Talking Heads - [Nothing But] Flowers (Official Video)

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  • You're watching the official music video for Talking Heads - "[Nothing But] Flowers" from the album 'Naked' (1988)
    Directors: David Byrne and Sandy McLeod
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    Song Lyrics:
    [Verse 1]
    Here we stand
    Like an Adam and an Eve
    Waterfalls
    The Garden of Eden
    Two fools in love
    So beautiful and strong
    The birds in the trees
    Are smiling upon them
    From the age of the dinosaurs
    Cars have run on gasoline
    Where, where have they gone?
    Now, it's nothing but flowers
    [Chorus 1]
    There was a factory
    Now there are mountains and rivers
    You got it, you got it
    We caught a rattlesnake
    Now we got something for dinner
    We got it, we got it
    There was a shopping mall
    Now it's all covered with flowers
    You've got it, you've got it
    If this is paradise
    I wish I had a lawnmower
    You've got it, you've got it
    [Verse 2]
    Years ago
    I was an angry young man
    And I'd pretend
    That I was a billboard
    Standing tall
    By the side of the road
    I fell in love
    With a beautiful highway
    This used to be real estate
    Now it's only fields and trees
    Where, where is the town
    Now, it's nothing but flowers
    [Bridge 1]
    The highways and cars
    Were sacrificed for agriculture
    I thought that we'd start over
    But I guess I was wrong
    [Chorus]
    Once there were parking lots
    Now it's a peaceful oasis
    You've got it, you've got it
    This was a Pizza Hut
    Now it's all covered with daisies
    You got it, you got it
    I miss the honky tonks,
    Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens
    You got it, you got it
    And as things fell apart
    Nobody paid much attention
    You got it, you got it
    [Chorus]
    I dream of cherry pies,
    Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies
    You got it, you got it
    We used to microwave
    Now we just eat nuts and berries
    You got it, you got it
    This was a discount store,
    Now it's turned into a cornfield
    You've got it, you've got it
    Don't leave me stranded here
    I can't get used to this lifestyle
    *******************
    The Official CZcams Channel of Talking Heads:
    David Byrne - Lead Vocals, Guitar
    Chris Frantz - Drums
    Jerry Harrison - Keyboards, Guitar
    Tina Weymouth - Bass

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  • @leachristine5264
    @leachristine5264 Pƙed 4 lety +1915

    Yesterday, my father died. As a baby at 3 years old this was the first song I ever remember in my whole life. Dad would play "Naked" for us all the time but we babies danced the most to this. I called it the chocolate chip cookie song. All my life we would dance, he would point at me and say you got it, you got it in every day life.
    my mother got us tickets to American Utopia, we were born a day apart so it was our bday gift. Last month we met David Byrne and I got to tell him how much we love him. Our last concert of many....how fitting.
    Now my father is gone forever, peacefully but suddenly in his sleep. I had to write the inscription on his urn for my grieving mom. I wrote "nothing but flowers"
    I love you dad. I will play this every huge moment of my life for you form now on.

    • @DTC_0
      @DTC_0 Pƙed 4 lety +61

      Sorry for your loss, Lee... but I must say that your memory and what you shared with your father and family is purely touching. Thanks for sharing.

    • @leachristine5264
      @leachristine5264 Pƙed 4 lety +38

      @@DTC_0 thank you so much its the most special memory of my life...the gift of music

    • @kieranlindsay1220
      @kieranlindsay1220 Pƙed 4 lety +17

      prayers lee

    • @minicosmooh
      @minicosmooh Pƙed 4 lety +24

      Memories, beautiful memories!

    • @corywicks8588
      @corywicks8588 Pƙed 4 lety +18

      That was beautiful. Sorry for your loss.

  • @riyadharun9389
    @riyadharun9389 Pƙed 3 lety +504

    Every Talking Head song feels like a one hit wonder, I'm always amazed how many incredible hits they have.

    • @capoca70
      @capoca70 Pƙed 3 lety +6

      30 years ago! amazing masterpiece

    • @LeoGaming749
      @LeoGaming749 Pƙed 2 lety +11

      They are bloody geniuses. That's what they are.

    • @darkwater_lake
      @darkwater_lake Pƙed 2 lety +6

      That's the best description of their music I've ever heard!

    • @michaeldemarco2415
      @michaeldemarco2415 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      @Luke Skyballer Hits are for adolescents.

    • @charlessoukup1111
      @charlessoukup1111 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Nothing NOTHING but flowers and memories!!! All. ALL that Life is....
      Conscious surprise and coping reacting somehow hoping...something....then soon enough...it's done flip over never to be redone. One time around.

  • @richardrickford3028
    @richardrickford3028 Pƙed 3 lety +833

    "If this is paradise I wish I had a lawnmower" - you don't get more David Byrne than that.

    • @alexrinaldi3257
      @alexrinaldi3257 Pƙed 3 lety +43

      I always felt that part is a jab at Joni Mitchells song Big Yellow Taxi when she says "they paved paradise and put up a parking lot" as the whole songs a very practical rebuttle of idealist enviormentalism.

