Storytelling Giant

Storytelling Giant
VHS cover
Directed by	1: Toni Basil and David Byrne 2, 5, 7: David Byrne 3: Ted Bafaloukos 4: Toni Basil 6: Jim Blashfield 8: Jim Jarmusch 9: David Byrne and Melvin Sokolsky 10: David Byrne and Stephen R. Johnson.
Release dates	1988
Running time	52 minutes
Language	English

Storytelling Giant was a 1988 compilation of ten music videos produced by Talking Heads during the 1980s. The videos are linked by real people (not actors) telling stories from their lives. The stories have no logical connection to the videos.

The film has been released on VHS tape and 12" CD Video Laserdisc. A DVD version was released as part of Rhino's Once in a Lifetime box set, with three additional videos.

Original track listing

All songs written by David Byrne, unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth)
2. "Wild Wild Life"
3. "Stay Up Late"
4. "Crosseyed and Painless" (Byrne, Eno, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth)
5. "Burning Down the House" (Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth)
6. "And She Was"
7. "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth)
8. "The Lady Don't Mind" (Byrne, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth)
9. "Love for Sale"
10. "Road to Nowhere"

2003 DVD version track listing

All songs written by David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth, unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth)
2. "Wild Wild Life" (Byrne)
3. "Stay Up Late" (Byrne)
4. "Blind" [Previously unreleased]
5. "Crosseyed and Painless" (Byrne, Eno, Harrison, Frantz, Weymouth)
6. "Burning Down the House"
7. "And She Was" (Byrne)
8. "Sax and Violins" [Previously unreleased]
9. "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)"
10. "The Lady Don't Mind"
11. "Love for Sale" (Byrne)
12. "(Nothing But) Flowers" [Previously unreleased]
13. "Road to Nowhere" (Byrne)

External links

• Storytelling Giant at talking-heads.net
• Storytelling Giant at discogs.net