10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone
This site uses cookies to deliver its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. Information about your use of this site may be shared with third parties. By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies.
LEARN MORE GOT IT Ňěẅș Vįđěǿ Mųșįč Pǿŀįțįčș ȚV Mǿvįěș Mǿřě
Țǿǿŀ'ș Mǻỳňǻřđ Jǻměș 'Ķįŀŀěř Čŀǿẅňș': İňșįđě ȚŘĚŇĐİŇĢ Ķěěňǻň ǿň Ẅħǻț Ǻřmỳ țħě Țěřřįfỳįňģ Ħǿǻx Țǻųģħț Ħįm,... Șẅěěpįňģ...
Țǻŀķįňģ Ħěǻđș ǿň 'Șțǿp Mǻķįňģ Șěňșě': 'Ẅě Đįđň'ț Ẅǻňț Ǻňỳ Bųŀŀș--ț' Țħįřțỳ ỳěǻřș ǻfțěř țħěįř įňfŀųěňțįǻŀ čǿňčěřț fįŀm, đřųmměř Čħřįș Fřǻňțż řěměmběřș țħě șųįț, țħě čħǿřěǿģřǻpħỳ ǻňđ țħě (țǿțǻŀ ŀǻčķ ǿf) đįřěčțįǿň
Țħě Țǻŀķįňģ Ħěǻđș Ģįjșběřț Ħǻňěķřǿǿț/Řěđfěřňș http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 1/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone
Bỳ Ķǿřỳ Ģřǿẅ This site uses cookies to deliver its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. Ǻųģųșț 1, 2014 Information about your use of this site may be shared with third parties. By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies. "We didn't want an of the ullhit," former Talking Head drummer Chri Frantz a aout top Making eLnEAeR,N t hMeO RaEnd' GOT IT in uential 1984 concert lm. "We didn't want the cliché. We didn't want cloe-up of people' nger while the're doing a guitar olo. We wanted the camera to linger, o ou could get to know the muician a little it."
Mǿřě Ňěẅș
Șțǿp Mǻķįňģ Șěňșě Q&Ǻ: Țǿm Țǿm Čŀųb'ș Čħřįș Fřǻňțż ǻňđ Țįňǻ Ẅěỳmǿųțħ Țǻŀķ Mǻřřįǻģě
100 Ģřěǻțěșț Ǻřțįșțș Ǻŀŀ Șțǿřįěș »
ŘĚĿǺȚĚĐ PĦǾȚǾȘ: Țħě 15 Běșț Řǿčķ Đǿčș ǿň Ňěțfŀįx İňșțǻňț What to tream tonight, from 'It Might Get Loud' to 'tone in xile'
It wa Decemer 1983 when the group lmed three how at Hollwood' Pantage Theater, while on a tour for peaking in Tongue that found them plaing in an extended lineup with extra percuion, keoard and guitar. The one thing the and wanted from the movie – directed Jonathan Demme, who would later win an Ocar for The ilence of the Lam – wa omething that would e the complete oppoite of anthing on MTV at the time. The lm had long, drawn-out cloe-up on the muician' face, it arel howed the audience and it ued dramatic lighting to exaggerate the choreograph. The group, which conited of Frantz, vocalit David rne, guitarit/keoardit Jerr Harrion and ait Tina Wemouth, nanced the movie motl itelf and the time top Making ene came out, that tenacit had given wa to
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 2/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone a hit. Filmgoer were literall dancing in the aile a the movie This site uses cookies to deliver its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. Informatiopnla abeodu.t your use of this site may be shared with third parties. By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies. Lat month, a 30th anniverar edition top Making ene came out digitall and it i alo eing re-releaed at variou LtEheAaRtNe rM ORE GOT IT throughout the United tate. Rolling tone recentl caught up with the drummer – who i till recording with hi wife, Tina Wemouth, in the Tom Tom Clu – to nd out how the lm hold up three decade later.
What do ou think of top Making ene the lat time ou aw it? All the nice thing that people a aout Talking Head? It jut con rm thoe tatement are true [laugh]. We were ver fortunate in that everod who worked on it did uch a good jo. I would pa 1,000 uck to ee that how [laugh].
How did the idea for the movie come aout anwa? We were all thinking that that it would e good to document that particular tour. We had rehearal for aout a month to learn all the material. Right when we were aout to get on the road, Jonathan Demme came to one of our how along with hi girlfriend at the time, and McLeod, and Jonathan aid, "We would like to make a movie of thi." And we thought, "How nice." Jonathan Demme wa a new director then. He had done thi movie called Melvin and Howard, which we liked ver much. Jonathan' not that much older than we are and he wa hot at the moment, at leat theoreticall.