    • @hunterwhitner6998
      @hunterwhitner6998 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@alexrinaldi3257 On the money

    • @kathleankeesler1639
      @kathleankeesler1639 Pƙed rokem +1

      Great contribution- needless to say, year later. Chicago Illinois granny.

    • @manwithnoplan5496
      @manwithnoplan5496 Pƙed rokem

      Genuinely

    • @manwithnoplan5496
      @manwithnoplan5496 Pƙed rokem +19

      @@alexrinaldi3257 but this song still had environmentalist from a sardonic perspective. They reveal a ton of stats at the end about how we’re fucking up the earth

  • @QuintTheSharker
    @QuintTheSharker Pƙed 2 lety +474

    “And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention.”
    Epitaph of the 21st century.

    • @MGSVxBreakpoint
      @MGSVxBreakpoint Pƙed rokem +21

      And also an opening quote in Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho. Why I'm here.

    • @QuintTheSharker
      @QuintTheSharker Pƙed rokem +5

      @@MGSVxBreakpoint that too. I found that book super disturbing, but really interesting.

    • @gingerblue
      @gingerblue Pƙed rokem

      I was JUST telling someone the same thing the other day.

    • @ronaldgarrison8478
      @ronaldgarrison8478 Pƙed rokem +3

      I don't know WTF that's supposed to mean. From where I sit, everyone is obsessed about something, everyone is butt-hurt about something, everyone has an opinion-whether they know about the subject or not. Indifference doesn't seem like a real problem.

    • @cynthiafielder8746
      @cynthiafielder8746 Pƙed rokem

      Amen 😔

  • @Micaricom
    @Micaricom Pƙed rokem +74

    A collaboration between Talking Heads and Johnny Marr is something I never thought I would see and I love it

    • @CTScenic
      @CTScenic Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +9

      Funny I have liked this Talking Heads song best since a college art teacher played it like everyday in class... Never realized about Johnny Marr being on it tho! Love his playing and now it totally makes sense why this song sounds a little more special.

    • @liamhegarty3220
      @liamhegarty3220 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +4

      I have loved this song since I bought the album ÂŽNakedÂŽ. I never had a clue that the genius, JM, played guitar on the track until I saw this video!

    • @anthony_herrera_1
      @anthony_herrera_1 Pƙed 7 dny +1

      Johnny also plays the 12 string, that jangly sound you hear is all him đŸ€“

  • @niteporter
    @niteporter Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +33

    One of the most underrated bands. This is my favorite song by them

  • @andrewgriffin2366
    @andrewgriffin2366 Pƙed 3 lety +220

    This song was 32 years ahead of its time. Look at abandoned Pizza Huts. They're everywhere!

    • @varanchio
      @varanchio Pƙed 3 lety +17

      Now it's covered with daisies...🩋

    • @jerviejervie2204
      @jerviejervie2204 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Now there's more Topper's and other chains that weren't around in '88.

    • @madisont3123
      @madisont3123 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      yeah but there's a brand new pizza hut around the corner from here...

    • @JohnnyBgood548
      @JohnnyBgood548 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Now they are located in strip malls delivery and carry out....you got it-you got it!

    • @krollpeter
      @krollpeter Pƙed 2 lety

      Who eats this shxt?

  • @grubsteaks
    @grubsteaks Pƙed 3 lety +255

    Johnny Marr's echo-like guitar during the chorus is mystically astounding. It begins at 1:36 again at 3:20. And again at 3:40 through the end of the song. Truly amazing.

    • @stevetrue5337
      @stevetrue5337 Pƙed 2 lety +7

      Stunning song but I could never eat a rattlesnake much less catch one

    • @grubsteaks
      @grubsteaks Pƙed 2 lety +38

      @Gavril Matz in Johnny's book he describes his first session with the Talking Heads. This song in particular. He was nervous, even second guessing himself. In fact, he had to leave the studio and take a walk around the block to clear this head. This is what he came up with upon return. Brilliant.

    • @mattgilbert7347
      @mattgilbert7347 Pƙed rokem +5

      Did he use a 12-String for this one? Sounds like a 12-String, at least during the chorus (immediately following the "You got it" hook)

    • @mattgilbert7347
      @mattgilbert7347 Pƙed rokem +1

      Actually it first appears at 1:36 in the first verse, you're quite right :)

    • @Zippy994
      @Zippy994 Pƙed rokem +7

      That jangly guitar part is THE best part of an otherwise terrific song. I've listened to this tune a million times just for that jangle. Love it! Not a guitarist, but I think Marr's using a 12 string Rickenbacker on this one?

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo Pƙed 5 lety +860

    Timeless and haunting song that only gets better with time. Should be the theme song for The 100 TV show.

    • @garycraig6506
      @garycraig6506 Pƙed 3 lety +6

      And it REALLY FITS 2020 to a “T.”

    • @johnconway8199
      @johnconway8199 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@garycraig6506 it's helping.

    • @pdsnpsnldlqnop3330
      @pdsnpsnldlqnop3330 Pƙed 3 lety

      Except nowadays we wouldn't necessarily replace human built up environment with 'agriculture' or 'fields', you would need to fit 'rewilding' into the song instead.

