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They did Al Green proud with this one!

Every single song in this movie is a banger. Just incredible.

One of the great things I love about watching this concert is the absolute cohesiveness of that entire group. Nobody is trying out-perform the others. They all are working towards the same goal. It don’t get no better than that.

Ohhh yeaa. Stop Making Sense might be one the best live shows ever recorded.

... and yes, that *is* the Bernie Worrell who was a founding member of Parliemant-Funkadelic :-) - Ain't no wonder they got the funk all up in there!

An explosion of creativity! They are probably the most original group to come out of the CBGB punk scene. I saw them in 1980 and it was just as good as the clip shows. I went to an exhibit of David Byrne's photography and artwork in Massachusetts in the 90s, and he is so talented on so many levels. Love that Tina!

Daryl’s house needs a little of that Talking Heads funk. Hope he’s watching this.

I remember reading an interview with Al Green and he seemed amused by the cover and said he might cover some Talking Heads material as well. Don’t think he ever did that, but I wish he had. 😎

I once took the time to listen to the entire Talking Heads discography and I was not disappointed.

The director who filmed this concert tour was JONATHAN DEMME... he also earned the Academy Award for directing the film SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

As a youngin' I was able to see them on this tour. I was a wallflower until that night, I couldn't help but dance. Thanks for bringing that night back, and putting a smile on my face.

This is amazing example of David Byrne doing what he does best. Always the showman and entertainer. He believes that vocals are their own instrument in themselves, and he shows how it can be distinct and impactful component of the music.

Love the Talking Heads reactions, I hope "Road To Nowhere" is coming!

Was at THIS CONCERT at The Pantages. Been to hundreds and hundreds of concerts...still the BEST I've ever seen. The band, the show, the audience....ELECTRIC.

You should listen to “Movin In Stereo” by the Cars. Great song to be heard over headphones. The Cars were considered new wave and power pop. One could almost say punk in a way. Have more of a proto-punk and bubblegum pop sound. They are their own style. Great band.

This live recording is much closer to Rev. Green's original than the Talking Heads studio version (which is best described as "quirky"). The real star on that stage was Bernie Worrell, who'd been keyboardist for Parliament / Funkadelic. His use of the MiniMoog for the bass line in "Flash Light" changed Funk forever.

I've never commented on this channel, but I have to say it's so great to see someone as positive and upbeat as Jamel find something that brings even more joy to him!!! Just had to say it!

Trying to image an old school country revival baptism and somebody pops this on the speakers. 😯😄

This was the first Talking Heads song I ever heard. 1979, I was a senior in high school. It came over the car radio, and I had to pull over to the side of the road so I could listen to it more closely. I think that may be the only time that ever happened to me.

Needless to say a Talking Heads concert was a stand up and dance through the whole concert party!

Damn whoever created " Billy big mouth bass", all I can picture is a mounted fish looking at me and singing "take me to the ri-ver.."

Consider Warren Zevon’s, Werewolves of London, for a Halloween reaction.

This concert is fun to watch, but for this song I prefer Talking Heads studio version. It feels like blasphemy to say, but I think I prefer it to Al’s version. *prepares to duck*

The studio version is less funky and more groovy. Just mello and pleasant.

David Byrne styled the performance after a Pentecostal revival meeting.

There is an interview with David Byrne and Spike Lee in this week’s Esquire magazine (they are collaborating on a film version of Byrne’s Broadway show), and Byrne talks about connecting to the audience. He originally trained as a visual artist, but was frustrated that his installations weren’t connecting with anybody. He formed Talking Heads just as a sideline because he was inspired by living around the corner from legendary punk club CBGB, and found for the first time that his band was actually connecting with people in a meaningful way. From that point he realized that music was to be his medium as an artist.

You should check out the Tom Tom Club it’s Tina and Chris’s band. Love the song “Genius in Love”

And they didn’t turn it on and turn it up because they were being filmed - the performance I saw in Columbia, Maryland was every bit as energetic and amazing as this one.

Annie Lennox and Foghat both have rocking versions, but the original by Al Green still the best!

Never been into funk, but David Byrne and Talking heads are special. I used to love their music, and i still do. Appreciated🔥🔥

I want to thank you for presenting the "introduce the band" segment without interruption. Very easy for folks watching live performances to roll their eyes and skip past stuff like that.

As a teen in the 80's I thought the singer was so weird but absolutely LOVED his energy, watching him enjoy himself with his music was so wonderful.

Love this! This is the first song I ever heard them do, and fell in love with them. Never heard this live version before. Energizing.👍

David Byrne's American Utopia is another great concert. Spike Lee is turning it into a concert movie like Stop Making Sense.

When the world is going to hell in a hand basket ... Leave it to you, Sir Jamel, to find the proper escape ... Peace! ...

