Talking Heads perform "Life During Wartime" at the 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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- Talking Heads perform "Life During Wartime" at the 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Tina Weymouth taught herself to play bass guitar in the very early days of Talking Heads. She is excellent.
no bull shill shit tina is all that and a bag of diamond chips!!
David Byrne taught her to play to start with..she progressed from there
I personally love the natural look 😁
According to "Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads", after moving to New York, Chris and David couldn't find a bass player, so they asked Chris' girlfriend, Tina, to learn to play the bass.
It shows that she taught herself
The way David couldn’t remember how some of the lyrics went and improvised is extremely cute and funny
Yeah, I laughed with the peanut butter part xD
Also miss him doing the funky chicken moves!
Peanut butter always works !
yah, both crunchy and smooth...
@CS100 I know 😂
So David was 49/50 here. He looks amazing, is in great shape, and voice still sounds perfect. Incredible.
I would
I saw him in Boston about 10 years after this -- he still had some moves.
He aged like a fine wine.
Tine Weymouth, you absolute legend.
Hear, hear! I've always loved her bass work.
Hell yes she is
They did a good job of pretending not to hate each other!
Are they suppose to be hating each other?
It's actually just Byrne that they all hate
@@Jeff-hn8iy well, I mostly get that now. However, I'm surprised of how the played the song with such a vibe.
Cheap Trick did as well.
Except Jerry, every body loves Jerry
I keep forgetting just how talented and precise a bass player Tina Weymouth is,
she's terribly underrated.
You gotta put a reminder in your phone
One of my favorite bassists. And that Precision is almost as big as she it!
@@teppeiando you have killed me 💀💀😂😂😂
I keep forgetting the words. Tina is wonderful.
This is cool to see, but the "Stop Making Sense" footage is the ultimate for me. Props to Ms. Tina, the too often unsung hero of this band, who created the perfect bass part for this song. I play music with a former backup singer from Tom Tom Club who sings her praises all the time.
I can not wrap my head around the fact that song is 41 years old
Yep , the old fans couldn't Party Or Disco or be fooling around today even if they wanted too
@@sentry8535 you shouldn't speak for older fans cause I still dance to the Heads WISE UP YOUNGIN
Oh gee thanks for pointing that out.
I KNOW right!!!
David Byrne just said I changed my hairstyle... to platinum this time....
24 year old new listener here. Talking heads are my new obsession. I’d give anything to travel back in time and see these guys live
55 year old git here, love them still!
Watch Talking Heads Live in Rome 1980, it's brilliant. Cheers
They were incredible!
same here !! my dad was around to be able to see them and met all the members but David, will forever be envious of anyone who got to enjoy them together live !!
That gives me hope for the future.
Now that is music and one hell of a band.
Straordinariiiii/ David e' grandissimo
Chris Frantz is an incredibly under-rated drummer. So tight
You got that right...he is simply the grooviest straight forward drummer around
So solid & tasteful
the 'ol "underated" trope... where is this drummer rating system anyway?
Totally agree. As a drummer, I love playing along to this, super tight, no nonsense or OTT drum fills, and there is a real funky groove to everything he plays.
@@camplethargic8 It mainly applies to ANY musician other than Elvis and Paul McCartney.
He is just as good as any other drummer he is not underrated or overrated
Come David! Get the Heads back together and tour. ❤
David Byrne's voice is still as stellar as it was 40 years ago! Simply amazing, blows my mind!
not like he is actually singing.. he is kinda just taking...
Like his voice though I think the critic who said that he sounded like a chicken being strangled described him well.
He sounds incredibly good here
Same as it ever was.
This was 20 years ago but I get what you’re saying
I used to drive a truck , mover, and carried a helper, many nights he was force fed this whole album at full blast , accompanied by my raspy voice. This was great for staying awake. Dancing in your chair is a great way to travel.
Seeing Stevie Nicks rock out to this put a giant smile on my face.
Never liked her voice
@@bonniebickett4520 Thanks for the positive comment, you really added a nice vibe!
Bonnie Bickett that’s the wrong opinion
@@ptoedits5644 That's not for you decide. Opinions aren't facts. They can't be labeled as right or wrong.
