Talking Heads - South Bank Show (1979)

[@cheeseboy777]

Thank god for people who feel the need to document things

[@blankpool]

@reality check thank you for the reality check, reality check

[@blankpool]

@reality check yeah lol

[@robhaver8704]

Hahahahaha.....yess!! Agree in full! Thank U 🙏

[@mfeltes]

And thank god for the BBC, which gives people money to document things.

[@user-honey118]

Agree!

[@ZeusHands]

David’s social awkwardness is such a part of his charm man. This band was literally made up of 4 musical geniuses.

[@marmcd2003]

autism*

[@petersokol1603]

No…it’s not…just ask his ex band mates.

[@eddiegalon3714]

He's said he has "mild" Asperger's. Explains a lot.

[@marmcd2003]

@@petersokol1603 Literally said he's on the spectrum do your research.

[@drk321]

He's on the spectrum and it is obvious. Morality, honesty a very dramatic artistic streak that not your average musician has.

[@ronniechilds2002]

Saw them at a wild-ass Halloween party in the gym of an art college in '77. They played essentially the first album. They were new to everyone--I don't think I'd ever heard of them--and the crowd LOVED them. Great experience.

[@Matheus16905]

Did you record it on Instagram?

[@dollarbillfilms7616]

@@Matheus16905 sick burn dude

[@thekidfromiowa]

So jealous.

[@brucemacmillan9581]

Same here. Except it was 78 and I saw them at a club in Toronto. I'd never heard their music before those 2 nights. I ended up with quite a few TH albums over the years.

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

Oh to go back to that night in a Time Machine 🚀

[@meirionowen5979]

Talent is the ability to hit the target that everybody can see. Genius hits the target that nobody realized existed. Talking Heads=genius.

[@waynemikeseguinhouze3238]

Meirion Owen way ahead of their time!

[@raymondsolisjr.1262]

Amen

[@lanhet]

Totally right !

[@nseight]

:-) *

[@willritter4076]

I'd be honored if some Talking Heads fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performance of THIS MUST BE THE PLACE (re-interpreted as a ballad) on my YT channel in tribute to one of the most unique & iconic bands of the late 70s/early 80s era. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and everyone stay safe.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

Not only is this a great band or general pop music history documentary, it's also a great socio-cultural snapshot of what it was like to live in America as the '70s were coming to an end and we were approaching the dawning of the '80s!

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

looks terrible

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

@@bluebellbeatnik4945:Well, I didn't say that the resulting portrait was a pretty one

[@g2macs]

David Byrne.... yet another gift to the world from little 'ol Scotland.

[@zachbos5108]

What's the other one?

[@g2macs]

@@zachbos5108 Angus Young..... :¬)

[@zachbos5108]

@@g2macs Indeed! And Malcolm, Bon Scott and lots of other things of course haha

[@valentinch0]

@@zachbos5108 Irn-Bru

[@MrT67]

​@@zachbos5108Jim Kerr, Annie Lennox.

[@SambaSunnySideUp]

one of the greatest bands of all time

[@andremansa1]

I love Tina Weymouth! Underrated bass player.

[@robertross28d]

Not underrated by anyone who knows.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Hell, I’m an underrated commenter and breakfast eater, yet I can live just fine with that.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

I don't think she breaks the top 10, but definitely in the top 50.

[@atakd]

Hmm. To paraphrase John Lennon responding to being asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, Tina is not the best bassist in TH. She couldn't play the instrument at all when she joined the band, she just happened to be Chris Franz's girlfriend. I'm a very poor bassist but I can play TH riffs because they are kept simple to accommodate Tina

[@abeare9616]

@@atakd Three's so much more to being a musician than being technically gifted. There were kids I went to school with that could play Hendrix when they were nine. But where did they end up? I find many incredible musicians really dull. Tina's bass lines are simple and clear. Some of them have motown roots. They drive the rhythm which is what the bass is supposed to do. They are part of what makes Talking Heads unique. It's also her choice of basses and amps and her fingers which are part of the Talking Heads sound. She can also sing and play the bass really well which is NOT easy.

