I'd be honored if some David Byrne & Talking Heads fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (re-interpreted as a ballad) on my YT channel in tribute to one of the most unique & iconic bands of the late 70s/early 80s era. Raw acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and peace.
@Kingy B "educated liberal". Ironic you say that. Whats your education level? You call scottish people "scott's". They are scots, you moron. Stop talking about "educated" people while using an apostrophe to express a plural. Where did yoy get YOUR education? I bet you spell apples like *apple's* too. Fricken genius you are...lol
I retired in 2019. My speech to my collegues/friends ended with Burning Down the House playing while I danced my way out the library door and into retirement... lovely moment for me. Great song
My grandma wanted this song at her funeral. I still don't understand why, but it has a special place in my heart. Love you, grandma Cathy. Although we've never met, I still love you :)
The song isn't about arson, it's about destroying something that is holding you back. Or being set free from something. So I think it's quite fitting. Either way your grandma had great taste in music ❤
I was at a rural convenience store yesterday, standing in the checkout line when this song came on over the store speakers. I could see everyone in the store begin to silently, secretly tap their feet and dance. Hard NOT to dance to that incredible beat. Awesome! Thank you David Byrne!
This is one of many songs I'm glad to hear on the radio at work. Always puts everyone in a great mood and I absolutely jam out everytime so I'm sure that's interesting to see lmal
When I first heard this song…I was so amazed by some of the lyrics that I can understand….But this GUY on the drums is killing it…I still love this song…Window’s down VOLUME UP HIGH…👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
LYRICS: Watch out you might get what you're after Boom babies strange but not a stranger I'm an ordinary guy Burning down the house Hold tight wait till the party's over Hold tight We're in for nasty weather There has got to be a way Burning down the house Here's your ticket pack your bag Time for jumpin' overboard The transportation is here Close enough but not too far Maybe you know where you are Fightin' fire with fire All wet! Hey you might need a raincoat Shakedown! Dreams walkin' in broad daylite Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees Burning down the house It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself Gonna come in first place People on their way to work and baby what did you except Gonna burst into flame My house! Is out of the ordinary That's right! Don't wanna hurt nobody Some things sure can sweep me off my feet Burning down the house No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin' yet Everything's stuck together And I don't know what you expect starring into the TV set Fighting fire with fire
sheer brilliance, a band ahead of its time, classic, timeless and still relevant, it doesn't get much better than early Talking Heads on early MTV in the early 80s
My mom is 80 and dad is 90 ! When I played this song they will get up and dance to this song! My whole family love this song! Still listening Oct 30, 2023!!
Almost done reading "How Music Works" by David Byrne. He does an incredible in-depth job of explaining the history of music, why it sounded and was composed the way it was throughout time and all the outside factors that have shaped music and how it is heard. I highly recommend it.
Funny story. When this song came out on MTV my dad was at a party and this song came on. So he ran up close to the tv and he starts dancing and singing the lyrics word for word. He turns around mid song and everyone at the party has stopped and is staring at him. My dad says, “What’s the matter?” Someone asks, “You can understand what he’s saying?”
These guys captured the look, sound and feeling of what was termed "New Wave" back in the early 80's, they appealed to many regardless of the ethnic background. They were not a hair band, rap group or Punk. They were 100% orginal!
This incredible concoction of a band created masterpiece after masterpiece, made the 80's that magnificent time it was and always will be !! Thank you always Talking Heads 💜
I carried my dad out of the church on his funeral as we left for the crematorium with this song playing. Memories of the very early 80s dancing round the living room together blasting Talking Heads every Saturday morning whilst my mum was at work. I couldn’t have been much older than 4 years old but it’s still imprinted in my brain. For me there wasn’t a more fitting song.
David Byrne's American Utopia was a stellar treat, if you can catch it on a second (rumored) run. My parents saw Talking Heads years before I was born; I got to dance to this song a year ago with my dad. Wild. Byrne has and is a gift!
@@JoshuaTootell That's OK. But I've seen Jimi live. Hell, I've seen Benny Goodman live (he played with the Tulsa Philhanonic). So, trust me here, ya ain't old yet.
Mom always told me I would dance in my crib like crazy whenever this song and Peter Gabriels Sledgehammer came on the radio. Even as a toddler I had impeccable taste.
Dave did covers on sledgehammer and burning down the house and it's absolutely perfection Edit: by dave I mean dave matthews band I forgot not everyone knows dave matthews lol
@OneDeadPixel563 I was a band nerd in High School in the 90s. I myself am all too familiar with DMB. Edit: David Byrne covered Peter Gabriel's "I don't remember" and made the original sound like the auditory equivalent of sun dried dogshit. And I love Peter Gabriel.
