Talking Heads Acceptance Speech at the 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Talking Heads Acceptance Speech at the 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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[@michaeldonovan3959]

The shout out and acknowledgement to Hilly Kristal from CBGB is so classy and extraordinary. I am so happy that this moment is recorded for posterity.

[@erichinton5774]

Weymouth: first female bass player inducted in the Hall of Fame, and until last yr was the only, till GoGo Kathy got in too

[@Coowallsky]

Carol Kaye should be in there and first at that.

[@erichinton5774]

@@Coowallsky No argument there. Especially as a bass player myself 😉

[@alisonmay4693]

Thank you Hilly and rest in peace! Without you and your club there may have never been the Talking Heads, Ramones, Blondie, Patti Smith etc.

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

One of the most sincere induction speeches, all of them.

[@aboutthemetal8783]

My daughter is 18 months old , she absolutely loves the music of the talking heads ,good music is timeless .

[@shabadoo24]

Chris is always happy and smiling

[@gr8flED81]

saw many of their live shows 77-83 but the 2 Forest Hills years are still in my top shows ever... one of the most impactful bands of their time

[@josephdarkhelmet9494]

The Talking Heads gave me great joy. Amazing music.

[@13086]

It's sort of relieving that you can be on the spectrum and the creator of some of the greatest art of the last century.

[@13086]

@The Scout Well, pretty much the whole band, it seems to me.

[@geofftonks8960]

Tina was the main reason i got hooked on Talking Heads, the foundation of their sound.

[@neilgraves5069]

Genius of a Band . Brilliant 👏

[@valg4510]

The Talking Heads is one of those bands that can reunite today. Sometimes, ya just gotta bury the hatchet

[@joemusic2882]

I’m a bit confused. What happened? What hatchet?

[@valg4510]

@@joemusic2882 The Talking Heads broke up due to differences in 1991 and reunited in 2002, as seen here. Since then Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Chris Frantz' longtime wife Tina Weymouth have been having a vendetta against former bandmate David Byrne.

[@joemusic2882]

@@valg4510 Thank you. That’s unfortunate. I’m going to research more into this in order to live up to my name. Lol!!

[@joemusic2882]

@@valg4510 Without the very unique voice of David there is no Talking Heads. With that said, they really screwed up.

[@valg4510]

@@joemusic2882 I mean that's any band breakup for the matter

[@nothankyou5285]

Can I just say, he ain't changed since early 80's, edgy is as edgy does, that is part of his talent.

[@danielbalboa4537]

Talking Heads forever..music still 🤯my mind

[@iamra1989]

Geniales Fueron los mejores siempre estarán en mí corazon ☺️gracias

[@blaws6684]

I still love that lady to this day

[@irenesullivan6403]

Thank you Tina for being the backbone of Talking Heads and for recognizing everything that has significant importance to the band that I can honestly say was my favorite during my college years in NYC !!❤️

[@nojnoj3069]

Beautiful people only in Talking Head's.

[@bent2]

The tension is really visible. Look at Byrnes face, he dosen't want to be there at all.

[@brucethomson168]

They played well though afterwards.

[@joadbreslin5819]

I disagree. His comments were rather warm, and belie that. David is on the spectrum, and, as such, his feelings often do not match his expressions.

[@playitstrange129]

@@joadbreslin5819 well said.. i was gonna say the same thing.. you can tell by his body language and speech that he was having somewhat of a manic aspy moment..

[@beefusthemighty]

he's looked like that from their earliest footage back in the day. It might be just the way David is.

[@bobmohr4952]

Saw them at the Electric Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during their heyday loved it.

