Talking Heads
Live at Civic Center, Providence
October, 4, 1983
"Speaking In Tongues Tour" or "Big Suit Tour"
Recording Quality : A- (audience)
00:00 - Psycho Killer
05:21 - Heaven
09:23 - Thank You
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For Sending Me An Angel
11:41 - Love - Building On Fire
14:53 - Book I Read
19:38 - Slippery People
25:02 - Cities
29:48 - Big Blue Plymouth
34:21 - Burning Down The House
38:14 - Life During Wartime
44:00 - Making Flippy Floppy
50:12 - Swamp
55:27 - What A Day That Was
01:02:01 - This Must Be The Place
01:07:08 - Once In A Lifetime
01:12:47 - Big Business
01:17:52 - I Zimbra
01:21:19 - Houses In Motion
01:27:51 - Genius Of Love (as Tom Tom Club)
01:34:10 - Girlfriend Is Better
01:39:58 - Take Me To The River
01:48:49 - Pull Up The Roots
01:54:26 - Crosseyed & Painless
Notes :
A storming gig from the 83 US Tour (call it what you want : SIT Tour, Big Suit Tour, Stop Making Sense Tour).As usual with Talking Heads from that era, energy is everywhere and keep you waiting for more, and more...
The setlist is top notch, exploring every era from the band, and includes a VERY RARE performance of "Pull Up The Roots", a song they didn't play much during the tour. The only bad point of this boot is the recording quality, a bit down with echo & reverb that I couldn't fix : a true audience recording, although it could have sounded worse, so cheers to the taper for his awesome job !
Talking Heads 1983 were :
David Byrne : vocals, guitar, synths
Chris Frantz : drums, vocals
Jerry Harrison : keyboards, guitar
Tina Weymouth : bass, synth, vocals
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Edna Holt : backing vocals
Lynn Mabry : backing vocals
Steve Scales : percussions, vocals
Alex Weir : guitar, vocals
Bernie Worell : keyboards