Jamel... sorry to say but this isn’t the right version either... this is the correct version you’re looking for. Even the studio version sounds different from this live one This is the TRUE version of it ruclips.net/video/eauZzwt8Ci8/видео.html Someone send this directly to Jamel and let him know this is the OFFICIAL version
People have already given you the correct links here but don't bother. It's important to us because we've been hearing it for 40 years but you probably won't hear much of a difference. What you should do instead, is react to Life During Wartime and here is the correct version; ruclips.net/video/jLwZvg46jms/видео.html
When she joined up with the band, she could barely play, and over the course of the Talking Heads career she became one of the most iconic rock bassist.
Tina is a incredibly talented and underrated bassist, she 100% carries psycho killer and many of the other songs in their discography, shes a rare talent
Showed my OGWT test DVD to a friend some years ago. He described Tina as “She looks like she’s on a trip where if she stops playing exactly the right groove, the wolves will get her.” Job well done, Tina. :)
The album this song is from is called Talking Heads '77, so that might explain the discrepancy between 77 and 78. Also notice how the line about passing out on the couch found in the demo version has been replaced by the bit about starting a conversation and not finishing it. Tina Weymouth scored a hit on her own -- "Genius of Love" -- with Tom Tom Club, the side group she formed with her husband Chris Frantz who was also the Talking Heads drummer.
Old Grey Whistle Test was a UK rock program that ran for years and years and years and some of the best live performances ever are on it. Remember Winter's _Frankenstein_ that tore up the place? Whistle Test.
I used to notice David Byrne making sandwiches at his job on Benefit Street... his aura was sooo very weird... impossible to not feel his presence... this was before he worked at his second job in Talking Heads.
@@fleurtalbot7596 That had to be at the original Geoff's, 163 Benefit Street . Went there only one time. My fav place was and still is The Sandwich Hut, N Mail St.
@@AlizeeDefan ...yes! ... as a kid I thought it was very cool ... DB gave me goosebumps! I don't know the sandwich place you're talking of, but will try it out if and when i get back.... in NYC now. Nice to talk to a Providencian !
@@fleurtalbot7596 Violet I'm actually from North Providence but hung around the east side since I turned 16 years old and fell in love with it. Just walking by all the head shops and trinket stores they are an angel Street gives me goosebumps LOL. I used to go to a folk place called
I was going to say the same thing. Old Grey Whistle Test caught some of the best performances of bands in their prime, using high quality video and audio. Montrose on OGWT is amazing to watch, actually too many bands performances to name.
They were performing on a BBC live music program called The Old Grey Whistle Test with host Bob Harris, was kinda like the equivalent of the Midnight Special here in the US.
OGWT was a must watch back in the day for any British music fan. Whispering Bob Harris would bring a lot of unknown rock bands to your attention including a very young trio called ‘Rush’ By the way loving the Rush picture on the wall
That's Tiny Tina thumping that bass, and you're not the only one who's had a serious crush on her! Busted! This is very early Talking Heads. A lot of the crowd at CBGBs were wearing leather, torn jeans, and safety pins, and there were The Heads in their chinos and polo shirts! Always original!
@@katsujinkin60 All good mate. I was under the same impression for many years: then I saw a doco on the history of punk in the US: turns out it was really only The Ramones decked out in leather. New York Dolls, Wayne County, those I already mentioned, plus a plethora of others really only adopted the leather thing after The Ramones went to the UK (and then all the London punks started wearing it) We learn something new every day :peace from Australia - out.
They are so good live. This makes up for that alternate version from last time. As far as live goes though, there's no beating anything from the Stop Making Sense concert. Every single performance is a gem.
They were on the UK TV programme The Old Grey Whistle Test. The programme came about because back in the 70s so much music on TV was just bands miming to their songs. If you appeared on Whistle Test you performed live to a small studio audience. The result was some absolutely amazing performances like this one. Thanks for keeping it alive!
Another group from that era where the bass is more out front with the guitars doing the rhythm would be Joy Division. Peter Hook was a pretty amazing bassist.
The Old Grey Whistle Test was a great British show that ran through the 70s and 80s. The brought bands in, did and interview, and then they band played live in the (usually) no-audience studio.
@@ukkingrex I love “(Nothing but) Flowers” & “Road to Nowhere”. “(Nothing but) Flowers” has a great African rhythm and sound, & “Road to Nowhere” has an almost zydeco sound.
When I was learning the bass, this was one of three or four Talking Heads songs I used to jam along with. Tina's basslines are often easy enough for a beginner to play, but they don't sound like anybody else - only a very creative person could invent those lines. And she played them with killer attitude.
