized as I still am when I listen. Psycho Killer and Life During Wartime are two of the best songs to come out of that era of music.
I always thought Byrne was simply playing a part. I never ever thought he was ever showing his true self. In other words, the joke was on us and still is.
this whole thing used to be on youtube ages and ages ago. Like with mic check and everything. as well as a performance of warning sign at CBGBs. but its probably on some obscure ass dvd boxset where no one can see them
I've loved this song for 40 years and just started learning the bassline so I've been watching different liver versions. I love how Tina gets lost a couple of times in this one but it stays together. Amazing to see them in early days. lovexxxxx
I saw there. Saw them the first time in spring of '75, and quite a few times in the next couple of years. First time, there was 12 people in the audience, with them opening for The Ramones.
Love this, always based my own cover off the much later radio edition, and I think I might dial it back a little then ramp it up. Sort of a transition from this laid back feel to a more manic one.
CBGBs the place to be on the East Coast. A few years previous to this, I saw the Eagles as bottom bill to Jethro Tull on the West Coast. So much great music everywhere and so much diversity. Funny how in my memory, it seems like almost a decade before but I'm sure it wasn't. Jimi had only been gone five years. Oh, to bring back the days of 3 nights of music with four bands for only $3.00 (each night). Am I old?
So interesting to see early TH. For comparison, check them out three years later: Talking Heads - Psycho Killer Live on stage Old Grey Whistle Test 1978 Weymouth is really confident and sounds fantastic, very well recorded and up in the mix. You can also get a sense of how much Harrison added to their sound. And Byrne, well, continues to evolve.
i remember in 1978? i would've been 13. And i joined the Columbia Record Club. what was it? 5 records for five bucks, then 10 more at regular prices? I forget lol . But I got Ramones: Leave Home. and Beach Boys and Stevie Wonder, ELO......
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What strikes me as a minor revolutionary act in the year 1975 is wearing your hair short enough to show your ears. That and collared shirts. Nobody outside the military had short hair in America in the mid 1970's. And everybody at concerts wore t-shirts. These guys were deliberately uncool, which is really cool.
yeah it anti anti or counter counter-culturalist
So true, Mark Brown. Imagine how Iggy Pop & the Stooges must've felt back when they started in the late 60s. Same thing, only more so.
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it was deliberate and a well studied outfit, Byrne tells about it in his book
Yep. I cut my Frampton-length hair in '78 right after seeing the Dead Boys; lost track of how many people said "You look like you escaped from a mental hospital!" Couldn't get straight-leg jeans anywhere either, had to alter flares/bellbottoms. In late '70s-early '80s Detroit boot-cut Levis and short hair were enough to make people slow down their Camaros to gape at you/want to kick your ass
If he doesn't sound nervous, he's not David Byrne
Well to be fair, his nervousness here is completely genuine; it was the band’s first time ever performing publicly, and the band were in their early mid 20’s at that time, and they had only rehearsed for a month or so. Wouldn’t you be nervous if that happened to you?
@@flanplan5903 Even if I had to play my own song in front of my family and friends for the first time I would've been pretty much nervous as well!
I guarantee if I had been in the audience I'd have scratched my head thinking "who the F are these clowns?" They were like no other band at that time.
No offense to them by this comment. Talking Heads are my all time favorite band for over 40 years!
Pretty crazy you had Talking Heads, Ramones and Blondie, 3 bands who totally changed music history playing for handfuls of people at CBGBs in 1975
and Iggy Pop 👌
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The Police played there to about 20 people, imagine??
And Patti Smith
Holy shit, this is history. This is the history of the "heads," rock 'n roll, New York City music scene, CBGB's, new wave, etc.
I love how they were an unknown support act and there's about fifteen people clapping at the end because the crowds hadn't arrived for the Ramones yet. TH were ten years ahead of their time here. Kudos!
It's not that often you get to see video footage of a band like this from their earliest days, when they were just another band in New York... polite applause, mistakes and all. Awesome.
Before he knew how good his voice was.