Dennis Ouellette I have an addiction for watching it recently, like I genuinely have watched it in full 40 times in the last 8 weeks. Mesmerising, legendary, perfection from start to finish.
PURE ENERGY...that concert! I mean his backups are sooo bad ass neither one breaks even a drop of sweat the entire time...nd' they both were just NON' STOP! Man...ur' one lucky human to have set thyn' eyes on such an Awesomely Awesome show...Jealous! Deff before there time, indeed! First time I heard them was on Night Tracks at 3:00 am...was blown away!
[Verse 1] Ah Watch out, you might get what you're after Cool, babies! Strange but not a stranger I'm an ordinary guy Burning down the house [Verse 2] Hold tight, wait 'til the party's over Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather There has got to be a way Burning down the house [Chorus 1] Here's your ticket, pack your bag, it's time for jumping overboard The transportation is here Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are Fighting fire with fire, ah! [Verse 3] All wet, here, you might need a raincoat Shakedown, dreams walking in broad daylight Three hundred sixty-five degrees Burning down the house [Chorus 2] It was once upon a place, sometimes I listen to myself Gonna come in first place People on their way to work say, “Baby, what did you expect?” Gonna burst into flame, ah! [Synthesizer Solo] Burning down the house [Verse 4] My house is out of the ordinary That’s right, don't wanna hurt nobody Some things sure can sweep me off my feet Burning down the house [Chorus 3] No visible means of support and you have not seen nothing yet Everything's stuck together I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set Fighting fire with fire, ah!
Wow, David, out of all of Talking Heads' songs this one is my favourite. I'm so glad that you guys were able to put your differences aside for one night and perform at the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony.
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex I didn't say that they didn't deserve to be in the hall. I said it's good that they put their differences aside so that they could perform together for the first time in a long time.
@@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue Absolutely, i agree the Heads deserve their accolades and it is great that they reunited for the ceremony. Sorry I did n't come across that way, i am in agreement with you.
True story. I am at a gigantic New Jersey nightclub as big as a football field, there's a thousand young people stoned to the gills, Panama Red just made a "your ripped" entrance, it's Friday night, the bars are huge everyone is happy, and lit they could all get lucky. I and a cute girl wandered away to an empty stage. STUNNED ! ! ! David Byrne comes out by himself, with only an acoustic guitar all alone , he starts playing great, we dance our brains out. No one came over. NO ONE ! It was as fantastic as it was bewildering. He finished his set and said "Thank you. " to us . And left. Not headlined ??? No marquee out front. We didn't know there was going to be entertainment ? It was an unbelievable experience of fun, and thanks, and greatness. Best wishes. "Never give up", sometimes you "too" will get extraordinarily lucky.
This video used to scare me when I was kid. Talking heads were so strange. I remember being freaked out by the guys face at the end. I also used to think if this song played my house would blow up lol.
The end is hilarious. I remember this video used to scare the crap out of my younger sister when it would come on MTV (which of course I naturally encouraged). Looking back, it is pretty bizarre all around.
I guess I was just weird from the beginning because I loved all of their videos as a kid. His face on the road did sort of mesmerize me & simultaneously freak me out though. It’s honestly more odd you thought your house would blow up due to playing a song, sounds like some of the thoughts I’ve had due to OCD.
I remember when this video debuted. Most people thought it was weird. I just remember thinking how creative it was and how cool it was that they were using the technology to its limits at the time.
I taped videos off of MTV all the time, and have over 75 tapes---transferring them over to DVD. This video is on quite a few of them. Great song and video. (Jan Griffiths).
i agree mtv was music television now it's just bs. They went so down hill that when Prince died a cnn news anchor even said mtv is actually playing music today for Prince. That's just sad to me
@crystinamarie1 That's a pretty name! And your beautiful too! So I'll play the next video just for You! I love you Crystina Marie #1! My name is Lewis Robert Burton Jr!
This band at a critical time verified for me that all my artistic "distractions" in life weren't just distractions. What a memorable accompaniment to a transformation of recognition of what was one's essence was suppresed by the entirety of all life before this.
I was a teenager in the 80s. I still listen to the music daily! Best decade ever! Nothing will ever come close to matching this decade. I also have SiriusXM 80s on 8 in my car. Never ever gets old!
I agree. The 1980s was best decade ever. Everyone knows this. So many songs from the 80s survived the test of time and I am constantly reading comments on how songs written back then are just as relevant now. The ripple effect that decade had is simply unmatched.
I'm addicted to this song and the video just makes it worse lol. I've been twice daily dosing myself with this video. STUCK IN MY HEAD in a good way I suppose. LOVE this song
When artists still had something to say. The messages in all these songs are so clear. Nowadays i don't even understand the words they use and i am sure it's better that way
Had no idea who these guys were till i heard a small piece of one there songs while meditating, now checking them out, they made hit after hit. Really amazing work.