[@michaelg6641]

I saw them at Pine Knob Theater in Clarkston (Metro Detroit) for the Stop Making Sense tour outdoors in 80s, and it was ply first time I had seen the use of screens and images for back drops, of course now everybody does it. Saw D Byrnes American Utopia show in Vegas too, pre pandemic with my son. Tried to get his autograph by door roadies said he used, but he never appeared

[@frankjacobs6870]

I absolutely love my beautiful sister. Tina and. Talking. Heads. David. Byrne is definitely the man one of the greatest showman ever lifetime fan of. Talking. Heads

[@ramonmorales1660]

TALKING HEADS: la Mejor Banda 🎼🎵🎶🎤🎸 de todos los tiempos ❤️

[@billflynn7715]

Life during wartime still poignant today. Genius lyrics great tempo,easy to dance/ workout to. LOL Dick Clark ref. 🤪CLE ROCKS !!! 1 last reunion tour?! Probably not. ROCK ON Talking Heads.

[@JiveDadson]

It's gotten much more poignant.

[@thomaslazarski3596]

The heads are talking.

[@kevinbwillson4161]

I’m Thankful for the Wonderful music an all that fooling around

[@SundaeExpress]

*and

[@andrewhernandez1509]

I was literally hollering when Tina said "I'm a large black man."

[@OlafProt]

Such respect for Hilly.

[@BEHEDETY]

So cool!

[@cinefiles7414]

The speech: 15% David, 10% Jerry, 5% Chris, 70% Tina.

[@timmcintosh3107]

she rocks

[@cinefiles7414]

@@timmcintosh3107 - She's OK as long as she stops being vitriolic. I don't blame her, but still. No use being so hateful for ever.

[@michaelg6641]

@@cinefiles7414 That's what I see too. I thought DB was and ass for blocking the release of that record, until I tried to listen to it and saw the packaging, I don't know what they were thinking but I can kind of see his point. I mean they could have at least not made it look exactly like a lame version of a Talking Heads album cover.

[@lorelei5902]

She seemed to be really focused on the money for saying it's all about the music

[@barrygaynor1025]

Cool band!

[@andrewdyke5561]

Love tinaaaa

[@WrangleMcDangle]

I really feel for David Byrne. He looks so nervous to be around them. I don't think he ever wanted bad blood.

[@allisonbrock9563]

same :/ i think he just naturally took on the “leader” role and it just came off as him being an asshole/his ego when it wasn’t. must feel pretty ostracizing being up there with past friends when you know they hate you

[@scottwwsi]

I think he's talked about his autism also.

[@TheJonathanNewton]

Autism wasn’t very well understood in those days. Other people often thought they were just being rude when they genuinely didn’t know how to behave.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

yes and I think that was the crux of the problem between the two. not necessarily tina's fault for not understanding something that was so unknown at the time. i think theyve since spoken and reconciled this. @@TheJonathanNewton

[@scrambaba]

You don’t get it. He isn’t feeling bad or guilty, he’s just being himself. That is his autism.

[@padraigsisk4057]

My personal belief is without Talking heads we wouldn't have the mixing sound that The Clash recorded. No Talking heads no Hip hop

[@cosmorocker]

.. David, really genius.. and man with humanity. Will see you this in film True Story’s

[@iamskywalker23]

Tina: We were a great team,we work together. Me like: Yeah,you wish 😂

[@JuliusGalacki]

3 of them worked well together

[@McCrap420]

You Weirdo

[@carlosdanger6129]

WE WANT HEAD!!

[@peterb1543]

Jerry Harrison always reminds me of actor Martin Shaw.

[@donalmooney5763]

Reminds me of Harvey keitel

[@goodtunes2]

He sounded like Robbie Robertson here

[@sam_uelson]

Someones gotta do a body language break down on this

[@KJamesB]

Hard to believe this is 20 years ago.

[@dalebrennan7615]

Super band congrats well deserved dublin ireland

[@gregdahlen4375]

love tina's top

[@bradbradshaw7995]

Or 'Lack of' :)

[@johedges5946]

@@bradbradshaw7995 if you got it, flaunt it

[@cadge]

Yeah, a couple of minutes would have been plenty!!!

