FIRST TIME REACTING TO | TALKING HEADS "BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE" REACTION

[@ticnatz]

Stop Making Sense.....easily one of the greatest concert films of all time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lindascott6902]

The entire Stop Making Sense concert film is fantastic... another great track (even more high energy) is Life in the Time of War. You will see their extremely talented female bassist, Tina Weymouth, on that clip (only briefly seen here on keyboards).

[@The13Boogyman]

He also jogs a few miles while singing that song.

[@gablen23]

Life During Wartime

[@markadolph8715]

I used to use Stop Making Sense to motivate me on the treadmill. Great workout video, trying to keep up with David Byrne. Just heard that they're going to release a remastered version in theaters

[@kevinmalone2218]

I hear it's going to be re-released

[@ContrarianCorner]

My favorite is "Crosseyed and Painless." The energy of this band is insane. I don't think I've had that much energy since I was about six years old.

[@noelleone1305]

Coming in the top 5 of my Talking Heads songs....Brit, you are silly cool!

[@tunafarrell2067]

Repeating what others have said "Stop Making Sense" is one of the best live concert films ever made. Talking Heads has done something in this concert that few bands can do: Take the studio versions of the songs and ramp the quality up to eleven.

[@Stiglr]

No, check that: "Stop Making Sense" is *THE* best live concert film ever made. PERIOD. Nothing else even comes close. And the genius of building a concert set from bare walls and rafters into a 14(?)-piece bandstand while the show's going on ... wow.

[@capstan50g]

It's an incredible concert film and made me a Talking Heads fan. It was directed by Jonathan Demme, who also directed The Silence Of The Lambs, Philadelphia, and Married To The Mob. Well worth seeing.

[@avanoosterhout8397]

Last week I read that later this year Stop Making Sense will be back in theaters. All cleaned up. 39 Years old. Anyone who has ever thought a live song was better than the studio version: go see that movie. It's one of the best concert registrations E.V.E.R.

[@dawatcherz]

gaaf!

[@Stiglr]

It's true. After seeing "Stop Making Sense", I can't even remember the name of the album Talking Heads were then promoting (Speaking In Tongues, yeah, that was it!)

[@lizmil]

When it first came out I worked at Cornell Cinema when I was a grad student there from the Kate 80s to the late 90s. For several,years whenever we showed this film we packed the house and there was practically a riot as the audience got up and danced through the whole thing!

[@horselatitudes]

i watched it for the first time in september and ive been crazy about talking heads ever since lol! i’m trying to see the movie for the third time sometime soon.

[@StereoSpace]

I've always loved that from the first time I heard it, and I don't know why, other than it's just such a cool, fun piece of music.

[@A10thunderbolt]

The contributions of Bernie Worrell (co-founder of Parliament/Funkadelic), Alex Weir (Brothers Johnson) and Edna Holt and Lynn Mabry (Parliament/Funkadelic, She-Funk) to this incredible live sound can’t be overstated.

[@sydbarret1973]

The best set of musicians ever assembled

[@Mooseman327]

Especially Bernie. Caught this concert tour live (and the preceding one as well) and it was obvious that Bernie Worrell's synth pulses were driving the band. Worrell's creations and touch on the synth were unparalleled. He brought the musical magic dust.

[@adonispink8008]

Don't forget Nona Hendrix of the Labelles!

[@Mooseman327]

@@adonispink8008 Nona appeared on the Remain in Light album and did part of the tour for that record in 1980. I saw her at Red Rocks during that tour. But she's not part of the band on THIS tour in 1983.

[@ghraydon]

I saw the film in 1985, just after completing a 30 day rehab for addiction. It was in a small movie house in Santa Cruz, California, and I couldn't stay in my seat. I had never danced sober before, but I went to the back of the theatre and tried to keep up with David Byrne's moves. It was a hell of a great way to begin my new life. I "stopped making sense" and I'm still clean and sober 38 years later. I'm very happy for your discovery of it.

[@samidan91]

That's a great story congratulations

[@MidwestFarmToys]

No

[@MarkAdolph-xz6or]

I used to use my Stop Making Sense video as a workout tape while on my elliptical

[@MichaelHonscar]

I’ve seen this film many times and own the dvd. The groove they’re all in on stage may have to do with the fact that almost everyone, if not everyone on that stage is high on Cocaine during the concert. There are several points in the movie where you flat out see some of them snorting it off the keyboards, etc.

