Talking Heads wrote some of the smartest music ever written.
@violetfemme4119 ай бұрын
They were art students and friends who just decided to be "new wave" stars. And the bass player is female.
@donnaneville1929 ай бұрын
The Talking Heads deny this song is about anyone in particular, but it was rumored to be about serial killer David Berkowitz.
@AMPR459 ай бұрын
Damn, crazy he wrote it about David Berkowitz three years before he killed anyone.
@nancysmith389 ай бұрын
They were avant-garde artsies - to be different was their mission 🥴
@Batwing202938 ай бұрын
This was before Berkowitzs rampage, though. This song was recorded first in 1975, David’s killings began in July of 1976. The song did not officially come out until 1977. It was bad timing.
@Ligmanuttz7 ай бұрын
It fits dahmer in my opinion
@marleneobstnash55179 ай бұрын
Talking Heads a are an innovative and weirdly creative group that made my college years so much fun! I didn't see them in concert 😢 - but a lot of cover bands played this song in rock clubs. When they did, the dance floor was packed! We didn't care about the meaning of the song just wanted to dance and sing "Fa, fa, fa, fa. Fa fa, fa, fa!"
@BCElginTex9 ай бұрын
I saw them live in Austin, TX. I think it was at the Opry House or maybe at the Armadillo. I remember the bass player because she played great bass lines on all of the songs ... probably listened to the bass also because L'm a bass player.
@violetfemme4119 ай бұрын
Love this song. Brings back lots of memories 💜
@markjohnson58859 ай бұрын
If memory serves this song was featured in the movie American Psycho.
@johnktm9509 ай бұрын
You should check out the "Stop making sense" live concert movie, it's brilliant and David Byrne:s dancing on "Life during wartime" is a sight to behold 🙂
@travisepsteen32349 ай бұрын
100% agree. One of my favorite concert videos. Still watch it on the reg.
@rayj10119 ай бұрын
I also agree 100%.@@travisepsteen3234
@rideswaves9 ай бұрын
David Byrne is a true artist and also an author. His book Bicycle Diaries is a good read
@gizmo59259 ай бұрын
The "style" of the song is New Wave, where new bands abandoned fancy production so as to get back to the basics. The "dude" in blue is Tina Weymouth, who was the lead singer in the Tom Tom Club--you called her an English teacher in that reaction. The lead singer is David Byrne. The Talking Heads made a concert movie in 1985 called "Stop Making Sense" which has just been rereleased. You may want to check it out.
@mikepiccione8869 ай бұрын
Definitely one of my top bands to listen to live next to the Grateful Dead❤😊
@kevingibbs-sf8sw9 ай бұрын
Great to see you react to Talking Heads!! Gotta look at "Once in a lifetime"......
@Janemaryy4208 ай бұрын
That went right over ur head.... LMAO 😅. He's running from the Psycho Killer....run run run....
@ChadWiggin9 ай бұрын
The best version of this song is the live "Stop Making Sense" film version. Played by one of the funkiest bands ever assembled.
@barbarabahrdh67hall-nx4is9 ай бұрын
The dude in blue is a chick .. One bad ass bass playing chick... Listen to some more
@surfersilver66109 ай бұрын
LOL you wrote VERBATIM, 1st line, what I wanted to type, I refrained and looked to see if anyone else let him know. Hahahaha.....umm..Fafafafa. 🤪
@dcallaway19 ай бұрын
Burning Down the House, Tina Weymouth's Bass Work is EPIC!
@lindascott69028 ай бұрын
That’s Tina Weymouth on the bass… she was - and still is - married to Talking Heads’ drummer
@vicegrips1885 ай бұрын
What is a woman?
@mikepiccione8869 ай бұрын
David Bryne is my original Ren😂 master of ART❤
@LudusAurea9 ай бұрын
Talking heads are amazing. You can’t go wrong with them. Also. This song was on guitar hero 2 I think or maybe rock band. It’s why a lot of young people have ever heard of it. They’re an extremely popular band that have been featured constantly in tv and movie soundtracks as well. This must be the place, girlfriend is better, burning down the house, etc. They were ahead of their time for sure. David (singer) is also infamous for his dancing and the big ass suit like in the Stop Making Sense concert movie which got a theatrical rerelease in September.
@mranster9 ай бұрын
My only perfect score on Rock Band was to this song. I knew it so well.
@LudusAurea9 ай бұрын
@@mranster ya I was positive it was on one of them, definitely played it a jillion times . I think I forgot they existed again after that until I watched agents of shield and then when “this must be the place “ was in season 5 or 6 I was like holy shit I need more. It’s a feat to be unfamiliar with them - even if you don’t know you know them, you’ve probably heard them .
@vieella3899 ай бұрын
I almost feel sorry for anyone who wasn't working in a record store when this lp came out.
@surfersilver66109 ай бұрын
The "Run run run away" goes both ways. You run away so -he- they don't get you and after they killed someone they have to run run away from the scene, people, and police!