[@robertsears3737]

How come Martina never ever grew old...she is extremely smart ...still gorgeous..thanks for thanking everyone in your career ...pretty interesting that you stick to your roots...if it was not for you.. music today would not exist

[@MauriceMossisitnot]

8:29 My favourite part lol

[@uncletrilly3566]

I love that Chris and Jerry are taking hits off a bottle of vodka. I don’t blame them, Dave kinda did put them through the ringer.

[@DDios-ih9de]

Opposite.. David's a good man A artistic genius and dosent go around bad mouthing people Or write Bullshit books like Chris and Tina rip into everyone. They are such pretentious waspy assed snots Like they always were Like David Byrne wrote and sang "Same as it ever was" Yes I known them all still friends with many like Hillys son and people C&T bitched about Though it's true Patti was a bit fond of speed .

[@NOWtheband]

@@DDios-ih9de - I agree about Byrne not needing to bad-mouth people and Franz's book having unneeded words in it. Chris Franz always seemed like a nice guy, so when I learned about some of the things in his book, it made me feel sad. It's a shame he feels he needs to express himself in that manner.

[@Blank_Frank]

It looks like Evian water though

[@ronschwolsky1626]

@@NOWtheband Nothing wrong in telling it like it is.... or in this case, was.

[@NOWtheband]

@@ronschwolsky1626 - Fair enough. Each to their own perception.

[@sintierra]

vengo inmediatamente despues de ver cbgb

[@shawnratashak1296]

Tina is still the hottest bass player in rock.

[@jameswilford5923]

@kathyvalentine too

[@jamesmoritz3584]

@@jameswilford5923 They were both my favorite

[@lorelei5902]

Gonna have to say Kim Gordon

[@jmkenny]

You can see David cringing during Tina's speech... hahaha

[@ralelunar]

She thinks that she sounds as smart as David actually is

[@NOWtheband]

@@ralelunar - Ha ha, perfect! :-)

[@photogher]

She was terrible. Boring as hell, her bandmates were like "get us out of here."

[@patriciosotelo9007]

More respect for Tina, she was very important in the band

[@MarceloRomero360]

Oh my God, Tina, get on with it.

[@jamesmccormick211]

Wow, that was tense! And why did Jerry Harrison so demonstrably not shake Hilly Crystal's hand?

[@escaton74]

maybe Hilly was the reason why Jerry wasn't part of TH in the early days, or wouldn't wanna pay four people

[@haroldshabazz7500]

That woman has a beautiful spirit

[@djzouke]

David Byrne?

[@alejandrorodriguez-do7rj]

i think tina , chris and jerry should had thank destiny that they crossed paths with a musical genius David Bryne , because thats the one thing its true. maybe some tension remained right there

[@BrandOdyssey]

Jerry and David look genuinely pained during Tina’s speech. Wonder what happened. Money. I think Byrne ended up with most of the money cause he wrote the songs. This happened to the smashing pumpkins and bin jovi as well. Front man song publisher ended up far more wealthy.

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

You forgot Byrne also wore the ridiculous oversized suits

[@ronschwolsky1626]

Evidently, he didn't write most of the songs... Most were a collaboration, but Byrne took credit. He killed the band.

[@drea4195]

@@ronschwolsky1626 Yes, I was about to say the same.

[@thomasgoodwin2648]

It's what I call the 'AND Somebodies Syndrome'. When a band goes from being 'The Band' to 'SoNSo AND The Band', you know the jig is up and it's headed straight down to sewer town. David Byrne AND the Talking Heads Sting AND the Police Jeff Lynne AND the E.L.O. Phil Collins AND Genesis Sad but true that A.S.S. has destroyed many a legendary band throughout history.

[@lemokolyon]

That also happened to Yes. The singer takes half of the money for his lyrics, on Close to the Edge, and Relayer ? Two 'best sellers' albums that would be even better with no singing at all. And the singer, alone, takes as much as the four others virtuose musicians ? Rick wakeman got almost nothing from playing in such a great band selling millions of albums ...? That happened to many others bands too.

[@billalbritton4972]

Sexiest bass player alive & she rocks.

