# Stop Making Sense (2023) {Talking Heads} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, music\ **Created:** [May 17, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160 "2023-05-17T12:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/1 "2023-05-17T12:44:35Z")
The great (maybe greatest) concert film, Stop Making Sense is going to be re-released in theaters to celebrate the 40th (yikes) anniversary of the movie. [Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwuQtdb4guo&ab_channel=TalkingHeads) [Rolling Stone article](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/talking-heads-stop-making-sense-returning-theaters-soundtrack-reissue-1234697972/) I see that the album is also being re-released on vinyl and, for the first time it will include songs that were not in the original theatrical or album release. I saw this movie in theaters when it first came out and I have owned it on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray. I can’t wait for the chance to see it in a theater again. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/2 "2023-05-17T13:00:58Z")
I re-watched it fairly recently (a couple years ago) on a streaming channel and it holds up great. I don’t care about the criticism that it’s overproduced and not completely ‘live’; it’s a fantastic show. And it produced one of my favorite live albums; one of the rare live albums where every song is better than the studio version. But the concert has so much more content that’s left off the album-- they should have made it a double length album. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/3 "2023-05-17T13:08:22Z")
> [@solost](#): > > But the concert has so much more content that’s left off the album The new album will add back the songs ‘Cities’ and ‘Big Business/ I Zimbra’ that were not in the movie or on the album. When I first saw the movie on VHS it had those songs included. Big Business was phenomenal and I was always a bit pissed off that it wasn’t on the album. What I don’t know is if the songs are added back into the movie. On the home video versions those 2 songs are in a different aspect ratio. [Big Business/ I ZImbra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYFqdrOMqk4&ab_channel=MikeSkowronski) live. Also on YouTube you can find the band performing ‘The Great Curve’ live in Italy somewhere. That is the one song I really wish was in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/4 "2023-05-17T13:09:55Z")
This should be required viewing to anyone under 40 so that they can know the experiance of how a live performance should be done. It’s a masterpiece, the music, the songs and the perfomers hold up well. It could have been done yesterday and still would be a huge hit, maybe even bigger (along with Davids big cloths!). ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/5 "2023-05-17T13:11:14Z")
Actually, I have found lots of YouTube videos of reactions to ‘Life During Wartime’. It seems that everyone who watches it, loves it. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/6 "2023-05-17T13:49:53Z")
I wore this t-shirt playing pickleball last weekend. Alas, about 20 people in the 50-65 age range and _nobody_ got the reference. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A13usaonutL._AC_CLa%7C2140%2C2000%7C81L6BYUG%2BuL.png%7C0%2C0%2C2140%2C2000%2B0.0%2C0.0%2C2140.0%2C2000.0_UY1000_.png) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A13usaonutL._AC_CLa%7C2140%2C2000%7C81L6BYUG%2BuL.png%7C0%2C0%2C2140%2C2000%2B0.0%2C0.0%2C2140.0%2C2000.0_UY1000_.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/7 "2023-05-17T13:51:33Z")
I want that shirt… ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/8 "2023-05-17T13:55:46Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I wore this t-shirt playing pickleball last weekend. Alas, about 20 people in the 50-65 age range and _nobody_ got the reference. Seriously?!? Hopefully that was just a once in a lifetime occurrence. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I want that shirt… So do I! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/9 "2023-05-17T14:00:18Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I wore this t-shirt playing pickleball last weekend. Alas, about 20 people in the 50-65 age range and _nobody_ got the reference. That is very sad. Talking Heads is one of those bands that I love but sometimes neglect. I sort of forget about them until I am reminded of how great they were. Then I listen to them and fall in love all over again. Thanks for the reminder. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/10 "2023-05-17T14:39:26Z")
> [@solost](#): > > …one of the rare live albums where every song is better than the studio version. A friend of mine felt that way about _Home of the Brave_ by Laurie Anderson. He plugged his tape deck into the audio outputs of a VCR and made a recording of it. I watched it along with him and became something of a fan. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/11 "2023-05-17T14:52:41Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I don’t care about the criticism that it’s overproduced and not completely ‘live’; it’s a fantastic show. > > And it produced one of my favorite live albums; one of the rare live albums where every song is better than the studio version. Agree with both points. I may object to it being considered a truly “Live” album, but that doesn’t lessen my enjoyment of the music and performance. In fact, I was blasting out “Burning Down the House” from that album just yesterday. I made the cats dance with me. They were not amused. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/12 "2023-05-17T15:12:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I made the cats dance with me. > > They were not amused. Well, sure. Cats actually yearn to dance, up until you try to make them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/13 "2023-05-17T15:40:21Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Seriously?!? Hopefully that was just a once in a lifetime occurrence. Same as it ever was. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/14 "2023-05-17T15:49:11Z")
> [@solost](#): > > And it produced one of my favorite live albums; one of the rare live albums where every song is better than the studio version. But the concert has so much more content that’s left off the album-- they should have made it a double length album. It popped up on my YouTube and that version of “Burning Down the House” is my favorite. If I had seen that movie when I was younger, I probably would have been more inclined to go to rock concerts. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/15 "2023-05-17T16:21:07Z")
I saw it with friends in the theatre back in 1984 or 1985. It had a cult following like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Everyone rushed to the screen (there was a stage in front at the Princess Theatre in Edmonton) and danced and did all the moves along with David Byrne. It was incredible. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/16 "2023-05-17T16:28:40Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I want that shirt… This is not my beautiful shirt! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/17 "2023-05-17T16:33:32Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Also on YouTube you can find the band performing ‘The Great Curve’ live in Italy somewhere… Featuring a very skinny Adrian Belew in fine form on lead guitar. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/18 "2023-05-17T17:28:08Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I want that shirt… It’s on etsy. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/19 "2023-05-17T17:30:00Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Featuring a very skinny Adrian Belew in fine form on lead guitar. Belew is amazing. I saw that 1980 tour, and this video captures really well the lovely, lovely sounds he made. You can really just put this on in the background and enjoy it. [Talking Heads Full Concert 11 04 80 Capitol Theatre OFFICIAL - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFvgWguaC9g) ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160/20 "2023-05-18T17:13:09Z")
Also one of my favorite live albums as well. I’m perhaps most fond of this spare version of [Thank You For Sending Me An Angel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Wxhpvgcu0). > [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Belew is amazing. I saw that 1980 tour, and this video captures really well the lovely, lovely sounds he made. You can see the full Rome concert referenced above [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyjlp6nLH5o). > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Also on YouTube you can find the band performing ‘The Great Curve’ live in Italy somewhere. That is the one song I really wish was in the movie. Great song, but yeah I don’t think ‘The Great Curve’ was played at all during that tour, having been dropped to make way for newer material. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-making-sense-2023-talking-heads/984160.md?page=2)