@@bonniebickett4520 Irrelevant to the point.
That's just so damned great it's hard to imagine they barely spoke to one another at that time. What an amazing band.
well, 3 of the 4 never stopped speaking to each other and always got along well. David Byrne did them wrong.
@@zyg9
I knew there was bad blood between Byrne and Weymouth , which comes across in this performance with Byrne constantly turning his back on her.
But how did Byrne do the band wrong ?
@@rainblaze. He was an introvert and the T/Hs was HIS band.
@@rainblaze.Byrne drove the others very hard, was very exacting, demanding, and not nice about it. Lots of bad blood because of the atmosphere he created.
Ego is a terrible thing…
Tina Weymouth is the bass line heart of the Talking Heads
She is an amazing bass player who gives the band all that extra bounce.
The bass is the heart of ALL rock, soul and funk.
If she was that good why did they have to have a second bass player in some of their important concerts. She couldn’t play slap bass or funk. They had to hire more virtuosic bassists to do that. She’s no Tal Wilkerson. She’s better than I am but then again I don’t play bass at all. So….
And Tom Tom Club! She's been sampled one billion time by rappers!
No, she isn't. David Byrne is.
25 years later and Tina is still jogging while playing this song!
Roma palasport..1980...io c'ero
And hotter than ever!
At least she didn’t do her famous crab walk. Some things you can’t unsee
David Byrne is a cyclist.
in a see-thru blouse with no bra - she's a force!
I loved Fred Schneider bopping in the audience. Can you imagine a B-52s/Talking Heads double act back in their heyday? Both bands gave spectacular live shows.
Stop Making Sense On Planet Claire! Oh yeah!!
One of the greatest American rock and roll bands of all time. They were iconic. They along with Blondie defined the new wave that crashed the old staid rock of the mid 1970s onto the shoals.
except thewy are not f*g American!
@@eclecticmusic123 Byrne is Scottish born but emmigrated early. All the others are born in the US. I'll stand by my statement.
Nah no blondie they sucked
Troo. I’m a guy that was a metal head not interested in talking heads. I love them now.
One of my favorite lines. This ain’t no party this ain’t no disco this ain’t no fooling around.
Lol yes I used to sing in his voice to my kids on mornings they were dragging ass for school ha! They eventually found the band and love the music to this day! 🎵💯🎵
@@kitcobain444
🥤a Coke for you. Chronic Coke drinker my entire life
-Matt’s dad
Genius is too small a word for a band that's still making sense
How about "ghastly"? That's got one more letter and describes those awful songs about little babies.
@@Ndlanding obviously a little mix fan
@@martinmartinmoone3104 I've only ever seen their name on the BBC website, but I've never conscientiously heard, never mind listened to, a song by them.
@@Ndlanding how ghastly for you
100% a fact ! Long live Talking Heads !!!!!
One of the most innovative bands ever!
Don't forget sting
They don't make bands like this these days do they?!?!
@@luannabbate2624 Nooooo. They don't do it anymore 😟😟🤔🤔🤔
@@mattilangofficial The 2000s had great innovative bands
One of the most under rated bands of all time
The Stop Making Sense version is the absolute pinnacle of perfection, but this is pretty good.
I heard Talking Heads for the first time when I was 15 in the early eighties. I was living in Kalgoorlie Western Australia. I went on work experience at the local television station. The station manager drove me in his car a Datsun 1800 to get our lunch. This song was playing in his car as we drove along. I asked him who it was and I was hooked. Great music and I still listen to them.
RIP Bernie Worrell - a true genius on the keys
Wasnt he still alive in 2002, I wonder why he wasn't there?
@@jlobiafra I believe that was Bernie on the keyboards next to Jerry. He passed in 2016.
@@kurtwenzelburger7628 yeah I thought so cuz in 2005 I saw colonel claypool big bucket of Bernie brains, which was a supergroup with buckethead, les claypool, Bernie worrell and brain
absolutely funky from the start to the end, Rest In Funk on the mothership
@@jlobiafra that’s him on the right keyboard playing the brilliant funky notes half way through the song. He died in recent years.
Oh man, Jerry Harrison is in top freakin' form on the keys in this one!