Tina Weymouth is a crazy ass bassist, and she almost wasn’t in the band. Her boyfriend, now and still husband, the Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz insisted she be in the band. They really wouldn’t have been the same without her. Unfortunately, the band dissolved in December 1991. David Byrne is an introvert who has a hard time communicating & that lead to friction between him & the rest of the band. Jerry Harrison, the keyboardist & rhythm guitarist gets along great with Tina & Chris, and they tried touring without David as the Shrunken Heads, and later just The Heads in the 90s to early 2000s, with guest vocalists; but David Byrne filed a cease & desist order. It really sucks that there’s this bad blood. For your sake Jamel, you really should get your hands on the CDs or downloads of the whole albums “More Songs About Buildings and Food”, “Fear of Music”, “Remain in Light”, and “Speaking in Tongues”. Those albums are SOLID all the way through & I think they’d absolutely be your jam.
I think it was on CBS Sunday Morning where they had a segment on David Byrne’s Broadway show American Utopia and they mentioned that he has autism spectrum disorder.
Nothing like seeing Talking hEads - David Byrne and Tina Weymouth especially -live. Can you imagine the shape these folks have to be in to put out such energy every night? And Byrne is still doing so! On this tune you could totally do a three-peat reaction with the "killer" version from "Stop Making Sense." Oh - and there is no "wrong" video, just preference. Some tunes it's best when there are many versions! ("All Along the Watchtower" is my primary example, I like how almost everyone has covered that Dylan tune - especially Bob!)
I have never really been a Talking Heads fans but I met Jerry Harrison, the guitar and keyboardist about 10 years ago at a wedding for my exes dad who used to own The Plant recording studio in Sausalito, Ca. Some really famous records recorded there. We had a lengthy conversation and never really even talked about music. He was just a really genuine, good, funny dude. Bonnie Raitt was also there but that’s another story. Love the channel Jamel.
Once again a magnificent performance from the Old Grey Whistle Test. this show was pure gold for those of us that love music back in the day ! Introduced me to so many bands and artists :)
Tina's always been a beast..probably an inspiration for the bassist of Smashing Pumpkins and White Zombie. Also, that was the best bass impersonation I've ever heard..😳😁
Thanks for sharing this favorite song! Friends were surprised years ago during a party when our then 8 year old daughter shouted "Psycho killer!!!"when putting on music. Laughed and said Talking Heads, they were surprised to say the least. We shared music with our daughters as my Father shared music with me. We all share new music with each other...it's a family tradition which I hope continues into infinity. Music has so much power!!! 😺🖤
The song came out in 1977, but this live perormance was in '78 (on British TV show "The old grey whistle test"). "Life During Wartime" or "Heaven" next.
You'd like the "Stop Making Sense" version even better, even though it didn't include Tina. It is iconic as the opening to the movie. It's just David Byrne, his guitar and a boombox. As things progress throughout the songs, the stage gets set up, musicians come in and out, things change throughout the movie (like his big suit), it's great!
I mentioned it on another TH reaction of yours, check out Tina's other band Tom Tom Club Genius of Love track, it's sampled all over the R&B and Rap world.
YESSS!! I was just going to comment that. You MUST see Tom Tom Club and listen to Genius of Love. That song was sampled by Mariah Carey in the song Fantasy. Time Weymouth is a badass. Also, her husband was the drummer.
The song is off their first album from 1977. They blew up the next year with their 2nd. This performance was on The Old Grey Whistle Test, a British TV show.
The performance was on a BBC show called the Old Grey Whistle Test. All acts played live, very unusual for the time. The show was presented by a guy called Bob Harrris (Whispering Bob Harris) it ran through the seventies and eighties on BBC 2. It was a must not miss show for anyone into music. That Talking Heads performance was what was to be the standard for the show. Only bands that could really play would show up for the Old Grey Whistle Test, the others would be on Top of The Pops, where you could get away with Lip Synching and faking playing the instruments.
For their song Life During Wartime, you MUST use the live version from Stop Making Sense. It's one of the greatest live performances ever caught on camera.
If you wanna see the most energetic and active performances from Talking Heads, all the "Stop Making Sense" performances are the way to go. Although you've listened to it already, the live performance for "Burning Down the House" from Stop Making Sense has so much energy. Also "Life During Wartime" from that concert. The concert was also professionally recorded so the sound quality is great.
I was just a kid when I first saw this on a rerun of the Old Grey Whistle Test. I saw this tiny woman with a massive bass and a massive sound. Been obsessed ever since!
This song version is one of those songs where you can listen all the instruments but you can't stop to pay attention just to the bass guitar, even while sleeping that sound is around your head. Other songs that cause that same situation: Gouge Away by Pixies, Love Like Blood by Killing Joke, Dear Prudence by The Beatles.
This was from The Old Grey Whistle Test, which was a British music TV show which ran from 1971 until 1988. Is is a great resource for performances by British and American artists that we never got to see in N.America. Many are still on Y.Tube.
Jamel, we don’t care if you respond to the “right” one, we just love all your videos. And, honestly, if someone tells you that you are listening to the “wrong” one, they are musical snobs, and they don’t get the point of your channel. We love everything you do, and I love it when you listen to multiple versions, live and recorded, and I love your honest and open comments. Thank you for everything you do. 💖💖💖
Sometimes there is a “wrong” version. I don’t think that’s the case here. The studio version isn’t inferior - although this outtro jam is pretty awesome - I just think people were trying to steer him towards the Stop Making Sense concert film.