Lol just saw paramores cover of this song and couldn't resist hearing the original. I fuckn love Paramore and they do such an amazing job on all their covers but they especially killed this one I think talking heads would appreciate the swell job they did on it.
@@AlejandroGonzalez-lx5mihaha it’s not that deep, I think he just meant that because of the cover it’s causing people to come back to this song again 😂
Watch out you might get what you're after Boom babies strange but not a stranger I'm an ordinary guy Burning down the house Hold tight wait till the party's over Hold tight We're in for nasty weather There has got to be a way Burning down the house Here's your ticket pack your bag Time for jumpin' overboard The transportation is here Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are Fightin' fire with fire All wet! Hey you might need a raincoat Shakedown! Dreams walking in broad daylight Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees Burning down the house It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself Gonna come in first place People on their way to work and baby what did you except Gonna burst into flame My house! Is out of the ordinary That's right! Don't wanna hurt nobody Some things sure can sweep me off my feet Burning down the house No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin' yet Everything's stuck together And I don't know what you expect starring into the TV set Fighting fire with fire
Yes! I wondered why this is so great. It must be the combination of party track and eerieness. As if, by the beginning, there's a party in that house, then it literally burns down and the protagonist is haunted by it. "My god, what have I done?"
It’s June 2023. This song is FORTY YEARS OLD, and is as fun to listen to as it was in 1983-perhaps even more so. But think about 1983. In 1983, could you even stand to listen to the music that had been popular in 1943?! NNNNNOPE! What a difference a few decades makes.
Ha ha I never thought about that! You’re totally right. I couldn’t imagine listening to 1940s music in the 80s. But today in 2024 this song and so many of the Talking Heads songs are still completely awesome.
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David Byrne is a creative genius and was way ahead of his time.
I'd be honored if some David Byrne & Talking Heads fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (re-interpreted as a ballad) on my YT channel in tribute to one of the most unique & iconic bands of the late 70s/early 80s era. Raw acoustic with no digital editing. Thanks and peace.
Listen to Pop Musik by M (4 years before this)...
@Kingy B ok boomer
@Kingy B "educated liberal". Ironic you say that. Whats your education level? You call scottish people "scott's". They are scots, you moron. Stop talking about "educated" people while using an apostrophe to express a plural. Where did yoy get YOUR education? I bet you spell apples like *apple's* too. Fricken genius you are...lol
I think we're still ahead of whatever time he was meant for
Awesome music from a band that wasnt afraid to make fun of itself. This allowed them to make awesome genuine music. we are all the better for it.
One of the greatest videos and songs from the 80's. I don't care how old you are, when that beat hits something on your body will move.
Alicia, you are right about that, i agree with you 🎸 🎧 🎶
And I can't dance for shit 🤣🤣
@@rickabodcrane2062 🤣🤣🤣
my lungs
I dunno, it's a little weird
I retired in 2019. My speech to my collegues/friends ended with Burning Down the House playing while I danced my way out the library door and into retirement... lovely moment for me. Great song
........and a great exit!
My grandma wanted this song at her funeral. I still don't understand why, but it has a special place in my heart. Love you, grandma Cathy. Although we've never met, I still love you :)
Grandma had great music taste is all 😊
she has a great taste!
The song isn't about arson, it's about destroying something that is holding you back. Or being set free from something. So I think it's quite fitting. Either way your grandma had great taste in music ❤
Truly the best 59 ! Still listening to this the best times of my life
May she rest with Christ ❤
I was at a rural convenience store yesterday, standing in the checkout line when this song came on over the store speakers.
I could see everyone in the store begin to silently, secretly tap their feet and dance.
Hard NOT to dance to that incredible beat.
Awesome!
Thank you David Byrne!
Love it when i'm in the grocery store and that happens!
I would prolly throat-punch anyone who didnt start to boogie a little when this song comes on a PA system
This is one of many songs I'm glad to hear on the radio at work. Always puts everyone in a great mood and I absolutely jam out everytime so I'm sure that's interesting to see lmal
Great story.🤗
I want a projector so I can beam an image of David Byrne's face onto the side of my house.
Same
The lord has come
Same
❤
byrning down the house
When I first heard this song…I was so amazed by some of the lyrics that I can understand….But this GUY on the drums is killing it…I still love this song…Window’s down VOLUME UP HIGH…👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Those two drum breaks have been kicking my ass for YEARS.
