What I love most about this film is the sense of humanity that just devours it in the best way possible. It's just so nice seeing a happy hand performing happy music. I always like to think with music (more with live shows) about how the writing process was. This a group of friends, doing what they love, and performing it to the world. I can't begin to imagine the levels of creativity and the amount of joy they had together in the studio. It was also so nice watching everybody show up song after song. Great reminder about how much other people can change yours and others moods, and how with more people the songs felt more and more alive. Btw loved the bongo guy. Now I won't say it's the greatest music for the majority but hey it put a smile on my face, and I'm sure many others can relate, and that's all that matters. Special shout out to David Byrne, probably the most eccentric performer I've seen. The man loves what he's doing, and he's pretty fucking good at it too, that solo performance of Psycho Killer really locked me in. Also loved his dancing so much. I'm sure it was very different at the time (with an exception for some) and pushed boundaries in the music world. Specifically loved it when he was dancing with the backup singers, the dancing during Life During Wartime, the random shakes, jumping and running around the stage, lying on the ground etc etc. I always respect artists who push 'boundaries'. This also goes for the whole band who were all very lively, bassist was fun to watch (which is surprising). All of the above is genuinely the only reason why I've rated this higher than I would've. Again, not the biggest talking heads fan, and never really was into them before this; but now I've found a couple cool songs I like and enjoyed the film: but one thing this film does for me is encouraging me to watch more live shows, probably of some bands that I like more (will probably double my watchlist at some point smh).
What I love most about this film is the sense of humanity that just devours it in the best way possible. It's just so nice seeing a happy hand performing happy music. I always like to think with music (more with live shows) about how the writing process was. This a group of friends, doing what they love, and performing it to the world. I can't begin to imagine the levels of creativity and the amount of joy they had together in the studio. It was also so nice watching everybody show up song after song. Great reminder about how much other people can change yours and others moods, and how with more people the songs felt more and more alive. Btw loved the bongo guy. Now I won't say it's the greatest music for the majority but hey it put a smile on my face, and I'm sure many others can relate, and that's all that matters. Special shout out to David Byrne, probably the most eccentric performer I've seen. The man loves what he's doing, and he's pretty fucking good at it too, that solo performance of Psycho Killer really locked me in. Also loved his dancing so much. I'm sure it was very different at the time (with an exception for some) and pushed boundaries in the music world. Specifically loved it when he was dancing with the backup singers, the dancing during Life During Wartime, the random shakes, jumping and running around the stage, lying on the ground etc etc. I always respect artists who push 'boundaries'. This also goes for the whole band who were all very lively, bassist was fun to watch (which is surprising). All of the above is genuinely the only reason why I've rated this higher than I would've. Again, not the biggest talking heads fan, and never really was into them before this; but now I've found a couple cool songs I like and enjoyed the film: but one thing this film does for me is encouraging me to watch more live shows, probably of some bands that I like more (will probably double my watchlist at some point smh).