I have a plastic fish attached to a plastic board and when I put batteries in it, it plays this song. At the "Take me to the river part", the fish curls to look straight at you and it's mouth moves. "Push me in the water.." :D I have no idea how old this thing is but it still works.

Can't get enough Talking Heads. The best and quirkyness of their songs is infectious 💃🕺. This is one of my faves by them 💗. Keep up the good work bro 🤗

Give the studio version a listen, it’s slower and more soulful. The live version is great too, more upbeat and fun, but the studio one is a way different vibe you need to experience.

The Tom Tom Club was Tina's side project that sang a couple of songs in this movie too. They are also some of the most heavily sampled songs in history.

You are really giving me life, Jamel. Thank you for this. Can;t even tell you how this is lifting my spirits in these hard times.

You have to take a look at "This Must be the place" by Talking Heads

I think your wife would like This Must Be The Place. It's got a reggae style.

Just work your way through this DVD. It's the best representation of the Talking Heads you'll ever see. I took a road trip my freshman year of college, in the early 80s, to Miami University in Ohio to see this concert. It was amazing - probably the best live music experience I've ever had.

What'cha gonna say; what'cha gonna do? Just pure energy. The 80's, my favorite decade of music. A little of this, a little of that. I love the 80's.

For anyone who has HBO, David Byrne’s Broadway stage show Utopia is premiering on Sat Oct 17. Can’t wait!

Al Green was Reverend Al Green; he was a minister, had a parish and began to focus on gospel music. That's how spiritual Mr. Green became after in the Memphis, Tennessee, home of singer Al Green in the early morning hours of October 18, 1974, when an ex-girlfriend burst in on him in the bath and poured a pot of scalding-hot grits on his back before retreating to a bedroom and shooting herself dead with Green's own gun. Not everyone, however, would have processed the meaning of the incident quite the way that Green did. Believing that he had strayed from the righteous musical and spiritual course intended for him, Al Green had become a born-again Christian one year earlier. But after the attack by Mary Woodson on this day in 1974, he began a process that would eventually lead him to renounce pop superstardom and all that it stood for. His version of this song is divine.

Talking Heads, one of the greatest bands of all time. If you are not familiar with them I would highly recommend listening to their catalog in chronological order. That way you can see how much they progressed as a band and how they quit on top. A truly remarkable band. Also, thank you for acknowledging David Byrne’s awesome creativity. One of the most underrated artists of my generation.

You never knew what Talking Heads were going to come up with, but their music and their videos were always interesting and very creative, plus that ultra funky bass! Oh yeah! Not everyone's taste, but if you were open to something a little different, their music was a whole lot of fun!

This is just so damn funky! That crazy suit David is wearing is a kinda Weird Al thing! He's really pretty thin.

Half of the synth solos from this show were actually played by Jerry Harrison. Most ppl think Bernie Worrell did them all.

This is the first time that I've heard this version of this song. My experience of this song is from the studio version of this song. Many thanks for reviewing this song for a reaction version.

I was lucky enough to see them touring with the Big Suit. They played the Paramount on Staten Island when I was working as a bar boy.

Not the version I was expecting, Jamel. Too upbeat. Go get one of your CD's and listen to the studio cut. That's the most excellent version

my favorite song by them is called "This Must Be The Place (Naive Medody)"...you need to check it out.

Okay so it’s Saturday morning, I made a little playlist and threw it up on the tv and mopped my house dancing to this with you and Brother David Byrne. Thank you for finally doing Talking Heads and for the dance! Have a great weekend ✌️

The Talking Heads formed in New Yorker University art school. They were the tail end of the New York punk scene before it became New Wave. David Brynes was totally a square and just embraces it and heightened it. Hence the horn rimmed glasses, over sized suits, stereotypical dorky dance moves. He was just like "you think I'm a square? Well fine I'll be a square and make some of the best music ever. Fuck you". I respect the hell out of that.

This is making me think that They Might Be Giants would probably be a good avenue to go down for reactions. But yeah, Stop Making Sense is probably the best concert film ever made.

Tina and Chris are married and live here in Ct. Check out there side band Tom Tom Club’s Genius of Love! ❤️❤️

So happy you discovered TH, my dad listened to them when I was growing up and always makes me happy to hear them anywhere else!

We were so lucky to see them in a club in Lubbock Texas in 1979. It was right up there with Queen as the best performances I ever got to see.

Used to have a fish on my wall, that would sing this song when you walked by ☮️

You might love The Great Curve - the live in Rome version is just amazing

I can watch and listen to ANY song from Stop Making Sense at ANY time and it gives me the ultimate joy, I adore this concert film and Talking Heads are just great.

Hearing David Byrne's Talking Heads in high school changed the trajectory of my musical taste. Literally they changed what I listened to from then on.