LYRICS:
Watch out you might get what you're after
Boom babies strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
Hold tight wait till the party's over
Hold tight We're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
Here's your ticket pack your bag
Time for jumpin' overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far
Maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire
All wet! Hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown! Dreams walkin' in broad daylite
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
Burning down the house
It was once upon a place
sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work and baby what did you except
Gonna burst into flame
My house! Is out of the ordinary
That's right! Don't wanna hurt nobody
Some things sure can
sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house
No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin' yet
Everything's stuck together
And I don't know what you expect starring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
@Twyla P . You're welcome.
Embrace burning down the house.
Freedom awaits.
@@TheCrazyChameleon it’s a stand =>
😘 Love this song.
One of my favorites. 80 go 80s go!!!!!
Love talking heads. Specially sycho killer
The "babies", they are cool... but yeah, thanks for the lyrics, always nifty to have them around in the comments :)
I would have never guessed lmao
Power song, gets the party started. Anything touched by David Byrne's musical genius turns to pure gold.
*Pure oxygen
sheer brilliance, a band ahead of its time, classic, timeless and still relevant, it doesn't get much better than early Talking Heads on early MTV in the early 80s
Totally agree
I'll catch up on all ov the early ones x
The talking heads
And
Devo
@@candimulligan5701 q0qqqqqqq
I am just remembering a kid who walks chilly on a prision
I'm 538 years old, and I still rock out to this song! My great great great great great grandchildren love Talking Heads, as well.
AH AH AH !!!!...
🎉🎉🎉🎉 paaaaahhhty time bizzys!!!!
538 y.o? Wow 😮😮😮😮
You and me both old timer
😂🔥✌🏼🙋🏻♀️
Why is David Byrne so great? I absolutely love Talking Heads and David Byrne.
It takes me back to my high school days was17, Im52now still love
Because hes Scottish 😉👍🏴
My favorite performance from David Byrne was when he said "it's Byrnin' time" and Byrned down all those houses
That moment has been Byrned into my mind.
He's just slacking
My God, you made that joke funny.
Genius!
Legend
I still crank this song to 11 whenever I hear on the radio.
The drums are epic.
My player goes till 10. You lucky dog yours goes to 11!
@@jefferyhoeschenhoeschen5767 It's an old Spinal Tap joke where their amps really did have an 11.
Rock on.
Dude the drums are next level. I’m listening with headphones on and DAMN
@@eroddy2513 Love listening to this through my 100 amp stereo on my studio head phones.
The epic sound of a set of concert toms played in accompaniment with the drummer’s normal drumming in the song.
My mom is 80 and dad is 90 ! When I played this song they will get up and dance to this song! My whole family love this song! Still listening Oct 30, 2023!!
Check out paramore covering this song
😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
I love your story!!🎉🎉❤
They know good music when they hear it.
Don't burn it-- David Byrne it.
I listen to this every morning when i check the Weather Report.
Probably my favorite jojo reference i've seen in this comment section
Only ELECTRIC AVENUE is on the level of coolness with this song
@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 By Eddie Grant?
Do you mean the jazz fusion band?
Subtle, Nice one. 👍
Me and the bois chilling in a room filled with 100% pure oxygen
That sounds explosive.
LIGHT A JOINT
Lucky you. Don’t light a match. You’ll be burning down the house 🔥🤣👍❤️✌️
I like your spelling of “bois” 😉
This joke was *[MADE IN HEAVEN]*
David Byrning Down The House. It only took me 37 years to catch that.
Fuck...just fuck. I didn't clock that. Thank you for saving me from 37 years.
Shit! Why the frock didn’t I think of that?
only good
I'm 47 and apparently oblivious.
Ok gents I’m lost?
Almost done reading "How Music Works" by David Byrne. He does an incredible in-depth job of explaining the history of music, why it sounded and was composed the way it was throughout time and all the outside factors that have shaped music and how it is heard. I highly recommend it.
THANK YOU
@@kirabeetz7199 Ditto
Funny story. When this song came out on MTV my dad was at a party and this song came on. So he ran up close to the tv and he starts dancing and singing the lyrics word for word. He turns around mid song and everyone at the party has stopped and is staring at him. My dad says, “What’s the matter?” Someone asks, “You can understand what he’s saying?”
😂😂😂💀💀 bro that got me geeked
Awesome Dad power 😎
😂🤣😂🤘
I just heard myself say, ohhhh THAT’s what they are saying. Mb: keeper of the misheard lyrics trophy from “revenge of the nerds” til now. 🙄😂
Funny
Pure oxygen
Lethally good!
Is that a motherfucking jojo reference
jack bang that’s so funny!!!
@@seanmignon4229 Lethal enough to stop a crazy priest!!!!
My god... This song is 100% pure oxygen... I mean... Gold...
Completly from another reality, you know
Luca is best Berserk girl
Absolutely, yes!! x3
Hey do you know what the weather report is?
Hmm.. what a wonderful world we live in.