He seemed rusty for a few seconds at the beginning, but by the time of the Solo he was amazing.
That he is.
Yes
@@TheGerkuman according to the drummers book Jerry’s keys were outta tune for a few seconds 🤷🏻♂️🎹
That Prophet's sound....
David Byrne had a unique and original voice and vision. And, while I’m not a really a musician, Tina Weymouth stands out to me and as the driving force of the band. Impressive. It was four decades ago I first heard the Talking Heads. Yet, when I hear this, it’s as though no time has passed at all.
Bass players as a "driving force." LOL.
More than 4 decades for me. Shit my kids even listen to um. Hah
@@gmancolo watch Phil Lesh play bass and then say that..... Half of the Grateful Dead sound was a call and response between Phil and Jerry!!
@@biggestdaddyjeff Playing bass is so easy that even Sid Vicious could do it!
@gmancolo I agree that the baselines that sid vicious played are very easy to copy however like I said a minute ago watch Phil Lesh play bass...... A lot of non dead fans don't know that he was a classically trained horn player who learned bass solely at Jerry Garcia's suggestion and he plays it like he invented it nobody plays bass like him and nobody can play bass like him....czcams.com/video/1t_2adGvG7k/video.html. Just watch the beginning here he plays more notes in this little lick than sid vicious played on the entire album I think
When you got Stevie rocking 0:40 you know you're doing something right.
I'm speechless. They didn't just create their on Genre of music, they went and flew off into space with it. Nobody does that. Maybe the Ramones but not of this quality. It's a new order.
wow.. for a band that hadn't played together in almost 30 years, they sounded like they had been playing every night together for the last 30 years. True originals.
The band broke up in 91, so this performance in 2002 was only 11 years post break up. It has now been nearly twice as long, and they'll probably never perform again together.
@@othertonywi1son but they hadn't played live since 83, so it was more like a nearly 20 year break
@@michaelvielhaber9342fun fact, I just got out of a showing of Stop Making Sense when I saw your response. Long live Talking Heads!
True professionals.
I love how happy Chris Frantz always is
All he has to do is look at Tina.😁🔥
Hes married to tina and can play drums killer whats not to love
If you had Tina Weymouth, you'd be happy too.
He’s one of the luckiest average drummers ever.
@@adamtzsch I'm not sure it's luck. He co-created two successful bands. Maybe he's not all that "average."
@J.R.--Jerry Harrison is "the heart of "Talking Heads". Those keyboards & guitars are pure awesomeness imo🎶😊
Saw Bowie, saw Prince, saw Byrne Solo. Never saw this whole band. And will go to my grave regretting it. Surely one of the funkiest outfits ever to grace a stage.
having been in a band with conflict, when you get the groove going............cannot be described.
Tina makes everything so much fun! What a great concert video clip! Danced my senior citizen ass off!!
The Talking Heads were always Way Ahead of their time!!! A true Classic Band!!!
Great voice from a proud Scottish guy
Byrne, dude never fails to impress even as he ages, hall of fame indeed
Was my favourite band growing up. For me their best is "Slippery People" with Byrne and Harrison being perfectly tight on Guitar and Keys, while the Chris and Tina weave their magic percussion. Or when Alex Weir joined them on guitar for the beautifully melodic "This Must Be The Place". I couldn't understand why those songs weren't bigger at the time but they have since grown massive streaming support.
How could you not love this band???
David Byrne is a true genius. Various styles of music are accepted around the world. There's country, jazz, rock, classical, etc... and then, there's David Byrne.
It'd be nice if he could remember the words to his songs, just sayin
@@ST-ld2wz Which words are wrong?
@@rondevous5685 3:02
@@ST-ld2wz Thanks. He covered it nicely.
@@rondevous5685 Lines about peanut butter.
Tina's still rocking it the way she did when the song came out!
I love Tina Weymouth
Something very sexy about a female bass player😉
She turns 70 years old next month. You better hurry
Famous for shaping the entire sound of the band.
...and she grooves 😲
I honestly don't see what's so great about her, and I play bass.
Go watch the 1984 live version. They’ve changed, not surprisingly, but they may be even more relevant now. Iconic.
Is that the one where DB sprints in a big circle around the stage?
“Any questions?” he says at the end.
