1984 Setlist

1984 – Setlist


On this brief tour, TH headlined a festival-type series of shows, most 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 intermission-
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 they played an encore)


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

Comment from the Melbourne 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."

At the final TH concert on Feb 6th, a sort of debacle reportedly unfolded. DB invited two Maori ladies on stage so they could give a brief political speech – which did not sit well with the crowd. When TH finally went on, DB was upset with technical problems and the sight of wasted Kiwis rolling around in the mud bath that was by then concert field. During Naïve Melody the lamp failed, which further aggravated David and he left the stage for a while. At some point after that he left and did not return. Reportedly, it was Tom Tom Club that finished TH’s set along with some of the other musicians from the day’s roster, making for an inauspicious ending to TH touring career.