Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
Strong Songs
One in a Lifetime
Burney royell begins a simple, dramatic pattern on a cynthar pegiator. This must be the place as the show's smallest and most intimate moment. It only makes sense that it's followed by the show's biggest and most dramatic song. The tom tom club song is a deliberate total change in pacte burn vanishes for a minute.
What is this, a film podcast??
It's time for something a little different, as Kirk puts down his record player and climbs onstage for Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads' classic 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense. It's a tour through the first hour of the film, from "Heaven" to "Burning Down the House" to "Once in a Lifetime," with some quick stops along the way.
Songs by: Talking Heads (David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison)
Featuring: Steve Scales (Percussion), Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt (Vocals), Alex Weir (Guitar/Vocals), and Bernie Worrell (Keys)
Film directed by: Jonathan Demme
REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:
- The first 12 songs from Stop Making Sense, 1984
- "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads & Brian Eno
- “Heaven” by David Byrne and Jerry Harrison from Fear of Music, 1979
- “Slippery People” and "Burning Down the House" by David Byrne from Speaking in Tongues, 1983
- A 2020 American Songwriter interview with Edna Holt and Lynn Mabry
- “Flash Light” by Parliament from Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome, 1977
- “You Make Me Wanna Wiggle” by The Brothers Johnson from Light Up the Night, 1980
- The documentary 20 Feet From Stardom
OUTRO SOLOIST: Carlos "Insaneintherainmusic" Eieine
Carlos Eienie is a prolific multi-instrumentalist and YouTube creator who's done some extremely fun jazz arrangements of great video game music, among other things. You can find him on most social media as some variant of @insaneintherainmusic, and on his website at https://www.insaneintherainmusic.com/.
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