Stop Making Sense

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Adding: “As often happens, the songs got an added energy when we performed them live and were inspired by having an audience. 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.” Also includes original booklet with additional liner notes written by Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison

Christgau, Robert (April 1988). "Prince: Sign 'O' the Times". Video Review . Retrieved July 17, 2018. The film premiered during the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 24, 1984, and entered commercial release in the United States on October 19, 1984. [2] In the deluxe edition liner notes, the four band members share their thoughts and memories of the project. Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 3): SP 1̶-̶2̶ O-2 ∆7401-X SH-SP 125121 B SH3 [Allied 'ɑ' logo] B-19702-SH3 SLM Today, David Byrne says it’s interesting that this album was – for many people – an introduction to Talking Heads: “We had done a live album before this, but coupled with the film, and with the improved mixes and sound quality, this record reached a whole new audience. As often happens, the songs got an added energy when we perform them live and were inspired by having an audience. In many ways, these versions are more exciting than theThankfully, the new 2LP set cut by Joe Nino-Hernes at Sterling from the standard (limited) 44.1/24 master is much more lively than the source file. (The release booklet credits Sterling Nashville project manager Chris Grainger with cutting the lacquers, but JN-H is in the runout. I confirmed with Nino-Hernes that he cut from the standard digital master.) It’s cut very quiet—the louder/more compressed the digital file, the more you have to lower it to cut lacquers—but thankfully the pressing (Precision for my North American copy, Optimal for the European market) is quiet even if mine is dished. Even though the vinyl comes from the same less than ideal master that’s on digital platforms, it’s plenty listenable especially compared to the file and I’m fine making some sonic sacrifices to have the full show on vinyl. Lead singer David Byrne walks on to a bare stage with a portable cassette tape player and an acoustic guitar. He introduces " Psycho Killer" by saying he wants to play a tape, but in reality a Roland TR-808 drum machine starts playing from the mixing board. [6] The gunshot-like beats cause Byrne to stagger "like Jean-Paul Belmondo in the final minutes of ' Breathless', a hero succumbing, surprised, to violence that he'd thought he was prepared for." [7] Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 1): 0-25MI-I SH-SP 1-25121 A SH1 [Allied 'ɑ' logo] B-19701-SH1 SLM ∆7401 STERLING

Stop Making Sense was originally released in 1984 and was shot over three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre while the group were touring their album, Speaking in Tongues. Yoo, Noah (10 October 2016). "Watch Talking Heads' Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth React to Fred Armisen and Bill Hader's Parody Band". Pitchfork . Retrieved 28 November 2020. The movie version of " Once in a Lifetime" appeared over the opening credits of the 1986 comedy film Down and Out in Beverly Hills. [31] Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 5): SH-SP 1 25121 B SH 3 [Allied 'ɑ' logo] B-19702-SH3 SLM 1̶-̶1̶ 0-1 STERLING TJ ∆7401-XMatrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2): SH-SP 1 25121 B SH1 [Allied 'ɑ' logo] B-19702-SH1 SLM ∆7401-X + SP. STERLING TJ 0-1 Few gigs have captured the imagination of music lovers as much as Stop Making Sense. Almost forty years on, and it’s still considered the greatest musical performance ever captured, witnessed in its enduring legacy, Jonathan Demme’s subsequent fame found in Philadelphia and The Silence of the Lambs, a renewed interest following its incoming theatrical run, and its persisting parodies. One such spoof we collectively love at Norman is the ‘Final Transmission’ episode of Documentary Now!, where American comic Fred Armisen leads the final concert from new wave group Test Pattern. Featuring original songs written in the style of the Talking Heads, a segue parodying Tom Waits’ Big Time, and interview clips made up of spiels from inflated egos, it’s made with such sharp attention to detail that it’s clear it comes from a place of adoration, not of lampooning. 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). 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.

The double-album release comes with a reproduction of the original booklet from the 1984 pressing, with additional notes from Talking Heads’ David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison and never-seen-before photos.

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Now here’s where it gets confusing. Between video and audio releases over the years, Stop Making Sense has been truncated and expanded several times. The original VHS and laserdisc film releases featured the entire show, while original LP, CD, and cassette editions only had half of it. Remixed DVD and CD releases from 1999 edited some songs and cut “Cities” and “Big Business/I Zimbra” for time constraints, while the DVD and equivalent Blu-ray added those as bonus scenes apart from the main feature. As A24 prepares a 4K restoration of the film, Rhino released a limited edition 2LP and 44.1kHz/24bit digital edition featuring the full show in audio-only form for the first time. Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 6): SH-SP 1 25121 B SH 3 [Allied 'ɑ' logo] B-19702-SH3 SLM 1̶-̶2 0-2 STERLING TJ ∆7401-X Demme also considered including more shots of the audience reacting to the performance, as is traditional in concert films. However, he discovered that filming the audience required additional lighting, which inhibited the audience's energy. This in turn made the band feel insecure and thus led to "the worst Talking Heads performance in the history of the band's career". The only direct audience shots in the film occur at the very end, during " Crosseyed and Painless." [14] Release [ edit ]