Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)

From Stop Making Sense (all rights reserved by not me). One of the greatest songs ever written. Shot at 02:49:00 is gorgeous. Read more here: www.thestacksreader.com/stop-m...

[@Meditation-bg7jc]

Not sure why there are not that many likes…. I watch this video all the time, never disappointed. This is OUTSTANDING!!

[@vinsen13]

this is the single best live performance of anything ever. it is unfathomable how they pulled off this whole show.

[@Dicepit12]

Coke in the 80s

[@frankschapmire1471]

One night I watched the whole thing. It's pretty amazing and the footage of the spectators leaving is fun. They all witnessed history that night.

[@thomcarr7021]

You need to get out more.

[@guerillacropolis]

O​@@frankschapmire1471

[@who7092]

@@thomcarr7021yeah he needs to get out until he has all the exact same opinions as you.

[@MichaelHayes-ph5hy]

One concert I would have paid a lot of money to see. Great showmanship, dancing and music. Doesn't get any better.

[@anthonyanderson464]

It is a very appropriate song for these times we are living through . This ain't no party ,this ain't no disco this ain't no fooling around!

[@diegoinjapan]

It just makes me so happy watching this. The dancing, everyone’s dancing, the fun nature of the song, and the fact that every musician is just brilliant. Amazing stuff.

[@mattheweagle223]

The song is pretty grim

[@ezzeem]

I'd say this is supposed to be perceived with less fun and more anxiety. I think the running and movement is supposed to make you think about what groups like the ones mentioned in the song go through / feel.

[@HungryH1951]

@@mattheweagle223 It's happy grim. Makes ya feel good.

[@mattheweagle223]

@@HungryH1951 lol

[@shivanshpachauri2855]

i am never gonna feel tired listening to this

[@The2follow]

Such energy, there is nothing like this band literally gave everything and left nothing on the stage, certainly once seen, heard and felt never forgotten ❤❤❤

[@Johneriffic]

This concert/film is incredible. I do have to say, this is my favorite part of it. So much energy.

[@robotorch]

DirecTV debuted a 1080p version of Stop Making Sense about 10 years ago. It rocked. But A24 recently released a 4K version in theaters!

[@jackx.cassway]

He probably burned 4,000 calories in this scene

[@danblue23]

does coke have calories?

[@RebelViews420]

He's got some groceries, some peanut butter, to last a couple of days👍

[@sethbanzai5734]

At least!

[@Duncman92]

He didn’t just burn those calories, he fucking Byrned them

[@mattheweagle223]

He doesn't look like he's got 4000 calories to burn

[@cnathaniellee]

Someone please sign cillian murphy up for a david byrne biopic

[@Thaydontcry]

Pleaseeeee someone

[@danblue23]

No More Biopics

[@user-gq7en2xk9u]

Dude wtf! Your so right man! Wow I never even recognize the likeness, your so right 😅

[@Sisyphos420]

"Mr. Byrne, your opinion on Cillian Murphy being casted as you in the upcoming Talking Heads biopic?" "I'll tell you later."

[@mattheweagle223]

I don't think Cillian is a real song-and-dance guy

[@Ash-cy7yw]

This video should be required viewing for everyone under the ager of 30. No, make that 40. An absolute bloody classic.

[@bokehintheussr5033]

what does age have to do with it?

[@beaub2409]

❤❤❤ABSOLUTELY

[@MrCherryJuice]

Now go watch Talking Heads Live in Rome. It's got the Belew lineup and is killer.

[@Sharperthanu1]

The people in this video are not bourgeois

[@Sharperthanu1]

Bourgeois people don't need this

[@lsouzabr]

The quality is amazing

[@rha101]

I am so envious of the audience to who got to see it. What a performance.

[@manuela-6998]

Pure ioooooo 😢😢😢😢

[@Michael9-23-15]

Real music 👍 Gotta love them 80's

[@yomamasux1]

This will always be my favorite performance 🖤

[@tomorr7692]

I saw them on this tour. Summer of 1983. Saratoga Performing Arts Center in upstate New York. One of the best concert experiences ever.

[@darioquintavalle8695]

I saw them the same year in Bologna Italy ...on a three to have Better visual was fantastic too

[@doctorsteve9476]

Byrne is a musician and a visual artist, both at the same time.

[@darrensiegel6651]

Chris and Tina have such a great great pocket going on.... just incredible groove there.