@ricodog36529 ай бұрын
This guy dug way harder into this than he needed to.and yes he does look like Christopher Reeves. By the way I love your Beast Mode commercials
@enterthecarp70859 ай бұрын
We don’t care about video. Good audio? We’re set
@Markhypnosis19 ай бұрын
That "fu fu fu" part could mean "f*ck off, you'd better run run away". Road to Nowhere is brilliant.
@kylecook71876 ай бұрын
That bass line does shit to my soul
@GetLostGames19 ай бұрын
This was my dads favorite band. Great react vid
@mikepiccione8869 ай бұрын
When you react you most definitely should go to the stop making sense tour one of the most famous music concert videos ever
@jungleperry13 күн бұрын
Tina's bass playing is quite unique. Byrne is a guitar god. Wish they didn't break up
@matthewrandom45237 ай бұрын
Welcome to the 1980ies!
@ltrane819 ай бұрын
FYI Ice T & his group Body Count were in the studio & this song was playing & Ice T said that’s how they come up wit their song Cop Killer
@markpk74559 ай бұрын
The one song you should know is burning down the house is there biggest song or made it into a lot of movies and t.v. back grown music.
@chaunapierce86787 ай бұрын
You need to listen to the Talking Heads song life during wartime that's my favorite
@MtnGrrrl9 ай бұрын
I remember thinking they were really different than a lot of the other new wave artists at the time, and always liked them for that. Good times. I'm glad you did this one!
@emwa36009 ай бұрын
I hope you able to bless yourself and caught the recent re-release of the best concert movie: STOP MAKING SENSE. This is a newly-restored and new director's version. The existing DVD is pretty great, as well, and seeing that THEN the expanded version allows you to be aware of the improvements and additions. I can strongly recommend watching STOP MAKING SENSE as an introduction to all of Talking Heads' music... see the movie, then track down those earlier albums, which are full of treasures.
@emwa36009 ай бұрын
By the way, this song was written before 1974's first-ever performance as a club band in NYC. The lyrics that reference "can't sleep/livewire" were referencing common psycho-killer excuses and were not specifically related to David Berkowitz ("Son Of Sam" killer) whose murderous campaign started in 1975. There were obviously serial killers dating back into man's history, but the birth of the Mass Printed Page (ie, books and newspapers) illuminated these like never before (Jack the Ripper's 1888 spree). WWI and WWII brought PTSD issues back to humankind, although each wave of the Crusades brought back killers who'd learned nothing but killing and rampaging for decades. When they came back to Europe, what were their skills as a 20-30-40 year old male? "Hand to hand, in-yer-face killing." Great... perfect for 12th Century Europe, huh? And so it's been, ever since. There was some, uh, "renewed interest" is PTSD psycho killers as Vietnam vets returned to the American streets but, considering the comparatively few in numbers next to WWII vets, Psycho Killer Vietnam Vets received a huge focus due to TV and later books & movies exposure. David Byrne's PSYCHO KILLER was reflecting this reality. Since this song wasn't released on-record until 1977 - which was just after David Berkowitz's killing spree ("my neighbor's dog Sam told me to kill-!"), it was an all-too-easy leap for the publicity machine to make that connection between PSYCHO KILLER and "son of Sam" murders.
@christinawoolley62069 ай бұрын
You started with an unusual one! Burning Down the House is a great one. I fell in love with The Talking Heads when they came out with Take Me To The River during my senior year of high school. The movie Stop Making Sense is experiencing a resurgence. If you want to feel their vibe….check it out! 😽💋🎶
@Burley_Bert8 ай бұрын
interesting take
@RomesThe592 ай бұрын
“Q’est que c’est” is French. In American English it might mean “what’s the deal?”
@TimoVERSION9 ай бұрын
Hi, MR Liked your thoughtful comments and glad you saw a non-single version! Echoing others, and humbly opinionating, some of what this band did is among the best stuff rock has produced-at several levels more advanced than this cool opening. You'll want to know it. The live concert film is an astonishing and wonderful entry to the band, but their masterpiece is the lp Remain In Light, (and when you want to see what THAT sounds like live, there are a few priceless European tv grabs on YT)
@1monki6 ай бұрын
Fa fa far, fa fa fa fa far far better run run run run, run run run away.
@tomsawyer63249 ай бұрын
You can learn some new dance moves from David Byrne.
@davidbird4619 ай бұрын
Stop Making Sense 40 and David shows off Dance moves and overall they at top on performance and lots of help big band I liked when Adrian Bleu played
@lynnieiapichino11219 ай бұрын
☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥😎
@bernardh46359 ай бұрын
they are weird but I like them. They have a song......what is it? Im gonna have to google it.
@majormajormajortom9 ай бұрын
This must be the place?
@frankring82439 ай бұрын
Their biggest hit was burning down the house, do the live version from the video Stop making sense
@enterthecarp70859 ай бұрын
Honestly, I think the lead singer had a shitty 1st marriage. Good upload
@184.09 ай бұрын
Talking heads were TooL without talent ;) Just kidding !! they special
@markpk74559 ай бұрын
There from MIT the hole ban is from MIT and they have some good songs.