Talking Heads- Classic or Dud?

the additional percussion changes the tempo

But why was all of that added? Most of the other tracks just seem to enhanced without a bunch of new things added.

from what I gather it was done as a way to give "clarity" to the mix - liberties is the key word as mentioned above

The arcade console missile command video game sounds popping up in _Cities_, along with Byrne's relaxed,funny vocal style, will never not bring me total amusement and joy. Incredible.

So apparently Angélique Kidjo is releasing a full-album cover version of Remain In Light next month, and the video for "Once In A Lifetime" is kinda cheesy but also nuts in a good way...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z84rtbVbIEQ

She's touring it at the moment (I found out a few days after she played here).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR8jgFGmqvU

omg im in love with this

Damn^

So necessary

Very nice

Wow, love the Born Under Punches. Less said about her Once in a Lifetime the better.

Yeah, agree. That's really good. I'm really curious to hear her version of "Houses in Motion," kinda not too optimistic about "Listening Wind," which really won't benefit from a big voice.

I always liked this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPxpgvCAdeM

Wow, love the Born Under Punches. Less said about her Once in a Lifetime the better.

― that's not my post, Saturday, May 12, 2018 1:20 AM (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

u r hi af. her version fuckin slaps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRxxt53yFBs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcGUXNRV-NI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKRqWZXrbY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Xi2AdpEDU

sure?

i saw this latest tour, it was quite good

that video misses how great the lighting design was, definitely see this in a theater hall if you can

Seeing him Friday, seen him before but still looking forward to it.

Great documentary about the London scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwCCfWiYk2s

Yo global tell me more about the tour

i will be seeing his tour too

it was staged like a field show/halftime marching band show, tightly choreographed, extremely minimal staging- no amps, no gear. at least 4 percussionists, byrne said it was like the most ambitious thing he'd done since SMS although that could have been hyperbole. expect 7-8 talking heads classics but no variation from night to night. personally i thought the lighting was one of the most impressive parts. i dunno, just a pro knocking it out of the park basically. people smoked weed near us and upset my mom, who i took for mother's day haha

Thanks global and you sound like a nice person

I saw him maybe... nine years ago? and that show was incredibly choreographed, as many dancers as musicians, moving amongst them, sitting the musicians in office chairs & wheeling them round as they played etc

I saw him on that tour (Songs of Byrne and Eno) too. Fantastic show. It was a seated show but soon enough everybody was out of their seats and dancing. Great setlist.

Strange Overtones
I Zimbra
One Fine Day
Help Me Somebody
Houses in Motion
My Big Nurse
My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks)
Heaven
Wanted for Life
Life Is Long
Crosseyed and Painless
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Once in a Lifetime
Life During Wartime
I Feel My Stuff

Encore:
Take Me to the River
The Great Curve

Encore 2:
Air
Burning Down the House

Encore 3:
Everything That Happens

urgh fck off setlist spoilz

No worries, this was from the 2009 show. Considered comparing it to a recent show but refrained, at your service :)

Going to see him in London, hope he doesn't play Lazy but everything else I've glimpsed from that Chile concert I'm excited about.

I saw him on the eno tour and his voice blew me away.
Regret missing the vincent tour

I hope he brings out Rocky & Diesel and plays a 15-minute version

vincent tour was great!

Nice Niels!

The live YouTube clips from that tour ripped

Saw this in Portland a few days ago

One of the most memorable concerts I've ever attended, joyous and life-affirming at every possible moment

Byrne's voice is a marvel, he's singing better than ever

Lighting is unreal

Go see it

and a few lucky(?!) punters got to peep this while he was in town:

https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2018/05/29/20188583/david-byrne-sang-a-prince-song-at-a-portland-karaoke-bar-over-the-weekend

One of the coolest shows I've seen in years.

Saw it last night and agree. ^^ Considering going back for a second time tomorrow night.

‪Full-on peak-80s conceptual concert, Stop Making Sense Pt. 2 and holding its own against the original, with pt. 1’s Robert Wilson influence replaced by Ivo Van Hove’s.‬

Does away with any traditional band-on-stage setup, instead being both carefully choreographed and playing all over a giant empty space with no grounded instruments.

I likened it to a neo-futurist drumline.

Friday tickets were going for $45 on StubHub, and tonight’s are $95-$400, so I think word has gotten out about how exceptional this is. On par with Stop Making Sense, United States Love — those 80s epics.

I'm in Chicago for work training thing tomorrow said fuck it and shelled out $150 for a ticket, orchestra pit seat looks like I'll be really close (printed face value is $125 doesn't feel too bad) got it from a local broker through Vivid Seats app which seemed to have better prices than Stub Hub but had to go pick it up physically at office

^^ good move imo, plz report back

I am a moron for not going to see this

My first thought after seeing it Friday was that if I had time I would have totally seen it again the next (two) nights.

goddamn, can attest nothing anyone has said is hyperbole.. maybe the most creative staging and choreography I've ever seen. band is just incredible. Byrne's voice and energy level is like the mid 80s, what a show!

You guys have convinced me to buy tickets to this show’s L.A. date!

do it!

really wish i'd heard all this praise before he came through the pnw!

*sees he's coming to dallas in....fuck thats a long time*

Ok, got tix for the SF show. The Oakland shows are already sold out.