This is one of the greatest concert films ever made. If you want more soul, funk, creativity try Peter Gabriel's Secret World. It's an experience for the heart, head, and soul.

You need to check out some early Robert Palmer-SAILIN SHOES/HEY JULIA/SNEAKING SALLY THROUGH THE ALLEY. Members of the Meters and Little Feet are in the backing band.

A fantastic cover by a great band of a fabulous song. Like so many of your fans, I find myself drawing a lot of positivity on many levels (often unexpected levels) with each of your videos. Thank you for what you do. Thank you for sharing a bit of your personal life with us and for being so open minded. Mel, you Rock my man! PEACE!

For those who don't know Tom Tom Club is an offspring of the talking Heads with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, both from Talking Heads

So funny he's got shoulders like yours in that jacket till he takes it off 😂

This song always makes me think of the movie The Commitments, no matter who I hear do it.

I discovered talking heads in 1996. Just outta high school. The CD was only $6 at a used record store. The album cover pulled me in. I put it in the CD player in my car and it stayed there for a week or so. I just listened to it over and over and over again. My four kids have watched “stop making sense” several times with me. They all love the band and Byrnes solo stuff. My wife consistently states he is the best performing artist she’s ever seen. ( she wasn’t familiar with them/him until we got together ). The day Byrne leaves this plane of existence with be a soul crushing day for myself and millions of others. He’s a performance genius. So damn creative. Glad you’ve discovered them and are down the rabbit hole. Keep up the great work brother.

I LOVE how much you appreciate The Talking Heads, their talent and energy. I saw this show and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

This song was my entry into the Talking Heads rabbit hole! Hooked ever since!

Nope, nope. The original 1980 version, slow, soulful with a great bass line, is the one everyone remembers. This one is like some kind of Las Vegas Casino Lounge act.

Pretty sure they re-arranged this from their studio version, and changed to a major key from a minor, (studio), to accommodate the fantastic backing vocals, and bring their harmonies out front. Great version.

I love how you don't constantly pause the video. Talking Heads is awesome you're gonna really enjoy the Stop Making Sense dvd. Great video!

The original studio version by the Talking Heads was so much better.

How about Joy Division Jamal? you will be amazed by the brilliance on such young musicians...

I just love watching how much joy you get from listening (and watching) this music! God bless you!

One of my all time favorite bands! So glad you enjoyed it!

Apparently, Forrest Gump took several of his wardrobe ideas from David Byrne in this video 😂

The album version of this cover has a completely different arrangement & vibe, and it's definitely worth a listen as well.

Been telling myself over the years I was not much of a fan of Talking Heads but watching these reactions and singing every word... has me rethinking that! 🤣🤣🎸🤘

Swamp is a great Talking Heads song that many folks know but most forget about. The album version and the Stop Making Sense version are both great.

Watch it Jamel. Oh and check out the studio version of this. This is an uptempo fun, funky version. I prefer the studio.

Hey Jamel, "Take me to the river" was by far my favorite song from the "Talking Heads" back in the day. I grew up only two miles from the Clackamas River in Oregon and always loved this song. First time ever viewing this song live. Awesome. Thanks for uploading.

The amount of energy start to finish in this show... Mind blowing!

For this tune I like the studio version better,it's slower and Tina's bass really drives the song.

The studio version is much slower and “the song you have sex to” according to my father

Nice!!! I've always been a big Talking Heads fan. You might want to check out the 2014 Kennedy Center Honors, presented by President Obama. Al Green is one of the Honorees. A version of this song is done, in front of Al, by Mavis Staples and Sam Moore, of Sam and Dave fame. All I can say is get ready for some good gospel vibes. Great channel Jamel!!! You're an inspiration to what's good about humanity.

Thank you, you finally listen to it, I had a mechanical bass that would sing this song every time someone would walk by it, they became really popular and started selling them everywhere!

This totally different from talking heads studio version. I'd give that a listen too

The whole movie is exuberant and infectious-- including this song. But also listen to the studio version. It has a sly and funky vibe and seductive rhythm.

What a great performance and a fabulous way to start my morning!

I was fortunate enough to see this concert live. I remember getting to my seat and there was nothing on the stage. Not amp, mic stand nothing. I said to my self what is going on. Then David came out with a guitar and a boombox and started playing psycho killer. As the roadies start build the rest of the stage and the rest of the group came out as they were setup. Still in the top five best concerts I have seen.

I'm so used to hearing the Commitments sing this.

Yeah broooo, it's the best!!! You are the bestt!!!!

Fun fact two members of the Talking Heads are husband and wife. The drummer and the bassist. They later leave the band and formed the group "Tom-Tom Club". They had the monster hit genius of love.

When this concert originally aired in movie theaters, people were dancing in the aisles.