[@lorelei5902]

Gonna have to go with Kim Gordon

[@milesian1]

Talking Heads and Rod Carew, not a bad association by Jerry.

[@wfdix1]

Keep in mind, the J. Geils Band is not in the Rock and Roll Hall but ABBA is. Credibility? None.

[@wjblake]

The fact that Jethro Tull is not in the R&RHF is a crime.

[@matthewmontegut9159]

And what a shame that Peter Wolf left them, they lost a lot! One of the best front men in the business! 🎤🎸

[@TheNotahorse]

Vote to keep the J Geils Band out of the rock and roll hall of fame! It's not too late to stop them!

[@JC-sj2pd]

Abba sold 150 million albums. J Giles 4 million. A little difference there.

[@peterwilson2591]

I think that if you look at the entire list of inductees, you will probably agree with most of them. Not all, I am sure. Just like any other hall of fame.

[@michaeltempleton9688]

wtf was Tina on during this lmao

[@TMoney76]

The band is called Talking Heads, not The Talking Heads.

[@GaryDelabate]

David Byrne seems very nervous up there.

[@WrangleMcDangle]

Jerry turning around to say something under his breath when Tina said she only makes money from selling records All of them having to drink during david's speech Chris being clearly drunk Lol

[@Thoth_al_Khem]

David on LSD is a hoot.

[@lancit6372]

微妙な空気感 5:27 左「長いなぁ～」 右「早く終わりにして帰ろうよ」

[@cptbrncls7050]

David doesn't really like Hilly by the looks

[@Zontar82]

gotta love how the rest of the band just still laughs and enjoy being together but david holier-than-thou byrne just didn't care

[@danduntz2539]

You clearly don’t understand the effects autism can create in a person. David wasn’t being cold or not enjoying himself, he was being awkward and stoic through his autistism.

[@DDios-ih9de]

They should thank David Byrne Big Time It was his vision music concepts and Voice It was his band David's the only member who's Irreplaceable ! Wow Tina is BLASTED so is Chris Look at Davids face ..

[@herbcraven7146]

I'll respectfully disagree with that, David definitely had a unique approach to lyrics, but the music really grooved because of Jerry, Chris and Tina. If David were such a huge talent, why hasn't his solo music ever been as successful as the Talking Heads? And why were Chris and Tina able to create more legendary, popular, and influential music as Tom Tom Club? I think their respective success speaks for itself.

[@balmainrichard1335]

Homie, as much as David was a pioneer, Talking Heads was praised for their *SOUND*, how can that be so when David is just vocalizing? The band played off each other well.

[@grover02]

It's not like David doesn't think that anyway - but to be honest, the rest of the band was the gateway drug and without them David's trajectory would be vastly different.

[@yourfairyking]

@@herbcraven7146 Success doesn't mean quality. Talking Heads were never the biggest band, yet their music has always been lauded. Now, look at most artists out today, who achieve hit after hit, and still suck ass.

[@drea4195]

Read Remain In Love by Chris. TH was most definitely NOT David's band. Educate yourself.

[@philipodowd227]

Tina's high point bass on psycho killer. Low point this. They all deserve = credit,the sum of the parts =the whole.

[@BradleyVolk3]

Ok where was Bernie? I totally forgot about that until the very end where Dave mentioned him. WTF?! He was the steroids they needed. Why was he not there?! Unforgivable.

[@charlessmith5524]

He should be in with P-Funk, but he wasn't really a member of TH. They wisely kept it to the original 4 (yes, I know they briefly existed without Jerry Harrison), because where would they have stopped? Adrien Belew was also an important member of their touring band. Brian Eno was like the 5th (or 50th or whatever) member when they made their best albums. Talking Heads are the 4 ppl that got inducted.