[@2dashville]

Live Talking Heads reminds me of the Muppets and I mean that as a high compliment. Who doesn’t love the Muppets?

[@olliehays3206]

The drummer and bassist, Chris and Tina, were married with a side band called Tom Tom Club. You should look up Genius of Love and see if you recognize that track. 👍🏼

[@colinm3399]

I saw this tour in 1983 in Vancouver...loved every second of it and remember like it was yesterday. David Byrne is genius.

[@michaelthibault6106]

Stop Making Sense is one of the five live albums that are equal to or better than the studio versions that we fell in love with in the first place. More Talking Heads. Please.

[@saverioc2929]

David Byrne is a musician and artist known for his work with the band Talking Heads and as a solo artist. He is known for his innovative approach to music and performance, incorporating elements of art, theater, and dance into his work. Talking Heads was known for their eclectic style that blended elements of punk, funk, and world music. They were known for their intelligent lyrics and catchy melodies, and they were one of the most influential bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Byrne's solo work has continued to push the boundaries of music and art, incorporating elements of world music, electronic music, and avant-garde performance art. He has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including Brian Eno, St. Vincent, and Fatboy Slim. Overall, David Byrne's work has been instrumental in pushing the boundaries of what is possible in music, and he continues to inspire musicians and artists around the world. Anthony Kiedis, said it best. "Some very strange things happened to me when I heard Talking Heads. For one thing, I felt smart. I'm serious, I listened to the Talking Heads, it made me feel smart, and that was a pretty good feeling,” Kiedis earnestly added. “Talking Heads also made me want to dance like a maniac, which also changed my life. He also said it made him want to #$%$ librarians.

[@MichaelHonscar]

Fellow Talking Heads members, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth would disagree and say that David is an egotistical prick who knows nothing of friendship.

[@brianhowells1547]

The Stop Making Sense concert was genius, the stage got built up as the concert progress, so each song a new piece of the stage was added. Hence it is quite minimalistic at the begining

[@HybridCult]

I love this concert so much. I've watched it SO many times. Talking Heads were such a brilliant group. They had so many hits. David Byrne the singer/guitarist/songwriter has had an enormous career. I could recommend songs by I'd just be listing the entire setlist from this concert. The backup singers here were The Brides of Funkenstein, they used to sing for Sly and the Family Stone. They were named by George Clinton as part of the whole Parliment Funkadelic projects. Bernie Worrell the Keyboardist in here was in Parliment Funkadelic and is one of the most sampled musicians out there. All that G-Funk rap from the 90s (Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre) sampled his music. Those big synthy leads in gangster rap is a call back to Bernie.

[@PigsHalo]

Do yourself a favor and curl up on the sofa and watch the entire concert. It's amazing.

[@tokilladaemon]

Wont stay curled up for long lol

[@vincentvancraig]

The whole film is an art piece, the stage changes subtly for every song....i didnt think id like it all that much & then i saw it, & its insane...the lighting changes , the stage changes....i know that doesnt sound crazy, but...its ....its an hour and a half long work of art ...its a revered classic in music history...”stop making sense” is the name of the movie

[@j0hnn13K]

This whole concert ("Stop making sense") is a must watch and listen, and yes.. Kanye was absolutely inspired by them 100%. Another thing you will love from this concert is how it builds up from start to finish, you've never seen a concert being opened the way this one is. The Talking Heads was unique then, and still are unique today, top tier for me.

[@LesCish]

Heard this at the "Stop Making Sense" concert! A great band. I think that phrase 'talking heads' was used to describe news casters and commentators who would broadcast from behind a desk so only heads and upper body were seen. See Max Headroom.

[@billfraser7616]

I saw them on this tour (1983) which became the Stop Making Sense movie. This song was their current "hit". They played it relatively early in the show. But then played it again for the encore at the end with all the house lights up. You could see everyone in the arena just dancing away having the time of their lives.

[@Hoxson1]

Best concert I ever snuck into, October 1983. Pretty sure the statute of limitations has passed.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I love the Talking Heads so much. Without any doubt, one of the most creative bands of the late 70s and early 80s. Just amazing. Everything in this concert movie Stop Making Sense is incredible. But so are the cuts from their various albums. From this same concert, check out Life During Wartime, one of their biggest hits. And you will see even a lot more endurance physically than you see here. It's just insane. Plus it's a fantastic song and you also get to see Tina playing bass which is what she normally does. She was playing keyboards here.