[@mikeydread62]

Speaking in 1979 Byrne says “people getting so worked up about how their coffee is made”. Wait till he finds out what happens next

[@vooveks]

I know, right? These days we've got people getting worked up about how coffee is made!

[@GregRobsonUK]

Same as it ever was...

[@blackknight3354]

Once in a lifetime ! Talking Heads

[@ajs41]

He must have been talking about the United States, because in 1979 no-one in the UK cared at all how their coffee was made, famously so!

[@dryter]

It's easy to forget how innovative and even radical the Heads were in the late 70s and early 80s. They were like REM in wanting to diverge from the status quo and make their own sound, consciously diverging from the formula that sells albums and singles on FM radio. And in so doing built a huge fan base. Thanks for posting. A real blast from the past.

[@guywoodhouse4684]

mentioning posers like REM in the same breath as talking heads is like mentioning phish when talking about the grateful dead. just wrong.

[@wesleyAlan9179]

@@guywoodhouse4684 ..someone is musically begoated.... But that's ok, it just shows how much you really understand what's up here. Only us that are musically begoated can see that🤘

[@crapple009]

@guy woodhouse Such a subjective guy.

[@brianfergus839]

@@crapple009 hate to open myself up to the same criticism but I couldn’t agree more with the brow beaten guy. But I’m gonna blame it on myself - I probably just “don’t get” REM or Phish - I’m sure they are good bands but definitely not on my playlist

[@crapple009]

@@brianfergus839 If it makes you happy, then it's all good.

[@JohnSmith-mh7ql]

“Different people have different ideas”. I vaguely remember those days. Life was better when we respected each other enough to listen.

[@thankyouforyourcompliance7386]

What is really appreciated is that they are intelligent and witty. Not a given in that business.

[@ThinkBritishEnglish]

This is why KZbin is great, what a fabulous doc ;)

[@andrewwright9378]

I think “Thank you...we’re er...Yep, Yep.” Is almost as good as “does anyone have any questions?” as a sign off.

[@Matheus16905]

Jajjajajajajajajajajaj

[@kirkhustle7596]

lmaoo i laughed my ass off, had to rewind so many times

[@jerm7159]

What a amazing addition Jerry Harrison was, and how amazing it is to see David progress and learn he has a amazing voice.

[@garrethboland]

Wonderful footage here. Really awesome to see them at this time of their career, still going at it out of a loft in NYC. Historic in my opinion. Thank you for sharing.

[@165Dash]

Garreth Boland I believe that loft/rehearsal space was a spare wing of Tina’s older brother’s loft in Long Island City. Yann Weymouth was, at the time, an architect with I. M. Pei and had done much of the design work on the Mellon Wing of The National Gallery.

[@LioraLand1]

In chrus’ book that loft had heat, the first one near CBGB did not, In life during wartime I see david’s breath it’s so cold in that room leading me to think this maybe is the first loft(though much nicer than he describes in the book so maybe it is Yann’s Nextdoor place ?) just a guess

[@peterhenderson5714]

"The Ramones have to wear those leather jackets every time they go out." LOL Being a rocker was a tough life in those days.

[@mrJimCharles]

Wearing those leather jackets in the heat is easier when you're on heroin

[@AvgDude]

God, they were such a great band. A fantastic gift from a fantastic era that is long gone and not coming back.

[@adamcarbone8619]

Weymouth, Frantz and Byrne first played under the name The Artistics. They had an idea of “combining conceptual and performance art with popular music (their sound earned them the nickname The Autistics).” Then a friend suggested the name “Talking Heads” lifted from the TV Guide-which appealed as it had no genre defining angle. Dressed in button down shirts, sensible shoes and corduroy in amongst the ripped T-shirts, leather jackets of New York’s punk clubs, Talking Heads was a vision of the future, belonging to no genre or scene, ultimately. This became more than evident through the eight studio albums the band produced between 1977 and 1988. Fear of Music was Talking Heads’ third studio album-a powerful rich and diverse record that was rightly voted album of the year by the NME in 1979. It was also the bridge between More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978) and the gold standard of Remain in Light (1980). A necessary footnote-The South Bank Show has produced many of the greatest arts documentaries of the past five decades-all of which has been under the editorship of producer and presenter Melvyn Bragg, who has been the single most important figure in the dissemination of great artistic culture to all-long may this tradition continue.