I could see myself there that night after the show, drinking with my friends, “Yeah, they’re okay, but I don’t think they’re going anywhere.” Then I bought Talking Heads ‘77. Oops, my favorite album.
I wish I was live around 70's then I can relate to this. Just finished listening Talking Heads 77 for like 10 times repeatance and wish I had their original copies cause they blew me away.
That's the best version of Psycho Killer I've ever heard!
Totally agree. The hardest thing for a musician to keep is rawness.. and yet rawness is rock'n'roll itself. What I say now? Stop trying to be perfect! You're just neutering yourself. If you want perfection go the symphony then. Go to the opera.
@@ergbudster3333 by the time the album is cut, a band loses a lot of magic. Happened to Pink Floyd.
@@louisskulnik7390 ehhhh idk about that. DSOTM and WYWH have some very very complex mixing and editing that gives it such a magic and experience. If you we’re talking about the Syd Barrett era id agree with you a bit more but I think 1971-1976 they were 100% a studio-strength band.
Not saying they were great live; they were fuckn incredible, but imo the studio only helped their vision. Unlike if The Beatles did shows in 67-69, it wouldn’t sound nearly as good
@@PiperAtTheGatesOfYourMom Piper at the gates of dawn is an incredible album masterpiece
@@louisskulnik7390 Nowadays I am not sure anymore, if producers should generally not much more keep their hands out.
In '73 / '74 Pink Floyd played DSOTM much bluesier and more rock-coloured life, as compared to the brushed up and polished version which appeared on the album.
I personally prefer the bluesier, rock, and jazzy-er renditions. Us And Them for example is gorgeous at Wembley, stronger rhythm, jazzy saxx and the back- and forth singing in between Mr. Gilmour and the singer ladies - brilliant!
Less intensity seems to convey the psycho more.
wow, 50 years ago already.
The beatnik era of the punk scene. Great songwriter and amazing band
I think David Byrne defined the '80s long before the '80s.
Spot on 👍
Heh..
The three best years of '80s music were '77, '78, and '79.
True dat !
Great comment!!
Talk about a freaking legendary place. In the span of about 1 year you had Blondie, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, The Ramones, Patti Smith.... and thats all before 1976. Then those acts got huge. Mustve been a hell of a scene. Totally different sounding bands, Talking Heads (like college dork rock but awesome), Blondie with that very poppy proto punk, and The Ramones just blowing the roof off with what we consider now the modern punk sound...... Probably the best music scene ever.
He looks like my Uncle Tristan. We committed him to the Dryden Psychiatric Institute in June of 2008. It was for the best.
OK. Best comedy comment of the week.
Hahaha. Damn
Such an amazing band dynamic with the Talking Heads. Anti social lead singer/player (basically a genius). Self-taught bass player who ends up blazing her own unique styles. And a drummer perfectly suited to support those two. And Jerry, who was able to work with all of them! Listen to David's 'How music works' audiobook and Chris's audiobook and it gives a good view of the starting point of the group. I just find it interesting to research how groups evolved and started. So many groups start up...not many make a mark in music, takes perseverance, talent, luck and just the right combo of people. Then sad when it falls apart. But so many bands end up with complicated histories, band member changes and heartache. Have to learn to enjoy things when it's good and accept change.
No estás mal suena bien siempre me ha gustado
The CBGBs movie did such a great job portraying that whole thing!! The sound is more real seeing it exactly the way I imagine a fledgling band with a new sound, should be. Raw. And still finding their sound. And in black and white. Cause, who had the money for color back then? Fucking love it!
Fantastic material! A quiet Byrne and Tina with her gray green Jazz Bass... Almost made me cry. Regards from Argentina.
I remember when this song came out. I was 6 years old. Still listening after 50 years.
Next time you hear a garage band that doesn't quite have it all together yet - they might be the next TH. There was still a little magic in that clip. Lovely to watch that.
Such a sexy and sad version of this song somehow..
I saw T Heads about a year later, at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence, RI. I thought they were terrible, particularly the bass player. By the next time I saw them a few months later, they were an exciting and sublime experience. Saw them many times after, every chance I had.
