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February 28, 2005
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
I watched the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense (Amazon link) over the weekend. I've never been a huge fan, but have a couple of their albums and like them well enough. This film came out in 1984 and I had never seen it, but have heard really good things about it and I had seen stills of the 'big suit' of course. If you can overlook the horrible 80's fashions (not easily done) then it's a very good film. Part theatre, part concert, it really highlights that these guys are excellent musicians. In particular, the guitarist they've got on stage - not Jerry Harrison, I don't know this guy's name - is just amazing.
At one point they light the musicians from the front with a big spotlight and project shadows on the backdrop. It looks just like the dancing iPod shadow people in Apple commercials. You've probably heard about how it starts, but it is really cool - just David Byrne, his acoustic guitar, and a boombox start playing on a fully lit empty stage. Slowly, during the course of the next few songs, more musicians are rolled in… then some platforms… singers… until it becomes a huge multimedia spectacle. Very cool.
Posted on February 28, 2005 02:44 PM | Category: Music
