“Psycho Killer” Was The Second Song David Byrne Ever Wrote | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

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  • (Recording date: 5/11/23) David Byrne was surprised that people liked his Alice Cooper/Randy Newman-inspired song.
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  • @myDelayedReactions
    @myDelayedReactions Před 10 měsíci +232

    in 1994 I got in trouble in my pre-school for bringing in a boombox and tape of Stop Making Sense and playing Psycho Killer for 'show and tell'. 29 years later, I still love it

  • @at1970
    @at1970 Před 9 měsíci +64

    My girlfriend came home with a puppy she’d bought out of a cardboard box and a new album “stop making sense” the year I started med school. She and I didn’t make it, but that dog was my constant companion for the next 16 years and the album was the background music. I wouldn’t change a second of it.

    • @jimmyjimson-kj6ho
      @jimmyjimson-kj6ho Před měsícem

      you didn't make it into med school? Or you didn't make it together?

    • @at1970
      @at1970 Před měsícem

      @@jimmyjimson-kj6ho
      She ended up with a kayak buddy of mine. I got the dog, finished med school and miss that dog and the 80s every day. Bittersweet listening to the album.

  • @bkj43
    @bkj43 Před 10 měsíci +34

    “It seemed like a very odd chat…”
    “It was.”
    😂

    • @MrDuneedon
      @MrDuneedon Před 10 měsíci

      I just saw it for the first time. It WAS indeed!

  • @AndrewCantDraw
    @AndrewCantDraw Před 10 měsíci +27

    I LOVE when my heroes acknowledge luck

    • @Gusto4now
      @Gusto4now Před 10 měsíci +6

      It means that their are still self aware and not consumed by ego

  • @Kdkjdjewerdnxa
    @Kdkjdjewerdnxa Před 10 měsíci +82

    Remain in Light is one of the best records ever made. I highly recommend people listen through that record even if they don’t like their bigger singles like Psycho Killer or Burning Down the House. I never really fell in love with Talking Heads until listening through Remain in Light.

    • @mrwhirly0358
      @mrwhirly0358 Před 10 měsíci +13

      Take a look at THHEESSEEE hands

    • @Pumpkinking64
      @Pumpkinking64 Před 10 měsíci +6

      STILL WAITING!

    • @UberNeuman
      @UberNeuman Před 10 měsíci +5

      The WORLD moves on a WOMAN'S hips!

    • @Missjunebugfreak
      @Missjunebugfreak Před 10 měsíci +3

      Remain In Light is in my top 20 all time favorite albums. It's so unique and ahead of its time.

    • @De_liebste_un_beste_Mensch
      @De_liebste_un_beste_Mensch Před 10 měsíci

      Crosseyed And Painless --> Stop Making Sense
      One of the most intense things I'ver seen

  • @jstnsmutek
    @jstnsmutek Před 10 měsíci +32

    Conan is such a great interviewer. He was always funny, but he really became great at it

  • @toddbridgemanart
    @toddbridgemanart Před 10 měsíci +12

    "I like it when people acknowledge luck," said the Irish host.

  • @Filminformer1984
    @Filminformer1984 Před 10 měsíci +14

    Byrne baby Byrne!

  • @radoslawfromwarsaw
    @radoslawfromwarsaw Před 10 měsíci +11

    Sometimes I feel that I grew up in the USA, not in Poland. I love Byrne, I had the opportunity to watch Letterman in the 90s (as did SNL from the 70s that time). I also remember the first episodes of O'Brien. I love the moment when the person you like likes another person you like ;) Greetings from Warsaw!

    • @EdDunkle
      @EdDunkle Před 9 měsíci +1

      Witaj Warszawo! (is that close?)

  • @krisfinley6706
    @krisfinley6706 Před 10 měsíci +14

    Such a treat to see and hear the incomparable David Byrne!👏 I could listen to him talk for days😊 Still as handsome as ever too😍

  • @jaxcoburchez2938
    @jaxcoburchez2938 Před 10 měsíci +5

    My two favorite things in one place: Conan and David :D

  • @markb20
    @markb20 Před 10 měsíci +36

    Very enjoyable interview thanks to both of these creative guys. Back in the 1980s David was perceived as this amazing artist who was not easy to work with. It's so cool to see how easy going and approachable he's become.
    But both guys make universal points about today's world of social media- HOW does one make it in comedy or music today? And the overwhelming amount of info, music, entertainment, etc. Such is reality.

