Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Original Version - Tony Mendes) THE WOLF HUNTERZ REACTION

[@bearballin]

Psycho Killer was released in the late 70s, this performance on Rockplast was way before the Stop Making Sense concert. What you're seeing here is the band's original (minimal) lineup. Great stuff!

[@dcanmore]

this was from BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test show, January 1978.

[@eugeneodonnell4680]

Very original lineup was the singer David Byrne and the husband and wife team of drummer Chris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouth. As a 3 piece they were opening for the Ramones at CBGB's in 1975. Later added the second guitarist as a full band member and as they got bigger added more members to their touring band.

[@victorbortolussi2964]

​@Eugene O'Donnell 2nd guitarist/keyboard player is Jerry Harrison. Before he joined Talking Heads he was in the original Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richmond.

[@wendymotogirl]

The stop making sense version of this song is pretty minimalistic at the beginning lol with just David Byrne and a boombox

[@blitztim6416]

Original line up was Byrne, Franz and Weymouth. Harrison joined before they recorded the first album. It remained four core members.

[@tombeyerlein3813]

Tina Weymouth is such a great in-the-pocket bass player. David Byrne is a very unique, and gets most of the attention, but the entire band is great.

[@lindascott6902]

Just a reminder that this song is 45 years old. It was ground-breakingly different from the 70s glam rock that prevailed, and from disco emerging at the time in the US and punk rock in the UK. This and their other hits changed the face of popular and alternative music.

[@coorslightly]

The song "Psycho Killer" was written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth of the band Talking Heads. It was first released on their debut album, "Talking Heads: 77," in 1977. The song's distinctive bassline, sung by Weymouth, and its dark, edgy lyrics have made it one of the band's most famous and enduring hits.

[@AlanCanon2222]

Tina Weymouth deserves (and receives) credit for defining the band's musical sound, and this is one of her many memorable bass lines.

[@doplinger1]

I love how they open the "Stop Making Sense" show with this song - best version IMO.

[@fd1930]

The one they should have reacted to, imo

[@vespoint]

@@fd1930 I like that they reacted to this first so that the SMS version really hits.

[@fd1930]

@@vespoint haha true!

[@vespoint]

@@fd1930 I saw this tour and will never forget him walking onto the stage and starting the show. Top 5 concerts ever.

[@fd1930]

@@vespoint you’re very lucky! I would have loved to see that tour Seen David on a solo tour, played a lot from SMS and it was an incredible night.

[@DrAcula-os1nz]

Talking Heads were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Psycho Killer, Life During Wartime, and Once in a Lifetime listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.

[@ozmaile7938]

Should watch THE WHOLE STOP MAKING SENSE Concert . Can see it in segments here on KZbin Great Great performance and Greatest concert recording ever Over 1-1/2 hours non stop Starts with David Byrne singing Phycho Killer solo... with a small boom box on a naked stage..... about midway threw is life during wartime ... (which you saw)

[@jameswarner5809]

This was their first hit, a few years before the Stop Making Sense concert movie.

[@dcanmore]

this was January 1978, on BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test live music show. Might be the earliest TV appearance by the band, or at least in the UK.

[@maineman9447]

This is off their first album, 6-7 years before the other performances you've seen. They were a brand new thing.

[@ozmaile7938]

The band was just the 4 of them The Back up singers . and more musicians were added for the Stop Making Sense tour

[@jflago]

So I used to hear that “Stop Making Sense” was the greatest live concert film ever. I was skeptical until I watched it. So unique and sooo fun! This song opens the movie in a very unique way! Check it out kids!

[@sjfvet519us]

This is the song that got me into The Talking Heads. My all-time favorite.

[@lewismaddox4132]

This is the overdub of the original studio version off of Talking Heads 77. I don't know if there's a piece of audio that accompanies this performance but their earliest stuff on video that I'm aware of is from the Old Grey Whistle Test. This doesn't look like that. It looks like a promotional vid. Who knows? I do know that for a time they played CBGB's for an astounding amount of time, building up some strong notoriety. Then they went on Saturday Night Live and split atoms. They played "Artists Only" and "Take Me to the River" and I had to find them. I eventually did at the Pismo Theater in Pismo Beach. Tina was pregnant but if you closed your eyes you really couldn't tell.

