One of the two greatest concerts I ever saw was the August 1983 performance of Talking Heads at the Saratoga Performance Arts Center, which someone put online; actually, here’s another recording. It starts with David Byrne by himself on guitar and percussion. He’s joined by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, who were married in 1977, on drums and bass, respectively, for a song or two, before Jerry Harrison joins on guitar. That was the core band, but then the additional players are added in; the process was so organic.
This is the same tour from which the classic Jonathan Demme film Stop Making Sense was taken, but this is the complete concert, not just a truncated show.
The album Speaking in Tongues had come out only a couple of months earlier, featuring their only American Top 10 hit, Burning Down the House. LISTEN to the whole album. I always associated that album, along with a few others of that period, as forerunners of the compact disc, for the versions of several songs on the CD, which I got a number of years later, were longer than the versions on the LP, which I had purchased soon after it came out.
The new wave band Tom Tom Club was founded in 1981 by Frantz and Weymouth as a side project. Their big hit Genius of Love [LISTEN], which is in the Talking Heads concert, has been sampled by several artists , including Mariah Carey on her hit single Fantasy.
LISTEN to Psycho Killer from Talking Heads ’77, and the parody Psycho Chicken by The Fools.
I’ve just heard Genius Love. It is a happy tune and I like the video too.
Have a happy week!
Wil, ABCW Team.
They have a very distinctive style, don’t they? I kinda like ’em….
Leslie
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Well, I have to say I enjoyed the video, although I didn’t expect to when it first started!!!! Thank you for expanding my musical experience each and every week, Roger.
Yes, I am work, listening to the Talking Heads, a greatest hits CD.
sorry, they are not on my favorite list! but they do fit well in with T.
Not my choice of music, but a great T:)
I actually guessed that you might do talking heads this week.
Thanks for giving me a new…to me….group to listen to.
As I have said many times before, I guess I have been living under a rock.
A great band! I envy you for having attended that concert in 1983!
I used to love their music. Thanks for reminding me of them. Blessings!
That must have been a great concert! I am digging David Byrne’s latest collaborations with various artists.
I haven`t heard of them, but now I`m curious 🙂
Now you’re talking!!! Great band, and as always great links.
Have a great week.
I agree with Leslie, they certainly do have a distinctive style. Burning Down the House is about the only song of theirs I ever really liked.
At a certain time all music sounded the same, so I don’t know who was singing what ! lol !
I have a singles collection of Talking Heads, but I don’t have any of the albums. I love that collection, though.
Great Tom Tom Club video, see it was done by Morton and Jankel creators of the wonderful Max Headroom, nice 80s vibe going on here this week.
Hi Roger, thanks for your visit to my blog. Again I’m amazed at your knowledge of all these music groups!
Not my cup of TEA I’m afraid Roger, I do remember Burning down the house.
I am amazed at your vast knowledge of music THOUGH!
THANKYOU for sharing it,
Best wishes Di..xx