    • @johnniesoesbee7015
      @johnniesoesbee7015 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      Isn't though, David is just a musical genius

    • @misterbuklau4053
      @misterbuklau4053 Pƙed 3 lety

      Ive seen your channel before

  • @cscheil2014
    @cscheil2014 Pƙed 3 lety +154

    i’ve gone to sleep away camp for the past 6 years. we weren’t allowed devices except for an iPod and i brought my moms. this song was on her iPod and i remember my first or second year of camp i spent countless nights listening to this trying to analyze the lyrics. i was only 7 or 8 at the time and though i may not have fully understood the song, i could’ve spent hours just picturing it. i loved the thought of the world being covered in flowers. i would give anything to relive those warm summer nights tucked into bed, the rest of my bunk mates sleeping around me, not a care in the world, and listening to the most wonderful music.

    • @sayitlikeitis9868
      @sayitlikeitis9868 Pƙed 3 lety +3

      Love it

    • @blehhhh
      @blehhhh Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

      I hope you pick up a guitar someday, and I mean that.

  • @gezagosztola4542
    @gezagosztola4542 Pƙed 5 lety +221

    Probably my favorite Talking Heads song of all. Futuristic and sarcastic, isn't it?

    • @douglasnorrie5925
      @douglasnorrie5925 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Genius.

    • @audiosagenda1f.rflores658
      @audiosagenda1f.rflores658 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      E x a c t l y !
      Just a really good tune also one of my favorites.

    • @cavern25
      @cavern25 Pƙed 4 lety +7

      if this is paradise, I wish I had a lawn mower

    • @Kneal911
      @Kneal911 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@cavern25 i quoted this today lol

    • @UnitedSoundVideo
      @UnitedSoundVideo Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Love the groove and the futuristic lyrics, Guitars strumming everywhere. Nothing but cherry pies......

  • @Jess-pz1rb
    @Jess-pz1rb Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +8

    I’m 46 years old and 80’s music is my childhood, but a year ago I was at stoplight and the car next to me had their windows rolled up playing this song super loud. The driver was a 20 something year old. I could hear the baseline and the guitar riff. It was cool to see the younger generation appreciating classic stuff

    • @dubthing181
      @dubthing181 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

      My teenagers are fans!

    • @jillkelly1329
      @jillkelly1329 Pƙed 3 dny

      That is such a great story!!! I grew up in Palo Alto, CA in the 70s and 80s but this song was really hot when I lived in Australia in the late 80s and I've just rediscovered it. Awesome memories.😊

  • @kevinstott9093
    @kevinstott9093 Pƙed 4 lety +595

    probably the most cheerful song about post-apocalyptic living, lol

    • @sugarmuffin319
      @sugarmuffin319 Pƙed 4 lety

      Lol

    • @duantorruellas716
      @duantorruellas716 Pƙed 4 lety

      Yup

    • @BeanisBags
      @BeanisBags Pƙed 3 lety +35

      It’s far from cheerful. It’s actually ironic in nature. We may think we want to go back to nature and be all environmental, but we actually depend on modern day tech and conveniences such a Pizza Hut for food instead a rattlesnake, a microwave instead of nuts and berries.

    • @yadda333
      @yadda333 Pƙed 3 lety +45

      @@BeanisBags Can something not be both ironic and cheerful? How would you describe the music, rhythm, and beat of this song?

    • @hamptoncomics
      @hamptoncomics Pƙed 3 lety +3

      Fine by lemon demon as well

  • @johnpeter4436
    @johnpeter4436 Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci +19

    Beautiful. Still sends shivers up my spine. "...and as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention."

    • @leegoddard1253
      @leegoddard1253 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

      35 r more yrz l8tr and bouncing round my head I danced on sum poor ladz van roof at Glastonbury 2 this tune (all inna gonna gud cause) ov course ENJOY it nevva gets old xxx

  • @ianrobson9601
    @ianrobson9601 Pƙed 5 lety +131

    Every country in the world needs to have an annual Talking Heads Day, where everyone has the day off work and does nothing other than dance and sing to Talking Heads songs. It`s probably the closest to world peace we`ll ever have.

  • @timatotoro3058
    @timatotoro3058 Pƙed rokem +18

    Johnny Marr tells a very interesting story about this song. It was his first recording session after The Smiths broke up, and he was really nervous. He did a great job!

  • @julshz
    @julshz Pƙed 3 lety +79

    "And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention."
    Hello Somebody

  • @graemewright182
    @graemewright182 Pƙed rokem +52

    Like many of Talking Heads' videos this needs to be watched time and time again to appreciate the artistry and breadth of it. And pausing it at every "you got it, you got it" to read and fully digest the on screen messages/statistics gives it even more depth. After all these years this is still one of my favourite songs by the Heads

    • @leegoddard1253
      @leegoddard1253 Pƙed rokem

      Cud not agree more xxx

    • @customsongmaker
      @customsongmaker Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      Lol after all these years you should have a new perspective on all those statistics. The rainforests didn't disappear, and the women in Finland did stop having babies. Their government imported criminals to replace them.

    • @leftpastsaturn67
      @leftpastsaturn67 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      @@customsongmaker Your ineffectual whining is amusing.

