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Music Appreciation

PufPuf23

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16. Stop Making Sense is best concert movie ever.

Reply to cayugafalls (Original post)

Sun Jul 13, 2025, 07:50 PM

Jul 13

In 1980s, the University Theatre on University Avenue in Berkeley played Rocky Horror and Stop Making Sense on Fridays and Saturdays IIRC midnight. The crowd participation alone made for a good experience.

Saw Talking Heads play free show on Lower Sproul Plaza when a Cal undergrad in late 70s, then say them again that weekend at Keystone. Walking past the Harmon Gym, told David Byrne how to find the Lower Sproul Parking garage. Got lunch and a place to watch whatever band was going to play that Friday at noon. Voila. Learned about Talking Heads and went and bought their first album and went to the Keystone show that weekend.

Have not been in Berkeley since 2003.

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Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live) [View all] cayugafalls Jul 11 OP

Saw them live in Eugene, December 4, 1983 central scrutinizer Jul 11 #1

Very cool...never saw them live. cayugafalls Jul 11 #2

Covered This For Years ProfessorGAC Jul 11 #3

Very well done, wow! Reminds me of the bands I saw at First Avenue in MN, back in the day. cayugafalls Jul 11 #4

Thanks! ProfessorGAC Jul 11 #5

You have a fan...my friends in MN had a band in the day. cayugafalls Jul 11 #6

You have at least two fans here, and I'd bet lots of fans from back in the day. So glad you can highplainsdem Jul 11 #9

Stay Tuned Tomorrow For Original Material ProfessorGAC Jul 11 #11

That's an amazing cover. Perfect vocals and playing. highplainsdem Jul 11 #8

Yes ProfessorGAC Jul 11 #10

Oh, no - you had a heart attack? I'm so sorry to hear that. Thank God you're better. And I agree highplainsdem Jul 11 #7

Cool link, thank you. cayugafalls Jul 11 #12

That's terrifying! When did it happen? I don't remember seeing anything about it here on DU. highplainsdem Jul 11 #13

In April. I might not have shared, I don't remember. cayugafalls Jul 11 #14

As far as I can tell, you didn't share. I used Advanced Search to search for every message you posted highplainsdem Jul 11 #15

Yup, that was me sharing...April 11th cayugafalls Jul 14 #18

Major arteries blocked 90% and 86%? It was a near-miracle you survived that. I'm so glad we have highplainsdem Jul 14 #19

My Dr is the prodigy of one of Houston's top cardiologists. cayugafalls Jul 14 #20

We all need to learn to fly, though it often takes a wake-up call. highplainsdem Jul 14 #21

Wow. Good to persevere. Thank you. nt PufPuf23 Jul 13 #17

Stop Making Sense is best concert movie ever. PufPuf23 Jul 13 #16