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“Talking Heads frontman and Des Moines fan David Byrne touched on that idea at the Social Club’s launch party “

Quite an ironic statement from Byrne.

Remember the song “Big Country” from 1977. It was all about him flying over the US (flyover country) and holding contempt for the people who live down there, saying he wouldn’t live there if you paid him.

Here are some of the lyrics.

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I guess it’s healthy, I guess the air is clean.
I guess those people have fun with their neighbors and friends.
Look at that kitchen and all of that food.
Look at them eat it’ guess it tastes real good.

They grow it in the farmlands
And they take it to the stores
They put it in the car trunk
And they bring it back home
And I say ...

I say, I wouldn’t live there if you paid me.
I couldn’t live like that, no siree!
I couldn’t do the things the way those people do.
I wouldn’t live there if you paid me to.

I’m tired of looking out the windows of the airplane
I’m tired of travelling, I want to be somewhere.
It’s not even worth talking
About those people down there.