[@davidmichaelson1092]

Back in college we had a party...we had to leave the common areas when it got to late so we all went into our dorm's bathroom, turned on all the showers on hot to create a sauna, and danced to Talking Heads like mad people. Of course any of us could have slipped and broken our heads, but it was so fun.

[@scifimonkey3]

‘Life during wartime’ from the same concert is a cast iron MUST LISTEN. Talking Heads were the thinking persons dance band of the 80s. Very special indeed.

[@richardhargrave6082]

If you're not moving to this, you're dead Talking heads, brilliant

[@Bekka_Noyb]

Life during war time!

[@keymack2477]

From this same concert film (Stop Making Sense) you must watch the opening track called "Psycho Killer" and their masterpiece version of "Life During Wartime"! You will love them!!

[@Kevigator]

I saw them live in New Orleans during this tour. One of the best concerts I’ve ever experienced. I’m so glad this performance was captured for everyone to see.

[@robertevans2450]

A band that started out as a punk rock band, and morphed into a great world music band and all the flavors they visited in between. Huge involvement in places of music like Austin City Limits, CBGBs, and Max's. They were regularly found with the Ramones and Debbie Harry of Blonde. These are one of the few people who had an ok career in music but had an even bigger influence in boosting other talented people's careers, from the 70s to the early 00s.

[@jameswarner5809]

The Stop Making Sense concert film that this is from is wall-to-wall joy.

[@LAVISHING]

The whole concert is awesome! They’re a great group!

[@SoCal_619]

Another band from my era that got little or no air play because the Executives couldn't put it under a specific genre, yet still a banger. ❤❤

[@livingLge]

Where I grew up that git a whole lot of air play, but Boulder was weird that way!

[@glassontherocks]

Talking heads "Life during wartime" Live

[@annother3350]

yes

[@s.oliver3687]

Great Talking Heads songs: Road to nowhere And she was Flowers Once in a lifetime Wild wild life

[@skinmeister1]

More Talking Heads please!!! Have you heard “Psycho Killer” yet? “Road to Nowhere”?

[@vincentvancraig]

Also...its basically the talking heads with Parlament funkadelic.. its so, so bad ass...thats bernie warrell on keys...the synth goat

[@LudusAurea]

Love the talking heads

[@watchcity2068]

those two girls ROCK! It's impossible NOT to grove with them! Get up and move your feet? Ms Britt, you would have really loved growing up the 70s and 80s! We had thee very best music on the planet.

[@carlbaker7242]

A great live prefromance from this band. Love your explanations. JAM SESSION!!!

[@jaccilowe3842]

Shout out to bassist Tina Weymouth killing it on keyboard!

[@kennethkirchoff4824]

I second the recommendation for Talking Heads "Life During Wartime". Another great song and with all that high energy you mentioned...

[@riskyseeds423]

you should check out their version of Take Me to the River or their first hit Psycho Killer

[@farfromperfek]

I was expecting Britt to go into "Our house in the middle of our street" was in High School when this came out. Instant classic.

[@richardlefaive1944]

That was live to boot. From probably the best live concert movie of all time,.Stop Making Sense. It's a must watch from start to end. A fusion of performance art and music never really seen b4 or since. Every tune from it is great. Probably my fave band of all time.

[@stevedrums1675]

This remains to my ears and eyes the greatest full length feature concert ever made. The bass player and drummer have been married over 40 years. They were one of the few bands in the early ‘80’s featuring multi-cultural players on stage. I was 13 when this came out and that was a huge impression on me.

[@RobertNorthrop]

Thank you for reacting to this, Britt! I've been waiting for someone to get around to it. This is from of my all time favorite concert films. This song crosses into funk, new wave and punk. Just an amazing song and performance. Another iconic performance from this show is "Girlfriend Is Better".

[@timdelia4609]

Saw them live once in 83 and I was blown away. Saw the movie in 84/85. Just fantastic.

[@treetopjones737]

This song was created by putting the music together, then the singer made vocal sounds ( a bit like scat singing ) and then wrote lyrics that fit those sounds.

[@bert0522]

I was sitting in a bar in the 70's, the owners daughter came in with a stack of ticket for a Talking Heads concert the next night (Saturday) and no one took them. At that time we never heard of them. Sorry, yes damnit. Jim

[@springsource]

"This is what heaven would look like" Wow I love that.

