How Did I Get Here? Talking Heads Vocal ANALYSIS of "Once In A Lifetime"

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20 күн бұрын

I'll admit, the first time I heard Talking Heads, I just didn't get it. "Life During Wartime" was so quirky, fun and uplifting with an absolutely devastating and crippling theme that I was lost for most of the analysis. But I got it, and I'm starting to understand the genius that is David Byrne!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Talking Heads perform "Once In A Lifetime" for the first time.
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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@AllHailDiskordia 18 күн бұрын

The concert movie "Stop Making Sense" is one of the best things ever made

@SubroutineLtd 18 күн бұрын

I watched it obsessively first time around and I still think this is true. As a piece of complete music film it is right up there with the greats. Effectively the entire music set is built in real time starting with Byrne coming on with an acoustic guitar and a cassette machine. It is a collection of footage from the tour and I think the only bit that was dubbed was at the very end when David Byrne says to the crowd... 'does anyone have any questions?' The extras on the original DVD (not seen the recent remaster) are very odd but funny.

@thembill8246 18 күн бұрын

Absolutely. And this clip is a perfect example of why. The first 85% of the song is a single shot. Nobody would ever do that in a concert film today

@JakePicci 18 күн бұрын

I can't even listen to the studio version of Burning Down The House. I have to listen to the live version from Stop Making Sense.

@jasonwolfkill2527 18 күн бұрын

"Stop Making Sense" is THE best concert film ever made. I will fight and die on this hill.

@blindleader42 18 күн бұрын

Top candidate for best concert film of all time.

@metalmark1214 19 күн бұрын

Elizabeth, the opera singer asking "How did I get here?" She's doing another vocal analysis. Same as it ever was, same as it ever was.

@KenRoerden 19 күн бұрын

Stop making sense Mark. Say something once, why say it again.

@bobbybobbatunday9959 18 күн бұрын

She got here by taking it to the river.

@daisypooch4034 18 күн бұрын

Hey, atleast she's not Burning down the house.😂

@mr.puckerie4800 18 күн бұрын

And She Was.... On the Road to Nowhere

@majorgruber5925 18 күн бұрын

She's living on nuts and berries.

@methodmask 18 күн бұрын

The song is an existential crisis. The singer suddenly finds himself in the middle of a life, with a house, a wife, a car, etc. But he has no idea how he ended up where he is. The days have just gone by, same as they ever were, and suddenly he's here. And he wonders what else there could be, where else he could go. (Where does that highway lead to?) It's a realization that you only have one lifetime, and if you don't pay attention, every day will be the same as it ever was and it'll be over and you won't know what happened.

@joycemacdonald2394 18 күн бұрын

Agreed @methodmask - my #1 song of all time for the message (and the music, but message first), it's my cell phone ring tone for frequent reminders

@SKOOKM 18 күн бұрын

Agree to disagree. It's mainly about finding new places to find water, such as underground or at the bottom of the ocean.

@johntaylor9988 18 күн бұрын

Exactly. A mid life crisis. Wake up one day to find yourself in a mundane life having let day after day go by without seizing them, doing what is expected of you, never engaging in anything, sleeping through life. Every day same as it ever was, same as the one before. Letting time drift by like water into the past. Then you wake to your existential crisis; MY GOD HOW DID I GET HERE?

@jeffmiller9778 18 күн бұрын

I often think this is something that men feel more strongly than women (I could be wrong). Just like Roger Hodgson sings in 'Take the Long Way Home' - "When you look through the years and see what you could have been" or when Thoreau writes "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation". Or the trope of the high school jock who wakes up 20 years later and wonders where it all went. Also, Elizabeth has missed the point of "My God what have I done!'. It's not the elation of making the top 10 in something it's the despair of not reaching whatever goals you had set for life

@johntaylor9988 17 күн бұрын

@@jeffmiller9778 agreed. Perhaps Elizabeth has not felt that as she seems to reach for the stars and get there. Those of us who only made the moon realize we had potential we let slip away like water until it is too late and realize what we wasted; the most precious things time and youth. I know it myself. Outwardly it doesn’t look it I am a doctor and live my ideals in treating others with respect. Inwardly I compromised out of anxiety and could have been so much more. I’m 60 and for years have been wrestling inside with the My god what have I done demon.

@eauhomme 16 күн бұрын

The original concept for this song was reportedly inspired by a middle-of-the-night sermon heard on a radio. The exaggerated speaking was mimicking the preacher, who kept on saying "You may find yourself..." and "you may ask yourself..."

@dkhnova 11 күн бұрын

You can hear something like that in "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts"

@mysterysurf4554 18 күн бұрын

You may be looking at the original album credits regarding the supporting vocals. But for this, the band includes Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt on backup vocals.

@grizfan93 18 күн бұрын

and they were magnificent.

@Biomirth 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for updating this. They were mixed in quite heavy in this version and it's wonderful because the main line and the harmonies are fairly interchangeable in terms of the overall impact of the song.

@danielrubinow9674 17 күн бұрын

Well, Lynn Mabry was one of the Brides of Funkenstein, so yeah.

@danrudnick5252 18 күн бұрын

This performance, Stop Making Sense, deserves to be watched in full. It flows in a way that doesn't hit you when you watch it broken up.

