 Stop Making Sense (1984) [ larger cover art ] |
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Musicbrainz DBWho took the money?
Who took the money away?
It's always show time
Here at the edge of the stage
Wake up and wonder
What was the place, what was the name?
We wanna wait, but here we go again
Takes over slowly but doesn't last very long
No need to worry evreything's under control
O U T but no hard feelings
What do you know, take you away
We're being taken for a ride again
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the smoke in her eyes
She's coming up, going right through my house
She's gonna give me surprise
I think it's right, better than this
I think you can if you like
I git a girlfriend with bows in her hair
Nothing is better than that, is it?
Down, down in the basement we hear the sound of machines
I'm driving in circles come to my senses sometimes
Why, why, why, why start it over?
Nothing was lost, everthing's free
I don't care how impossible it seems
Somebody calls you but you cannot hear
Get closer to be far away
And only one look and that's all that it takes
Maybe that's all that we need
All that it takes, now that it's right
All it takes if it's right
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
And she goes wherever she likes, there she goes
I got a girlfriend that's better than that
Now everyone's getting involved
She's moving up going right through my heart
We might not ever get caught
Going right through try to stay cool, going through, staying cool
I got a girlfriend she's better than that
And nothing is better than you
I got a girlfriend thats better that this
But you don't remember at all
As we get older and stop making sense
You won't find her waiting long
Stop making sense, stop making sense
Stop making sense, making sense
I got a girlfriend she's better than that
And nothing is better that this, is it?
| ziakut (Albeit In The Meantime) | Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 09:27 It's even annoying LIVE. |
| steeler (Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth) | Posted: May 17, 2012 - 08:31 Lewis_Moon wrote: What can I say. This was my youth. Best. Music. Movie. Ever. I enjoyed it immensely back in the day. Not sure it tops the Last Waltz, but they realy are like apples and oranges |
| Lewis_Moon | Posted: Mar 30, 2012 - 22:34 What can I say. This was my youth. Best. Music. Movie. Ever. |
| ick (...out of the primordial ooze) | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 06:18 What is this fascination with these Heads that Talk? |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 14:03 Andrius wrote: I hear RP almost everyday with pleasure but I can't understand (like other listeners) why TH und Byrne sounds everyday... It is an overestimated band... The 80's have more to offer than TH: Bauhaus, Siouxsie, Joy Division, The Smiths, Klaus Nomi. I would like to hear more from these really good bands and singers on RP... Klaus Nomi???? Friend of Bowie - bit of a mime as I recall - did he put out multiple records like everyone else on your list?? |
| Stingray (4 A FREE INTERNET) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 14:03 NIGHTMARE! |
| Catalytic (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) | Posted: Jan 11, 2012 - 10:34 Gets me moving every time. I never grow tired of this tune. |
| Stingray (NWO reloaded) | Posted: Jan 11, 2012 - 10:34 Andrius wrote: I will never understand Bill's addiction to Talking Heads. For my ears, they suck. ================================================================== I agree!! They do not even suck - they just....kill me! TH + Floyd + Ludovico Einaudi - all into one bag, some cement and over the bridge with them! |
| bev (Reno, NV) | Posted: Jan 11, 2012 - 10:34 bumped because...yup. redeyespy wrote: STOP MAKING SENSE is a very near perfect filmization/recording of a trio of concerts from '83. Even those who weren't particularly into the Heads became converts/admired the stylish conception. The songs, powerful enough in the studio recordings, really come to life in these live interpretations. Cheers to the band and Jonathan Demme! Get the dvd NOW!! The soundtrack album could be played on an endless loop here at RP and I wouldn't complain.  |
| Taraincognito (Out back, in the garden, pulling weeds) | Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 22:18   |
| Andrius (Medellín (Colombia)) | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 12:02 CoYoT51 wrote: I will never understand Bill's addiction to Talking Heads. For my ears, they suck. I agree!! |
| Andrius | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 11:57 I hear RP almost everyday with pleasure but I can't understand (like other listeners) why TH und Byrne sounds everyday... It is an overestimated band... The 80's have more to offer than TH: Bauhaus, Siouxsie, Joy Division, The Smiths, Klaus Nomi. I would like to hear more from these really good bands and singers on RP... |
| parttime (Kona Hawaii) | Posted: Oct 08, 2011 - 10:08 3rd that... hencini wrote: Indeed. |
| hencini | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 10:36 rporter wrote: This has to be (well in my opinion) one of the best live albums ever. The film that went with it was also great. Indeed. |
| errantpenny (where the fog breaks) | Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 14:49 rporter wrote: This has to be (well in my opinion) one of the best live albums ever. The film that went with it was also great.  |
| Dave_Mack (Kicking out the jams) | Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 18:02 There she goes. Making funny sounds. Making Flippy Floppy perhaps. Great movie and soundtrack. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Mar 01, 2011 - 21:35 True This: rporter wrote: This has to be (well in my opinion) one of the best live albums ever. The film that went with it was also great. |
| rporter (Washington) | Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 14:39 This has to be (well in my opinion) one of the best live albums ever. The film that went with it was also great. |
| kcar | Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 14:38 DeFrankMan wrote: I envy the deaf when i hear this. LOLOLOL, I'd use the laughing rolling-head emoticon, but I never can get those suckers to work. Definitely one of my least fave TH songs. "Stop Making Sense" was a great movie though. |