  • @texanbill6032
    @texanbill6032 Pƙed 3 lety +88

    Talking Heads
    +
    Jangly Johnny Marr guitar
    =
    Amazing

    • @jamesdaniels487
      @jamesdaniels487 Pƙed 3 lety +9

      Talking Heads + jangly Johnny Marr guitar + Kirsty McColl = perfect pop song

  • @viniciuspessina
    @viniciuspessina Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +8

    my favorite apocalyptic song!

  • @holyflutterofgod
    @holyflutterofgod Pƙed 6 lety +443

    God, this is just such a well-directed music video, excellent use of depth of field and typography, and a perfect complement to this legendary Talking Heads song.

    • @kieranlindsay1220
      @kieranlindsay1220 Pƙed 5 lety +5

      Tina is so beautiful

    • @chemistryset1
      @chemistryset1 Pƙed 5 lety +16

      you're right, it is extremely simple but really holds up - also, Kirsty MacColl and Johnny Marr were hot as hell. RIP Kirsty ..

    • @desperkins5721
      @desperkins5721 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      @@chemistryset1 Fuck thank you,I was looking asking meself is that the guy from the smiths.

    • @chemistryset1
      @chemistryset1 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      @@desperkins5721 no problem; he plays on a few tracks on Talking Heads 'Naked' album iirc ..

    • @chemistryset1
      @chemistryset1 Pƙed 5 lety +5

      apparently a collaboration with the late Tibor Kalman, who helped Talking Heads with their Remain In Light album cover (and who inverted the 'A's in 'Talking Heads' on that cover)

  • @sonyavincent7450
    @sonyavincent7450 Pƙed 2 lety +10

    Really like the idea of a billboard falling in love with a beautiful highway.

    • @EricaGamet
      @EricaGamet Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Somehow that line and the memory of seeing "LA Story" a couple years later always conflates the two into an odd scene. If you've seen LA Story, you'll understand.

    • @sonyavincent7450
      @sonyavincent7450 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@EricaGamet haven't seen it, but I'll make sure to now. X

    • @kennethshort2016
      @kennethshort2016 Pƙed 13 dny

      I've always loved this song but never really sat down and listened. It's so clever and original. I'd like to see a film adaptation.

  • @SkotFischer
    @SkotFischer Pƙed 4 lety +452

    It is 2020 and this song could not be more relevant.

  • @tubeboob
    @tubeboob Pƙed 2 lety +100

    We all have opinions but “for me” this will always be their masterpiece

    • @ChrisAnderson42
      @ChrisAnderson42 Pƙed rokem +1

      I love this, but Lifetime Piling up is my favourite.

    • @taylork91
      @taylork91 Pƙed rokem +5

      You got it, you got it

    • @MJ.71
      @MJ.71 Pƙed rokem +2

      Nobody does lyrics like David Byrne

    • @jhutch888
      @jhutch888 Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci +1

      Agreed

  • @vegasvanga5442
    @vegasvanga5442 Pƙed 3 lety +53

    It never fails to blow my fucking mind how people miss the point of this song so hard

    • @chasemoon6739
      @chasemoon6739 Pƙed 2 lety +6

      It is so powerfully ironic and barely anyone seems to get that about it.

    • @petermgruhn
      @petermgruhn Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Maybe it was written badly.

    • @MJ.71
      @MJ.71 Pƙed rokem +3

      ​@@petermgruhn Are you listing to the same song.... 😼😂

    • @RobertLeachman
      @RobertLeachman Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +3

      wait you mean he doesn't really dream of cherry pies, candy bars and chocolate chip cookies? ha

    • @onehourdecision
      @onehourdecision Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +1

      Hey, it's a funny song, no need to find any serious meaning

  • @MJ.71
    @MJ.71 Pƙed 4 lety +10

    Tina Weymouth and her Bass Guitar is one of the best in the Music Industry. Johnny Marr is Unrivalled. Kirsty MacColl, well what can be said that hasn't already been said.... Simply a Genius

  • @backslash68
    @backslash68 Pƙed rokem +6

    The lyrics are just genius. Anybody can write a song complaining about consumerism, excessive urbanization and pollution but the brilliant idea here is that the complaining comes from the opposite point of view.

  • @meganbella8262
    @meganbella8262 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +6

    Somebody please make a remake of this video with updated statistics! I wonder how much insanely higher the figures are.

  • @abegohr2576
    @abegohr2576 Pƙed 5 lety +216

    Incredibly underrated song.

    • @victorzuri
      @victorzuri Pƙed 5 lety +4

      That song was "inspired" by Alagados, from a brazilian rock band called Os Paralamas do Sucesso.

    • @fanatp0stpanka
      @fanatp0stpanka Pƙed 3 lety

      This one is from 88, it's impossible

    • @windome4rle
      @windome4rle Pƙed 3 lety

      don’t think it’s underrated. anyway super song

    • @UnitedSoundVideo
      @UnitedSoundVideo Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Ok, I usually slam folks who use the word underrated but this track IS by all means underrated!!!!!! You have great taste in music my friend! Cheers

    • @debraslattery
      @debraslattery Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Actually this song was huge when it came out. I was in my early twenties, and it was always on the radio and in cassette players everywhere!

