1984 Setlist

1984 – Setlist


On this brief tour, TH headlined a festival-type series of shows, with the Pretenders and Simple Minds. The two-set concert of 1983 was shortened into

one long set, and DB dispensed with the big suit.


January 28th, Narara Festival:
Psycho Killer
Heaven
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
Found a Job
Slippery People
Cities
Burning Down the House
Life During Wartime
brief interlude with Jerry & Bernie playing
Making Flippy Floppy
Swamp
What a Day that Was
Naive Melody
Once in a Lifetime
Big Business
I Zimbra
Genius of Love
Girlfriend is Better
Take Me to the River
(not clear if an encore was played)


Comment from the Melbourne concert newspaper reviewer: "This was Talking Heads' night. Afterwards, David Byrne was apparently heard to complain about the

low standard of the performance. It's hard to imagine what this band is like on a good night."


February 4th, Sweetwaters North:
Psycho Killer
Heaven
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
Found a Job
Slippery People
Cities
Burning Down the House
Making Flippy Floppy
Swamp
What a Day that Was
Naive Melody
Once in a Lifetime
Big Business
I Zimbra
Genius of Love
Girlfriend is Better
Take Me to the River
Encore: Life During Wartime


February 6th, Sweetwaters South:
We have conflicting reports from TH's final live concert of their touring career...
- It appears that the setlist was mostly the same as the Sweetwaters February 4th show.
- For the final show of the tour, the crew decorated Chris' drumkit with balloons, which he popped, and the band members sprayed beer at eachother on stage.
- DB invited two Maori women on stage to speak about Waitangi Day, but this was poorly received by the restless crowd. This apparently occurred during a "break in the music", possibly in the middle of the set before Making Flippy Floppy(?) where a short breather for DB had been inserted on this tour leg.
- The floor lamp malfunctioned during Naive Melody, which caused DB to leave the stage for a while in frustration. Various reports have him being coaxed back to finish the set, although it's not clear how much of a disruption this amounted to.
- Some reports place Genius of Love in the encore with guest musicians from the other bands having possibly joined in.
- Two separate newspaper reviewers cite Born Under Punches as a second encore, which would have been a tour one-off if that were indeed true.
- Hopefully, someone has the tape of this ... :)