@bipolarbear7325 18 күн бұрын

Amen!

@ichirofakename 18 күн бұрын

A remastered version is coming out soon in theatres, I believe. It will be a must-see.

17 күн бұрын

Agree, but this is an analysis with comments. You have to interrupt to explain. You can watch the original video if you prefer a not interrupted version.

@cornbredx 17 күн бұрын

@@ichirofakename I feel like that released before already (A24 produced it). It's on HBO Max. But maybe they're releasing it again due to demand. It is... very good. Even today.

@ichirofakename 17 күн бұрын

@@cornbredx I bet you're right.

@ericdeaver3051 18 күн бұрын

The “my god what have I done?!” line is not spoken in victory but horror…

@themessenger2948 9 күн бұрын

It's spoken in confusion.

@scionofdorn9101 5 күн бұрын

@@themessenger2948You’re both right. It’s a sort of midlife crisis in song form. And being an old fart, I completely relate. Life seems like it happens when you’re not looking. You blink and suddenly it’s decades later, and you’re not sure how it got past you so fast. You don’t know where it’s going next, you can barely process where it’s already been, but you know it happens all too fast, and your time is suddenly so much shorter than you expected. And more often than not, it hasn’t gone where you hoped it would.

@paulschirf9259 18 күн бұрын

After "Stop Making Sense" was released on video I'd regularly throw it into the VCR at a video store that I worked at. People would walk into the store and stand in front of the screen and stare at it for at least 20 minutes, memorized by the performance. Later, my friends and I would use elements from the show when talking about each other. "Andy will be late, again" while making the chopping motion down their forearm. "Bill has another girlfriend..." - and everyone makes the chopping motion down their forearm.

@ajmell7 19 күн бұрын

My pick for the most profound pop song ever, capturing that moment when you look back at your life and the bizarre and unpredictable chain of events that got you to wherever you are. "Well.... How did I get here?" Who knows?

@Deguello23 18 күн бұрын

"Look where my hand was!"

@radbarij 18 күн бұрын

Contingency is a helluvathing. Now consider your line of ancestors.

@thembill8246 18 күн бұрын

@@ajmell7 considering the basically random nature with which he wrote the lyrics, just imitating a random Faith preacher he heard on the radio, and then mumbling a chorus until it generally formed phrases... Profound isn't the word that I would use.

@jddelvec1870 18 күн бұрын

Also in the Movie… for this song they just stayed on him the whole time until the end…great choice.

@christianwilliamson9752 18 күн бұрын

Wise indeed

@vaportrails7943 18 күн бұрын

This is one where the studio version is the thing you really need to listen to. A very brilliant and influential production by Brian Eno. They did their best to reproduce it here, but it’s not quite the same. Byrne sings all the harmonies on the record. The music video is also very famous, and would give you an even bigger dose of Byrne’s performance style. 🙂

@nicholaschupka4150 18 күн бұрын

100% This live album contains my favorite versions of all the tracks EXCEPT this one. What they captured in the studio for this song was simply magic. Beautiful.

@manonthemoog 17 күн бұрын

If anyone can remember way back when MTV used to play music videos, this song was in HEAVY rotation. I prefer the studio version, too. The into is an organ played thru a digital delay - I figured out how to play it once. The live version is a synthesizer playing triplets using an arpeggiator. Its a hard song to pull off. Something about it is simply lost when played live. One thing I love about the live version is the really powerful visual of the side lighting throughout and especially the shot of the two singers leaning backward, gradually moving forward just in time to sing.

@Diamond_Skies 15 күн бұрын

THIS! She's not getting the experience of how the song was presented to the world originally. And in this version, the backing singers really dominate, which kind of bugs me. It is distracting.

@billebrooks 14 күн бұрын

@@Diamond_Skies This is my favorite performance of the song. However, I did see this version first, before I saw the original video. Byrne's body movements are so much more extreme than in the official video.

@marialupinacci5283 12 күн бұрын

I'm fairly certain you can hear Brian Eno's voice singing in the background on the original version of the song.

@skyhawk_4526 18 күн бұрын

I'm convinced David Byrne is a genius. His performances are truly mesmerizing. His on-stage performances are like a cross between a southern Baptist minister giving a fiery sermon and an astrophysicist giving a PhD dissertation. The song lyrics are too. It crosses all boundaries and yet reaches all with both its profoundness and uniqueness.

@pubearoo 18 күн бұрын

Elizabeth should do a live show where she watches this movie. Start to finish with a live breakdown

@JamesHawleyOtt 15 күн бұрын

I support this. I love every minute of this concert-film.

@feanrassilmaril579 19 күн бұрын

You MUST SEE entire show! Its a whole.

@josephebaronzzi3197 18 күн бұрын

The whole concert was filmed as a movie and truly is a work of art

@blindleader42 18 күн бұрын

@@josephebaronzzi3197 Well, four concerts and a day or three in the empty theater. A great concert film isn't just a matter of filming a concert.