[@jefferyshute6641]

Yep! Genius band already inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Great stuff! Are you guys familiar with the live performance, "Peter Gabriel's Secret World?" Absolutely one of my favorite examples of showmanship. " Come talk to me", "Digging in the dirt", "Solsbury hill", "Secret world", "Steam", In your eyes"...sorry 'bout ramblin' - they're all really good. If you're already aware of this, I apologize for the redundancy. Keep up the good work.

[@simianinc]

This song was also in the concert you watched your previous TH performance

[@PublicAnimalNo9]

David Byrne said he got the inspiration for Psycho Killer from watching and listening to Alice Cooper. He said he imagined Alice Cooper doing a Randy Newman-type ballad. Pretty funny and a great song!

[@coreywickramasekera9968]

They used this song in BLOODSHOT with Vin Diesel

[@ozmaile7938]

I saw them Live at the Mudd Club (lower Manhattan) room held less than 100 people! just before this came out (76-77)

[@tomwoliver]

That place was a trip!

[@bryanforis1839]

They started in 1974 at cbgb And watch them live cbgb 1974

[@johnwarner6858]

Have not found any good videos by The Tubes. Saw them in concert and they put on different costumes for every song. Best known for White Punks On Dope. Scared the hell out of the front couple of rows when the lead singer jumped into the crowd with a running chainsaw. It did not have a blade.

[@davidrauh8118]

This from their very first album.

[@hansreftel4271]

They are singing about summer of SAM..

[@andyf2837]

Immense - a top track from the late 70s. Set themselves aside from the rest - fabulous

[@JDoors]

Sometimes overlooked: Talking Heads - [Nothing But] Flowers (Official Video). Post-apocalyptic, no more factories belching smoke, eating nuts and berries, how great would that be? Let Talking Heads tell you.

[@vaportrails7943]

Yeah, this was their first hit.

[@mjp3186]

You should really listen to their whole debut-album. Very different. Very good. Thanks for your reaction

[@TruckerMike_FL]

What you saw before was live in 1983. This performance was live in 1977 on the BBC show The Old Grey Whistle Test

[@doggiesarus]

Talking Heads started as a 4 person band. Many bands hire extra studio musicians for tours. They started at CBGB.

[@kjg2266]

You should have done the live version from stop making sense. In fact you should watch the entire video. But definitely watch psycho killer from stop making sense

[@mookie7688]

The Fa Fa Fa chorus is a take on Otis Redding's Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song). That might be what it reminds you of.

[@DevastatorJr]

Check out their 'Born Under Punches' Live in Rome performance, it'll blow you away, for real!

[@johncampbell756]

This is live footage from 1977, but the audio is the studio track. This is about 7 years before the Stop Making Sense movie, which you should just watch as a whole.

[@chitownlee]

These 4 are Talking Heads. The other musicians in the concert you watched were add on's for the tour. This video is from the 70's the concert was from 1983.

[@jamesmccallum209]

Great Scottish singer!!!

[@brucster99b2]

Caught the band live back in 1977, on their first U.K. tour supporting The Ramones.

[@cliffyates4493]

No No No No !!! Please listen to the version from the Stop Making Sense concert. There is no comparison. I love your reaction to their concert. You guys are fantastic !! Keep going !!

[@mr.knowitall6440]

This is the first song that David Byrne ever wrote... 😳😎

[@eljobo3258]

It's just those 4 that are The Talking Heads. This is a few years before the other live performances you've seen. This performance is a live performance, but someone has added the original studio recording audio behind it. I'm not sure why, because the "live" audio is just a good, and also adds a few extra improvisational moments.

[@MsTruthseeker999]

Ah you crazy kids lol! It wasn't a party without talking heads in the 80's

[@laurasmith2522]

I love you guys, are you sure you didnt grow up in " my generation" lol you fit in. SO GLAD to see " youngsters" Getting and enjoying all the music we got to experience ! Ty and keep having fun . . .