How did Jonathan plan the cene? At the time, he wa alo working on thi movie for Goldie Hawn called wing hift. After eeing the rt cut of the movie, he decided he wanted to completel rehoot ever cene with her in it, o it wa up to and McLeod to follow the and around and make note of what and memer were doing what, at what time and when the camera hould e on them. he followed u around for a good month while Jonathan wa dealing with Goldie.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 3/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone Were ou getting upport from Warner ro. at the time? This site uses cookies to deliver its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. InformatioOnn aeb othuti nyogu trh uaste n oof thoisd s iteev mera ym been sthioanred, pwaitrht ithciurdla pralrt ioeus.r B yi nugseinrg, Dthaisv sidite, you agree to our use of cookies. rne, i the fact that the and paid for the movie. Ye, we got a loan from Warner ro., ut it wa againt our roaltie o the and, the LEARN MORE GOT IT four of u, reall coughed up the mone. We didn't have a whole lot of aving at the time, o we were aicall putting our life aving into thi movie, which we did and I'm glad we did, ecaue not onl did we get it ack, ut we have a great movie.
It wa alo the and' deciion to put it into ver mall college theater and art houe around the countr intead of tring to open ig. That' one reaon that it ucceeded a well a it did: It wa ale to have long run at art theater. The audience would keep coming ack.
When did the idea that the and would e introduced individuall come aout? That wa all decided on efore the tour egan. It' a little it of a reviion of what reall happened in real life. I think what David would like to conve i that it egan with David rne and then he invited Tina to join the and and then he invited Chri and then he invited Jerr and then he invited teve cale and o on, ut it wan't like that. What reall happened wa Tina, David and I moved to New York with the idea that we might tart a and. I convinced David that it wa a good idea. I aked Tina to join the and. I aked Jerr Harrion to join the and. o it' a little it of a reviion, ut it work reall well a a narrative for the movie.
What do ou rememer aout David' intro with the plaing "Pcho Killer" to a drum loop? David put that together himelf; I wa not part to that or anthing like that. He didn't ak anod, it wa like "I'm going to do thi." It worked well.
When ou get ontage, ou liten to a headphone for a minute. Wa Jonathan directing ou?
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 4/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone No. In the headphone, I wa litening to the tempo. ecaue we This site uses cookies to deliver its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. Informatiowne arbeo uht oyoutirn ugs eo vofe trh tish sreite mniagyh bte, swhaer ewda wnittehd th tiord mpaarktie s.u Brye uesaincgh thoisn sgite, you agree to our use of cookies. egan at the ame tempo. o I devied a click track to liten to at the eginning. ometime when ou pla live, ou might peed up a LEARN MORE GOT IT little it, epeciall in punk, New-Wave tle; the audience like to get hammered, the like to have a livel performance, o we had to make ure it wan't too livel.
The movie ha o man great cloe-up on and memer' face. What are our favorite? Tina look reall angelic and great throughout the whole lm, and I love when ernie Worrell give ome of hi weird glance at who know what [laugh]. ernie' a funn gu to watch. David i aweome throughout.
Did it ever urprie ou when David came over to the drum rier during "Life During Wartime?" I'm jut amazed he didn't ever fall. He wa moving around a lot, ou know. He' quite a remarkale performer or at leat he wa then.
How did the group work out it choreograph? verod did their own. The [ackup inger] were great. dna [Holt], Lnn [Mar] were jut amazing. The were not craz aout the out t the had to wear, ecaue, ou know, the're a couple of ne, lack women, and the like to dre up. ut David had them in like oga clothe. The got ued to it and I think it looked good.
What wa the reaoning ehind the cotume? David aid, "I want everod to wear neutral color ecaue I don't want anod to tand out too much." And then he come out in the igget white uit ou've ever een in our life [laugh].
Wa that a urprie? We did know he wa going to do it, ut we didn't know it wa going to look like until the uit wa actuall made. It wa amazing. It wa prett funn [laugh].
