Concert:1983-12-13

• Pantages Theatre
• December 13, 1983

Concert by Talking Heads
Location	Hollywood, Los Angeles
Venue	Pantages Theatre
Tour	Speaking in Tongues Tour
Date(s)	December 13, 1983
Talking Heads concert chronology

On December 13, 1983, Talking Heads performed at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. This concert was the first of a four-night residency at the venue which was used to record Stop Making Sense, although reportedly none of the first night was used in the film.

Details

After seeing Talking Heads in California earlier in the Speaking in Tongues Tour, director Jonathan Demme approached them about documenting their shows with a concert film, which they decided to record in California. After originally planning to film at San Francisco's Kabuki Theatre on December 10 and 11, they moved the filming location to Hollywood's Pantages Theatre instead. Following a rehearsal at the theatre with no audience on December 12, this was the first night of filming, although it has been reported that none of the shots from this night were used in the film. This is the first concert of the tour to exclude The Book I Read and Love → Building on Fire from the setlist, replaced by Found a Job which they had last performed in 1979 during the Fear of Music Tour.

Setlist

1. Psycho Killer
2. Heaven
3. Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
4. Found a Job
5. Slippery People
6. Cities
7. Burning Down the House
8. Life During Wartime

Intermission

1. Making Flippy Floppy
2. Swamp
3. What a Day That Was
4. This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
5. Once in a Lifetime
6. Big Business / I Zimbra
7. Genius of Love
8. Girlfriend Is Better
9. Take Me to the River

Encore

1. Crosseyed and Painless

Personnel

• David Byrne – lead vocals, guitar
• Tina Weymouth – bass, keyboard bass, guitar, lead vocals for Genius of Love
• Chris Frantz – drums, vocals for Genius of Love and Burning Down the House
• Jerry Harrison – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Steve Scales – percussion, backing vocals
• Lynn Mabry – backing vocals
• Ednah Holt – backing vocals
• Alex Weir – guitar, backing vocals
• Bernie Worrell – keyboards

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Poster promoting Talking Heads shows at the Pantages Theatre on December 13, 14, and 15 in 1983