[@BradleyVolk3]

@@charlessmith5524 Dude that is so freakin weird that you mentioned Adrian Belew. Just earlier this morning, TODAY, I watched some of his solo videos on KZbin for the first time EVER. Until reading your comment right now I had no clue that he had any ties whatsoever with the Talking Heads. Not sure what even made me think of him but again, NO CLUE he was ever involved with TH. But on the other subject, sure he was not an original member, but he truly deserved a spot on that stage for his EPIC contributions. He should be recognized in BOTH Pfunk AND Talking Heads in the HOF. Nobody else could've helped put them on the map like he freakin did.

[@BradleyVolk3]

@@charlessmith5524 And I meant Bernie about deserving a spot with them in the second half of my last comment. And I did realize what made me think of Belew... I saw video of a "horror core" rapper that was on Dr. Phil for being out of touch with reality and embarrassing his family and being a wannabe ICP juggalo... He calls himself KING KRIMZON. Check out that shit if you ever need a seriously hilarious laugh. WOW.

[@joeblowfromidaho3642]

Jesus, Tina, you love your attention, don't you?

[@samsmith4216]

Tina...wind it up please

[@thomasraven]

The HOF is a joke and they extort lots of money from the artists being inducted, but they give those side men and women one last shot at the spotlight. Band leaders (usually the singer songwriters) never want to do these things because they're still working hard making new music. But they often participate because it's the last chance in the spotlight for the rest of the band members. It's telling that Tina is the one jabbering on and on for 7 of the 10 minutes in this video.

[@peterwilson2591]

Oh, for Christ sake. When the performers and bands get up to play (often for the last time) it makes it all worthwhile.

[@garyscramstad1771]

Gee can see why not let this lets not forget World Peace Talk About On Drugs!!!!!

[@randythomas3488]

She is wasted, a real Patty Duke vibe here

[@Victory1507ci]

Tina Weymouth with a weird acceptance speech-rambling all over the place

[@nosyrosie6947]

A whole lotta talent, and too many drugs.

[@slumdogjay]

Awkward. Lol.

[@ShawnBrandon888]

David was the band, the others followed his lead.

[@KissyCrissy]

Haha, False

[@DrunkenRhinoceros]

Tina associates herself as a large black man? There are some things that just need not be shared at an award ceremony, like airing out your dementia. She's a great female bass player pioneer, but please leave the alcohol alone.

[@forkq5720]

who cares honestly its just a speech go cancel pokemon or go strike television for put violence on our tv

[@daanizafar3792]

yh i agree as much as i adore her and look up to her, that comment was rly unneeded

[@GregorBarclay]

I think she's making an oblique reference to the old accusations that it wasn't this tiny white woman that played all the cool bass on the TH records. But she's a little loaded so it's not coming off all that clear...

[@stewart55024]

Move on… Christ

[@morethinkingneeded2112]

What planet does Tina live on? Begging for money? Bitter much?

[@photogher]

I've noticed every time she opens her mouth, some really ugly stuff is said.

[@daveg9000]

Awkward speeches...lots of tension up there. Too bad.

[@bobblaszczak7972]

This woman is a bore. Let's face it. No Byrne. No band.

[@jeffblack5024]

The best thing about Talking Heads was the rhythm section. Maybe (like most bands) it's a team effort.

[@montinuityerror]

All of the members were just as important as David. And don't bad-mouth one of the best bassists of all time.

[@santojorge]

this dude on a youtube comment section called tina weymouth a bore.

[@brettthebassist]

I like Tina’s bass playing but yeah her speech wouldn’t end🤦🏻👩🏼lol

[@bobblaszczak7972]

@@santojorge was I wrong?

[@genekersten7165]

This band made the R&R HOF? Pathetic.

[@nox4298]

how so?

[@vivlaughlove_]

They're fucking Talking Heads, of course they did

[@NOWtheband]

I will agree that the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is pathetic. Making music competitive is deeply sad.

[@Brokenface]

I think this band Is cool, One of the most peculiar rock band ever existed. Even more of some other bands that made in R&R HOF

[@marcoskolioulis3522]

RIP Hilly. There will never be a greater venue than CBGB