[@wagga3012]

This performance is on par with queen at Wembley- simply outstanding ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@shoofly529]

Guitarist Tina Waymouth is the daughter of 3 star Vice Admiral Ralph Waymouth, a highly decorated Pacific Theatre WWII Naval Aviator.

[@codemanlockheart]

*bassist

[@evanstein3011]

He also died fairly recently (2020) at the legendary age of 102.

[@janeflip1]

So?

[@shoofly529]

@@janeflip1 If he was killed, no Talking Heads rock band 😔

[@pst9821]

​@@shoofly529hehe

[@homeaudiobasics]

This is what a band that believes in what they are doing looks like

[@mikebunner3498]

There is nothing like getting your work-out at work. Lots of cardio in this video! The Talking Heads were much better than some realized.... David B. is a madman!!!! These guys are good.......... DAMN what a show!!! 1

[@Peloponnesia666]

Man I’ve been trying to learn all his iconic moves from stop making sense and it’s actually so difficult lol. He is such an incredible performer.

[@Steve-cp6go]

It never gets old. Just brilliant!

[@SusanEvans-ts9qu]

I love talking heads since the 80s💗 Australia 💚

[@beanbeanster7219]

Same! 80's Straya.

[@scottsevertson1803]

watched this last night, yet again . MASTERPIECE

[@jaysonmacmillan7503]

What a ridiculous band, mind blowing🤯

[@manuela-6998]

Nooo ridicola noooò !!!!strabiliante si

[@jaysonmacmillan7503]

@@manuela-6998 When saying ridulous I mean they are amazing. Using words in english can be confusing but yrs they amazing.

[@manuela-6998]

Yesss/ pardon 😊😊😊😊

[@end-quote]

Had no idea Cillean Murphy sang in Talking Heads!

[@cahillgreg]

😢 Cillian*

[@paulhaas1355]

Can we please try and get this to 1000 likes? My gosh, what a supergroup!

[@cairnman]

Ednah Holt and Lynn Mabry are thrilling.

[@l.williams5028]

Very simple - their moves and the outfits - yet somehow so great!

[@l.williams5028]

“Life During Wartime,” a paranoid political fantasy whose aerobics-class choreography mocks the self-importance of the song’s lyrics and ends with Byrne circling the stage at a dead run, as if in orbit around the band. (The New Yorker)

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

I always love how I can get a good laugh out of watching talking heads videos. David Byrne is so funny

[@beanbeanster7219]

Have you seen him more recently collaborating with St Vincent? The tune Who has a hilarious video clip and David's still up to his funky moves.

[@user-ve2pd1xb3v]

I remember lowbrow comedians who would make fun of Talking Heads they just didn’t get it

[@SaxonRanger94]

1:52 He hit em with the Elvis legs!😅

[@Musicarbs]

I lost 1k cal just watching this

[@HungryH1951]

I loved watching Tina. A real workout for her. She was into it.

[@MrKydaman]

If they ever make a movie about this guy I think Cillian Murphy would work.

[@cardaminec5286]

I'm getting out of breath just watching this :D what an energetic performance.

[@nickprohoroff3720]

Holy Cow! No ones ever done that before or since.

[@slimjim4239]

in another dimension

[@brucebacquie1187]

Truly different...& good !

[@bonzomcduffy8336]

CARDIO.... essential if you play with the Talking Heads.

[@michaelfrohn6119]

Without words!!! Michael Frohn and Jesus Christ!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mikeg2924]

Jeez it's good. Just freaks having fun!

[@Slowpokerodriquez]

“Thank you, does anybody have any questions?”

[@damonfielding4414]

This is what Makes America Great Again. Not the nasty stuff.

[@paulandren936]

I am in love the base player brilliant

[@JDHURF]

Does anybody have any questions?

[@sniffableandirresistble]

Legend ❤

[@isaacwindscheffel9462]

Bros been dodging the sniper for 45 years

[@Geordie10032]

Absolutely class 👍

[@emilyvaughan7615]

Yep, love it!

[@Andrew-jb3se]

Love them

[@pamelaadamany9646]

When they played Madison coliseum it was insane fun ahhhh to b that young again

[@singinblues26]

David Byrne is fast as fuck, boiiii!