    • @RioRav
      @RioRav Před 10 měsíci +3

      I would imagine since he is autistic that he would've still had issues with learning how to work with and control parts of it. Many autistic people can learn strategies and coping skills as they age but other stressors can mean that few get to be that age unfortunately. Of course with being such a success he would also have more ability to do whatever he likes and minimize stress about finances and recovery by being alone as much as he wants to.

    • @markb20
      @markb20 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@RioRav Never knew David Byrne was autistic. I just finished reading up on it and he says it probably affected his communication skills while aiding his music, allowing him to focus better. Thanks for the update.

    • @Adam-kn3tv
      @Adam-kn3tv Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@markb20just to further add, after David learned of his autism and began mentioning it publicly, he was able to reconcile with the band. They all finally understood that much of the interpersonal problems were a result of David having no clue that he was autistic and not really understanding the effects his actions had on others. My understanding is they get along very well these days and all the past animosity is behind them.

  • @johnnytoobad7785
    @johnnytoobad7785 Před 10 měsíci +1

    The Stop Making Sense tour at Forest Hills was my favorite concert that I saw live in the 80's. !

  • @calmthemonster
    @calmthemonster Před 10 měsíci +3

    Two of my favorites having a chat.

  • @pommie5093
    @pommie5093 Před 10 měsíci +14

    Yes, luck is always a factor in anyone's success. Also true: David is a genius.

  • @lesclaypoolonbass9431
    @lesclaypoolonbass9431 Před 10 měsíci +1

    This is a stellar interview

  • @sunshine3914
    @sunshine3914 Před 10 měsíci

    Every song holds the best memories. Ty

  • @thesimulation9651
    @thesimulation9651 Před 10 měsíci +5

    Pausing this to go caramelize some onions and pile them atop pistachio ice cream🧅

    • @danmeister83gmail.commeist71
      @danmeister83gmail.commeist71 Před 10 měsíci

      the whole is greater than it's parts

    • @Kitty8791
      @Kitty8791 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Fyi - Goodnow Farms Chocolate (Sudbury, MA) made a limited release flavor: 77% Nicaragua Dark Chocolate Bar w/ Caramelized Onion. It was surprisingly good! I bet if you melted it down, could pour it onto vanilla ice cream, or break it up into tiny pieces & mix it in. 🍫🧅🍦😋

  • @fredtietjen3247
    @fredtietjen3247 Před 9 měsíci

    Honest and forthright interview from both parties.

  • @Missjunebugfreak
    @Missjunebugfreak Před 10 měsíci +2

    David has a beautiful smile.

  • @jamesjudge7061
    @jamesjudge7061 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I do that now but I am not touring...absolutely brilliant line....Conan u r the best

  • @sweiland75
    @sweiland75 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I would love to have heard David speaking more.

  • @CheatDayKerry
    @CheatDayKerry Před 10 měsíci +1

    He's awesome

  • @jhamptonjr
    @jhamptonjr Před 10 měsíci +2

    Take me to the river what's the first thing I heard on my local FM station and I was hooked! Life during more time and psycho killer soon followed and I bought the album songs about buildings and food which was just eclectic enough to make me buy it. Love the heads!

    • @abc-bu7nr
      @abc-bu7nr Před 10 měsíci +1

      Me too
      I gotta admit that I was totally surprised that the Great Al Green wrote it
      I like Al's original but I love talking heads'

  • @Guanjyn
    @Guanjyn Před 9 měsíci +2

    Psycho Killer is my favourite song by them after Road to Nowhere.

  • @Radio-Loud
    @Radio-Loud Před 10 měsíci +27

    This is so good, Conan. Please interview more musicians!

    • @Missjunebugfreak
      @Missjunebugfreak Před 10 měsíci +3

      Yes! Would love to see him interview Fiona Apple or Joanna Newsom. Think that would be a very interesting conversation.

    • @talkingheadsfan012
      @talkingheadsfan012 Před 7 měsíci

      gerard way OR julian casablancas oh my god

  • @cyberspace667
    @cyberspace667 Před 10 měsíci

    Insightful!

  • @privatepenguin3137
    @privatepenguin3137 Před 10 měsíci +13

    I have seen so many bands....even some I never thought I'd see (like Eagles in '94). Talking Heads would be on my bucket list. They are all still living - would love to see it happen, but I don't think it will 😢

    • @dmgcaster904
      @dmgcaster904 Před 10 měsíci +1

      It really is too bad. He told Chris Frianz to stop asking to get the band back together because he would never agree to it. Instead of making new Talking Heads music Byrne would rather rehash his greatest hits in a Broadway format in order to garner acclaim from the press and critics alike. Snooze.