[@robertnichol3669]

super creative alumnus of the legendary CBGB nightclub in NYC, the club that gave us tones of famous acts. I think they were the unofficial house band in the early 80's even. CBGB was a where a garage band could make it famous. Talking Heads videos from the 80's were one of the reasons for MTV. Check "Once in a lifetime" and "psycho killer" both bangers as well. And those are really just the well known ones...they are all gold as a band in my eyes

[@kittyhendriks4556]

I don't remember how many times I saw the complete concert movie and this song is my absolute favorite! As many already said: go see the whole film!

[@overd002]

I know everyone else has said it, but I have to say it too: Stop Making Since is the best concert movie made. It's incredible!

[@panicandfreakout-]

back in the day no matter what time 1, 2, 3, AM etc.. this would always pack the dance floor !

[@mikehutton3187]

Video concert, “Stop Making Sense”, is a must see. “Life During Wartime” is a masterpiece.

[@RockDocNeal]

The Talking Heads were a fun band with quirky interesting songwriting and this whole concert is phenomenal.

[@futuregenerationz]

This video is from perhaps my favorite concert movie ever 'Stop Making Sense'. You should see the whole thing really. What an experience!

[@MACAMSEP]

The best musical film ever. Stop Making Sense is one of a kind. Now remastered and revisited. I´ve seen minimum thirty times

[@mikeconway9849]

Great reaction Britt! Saw them live at a local venue way back when. A different band and style for sure.

[@bigmike4436]

I remember seeing the concert film this was taken from and the aisles of the theater were filled with people dancing.

[@dougleclaire9424]

See the whole movie....in a real theater. Directed by the great Jonathan Demme. This is one of the great American rock bands of all time. This movie was re-leased to theaters in 2023. Its well worth ....without interruptions !

[@Hasta-la-pasta]

Everyone here as already said what needs to be said about Stop Making Sense. It’s THE BEST live performance. It’s lighting in a bottle

[@dmead4106]

My brother-in-law worked for a landscape company. The house their was used as an office. It caught on fire, so he called the radio station and requested this song for the name of the company

[@gregggillott8551]

Welllll.. I've been a big fan of the Talking Heads since college in '77. I saw them in 1983 when I lived in Dallas. The most overwhelming part is sitting w/ 10,000 others waiting while NOT ONE THING on stage. David came out, then Tina . I was 2nd row right in front of the 2 Beautiful backup singers. I thought they were 30+, now at 64 they look like they are no older than 20. YOU MUST WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO... Peace.

[@georgemilliner3812]

Oh you chose so well. This is the best version of this song to listen to.

[@giuliogrifi7739]

Are you aware that you're watching, maybe, the best concert film ever made (Jonathan Demme, definitely, is someone !) ?.....STOP MAKING SENSE is fuuuuull of beautiful, high energetic, funky songs...you're right...if you don't feel like moving, there's something wrong with you !

[@PeterUpdike-q4b]

You should have heard that in 1984. Totally mind blowing. I remember that song on the charts. Unbelievable.

[@trainurk9]

I love that you mention the diversity. This is what the 80s was for me. Fashion and music was experimental and exciting, differences were celebrated, men were feminine and women were masculine and it was good! "Whatever floats your boat" was a saying -same as "you do you!" "labeling" was considered rude and bad. There was some racism, but it seemed only ignorant/ old fashioned people felt that way. For some reason, racism / sexism / labeling seems so much worse these days! Can we all just get along and be cool

[@Lufsixq]

Unreal this song will be 40 years old next month. It was released in July 1983. I was in the 5th grade then :)

[@curtisw502]

You gotta see more from them! This is from one of the best concerts ever filmed...gotta watch it from the beginning.

[@johnmescall7583]

Oh, to be able to hear Talking Heads for the first time!!! Great pick!

[@foggydavestfrank]

This film, Stop Making Sense, is the greatest rock and roll movie ever made! Directed by Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs).... also, Talking Heads are the best of the post-punk, new wave, whatever you want to call it :)

[@lurx2024]

Alex Weir, the high-energy guitarist, always seems to pop up in many of my favorite live performances. He is the cousin of George and Louis E. Johnson, "The Brothers Johnson", and appears in many of their videos.

[@airbrushaaron666]

Some more good songs from The Talking Heads Take Me to the River, Road to Nowhere, And She Was, Flowers, This Must be the Place

[@jeffgagen3561]

David Byrne is one of greatest singers & song writer ever. This group is the best!

