Stop Making Sense

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The four core members of Talking Heads are joined by the backing singers Lynn Mabry and Ednah Holt, the guitarist Alex Weir, the keyboardist Bernie Worrell and the percussionist Steve Scales. Demme has stated that one night of shooting was dedicated almost entirely to wide shots from a distance, to minimize the intrusion of cameras on stage. With each successive song, Byrne is joined by more members of the band: first by Tina Weymouth for " Heaven" (with Lynn Mabry providing harmony vocals from backstage), second by Chris Frantz for " Thank You for Sending Me an Angel", and third by Jerry Harrison for "Found a Job". Now with a massively successful US tour opening for sweet soul darlings Thee Sacred Souls behind him, 2023 is sure to be a propitious year for Daptone's newest signee. The band perform 18 songs in Stop Making Sense, including its recent single at the time, Burning Down The House.

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One such spoof we collectively love at Norman is the ‘Final Transmission’ episode of Documentary Now! And if you like the full length of the tracks played during their concerts at that time you will be pleased. In March 2023, A24 obtained the worldwide distribution rights to the film, making Stop Making Sense their second acquisition for re-release following Pi (1998). A record as essential as the first five Talking Heads LPs, Stop Making Sense remains the perfect live album.

LPs with a reproduction of the original booklet from the 1984 limited edition pressing and additional pages with never seen before photos. However, Frantz's laundry had not come back in time for the first show at the Pantages, and so he wore a turquoise-colored polo shirt for all three nights for continuity.

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My only real quibble is the exclusion of Byrne walking on stage at the beginning of Psycho Killer… Cutting out the ‘Hi, I have a tape I want to play. Byrne would perform Girlfriend Is Better wearing his now-iconic, oversized business suit inspired by costumes worn in traditional Japanese theater.

The first song to feature the entire lineup is " Burning Down the House", although the original 1985 RCA/Columbia Home Video release (which featured three additional songs in two performances edited into the film) has the entire band (minus Worrell) performing " Cities" before this song. Roger Ebert gave the film a three-and-a-half star rating, writing that "the overwelming[ sic] impression throughout Stop Making Sense is of enormous energy, of life being lived at a joyous high. That summer, the song was in heavy rotation on radio and MTV, helping the song become the band’s first top 10 hit in America. It also includes songs from the solo career of frontman David Byrne and by Tom Tom Club, the side project of the drummer and bassist, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth.

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The inspiration for Stop Making Sense came when Demme saw Talking Heads perform during the band’s 1983 tour for Speaking in Tongues. Stop Making Sense includes performances of the first Talking Heads single, " Psycho Killer" (1977), through to their most recent hit at the time, " Burning Down the House" (1983). and LP similar to Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense, but the vinyl is easier, and the color of the label is lighter.Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2): SH-SP 1 25121 B SH1 [Allied 'ɑ' logo] B-19702-SH1 SLM ∆7401-X + SP. Christgau described it as "the finest concert film" [29] while Pauline Kael of The New Yorker described it as "close to perfection". Previously only available as bonus feature outtakes on certain video releases, ‘Cities’ and ‘Big Business/I Zimbra’ feature on the deluxe reissue. Stop Making Sense is a 1984 American concert film featuring a live performance by the American rock band Talking Heads. Ultimately, Demme filmed three shows at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983 to create Stop Making Sense.

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In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases. Lead singer David Byrne walks on to a bare stage with a portable cassette tape player and an acoustic guitar. In many ways, these versions are more exciting than the studio recordings, so maybe that’s why a lot of folks discovered us via this record. Leonard Maltin gave it four out of four, describing it as "brilliantly conceived, shot, edited and performed" and "one of the greatest rock movies ever made.For the 1999 re-release, these songs were no longer included in sequence with the rest of the footage. Since it includes “Big Business/I Zimbra”, I would hazard a guess that this is sourced from a possible rough cut print, which is what became the initial special edition home video release.