@oceanblue2doorjl961 18 күн бұрын

I saw this film as a 15 year old in 1984. My older brother, who was a huge Talking Heads fan took me and it changed my thoughts on music forever. I just watched it for the first time since then a week ago, when I came across it accidentally on MAX. It is still one the best 'concert films' ever made. As much as I would love Elizabeth to break down all the songs individually, I must encourage her to set aside two hours and watch it in context from start to finish. It is simultaneously a visual and musical masterpiece. And I would hate for her to miss out on the experience to give us bits of it for content. It's to important a moment in music to be missed.

@grahamokeefe9406 18 күн бұрын

There's a character arc that runs through the whole concert, too. He starts of as the "Psycho Killer" guy, very nervous and freaked out, and by the end of the show, he's singing Al Green gospel music. But he also steps into different characters for different songs, but there's sort of a base character that runs through the whole thing. "Performance art" was a big thing in the 80s, and Byrne was into it, for sure. You should definitely watch the whole Stop Making Sense movie. It works really well both as a concert and as a film.

@moirasoma2863 18 күн бұрын

Amen!

@bipolarbear7325 18 күн бұрын

I just realized Elizabeth hasn't seen the big suit yet! 😮 She's got a lot of smiles coming. 😁

@tomswift3482 18 күн бұрын

You need to watch the entire movie of this concert - it truly is like pictures at an exhibition, each song a piece of art, from beginning to end, resulting in a complete mural. A process from start to finish - chaotic order.

@pillmuncher67 18 күн бұрын

The moves were co-choreographed by legendary choreographer Toni Basil. Yes, the one who also sang "Hey Mickey". She's 80 years old and still dances every day. Look her up!

@brianmiller1077 18 күн бұрын

She was in "Head", the Monkees' movie

@clintatk 18 күн бұрын

Go Toni! ❤

@Megalojohn33 18 күн бұрын

She also choreographed and danced in David Bowie's Glass Spider Tour.

@Johnny_Socko 18 күн бұрын

I question some of Jonathan Demme's directorial decisions, such as holding on a close-up of Byrne for this entire song, thus missing the movement of all of the other performers. That is an all-too-common pitfall among live show directors. (Demme still delivered some great images for most of the movie though.)

@CoastPropertyBuyers 18 күн бұрын

Fascinating 😮

@blakerbnsn 19 күн бұрын

And you may ask yourself, MY GOD! WHAT HAVE I DONE!

@anthonymarcello1265 18 күн бұрын

All. The damn. Time.

@singaporesammy 18 күн бұрын

Speaking of Oppenheimer.

@Shamanator 18 күн бұрын

There are *many* ways to think of what that lyric means.

@StevenTyree-sl2nx 18 күн бұрын

@@singaporesammy Best comment ever!

@robindix7501 17 күн бұрын

😂 yeah, it's like crossing the Rubicon River by Caesar. Once in a lifetime...then you realise 😮🎉😱😣🤯my God, what have I done...

@SpiderMcGee 17 күн бұрын

Not just because it's my favorite song in the whole world, but "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" is well worth a listen. It was never a hit, but it's been covered countless times by so many different artists.

@8642ls Күн бұрын

It really is one of the most beautiful songs ever!

@1monki 18 күн бұрын

These movements were planned performance art. He filmed himself working out different moves while putting these performances together. This is a complete art piece.

@mxspokes 16 күн бұрын

The members of the band Talking Heads were students at Rhode Island School of Design so they're very visually oriented as well.

@TrashWerewolf 18 күн бұрын

David Byrne actually graduated with a degree in Arts and I believe that's how he approaches his music. He approaches songs as individual art exhibits rather than music and the result is what you see on display in the entire "Stop Making Sense" concert film.

@stevenboettcher4796 18 күн бұрын

I don't think Byrne graduated. In Frantz memoir he seemed to suggest that Byrne dropped out.

@lilirishgrl 18 күн бұрын

Very interesting thanks for sharing that tidbit

@KaninTuzi 18 күн бұрын

Jim Morrison had a similar approach

@grahamnunn8998 18 күн бұрын

Still an incredible intellectual which guess made it hard to work with him but fascinating for us! I must get around to reading "How Music Works".

@lynnboling7990 18 күн бұрын

Very cool 3 of the members went to Rhode Island school of design.( art college)

@user-scott-pearce 19 күн бұрын

Letting the days go by, I find myself with a once and a lifetime chance of listening to Elizabeth analyze The Talking Heads.

@timbuktuesday 18 күн бұрын

I highly recommend watching this entire concert. It’s on hbo max. Every time I’ve watched it, I wanted to get up and dance. “Its like 60 minutes on acid”- David Byrne

@imaybesometime 18 күн бұрын

I'm fascinated by his control of his hands and shadowthrowing, particularly on the face - he knows exactly how it will look from the camera angle and he adjusts for it, and plays with it.

@thembill8246 18 күн бұрын

David Byrne is a perfect example of how being neurospicy can be a superpower.

@larryross9492 18 күн бұрын

"Neurospicy" Wonderful word.

@MarcelNL 18 күн бұрын

This performance reminds me of the movie Falling Down.

@uzazil 18 күн бұрын

Elon Musk as well

@thembill8246 18 күн бұрын

@@uzazil uh...no. his superpower is apartheid.