49 years ago. Fuck.
David Bynes Vocals changed over time but it's very cool how Tina's baseline stayed the same....a perfect line that needed nothing.
1975. CBGB. Talking Heads warming up for The Ramones. Those were magic times in NYC.
What a metamorphosis. From a shy kid to a magnificient confident stage animal haha
What an amazing original 👏 band
what a country this once was. So much talent and so little hype. A lost piece of America today
This is amazing... 1975 - any guess as to how many Quaaludes David has taken to calm his little nerves before this performance? Love this bit of history that's taken 39 YEARS to get to me. Thank you PRI!
The Talking Heads and the bands that came out of CBGB saved music in the late seventies and eighties from the cooperate crap and the glam rock of the 70's. Three chords played poorly on crappy equipment in a dirty $#!thole bar in the Bowery. Now that's rock and roll. God, I miss those times.
and how oldie you sir?
"saved music"... music is doomed since Schoenberg and his dodecaphony shit, music stopped right there, mr.
Wha?
I love this band. saw them at the fox theatre in Atlanta 1982. I wish I had a dollar for every time ive played remain in light! tina was 8 mos, pregnant when I saw them. its one of my favorite shows still. and ive seen everybody. from ABB to zappa.
I was there that night. Fabulous fun.
It's cute to see how stage killers in their genesis were so nervous on stage in 1975. Tina Weymouth was all over the place on her bass parts. And this for a such a well rehearsed band like the Heads. But the CBGB crowd could be a feisty one if they didn't like you. Screw up and you get a beer shower and eternal shame as you weren't to play in any other clubs in NY with this kinda sound. Even though all that, and mind you, this is one of my favorite versions of Psycho Killer.
Hearing where it come's from it's great. The version from 1977 is great but this is better.
They were all trying different versions as players in their initial live renditions, I note all three are loose and adventurous here.
Saw them in college in Buffalo, N.Y. Their LD had one of the first computerized lighting consoles. I stood behind him and was so blown away that he could control the lights with a computer. The whole experience was amazing. I might add that I saw them for like $5.00 So many great acts did the college circuit in those days. Great times!
I wasn't there at that particular gig but I lived in the neighborhood from 1978 through 1989 and caught many acts at CBGB. What a place and what a blast the whole area was then not like now -- full of shiny towers and NYU dorms! Shame!
MT Yankin rite . how times have changed .
in august of 81 ,I was in drug rehab in N.J. . My roommate for about a week was a member of the Talking Heads , out of respect im not going to say who it was . I was a kid {15} to young to realize how big of a deal it was . every nite in the room he would play , I look back now at how lucky I was .
Hmm. Now which ones play guitar? Yeah, guitar. Obviously it ain't drums or piano, not in 1981. Therefore guitar. Not bass so it wasn't Tina. So it was...
Nah it was Chris who wound up in rehab.
Tina says so here:
www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-chris-frantz-tina-weymouth-8533427.html%3famp
I was in rehab with a member of the band hole
100 years ahead of their time.. or well, they were exactly right at the time.. same goes for the Ramones
That was worth watching, glad I clicked that. I saw the band not long after this and was mesmerized as I still am when I listen. Psycho Killer and Life During Wartime are two of the best songs to come out of that era of music.
I Hung out there at CBGB for 4 years from 77 on up met lost of bands backstage but didnt think Talking Heads played there regularly.
I Was There!!!!!!! BRILLIANT!
OK. Which one are you? The tall skinny wierd singer guy? Or the serious looking short blonde woman?
I recently spent 10 days getting to know my son's fiance. She picked this as her first song at Karaoke. I started to think of her as like me.
Love seeing how long the process of crafting a great song can take. Took them 3(ish) years to craft this into the percect single they released in '77
The bass player stuff up so many times during the song is hillarious.
They were all trying different versions as players in their initial live renditions, I note all three are loose and adventurous here.
I think Tina learned bass from David in two weeks before joining the band.