[@sunburststratocaster]

>their sound earned them the nickname The Autistics lmfao. what is this from? i need more

[@fleondodgen]

Always nice to know some history of the groups evolution. Thanks.

[@FITZIEBLUE]

but before they hooked up with Byrne they were the Tom Tom Club, no? I saw them in the Village way back in the 70's

[@chuckdenicolo5164]

FITZIEBLUE Tina and Chris put together Tom Tom Club later.

[@duckbrew]

Thanks bot.

[@briandoig4488]

SO far ahead of their time that it is scary and almost a miracle they eventually got the appreciation they deserve!

[@raymondsolisjr.1262]

I'm just discovering the music of Talking Heads and I find this. Awesome

[@dynjarren7523]

Great documentary! Back when the Heads were together. There was something joyous about their music! One of the best groups ever! I love seeing the NY hipsters in the crowd trying to decide if they should like this band or not. Are they hip enough? Do they pass the test? Ok, They decided they were cool enough. Now I found out Byrne has Aspergers syndrome which explains a lot about his detached view of the world and some of the lyrics and even his strange stage persona at times. Now it makes total sense although at the time I was perplexed. Stop Making Sense! Exactly! Same as it ever was!

[@alanmctavish4802]

Tavy@ when i first seen there stop makeing sense concert in 1985 a year after it came out. I remember saying to myself and to my pals the next day "that is by far the best music AND concert i have ever seen and heard. No one even comes close to that concert. Its in a leauge of its own" And 35 year later it still is. Talking heads is just sheer class. Genius and then some!!! Its a pity they didnt play on going into the 1990s. I was disappionted they didnt. They had alot more to give! 'stop makeing sense' is my favourite talking heads album. 'more songs about buildings and food' is my second. And 'Little Creatures' is my third.

[@drgreen67]

Massive Talking Heads fan, from the UK and i have never seen that before. That was utterly tremendous. Great stuff - and then they released Remain in Light - WOW. Just WOW

[@astrolopes]

the lighting in these interviews is superb.

[@Elias-no9fy]

Makes it look very modern

[@brianfergus839]

@@Elias-no9fy or post-modern

[@klausrain111]

I was lucky enough to see them three times in Chicago in late 70s. I could sing along with every tune. What a great music time that was. Saw David Johansen three times, too.

[@Thompsdan]

‘Air’ is epic in this fine film.

[@markcollins1497]

Air is one great tune

[@skyreadersociety6183]

they are more influential than most people realize nowadays

[@mikeklement7223]

they will deffinitely be remembered in music history

[@FTFLCY]

Imagine this on ITV these days. Or anywhere on Brit TV. My favourite all time band at their very best moment.

[@atticusfinch8652]

640 TAG Nice to read someone else articulating my own feelings. They just stand out for me, too, as the pinnacle of the greatest movement in ‘rock’. Some called it New Wave, some Punk (late-punk surely, if you listen to the Stooges, or MC-5) but it was when the music became the absolute art-form it could be. I haven’t yet seen anyone to rank alongside TH. To be 16,17,18, as I was when their first albums emerged felt like witnessing the next Renaissance, and Byrne was easily it’s Da Vinci or Buonarroti. I’m glad to say my son is now wearing a ‘Fear of Music’ T-shirt to university, and it feels like it at least had lasting reverberations. But to be young then was very heaven...

[@sabrinasjourney]

Love hearing about their process. Such a unique sound its fascinating!

[@GodWeenSatan]

"I'm glad we don't have to dress up when we play" David Byrne dresses in a big suit

[@brianfergus839]

They were best as a four piece.

[@cpcnw]

I think that was designed for one song and one show in particular

[@karaokeyoga2868]

"I'm glad we don't have to dress up in uniforms every day."

[@cactaceous]

@@brianfergus839They were best when they created wholly in the studio and brought their creations to the stage in any form. Their best albums, not design to the performed as only a 4 piece, demonstrate that they were best in that capacity. Remain in Light and Speaking in Tongues are clearly their best and more influential albums. Not geared to be for them 4 only no matter what you want others to believe.