Yeah there are some videos out there that are just terrible versions. Jamel is going in blind though. He doesn't know the music he doesn't preview the videos so he does the best he can. If someone wants a certain version, provide a link.
Thanks for the replies, guys. I just hate it when people say you listened to the “wrong” version. There are DEFINITELY better quality recordings of songs, better videos, etc., but experiencing different musical genres and artists for the first time is kind of the point of his channel. He is on his own musical journey. I do LOVE it when people give suggestions, recommendations, opinions, and more information about a song or a band to him, I learn a lot, too. I guess the word “wrong” just kind of hit me the wrong 😉 way. Sorry if I sounded ridiculously judgmental or critical - I guess I was feeling a little of both that day. 🤦♀️
Kim Stelly Nah, you’re good, Kim. And I hear ya. Exclaiming “you listened to the wrong version” ... I mean, it is about his journey, the nostalgia we feel, vicariously re-experiencing it through him and the beauty of witnessing someone’s enlightenment. But people can be very attached to their favorite songs and artists, so they want him to live the “optimal” experience, and when that doesn’t happen there comes an inevitable backlash, however ridiculous. If there’s one silver lining, it’s this: we know Jamel loves to visually see bands perform and what better band ... right?
Okay, respect to this OG version. Very pure, but... who else still prefers the version from the intro to the concert movie Stop Making Sense? ruclips.net/video/uTezUIuJHTw/видео.html
The way it's performed on the 'stop making sense' video is so much better. I went to the theatre to watch the film for the first time in the 80's and it was amazing. I love the the way they come out onto the stage one at a time until the whole bad is there and psycho killer is the first track and there are only David Byrne and Tina Weymouth on the stage for that performance. The girls who perform backing vocals are amazing too.
While my son was growing up I used to play older music to him. I literally played hundreds and hundreds of different songs for him over the years. Only once, when I told him I had a song for him to listen to, did he ask me (before hearing it) "Qu'est-quo c'est"? This was the song, and I was all like, how did you know? Cool moment between Dad and Son!
The clip was taken from a British music show that ran from 1971 to 1988 call The Old Grey Whistle Test. If you were serious about music that was the show to appear on with every performance being live unlike the other famous British music show called Top of the Pops which featured all the latest chart hits with most of the acts miming.
I'll never forget that night,fall of '77 when my buddy Rick came out of his house with a bright pink 8 track.He took out the Aerosmith and popped in talking heads '77,and started the journey to new wave punk land
This was a live performance on an old UK alternative music show from the 70’s and 80’s called “The old grey whistle test”. Lots of good live performances on RUclips from that era are from that show.
No-one in the group liked David Byrne. He tried to claim credit for songs other members of the group had written and also tried to kick Tina out of the group!
Has anybody ever determined that he's actually talking about a psycho killer? Just curious. You're right the bass drives this entire song. Actually I think her bass drives most of their songs.
great reaction, and that was a classic performance. So many great sets came out of OGWT. Still hoping you watch Dire straits sultans of swing alchemy live version
Another Fun Fact: Tina's bass part was inspired by those stabbing violins you hear in the famous "shower scene" in Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Pyscho". One of the best bassists ever in R&R, glad you give her props, Jamel.
Yes, Life During Wartime, Take Me to the River, Road to Nowhere. And the most unexpected cover ever: Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain 2009 BBC Proms live version of Psycho Killer. Really.
This video is how I discovered Talking Heads in 2009. Present day, I'm a die hard Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, and David Byrne fan. I love this band immensely
The version you did a day or so was not "the wrong version", it was very much the real song, from the real band. Even if it wasn't the "original" album version, that still doesn't make it wrong. I don't blame you for wanting to see the live version, but it's honestly irritating to me that people would comment that you listened to the wrong thing, or imply that you made a mistake when you didn't. The same thing happened before when people told you that you posted a Frankie Valli song but that it wasn't really him (it 100% WAS him, it was just a different version that was recorded about a decade after the original). Not mad at you obviously, not even really "mad" at the comments, because I'm sure they think they are being helpful. But at the same time, people need to stop and think before they say ignorant things.
The ability to perform their songs live is the test all bands need to pass, and it's the one thing keeping Zeppelin from being the greatest of all time. These guys were like anti-Zeppelin, and they brought everything to their shows that they held back in the studio.
It's from an old UK TV show with Whispering Bob Harris, The Old Grey Whistle Test... if the old janitor was whistling the tune after the show, it passed the test and became a hit, every time.
Old Grey Whistle Test was one of those old classic music shows like Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, and Soul Train, and American Bandstand. Apparently one that allowed live playing not lip synching.
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Jamel... sorry to say but this isn’t the right version either... this is the correct version you’re looking for. Even the studio version sounds different from this live one
This is the TRUE version of it ruclips.net/video/eauZzwt8Ci8/видео.html
Someone send this directly to Jamel and let him know this is the OFFICIAL version
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album version ruclips.net/video/NyaOYfpq9Fc/видео.html
Great stuff. Do Midnight Oil "beds are burning"
People have already given you the correct links here but don't bother.