@uzazil 18 күн бұрын

@@thembill8246 That was his father's. He has aspbergers, which is why he can do so much at the same time. All successful people are assholes, it's how the become successful. But the face he created PayPal, sold it to create tesla and space x and all the other companies to actually better mankind for better or worse is commendable.

@scottishguard 18 күн бұрын

"Burning down the house" is probably their most popular and well-known. And a must listen, if you're exploring the Talking Heads.

@jaime7203 18 күн бұрын

Also Wild Wild Life

@dirk111 18 күн бұрын

@@jaime7203and Psycho Killer! Those plus Once in a Lifetime get the most radio play these days, on the rare occasions I hear Talking Heads played at all.

@pj4433 18 күн бұрын

Got to be psycho killer. There are many as;eats to analyse

@stuartcook2464 18 күн бұрын

What about Road to Nowhere?

@joshuavanderhei4213 18 күн бұрын

I think another song to check out in this vein of music would be Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club. Husband and wife duo of Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth from the talking heads. Very interesting vocals throughout. 🤷🏼‍♂️

@SubCultureMEDIAHilbert 15 күн бұрын

I've always gotten a 'getting baptised' feeling from this song. It is amazing. These guys are mind blowing.

@CalmLikeABomb76 17 күн бұрын

"David Byrne's American Utopia" is a mindblowing performance, and a must-see. I wish i had the chance to watch it live back when they did it on Broadway. He's a genious!

@PJKaszas 15 күн бұрын

Yes, that’s fantastic!

@Terri.46 18 күн бұрын

"There is water at the bottom of the ocean"

@VintageWanderer 18 күн бұрын

Favorite line

@bigchunkybubbles 18 күн бұрын

A koan: Remove the water from the bottom of the ocean.

@aTofuJunkie 18 күн бұрын

David Byrne's book, "How Music Works" explains how live performance and studio performances differ depending on the venue and audience. It's very much a MUST READ or listen on audio book narrated by David himself. The book is also a biography on himself and the band.

@sean---the-other-one 18 күн бұрын

To watch the entire Stop Making Sense concert is absolutely something that should be done many times in a lifetime. It is totally innovative, and you would think that it would be hard to create anything as wonderfully original again. And then you would need to watch David’s recent concert movie American Utopia where he brings together an incredibly talented set of musician/vocalist/performers who use technology and pushes them to near their limits to put on a performance that is truly industry changing. Once you realise exactly what is happening, how he changes the concept of a stage and a concert, it’s like opening a door that can never be closed.

@cosmoissleeping 18 күн бұрын

David Byrne said the vocals were inspired by old time radio preachers. So your comparison to MLK Jr, a preacher, and to church is very apt

@buca505 18 күн бұрын

“Stop making sense” is one of the biggest concert movie ever made, and you reaction on both Talking Heads live songs is from that movie. From first song “PsychoKiller” to the end, you one day must watch all, it is just too good as musical performance not to be seen. You can make Patreon movie party and watch and listen that masterpiece, and later edit some songs or reactions for YT. You were on right path with Martin Jr Luther, David watch the hours of TV evangelist at the end of 1970’s, so that he can create a person moves and vocals for this song, cause when he wrote lyrics, he recognized that it could be preached in song. Geniality, pure geniality. Keep on good work Elizabeth ✌️👍

@PeterMoore66 18 күн бұрын

Tina Weymouth isn't singing. The female backing singers are Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt. Jerry Harrison, Steve Scales, and Alex Weir also provide backing vocals during the concert - but I'm not sure I can hear them on this track...

@garyakirsch 18 күн бұрын

Ahh. Another head need.

@garyakirsch 18 күн бұрын

Nerd

@rasmichael 15 күн бұрын

Preach brother. Mabry and Holt were a perfect match for those concerts. And proved their aerobic prowess too.

@jthompson5341 18 күн бұрын

The Talking Heads are a band to listen to over and over again and all of their catalog, a truly inspiring and beautiful band

@BlackRoseImmortal 16 күн бұрын

The late 70's and early to mid 80's were just a renaissance of new music

@Grosstradamus 18 күн бұрын

This is the most Brian Eno sounding talking heads track. I love it.

@coordinatezero 18 күн бұрын

"I Zimbra" comes pretty close!

@JimBliss23 18 күн бұрын

7:45 "Anyone else think he looks like Cillian Murphy? Dude, you just won an Oscar." Actually, David Byrne won his Oscar in 1987 :-)

@The80sCat 18 күн бұрын

Roxy Music so deserves your analysis. "More Than This" is one of my all time favorite songs.

@TheAwetist802 15 күн бұрын

and Mother of Pearl!!

@lesleygraham5927 6 сағат бұрын

Love Roxy Music❤❤❤

@ambsquared 18 күн бұрын

Watch the whole concert. My favorite from it is “Girlfriend is Better”. When he gets to the lyric “Stop Making Sense” I get producer guy from Pitch Meeting saying, “That’s the name of the movie!” playing in my head now.

@HybridCult 18 күн бұрын

Yes! My personal favourite too. I get that "they said the name of the movie" feeling from it everytime.