[@brianfergus839]

@@cactaceous “More Songs About Buildings and Food”, and “Fear of Music” are clearly their ‘best and most influential records’.

[@om2216]

This is one of the best things I have seen about my favorite band. Thanks for sharing

[@5ch3nk]

Holy cow! Western New York!! Looks like home. Wasn't expecting to see Buffalo in this Talking Heads video. I like this.

[@alistairsloan3686]

Yep. That's Lewiston, NY. in the opening. I grew up there.

[@markkavanagh7377]

How did I get here? Pure talent, David, pure bloody talent.

[@108grog]

"That's not my beautiful car." ❤

[@evanhadkins5532]

Wonderful doco, thanks for uploading it. What a great band they were.

[@RossHudsonMambo]

No problem :)

[@drssexy2142]

doco?

[@andsoitgoes2177]

Jerry Harrison is my favorite producer, he has a unique sound where it almost sounds like an album is live.

[@alexandergraham6912]

When the past was ambitiously singing about what was then a terrible present and realizing now from this once-considered- the-unknowable future that it was a Golden Age of American creative genius that has never been surpassed and will never come again.

[@serp022]

Honestly, I really have to appreciate Fear of Music. It’s the album that got me into Talking Heads, even making them my favorite band. 🖤💚🖤💚

[@richholoch8230]

Saw them at the Greek in Berkeley - one of the best rock shows ever. Loved them since their first days back east - where I grew up. All great artists / musicians. Jerry Harrison from The Modern Lovers too. All these years later and all the great times are coming back to me.

[@aidanyakymyshyn9636]

so glad this is up there aren't many interviews from the fear of music era talking heads

[@donhitchman4227]

I remember those days very well, because I first got hooked on Talking Heads in the early '80s as the opening act for the Ramones at club CBGB. I really like the way Tina gets wound up and bounces across the stage with her bass guitar! It reminds me a lot of Nancy Wilson of Heart, in that when she gets wound up, she literally bounces across the stage while playing the guitar...

[@tobeysmith6425]

Always loved this band. Watching this old documentary made me remember how much.

[@AthelstanEngland]

Fascinating insights. A band that wanted to appear like joe normal, no rockstar personas, etc. and yet produced some of the most unique one of a kind type music ever.

[@leonardodic3po607]

They wanted to appear "normal" for the irony. Their music presents so-called "normality" as anything but normal. Most of their best loved songs are satires of "normality".

[@AthelstanEngland]

@@leonardodic3po607 how could I disagree with somebody with such a cool username! :)

[@alanmctavish4802]

Tavy@ the early stuff is brillllliant. The 1978 'more songs about buildings and food' is 1 of the best albums i have ever heard, it is awe some. And iam 46 so in a way it was before my time, so yes that means they were ahead of there time! When i heard 'road to nowhere' i thought now this is class, it was so diffrent from all the 1980s music at that time so i bought the album 'little creatures' with road to nowhere on it. Then when i heard 'stop makeing sense' from 1983 i thinck i have watched it a thousand times and it keeps getting bettttter! After that i bought ALL there albums, they are in a leauge of there own no doubt. Its hard to believe a group like that never got a number 1 album or single. A remember 'road to nowhere' peaked at number 6 in the uk charts and alot of people thought it was a certain to reach number 1 even people that whernt really fans? Sadly it never made it. There was so many great tunes that year and it was really hard to get to number 1 then. A believe jenniffer rushs 'The Power of Love' kept it of number 1 becouse it peaked at number 1 for about 9 weeks a thinck, wich was unheard of then but it was a great song. If it didnt stay for at number 1 for that long a believe 'road to nowhere' would of made it. After 'Little Creatures' wich is there biggest selling album a thinck the band whernt as good after that with there next 2 albums 'True Stories' 1986. And 'Naked' in 1988 but david byrne and talking heads you were a genious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ElusvOptmst1]

One of my favorite bands. I identify with their originality. Thank you Talking Heads for making my life happier with your music and artistic expressions. BTW Jerry is never talked about much, but he is doing awesome things in the San Francisco Bay Area. FYI, Red Crow Equity...crow-funding investments. This is a great video. Thanks Ross Hudson for posting this documentary!:)

[@sabrinan4792]

Ophirex....NPR Planet Money episode 951

[@joomlaserviceprovide]

This is GOLD for Talking Heads fans!!!!