  • @WorldTurningPodcast
    @WorldTurningPodcast Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +3

    Makes me think they could well have gone on to do one or two fantastic albums on the 1990s

  • @gabe_s_videos
    @gabe_s_videos Pƙed 6 lety +403

    I just love the concept of this song. It's an "ironic" environmentalist message.
    Also, Clerks 2 brought me here.

    • @meyeboy2
      @meyeboy2 Pƙed 6 lety +1

      me too

    • @gage6209
      @gage6209 Pƙed 5 lety +8

      Tge silly “facts” that it brings up definitely support that. That’s a really interesting interpretation

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 Pƙed 5 lety +35

      It's a shame we didn't have any warning of today's environmental crisis, like 30 years ago or something...

    • @thebasedgodmax1163
      @thebasedgodmax1163 Pƙed 5 lety +13

      @Big Bubba oh god, someone found a kickass song from a movie! he's the spawn of satan!

    • @thebasedgodmax1163
      @thebasedgodmax1163 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Big Bubba wha

  • @jeffbaumann3289
    @jeffbaumann3289 Pƙed 3 lety +53

    Here we stand
    Like an Adam and an Eve
    Waterfalls
    The Garden of Eden
    Two fools in love
    So beautiful and strong
    The birds in the trees
    Are smiling upon them
    From the age of the dinosaurs
    Cars have run on gasoline
    Where, where have they gone?
    Now, it's nothing but flowers
    There was a factory
    Now there are mountains and rivers
    You got it, you got it
    We caught a rattlesnake
    Now we got something for dinner
    We got it, we got it
    There was a shopping mall
    Now it's all covered with flowers
    You've got it, you've got it
    If this is paradise
    I wish I had a lawnmower
    You've got it, you've got it
    Years ago
    I was an angry young man
    And I'd pretend
    That I was a billboard
    Standing tall
    By the side of the road
    I fell in love
    With a beautiful highway
    This used to be real estate
    Now it's only fields and trees
    Where, where is the town
    Now, it's nothing but flowers
    The highways and cars
    Were sacrificed for agriculture
    I thought that we'd start over
    But I guess I was wrong
    Once there were parking lots
    Now it's a peaceful oasis
    You've got it, you've got it
    This was a Pizza Hut
    Now it's all covered with daisies
    You got it, you got it
    I miss the honky tonks,
    Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens
    You got it, you got it
    And as things fell apart
    Nobody paid much attention
    You got it, you got it
    I dream of cherry pies,
    Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies
    You got it, you got it
    We used to microwave
    Now we just eat nuts and berries
    You got it, you got it
    This was a discount store,
    Now it's turned into a cornfield
    You've got it, you've got it
    Don't leave me stranded here
    I can't get used to this lifestyle
    Songwriters:. David Byrne/Chris Frantz/Jerry Harrison/Tina Weymouth
    Musicians/Singers:
    David Byrne
    Chris Frantz
    Jerry Harrison
    Tina Weymouth
    Johnny Marr
    Kirsty MacColl
    Brice Wassy
    Yves N'Djock
    Abdou M'Boup
    Released: 1988

  • @AllenManor
    @AllenManor Pƙed 6 lety +209

    Johnny Marr. It's all about Johnny Marr on this song.

    • @dk50b
      @dk50b Pƙed 5 lety +8

      Guess I didn't see the video till recently, as I didn't realize it was him till he talked about it on SiriusXM. Now it couldn't be more obvious and absolutely makes the song along with Byrne's uncanny ability to predict possible futures based on our greed and laziness (Life During Wartime is about a future where we're society is crumbling amid widespread poverty but technological wealth).

    • @MJ.71
      @MJ.71 Pƙed 5 lety +31

      You can tell Johnny Marr's guitar playing any day, and always absolutely brilliant.....

    • @largeautomobile
      @largeautomobile Pƙed 4 lety +7

      I had no idea until just now. put on the video for the first time and was like, is that johnny marr?? damn no wonder it's so good!

    • @frederick909
      @frederick909 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      YES!

    • @ericjamieson
      @ericjamieson Pƙed 3 lety +12

      Still annoying that this is the only Tina Weymouth - Johnny Marr collaboration ever.

  • @onlyds0822
    @onlyds0822 Pƙed 3 lety +201

    "I canceled your plane ticket to college. We are gonna drive you to school on a cross-country road trip as a FAMILY!" - Rick Mitchell 2021

    • @jackiegonzalez6814
      @jackiegonzalez6814 Pƙed 3 lety +15

      “AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!”- Katie Mitchell 2021 đŸ˜±đŸ˜±đŸ˜±

    • @zzz43344
      @zzz43344 Pƙed 3 lety +4

      @@jackiegonzalez6814 LMFAO

    • @danieldonkoh2698
      @danieldonkoh2698 Pƙed 3 lety +8

      Loool I just watched this because of the movie....