EMPORIO!!!!!!
They have such an awesome drummer.
Loved this song as a kid and even more as an adult!
This song was so big when it came out
Now I got my grandkids loving him C/O 87
Only born 25 years after it came out, love it though, better than any modern shit😂
@@SkiRacingOz I agree
Ive played this song live but never could get a bass player to play it. Its just 3 notes you assholes!!!!
These guys captured the look, sound and feeling of what was termed "New Wave" back in the early 80's, they appealed to many regardless of the ethnic background. They were not a hair band, rap group or Punk.
They were 100% orginal!
Rap group, lol
@@1barranco
Rap is Crapp! ....
They were early pioneers of hip hop, yo.. You no what I'm sayin cuh?
This incredible concoction of a band created masterpiece after masterpiece, made the 80's that magnificent time it was and always will be !! Thank you always Talking Heads 💜
1983
I didn’t know about this song until I listened to the Paramore cover, but now I’m glad it exists!!!
Welcome to the family!!
I'm discovering Talking Heads now as well! Hope you're having a great time
Thank! They are really good so far!
Will always be a classic! I remember when this came out and I always loved the drumming.
This was big hit when it came out. I remember it for sure
Really cool effects for the 80s being the best decade to grow up in. Pop and Metal music. Also a really good song.
One of my most favorite songs of the 80's. Thanks for posting this.
I carried my dad out of the church on his funeral as we left for the crematorium with this song playing. Memories of the very early 80s dancing round the living room together blasting Talking Heads every Saturday morning whilst my mum was at work. I couldn’t have been much older than 4 years old but it’s still imprinted in my brain. For me there wasn’t a more fitting song.
This song gives me pure oxygen
One of the best existential bands since the Moody Blues...
Life is weirdness and they provide the tunes and lyrics to celebrate it!
For real. I find myself replaying songs by the Moody Blues over and over again
Life's Bizarre
David Byrne is a musical genius.
Saw Talking Heads in concert at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. We were dancing on the seats and in the aisles. And a wonderful time was had by all.
TIME TO FEEL IT WITH
O X Y G E N S
pure oxygen even
@@krasorx definitely over 40% saturation.
@@connor6994 a 100% oxygen
Talking Heads are sorely missed. Saw them many a time, once at the Armadillo with the B-52's opening. Joy, joy, joy.
We're old
David Byrne's American Utopia was a stellar treat, if you can catch it on a second (rumored) run. My parents saw Talking Heads years before I was born; I got to dance to this song a year ago with my dad. Wild. Byrne has and is a gift!
@@JoshuaTootell That's OK. But I've seen Jimi live. Hell, I've seen Benny Goodman live (he played with the Tulsa Philhanonic). So, trust me here, ya ain't old yet.
The B-52's were my introduction to Talking Heads. Listening to the "Mesopotamia" album so much as a child helped in that regard.
David Byrne tours and plays some of his old stuff; I've seen him 3 times in the last few years
One of the great classics and I was alive to witness it!
It was our ticket and we packed our bags.We deserved it.
*Burning Down The House* -- David Byrne=GENIUS! 🎶🎸
This song never gets old 2023 ❤️
2024 very soon merry Christmas
Unfortunately I do.
Get old that is
Did he say burning down the mouse? Turn it up ma I can't hear...
These guys need to be inducted into the hall of fame. They were like the pioneers of weirdness .
Them and Devo
Talking Heads are already in the Hall Of Fame in 2002
Inducted 15 years ago, Bra.
Clover
Blivet
Along with DEVO.
I was 6 yrs old bouncing around my house singing this. Wish I could of experienced it live.
Those were the aewesomeist time my friend
I remember in 83was17im52now still love
7 year old me used to do the Once In A Lifetime arm-chopping thing when the video came on.
Still rocking this gem in 2024 🎸
For sure!
You bet your a$$!
Me’ ❤
US 2025.
SOMETHING REMINDED ME , soooo …. Pump it up and remember the BIG 80s … yup .
Mom always told me I would dance in my crib like crazy whenever this song and Peter Gabriels Sledgehammer came on the radio. Even as a toddler I had impeccable taste.
extremely based
baby based
Dave did covers on sledgehammer and burning down the house and it's absolutely perfection
Edit: by dave I mean dave matthews band I forgot not everyone knows dave matthews lol
@OneDeadPixel563 I was a band nerd in High School in the 90s. I myself am all too familiar with DMB. Edit: David Byrne covered Peter Gabriel's "I don't remember" and made the original sound like the auditory equivalent of sun dried dogshit. And I love Peter Gabriel.
Yes great songs, I remember in 1983, when I was 17😁
This song is gonna blow up in a few years.
Edit: Stone Ocean is now confirmed. I now await the JoJo fans.