@oceanblue2doorjl961 18 күн бұрын

The open, 'Psycho Killer', with just a boom box and Byrne on the guitar, is such a haunting piece. It really sets the tone for the whole performance - you just know you're witnessing something profoundly, amazingly different.

@coordinatezero 18 күн бұрын

I remember when this first came out on VHS and my trying-to-be-hip parents rented it... about 35 minutes in, I hear them calling me from the TV room. When I get there, they are looking perplexed and uncomfortable. "You don't like the music?" "The music is fine, but ... when does the plot start?"

@SchrijverMarcel 17 күн бұрын

Wow wow wow wow wow. Wow.

@omfgitskalynn 18 күн бұрын

This song is so amazing. I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned it yet, but he actually ran around the studio before recording these vocals so he would sound like an out of breath preacher delivering a sermon. You would love his book How Music Works!

@orwelles 18 күн бұрын

Loved how you discussed music, singing, talking, and philosophy so seamlessly intertwined together. One of your best reactions!

@m.ericwatson968 18 күн бұрын

David Byrne is a genius, knew that back in the day and wasn't ever a huge fan...dude is genius, the whole ensemble are brilliant

@marcsummers2836 18 күн бұрын

The 'head-slap' thing is mimicking a faith-healer

@brianboye8025 18 күн бұрын

Or it dramatizes the thought "Same as it ever was" hitting you hard enough to open your mind. Eternity? Nothing really changes? Everything is change?

@user-du6zo7zp2k 18 күн бұрын

This show was genius, a real piece of performance art with some great songs

@metheus108 17 күн бұрын

As I said on the last Talking Heads reaction, they met at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) so a lot of their performance is actually that, performance. For this song he specifically studied and took influence from revival preacher styles for his vocal delivery. Thanks!

@CitizenScorn 17 күн бұрын

Many have already said it, but... 'STOP MAKING SENSE'!!! Its an amazing introduction to them, and also just so happens to be one of, if not the best, live concert "documentaries" of all time. Keep up the great work 🤘

@louiscassis3426 18 күн бұрын

I think David is saying that many of us let the days go by. Not seizing the moment.

@Ethelred77 18 күн бұрын

Reminds me of Su casa es mi casa from Infectious Grooves, in which they sing 'the ticking you hear is your life passing you by' repetitively. Sooo depressing! 😅

@Shamanator 18 күн бұрын

I think the genius of good lyrics like this song has is its ability to potentially mean many things depending upon one's perspective.

@lantose 15 күн бұрын

@@Shamanator i do think he had a fairly direct message to deliver and most of the comments are very similar, but yes, there are different variations of said message. Life (time) never stops and before you know it you’ve gone to college, got married, bought a house, had kids and now they ate married and it seems like yesterday! We do have to make more out of our lives and check off the bucket list items!

@HybridCult 18 күн бұрын

The backing vocals are so powerful because they are The brides of Dr. Funkenstein. Part of the Parliament/Funkadelic family. Also Bernie the keyboardist is a genuine legend who is also in those groups

@kovie9162 14 күн бұрын

I can't get over the fact that this movie was released nearly 40 years ago. Where did all that time go? I don't know how relevant and known it is to people who today are the age I was when it came out, probably not at all for the most part for a generation for whom time began the day they were born (it was certainly not that way with my generation). But back then it was such a massive musical and cultural phenomenon, before pop, rock and hip hop music festivals like Glastonbury, Coachella and Lollapalooza were a thing. Damn I'm getting old.

@stotes57 9 күн бұрын

I "forced" my 30 something y/o daughter to watch the movie. As a hip-hop / R&B fan, she just didn't get it, and didn't appreciate the choreography.

@stevedahlberg8680 17 күн бұрын

Dang, Elizabeth, that is one of your best reactions yet! Just hit so many areas and so much fun. ❤

@BruceMatthews-dc7db 18 күн бұрын

The "talking hand" reminds me of you! I never much questioned it in the RUSH video until you were so entertained by it. So, now, when I see it, it reminds me of Elizabeth.

@-R.Gray- 18 күн бұрын

I used to wonder if it was a coincidence that with his short hair Byrne used to remind me more of Anthony Perkins of Psycho than your typical rock star - and one of their big hits was "Psycho Killer".

@robosock380 18 күн бұрын

That's a great song. Just hearing it mentioned in your comment I know it's going to be stuck in my head for hours.

@MarkWilliams50 18 күн бұрын

Once when David Byrne was asked to describe himself...he is quoted to say: "I'm not a completely comfortable person" Got to see Talking Heads way back in 1977. One great concert. Loved a lot of their songs as well as when they became the Tom Tom Club.

@rickdeckard6294 18 күн бұрын

Talking Heads is my favorite band and Stop Making Sense is by far my favorite concert movie. It should be watched in its entirety. I hope someday Elizabeth takes the time to do so. It will give Elizabeth a lot of perspective and clarity for future analysis.

@ChrisLegner-qp1yh 18 күн бұрын

In every way, an iconic song and performance. If anything, has grown is stature as it has aged.

@Cadinho93 19 күн бұрын

Talking Heads were like a combination of New Wave & performance art. David Byrne is a TRUE artist, in every sense of the word. You need to be in that kind of mindset. He's really a musical genius, imo. Also, the lyrics are actually quite deep and meaningful. Reflecting on your life and all the decisions you made, then still asking yourself. How did I get here?