    • @sanchersbfilmes356
      @sanchersbfilmes356 Pƙed 3 lety +4

      Lol, I just watched this film and it reminded me of that song

    • @darkzomber
      @darkzomber Pƙed 3 lety +3

      XD

  • @KayleeCee
    @KayleeCee Pƙed 4 lety +82

    Talking Heads made a lyric video 20 years before it was a thing. Way ahead of the curve, as always.

    • @alannakreed
      @alannakreed Pƙed rokem +2

      way ahead of The Great Curve, one might say! 🙃

  • @aedlwarehouse2391
    @aedlwarehouse2391 Pƙed 5 lety +46

    One of the best talking heads tracks of all, still relevant even more today. the Talking Heads were ahead of their time for sure.

  • @shgstewart4674
    @shgstewart4674 Pƙed 5 lety +60

    Back in 1988 when this song came out, I thought it was the best piece of dystopian fiction ever set to music. Now it just sounds like a pleasant pipe dream. :(

    • @Brandanus
      @Brandanus Pƙed 2 lety +6

      back then we were also singing "I won't be coming home tonight, my generation will put it right. We're not just making promises that we know we'll never keep." Seems we weren't much better than the generation(s) before us and I (still) can't tell you why this is a land of confusion.

    • @cherylczekala4558
      @cherylczekala4558 Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Waiting for the strip malls to be replaced by oases.

  • @ronswanson2654
    @ronswanson2654 Pƙed 4 lety +222

    Being a Talking Heads fan brought me here.

  • @StevenCombs-dy1pt
    @StevenCombs-dy1pt Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +7

    And as things fell apart no one paid much attention.......💯 You got it, you got it.

  • @ElainaWilliams994
    @ElainaWilliams994 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +5

    I find this song so true, especially as I grow older. It's so strange how certain places once existed, but now they are physically gone, as if they were never around in the first place. Then no one ever seems to pay attention or mention those places ever again.

  • @Jo-xs5hm
    @Jo-xs5hm Pƙed rokem +5

    Makes me tear up, something about this video specifically is very moving

    • @MassiveFish-hp4pm
      @MassiveFish-hp4pm Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci +1

      Have you ever heard The Doublejumps? you'll probably like them if you like Talking Heads

    • @Jo-xs5hm
      @Jo-xs5hm Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

      I'll have to check them out! Thanks for the recommendation@@MassiveFish-hp4pm

  • @MJ.71
    @MJ.71 Pƙed 5 lety +16

    One of the finest songs ever made.
    The lyrics, the musicians, the musical arrangement.... It's just absolutely sublime....

    • @TheNutzandBoltz
      @TheNutzandBoltz Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Just found this song for the first time. I think I have listened to it 25 times now. Then again I listened to Paul Simon Graceland for like a year straight when I was 17. It's all good.

    • @MJ.71
      @MJ.71 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@TheNutzandBoltz Try Sax and Violins by Talking Heads.... Another brilliant song

  • @alternativefm328
    @alternativefm328 Pƙed 2 lety +9

    David Byrne Johnny Marr Tina Weymouth and of course the delightful Kirsty MacColl what a great wonderful ensemble 👏👏👏

  • @kylelloyd4437
    @kylelloyd4437 Pƙed 4 lety +25

    Every talking heads song I find is great. Sometimes discovering new music you wished you would have been listening to all along is the best thing. Hearing something for the first time has magic.

  • @bfranklin3777
    @bfranklin3777 Pƙed 5 lety +18

    So creative. Years ahead of it's time. I often think of this song when they tear a building down. Man, What has happened to popular music ?

    • @victorzuri
      @victorzuri Pƙed 5 lety

      That song was "inspired" by Alagados, from a brazilian rock band called Os Paralamas do Sucesso.

    • @metalbob3335
      @metalbob3335 Pƙed 3 lety

      Two lyricists control all the the creative interests from the Nordic countries and auto-tune. They the industry only want short gains, not a musical movement that can change the course of creativity/talent of musically inclined parties involved .

  • @carstenmarquardt9416
    @carstenmarquardt9416 Pƙed 3 lety +14

    One of the most up- beat songs. Makes you feeling good however bad you felt before.

  • @darronfick9894
    @darronfick9894 Pƙed 4 lety +11

    All the band members are fantastic on this one. Tina's bass licks will always be stuck in my mind.

  • @peterdarcy-ep4wi
    @peterdarcy-ep4wi Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci +3

    I just concluded a Contemporary Arts class in Undergrad school. For my last discussion, I decided to connect the works of Bruce Conner to David Byrne. I tried to correlate the two. It was once said that Music Television (MTV) owed Conner 'lots of money' for their influence. Hmmm... i think the same damned thing about David Byrne, MTV owes him some good paycheks too. Man, what an ARTIST he is!

  • @JBinOtown
    @JBinOtown Pƙed 5 lety +283

    The Earth will one day forget humanity ever existed

  • @MJ.71
    @MJ.71 Pƙed 5 lety +178

    I luv the fact that after all these years, people are obviously still listening, and making new comments in 2018 and beyond

  • @MJ.71
    @MJ.71 Pƙed rokem +5

    April 2023 and this song is more relevant than ever. Sadly it'll become even more so as time moves forward, and I can't honestly think of a time when it won't be relevant.