It's important to us because we've been hearing it for 40 years but you probably won't hear much of a difference.
What you should do instead, is react to Life During Wartime and here is the correct version;
ruclips.net/video/jLwZvg46jms/видео.html
Fun Fact: Tina Weymouth said she learned to play bass by watching Suzi Quatro videos! Suzi rocked the vocals too!
I crushed hard on her when she was on Happy Days playing part of leather Tuscadero
@@HandleTakenlol me too! I have her albums 'If You Knew Suzi' and 'Rock Hard' on vinyl.
I thought that was her 😁
When she joined up with the band, she could barely play, and over the course of the Talking Heads career she became one of the most iconic rock bassist.
Iv'e loved Suzi since the 48 crash days and still have a soft spot in my heart for her.
Tina is a incredibly talented and underrated bassist, she 100% carries psycho killer and many of the other songs in their discography, shes a rare talent
It's nice to see someone giving Tina the props she deserves. She's a badass bassist.
"Tina is carrying the whole song." 🙂 True that.
that bass puts a magic groove in you
Showed my OGWT test DVD to a friend some years ago. He described Tina as “She looks like she’s on a trip where if she stops playing exactly the right groove, the wolves will get her.” Job well done, Tina. :)
That's what bass players do, generally.
Now she's doing a good job just like the rest of the band is doing
not really but she's good
"Life During Wartime" and "Take Me To The River" you won't be disappointed!
Both great choices. And She Was is another great one.
He's way ahead of you.
@@imfpredicts I wrote the comment 3 days ago, the videos where posted yesterday.
Has Jamel got a Tina crush? I think most of us did.
Crush on Tina? Guilty. I still do.
Mike Hegarty 👋😎
If he doesn't, I do!
Thinking of it, there hasn't ever been a Tina I didn't have a crush on
@@djhrecordhound4391 Tina Turner still lives in a corner of my heart. Lol
The album this song is from is called Talking Heads '77, so that might explain the discrepancy between 77 and 78. Also notice how the line about passing out on the couch found in the demo version has been replaced by the bit about starting a conversation and not finishing it. Tina Weymouth scored a hit on her own -- "Genius of Love" -- with Tom Tom Club, the side group she formed with her husband Chris Frantz who was also the Talking Heads drummer.
Tomtom club had two hits that I remember, the other was Wordyrappinghood
Here you go Jamel. Tina's group Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love ruclips.net/video/ECiMhe4E0pI/видео.html&ab_channel=johnniewalker23
Old Grey Whistle Test was a UK rock program that ran for years and years and years and some of the best live performances ever are on it. Remember Winter's _Frankenstein_ that tore up the place? Whistle Test.
Basically the British "Midnight Special."
the '1978' is when they performed this on the show
Meat Loaf - "Paradise by the dashboard lights " has to be one of the all time classic OGWT moments ever,,,,,Check that out sometime Jamal.
watch the concert movie "Stop making Sense", which is legendary.
We watched the whole thing tonight, inspired by Jamel, for the first time in 30+ years.
Brings out the boom box...."I have something to play" so brilliant!
I was hoping this was it
100% agree, honestly my favorite show ever
I was really hoping this was going to be the stop making sense version. The best version in my opinion.
"Crossed-eyed and Painless" from stop making sense. Life changing.
Talking heads formed in my home town Providence, RI while attending RISD. The live version was from 1977 live on SNL !
I used to notice David Byrne making sandwiches at his job on Benefit Street... his aura was sooo very weird... impossible to not feel his presence... this was before he worked at his second job in Talking Heads.
@@fleurtalbot7596 That had to be at the original Geoff's, 163 Benefit Street . Went there only one time. My fav place was and still is The Sandwich Hut, N Mail St.
@@AlizeeDefan ...yes! ... as a kid I thought it was very cool ... DB gave me goosebumps! I don't know the sandwich place you're talking of, but will try it out if and when i get back.... in NYC now. Nice to talk to a Providencian !
@@fleurtalbot7596 Violet I'm actually from North Providence but hung around the east side since I turned 16 years old and fell in love with it. Just walking by all the head shops and trinket stores they are an angel Street gives me goosebumps LOL. I used to go to a folk place called
The mouthpiece which was on one benefit street and also another place on 287 Thayer Street called the Rubicon coffee House
So many of the best versions of tracks were on "The Old Grey Whistle Test"
Great show
I think Talking Heads appeared in the UK on The Old Grey Whistle Test years before they ever appeared on US television.
I was going to say the same thing. Old Grey Whistle Test caught some of the best performances of bands in their prime, using high quality video and audio. Montrose on OGWT is amazing to watch, actually too many bands performances to name.
I agree, although I don't think this is the best version of this song. I think stop making sense at the best one.