[@frankalfar]

I saw them in OKC w TomTom Club as the opener. It has always been one of the mist memorable shows I've ever seen. When TH did once in a lifetime Byrne ran around the entire zoo ampitheater dinging the tune. I wish I could see this show again being older . Btw punk was in full swing in OKC there were numerous peeps there w blue,pink etc hair w safety pins through their skin on their face. Even one guy in a full suit w a powder puff face and yellow hair. It was a event for sure.

[@marcfasten3895]

Used to hum Life During Wartime while skating to high school, especially the part about burning all my notebooks...

[@drychaf]

Saw them in '79, in Leicester's De Montford Hall. Their Talking Heads '77 & Fear of Music were hardly off my deck. Even took a few photos that weren't too shabby. Nice to re-visit Fear of Music. A classic album. Great to have a documentary of a band with something to say.

[@theaformentioned9673]

Dear Suburbia, thanks for being there for us when we need you...

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Ha ha. If we paid you, would you live there?

[@cactaceous]

⁠@@mrseal662Yeah, I disagree. Lived in the suburbs. Lived in a city. It depends in people’s personalities.

[@autarko]

Thanks for uploading this! Loved Talking Heads all my life and this gave me new insight.

[@TomBacchus]

What a great documentary! Styled exactly like the band, with unpretentious, flat beauty, and during the year I first saw them live!

[@tbwatch88]

buncha super supernerds! love them.

[@Soli_Deo_Gloria_.]

Knowledge of David's aspergers is the cement and avenue that starts making sense...

[@anodyne57]

They seem so innocent and pure. I'm surprised looking back and seeing this.

[@lslewis]

I'm new to this band. Got introduced through Annie Clark of St. Vincent. But as soon as I saw David Byrne writing left-handed, it all made sense^^

[@oldmanthompson]

Fantastic doc - thank you so much!

[@RossHudsonMambo]

Glad you liked it

[@heinechristiansen3818]

This was a most splendid watch, thx for upping

[@RossHudsonMambo]

No worries :)

[@JayBuff19]

just finished the Chris Frantz book and was thinking I need some stuff I haven't seen and boom, here it is. amazing!

[@前橋みき]

One of my all time favorite groups-very smart and cool 😎

[@danandersen813]

This ole music keeps me on top,like Blondie,Ramones,and lots of others,from a tide where tghedre in truth came a new wawe.

[@gavinreid8351]

I saw The Talking Heads , with the Ramones the year before this, in London.

[@FUSTMUSIC]

The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads

[@addisondave]

Saw them at Barbarellas in Birmingham on the same tour - astonishing double bill! Many years later I saw David solo in Fort Worth, TX - the best gig I have ever been to. Not many creative forces can last that long.

[@drssexy2142]

u mean 2 years before; 1977

[@robertgraves3215]

This was great. I love it when old stuff is unearthed.

[@gabrielgolden4336]

What a gem, really enjoyed this!

[@coreycox2345]

Thank you. I did not see this when I was a young Talking Heads fan.

[@GaryT1952]

Excellent! Perhaps the best version of Psycho Killer I've ever heard

[@davidtreichelpppj5304]

Thanks for Bringing this to KZbin

[@williammckay9229]

Saw B52's open for Talking Heads in Houston on Sept.11,1979. GREAT SHOW.

[@davidhoward4715]

Wow!

[@williammckay9229]

@@davidhoward4715 $7.00 in a nice 2000 seat music hall. B52's first album and Fear of Music was released a month earlier in August by the Talking Heads.

[@pianofight]

I did not expect all this western New York footage. 🥰

[@peterbejger3356]

Downtown Buffalo!

[@lightotw]

Thanks for posting. I'd never heard of this documentary before. Very interesting point in time for them when they still had a foot in the ooze from which they were formed. I love seeing the germ of a band, and this doc shows it. Later interviews try too hard to explain, to deal with the cognitive dissonance between past and present. When you're there, it isn't necessary.