  • @ryantodd6978
    @ryantodd6978 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +5

    Clerks 2 n the garage with my buddy getting lit every weekend good times.

  • @HumansFreshlyBorn
    @HumansFreshlyBorn Pƙed 2 lety +9

    Johnny Marr being a god as always

  • @myronbrown1864
    @myronbrown1864 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Reading Johnny Marr's autobiography and it led me to this song. I recall when it was a hit, I recall when The Smiths broke up that Johnny Marr was gigging with various bands, but I did not recall that he'd played with Talking Heads or that he was on this song. Makes sense now, with the highlife-y guitar.

    • @GregOrCreg
      @GregOrCreg Pƙed 4 lety

      Thank goodness Talking Heads are still as cool, if not cooler, than they ever where. Shame it's now virtually impossible to listen to The Smiths, one of my other favourite bands from the 80s (bloody Morrissey).

  • @jakeduder
    @jakeduder Pƙed 4 lety +10

    Years ago I was an angry young man... strikes a chord for sure. Saw David Byrne on tour once awesome show, do it! Heads for lifeđŸ€˜đŸ€˜đŸ€˜

  • @christianherzog76
    @christianherzog76 Pƙed 6 lety +45

    Thanks Talking Heads and David Byrne for such amazing music. đŸ‡§đŸ‡·

  • @jameschavez6400
    @jameschavez6400 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Tina Is Jamming Underrated Heroine

  • @meganbella8262
    @meganbella8262 Pƙed rokem +3

    If this is paradise, I wish I had a lawnmower 😊

  • @fem953
    @fem953 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci +3

    music videos by talking heads tend to give me a warm fuzzy feeling inside, and this is no exception

  • @ferroxglideh5621
    @ferroxglideh5621 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    My favorite memory from highschool happened when after a long night, this song was played on repeat into the morning, as the sun came up, nothing but flowers for the 33rd time...

  • @Hoshimaru57
    @Hoshimaru57 Pƙed 3 lety +35

    I once got this song hopelessly and irreparably stuck in my head for 3 months.
    I eventually resorted to giving myself a concussion while singing it to make it go away.
    I can never listen to it again or I might need a lobotomy to remove it or stop me from losing my mind.
    I shouldn’t even be here.
    But my aunt thinks All About That Bass is the worst earworm ever. And I’m here to prove her wrong.

    • @rat...
      @rat... Pƙed 2 lety

      skill issue

    • @dimetrodonz
      @dimetrodonz Pƙed 2 lety +2

      what an interesting comment

    • @melodies92
      @melodies92 Pƙed rokem

      Hahaha for me it’s only been 3 days but I think I just entered this phase. This song even showed up in my dream last night.

  • @danglybit1
    @danglybit1 Pƙed dnem

    just love this band..since 83-

  • @HealthNatureScuba71
    @HealthNatureScuba71 Pƙed 18 dny +3

    This would have been an excellent song to play in one of the beginning episodes of TWD when Rick saw how the world was changing.

  • @albertarthurparsnips5141
    @albertarthurparsnips5141 Pƙed 3 lety +12

    What an extremely talented line up ! Superlative players and singers !

  • @johnjennings7999
    @johnjennings7999 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Good old Johnny not really wanting to get into the dance-stepping thing that Tina does. "Look, I'll sway a bit, ok? But I ain't gonna step like I'm in an aerobics video, alright?" :)

  • @meganbella8262
    @meganbella8262 Pƙed rokem +7

    As things fell apart, nobody paid much attention. I remember this line over and over during my lifetime. Wish someone had saved me. I know you shouldn’t need anyone but I think maybe if someone had taken me away I would be ok now. Over soon ❀

    • @meganbella8262
      @meganbella8262 Pƙed rokem +3

      And this song shows there are so many bigger problems than mine. I know it’s so selfish but to me, my problems feel as big as the world I’m sorry :(

    • @MJ.71
      @MJ.71 Pƙed rokem

      ​@@meganbella8262 It's not selfish at all, we all have our problems in life, the trick is, trying to remember not to bottle them all up, talk to family, talk to friends, talk to strangers even. Just remember you are not alone.

  • @altwavee
    @altwavee Pƙed 2 lety +4

    "Naked" is a underrated album :( i love this album so much

  • @PJChgo1
    @PJChgo1 Pƙed 2 lety +8

    This and the Style Council's "All Gone Away" are a good pairing - upbeat songs that mask the anger and sorrow of the death of small towns and the corporate detritus that remains in its wake.
    And great to see the late, great Kirsty MacColl in this clip.❀

  • @afitzsimons
    @afitzsimons Pƙed 2 lety +3

    RIP the lovely Kirsty.

  • @maggpiprime954
    @maggpiprime954 Pƙed rokem +4

    I don't remember what I was going through as a 16yo when this came out, but despite not understanding the politics of this song, a sense of soft melancholy is forever imprinted in me that is similar to what I feel from the Pretenders' "Don't Get Me Wrong."
    Both songs are embedded in my soul.

  • @samdaleyhillary
    @samdaleyhillary Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci +1

    A good reminder why this is my favorite band of all time

  • @christinegralow367
    @christinegralow367 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

    How does one experience this masterpiece without falling in love with David Byrne?