The younger gen hijacking "real" talent
@@chasbodaniels1744 Yes
the best concert I've been to.
What an incredible mix
Man, Jerry and Bernie (RIP Bernie) still bring the funky keyboards to the song. !!
Excellent! Seeing Fred Schneider grooving on this Classic tune reminds me, How in the Hell are The B-52's Not in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame!?!?!
David looks like he’d rather be ANYWHERE but on stage right there. He left his wife for good later on that night. Chris’ book told the whole story. It’s an excellent read…
Interviewer to DB: Talk to the band much anymore?
DB: I still talk to Jerry
in what interview was that?
Damn, Tina still had it going on. You hit the jackpot, Chris.
Just finished his book, he says at this performance Tina was wearing pants that she bought at 18 years old, and they still fit!!
@@hector-sauvage Hope she washed them 🤪😩😱
There was enough energy at one of their concerts in the early 80's to light up a city..I'd pay top dollar to see them again..add Adrian Below..wow man..the place would be electric..
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Talking Heads
Band of my life!
Permission to swear. This is fucking amazing!!!!!
Fred Schneider of The B-52's enjoying the song at 1:37
Probably remembering when Byrne was supposed to produce their 3rd album but it didn't work out...
You’re WHAT?!
It’s so great seeing this since they’re both two of my all time favorite bands
Yes, how Byrne almost butchered Mesopotamia..
@@criticus100 Almost.
But "Nip It In the Bud" and "Loveland" are still two of my favorite B-52's songs.
I saw them at the Greek Theater in Berkeley California back in the day. They still rock. 🇺🇸
Back in 1982 KLBJ radio in Austin announced TALKING HEADS Will by down at Riverside Park Tonite!
You had to be there to believe it.
People were climbing into the trees to watch. People were jumping in the River. It was like Woodstock on a smaller scale.
I lived three blocks away and remember walking home thinking I just saw The Best Live Performance of my life.
To date, this holds true.
Stevie Ray Vaughan also had a performance at Antoine’s on the Drag a couple of weeks before his helicopter crash. That too was Off This Planet!
Reading Chris' book now. Great story of this seminal, wonderful band. Chris and Tina - what a love story - to take this ride together. Amazing. Jerry joining... incredible. And David - warts and all, what a great artist. They all are. Being in a band is tough, and these guys have their war stories. Wonderful to see them together as everyone would agree. One of the greatest of all time. Shout out to Tom Tom Club too! This version, of this song, is fantastic. Hard to imagine this is their LAST LIVE PERFORMANCE - come on guys... if the Stones and U2 are out all the time, you can do it one more time... and David, you seemed to have mellowed a little... your band... this band... the band... Chris and Tina's band... Jerry's band... is one of the greatest of all time. It's a BAND. First ballot hall of fame. One of the greatest of all time. Art is about looking back and forward. Get out there guys. We want to see you. Some of us never did. It's now or never!
"Families do that. They don't just bite each other, they take chunks out. But, the beauty of it is, well, maybe you don't forget but you forgive." --Tina Weymouth
They'll never be beaten. Byrne is a genius.
Is he good at math or something?
@@cpow6207 define genius
It was sad to hear that David had no interest in resurrecting Talking Heads. I was a little late in discovering the band but they became my favourite. It was nerd rock at its most fun.
I think it’s best that way, they’ll never recreate what they had at the time but David has performed Talking Heads songs in recent times and they’ve been amazing
It Wasn’t sad for him. The ones who complain the most were Tina and her hubby Chris because they wanted to keep making money even though they made enough with their Tom Tom Club. They boasted that they made enough with that band to put their kids through college so how much money did they need?But I guess they wanted more. …. It’s true you have to have a lot of money to live in Fairfield Connecticut.So they started trashing on David after he didn’t want to record or perform with them anymore because they knew they didn’t have as much talent as he did And they knew they couldn’t make as much money without him. He WAS the Talking Heads. They just wanted to use him to get richer. He was smart enough to realize that. Tina Weymouth made all these snarky comments about him like that he “didn’t understand what friendship was.” She doesn’t either. She’s just a user. He was 10 times more intelligent and talented than she was. She’s a mediocre bass player at best and that’s about all she’s got
@@Mark-bw1wx Thank you! The ended the band just before they became sad. At the very least, Byrne recognized that the magic Talking Heads once could generate was starting to evaporate. It would become nothing but a cash generating machine if they continued on any further
@@ILikechipsandham97 - I totally agree.
