Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (Live at US Festival, 1982) |
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Talking Heads performing "Life During Wartime" at the US Festival in California on 3rd September 1982.
This clip is taken from the 2017 "US Festival 1982: The US Generation" documentary. From the same show, there's footage of Love → Building on Fire (https://youtu.be/6bBtgZE372g), and an audience audio recording of the full set (https://youtu.be/_0h-q-Jd5JE) A full video recording of the show exists, but most of it hasn't been released yet, only 2 songs so far - hopefully it'll all be available someday! Setlist for the show: Psycho Killer Love → Building on Fire Cities Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open) Once in a Lifetime Mind My Big Hands (Fall Through the Cracks) Slink Big Business / I Zimbra Swamp Houses in Motion What a Day That Was Life During Wartime Take Me to the River Personnel (for this song): David Byrne: vocals & guitar Jerry Harrison: keyboards Chris Frantz: drums Tina Weymouth: bass Dolette McDonald: background vocals Alex Weir: guitar Steve Scales: percussion Bernie Worrell: keyboards |