    • @privatepenguin3137
      @privatepenguin3137 Před 10 měsíci +6

      @@dmgcaster904 Yeah. I get not getting together for the big "money grab nostalgia tour"...there are too many of those. But maybe if they played like 4 US dates for a charity cause they believed in. That's why it was nice to see them together at the RnR HOF.

  • @jlouis4407
    @jlouis4407 Před 5 měsíci

    Some of my earliest memories are from seeing the video for Burning Down the House on MTV, David’s dace on the house and on the road

  • @eduardo_corrochio
    @eduardo_corrochio Před 10 měsíci +5

    Jeez, that insurance commercial with Conan came in so fast while David was speaking that it was almost like a jump scare.

    • @EdDunkle
      @EdDunkle Před 9 měsíci +2

      Yeah, why does Conan think he needs a crummy ad? He's very wealthy.

  • @ZulcanPrime
    @ZulcanPrime Před 10 měsíci +7

    I prefer the live version of Psycho Killer. I think David is being modest when he said it was luck that Talking Heads became successful and popular. It does help if a band has a good songwriter and good musicians who perform at the highest level.

  • @redbougainvillea
    @redbougainvillea Před 10 měsíci +1

    One of the best bands ever.

  • @formerastronaut
    @formerastronaut Před 7 měsíci

    I'm currently having a "Talking Heads on Letterman" moment watching this video. Wonderful.

  • @Trrondee
    @Trrondee Před 10 měsíci

    My #1 artist, Im so happy

  • @aristotleasparaguspodcast1129
    @aristotleasparaguspodcast1129 Před 10 měsíci +11

    This video was probably the 50th time I have been reminded that the Talking Heads are American

    • @colin6603
      @colin6603 Před 10 měsíci +2

      What do you think they are? They’re from NYC played with the likes of the Ramones, Blondie, and Television.

    • @naomiarram5187
      @naomiarram5187 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Well, Byrne is Scottish, moved first to Canada before the US, and he collaborated with Brian Ferry, so maybe that's why

    • @StarryStarryNocturne
      @StarryStarryNocturne Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@naomiarram5187 Maybe it's also because at some point after the "British Invasion" the Brits started getting the idea that Rock came from the UK and so nothing considered innovative, daring or just impressively good in that area of music could have possibly come from outside the UK. :P

  • @plaws0
    @plaws0 Před 10 měsíci +2

    About 5:40 in they talk about there being _so_ _much_ music (and other things). I had this epiphany not long ago myself. If you search "WABC- 7- 29- 70" here on the 'tube, you will find a ~3-hour recording of 77 WABC ("Musicradio!") on a random morning in July of 1970. While I was basking in nostalgia, and listening to cigarette ads, I realized that, holy cow, WABC's play list was SO WIDE ... and then I realized that the station could not play a lot of songs. 53 years' worth in fact. Because the music didn't yet exist. In fact, they really only had about 15 years' worth to choose from - and that was it. As Conan says - _now_ , you can immerse yourself in a single genre and never look at anything else. Couldn't do that in 1970.

    • @franciet99
      @franciet99 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Thanks! I’m going to check them out!

  • @lowkeysoundsystem6174
    @lowkeysoundsystem6174 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Oh oh oh ohhhhh- Aiyaiyaiyaiyaiyai!!! 🤪

  • @opensourcepants
    @opensourcepants Před 8 měsíci +1

    I was a huge Talking Heads fan when I was a teenager. I even had a book about them. In it, if I remember correctly, it said that Psycho Killer was written by the band putting different sentences on little pieces of paper, then mixing them up and picking out the sentences of the song at random.

  • @Psilocybin77
    @Psilocybin77 Před 10 měsíci +1

    this guy is so much more than a big jacket.

  • @matzorama
    @matzorama Před 10 měsíci +1

    Love you both like we were related

  • @lachauntiswashington231
    @lachauntiswashington231 Před 10 měsíci

    Very good

  • @deepdivemusicreactions
    @deepdivemusicreactions Před 10 měsíci

    full episode please

  • @2010mceric
    @2010mceric Před 10 měsíci +14

    If Conan started in comedy now, he could probably get a job writing for The Simpsons.

  • @pamr4040
    @pamr4040 Před 10 měsíci

  • @breakercassidy6946
    @breakercassidy6946 Před 9 měsíci

    Best American Rock Band

  • @mikekisonu6825
    @mikekisonu6825 Před 10 měsíci +2

    FORGET "Psycho Killer."
    Were it not for "Burning Down the House" (and its AMAZING video!), Talking Heads may have become some NICHE band only a select few knew about. 👍✌

    • @revwillyg6450
      @revwillyg6450 Před 10 měsíci

      I love Psycho Killer, but you are correct. Burning Down the House was everywhere when it came out. A huge hit. Always makes me think of the frat boys setting the curtains on fire in Revenge of the Nerds 😂

  • @scott92507
    @scott92507 Před 10 měsíci

    Rei Momo and Uh-Oh are my favorite David Byrne projects.