@TheCharismaticVoice 19 күн бұрын

I find him an absolute genius, and I'm so grateful to finally dive into his catalogue. This one in particular has left me particularly stunned and introspectively thinking about life and my own why!

@Cadinho93 19 күн бұрын

@@TheCharismaticVoiceI am glad you find him a genius and he sure is one. I also can't wait to see you dig into more of the Talking Heads music category. You will find some of the greatest songs ever written and gems as well. The time always comes to find different styles that you will love and want to listen to again.

@dougleclaire9424 2 күн бұрын

The whole movie of this concert has been in theaters over the past year! You NEED to see it in a theater without interruptions!! GO!!!!!!!

@greghubbard4714 5 күн бұрын

Did you know that David Byrne won an Oscar for his work on the score for "The Last Emperor" (1988)?

@DrZaius3141 18 күн бұрын

David Byrne being unapologetically on the autism spectrum is such a powerful sight to behold. Love him.

@leilanikiyabupomeranz5775 18 күн бұрын

Just so you know, Tina doesn’t sing for Talking Heads. But only for Tom Tom Club. You should check that out. It’s also in “Stop Making Sense”.

@DavithBothain 18 күн бұрын

I would definitely second the Tom Tom Club recommendation -- but maybe not for their performance on "Stop Making Sense". "Genius of Love" is a great song, but the version from that concert is pretty raw compared to the studio version.

@richardtodd6843 18 күн бұрын

So did Byrne have a sex change and assume Tina's identity for the chorus of "The Good Thing"?

@Johnny_Socko 18 күн бұрын

Tina definitely sang background on some Talking Heads tracks.

@cornbredx 17 күн бұрын

Fun fact: I believe she learned bass guitar in the 70s only because Talking Heads needed a bassist and she had never played it before. She is now widely considered one of the greatest bassists of all time.

@tommc4916 14 күн бұрын

The gentleman on the keyboards at the intro is the LEGENDARY Bernie Worrell.

@FrecklefaceSwag 15 күн бұрын

As somebody who drinks a lot, I'm loving how drunk she is in her latest videos!! Seriously, it brings out an honesty in her analysis of these other singers.

@user-qq73r44 19 күн бұрын

Nice. The Stop Making Sense concert movie is awesome. And I never have paid attention to the behind the scenes stuff, so I’m probably the last person to know that the drummer and the woman playing bass were the ones behind Tom Tom Club.

@TheCharismaticVoice 19 күн бұрын

I heard that this concert was the go-to, so I've been focusing the live performances from it!

@jaredbaratta8589 19 күн бұрын

@@user-qq73r44, I got the bluray.

@user-qq73r44 19 күн бұрын

@@TheCharismaticVoice oh yeah, I didn’t watch the preview, so probably it doesn’t include the other people I mentioned, but that’s ok.

@RunawayKiwi 19 күн бұрын

@@user-qq73r44 It does! Tom Tom Club was Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz's side project, and they perform Genius of Love near the end of the film (while David Byrne has a costume change).

@jocgo 18 күн бұрын

@@TheCharismaticVoiceyes this performance is possibly the best concert film ever. Every song in this film would make an interesting conversation about singing and performance. Out of curiosity have the Kinks hit your radar yet? Lots of interesting stuff from them. You would particularly enjoy their song Have a cuppa tea.

@DanielBurke-h9w 19 күн бұрын

They first performed at CBGB’s opening for the Ramones. Epic punk scene back in the day. Blondie will always be my favorite though

@jefffredenburg7231 18 күн бұрын

Country, Bluegrass, and blues

@user-td4zp4gq2p 15 күн бұрын

Mom kicked my ass for sneaking off on the subway to see Talking heads, Blondie and the Ramones at CBGB's as a kid!😂😅

@davydatwood3158 14 күн бұрын

You have a much more positive interpretation than I do. I hear a lament for not taking the once-in-a-lifetime chance, ("what have I done?" sounds like despair, not exultation) and being stuck with nothing better to do but run out the clock watching the days go by. I suppose that's illustrative of how our different lives have gone.

@craigslue 17 күн бұрын

This is such a great concert/movie. I have probably watched it 50 times and certain songs 100's times. He's so much fun to watch and the entire band is just so entertaining and put on a great show.

@blakerbnsn 18 күн бұрын

I'm not sure if I ever brought up one of my all time favorite bands from the same era as the Talking Heads. Have you ever heard of a band from New Zealand called Split Enz? They were the precursor to Crowded House and it's some of the most quirky and beautifully weird music. But the best vocal has to be Neil Finn doing "Message to my Girl". The original recording is amazing but there are tons of live performances out there. TAKE A DEEP DIVE DOWN TO NEW ZEALAND!

@stevenporter8740 18 күн бұрын

Split Enz were awesome!

