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 inuential 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 conrm 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.