:-)
@@Mark-bw1wx I'm sorry but Mediocre bass player at best??? Not excusing what she's done but come on
Absolutely brilliant, that just took me right back to the 80’s and going to an Indie club in Halifax called the Kibbutz. I’m a bass player, and can’t say Tina was really on my radar as a great bass player back in the day. But watching her now, she is soooo good. Simple but just plays so well in the groove. A fine example of when less is more. 😀👌
The very best bass players keep it simple but right in the groove which is exactly what Tina does.
When Stevie Nicks is immersed in your performance, you are in the limelight.
We all love Chris and Tina but how about some Jerry love?
He's not as cute as Tina! LOL!
I saw Jerry on the Casual Gods tour in 1988. Steve Scales, Alex Weir and Bernie Worrel from the big TH line-up were in his band, as was Ernie Brooks. When they played "Roadrunner" it brought down the fucking house! One of the best shows I've ever seen.
let's give him some modern love
Who ?
@@duffyjohnson77 Casual Gods is one hell of an album.
What have we ever would have done without David and tina . Thank you cbgb's for giving talking heads the start of many years of insane great entertainment.
Probably their BEST song. They had to SLOW it DOWN because The Talking Heads hadn't played it in awhile BUT it STILL sounded AWESOME.
David Byrne has the voice.of God. Seriously they were so damn good at their peak.
The voice of God sounds like a thunderclap :)
Well, he is from Scotland
@@100tonyjensen Dumbarton 🥰
Excellent version despite the tension and what have you. I dig that Jerry plays the Bernie Worrell keyboard solos with the man right next to him groovin' to it, and givin props at the end. They are tight. The Byrne keeps me alive
All HAIL QUEEN TINA!!!!
One of the greatest bassist ever
Got that right!!!!!@@chrisgibbs1024
@@chrisgibbs1024😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
After the Beatles, I love the Talking Heads
Who are these Beatles you text of?
It’s cool that Stevie Nicks is getting into the song.
I still have my vinyl '77' album!
Joy Division, Talking Heads and others kept me sane during 'uni' in Maynooth, 1980's.
as a fellow Brit born and living a couple of miles from Davids home, They are fanstastic, life changing and superb, revisiting will never capture the magic, its all documented and should stay there for us all to enjoy
At 0:47 David's probably thinking "I hope I can remember all this!". Great video. I hope I'm still rocking when I'm a similar age.
Watching Fred Schneider rocking out to this was great!
It seemed liked they played the Talking Heads every morning in mid 80's on the radio. We were in auto shop and stoned every day hearing them
Aha, so YOU were the one who put transmission fluid in my brake system!
Love the Talking Heads. Long live the Talking Heads
One of the greatest bands ever who cares if they like each other
I'm almost 70 years old , just as a point of reference . I remember reading that within their respective ( NO pun intended ) bands that the Who and the Allman Brothers had actual fist fights !
@@MitchellMaichak-ze7mr if you never had a fight with your best friend, he ain't your best friend!!
We still love Tina Weymouth.
MVP of any Talking Heads member by far, including David Byrne.
Eh... she's kind of a bitch. Both her and Chris need to stop holding onto the past and blaming David for their own issues. David has moved onto other things, which those two clearly haven't.
She’s kind of a finger-pointing whiner who blamed all of her and hubby’s financial problems on David after the band broke up Because they knew he was the band and they couldn’t make as much money without him. Even though they claimed they made a lot with the Tom Tom Club. I can’t blame DB for not wanting to hang around with them too much longer. He had too much talent. He had every right to go off on his own and he was a very creative person who probably didn’t want to be pinned down to one genre. Tina is no no Tal Wilkenfeld either. I think Chris is a better drummer than she is a bass player. His biggest problem is he puts her on a pedestal and agrees with everything she says. I guess they deserve each other. And now Chris Frantz has written a book trashing David Byrne as if his adored wifey trashing him wasn’t bad enough. They’re so jealous of the guy it’s obvious.
