I bought this cd a while back. Being someone who casually listened to Talking Heads but never took the time to listen to David‘s solo work, this entire album was a surprise. The best way I can describe it is those pre-911 utopian scholastic books.
Get what I mean?
- Davyn
After years of loving the Talking Heads I saw that David was touring again for a new solo album. I had admittedly heard very little of his solo stuff but decided to go. If nothing else it was a chance to see a living legend. This was the American Utopia tour (before it had been on Broadway or HBO). It was the most incredible display of joy, dancing, and choreograph set to the sounds of Talking Heads, David‘s solo material and beyond (A very powerful Janelle Monae cover).
David Byrne goes into several topics regarding music but always with his idiosyncratic style and all the expertise of someone whos spent decades in the industry
When I was 19, my friend introduced me to The Talking Heads. I hated them immediately. I loathed long rides in his car because it always meant we would be listening to some challenging avant-garde bs my underdeveloped brain wasn’t ready to appreciate. B always told me when I got older I would understand. He was correct.
Dude had birkenstocks, dickies, a crisp white tee, a random trucker hat, and a pornstache to put it all together.
Gentrifier fit 101
Oh and he had Santal 33 on (i could smell it, he was sitting next to me)
The way I want to elope, tell no one, not even family. Announce a wedding a year later, and then announce that we're already married and have been for a year during the reception is my dream scenario.
I also want to do the same thing with a pregnancy (just keep it secret until the kid comes) but that'll be a bit harder :/