Or turn inside out...
It did!
Enjoy your comment section before they come
@@alifarhat16 were already herw
Crap here
Those first few guitar notes fill me with such nostalgia for senior high school, class of '83!
Stop making sense tour is still the best concert I ever attended. Have a great day David!
Dennis Ouellette I have an addiction for watching it recently, like I genuinely have watched it in full 40 times in the last 8 weeks. Mesmerising, legendary, perfection from start to finish.
Dennis Ouellette I'm so jealous, what a show, I'd give anything for a time machine there. Greatest live performance I've ever see, on video
Stop making people jealous! 😊👈✌❤
PURE ENERGY...that concert! I mean his backups are sooo bad ass neither one breaks even a drop of sweat the entire time...nd' they both were just NON' STOP! Man...ur' one lucky human to have set thyn' eyes on such an Awesomely Awesome show...Jealous! Deff before there time, indeed! First time I heard them was on Night Tracks at 3:00 am...was blown away!
When my son was three he loved dancing around the living room laughing and waving his hands in the air
Was it to this song or did you just wanna tell a nice story to a bunch of random people going through the comments 😂😂😂?
Ok..
@justarandomtroll I dont think so, but reminds me of a kid who lives in a prison in which is mom died, I think his name was Emporio tho
[Verse 1]
Ah
Watch out, you might get what you're after
Cool, babies! Strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
[Verse 2]
Hold tight, wait 'til the party's over
Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
[Chorus 1]
Here's your ticket, pack your bag, it's time for jumping overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fighting fire with fire, ah!
[Verse 3]
All wet, here, you might need a raincoat
Shakedown, dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hundred sixty-five degrees
Burning down the house
[Chorus 2]
It was once upon a place, sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work say, “Baby, what did you expect?”
Gonna burst into flame, ah!
[Synthesizer Solo]
Burning down the house
[Verse 4]
My house is out of the ordinary
That’s right, don't wanna hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house
[Chorus 3]
No visible means of support and you have not seen nothing yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire, ah!
How do you know the lyrics there?
Leon Adams the fuck do you mean? The lyrics are all over the internet lol
Thanks for posting lyrics... Now I can sing and not mumble along...
Watching them live on The Late Show, with Colbert.
Still rockin' after all these years. 👏👏👍
that liberal dumbass colbert is a disgrace to late night tv late great johnny carson rolling over in his grave smh✌️
Wow, David, out of all of Talking Heads' songs this one is my favourite. I'm so glad that you guys were able to put your differences aside for one night and perform at the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony.
I agree I remember in85was 18 Im52now still love this song and group ❤️.
@@lisaparsons2544 I was 9 in 1985 and now I'm 42. :) This is a really great song. :)
I'm 61 , I remember when this came out, the Heads deserve to be in the hall.
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex I didn't say that they didn't deserve to be in the hall. I said it's good that they put their differences aside so that they could perform together for the first time in a long time.
@@CelesteKTheNewWaveRevue Absolutely, i agree the Heads deserve their accolades and it is great that they reunited for the ceremony. Sorry I did n't come across that way, i am in agreement with you.
Byrne: Let’s burn down a house for the video
We can’t do that
A projector will do
XD
CGI costs too much, a projector with fire should do
Byrne really wanted to burn down a house for the video? Dude was a genius.
A projector ok that was funny
@@jonathanalpart7812 i mean, who doesn't want to do that or am i just weird?
That Walking Dead scene was so fun. Loved the season 10 finale !!
I remember being a little kid Early elementary days and this video was so abstract but had a timeless vibe ... And 40 yrs later 👍💯
This song is almost 40 years old and still freking amazing
Everybody gangsta until David starts to eat the road
OrdinaryOG😅🌿💞
*sniff the road
You sure those aren't lines going up his nose?
He's Pac Man
what is he, ancap?
This song has some AWESOME drum work in it. David Byrne is highly educated he holds several degrees in several fields of study.
True story. I am at a gigantic New Jersey nightclub as big as a football field, there's a thousand young people stoned to the gills, Panama Red just made a "your ripped" entrance, it's Friday night, the bars are huge everyone is happy, and lit they could all get lucky. I and a cute girl wandered away to an empty stage. STUNNED ! ! ! David Byrne comes out by himself, with only an acoustic guitar all alone , he starts playing great, we dance our brains out. No one came over. NO ONE ! It was as fantastic as it was bewildering. He finished his set and said "Thank you. " to us . And left. Not headlined ??? No marquee out front. We didn't know there was going to be entertainment ?
It was an unbelievable experience of fun, and thanks, and greatness. Best wishes. "Never give up", sometimes you "too" will get extraordinarily lucky.