@Cainte77 18 күн бұрын

Kicks me back to my childhood watching "Down and out in Beverly Hills" loved that movie and the song was fitting

@DavidLindes 18 күн бұрын

Was wondering if others would think of this, too. I love this song on its own, but I also love it in the context of that film. And Elizabeth, if you see this: Would recommend giving it a watch, if only to add an additional layer of context for this song. :)

@victorialovatt976 16 күн бұрын

Yes! The song placement at the end the end of the film is just perfect. I love when movie soundtracks get it bang on

@BobSakamoto 18 күн бұрын

A mark of brilliance is when a performance raises more questions than it answers and moves beyond "this is the way it is". My takes: the "limbo" pose was when life beat him down until he almost collapsed - but he made his way back up. And the "what have I done?" was a cry of anguish/regret from something remembered. Tremendous, cerebral lyrics, and always a proper amount of funk backing.

@Eniral441 18 күн бұрын

I loved this group back in the day, but I've never heard this song live. Thank you for sharing this.

@lewismaddox4132 18 күн бұрын

In this live version there is an even greater emphasis on, "Time isn't after us, time isn't holding us!" We are not prisoners of time. We are released from time's constraints. Being concerned about time passing is as futile as to, "Remove the water, carry the water! Remove the water, from the bottom of the ocean!" If you wanna get into the whole Oppenheimer thing, he does that too. The song is called, "Swamp". And yes, these are all from the same show. They are from a Jonathan Demme documentary called, Stop Making Sense.

@mkang8782 18 күн бұрын

The Talking Heads have such an amazing catalogue. I really think you would enjoy "Road to Nowhere", "And She Was", and "Burning Down the House".

@peterbrown2112 18 күн бұрын

One of the best concerts I had the privilege to attend! Completely exhausted afterwards!

@Parula06 18 күн бұрын

Same! One of the best of my life

@victorialovatt976 16 күн бұрын

Aw you lucky spuds

@user-rv6dz8gv5l 16 күн бұрын

Was there as well. Saw them many times. Genius,

@davidcrandon2329 11 күн бұрын

Just saw the re-re-release at the Pantages last month. The band and director said we were all dancing and singing louder and more than the original concert! About 30 people were there that were also there 40 yrs ago.

@Biomirth 18 күн бұрын

I feel like you would really like David Byrne in person or in continued detail. He is indeed a bushwhacker, a brush-cutter, a wanderer, a bolt of cloth of a color never to be seen again. At the rate you're watching The Talking Heads you should be ready for his independent post-Heads music by 2093. At least that will keep us on our toes! (Please do more, sooner!).

@jonnyrebb 16 күн бұрын

David is basically doing the same "dance moves" that he did in the original music video for this song. You should check it out. You'll also understand the whole opening sounding like flowing water.

@AllHailDiskordia 18 күн бұрын

Talking Heads were such a great band

@cmiles97x38 18 күн бұрын

So many great songs but you need to treat yourself to the Concert movie "Stop Making Sense", really great and shows what a great band he has behind him. As I've gotten older I have grown to love "Road to No Where"

@ram7021 17 күн бұрын

One of my favorite David Byrne quotes: "Lyrics are just a way to get people to listen to music longer than they would normally."

@9Nitengale 18 күн бұрын

Even his newest stuff sounds great. And still physically active while he performs. He's 72. David Byrne is just a fascinating artist. He paints, writes, he's just well rounded with a heavy dash of odd.

@airbrushaaron666 18 күн бұрын

The Stop Making Sense live performance is great, but the official video is amazing, mainly due to the dance David choreographed with Toni Basil.

@bobbybobbatunday9959 18 күн бұрын

Overall, the studio recordi g with music video is better. This and Take Me to the River are the two songs from the show that lost something live. The rest of the concert elevated the original songs

@rieskorin2027 18 күн бұрын

Oh yuur! Wondered if anyone would name check Toni Basil LoL My niece was named after the Oh Mickey track she did 😂

@lisakaz35 18 күн бұрын

"Where did the days go by?" always seemed like "How did my life go by?" as in how did it get away from me.

@thembill8246 18 күн бұрын

@@lisakaz35 "where did the days go by?" Is not a line in this song whatsoever. It's "letting the days go by," and it was, like most of his lyrics in the Eno period of Talking Heads, pretty randomly selected. They had the groove, and mumbled a melody until they formed it into something vaguely cohesive. Listen to an outtake from the previous album called "Dancing for Money," to hear how they wrote lyrics, in a song that never ended up going anywhere

@lisakaz35 18 күн бұрын

@@thembill8246 My take is how I interpreted the song circa 1984 or 1985. We didn't have the internet to decide what the lyrics were.

@kennethbarber438 18 күн бұрын

exactly. Letting the days go by. "An unexamined life is not worth living" Socrates

@lisakaz35 18 күн бұрын

@@kennethbarber438 Yes. That's what's I'm getting at. TY.

@ianmccullough7294 18 күн бұрын

As always, make sure to listen to the studio version. The 'Stop Making Sense' version is fantastic, but don't leave aside the studio version. FWIW, he's satirizing a Pentecostal pastor.

@Markwhoami 18 күн бұрын

One of the 80s finest soundscapes of depth and awesome strangeness… I really enjoyed you hearing/seeing them for the first time and your honest analysis of Talking Heads. Another band which changed the vibe so beautifully in the 90s was Portishead, their depth difference wrapping Beth Gibbons amazing voice. “Roads” or “Glory Box” would be great songs to check out first👍 I would love to hear your thoughts on this sublime music.