[@Avetarx]

*Lyrics* Heard of a van that's loaded with weapons Packed up and ready to go Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway A place where nobody knows The sound of gunfire, off in the distance I'm getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, lived in a ghetto I've lived all over this town This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey-dovey I ain't got time for that now Transmit the message to the receiver Hope for an answer someday I got three passports, a couple of visas You don't even know my real name High on a hillside, the trucks are loading Everything's ready to roll I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nighttime I might not ever get home This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around This ain't no Mudd Club, or CBGB I ain't got time for that now Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? Heard about Pittsburgh, PA? You oughta know not to stand by the window Somebody see you up there I got some groceries, some peanut butter To last a couple of days But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones Ain't got no records to play Why stay in college? Why go to night school? Gonna be different this time Can't write a letter, can't send no postcard I ain't got time for that now Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock We blended in with the crowd We got computers, we're tapping phone lines I know that that ain't allowed We dress like students, we dress like housewives Or in a suit and a tie I changed my hairstyle, so many times now I don't know what I look like You make me shiver, I feel so tender We make a pretty good team Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving You ought to get you some sleep Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks? They won't help me survive My chest is aching, burns like a furnace The burning keeps me alive

[@stevelestermusic]

brilliant!

[@binaneennassiri]

Aaaaawesome

[@andygrenn680]

I’m out of wind just watching this performance…

[@olgafit176]

❤❤

[@EA-rz9nc]

Heard of a van that's loaded with weapons Packed up and ready to go Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway A place where nobody knows The sound of gunfire, off in the distance I'm getting used to it now Lived in a brownstone, lived in a ghetto I've lived all over this town This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey-dovey I ain't got time for that now Transmit the message to the receiver Hope for an answer someday I got three passports, a couple of visas You don't even know my real name High on a hillside, the trucks are loading Everything's ready to roll I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nighttime I might not ever get home This ain't no party, this ain't no disco This ain't no fooling around This ain't no Mudd Club, or CBGB I ain't got time for that now Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? Heard about Pittsburgh, PA? You oughta know not to stand by the window Somebody see you up there I got some groceries, some peanut butter To last a couple of days But I ain't got no speakers, ain't got no headphones Ain't got no records to play Why stay in college? Why go to night school? Gonna be different this time Can't write a letter, can't send no postcard I ain't got time for that now Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock We blended in with the crowd We got computers, we're tapping phone lines I know that that ain't allowed We dress like students, we dress like housewives Or in a suit and a tie I changed my hairstyle, so many times now I don't know what I look like You make me shiver, I feel so tender We make a pretty good team Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving You ought to get you some sleep Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks? They won't help me survive My chest is aching, burns like a furnace The burning keeps me alive

[@royceaube-Golf.Songs.]

Loss a couple of pounds rockin this every night

[@user-nd3yn9tp8f]

I would love to see the art he made Before this😂❤😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@scrunts666]

Better than anything Taylor Swift can do :p

[@gersonlopes2290]

Gênio

[@energyasylum997]

An early version of the MACARENA!! @2:02

[@adamvenable9039]

They missed an opportunity to put out a line of home workout videos.

[@dariuszmaciejewski-ny1vy]

Mega

[@janeflip1]

This reminds me of The Wiggles!

[@richardstamp5068]

Jeez he has not aged at all. Voice still the same. Was he pulled out of a cryogenic lab?

[@jaminova_1969]

Stem Cell Research!

[@MikeRay1978]

Dang he looks like Cillian Murphy

[@Onionbaron]

THIS AIN'T NO DISCO!!!

[@ronchamberlain8392]

We didn't run that much in basic training...lol

[@NeonPonyVomit]

Dude

[@branojuraj9063]

I think that dude is Cillian Murphys father fr

[@ezzeem]

Do you guys think the rest of band was kind of annoyed at having to run in place for the entirety of the song?

[@ejcejc4113]

QCANE

[@Strutter69]

What year is that from ?

[@mattsheezy5469]

Green Day has an awesome song with the same name… it’s actually Pinhead Gunpowder with Billie Joe singing, but whatever.

[@davidrobertson3498]

Every time I watch Talking Heads now he reminds me of Sheldon from Big Bang

[@chrismarin7598]

Thomas Shelby on lead vocals

[@danielpodobinski1131]

David Byrne

[@kamilalip8041]

Tru XD

[@ardentdesir5796]

Why would you call yourself Rape?

[@zacharymueller674]

This is so bad

[@tuxster123]

Why have I received s warning in comments you tube please ,?

[@jaminova_1969]

Chinese AI Censors seek approval from High Powers!

[@chizmo7]

I could never figure it out but I can't stand David Byrne. He's interesting for about 60 seconds.

[@edwinduarte6273]

I’m sure you’ve accomplished more with your life

[@jimwilliams3816]

Well, it’s been hypothesized that autistic people can elicit an Uncanny Valley reaction in some allistic people. It sucks for the autistic people.