Talking Heads - Live in Rome (1980)

December 18, 1980; Palazzo dello Sport (PalaEUR), Rome, Italy. Look, I love Stop Making Sense as much as the next guy, but it's time we start talking more about Live in Rome. This is a spikier, meaner, messier, jammier Talking Heads with the same musical dexterity as the band in 1983 but with the rough edges of their CBGB salad days still on display. Mutant art punk-funk with a big emphasis on the boom (Busta Jones is here on bass alongside Tina Weymouth, and lemme tell you, his playing adds a t...