Midnight Special in US, Old Grey Whistle Test in England
They were performing on a BBC live music program called The Old Grey Whistle Test with host Bob Harris, was kinda like the equivalent of the Midnight Special here in the US.
Yeah we know
It's such a great series.
OGWT was a must watch back in the day for any British music fan. Whispering Bob Harris would bring a lot of unknown rock bands to your attention including a very young trio called ‘Rush’ By the way loving the Rush picture on the wall
That's Tiny Tina thumping that bass, and you're not the only one who's had a serious crush on her! Busted! This is very early Talking Heads. A lot of the crowd at CBGBs were wearing leather, torn jeans, and safety pins, and there were The Heads in their chinos and polo shirts! Always original!
I'm not sure Blondie were decked out in leather and safety pins; or Television for that matter.
Maybe you need to rethink that perception.
@@stevious7278 Corrected! Thank you, Wonko!
@@katsujinkin60 All good mate. I was under the same impression for many years: then I saw a doco on the history of punk in the US: turns out it was really only The Ramones decked out in leather.
New York Dolls, Wayne County, those I already mentioned, plus a plethora of others really only adopted the leather thing after The Ramones went to the UK (and then all the London punks started wearing it)
We learn something new every day :peace from Australia - out.
@@stevious7278 Great to hear from Down Under! Memory is a funny thing. I'm 68 years old, and I used to read poetry at CBGB's. Peace!
@@katsujinkin60 G'day mate :)
The Talking Heads, are truly in a league of their own!! A very very underrated band,,,I love their music!!!😜
They are so good live. This makes up for that alternate version from last time. As far as live goes though, there's no beating anything from the Stop Making Sense concert. Every single performance is a gem.
Old Grey Whistle Test was one of the best shows on TV. There’s so many great videos from that show on RUclips thankfully
They were on the UK TV programme The Old Grey Whistle Test. The programme came about because back in the 70s so much music on TV was just bands miming to their songs. If you appeared on Whistle Test you performed live to a small studio audience. The result was some absolutely amazing performances like this one. Thanks for keeping it alive!
This reminds me of how Entwistle would play his bass on The Who songs, taking a more leading role while the guitar(s) take on the rhythm.
Another group from that era where the bass is more out front with the guitars doing the rhythm would be Joy Division. Peter Hook was a pretty amazing bassist.
The Old Grey Whistle Test was a great British show that ran through the 70s and 80s. The brought bands in, did and interview, and then they band played live in the (usually) no-audience studio.
Jamel You Should React To "Take Me To The River" Next
Yes, definitely Take to me to the River.
Nothing But Flowers & Wild Wild Life are great TH songs too. They are so underrated & David Byrne is a musical savant.
@@ukkingrex I love “(Nothing but) Flowers” & “Road to Nowhere”. “(Nothing but) Flowers” has a great African rhythm and sound, & “Road to Nowhere” has an almost zydeco sound.
That one's definitely a must. Are there any weird versions he needs to watch out for?
Psycho Killer is a track from the album 77, so that may have been confusing. They recorded that album in 1977.
When I was learning the bass, this was one of three or four Talking Heads songs I used to jam along with. Tina's basslines are often easy enough for a beginner to play, but they don't sound like anybody else - only a very creative person could invent those lines. And she played them with killer attitude.
This group was really special in such an eccentric way for so long.
Tina Weymouth is a crazy ass bassist, and she almost wasn’t in the band. Her boyfriend, now and still husband, the Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz insisted she be in the band. They really wouldn’t have been the same without her.
Unfortunately, the band dissolved in December 1991. David Byrne is an introvert who has a hard time communicating & that lead to friction between him & the rest of the band. Jerry Harrison, the keyboardist & rhythm guitarist gets along great with Tina & Chris, and they tried touring without David as the Shrunken Heads, and later just The Heads in the 90s to early 2000s, with guest vocalists; but David Byrne filed a cease & desist order. It really sucks that there’s this bad blood.
For your sake Jamel, you really should get your hands on the CDs or downloads of the whole albums “More Songs About Buildings and Food”, “Fear of Music”, “Remain in Light”, and “Speaking in Tongues”. Those albums are SOLID all the way through & I think they’d absolutely be your jam.
I think it was on CBS Sunday Morning where they had a segment on David Byrne’s Broadway show American Utopia and they mentioned that he has autism spectrum disorder.
@@GratefulZen Totally credible, would definitely explain in part his communication problems.
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I can't believe that Naked doesn't get any love as a record.
He's got assholers...I mean asbergers. Which causes the extreme introversion. But he's a douche
This was on a British TV Show called "The Old Grey Whistle Test", amazing array of bands, definitely worth checking out!!
And can you believe that people question her abilities on the bass?! She is the soul of this band!!!
I think Talking Heads 77 is referring to the album of the same name.
I had Talking Heads ‘77 on eight track.