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 5/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone What wa the idea ehind the uit? This site uses cookies to deliver its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. InformatioWn ea bhoaudt yoeuern u sine Joaf pthaisn sjiute tm paryi obre tsoh atrheed twoiuthr ,t hainrdd p Darativeisd. Balyw uasing tahiids sitite, you agree to our use of cookies. wa aed on Japanee Noh theatre cotume where the main character wear thee great ig quare out t, imilar to hi uit LEARN MORE GOT IT except their would e kimono tle.
o did Jonathan Demme o er much direction? No, he jut captured it. The onl direction we got were from Gar Goetzman, who wa technicall the producer. Gar aid, "Don't look at the camera and, for God' ake, don't pick our noe." That wa the amount of direction we had [laugh].
Wh are their hot of the audience onl in the eginning and end of the movie? The idea wa to have the movie preented to the viewer a if the viewer had the et eat in the houe. The et eat in the houe doe not involve looking at the audience. We thought it would e like eeing the concert the wa we in the and would like to ee it.
Were ou urpried to hear people were dancing in the movie theater when it came out? I actuall aw that happen and I thought, "Wow, thi i cool." I'd never een that efore, nor ince [laugh]. Well at the Rock Horror Picture how, where there' a lot of audience participation, ut that' a di erent tpe of thing.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 6/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone
This site uses cookies to deliver its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. Information about your use of this site may be shared with third parties. By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies.
LEARN MORE GOT IT
Čħřįș Fřǻňțż įň 1983. Čŀǻỳțǿň Čǻŀŀ/Řěđfěřňș
Wa the Tom Tom Clu ection of the movie a regular part of the et from that tour? Yeah, "Geniu of Love" wa a ig hit at the time. It alo gave David the opportunit to change into hi ig uit.
It alo gave ou the chance to ue the mic. Yeah, one of m onl druther aout that movie i I wih I had een a little it more reerved on the microphone ut, ou know, I wa jut o excited. What can I a?
A Talking Head weite i giving awa a lu-ra cop of top Making ene that all four of ou igned. Are ou all on good term now? Tina and I are on great term [laugh]. Jerr, I'm on ver good term. With David, I gue ou could call it "email term." I haven't actuall een him in peron for quite a few ear. That' not m deciion, that' hi. He like to keep it to email, o whatever, I can pla that game [laugh]. I can anwer an email. ven though we're not performing a a and, we till have thing we need to talk to each
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 7/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone other aout from time to time. The ent u the lu-ra and we This site uses cookies to deliver its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. Informationig anbeodu tt hyoeumr uasned o f ethnist stihtee mma ya bcek s. hared with third parties. By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies. What' next for ou and Tina muicall? We have aout half a dozen aic track of Tom ToLmEA CRlNu M rOeRcoErded GOT IT for a new alum, and we've een talking aout tarting on a project called "Chri und Tina," like German tle. The muic will e totall electronic and kind of Germanic, a oppoed to rock & roll or funk. It' inpired Kraftwerk. That' what we're thinking aout right now.
Finall, a previoul unreleaed intrumental ong called "Theme," from 1976, urfaced online. What do ou rememer aout that tune? It' kind of a cool ong. It wa inpired the each o. We plaed it for mae the rt ix month that Talking Head wa in exitence, and it never got recorded in a proper recording tudio. ut we do have a tudio recording of it from a little aement tudio of a friend of our in the hirt. We were practicing recording ecaue none of u had done ver much recording. o we would go from the Lower at ide over to rookln and we would, thank to the hirt, ue their little aement tudio. We recorded that along with ome other thing, I recentl aked the tape and tranferred them to digital, and the're urpriingl good.
Will ou e releaing thoe oon? Mae omeda, there are no plan at the moment, ut it could happen. A lot of time with thee thing, the reaon the were never releaed i ecaue we thought the weren't that good. ut ou liten to them 40 ear later and ou think, "Damn, that' not that ad, that' prett good."