[@Moritzamica]

there is another funny version of this song: The Fools - Psycho Chicken (1980)

[@gailkerr3652]

I believe the song was used in the movie Julie and Julia when she is going to cook the lobster. Love their music. Nothing but Flowers is one of my all time favorite songs.

[@plawrence8083]

Talking heads came put ofcthe late 70s new York punk scene. Along with the ramones, blondie and the like. Always with their unique sound. For me this is straight punk. Sod tmusic rule nooks and conventions, make your own sound.

[@blitztim6416]

This was off their first album, Talking Heads ‘77. They started off as a three piece, then added Jerry Harrison. The other people on stage with them were touring band members only. There is a great video of them doing’The Great Curve’ live in Rome. Sound is good, video not great, but the audience is going crazy. Pretty cool. Or do ‘Take Me To The River’. A cover song but very good. Pretty big hit.

[@waynehackney5812]

I too hate people when their not polite. Damn.

[@narabdela]

Go Tina! 👍

[@andysparks1973]

top song top rack .

[@jeraldkimball494]

This was a very early Talking Heads here.

[@RobertLemp]

The chorus of this song had been used in many movies...I am SURE you have heard it before.

[@johnshannon9656]

I think this is their earliest hit.

[@pete975]

Ah, whistle test excellent

[@NoCanDu]

There’s a Jack Black video of him doing this that brought it back to the forefront for me. 😂

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

no way

[@48mastadon]

Psycho Killer has been in many feature films, most recently in the movie, Bloodshot.

[@karenpedersen9688]

There is a coverversion to this song, its called, psyco chicken 😂

[@androbater9264]

Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC 2 as stated below. I know. I watched it. 'Rockplast' my arse. The German programme was actually 'Rockpalast'. So Randy A gets to be doubly wrong. Yanks?!

[@007chinochef]

Hey guys!! Good reaction. But, you should see this song in the same live show of the other songs you reacted. "STOP making sense"

[@65cj55]

Massachusetts rock band The Fools, released a Psycho Chicken version...it was pretty funny.

[@johnshannon9656]

The ending is great.

[@waynemoon5359]

R and R Hall of Fame award.

[@davidcooks5265]

It's early 👍

[@2dashville]

I believe I read somewhere that the line, “I hate people when they’re not polite,” was from an interview with a serial killer. Anyone remember anything about that?

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

oh wow

[@mikelipke9404]

saw Michael Franti play this at the Fillmore in San Francisco

[@swedesweeper]

Psycho Chicken!

[@waynemoon5359]

BTW the drummer and bass player are married.

[@pappapata]

My teenage fav band 👌🙏U❣

[@michelelaraia7358]

The Voice of Italy Blinds. I'm not sure she passed.

[@skinnyape.]

Now "Road to nowhere" please.

[@danielkesselring9172]

Killer song.. I’m in love with Suz..❤️

[@rudymorganti7155]

Before ❤️ greetings from 🇮🇹

[@wendymotogirl]

The live version is way better, the one from stop making sense. He starts the song alone with a guitar, a company to buy a cassette he plays on stage lol

[@donalddixon6541]

I'm thirsty all of a sudden.........................................

[@arnodobler1096]

Do you know Talk Talk? 80's 👍

[@TheWolfHunterZ]

no i dont

[@arnodobler1096]

@@TheWolfHunterZ timeless Music, unique Voice, so much Hits ♥️

[@stevensprunger3422]

Some lyrics taken from an actual serial killer don’t remember his name back then

[@louisec9935]

Not sure but may be Jeffrey Dahmer.

[@josbroersma7419]

Please react to Massada- Latin Dance

[@danrudnick5252]

Get some sun this weekend, lol?

[@davemonds786]

lol....pull the lyrics......lol

[@ozmaile7938]

way way before

[@joanwills8563]

1977

[@dominicpelle7841]

Try some *BROKEN 💀PEACH* like Tainted Love or I put a Spell on You. You love it I'm sure. From AUS And of course ALL of ----STOP MAKING SENSE

[@007chinochef]

No no no. Big mistake. In Stop Making Sense, this is the first song. Is much better. Please try again!!!

[@wreckingKREW1]

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