I always thought Byrne was simply playing a part. I never ever thought he was ever showing his true self. In other words, the joke was on us and still is.
love this song
this whole thing used to be on youtube ages and ages ago. Like with mic check and everything. as well as a performance of warning sign at CBGBs. but its probably on some obscure ass dvd boxset where no one can see them
Awesome stuff
THE PRETTIEST AND CUTEST BASS PLAYER EVER!
Absolutely amazing
excellent!
I love it.
Amazing!
Cbgb best time of my life
Great old footage!..Always loved this song..!
Too bad Byrne didn't wake up before he got to the club that night.
+richard speck lol right? lol
He was in his "laconic rock star" mode.
I expect him every second to throw his guitar onto the floor and run away from stage fright.
Wonderful band and great version.
Cool Version!!!
Love this video. Lots of great bands played at CBGB.
Vintage and super classic. How the stars are born
Best ever to take that stage.
AMO ESTE TEMA...
nice upload cheers
Wonderful.
this made me like this song to a completely different degree. i have a whole new appreciation for this song by having seen this!
poor david sounds so shaky up there. who knew he'd be where he is now
I used to like this song until I saw this. Excuse me... gotta fall asleep now. I will say, they got amazingly better later on...
Thank goodness for producers and engineers
I've loved this song for 40 years and just started learning the bassline so I've been watching different liver versions. I love how Tina gets lost a couple of times in this one but it stays together. Amazing to see them in early days. lovexxxxx
The best live of Psycho killer.
Rockin tune!
I saw there. Saw them the first time in spring of '75, and quite a few times in the next couple of years. First time, there was 12 people in the audience, with them opening for The Ramones.
Three years before I saw them the first time, in Portland, OR.
I LOVE this clip. Pure luck they caught it. That groove at 3:45 ish too!
Basically 1980's alternative being played in 1975. Terrible and incredible all at the same time.
Nossa que raridade!! Abraços do Brasil
I just need desperately this version on a recording.
Best version of Psycho Killer ever? Could well be!
Unbelievable band
Love this, always based my own cover off the much later radio edition, and I think I might dial it back a little then ramp it up. Sort of a transition from this laid back feel to a more manic one.
Love this version, almost melancholy with the different note
Wowww So Pure !
hahahaha! Love this! Look at Chris, Dave, and Tina. She looks so adorable with that hair!
Got the peanut butter? Rock on ... to a better day ! Guys inside my HEAD. 👀
love Talking Heads😍
David Bynes, Tina weymouth and Chris Frantz are three of my favorite artists.
CBGBs the place to be on the East Coast. A few years previous to this, I saw the Eagles as bottom bill to Jethro Tull on the West Coast. So much great music everywhere and so much diversity. Funny how in my memory, it seems like almost a decade before but I'm sure it wasn't. Jimi had only been gone five years. Oh, to bring back the days of 3 nights of music with four bands for only $3.00 (each night). Am I old?
If I had a time machine. No doubt this would be my first stop. I mean CBGC
incredible talent really shines in acoustic set esp w/Davids amazing vocals
Yes, Tina's bass sounds hypnotized
Man do I miss cbgbs
NY,1975,an early reserved performance of a song that would inite Beautiful
No Jerry Harrison. This is Talking Heads stripped right back to the bare bones.
So interesting to see early TH.
For comparison, check them out three years later:
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer Live on stage Old Grey Whistle Test 1978
Weymouth is really confident and sounds fantastic, very well recorded and up in the mix. You can also get a sense of how much Harrison added to their sound. And Byrne, well, continues to evolve.
Fake it until you make it. To think this band would turn out to be so revolutionary.
thanx hilli !!! for all of this fucking music!!! i love it...
Basilis Georgalas... Meet Basil Lewis. Your North American Tsimshian counterpart. Haha.
I was there this night.
David looks like Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) from Taxi Driver in here.
I love♥
i remember in 1978? i would've been 13. And i joined the Columbia Record Club. what was it? 5 records for five bucks, then 10 more at regular prices? I forget lol . But I got Ramones: Leave Home. and Beach Boys and Stevie Wonder, ELO......
10 for 1¢ 😂