Čǿmměňțș
Đǿň’ț Mįșș ǻ Șțǿřỳ Șįģň ųp fǿř ǿųř ňěẅșŀěțțěř țǿ řěčěįvě břěǻķįňģ ňěẅș đįřěčțŀỳ įň ỳǿųř įňbǿx. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 8/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone
This site uses cĚoňoțkěieř sỳ ǿtoų řd eělmivǻeįrŀ iǻtsđ sđeřěrvșișces, to personalize ads and to analyzȘeį ģtrňa fŲfipc. Information about your use of this site may be shared with third parties. By using this site, you agree to oĦuǿẅr uẅsěe ų șoěf ỳ cǿųořo ěkmieǻsįŀ .ǻđđřěșș
LEARN MORE GOT IT
Țǿǿŀ'ș Mǻỳňǻřđ Jǻměș Ķěěňǻň ǿň Ẅħǻț Ǻřmỳ Țǻųģħț Ħįm, Bǻňđ'ș Ěǻřŀỳ Đǻỳș inger alo dicue Joni Mitchell, Green Jellö and other topic chronicled in upcoming io 'A Perfect Union of Contrar Thing'
'Ķįŀŀěř Čŀǿẅňș': İňșįđě țħě Țěřřįfỳįňģ Ħǿǻx Șẅěěpįňģ Ǻměřįčǻ Clown have een potted lurking in wood from outh Carolina to uptate New York
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-senȚse-wřeų-diědnt -wBanřt-aųnyč-buělls-:-t -Ș201p408ř01įňģșțěěň 9/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone Țřųě Břųčě: Șpřįňģșțěěň This site uses cookies to deliver its servicesĢ, toǿ pěeșrs oĐněaliězep a,d Fs řaǿndm to aĚnǻalřyzŀỳe traffic. Information about your use of this site may be shared with third parties. By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies. Țřǻųmǻ țǿ Fųțųřě ǿf Ě Șțřěěț Rocker open up aout hi life, expanding on revelation in candid new LmEeAmRoNir M'oOrRn Eto Run'GOT IT
ǺŘǾŲŇĐ ȚĦĚ ẄĚB
13 Mǿvįěș Țħǻț Ķįŀŀěđ Ǻčțǿřș’ 7 Mųșįčįǻňș Ẅħǿșě Țřǻđěmǻřķ Čǻřěěřș Ŀǿǿķș Ẅěřě Ħįđįňģ ĐİFFŲȘĚŘ Șǿměțħįňģ ČŘǺČĶĚĐ
11 Ŀįěș Ỳǿų'vě Běěň Běŀįěvįňģ 30 Mǿșț Bǻđǻșș Ģųįțǻřįșțș ǿf Ǻbǿųț Șěx Ǻŀŀ Țįmě MĚŇȚǺĿ FĿǾȘȘ ĢŲİȚǺŘ ẄǾŘĿĐ
19 Ǻřțįșțș Ẅħǿ Ģǿț Ňǻķěđ Ǿň 6 Ħįț Șǿňģș Țħǻț Đěșțřǿỳěđ Țħěįř Ǻŀbųm Čǿvěřș țħě Bǻňđș Țħěỳ Mǻđě Fǻmǿųș MȚV ŇĚẄȘ ČŘǺČĶĚĐ
Ħǿẅ Ķǻțě MčĶįňňǿň Běčǻmě țħě 'ȘŇĿ' Ẅěįřđǿ-įň-Čħįěf 'aturda Night Live' tar on urviving pratfall, Hollwood ucce and, jut mae, plaing the rt female preident
Ẅǻțčħ Ŀǻđỳ Ģǻģǻ Pěřfǿřm Ħěǻřțfěŀț Ňěẅ Șǿňģ 'Mįŀŀįǿň Řěǻșǿňș' inger deuted tune and other 'Joanne' track live during performance at Nahville opening of Dive ar Tour
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-senẄse-weǿ-diřdnŀt-đwan tĦ-anyě-buǻllsv--t-ỳ20ẅ1408ě01įģħț 10/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone Ẅǿřŀđ Ħěǻvỳẅěįģħț This site uses cookies to deliver its servicesČ, tħo ǻpemrsopnaįǿlizňe aȚdỳs așnǿdň to Fanųařlyỳze: t'rİa'fvficě. Information about your use of this site may be shared with third parties. By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies. Đǿňě Ŀǿțș ǿf Čǿčǻįňě' World Heavweight Champion a he' een attling depreion and perecution – ut i now LEARN MORE GOT IT clean and working toward recover
Ẅǻțčħ Ňǻțǻŀįě Pǿřțmǻň ǻș Fįřșț Ŀǻđỳ įň Șțųňňįňģ 'Jǻčķįě' Țřǻįŀěř Ocar-winner endure aftermath of JFK aaination in rt teaer for excellent new Jackie Kenned iopic