@wojopf88a 18 күн бұрын

David Byrne bring his characters to life in every song! Great live shows!

@wanderer0617 19 күн бұрын

I'm glad to see you reacting to the Talking Heads again! "Well, how did I get here?" 😅

@Scott_Forsell 16 күн бұрын

There is water at the bottom of the ocean. It's so stupidly obvious it makes you question how you perceive reality. If you haven't the full film of this concert, I highly recommend. It introduces new sound elements organically. First it's just David Byrne on the stage and they bring in each new instument and player bit by bit. And Demme captured it quite beautifully. Most times for music it's a head-on static camera pointed at the singer with rest of the band kinda in the background. Cue close-up of a drum or a guitar. Look, they're playing this. It's very formulaic. Seeing a side shot of a set of folks going absolutely ape shit directly at the audience is viscerally thrilling. We need more of that and less static one shots.

@Serai3 15 күн бұрын

David Byrne built the lyrics of this song on the research he did watching recordings of preachers and politicians. It's a sermon on modern life, how we fall into the rhythm of life and get pulled down into the water of ordinary days, time going by without our feeling it. His movements were developed watching rituals from different religions, especially Caribean faiths like Voudoun and Candomble, and faith-healing gatherings. If you watch the original music video of the song, you'll see clips from some of those rituals playing in the background as Byrne joins in the movements of the celebrants. (He eventually became a priest in the Candomble religion.)

@bagofcatsbagofcats1105 18 күн бұрын

adding to everything that's been already said in comments, the concert movie 'Stop Making Sense' is iconic as film too. The long intro from credits to the start of Psycho Killer, all done in just a single uninterrupted 2 minutes long take before the first edit cut. The whole movie is, as the concert, intense, without relief cuts to close ups or pans of the public, or backstage scenes. Both innovative until then in film history

@jamiemacdonald436 19 күн бұрын

Yay! Teaser videos are back!! 😊

@cwize 18 күн бұрын

I have to say, you delved into the lyrics of this song waaaaaay deeper than I ever even thought about. Have you ever done a Macy Gray episode? Wildly unique voice…

@GLiC 18 күн бұрын

I love that you are using all of the live versions from Stop Making Sense. the Talking Heads are the TRUTH. a real deal rock n roll band, whos music lives and breaths in the moment. magical group.

@jadawa85 18 күн бұрын

Perhaps I’m a pessimist, but I always interpreted the lyrics more as a commentary on not being mindful or purposeful. Just letting things happen without intention leading up to the “My God! What have I done?” moment when you realize you’ve been “letting the days go by”, perhaps wasting them and missing out on those once in a lifetime opportunities.

@goblinqueen4991 18 күн бұрын

I agree. I think she's putting too positive a spin on things here, but that may just be her personality. Or it could reflect the "positivity" thing going on now online. Either way, this has always seemed to be pretty negative to me.

@DJHolte 18 күн бұрын

Well, there's positivity in both interpretations. In yours (which I happen to share), that sudden realization can be the impetus for change, the spark that lights the way toward a new direction. Many positive things are born out of people yearning to be released from negative things.

@99sheepy 18 күн бұрын

If you're looking to do another David Byrne reaction, he did some shows about 10 yrs ago with St. Vincent. She's quirky, he's quirky, and they are great together. Maybe check out a live performance of the song Who, from 2012-ish, with the huge horn section backing them up.

@MarkAdolph-xz6or 8 күн бұрын

The moment at 21:42, right after Byrne's limbo, where they are showing the backup singers coming up from their limbo with the two musicians above is the most absolutely beautiful, spiritual moment of the entire concert

@briangpz 18 күн бұрын

A great band from my youth. They didn't get much radio play, but MTV really helped to get their music out there.

@HellenKillerProject 18 күн бұрын

"Stop Making Sense" starts out with him and a beat box. As the show continues more and more instruments and members are added until there is a full band. Pretty creative and interesting way to build a show. It is very much like Neil Young and Crazy Horse did with "Live Rust" without the Ewoks doing the stage work... Starting solo and building the band bit by bit.

@Storkus100 18 күн бұрын

I grew up with this song playing on the radio, and even saw the movie in theaters. Ive heard this song hundreds of times. Now many years later married with kids and the daily grind of a job this song takes on a whole new meaning. I had heard the words but never understood the meaning until now. Talking heads was, and still is a very unique band. They really pushed the boundaries of pop music, with spoken word and crazy shifting tempos and deconstructed solos, They redefined the landscape of pop music or even what music can be in. They are VERY important, often over looked and underrated.

@Sues-ub4iv 7 күн бұрын

Loved (and still do) the music of Talking Heads and David Byrne. Saw both as a band and David Byrne on a solo tour and loved the live performances.

@stevedahlberg8680 17 күн бұрын

Lol, the talking hand was from The Rush video that you got such a kick out of! If you really want your mind blown sonically, check out some of these that you've listened to now on the studio cut. It will blow you away, especially this one from Remain In Light. That album is so significant and it really stunned everybody when it dropped. And the album cover is so iconic as well.