| Synth80s (*Beautiful* Southern California (cough, choke, honk)) | Posted: Nov 27, 2010 - 14:29 Did someone say "Prophet 5 fuelled white funk?" ;-) |
| Tony0600 (Hampshire, UK) | Posted: Sep 25, 2010 - 05:54 This music just grates on my nerves |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 10:36 ugh. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 10:30  Drop us in the water. Watch us flail and flounder. Oh look! It's a piranha... I love this song. I love Talking Heads.  |
| h8rhater | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 10:25 Ahhh.... the echoing sound of the RP/TH crybabies. Cry on. Cry us a river. Take us to the river. Drop us in the water. |
| fingerpin (oHIo) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 10:24  This absolutely kicks ass! |
| Jonathan_pa (Somewhere in the vastness of space) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 10:24 I love everything... Except this! |
| nampelkafe (al sur del sur) | Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 05:50 CoYoT51 wrote: I will never understand Bill's addiction to Talking Heads. For my ears, they suck. I feel exactly the same. I enjoy RP all day, except when Byrne's voice is drilling in my head... I forgive Bill for this 'cause everything else is very good. Nobody's perfect ;-) |
| DeFrankMan (Netherlands) | Posted: Aug 24, 2010 - 05:48 I envy the deaf when i hear this. |
| CoYoT51 (Lima, Perù - Reims, France) | Posted: Jul 23, 2010 - 06:38 I will never understand Bill's addiction to Talking Heads. For my ears, they suck. |
| Pharlap (Bahama, NC) | Posted: Jul 23, 2010 - 06:36 Love that BIG SUIT! ...Best. Concert. Movie. Ever. |
| That_SOB (The Dark Side of the Tune) | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 14:04 DB is the frosting on diversity, so let the detractors eat cake...with a spoon.... Please, don't everyone thank me at once. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 13:00 Normally i like TH!! But this is terrible!! |
| Shesdifferent (Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 12:58 Time to switch over to something else.....why bother with TH 24/7? |
| CoYoT51 (Lima, Perù - Reims, France) | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 12:58 Never loved them... I guess I won't, ever. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jun 21, 2010 - 09:36 93vx800 wrote: Oh Boy, here come all those TH haters. Watch out! Personally, I love them. What, the "TH haters"? Bit perverse, that...  |
| jersey_birdman | Posted: May 20, 2010 - 14:21 One heck of a tour....  |
| FARO_ACUSTICO (Mexico) | Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 19:58 Great live album... |
| LowPhreak (United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.) | Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 07:13 The 'Heads were one of the most interesting, original bands ever. Some of yas need to get over that. |
| garycha (Bristol, UK) | Posted: Mar 18, 2010 - 05:57 I really liked the Big Suit. But this track certainly has not aged that well and I found it a little irritating. TH better in the studio with Brian Eno twiddling their knobs. |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 16:13 mojoman wrote: David, you took the money for producing pretentious crap. Oh yeah, I'm sure they were in it for the money.  Thanks for the belly-laugh. |
| ckcotton | Posted: Mar 02, 2010 - 16:12 DaveInVA wrote: I wish Bill would stop playing this TH, DB crap. Seems he never misses a day without one or the other. I would take EITHER ALL DAY compared to Tori Amos EVER (which really does get played every 12hrs. or so..... TH are EXCELLENT |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 05:00 ,,and its LIVE !  |
| freeed (Cracow, Poland) | Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 04:58 great ! |
| 93vx800 (Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 19:44 Oh Boy, here come all those TH haters. Watch out! Personally, I love them. |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 09:58 Nhodson22 wrote: A day is not a day w/out TH or DB crap that smells like fresh flowers and newborn babies, puppies, rainbows. I guess what I'm getting at is.....are you a lunatic? This music is brilliant, from the lyrics/writing to the actual symphonic composition. Well I'm glad its that way for you but for me it sets off my gag reflex and makes me want to puke  . It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't play his stuff multiple times a day, once he play them twice in the same hour even. I've seen no other artist get that preferential treatmeant. That being said RP is still the best station online in my book as I still get to hear stuff I'd never be exposed to otherwise. I've literly purchased 100's of CD's based on what I've hear here over the years. |
| Bridieboo (Halifax, NS) | Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 09:53 This song is so much fun! *starts bouncing up and down around the office* |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Oct 27, 2009 - 23:47 Nhodson22 wrote: A day is not a day w/out TH or DB crap that smells like fresh flowers and newborn babies, puppies, rainbows. I guess what I'm getting at is.....are you a lunatic? This music is brilliant, from the lyrics/writing to the actual symphonic composition. Yep. I just ignore the TH/DB haters now. They're very vocal but the ratings don't lie; RP listeners love the Heads! |
| Nhodson22 | Posted: Oct 11, 2009 - 22:00 DaveInVA wrote: I wish Bill would stop playing this TH, DB crap. Seems he never misses a day without one or the other. A day is not a day w/out TH or DB crap that smells like fresh flowers and newborn babies, puppies, rainbows. I guess what I'm getting at is.....are you a lunatic? This music is brilliant, from the lyrics/writing to the actual symphonic composition. |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Sep 10, 2009 - 09:12 I wish Bill would stop playing this TH, DB crap. Seems he never misses a day without one or the other. |
| badopinion | Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 08:09 From the "Stop Making Sense" video. Classic. Love it!!! No telling what I'd give to see that show. |
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