  • @johnniesoesbee7015
    @johnniesoesbee7015 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Brilliant, simply brilliant

  • @kingredyy
    @kingredyy Pƙed 3 lety +4

    Pure genius. And who wouldn't miss the honky tonks, Dairy Queens and 7-11s? 😏

  • @tommoscardini9878
    @tommoscardini9878 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +2

    Brazil salutes the Heads!

  • @FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf
    @FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf Pƙed rokem +2

    I know this is all sarcastic and what not but maaan it sounds like heaven to me.

  • @SaltBushCity
    @SaltBushCity Pƙed rokem +3

    Imagine the joy of playing percussion in talking heads.

  • @danielledin3267
    @danielledin3267 Pƙed rokem +5

    You got it you got it

  • @victorysaber1608
    @victorysaber1608 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Has the signature talking heads touches. Like the most trippy art school kinda stuff.

  • @ruthdixon7807
    @ruthdixon7807 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci +1

    absolutely fantastic.

  • @sanchitvarma1282
    @sanchitvarma1282 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    True brilliance. So bloody ahead of its time.

  • @chantalmassicotte3934
    @chantalmassicotte3934 Pƙed 3 lety +24

    One of the best bands from the 80's. Amazing repertoire.

    • @hugh-jasole
      @hugh-jasole Pƙed 2 lety +3

      Forget the 80s they're probably the greatest American band ever

    • @tommoon1
      @tommoon1 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      Actually the 70’s!

  • @lucasottens8506
    @lucasottens8506 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

    Anybody else feel like this gets closer to being reality every day, lately?

  • @afonsovasques9502
    @afonsovasques9502 Pƙed rokem +2

    This song as never been more adequate. David Byrne, you a legend m8

  • @grzegorzpiaseczny
    @grzegorzpiaseczny Pƙed rokem +3

    They look like nice people to hang on with.

  • @michaelschlag
    @michaelschlag Pƙed 6 lety +92

    this is a TOP TEN talking heads song

    • @victorzuri
      @victorzuri Pƙed 5 lety +2

      That song was "inspired" by Alagados, from a brazilian rock band called Os Paralamas do Sucesso.

    • @sumez4369
      @sumez4369 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      This is a TOP ONE

  • @DudeinGA
    @DudeinGA Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +1

    This song hits differently during the year long Covid-19 lockdown. You go out to places while masked and see virtually no one on the roads or in the parking lots. Some places are just closed due to the lockdown. If it kept up for longer (like 2-3 more years for the lockdown), the song lyrics become the reality.

  • @merih8970
    @merih8970 Pƙed 4 lety +29

    This is probably one of my all-time favorite songs. Just incredible

  • @rinahramos8182
    @rinahramos8182 Pƙed 3 lety +6

    This song is on before the road trip disaster

  • @crusherbmx
    @crusherbmx Pƙed rokem +15

    There is nothing I can say to describe just how awesome this song is, the way it describes the contradiction of our existence

    • @leegoddard1253
      @leegoddard1253 Pƙed rokem

      End ov chat xxx

    • @dannycostello1978
      @dannycostello1978 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

      Exceptional song

    • @brianwolters7560
      @brianwolters7560 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +1

      I so agree... no matter which way we "lean", this songs speaks to us all...for sure shows me how fragile our society is but how much we love and adore it.

  • @meganbella8262
    @meganbella8262 Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci +2

    We need an updated version of this video with todays figures on. I had a look and saw were clearing 200,000 acres of rainforest per day now. That can’t be right, surely?! I’m so sorry earth. I wish I was never born

  • @joeblow4785
    @joeblow4785 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    These white and black reggae song producing lives MATTER . YOU GOT IT YOU GOT IT !!!!!!!!!

  • @dannycostello1978
    @dannycostello1978 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    His vocal makes me emotional.

  • @b00k13tub3
    @b00k13tub3 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Kirsty

  • @sirgaryo
    @sirgaryo Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci +2

    Talking Heads, Johnny Marr & Kirsty McColl 😍 awesome 😍👌

  • @kavepbr
    @kavepbr Pƙed 5 lety +75

    Heard this in Kohl's today!

  • @djmylesmatisse
    @djmylesmatisse Pƙed rokem +12

    Great song, creatively unique video. The addition of Johnny Marr and the late Kirsty MacColl is a masterstroke. The Only unfortunate thing is that this song would be from Talking Heads final album, Naked. It's David Byrne's choice but that doesn't make it a good or correct one. What a band! What a legacy of brilliant albums.

    • @leegoddard1253
      @leegoddard1253 Pƙed rokem

      All that's ALL talking heads R above N beyond
      End of chat luv x

  • @ghettohxcskater
    @ghettohxcskater Pƙed 4 lety +6

    I hear this song at work all the time and its incredibly ironic. Its used exactly in the opposite way it was intended playing over stores speakers, almost like the song shiny happy people.

  • @sonofvideo4696
    @sonofvideo4696 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Massively under rated TH song.

  • @kimnelson9910
    @kimnelson9910 Pƙed rokem +3

    new york city is so overun with concrete......it makes its own weather