[@nseight]

What A wonderful * documentary :-) Thank you so much Ross Hudson for taking the time to share * Sending well wishes from Scotland

[@mattgilbert7347]

Was just reading an Eno bioraphy - that loft setup was very ad hoc. Amazing what they accomplished.

[@sonatine5645]

+Matt Gilbert Eno biography, you say? Which one pray tell?

[@mattgilbert7347]

Sona Tine "On Some Faraway Beach" by, David Sheppard

[@sonatine5645]

+Matt Gilbert Thanks!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Sona Tine De nada. it's excellent. Eno was a total slut. Believe it. Anything that moved, apparently.

[@sonatine5645]

+Matt Gilbert Just ordered my copy off Amazon. I am locked and loaded for joyful sluttery.

[@tomq5180]

to hear the bandmates interviewed u can hear their thoughtfullness and intelligence..hearing david byrne u can tell the genius..hes just on a level above most ppl..me included..thx to whomever produced this and who posted..an excellent snippet of the heads in their heyday...

[@terryblake5076]

Thanks , just found this and am loving it. David Byrne is genius. He was Talking Heads. I saw The Heads when JH, CF and TW tried to 'recreate' the band . Catastrophic, I did give them credit for getting up on stage and humiliating themselves mind you. I took a younger friend to see the show, they simply did not believe the band was made of most of the Talking Heads. Just look at the post TH output of all four and tell me with a straight face who the real musical and performance artist is. Byrne's American Utopia show was equal to his RIL tour with Jones, McDonald, Belew, Worrell et al. Music and live performance redefined before your eyes. One of the great American artists of the 20th (and now seemingly the 21st) century.

[@toniigx8]

david byrne is such a beautiful human being. his mind is brilliant, and he's adorable

[@michaelwright8748]

read Franz's book

[@toniigx8]

@@michaelwright8748 no thanks

[@vlvtgoldmine]

​@@michaelwright8748 he and weymouth have lost all credibility with the shit theyve said about people (especially david) over the years

[@kaufeldscott]

😷Another band that I utilized for emotional survival, thank you.

[@doricetimko5403]

You and me both…

[@Lefthandbadass]

1979 - that was the year I saw them play live at Roskilde Festival, Denmark.

[@amandapickering6054]

Kurt Weill

[@carolineiscoolest]

david is so cute omg

[@Plinky-xw2ix]

I've only just found this. I watched the programme on the night it was broadcast when I was 16. I was already a fan of their music, Fear Of Music had just come out, but knew nothing about the people in the band. For what it's worth, these interviews influenced my own playing and song writing more than anything else.

[@spacenodule]

Great to see this again. I’ve not seen it since it was first broadcast.

[@brianfergus839]

And you watched it with your one, giant eyeball!

[@curtandoscar]

Fantastic documentary on what was such a damn great litte band, in really, their best period. Funny how painfully awkward and shy David so obviously was. I guess it maybe wouldn't be right if the author of such consistently quirky/wonderfully unique/non-traditional lyrics wasn't a right bit awkward and quirky in real life, but it's almost like someone is doing their SNL- skit idea of what he would act like, only it's not an act. 10:30: "At first I thought dressing like a normal person ... what is Mr Average wearing? That's what I'll wear. I tried that but I found the clothes difficult to keep up. A lot of average clothes require more upkeep than I'm willing to do. Like, they need ironing, and they shrink if you throw 'em into a machine, so the purity of that idea got thrown out the window."

[@glammer]

If he'd liked ironing we might have had the Big Suit.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Yes, the Big Suit, or even the Sod Suit if he’d enjoyed lawn mowing. He wore it on an old NBC Letterman show and it looked very heavy to walk in.

[@filmjazz]

He has Aspergers and he drove the rest of the band crazy. He’s my original hero and idol but also a disappointment once I learned how he treated his bandmates. There are recent interviews about it.

[@The-Janie-Jones]

@@filmjazz all of the garbage Chris and Tina has said about him isn’t true. Yeah, he probably was a pain in the ass to deal with sometimes but the two of them were downright cruel towards him. They constantly harassed him, tried having him kicked out of the band, and now for decades have been on an endless smear campaign against him because he’s on the spectrum, and he refuses to do a reunion because of how they treated him. Just read some of the ableist shit they’ve said about him. I also wanna note none of the other musicians Byrne have worked with have said he’s an asshole or anything of the sort. Meanwhile Chris and Tina plagiarized the guitar work for their biggest Tom Tom Club song from Adrian Belew.

