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As an all-star version of 1984’s Stop Making Sense is released, we run down the band’s best tracks, from the beautiful Dream Operator to the existential crisis of Once in a Lifetime
Widely regarded as the pinnacle of concert filmmaking, Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense stands as a transformative piece of art, transcending the boundaries of live music and performance. Released in 1984, Demme captures the intricate and enigmatic essence of Talking Heads’ performance at Hollywood Pantages Theatre on their 1983 Speaking in Tongues tour: Demme’s direction immortalises the iconicity of the rock band, with its symbiotic relationship with the music and performance. Natalie Howarth delves into the powerful fusion of movement, dance and music that renders this film a testament to live music’s transcendentalism.
A fixture in Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage record bag, ‘Speaking In Tongues’ enshrined one of the era’s least classifiable bands on dancefloors forever