[@donaldcarey114]

I first saw/heard this in a movie theatre in Chapel Hill, N.C. back in the mid '80's. I have the DVD it is in: Stop Making Sense.

[@gotrhythm1]

David Byrne is a crazy genius!

[@emwa3600]

I hope you gave yourself to the experience of the re-release showings in October. And BURNING indeed was fed from a jam session in 1981-ish between Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, carried on into the various lyrics of 1983 when it was finally released.

[@guyhenderson405]

Any song from the "Stop Making Sense" movie is worth a look. "Girlfriend is Better" "Psycho Killer" "Life During Wartime" are a few.

[@jhas727]

Big surprise David went to RISD. Definitely showed off his modern minimalist look. “Monochromatic” a word not used enough and so perfectly well, it was.

[@wadsworthaaron]

Talking Heads were true artists. It's 40+ years since they hit the scene and there are still folks trying to figure out where they were coming from. Genius stuff!

[@michaelhatchard8864]

Love the Stop making sense movie/stage show. Rode my motorcycle, 1400km to a show that they played at(got to see so many awesome bands that weekend). They were 1 hour late coming on stage. Hadn't heard any of their music before and was blown away from the stage show. Tom Jones & The Cardigans do a great cover of this song.(Usually always talk some female into doing the ladies part with me at Karaoke).

[@aednaholt9868]

Thank you Britt from Ednah Holt one of the Background girls in the movie Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense"

[@johnforde7735]

They have the same energy throughout the whole concert. Must be why they are all so thin. ;-)

[@eximusic]

The keyboard player in the background was Bernie Worrell, founding member of Parliament/Funkadelic.

[@user-cs4fg1rm5k]

Directed by Jonathan Demme, who did the Silence of the Lambs.

[@SAM-dg3vd]

it's worth watching the film (which is coming out again soon, remastered) from the beginning. It builds in a very particular way that's integral to the experience -- plus this film was actually directed by Jonathan Demme. And their frontman, David Byrne, began as a performance artist -- the band met at Rhode Island School of Design (like SCAD)

[@blitztim6416]

They drummer was supposed to be wearing the same color, or lack of color, but he chose to rebel against the plan. The core members of the group are, for ease of recognition, the white members. The others are the touring band. The guy playing keyboards and making all of the weird sounds is Bernie Worrell. He was a member of Parliment/Funkadelic, which were fronted by a guy named George Clinton. Burning Down the House was something George Clinton would say in his concerts. That's where David Byrne, the singer here, got the phrase. I saw this tour live. It was great. This concert starts out with just the singer, his guitar and a boom box. Slowly they bring out more musicians and instruments, during the songs, till the full band is on stage.

[@shaunhouse8469]

The album that this song is from "Speaking in Tongues" and the previous studio album "Remain in Light" were pretty much written in jam sessions, not the full 9/10 piece bands that performed the tours to support the records but the core four members for SIT and the four core members plus producer Brian Eno for RIL

[@davesivirn2283]

Saw the stop making sense tour live, OMG, and as great as the film is it still doesn't completely capture the amazing show.

[@bensteckler6698]

Those spacey haunting sounds are from the keyboards of the great Bernie Worrell, member of Parliament-Funkadelic, who teamed up with Talking Heads around 1980 for Remain In Light. This a clip from their award-winning Concert film, "Stop Making Sense," which is getting a 4KHD re-release this year. I recommend it fiercely.

[@charleybarley914]

couple members of the Talking Heads went to a Parliment Funkadelic show and the next day in the recording studio kept hollering "burm down the house", members of Pfunk eventually recorded and toured with the Heads.

[@coreywickramasekera9968]

Great one too, i love the official video for this song 🎵

[@romanjohnston]

Chit broke my brain when it came out. LOVED IT. So unique....so surreal.

[@skipmaloney2126]

I have seen this played on musical saw, grinder and trash bins.

[@ianforster7825]

You are beautiful inside and out amazing reaction to my favourite band ever 👏👏

[@JosephBerner123]

One of my favorite songs

[@dantallman5345]

Hey Britt, I think you pretty much nailed the vocals. Seriously. I also think you would love the whole Stop Making Sense concert…start to end. High energy, these guys were fit. This performance show made a believer out of me. Hey, there is even a remarkable wardrobe choice you will enjoy. Maybe I should have led with that. It would be cool to see your reaction.

[@grahamokeefe9406]

Watch the whole movie. The backup singers steal the show.