'Đǻřķ Șǿųŀș' Čřěǻțǿř Mįỳǻżǻķį ǿň 'Żěŀđǻ,' Șěqųěŀș ǻňđ Șțǻřțįňģ Ǿųț From oftware preident open up aout tudio' earl da and the claic game that color hi world
Měěț țħě Mǻň Ẅħǿ Fŀįěș Ǻřǿųňđ țħě Ẅǿřŀđ fǿř Fřěě Lat ear, a oung man walked into the eattle airport and took the next ight to anwhere — and he han't come down ince
Řěǻđěřș' Pǿŀŀ: 10 Běșț Pǿșț- Bŀǻčķ Ǻŀbųm Měțǻŀŀįčǻ Șǿňģș ee what ong managed to top 't. Anger,' 'The Da That Never Come' and 'Fuel'
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 11/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone
This site uses cookies to deliver its services, to personalize ads and to analyze traffic. Information about your use of this site may b1e0 s0ha Ģredř ěwǻithț těhișrdț pȚarVtie sȘ. ħByǿ uẅsinșg ǿthfis Ǻ sitŀeŀ, you agree to our use of cookies. Țįmě From time-capule itcom to cutting-edge Peak- TV drama — the de nitivLeE rAanRkNin Mg oOf RthEe gameG- OT IT changing mall-creen claic
ǺŘǾŲŇĐ ȚĦĚ ẄĚB
13 Mǿvįěș Țħǻț Ķįŀŀěđ Ǻčțǿřș’ 7 Mųșįčįǻňș Ẅħǿșě Țřǻđěmǻřķ Čǻřěěřș Ŀǿǿķș Ẅěřě Ħįđįňģ ĐİFFŲȘĚŘ Șǿměțħįňģ ČŘǺČĶĚĐ
11 Ŀįěș Ỳǿų'vě Běěň Běŀįěvįňģ 30 Mǿșț Bǻđǻșș Ģųįțǻřįșțș ǿf Ǻbǿųț Șěx Ǻŀŀ Țįmě MĚŇȚǺĿ FĿǾȘȘ ĢŲİȚǺŘ ẄǾŘĿĐ
19 Ǻřțįșțș Ẅħǿ Ģǿț Ňǻķěđ Ǿň 6 Ħįț Șǿňģș Țħǻț Đěșțřǿỳěđ Țħěįř Ǻŀbųm Čǿvěřș țħě Bǻňđș Țħěỳ Mǻđě Fǻmǿųș MȚV ŇĚẄȘ ČŘǺČĶĚĐ
Ħǿẅ Ŀěđ Żěppěŀįň Ěmbřǻčěđ Țřįppỳ Fǿŀķ Șįđě ǿň 'İİİ' Viking war crie, California folk and viion of ngland' pat: alum wa a critical and commercial low point when originall releaed on Octoer 5th, 1970
500 Ģřěǻțěșț Ǻŀbųmș ǿf Ǻŀŀ Țįmě Rolling tone' de nitive lit of the 500 greatet alum of all time.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 12/13 10/7/2016 Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense': 'We Didn't Want Any Bulls--t' - Rolling Stone
This site uses cookies to deliver its servicesẄ, toǻ pțečrsħon 'aĢlizįeŀ madsǿ ařněd tĢo įařnŀașly'z Če tǻrașffițc. Information about your use of this site may bŘeě smharįeňd įwșičthě th ǿirdň p a1r6tiețsħ. By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies. Ǻňňįvěřșǻřỳ Net ix reoot to air in Novemer LEARN MORE GOT IT
Řǿđ Țěmpěřțǿň, 'Țħřįŀŀěř' Șǿňģẅřįțěř, Đěǻđ ǻț 66 "The Inviile Man" alo penned Michael Jackon' "O the Wall" and "Rock With You" among hit- lled career
Șěě Řųșħ Řěŀįvě Ħįjįňķș Fřǿm Ķįșș Țǿųř įň Đǿč Čŀįp 'Time tand till' lm will creen in multiple theater in Novemer for one night onl
© Řǿŀŀįňģ Șțǿňě 2016 Đįģįțǻŀ Ěđįțįǿň Șųbșčřįbě Ģįvě ǻ Ģįfț Čǿvěřẅǻŀŀ Čǿňțǻčț Přįvǻčỳ Pǿŀįčỳ
Ỳǿųř Přįvǻčỳ Řįģħțș Ỳǿųř Ǻđ Čħǿįčěș Țěřmș ǿf Ųșě Čųșțǿměř Șěřvįčě Ǻđvěřțįșě Șįțěmǻp
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/talking-heads-on-stop-making-sense-we-didnt-want-any-bulls--t-20140801 13/13