This is the Pitchewat Review. I'm Pooja Patel, the editor-in-chief.

So today's show is pretty special because it features a reunion that many of us in the music world thought would never happen.

It's a conversation with all four members

of Talking Heads, David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, and Chris Franz, all sitting in

the same room with Pitchfork's contributing editor, Andy Cush. Let me give you some background.

In December of 1983, five albums into their career and hot

off the success of Burning Down the House, their biggest hit to date, Talking Head set up shop

at Hollywood's Pantagia Theater for a run of epic concerts. And they brought in director

Jonathan Demi to film those shows. The staging was experimental. It began with David Burns solo and grew to include a massive ensemble of musicians

that notably featured Parliament Funkadelics, Lynn Mabry, and Bernie Warrell.

The setlist ran through Talking Heads favorites and deep cuts, as well as solo burn tracks, a Tom Tom

Club hit, and even an Al Green cover.

Stop Making Sense, the documentary that was made from those shows, was released the following

year to Rapturous response. It would go on to become iconic, frequently referred to as the

best concert movie ever made. But the band soon descended into acrimony. It got a little messy

and involved lawyers and the band trading barbs in public. They remained on the outs for about

three decades. But A24's new 40th anniversary restoration of Stop Making Sense has brought the band

back together to celebrate their legacy.

At its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the group sat down with Spike Lee

to discuss the film.

And before its New York screening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Talking Heads joined

Pitchfork for what proved to be an open-hearted love fest of an interview.

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