  • @RioRav
    @RioRav Před 10 měsíci

    Now I have a terrible hankering for some caramelized onion icecream

  • @Danisoff
    @Danisoff Před 10 měsíci

    Pretty good monsiers charismas.

  • @selfdiscardedkingofruin7291
    @selfdiscardedkingofruin7291 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Weg Leg did a nice cover of Psycho Killer.

  • @tomroberts2135
    @tomroberts2135 Před 10 měsíci

    Conan and Bill Burr do the best ads for their podcasts. They do the ad - but they clearly just read whats there and give a little snark like "why am I interrupting everything for this nonsequitor"

  • @svenamsterdam3501
    @svenamsterdam3501 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Tina wrote the bass riff on PK. Her and Chris F. never get the credit they deserve.

    • @Curious_Party
      @Curious_Party Před 8 měsíci

      and the lyrics aside from the second verse

  • @MrT67
    @MrT67 Před 6 měsíci

    "I've realised now that this is an intervention involving David Byrne....."
    That was very funny 😂

  • @brucelee4996
    @brucelee4996 Před 10 měsíci

    I saw half of Taking Heads. (Tom Tom Club).

  • @Billkwando
    @Billkwando Před 10 měsíci +3

    No mention of the big suit. Why the clickbait?

  • @louclarkson6098
    @louclarkson6098 Před 10 měsíci

    Ive been scrolling past this for days not reading it thinking it was john madden

  • @kevinn1158
    @kevinn1158 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I had a guy who was maybe 8 yrs older than me who was into music. I might have been 14 or 15 when I heard him playing more songs about buildings and food on his car stereo while he washed his car, and I thought, who in the world was that? 1978-9ish as I remember. That was my first Talking Heads album. I still have that album. That guy across the street was my cool music dealer. He played Elvis Costello, UB40, The Specials, The Jam, Devo....
    I ended up seeing the Talking heads at the2nd Police picnic here in Toronto 1982. Can you imagine? The tickets were 20-22 bucks, English beat, Joan Jet, Flock of Seagulls, Talking heads and the Police. 20 bucks wouldn't buy you a beer at a concert now. LOL. I get there's inflation, but the whole ticket marketing thing nowadays is just stupid. Horrible for the real fans. My 15 yr old daughter wants to see a concert but it's insane now.

  • @keithfitzgerald876
    @keithfitzgerald876 Před 7 měsíci

    O'Brien is mind-numbingly stilted and robotic in this role.

  • @johnperry6874
    @johnperry6874 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The song is credited to Byrne, Frantz and Weymouth.

    • @Curious_Party
      @Curious_Party Před 8 měsíci

      yeah they had it written already and he did the second verse, wtf

  • @1wayroad935
    @1wayroad935 Před 10 měsíci

    I scrolled down too fast and thought that "Suit" was a *very* different word.

  • @gkelly3566
    @gkelly3566 Před 10 měsíci

    Thumbnail looks like sam neil

  • @RickLinsk
    @RickLinsk Před 8 měsíci

    David seems so normal today compared to back then - wish
    Conan had asked him about his personal evolution or development or whatever that is. PS maybe naive Q - are guests compensated for coming on (enduring) the podcast?

  • @joshbrewster5638
    @joshbrewster5638 Před 8 měsíci

    Maybe Conan should interview Tina. Her grooves powered all of Byrne's best songs. The other 3 were as interesting as DB. Somehow he took all the credit.

  • @gregdahlen4375
    @gregdahlen4375 Před 10 měsíci

    would have liked to hear how he got the idea for psycho killer, why he wrote it, why the particular emotions in the song etc

  • @Chalepastel
    @Chalepastel Před 10 měsíci +2

    where is that large automobile?

  • @bigal1409
    @bigal1409 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Got "help" from some of the others???? It was CO-written with Chris and Tina.

    • @Curious_Party
      @Curious_Party Před 8 měsíci

      Yeah they actually wrote it, he just changed the second verse. What happened to this guy? Lost his damn mind.

  • @MrDuneedon
    @MrDuneedon Před 10 měsíci +2

    Is David wearing a tuxedo shirt?

