the name of this band is talking heads

Talking Heads showcased their development into one of the greatest live acts of all time with this generous collection of incendiary concert performances. 'The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads' was originally released as a double-album during the time that the band was on hiatus. The first side of the album was recorded for WCOZ broadcast at Norther Studios in Maynard, MA in 1977; Side two came from a concert at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ in 1979. Side three and side four combine shows from Emerald City in Cherry Hill, NJ in 1980, Central Park in New York during 1980, and Sun Plaza Concert Hall in Tokyo, Japan in 1981.

The album shows them evolving from the jerky, new-wave punk of their early days through their experimental post-punk funk phase and into the dynamic polyrhythmic layers of their twelve-piece touring collective. There are too many highlights to mention, and even more with the recent re-issue that doubles the music. 'The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads' went to number thirty-one in the US and number twenty-two in the UK.

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"The name of this song is 'New Feeling'. That's what it's about."

'A Clean Break' segues almost too easily from 'New Feeling' on the album. It doesn't appear on any other Talking Heads release.

"Even now we remember what we used to say

We'll be together if we wash that love away"

'Love -> Building on Fire' was originally a single released before Jerry Harrison joined the band.

'I Zimbra'

'Life During Wartime'

'Crosseyed and Painless'

full concert



Setlist:
0:00:00 - Psycho Killer
0:05:45 - Warning Sign
0:11:34 - Stay Hungry
0:15:25 - Cities
0:20:10 - I Zimbra
0:24:41 - Drugs
0:29:23 - Once In A Lifetime
0:35:11 - Animals
0:39:28 - Houses In Motion
0:45:56 - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
0:53:05 - Crosseyed And Painless
0:59:30 - Life During Wartime
1:04:56 - Take Me To The River

1:11:02 - The Great Curve




'The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads'
full album
remastered




All songs written by David Byrne except as noted. Dates and places are for the first and following tracks.

Disc one
"New Feeling" – 3:09 for WCOZ broadcast, Northern Studio, Maynard MA, November 17, 1977 
"A Clean Break (Let's Work)" – 5:05
"Don't Worry About The Government" – 3:03
"Pulled Up" – 4:04
"Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz) – 5:31
"Who Is It?" – 1:44
"The Book I Read" – 4:22
"The Big Country" – 5:09 for WXRT broadcast, The Park West, Chicago, August 23, 1978
"I'm Not in Love" – 4:57 for KSAN broadcast, The Boarding House, San Francisco, September 16, 1978 
"The Girls Want to Be with the Girls" – 3:44 at The Agora, Cleveland, December 18, 1978 
"Electricity (Drugs)" – 3:28
"Found a Job" – 5:35
"Mind" – 4:56 for WBCN broadcast, Berklee Performance Center, Boston, August 24, 1979 
"Artists Only" (Byrne, Wayne Zieve) – 3:49 at The Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ, November 17, 1979 
"Stay Hungry" (Byrne, Frantz) – 4:05
"Air" – 4:01
"Love → Building on Fire" – 3:47
"Memories (Can't Wait)" (Byrne, Jerry Harrison) – 3:44
"Heaven" (Byrne, Harrison) – 4:31
Disc two
"Psycho Killer" (Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz) – 5:33 at Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 1981 
"Warning Sign" (Byrne, Frantz) – 5:40
"Stay Hungry" (Byrne, Frantz) – 3:56
"Cities" – 5:00 at Emerald City, Cherry Hill, NJ, November 8, 1980-November 9, 1980 
"I Zimbra" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Hugo Ball) – 3:30
"Drugs (Electricity)" (Byrne, Eno) – 4:41
"Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:57 at Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 1981 
"Animals" – 4:05
"Houses in Motion" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:54 at Emerald City, Cherry Hill, NJ, November 8, 1980-November 9, 1980
"Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 8:24 at Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 1981 
"Crosseyed and Painless" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 5:58 at Emerald City, Cherry Hill, NJ, November 8, 1980-November 9, 1980; truncated version from original release 
"Life During Wartime" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 4:54 at Central Park, New York City, August 27, 1980 
"Take Me to the River" (Al Green, Mabon Hodges) – 6:33

"The Great Curve" (Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth) – 6:42