Nothing like seeing Talking hEads - David Byrne and Tina Weymouth especially -live. Can you imagine the shape these folks have to be in to put out such energy every night? And Byrne is still doing so! On this tune you could totally do a three-peat reaction with the "killer" version from "Stop Making Sense." Oh - and there is no "wrong" video, just preference. Some tunes it's best when there are many versions! ("All Along the Watchtower" is my primary example, I like how almost everyone has covered that Dylan tune - especially Bob!)
This song was on their first album “Talking Heads 77” in case you want to hear the original studio version.
I have never really been a Talking Heads fans but I met Jerry Harrison, the guitar and keyboardist about 10 years ago at a wedding for my exes dad who used to own The Plant recording studio in Sausalito, Ca. Some really famous records recorded there. We had a lengthy conversation and never really even talked about music. He was just a really genuine, good, funny dude. Bonnie Raitt was also there but that’s another story. Love the channel Jamel.
Once again a magnificent performance from the Old Grey Whistle Test. this show was pure gold for those of us that love music back in the day ! Introduced me to so many bands and artists :)
There are few things quite as energetic as a Talking Heads live performance.
Apart from their rock and roll hall of fame performance
Tina's always been a beast..probably an inspiration for the bassist of Smashing Pumpkins and White Zombie. Also, that was the best bass impersonation I've ever heard..😳😁
Thanks for sharing this favorite song! Friends were surprised years ago during a party when our then 8 year old daughter shouted "Psycho killer!!!"when putting on music. Laughed and said Talking Heads, they were surprised to say the least. We shared music with our daughters as my Father shared music with me. We all share new music with each other...it's a family tradition which I hope continues into infinity. Music has so much power!!! 😺🖤
The song came out in 1977, but this live perormance was in '78 (on British TV show "The old grey whistle test"). "Life During Wartime" or "Heaven" next.
You'd like the "Stop Making Sense" version even better, even though it didn't include Tina. It is iconic as the opening to the movie. It's just David Byrne, his guitar and a boombox. As things progress throughout the songs, the stage gets set up, musicians come in and out, things change throughout the movie (like his big suit), it's great!
I mentioned it on another TH reaction of yours, check out Tina's other band Tom Tom Club Genius of Love track, it's sampled all over the R&B and Rap world.
YESSS!! I was just going to comment that. You MUST see Tom Tom Club and listen to Genius of Love. That song was sampled by Mariah Carey in the song Fantasy. Time Weymouth is a badass. Also, her husband was the drummer.
@@mialatina131 Genius of Love - ruclips.net/video/ECiMhe4E0pI/видео.html&ab_channel=johnniewalker23
@@richg0404 isn't my boyfriend the most sampled track ever?
One of the classic early Talking Heads performances of all time. And love how to did the bass guitar's voice lol!
That performance is from a British TV show called The Old Grey Whistle Test, where bands would perform live in the studio, but with no audience.
Please Jamel...."Life During Wartime Live by Talking Heads!!!!!
Yes!
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There you go. With the lyrics.
YES!
*stop making sense version
@@AdamSongbird Yes
Tina’s Tom Tom club ...wordyrappinghood & genius of love a must ! 😁✌️👍🙏🇬🇧
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The song is off their first album from 1977. They blew up the next year with their 2nd. This performance was on The Old Grey Whistle Test, a British TV show.
The performance was on a BBC show called the Old Grey Whistle Test. All acts played live, very unusual for the time. The show was presented by a guy called Bob Harrris (Whispering Bob Harris) it ran through the seventies and eighties on BBC 2. It was a must not miss show for anyone into music. That Talking Heads performance was what was to be the standard for the show. Only bands that could really play would show up for the Old Grey Whistle Test, the others would be on Top of The Pops, where you could get away with Lip Synching and faking playing the instruments.
For their song Life During Wartime, you MUST use the live version from Stop Making Sense. It's one of the greatest live performances ever caught on camera.
If you wanna see the most energetic and active performances from Talking Heads, all the "Stop Making Sense" performances are the way to go. Although you've listened to it already, the live performance for "Burning Down the House" from Stop Making Sense has so much energy. Also "Life During Wartime" from that concert. The concert was also professionally recorded so the sound quality is great.
Totally agree!
Absolutely! Stop Making Sense is the greatest concert film of all time!
Crosseyed and Painless
Yeah but not that Byrne solo of Psycho Killer without Tina, just a boom box. That's all Byrne's ego I suppose.
Thanks for playing that. I hadn't seen that clip before. Great live performance.
I was just a kid when I first saw this on a rerun of the Old Grey Whistle Test.
I saw this tiny woman with a massive bass and a massive sound.
Been obsessed ever since!
i love this version it's awesome, i see why Tina is such an a great influence, well the entire band is great
It isn't what I remember, and certainly isn't what's on my vinyl. Don't like this version, sounds pretty amateurish.
First time seeing this version. I really like that jam at the end.
This song version is one of those songs where you can listen all the instruments but you can't stop to pay attention just to the bass guitar, even while sleeping that sound is around your head. Other songs that cause that same situation: Gouge Away by Pixies, Love Like Blood by Killing Joke, Dear Prudence by The Beatles.
