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Stop Making Sense [Live] [Soundtrack]

~ Talking Heads (Artist)
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
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The soundtrack to the Jonathan Demme documentary, Stop Making Sense captures the Talking Heads live in 1984 on what would turn out to be their last major tour. This collection, and the film, is a true gift to the band's fans, a testament to the Heads' extraordinary talent, both in the studio and especially onstage. Frontman David Byrne infuses each song with a jolt of energy and drama that could only have come from a late-'70s art-school student. Now-classic tracks such as "Psycho Killer," "Girlfriend is Better," "Once in a Lifetime," "Take Me to the River," and "Burning Down the House" have never sounded better. This expanded 1999 reissue includes all nine of the original tracks, plus seven previously unheard cuts, including "Heaven," "Found a Job," and "Crosseyed and Painless." --Lorry Fleming

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5.0 out of 5 stars "The less we say about it the better....", Jul 13 2004
By Clare Quilty (a little pad in hawaii) - See all my reviews
Back when I was a kid, during the 80s, my first love, whom I met at camp, used to write to me long detailed letters of her life, which seemed far more interesting and visceral than my own backwoods existence. She once mentioned that she liked Talking Heads, a group I'd never heard of but I ran straight out and bought the first cassette by them I could find -- "Stop Making Sense."

I used to go around on my paper route, in the freezing rain, under a hooded sweatshirt, cranking "What a Day That Was" and "Burning Down the House" on my Walkman, chilled to the bone and soaking wet but warmed by the incredibly upbeat rhythms and confusing lyrics.

By the time I was finally able to get the movie on VHS, I'd listened to the tape a million times and knew most of the songs. But I didn't know what the band looked like or what their stage show involved. Not only was I blown away anew by the Heads, but there were all these other songs I'd never heard. How, I wondered, could they ever have left "Naive Melody" off the initial album?

Anyway, that old first love is long gone, but she turned me on to the Talking Heads before she split and now the album has been reissued with the set-list intact (except for two songs). This music is caffeine in a bright cold can; it's like waking up and looking out the window and finding snow; it's drier-warmed sheets, and it's also the sound of a Saturday wake and bake, the sound of the first spring-forward Sunday afternoon. Good sounds. Enjoy!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The version I was waiting for, Jun 25 2004
By Rocco Dormarunno (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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In 1984, I saw Jonathan Demme's "Stop Making Sense" four separate times--this was not unusual for any Talking Heads fan. So when the soundtrack was released, I rushed to get a copy. It's not hard to imagine my disappointment to find that it only contained nine songs from the film. Nine! Where were "Heaven", "This Must Be the Place" and the Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love"? This soundtrack was nothing less than a gyp!

Now, almost two decades later, is this new edition which contains so many of the tunes that I found unforgiveably left off the original! The sound is crisp and true. Without trying to overemphasize the importance of Talking Heads, this documentary of a truly great tour will reveal why this band had such a following, and why its music is still influencing the music of today.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Stop Making Sense: Special New Edition (1984 Film) [EXTRA TR, Jun 22 2004
By B. Viberg "Alex Rodriguez" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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I can not hide the fact that I think the singer for this group in question has no tallent at all. He sounds like a man trying way to hard and sounding even worst then if his effort was half hearted. This album, i.e., Stop Making Sense: Special New Edition (1984 Film) [EXTRA TRACKS] [SOUNDTRACK] [LIVE]
~ Talking Heads is a good example of his obvious lack of tallent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just a point of clarification...
Just a point of clarification: this Special Edition CD is a great compilation and has great re-mastered sound, but it is not the complete soundtrack from the movie. Read more
Published on May 12 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars "What a day that was!!!"
4.5 stars. I finally coaxed myself into watching the DVD concert film "Stop Making Sense" and was subsequently blown away by this band's energy and enthusiasm. Read more
Published on April 21 2004 by D. Knouse

4.0 out of 5 stars don't forget bernie worell
Having just cruised through the reviews for Stop Making Sense I didn't see any mention of Bernie Worrell, whose keyboard brilliance MAKES this album. Read more
Published on Mar 15 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars A long overdue relief.
I first heard Stop Making Sense when I was 7 years old. Having grown up with Talking Heads and had an affinity for live recordings, my father bought the CD for me. Read more
Published on Feb 26 2004 by BGFN8

4.0 out of 5 stars And the Name of the Band is Talking Heads
What is Talking Heads influence on modern music? Their synth squiggles and African percussion and nervous energy hasn't been seen much since 1988. Read more
Published on Jan 21 2004 by radiohead1095

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Talking Heads
This is a band that I fell in love with the first time I heard their music! I was fortunate and saw them at a small venue during the Stop Making Sense tour! Read more
Published on Nov 12 2003 by Damian P. Gadal

5.0 out of 5 stars different versions...
To the reviewers who pointed out that these aren't the same performances as seen in the movie:
Those ARE the same ones, they just used different edits of the songs. Read more
Published on Oct 1 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Start Making Sense
Nitpicking first. The packaging on the disc indicates that it contains "all the songs from the classic movie + seven previously unreleased tracks". Read more
Published on Jun 24 2003 by James Higgins

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic
Yeah, sure, this record is a classic soundtrack/live-recording and now with more tracks from the movie this edition is even better. Read more
Published on April 30 2003 by Enrique Hernandez

4.0 out of 5 stars I can't stop moving!
I saw this movie in Harvard Square when it first came out and couldn't stop moving (and neither could the crowd)! The CD that followed was anti-climactic. Read more
Published on Jan 22 2003 by KCCjr

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