@@Mark-bw1wx Interesting post, thank you. Absolutely agree she’s no Tal!. I understand she could barely play when she joined the band. Her playing was basic, pedestrian even, but as such to my mind had its own style and contributed to the band’s sound. And she was quite cute. No denying DB was the creative one, though difficult (isn’t he autistic?). Don’t know anything about her and Chris trashing him.
@@yourfairyking David Byrne has acted like a dick many times too
I LOVE TINA!!! As a bass player that plays covers, when I have a chance to play her beat, I"m in!!
Jerry is an absolute star in my eyes! I love that man, so humble and an absolutely great musician
Talking heads one of the best creative bands of the 80s. Tina Weymouth played guitar before bass and as a bass player she has discovered the secret which is keep it simple and keep in the groove. David Byrne is a mean guitar player song writer and original vocalist.
So nice to see them all together again.
Wow. Tina is so lovely.
The great and legendary Bernie Worrell on Keys
Superb, have always liked talking heads
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Talking Heads
@@chrispolo840 thanks Chris I will check them out
This was their best performance in this short set at the Hall of Fame, by far. It actually sounds so eerie to hear the music again come through so well. I am glad they put aside their differences briefly to practice and put on a great short show for everyone. Now in 2023 on Steven Colbert with the movie they really do get along pretty well again, but back at this time they did not and it at times shows in the performance but not on this tune.
one of the great bands of the last 50 years.
A great band spotlighting the craziness and dysfunction in our world.
Precious genius.
The Talking Heads were always a part of my life growing up. I never really appreciate their music but I got their talent when they made songs that made it to the charts. Much like the 10,000 maniacs who I love I never appreciate what they did early in mymusic listening. But now talking hasn’t 10,000 maniacs are probably just one of the strongest groups I have.
To this day, I still love using this quote to address all the slackers I put up with, "This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no f-------king around."
love their recorded work and was a huge fan. Their live performances which I only caught 3 times was phenomenal. They were in a category and class by themselves. The musicianship, songwriting, vocals...just an amazing American Band.
I saw David Byrne’s American Utopia Tour in 2018 and I am still coming to terms with how stunning and amazing it was!
One of the best song ever written...in my opinion
I have a different live verson saved on my pc. When I'm down or need something fun to listen to it is my go to song, trying to keep up with the dance can be a bit of a struggle when one is 60!
czcams.com/video/EA7_oOHJsr0/video.html
Gotta love Tina. She plays bass like an art student. Cool AF.
I would give my children’s college fund up for a reunion tour
****ing crazy........LOL
Yes!!!!
You might as well!
Love this comment!
Wish I had known about Tina years ago.
I would have fallen in love with her instead of Stevie Nicks.
Ahhh well ... my heart is big enough for both of them 💖💖
Tom Tom Club? Anyway, good taste man!
you still got time
She's sitting there watching too.
@@TempoDrift1480 oh yeah, I didn't catch that in my first watch, thanks for pointing it out!
toss in the wilson sisters
Some classics never go out of style!
I just. Keep coming back k for more TH….GREATBAND
They should've never broken up. That was a real loss. The world and the talking heads need more talking heads. So good to see them together. They were magic together.
tina's bass and chris' drums are so overlooked as a key part of the sound.
There very replaceable
I saw David perform with a different back up band and it was spectacular in 09
A awesome percussion say up and great bassist who played rhythms on his bass
Tina was pretty limited
Same bass lines
She was no
3 finger Entwistle..
Chris was a noisy drummer but nothing mind blowing
David was the show and how he produced them.And his writing and unique singing
That's what people heard and got caught by..David a GENIUS
@@DDios-ih9de same bass lines? well that's completely wrong. noisy drummer? entwhistle? what are you talking about. a great band is not comprised of great soloists.
I have never heard of those two as overlooked.
Many, Many musicians rate them Very highly and also understand their importance within Talking Heads.
BUT each to their own perception!
;-)
not so
@@DDios-ih9de And yet Tom Tom Club did really well. I think you're underestimating the writing contributions of the other three. Byrne is certainly happy to take all the credit, but it may not be his to take.