You’re so right! The bass really is the best part of this song! She’s not a fancy player but she’s “in the pocket” and she lays out a steady groove!
If you want something in this similar realm of quirky late 70's/80's rock, please see the B-52s.
Yes!!!!
Yes, the B52's are a bit more on the party/lighthearted side of life.
The B-52's -- "Rock Lobster"! Their earlier stuff is the best.
"Rock Lobster" or "Private Idaho" for sure!
I'm not a fan of people telling you what the "right" version or the "wrong". They both have their merits. Though I'm glad to hear both.
Exactly. If some one wants to suggest a song and they want a certain version, they should provide a link. Do a little work people. Help Jamel out.
This was from The Old Grey Whistle Test, which was a British music TV show which ran from 1971 until 1988. Is is a great resource for performances by British and American artists that we never got to see in N.America. Many are still on Y.Tube.
I always liked how The Talking Heads infused some french language, into this song.
Jamel, we don’t care if you respond to the “right” one, we just love all your videos. And, honestly, if someone tells you that you are listening to the “wrong” one, they are musical snobs, and they don’t get the point of your channel. We love everything you do, and I love it when you listen to multiple versions, live and recorded, and I love your honest and open comments. Thank you for everything you do. 💖💖💖
Sometimes there is a “wrong” version. I don’t think that’s the case here. The studio version isn’t inferior - although this outtro jam is pretty awesome - I just think people were trying to steer him towards the Stop Making Sense concert film.
Yeah there are some videos out there that are just terrible versions. Jamel is going in blind though. He doesn't know the music he doesn't preview the videos so he does the best he can.
If someone wants a certain version, provide a link.
Thanks for the replies, guys. I just hate it when people say you listened to the “wrong” version. There are DEFINITELY better quality recordings of songs, better videos, etc., but experiencing different musical genres and artists for the first time is kind of the point of his channel. He is on his own musical journey. I do LOVE it when people give suggestions, recommendations, opinions, and more information about a song or a band to him, I learn a lot, too. I guess the word “wrong” just kind of hit me the wrong 😉 way. Sorry if I sounded ridiculously judgmental or critical - I guess I was feeling a little of both that day. 🤦♀️
Kim Stelly Nah, you’re good, Kim. And I hear ya. Exclaiming “you listened to the wrong version” ... I mean, it is about his journey, the nostalgia we feel, vicariously re-experiencing it through him and the beauty of witnessing someone’s enlightenment. But people can be very attached to their favorite songs and artists, so they want him to live the “optimal” experience, and when that doesn’t happen there comes an inevitable backlash, however ridiculous.
If there’s one silver lining, it’s this: we know Jamel loves to visually see bands perform and what better band ... right?
Kim Stelly OMG, the Take Me To The River comments are out of control. I’m feeling it 100% now!
Life During War Time - Talking Heads. It will be ur favorite
As a bass player this song is so fun to play, it's one of those songs you can just jam out to
"life during wartime" LIVE (1981-82?) is the coolest talking heads video anyone has ever seen.
Life During Wartime....from Stop Making Sense
Okay, respect to this OG version. Very pure, but... who else still prefers the version from the intro to the concert movie Stop Making Sense?
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AMEN, thats always my favorite version!!!
Nay
Omg that's terrible, where is Tina bass? I'll stay with the original
The way it's performed on the 'stop making sense' video is so much better. I went to the theatre to watch the film for the first time in the 80's and it was amazing. I love the the way they come out onto the stage one at a time until the whole bad is there and psycho killer is the first track and there are only David Byrne and Tina Weymouth on the stage for that performance. The girls who perform backing vocals are amazing too.
'The Old Grey Whistle Test' was legendary in the UK in the 1970s . . . any performances from that TV show are well worth watching.
Old Grey Whistle Test is a huge source of 70s music. Loads of great bands performed on the show.
*David Byrne:* Sings "Psycho Killer"
*Tina Weymouth:* Looks like one
While my son was growing up I used to play older music to him. I literally played hundreds and hundreds of different songs for him over the years. Only once, when I told him I had a song for him to listen to, did he ask me (before hearing it) "Qu'est-quo c'est"? This was the song, and I was all like, how did you know? Cool moment between Dad and Son!
my brother died in the gulf war . when his stuff came back .. talking heads was his music of choice . i love this
The clip was taken from a British music show that ran from 1971 to 1988 call The Old Grey Whistle Test. If you were serious about music that was the show to appear on with every performance being live unlike the other famous British music show called Top of the Pops which featured all the latest chart hits with most of the acts miming.
Another good Talking Heads song is "And She Was"
About Tina being pregnant, I've heard:)
He did it!
Listen to the whole Talking Heads 77 record. There all great songs.
I'll never forget that night,fall of '77 when my buddy Rick came out of his house with a bright pink 8 track.He took out the Aerosmith and popped in talking heads '77,and started the journey to new wave punk land
This was a live performance on an old UK alternative music show from the 70’s and 80’s called “The old grey whistle test”.
