Who is David Byrne?
David Bryne, formerly of the Talking Heads?
I thought he was old news, someone stuck in the ambers of 1988. Maybe I’m wrong.
Such an awesome concert film! Really, one of the best!
Looks like it's getting a facelift.
It’s a great interview he really slams Biden and likes DeSantis. Just kidding.
Just another mind-numbed leftist no doubt.
I met him in 1983.
Not saying we were friends or that he’d rmembrt me. Just that I met him.
What I recall about him is being envious of his former coworkers success. To of his former musicians (David was their Boss) had a side project near the last few years of Talking Head. At one point, about 1980, they released a song.
In certain areas of the country, it became an enormously popular dance club song: “Genius of Love”.’They called their new group the Tom Tom Club.
This near-throw-away song became a much bigger hit than any of David B.’s complex songs ever did. He never called them up to share the joy of that hit. He barely ever acknowledged it at all.
But wait, there’s more!
In 1995, Mariah Carey sampled the song, weaving some of her own lyrics and harmonies around in what became called “Fantasy”. So this pair began raking in a small percent of those royalties too. It was absolutely a great song to listen to and to dance to.
Same could be said for Robert Plant who absolutely put his foot down against a Led Zeppelin reunion tour after their stellar '07 London performance, much to the dismay of the other members who wanted to keep the momentum going.
After all, Plant was busy. He had records to make with Allison Krauss.
He’s written a new musical, now out on Broadway
https://playbill.com/production/here-lies-love-broadway-broadway-theatre-2023
He’s a very odd-bird indeed, but one that makes the world a more interesting place for being in it.
We should all be so lucky-
I can be in another room and can recognize 60 Minutes by the sound of the voices. That’s not a criticism, but mainstream media news shows have lost my trust.
Last night’s NBC Nightly News ended with a long segment on LGBTQ. Rainbow flags all over the place. Weird looking and acting people.
That was so interesting! He burst on the scene when I was incredibly busy in life, and other than being able to hum a few of his tunes, I had no idea how multi-talented he is. I look forward to consuming more of his stuff.
By the way, he appears to fit the “autism spectrum” set — but it certainly worked for him.