Review of Stop Making Sense (1984) by Grant S — 04 Feb 2016
Brilliant - one of the greatest ever concert films.
A Talking Heads concert from 1984, recorded at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. We have the band - David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz - plus several very talented backing singers and musicians. The Talking Heads offshoot, the Tom Tom Club (Weymouth and Franz, plus backing musicians), also performs a few songs.
This is Talking Heads at their peak, creativity-wise and popularity-wise. Incredible concert - the band seemed to be having a whole lot of fun and the music is fantastic. There is also the stage theatrics, largely by frontman David Byrne, and these amount to performance art.
The only concert films that surpass this, I think, are The Band's The Last Waltz and the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration.
This review of Stop Making Sense (1984) was written by Grant S on 04 Feb 2016.
Stop Making Sense has generally received very positive reviews.
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