Thats so random. Sounds like one of the best nights of your life
This video used to scare me when I was kid. Talking heads were so strange. I remember being freaked out by the guys face at the end. I also used to think if this song played my house would blow up lol.
The end is hilarious. I remember this video used to scare the crap out of my younger sister when it would come on MTV (which of course I naturally encouraged). Looking back, it is pretty bizarre all around.
I guess I was just weird from the beginning because I loved all of their videos as a kid. His face on the road did sort of mesmerize me & simultaneously freak me out though. It’s honestly more odd you thought your house would blow up due to playing a song, sounds like some of the thoughts I’ve had due to OCD.
I always thought that the music and videos were strange.
When the song played on MTV I would think of Jason from Friday the 13th
I'd laugh but I was terrified of Mister Roboto as a kid.
The ending minute of this song is the best thing Talking Heads have done.
Somehow the frozen fixated stare of David cruising down the road seems to work perfectly with that drum beat.
😧
The ''passing zone'' stripes seemed to have a ''thing'' for DB's gaping mouth although that surely was purely unintentional.
The lines seem to be going up David’s nose….
Someone brought that vision up years ago lol
i see you're a man of culture
I remember when this video debuted. Most people thought it was weird. I just remember thinking how creative it was and how cool it was that they were using the technology to its limits at the time.
Yep just a projector on wall.of a house was futuristic. Genius
I miss the days of old MTV with 120 minutes. Sadly I remember watching MTV when it first aired!
@@meowmeowmeowser6349 That's not a sad thing!
I taped videos off of MTV all the time, and have over 75 tapes---transferring them over to DVD. This video is on quite a few of them. Great song and video. (Jan Griffiths).
I always felt like the ending sequence was representing lines of coke going up his nose.. It was the 80s after all..
One of the best videos and songs ever! It's perfect '80's!
This was the song my wife and I danced to at out wedding (my selection, of course).
What fun!
Fricken' leg-end, son. Thanks for this - was seriously needed.
greenhowie This song. Nothing has come close.
It took me 2 months to realize you were not, in fact, talking about the end of a leg but instead a legend.
One of my favorite songs. Timeless
This song was made in 1983 and I was fourteen years old. I miss when MTV was good 😊 know how to appreciate good music 🎵
i agree mtv was music television now it's just bs. They went so down hill that when Prince died a cnn news anchor even said mtv is actually playing music today for Prince. That's just sad to me
I was 9
I’m was 22.Gilbert.
Black American.age 52.was 11 in '83.... hooked on MTV classic rock!!! Dam I miss that era!!!
Same age here - and I miss that I never got to see the talking heads tour.
David Byrne is a LEGEND. So many timeless classics
@small earth I meant David Byrne as an artist. Have you not heard his solo stuff
@small earth actually I was commenting about David Byrne 🤣🤣
This looks like a once in a lifetime experience, i guess you could call it a golden experience
*GIORNO PLAYS PIANO WHILE PUCCI RESETS UNIVERSE*
wait did they referenced once in a lifetime in jjba?
@@m308 No but talking heads have been used before
Btw its Gold Experience not golden
A comment that references both jojo and the talking heads themselves, now that’s what I’m talking about
Totally underrated drummer. Listen to that riff at the end, killer.
I read this comment right at the same point in song, you are fucking spot on,
Yeah dude is dope. Hes also married to the base player. Always thought that was cool. They're still together
Not ever too old for TALKING HEADS!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
This whole album is a vibe (Speaking in Tongues). Fantastic from start to finish. Talking Heads 4eva! 🔥💃
@crystinamarie1 That's a pretty name! And your beautiful too! So I'll play the next video just for You! I love you Crystina Marie #1! My name is Lewis Robert Burton Jr!
i feel like the guy from "13 going on 30" when i play this at home haha great song!
This is the best song when my friend and I are making a bonfire in the middle of the woods
sameeee, I remember this movie moment every time
Lol
ITS STILL BANGIN'!!!!Classic material!!! We need more like this
Absoulutley i totally agree with u friend!😉😉
I agree I remember in83was 17 Im52now still love
This band at a critical time verified for me that all my artistic "distractions" in life weren't just distractions. What a memorable accompaniment to a transformation of recognition of what was one's essence was suppresed by the entirety of all life before this.
An 11 year old Chicago Cubs fan saved the Universe. Cheers to that.
I was a teenager in the 80s. I still listen to the music daily! Best decade ever! Nothing will ever come close to matching this decade. I also have SiriusXM 80s on 8 in my car. Never ever gets old!
I agree. The 1980s was best decade ever. Everyone knows this. So many songs from the 80s survived the test of time and I am constantly reading comments on how songs written back then are just as relevant now. The ripple effect that decade had is simply unmatched.