[@known_unknown284]

Love the stage lights they used for a few years. That bright white light. Gave such an other worldly, transcendentally clinical vibe. Resonated really well with their sound.

[@TheCenist]

Thanks a lot for this treasure!

[@AcuLifeClinic]

Oh man what a find. Never knew this existed. Been a massive heads fan for decades.

[@bluebellbeatnik4945]

this is my favourite show with one of my favourite bands.

[@chrisbowen9043]

This is an awesome video glance into their musical lives, with sound-work overlapping reality!

[@lemongold709]

Listening to the big country i feel nostalgic, depressing but nostalgic in a good way

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

This is a time capsule thank you ! 💜

[@bartcolen]

What an odd band. They're great.

[@ianpollard9771]

This band just gets better and better in retrospect. Respect.

[@mrJimCharles]

Sometimes odd is.....great!!!

[@rogeeeferrari]

I just wanted this video to keep going for another hour or so...

[@patrickkerrigan4837]

thanks DB and TK for making me see, listen and understand "How Music Works"

[@adamjacobrogers9155]

Have a copy of that book. It is a brilliant assessment of the evolution of music in terms of how it has been created since roughly the Enlightenment period. The idea is that the music has always been made to fit the venue being presented in. Which makes total f'ucking sense If you think about it..

[@165Dash]

It’s pretty hilarious to compare David Byrne speaking back then with him speaking today such as the RRHoF induction speech for Radiohead. Not only has he become more handsome over time, he could probably deliver all the speeches necessary to get elected mayor of NY and come off as being completely “normal”.

[@talkinglegs9606]

Why would he pretend to have a condition? Why would anyone do that? He is very obviously autistic and guess what? He still is! Saying that he put it on is just ableist and that's not cool

[@cultureclashmusicvideo4545]

Noble Failures It might not be saying much, but Byrne, like most people of his and my generation, were ‘conflicted by parentage’. While not actually fighting World Wars, we were the first generation that were just fortunate enough not to have to. Most of us were anti war and still are, but we still carry those conflicts inside ourselves. No one is innocent by the time they become adults.

[@bhdctn]

@Noble Failures you're a big phoney. Him making up a story about his draft card being burned by a activist priest in 68 is of no interest to anyone. The Talking Heads being one of the most creative rock bands of all time. Now that's something I can sink my teeth into. The combination of these amazing people caused some very creative music to be created. Plus he is autistic. That is just common knowledge.

[@etanaedelman9011]

@Noble Failures I highly doubt he would have known enough about autism in 1979 to convincingly fake it.

[@dynjarren8355]

I like how the NY Hipsters were looking at them and trying to decide if they were cool or hip enough to follow. Once they decided they were cool, success was assured. Because the Heads had so many quirky, catchy pop songs. And Psycho Killer was the anchor. That first big hit song that every new band needs to make it big.

[@leeclayton1201]

Great to see this footage again. I can remember db singing my big hands through a loudspeaker on this documentary. Wish I could get hold of whole doc again.

[@JS-pd7lg]

You're saying this is not complete?

[@leeclayton1201]

Jim Scott I think the south bank show was an hour long.

[@donhitchman4227]

Life during wartime is one of my favorite songs of theirs, along with stay up late, burning down the house and take me to the river

[@obhobo]

Kudos to whoever took and compiled the footage of Lewiston, NY. A place where I grew up. Great shots. Captured it well; along with wny in general.

[@mattier3030]

One of my favorite bands ever! Thanks for posting this is great!

[@Jbmol]

Talking Heads was my favorite band. In the mid of the nineties, when i realize they never would come back, i had a anger crisis and sold all my albuns, EXCEPT Fear of Music. For me, the band´s best album. Now, after all these years, watching this video some nostalgia take on me. Maybe i buy that albuns back again.

[@DougMold]

I love when a band uses the same brand of stringed instruments, like here where theyre all using Fender