Lots of good live performances on RUclips from that era are from that show.
She has no love for David Byrne anymore and is pretty vocal about it...
No-one in the group liked David Byrne. He tried to claim credit for songs other members of the group had written and also tried to kick Tina out of the group!
PLEASE go for the parody next!!!!
"PSYCHO CHICKEN" by "THE FOOLS"
In 1978 the females at the record store where I worked were going start to a band and do Psycho Chicken. We called ourselves The Warm Leatherettes.
The Old Grey Whistle Test was an iconic British t.v show at the time, the only show that allowed bands to perform live..
"When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed". Sure, thing is, he ALWAYS has something to say!
Has anybody ever determined that he's actually talking about a psycho killer? Just curious.
You're right the bass drives this entire song. Actually I think her bass drives most of their songs.
Someone else here commented that this was around the time of Son of Sam.
@@Skeezer66 you know what? I think it was come to think of it.
I believe the song was written before Son of Sam.
@@MadSlantedPowers The Son of Sam murders started in '76, so it was definitely in that time. He was captured in '77
@@Skeezer66 There is a video of them performing it at CBGB in 1975, and RUclips also has the 1975 CBS demos
great reaction, and that was a classic performance.
So many great sets came out of OGWT.
Still hoping you watch Dire straits sultans of swing alchemy live version
Another Fun Fact: Tina's bass part was inspired by those stabbing violins you hear in the famous "shower scene" in Alfred Hitchcock's movie "Pyscho". One of the best bassists ever in R&R, glad you give her props, Jamel.
Jerry Harrison (rhythm guitar) has a song called "Rev It Up" that you might be interested in listening to.
TALKING HEADS - “TAKE ME TO THE RIVER”. You will definitely enjoy this song BROTHER JAMEL!
Jamel, they have a concert movie called “Stop Making Sense” check it out, it is amazing!
Yes, Life During Wartime, Take Me to the River, Road to Nowhere.
And the most unexpected cover ever: Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain 2009 BBC Proms live version of Psycho Killer. Really.
I recommend "Life During Wartime" from the "Stop Making Sense" concert movie. Essential Talking Heads!!!!
Please! Do "Life During Wartime" from "Stop Making Sense"! Please!!!!!!
Oh, you got a Jones for Tina huh? Check out Tom Tom Club “Genius of Love” - she sings and plays bass.
Yeah this will blow his mind I can see it now "THIS WAS HER?!?! SHE'S THE OG OF THIS!?!?!?"
Shhhhhhh🤫 don’t tell him!
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This video is how I discovered Talking Heads in 2009. Present day, I'm a die hard Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, and David Byrne fan. I love this band immensely
The bass like "Hey yo yo...yo ya'll can all hear me right!" 😆😎👍
The version you did a day or so was not "the wrong version", it was very much the real song, from the real band. Even if it wasn't the "original" album version, that still doesn't make it wrong. I don't blame you for wanting to see the live version, but it's honestly irritating to me that people would comment that you listened to the wrong thing, or imply that you made a mistake when you didn't. The same thing happened before when people told you that you posted a Frankie Valli song but that it wasn't really him (it 100% WAS him, it was just a different version that was recorded about a decade after the original). Not mad at you obviously, not even really "mad" at the comments, because I'm sure they think they are being helpful. But at the same time, people need to stop and think before they say ignorant things.
yeah, it was pretty irritating how offended people got! that "wrong" version is actually my favourite too!
The "stop making sense" version is better and it's just Byrne his guitar and a boom box.
This is her song, and it's ART! (thanks for keeping the music alive, Jamel)
I've been a talking heads fan for decades, and there are a dozen versions I've heard so far...
The song came out about the time David Berkowitz/Son of Sam was killing women in New York City.
But not about Son of Sam
@@jen_alanfromchicago53 yes, but it was hard to ignore the timing.
True. Check out this for some good song facts. ruclips.net/video/WGX2NdkCWTU/видео.html. For this song and many others.
@@jen_alanfromchicago53 👍thanks. Subbed the channel.
Tina Weymouth who along with her husband and drummer Chris Frantz founded Tom Tom Club and composed the classic classic classic Genius of Love.
The ability to perform their songs live is the test all bands need to pass, and it's the one thing keeping Zeppelin from being the greatest of all time. These guys were like anti-Zeppelin, and they brought everything to their shows that they held back in the studio.
It's from an old UK TV show with Whispering Bob Harris, The Old Grey Whistle Test... if the old janitor was whistling the tune after the show, it passed the test and became a hit, every time.
The best Talking Heads song is undoubtedly This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody). It's the sweetest song ever imo.
Old Grey Whistle Test was one of those old classic music shows like Midnight Special and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, and Soul Train, and American Bandstand. Apparently one that allowed live playing not lip synching.
I'd never heard or seen this version. Thank for posting it.
Old grey whistle test, ran form the 71 to 88 on the BBC, Its full of great acts playing live. Always worth a look for a review.