  • @5ch3nk
    @5ch3nk Před 8 měsíci

    There's a lot of bands you get into, then get out of over the years. David and Talking Heads is not one of those bands. I've been listneing to his music since I've been a teenager and their music just keeps getting better to me with age. It's kind of a miracle I got into them when I look back at some of the music I listened to then. Which I feel embarrassed about now.
    I grew up in the early-00s so a lot of Numetal and junk like that..

  • @TheRubberStudiosASMR
    @TheRubberStudiosASMR Před 10 měsíci +1

    I think I would have enjoyed Oppenheimer more if Cillian wore the big suit

  • @davidfaustino4476
    @davidfaustino4476 Před 9 měsíci

    No way! Surely only a wise, experienced beyond his years lyrical genius could have penned the legendary "fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa".

  • @hector3730
    @hector3730 Před 10 měsíci

    Heaven (Heaven) is a place
    A place where nothing
    Nothing ever happens

  • @stefanmarraccini8646
    @stefanmarraccini8646 Před 10 měsíci +2

    The inimatable David Byrne! I got sucker punched as a new grad while respectfully blasting And She Was from an '85 VW GTI. The outro riffage still kills me. The rear wheel lift upon cornering was real, btw.
    BDTH was simply no better way to rev up any social ovcassion. Maybe not at detective academy shindigs, but who does that anyway.

  • @c.a.t.732
    @c.a.t.732 Před 10 měsíci

    Watching that performance of Burning Down the House on Letterman, I have to assume that the concept of singing on pitch was considered uncool and unhip by Byrne at the time.

  • @justsaying14
    @justsaying14 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Conan O'Brien Needs An Intervention 🤭

  • @itnefer4787
    @itnefer4787 Před 10 měsíci +1

    As much as I like Conan, I think it was a very poor interview, at least the clip herein. All we hear is Conan talking about himself, never allowing Byrne to elaborate, like when he cut him off when he started talking about his 'stilted answers' to Letterman's question. It would be nice to follow up about that performance. But we got "I remember having no judgement about it". What???
    Having a guest like that and asking him an old and worn out question about who he liked as a young musician is low-effort. You don't even have to be prepared or know anything about the guest. What's the next one on the list? "How did you start out?" or "What do you think about current music?" Meh...

  • @richardbrucemusic
    @richardbrucemusic Před 9 měsíci

    At 5:30 they talk about the biggest threat to music today - too much of it. Like trying to find a needle in 10,000 haystacks. If gold was everywhere, it would be worthless.

  • @nancymesek
    @nancymesek Před 10 měsíci +1

    Alex Cooper and Randy Newman sound. Rofl

  • @xploration1437
    @xploration1437 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Conebone69

  • @mrsbinkbonk
    @mrsbinkbonk Před 7 měsíci

    Dueling haircuts?

  • @Radio-Loud
    @Radio-Loud Před 10 měsíci

    New podcast - Sona needs a job

  • @blackbluestudio6338
    @blackbluestudio6338 Před 9 měsíci

    No one is 100/100%. Byrnes pretty close.

  • @fredericklindenberg5627
    @fredericklindenberg5627 Před 9 měsíci

    Why does Conan interrupt the guest so much?

    • @_Ag-
      @_Ag- Před 8 dny

      I think his impulse is to take the focus a bit when he knows his guest is uncomfortable under the magnifying glass. His sense for social graces trumps a host’s selfish (?) pursuit of a “raw” interview, in other words. I can appreciate that he sees guests as people, rather than as subjects to exploit per se. But I do wish he would have had some provocative and especially unusual questions prepared that David would have been excited to answer, then social lubricant wouldn’t have been so necessary.

  • @ihatespam2
    @ihatespam2 Před 9 měsíci

    I love Conan, but he’s looking more and more like Beavis.
    Qu'est-ce que c'est

  • @mikebon8352
    @mikebon8352 Před 9 měsíci

    Talking heads on earplugs Airplane takeof Schiphol
    3 week holiday towards Jamaica... winter end of 1996.
    Road to nowhere... song... ;)

  • @shephusted2714
    @shephusted2714 Před 10 měsíci

    betty ford clinic intervention talk

  • @emu_warrior
    @emu_warrior Před 10 měsíci +2

    this whole interview with david byrne was sooo boring but i'm glad conan met his idol

    • @JillKnapp
      @JillKnapp Před 10 měsíci +14

      Jeez, I didn't think it was boring at all. David is wired differently than many of the glorious extroverts he has on. I really love how Conan meets David where he is. It's just a different vibe.
      (For the record, I'm not saying you're wrong. I think it's cool how we can look at the same thing and come away with different experiences. Humans are neat. ❤️)