@@neilsmith3249 Actually I hear the 70s are and that the 80s are close behind !!! That's why most of us listen to both decades. 😉🙋🏻♀️
Talk about synchronicity. Driving in the country with my Dad and this is blasting. Then me as a kid points out the window at a house blazing.
Omg! That's insane!
This song is loved by all races. That's how you know it's really good. What a blessing to be around when it first came out. Thankful!
*Do you believe in “gravity?”*
Oh boy pure oxygen time
*yes*
Gravity sucks
James Ohlson Gravity is just a theory.
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A nerd so nerdy he's beyond cool. David Byrne is a GOD!!
My future ex husband lol... he would get me lol jk
Nerd is the coolest thing about bryne
I'm addicted to this song and the video just makes it worse lol. I've been twice daily dosing myself with this video. STUCK IN MY HEAD in a good way I suppose. LOVE this song
Welcome back, haha had to comment and make it get stuck in your head again bc its been stuck in mine for days now!! Lol
Stuck in your TALKING head
haha
I've been hearing this song in my head since it came out in 89's
When artists still had something to say. The messages in all these songs are so clear. Nowadays i don't even understand the words they use and i am sure it's better that way
They're Soo WEIRD!!? I love it!
Weird but cool as FUCK!😉😉i
I remember in83was 17 Im52now still love this song has great music in it .
Merryoldsole
They are not "weird" they are Creative.
Today's world is so dull and massified.
Had no idea who these guys were till i heard a small piece of one there songs while meditating, now checking them out, they made hit after hit. Really amazing work.
when his face hits the pavement, that is everything. and needs to be on a 10 hour loop.
One of the best songs ever made!
Thank you Paramore for reviving this masterpiece!
Lol just saw paramores cover of this song and couldn't resist hearing the original. I fuckn love Paramore and they do such an amazing job on all their covers but they especially killed this one I think talking heads would appreciate the swell job they did on it.
Paramore has absolutely nothing to fucking do with this song, it stands on its own
@@AlejandroGonzalez-lx5mihaha it’s not that deep, I think he just meant that because of the cover it’s causing people to come back to this song again 😂
Might be to do with them rereleasing Stop Making Sense in cinema's around world for the 40th anniversary.
@@AlejandroGonzalez-lx5micope harder
Love this band.
Looeeerve this song, cannot sit still. I reckon Talking Heads was the 80's answer to psychedelic music.
After all these years I still love admiring the art in this film and music
❤
Thx David, we needed a Burning Down The House video with good Quality for a long time :D
Julian Dodds he is David Byrne after all...
Pure brilliance
Julian Dodds that’s the original MTV video from way bck
Julian Dodds .
Julian Dodds
This makes me feel like a kid who lives in a prison inside the walls
You lyin
Same
@@Yoru-cake 8ü
Everywhere I go everywhere I see A old song and it just so happens to be in JoJo people like this are crawling in the comments and I love it
This song makes me want to squash a Priest's head into a piano.
Thanks TwD for another awesome piece of music 😍
Hi I recommend checking out an indie song & video called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
David Byrne was born in my hometown & I pass his old house a lot. But I didn't know he was Scottish until 2015. ❤️✌🏼🎶🏴
Watch out you might get what you're after
Boom babies strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house
Hold tight wait till the party's over
Hold tight We're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
Here's your ticket pack your bag
Time for jumpin' overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far,
Maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire
All wet! Hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown! Dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
Burning down the house
It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work and baby what did you except
Gonna burst into flame
My house! Is out of the ordinary
That's right! Don't wanna hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house
No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin' yet
Everything's stuck together
And I don't know what you expect starring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
vote this up ffs
*cool babies
Maria Clara Thanks
Maria Clara thanxxx, these guyys are hard to understand, xoxoxoluvvtf
Thx!
One of the most haunting songs from the 80's.
Yes! I wondered why this is so great. It must be the combination of party track and eerieness. As if, by the beginning, there's a party in that house, then it literally burns down and the protagonist is haunted by it. "My god, what have I done?"
"Do you believe in oxygen"
this ones a good one i love it
no i don’t
Fuck No
Wait, Why did I say that?
Time to leave a dislike.
Yeah but do you believe in gravity?
Imaging breaking stand rules small baseball child
It’s June 2023. This song is FORTY YEARS OLD, and is as fun to listen to as it was in 1983-perhaps even more so.
But think about 1983. In 1983, could you even stand to listen to the music that had been popular in 1943?! NNNNNOPE!
What a difference a few decades makes.
Ha ha I never thought about that! You’re totally right. I couldn’t imagine listening to 1940s music in the 80s. But today in 2024 this song and so many of the Talking Heads songs are still completely awesome.
Yes, this song seems some what fitting on this day in history.